On the ground, a shadow had somehow crept all the way to Chiyo's feet.
What was this?!?
Even though the Third had expected it, his pupils still contracted slightly.
This was the Shadow Possession Jutsu!
As someone who knew every jutsu in Konoha, even if the Third could not use this technique himself, he recognized it at once!
This was a secret technique of the Nara Clan!
Sure enough, Hiroki had copied the Nara Clan's secret technique. But he did not seem to intend to hide that from him. That was good news.
The Third's expression immediately returned to normal as he quickly looked toward the other two Kage.
Ōnoki and the Third Raikage reacted even more sharply. They instantly put distance between themselves and Hiroki, staring at him with guarded expressions!
The corner of the Third's mouth curled upward slightly.
It seemed that what he had asked Hiroki to do had been the right choice.
Sometimes, a jutsu like this—silent, yet capable of instantly restraining an enemy—could always win more benefits at the negotiating table.
As for destructive jutsu, the enemy would only regret making the wrong choice once they were about to be beaten to death.
"Third, that brat beside you isn't from the Nara Clan, is he?" Ōnoki's face darkened as he glared viciously at Hiroki. His hands lifted slightly before his chest, faint white light emerging between them. He looked as though he wanted to strike first and eliminate Hiroki in the next instant.
"You let an outsider steal the Nara Clan's secret technique and even use it at the Five Kage Summit! Is this how Konoha demonstrates its 'sincerity'?!"
Uchiha Madara was threatening enough, but this brat before him seemed no less dangerous!
He could cast jutsu without hand seals, and compared to when he