Konoha, Not long after the previous Five Kage Summit had ended, another Five Kage Summit was convened.
There had never been such a precedent in the Ninja World, and this Five Kage Summit was different.
Because the leaders attending this summit would not be participating in the capacity of Kage.
Other than Konoha, the leaders of the remaining villages would have only one identity: village chief.
That was right—this was the authority Konoha had imposed upon every village.
The other ninja villages would no longer retain the title of Kage, the highest-ranking military leader in the Ninja World.
Konoha alone retained that title. The implication was self-evident.
Of course, Konoha did not state it outright. Instead, in the name of the Ninja Alliance, it declared that only the alliance's leading village could retain the title of Kage.
But under the current circumstances, only Konoha could serve as the leading village of the Ninja Alliance.
Inside the Hokage Building, Sarutobi Hiruzen sat in the seat of honor, looking down on everyone.
The round table originally used for the Five Kage Summit had been replaced with a long rectangular one, and Sarutobi Hiruzen himself sat at its head.
"If there are no objections, then everyone may sign the agreement."
As Sarutobi Hiruzen's words fell, Konoha ninja standing behind the representatives of the four villages presented them with an agreement.
The agreement stated that the five villages would voluntarily cooperate to establish the Ninja Alliance and recommend one village chief as its leader.
The alliance leader would have full authority over alliance affairs. The other alliance representatives would have voting rights, while the leader would possess veto power.
The Ninja Alliance would possess the following powers:
To station forces of up to one thousand men in each village, while every village would actively