"Now then? Are we still continuing this meeting?"
After Uchiha Madara, disguised as Shimura Danzō, had withdrawn, A, the Fourth Raikage, whose wounds had already been treated, asked the question.
Shisui silently glanced at A's body, thinking, As expected of a monster. He recovered so quickly.
"The situation is already very clear. All four of our villages expended tremendous strength in the war that just ended, while the Akatsuki took the opportunity to grow in secret. They eliminated Hanzo of the Salamander, occupied the Land of Rain, and even intend to establish some kind of... what was it called again?"
"New Harmony United Victory," Shisui supplied from the side.
Jiraiya remembered as well and continued, "Right, New Harmony United Victory. Although the Land of Rain's population and economic strength cannot compare to those of the four great nations we belong to, their high-end combat power is outstanding. If they were to target any one of our villages individually, we would likely suffer losses—just as Konoha did when the Nine-Tails was taken from us, and when they severely wounded the Fourth Raikage."
Although Jiraiya had come this time nominally as one of Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze's guards, he was in fact both Minato's teacher and a bearer of some of Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi's intentions. Thus, when he spoke, Minato Namikaze, the Hokage beside him, treated Jiraiya's stance as his own.
"I-I roughly understand what you mean... Iwagakure has no objections to the terms we laid out at the beginning of this meeting. We are willing to sign a peace treaty with all of your nations unconditionally." By then, Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki had recovered some of his strength and regained clarity of mind, so he spoke on Iwagakure's behalf.
"Sunagakure has no objections either." Rasa, the Fourth Kazekage and representative of