With Dark Asura's descent, the war he had provoked was a war of the entire Shinobi World. It was bound to draw the attention of the Shinobi World's Four Great Shinobi Villages.
On this day, the conference to deal with Dark Asura was finally about to begin. It was held in Konoha, with the Third Hokage serving as host. Naturally, all those invited were prominent figures in the Shinobi World. Leaders of various shinobi villages and heads of several nations would all take part in this conference. However, the people drawing the most attention undoubtedly came from the other three great shinobi villages—Kumogakure, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure, excluding Kirigakure.
The Fourth Raikage of Kumogakure, the Fourth Kazekage of Sunagakure, and the Third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure arriving in Konoha at the same time was an event that shocked the Shinobi World. Everyone knew that during the previous two Shinobi World Wars, the five great shinobi villages had been bitter enemies. It had been nearly impossible for four Kage to gather in one place. Yet after Kirigakure's destruction, the four great shinobi villages had actually united to fight Dark Asura, leaving countless shinobi in the Shinobi World utterly stunned.
Still, what most people cared about now was how the four great shinobi villages would deal with Dark Asura's assault after joining forces. Furthermore, once the four great shinobi villages had united, who would lead their allied forces? That was extremely important to many people, including the Third Hokage and the Fourth Raikage.
The one who could command the four great shinobi villages was bound to come from the Shinobi World's number one shinobi village. The Second Shinobi World War, and the current Third Shinobi World War, had undoubtedly begun over the struggle for that very position. Thus, at the meeting to determine their