The Five Kage Summit took place as scheduled the next day, with the Kage of all Five Great Villages present. To the other villages' surprise, however, Konoha's representative was neither the Fifth Hokage nor the Fourth Hokage, but Obito Uchiha. As the Hokage of New Konoha Ninja Village, he attended the meeting on Konoha's behalf, accompanied by the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Hokage, Kakashi, and Guy as guards, with Danzo and the Two Advisors rounding out the delegation. It was an exceptionally formidable lineup.
As the meeting began, Obito spoke first. "The Five Great Shinobi Villages have joined forces this time to ease the burden on the Shinobi World. As you all know, our world is only so big, and the market for missions suited to ninja has essentially reached saturation. That is why we intend to open up new sources of resources. The Azure Continent is the ideal place for our world to expand. Its lands are vast, and wars rage everywhere, so there is no shortage of missions suited to us ninja. The Land of Chaos will be our foothold here. As agreed beforehand, Konoha will handle all logistical arrangements for each village's forces, allowing every Shinobi Village to advance without worrying about its rear."
The Fourth Raikage said, "We have already discussed all of that. What I want to know is how we will develop the Land of Chaos once we conquer it, and how things will be arranged once we establish a nation."
Obito replied, "Once you have taken the entire Land of Chaos, we will follow the example of this world's empires and establish an alliance uniting the Five Great Nations of our Shinobi World."
The Third Tsuchikage chuckled. "Heh, forming an alliance sounds nice enough. Leaving aside whether our villages can settle their grudges,