Five Kage

Both sides had astonishing patience, and another peaceful night passed.

At dawn the next day, the Five Kage arrived together. A great battle was on the verge of breaking out.

Everyone was shocked by the Akatsuki Organization's forces, except for Ōnoki, who had already seen this scene.

Although Ōnoki had explained the intelligence here in great detail long ago, hearing about it and seeing it firsthand were still vastly different.

"See that guy sitting in the wheelchair? He's the leader of the Akatsuki Organization. Don't be fooled by how sickly he looks—he's powerful. Just one 'puppet' of his was enough to withstand my Dust Release head-on."

Looking at the miserable state of the Land of Earth in the distance, everyone had different thoughts.

Ōnoki was naturally devastated. Decades of hard work had all been reduced to nothing.

But Rasa and the acting Fourth Mizukage, Genshi, secretly felt relieved that they had made the right choice. If they obediently handed over their Tailed Beasts, they could still negotiate terms. Ōnoki had lost his own village's Tailed Beast, yet he still insisted on meddling in Kumogakure's Tailed Beast affair and rushing to help. Wasn't this karma coming back to bite him?

Karma had come too quickly. There had been no time to react.

If Ōnoki had not helped the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Kumogakure would probably have been the one suffering now.

The Raikage began calculating again. The Land of Earth had been thoroughly ruined this time. As long as they agreed to deal with Konoha while fighting this battle, Kumogakure would stand unrivaled afterward. Unifying the Ninja World would no longer be a dream.

Uchiha Qingfeng narrowed his eyes because he had spotted the people behind the Five Kage.

They had truly gone all out. Konoha had sent the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi,