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Kitsuchi hesitated when he heard that. "But will the Hidden Cloud Village agree? With the Third Raikage dead, his son will most likely succeed him. That's no small grudge."
The Hidden Cloud Village had established its process for grooming the Raikage's successor long ago.
The Third Raikage had started personally teaching his son how to take over from him years earlier.
Although the Third Raikage was dead, the Hidden Cloud Village hadn't descended into chaos.
At most, the higher-ups were fighting over power and benefits, but they kept things quiet and didn't dare bring their disputes into the open.
Seen that way, the Hidden Cloud Village really did make Ōnoki and the other villages uneasy.
But right now, Konoha was still Ōnoki's biggest headache.
And he couldn't do a thing about it.
Especially with the news that had just arrived-that little brat Uchiha Xunjing had officially become the Fourth Hokage.
What's more, all of Konoha's villagers supported him, leaving his position rock-solid.
Worse still, the brat had used Impure World Reincarnation to bring Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, and Tobirama Senju back to life.
That news made Ōnoki's head throb.
"The Hidden Cloud Village was in the wrong to begin with. Add the pressure from Konoha, and they'll definitely agree!"
"The only question is whether the Five Kage Summit can still go ahead as scheduled."
"When you're there, find a chance to sound them out."
"As for Konoha using forbidden techniques to meddle with the dead, we need to suppress it wherever possible and impose whatever restrictions we can. Otherwise, no one will be able to keep them in check."
Ōnoki gave Kitsuchi a few instructions, then added some further reminders.
Inwardly, he kept cursing the Third Raikage for being an idiot.
He'd already sent out the invitations and dispatched