Akimichi BBQ Restaurant.
Ato set down the last few plates, then patted his stomach in satisfaction. "Whew, I'm finally seventy percent full."
Gasp!
Hearing Ato's words, everyone in the barbecue restaurant widened their eyes, dumbfounded.
Asuma Sarutobi, Might Guy, and the other new-generation Konoha ninja were especially stunned beyond belief by Ato's astonishing appetite.
"He ate hundreds of pounds of barbecue and is only seventy percent full? Where did this little monster come from?" Asuma Sarutobi said, his face full of shock.
"Look, that kid has a tail. Is it some kind of Kekkei Genkai?" Genma Shiranui guessed, pointing at Ato's tail.
"This is youth! I want to eat that much food too. If I can't do it, I'll kick twenty thousand times!" Might Guy was so fired up by Ato's appetite that he launched into another speech about youth.
Unlike Asuma and the others, who were shocked, Kurenai Yuhi had a different reaction.
"Wow, what an adorable little boy. I really want to hold him in my arms and give those cute little cheeks a good squeeze," Kurenai Yuhi said, her eyes sparkling.
While the new generation of Konoha ninja were shocked, the Akimichi Clan members were openly envious.
The Akimichi Clan's Secret Jutsu required them to constantly consume food to maintain the Chakra and fat needed to use the Expansion Jutsu.
Simply put, the more the Akimichi Clan could eat, the stronger they became.
Yet Ato, who was only four years old, had an appetite that utterly crushed the entire Akimichi Clan.
If the Akimichi Clan possessed an appetite like Ato's, forget the Expansion Jutsu—even the strongest Super Multi-Size Jutsu and Butterfly Form could be used freely.
Then who would need to eat the Three-Colored Pills, with their terrible side effects?
How could the Akimichi Clan not envy such a terrifying appetite?
While everyone was either shocked or envious, two specially marked energy signatures appeared on Ato's Scouter.
"Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi and the future Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze?"
Ato instantly recognized the sources of those two energy signatures.
He was not surprised by Hiruzen Sarutobi's arrival.
But Minato Namikaze's arrival did surprise him.
Earlier, Minato Namikaze had been seriously injured by Ato.
Only twenty minutes had passed, yet Minato Namikaze was already full of life again.
As he looked at Minato Namikaze's combat power displayed on the Scouter, a trace of interest flashed through Ato's eyes.
Originally, Minato Namikaze only had a combat power of 33.
Even with the Flying Thunder God and Super Big Ball Rasengan, he had only reached 43.
But now, Minato Namikaze's combat power had reached 45.
Minato Namikaze clearly did not possess the Saiyan trait of reviving from the brink of death with doubled combat power.
So the increase in his combat power was quite intriguing.
"Byakugan!"
Ato activated the Byakugan without a care for anyone around him.
His black eyes instantly turned pure white.
Through the Byakugan's penetrating vision, Ato saw the Chakra within Minato Namikaze's body.
The Chakra that had originally been blue had now turned fiery red.
This fiery-red Chakra continuously gathered toward the energy core in Minato Namikaze's abdomen, providing him with an amount of Chakra far beyond that of an ordinary jonin.
"Nine-Tails!"
Ato deactivated the Byakugan. He already understood why Minato Namikaze had recovered so quickly and increased his combat power.
Nine-Tails Chakra!
After absorbing the Nine-Tails Chakra, Minato Namikaze was already close to Kage-level strength.
Ato became even more interested in the Nine-Tails.
The Nine-Tails could not only provide limitless Chakra, but also possessed powerful healing abilities.
It was not as good as a Senzu Bean, but it was far more effective than the medical pods on Planet Vegeta.
"Byakugan?! That was the Byakugan just now, wasn't it?!"
The Third Hokage, who had just entered the barbecue restaurant, nearly failed to maintain the kindly smile on his face.
As the renowned Professor of Ninjutsu, the Third Hokage could say with absolute certainty that he had not seen wrong.
What Ato had just used was definitely the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan.
The Third Hokage's heart churned like a stormy sea.
He was already wondering where Ato's Byakugan had come from.
What kind of relationship did Ato have with the Hyuga Clan?
It was not just the Third Hokage.
The people throughout the restaurant, who had been lively as they discussed Ato's appetite, seemed to have been frozen in place.
The whole restaurant fell silent. A deathly stillness settled over it.
"Kurenai, that was the Byakugan, right?!" Mitaraishi Anko, Orochimaru's disciple, was the first to break the silence with a loud cry.
"Probably... right?" Kurenai Yuhi said uncertainly, her eyes wide.
"What do you mean, probably? That was definitely the Byakugan. That child is absolutely from the Hyuga Clan." As she spoke, Mitaraishi Anko nodded solemnly.
"Ahem." The Third Hokage coughed, interrupting Mitaraishi Anko's shouting.
He then straightened his Hokage robes and walked over to Ato with a kindly smile.
"Ato-kun, may I call you that?"
The Third Hokage adopted the same manner he used toward students at the Ninja Academy, like a friendly old man next door.
Ato merely looked at the Third Hokage coldly, and an invisible pressure instantly descended upon him.
Danger!!!
The Third Hokage's heart immediately jolted.
His Kage instincts told him that Ato was extremely dangerous!
If he acted rashly, he might die.
From Ato's icy eyes, the Third Hokage saw Ato's attitude toward him.
Vermin. Inferior race.
Damn it, I am Konoha's strongest Third Hokage, yet I am being scorned by a little brat.
The Third Hokage felt anger rise within him, but he kept smiling on the surface.
Before figuring out Ato's strength and origins, the Third Hokage had no intention of openly falling out with him.
"Let me introduce myself. My name is..."
Before the Third Hokage could finish, Ato rudely cut him off.
"Hiruzen Sarutobi, I'm not interested in you!"
Ato gave the Third Hokage a cold glance, then spoke words that astonished both him and Minato Namikaze.
"Hiruzen Sarutobi, immediately notify the other ninja villages. I, Ato of the Saiyans, will convene the Five Kage Summit!"
The Third Hokage froze, and the false smile on his face could no longer be maintained.
What had he just heard?
This Saiyan named Ato actually wanted to convene the Five Kage Summit?
What a joke.
Leaving aside whether a little brat of unknown origins was qualified to convene the Five Kage Summit—
Even Hiruzen Sarutobi, as the Third Hokage, had to follow procedures in advance if he wanted to hold one.
Moreover, the Third Shinobi World War was raging fiercely.
The five ninja villages were practically beating each other's brains out.
Even if the Third Hokage wanted to convene the Five Kage Summit now, the Kage of the other villages would never agree.
"Was what I said difficult to understand?" Ato's cold words brought the Third Hokage back to his senses.
"Saiyan brat, you're being too wishful!"
"How could I possibly agree to such an absurd request?"
The Third Hokage frowned at Ato and refused.
"Third Hokage, which direction is the nearest town from Konoha?"
Ato did not care about the Third Hokage's refusal. He merely asked casually.
The Third Hokage froze again. He felt that he could not keep up with Ato's train of thought.
Had they not just been talking about the Five Kage Summit?
Why had he suddenly changed the subject?
Unable to understand Ato's intentions, the Third Hokage casually replied, "Twenty kilometers east of Konoha, there is a town called Haruki Town."
"Let's go outside. The food here tastes pretty good. It would be a shame to destroy the place."
Ato rubbed his chin, then slowly floated into the air.
Under everyone's gaze, Ato flew out of the barbecue restaurant, hovered above the streets of Konoha, and slowly raised his right index finger.
Boom!
A golden Energy Blast rapidly gathered at Ato's fingertip.
Terrifying energy instantly enveloped an area hundreds of meters wide.
The pavement along Konoha's streets began to crack apart, while countless chunks of stone slowly floated into the air.
"What terrifying Chakra! Minato! No matter what that Saiyan brat is planning, stop him!" The Third Hokage also quickly left the barbecue restaurant. Looking at Ato floating in midair, he gave Minato an order with a grim expression.
However, the Third Hokage had reacted too slowly.
In the blink of an eye, Ato had already condensed a golden Energy Blast ten meters in diameter.
Then Ato casually pointed eastward. The terrifying Energy Blast streaked away at incredible speed, dragging a white trail behind it as it instantly vanished from Konoha's skies.
A minute later, it was as if a sun had risen in the east, and blinding white light engulfed all of Konoha.
A massive explosion followed immediately after.
The terrifying blast caused the ground throughout Konoha to tremble.
The mushroom cloud produced by the explosion shot into the sky.
"That direction... is Haruki Town!"
"What exactly did that kid do?"
The Third Hokage's pupils shrank sharply. His eyes remained fixed on Ato in the air, filled with both horror and rage.
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