The Third Hokage Arrives, and Ato Prepares to Convene the Five Kage Summit!

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 in stunned disbelief.

The younger generation of Konoha Ninja, especially Asuma Sarutobi, Might Guy, and the others, were utterly shocked by Ato's astonishing appetite.

"He ate hundreds of pounds of barbecue and he's only seventy percent full? Where did this little brat monster come from?" Asuma Sarutobi's face was filled with shock.

"Look, that kid has a tail. Is it some kind of Kekkei Genkai?" Genma Shiranui pointed at Ato's tail and guessed.

"This is youth! I want to eat that much food too! If I can't do it, I'll do twenty thousand leg kicks!" Ato's appetite had made Might Guy's blood boil, and he once again launched into a speech about youth.

But unlike Asuma and the others' shock, Kurenai Yuhi inside the barbecue restaurant let out a different kind of sigh.

"Wow, what an adorable little boy. I really want to hold him in my arms and squish his cute little cheeks." Kurenai Yuhi's eyes sparkled as she spoke without thinking.

Compared with the shock of Konoha's younger generation of Ninja, the Akimichi Clan's chubby members were openly envious.

The Akimichi Clan's Secret Jutsu required them to constantly consume food in order to maintain the chakra and fat needed to perform the Expansion Jutsu.

Simply put, the more the Akimichi Clan could eat, the stronger they became.

Yet Ato, standing before them, was only a four-year-old child, but his appetite 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, Butterfly Form, could be used freely.

Then why would they need to eat the Three-Colored Pills with their enormous side effects?

How could the Akimichi Clan not envy such a terrifying appetite?

Just as everyone was either shocked or envious, two specially marked energy signatures appeared on Ato's Scouter.

"Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, and Minato Namikaze, the future Fourth Hokage?"

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 somewhat.

Earlier, Minato Namikaze had been directly beaten into serious injury by Ato.

Only twenty minutes had passed, yet Minato Namikaze had already become lively and vigorous again.

Looking at Minato Namikaze's combat power on the Scouter, a glint of interest flashed through Ato's eyes.

Originally, Minato Namikaze had only possessed 33 points of combat power.

Even with the Flying Thunder God and Super Big Ball Rasengan, he had only reached 43 points.

But now, Minato Namikaze's combat power had reached a full 45 points.

Minato Namikaze clearly did not possess the Saiyan trait of reviving from near 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 inside Minato Namikaze's body.

The chakra that had originally been blue had now turned fiery red.

That 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 knew 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 recovery abilities.

Though it was inferior to a Senzu Bean, 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 famed Professor of Ninjutsu, the Third Hokage could say with absolute certainty that he had not been mistaken.

What Ato had just used was definitely the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan.

A storm raged within the Third Hokage's heart.

He was already wondering where Ato's Byakugan had come from.

What kind of connection did Ato have with the Hyuga Clan?

It was not only the Third Hokage.

The entire barbecue restaurant, where people had been lively discussing Ato's appetite just moments ago, now seemed as if someone had pressed the pause button.

The entire restaurant fell silent.

Dead silence.

"Kurenai, that was the Byakugan, right?!" Mitaraishi Anko, Orochimaru's disciple, was the first to break the silence as she cried out loudly.

"It... probably was." Kurenai Yuhi widened her eyes and answered uncertainly.

"What do you mean, probably? That was definitely the Byakugan. That child is definitely from the Hyuga Clan." As Mitaraishi Anko spoke, she nodded solemnly as if she were absolutely certain.

"Ahem." The Third Hokage coughed, interrupting Mitaraishi Anko's loud fussing.

He then straightened his Hokage robes and approached Ato with a kindly smile.

"Ato-kun, may I call you that?"

The Third Hokage adopted the same attitude he used toward students at the Ninja Academy, appearing like a kindly old man next door.

Ato merely looked coldly at the Third Hokage, and an invisible pressure immediately enveloped him.

Danger!!!

The Third Hokage's heart instantly lurched.

His Kage instincts told him that Ato before him was extremely dangerous!

If he rashly attacked, he might die.

From Ato's icy eyes, the Third Hokage saw exactly how Ato regarded him.

An ant!

An inferior race!

Damn it, I'm the strongest Third Hokage of Konoha, yet I'm being despised by a little brat.

Anger flared in the Third Hokage's heart, but he maintained his smile.

Before he figured out Ato's strength and origins, the Third Hokage had no intention of falling out with him.

"Allow me to introduce myself. My name is—"

Before the Third Hokage could finish, Ato rudely interrupted him.

"Hiruzen Sarutobi, I'm not interested in you!"

Ato gave the Third Hokage a cold look, then spoke words that left both him and Minato Namikaze stunned.

"Hiruzen Sarutobi, immediately notify the other Ninja villages. I, Ato of the Saiyans, am convening a Five Kage Summit!"

The Third Hokage froze, and the fake smile on his face could no longer be maintained.

What had he just heard?

This Saiyan, Ato, standing before him actually wanted to convene a Five Kage Summit?

What a joke.

Leaving aside whether an unknown little brat was even qualified to convene a Five Kage Summit.

Even Hiruzen Sarutobi, as the Third Hokage, would need to follow procedures in advance if he wanted to initiate a Five Kage Summit.

Moreover, the Third Shinobi World War was in full swing.

The five Ninja villages had practically beaten each other's brains out.

Even if the Third Hokage wanted to convene a Five Kage Summit now, the Kage of the other Ninja villages would not agree.

"Are my words difficult to understand?" Ato's icy voice brought the Third Hokage back to his senses.

"You Saiyan brat, you're far too delusional!!"

"How could I possibly agree to such an absurd request?"

The Third Hokage frowned deeply as he looked at Ato and refused.

"Third Hokage, which direction is the nearest town from Konoha?"

Ato did not care about the Third Hokage's refusal and merely asked casually.

The Third Hokage froze again. He felt as though he could not keep up with Ato's train of thought.

Hadn't they just been talking about the Five Kage Summit?

Why had he suddenly changed the subject?

Unable to understand what Ato was thinking, the Third Hokage casually replied, "Twenty kilometers east of Konoha, there is a town called Haruki Town."

"We should go outside. The food at this restaurant is quite good. It would be a pity to destroy it."

Ato rubbed his chin, then slowly floated into the air.

Under everyone's gaze, Ato flew out of the barbecue restaurant and hovered above Konoha's streets. He slowly raised his right index finger.

Boom!

A golden Energy Blast rapidly gathered at Ato's fingertip.

Terrifying energy instantly enveloped an area several hundred meters around him.

The pavement of Konoha's streets began to crack apart, while countless fragments of stone slowly floated into the air.

"What terrifying chakra! Minato! No matter what that Saiyan brat intends to do, stop him." The Third Hokage also swiftly left the barbecue restaurant. Looking at Ato floating in the air, he gave Minato an order with a grim expression.

However, the Third Hokage's reaction was still too slow.

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.

One minute later, it was as if a sun had risen in the east, and blinding white light enveloped all of Konoha.

A massive explosion followed immediately afterward.

The terrifying blast made Konoha's entire earth tremble.

The mushroom cloud produced by the explosion soared into the sky.

"That direction... is Haruki Town!"

"What... did that little brat do?"

The Third Hokage's pupils constricted violently. His eyes remained fixed on Ato in the air, filled with intertwined shock and fury.