Five Kage Summit Begins!

Konoha, Hokage's Office.

The Five Kage each sat behind a desk, with their respective guard ninja standing behind them.

Everyone was on high alert.

They were waiting for the Five Kage Summit to begin.

Earlier, they had already formulated a strategy for dealing with Ato.

That was to wait and see, with conciliation as their primary approach.

As long as Ato did not destroy the Ninja World, everything was open to negotiation.

But if Ato insisted on destroying the Ninja World, the Five Kage would swiftly form the Shinobi Alliance and declare war on him!

Just as the atmosphere in the office was solemn, Hiruzen Sarutobi belatedly turned to look at his two Hokage advisors.

"Where is that fellow Danzo? At such an important time, he actually isn't here?"

Faced with Hiruzen Sarutobi's question, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura looked at each other.

Then they both looked toward Minato Namikaze.

"Lord Hokage, Danzo rashly attacked Ato, so I had him locked up," Minato Namikaze said calmly.

Hiruzen Sarutobi: ???

Hiruzen Sarutobi stared at Minato Namikaze in astonishment. He had never expected that after being away from Konoha for only a few days, Minato Namikaze, the acting Hokage, had already sent Danzo to Konoha Prison.

Hiruzen Sarutobi took several sharp puffs from his pipe, and the atmosphere fell even more silent.

"Minato, what did you do with the Root Shinobi?" After a moment of silence, Hiruzen Sarutobi continued.

"I removed their Cursed Tongue Eradication Seals and recruited them into the Anbu. Konoha does not need a Root hidden in the darkness."

Minato Namikaze's answer made Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyelid twitch slightly. His expression shifted several times behind the smoke, but in the end, he said nothing.

"Since the Root Base in the Forest of Death has been vacated, let Orochimaru manage it." Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke wearily, though his tone carried an unquestionable authority.

This time, however, Minato Namikaze fell silent.

Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned slightly, feeling that his authority as Hokage had been challenged by the next generation's Hokage.

"Minato, you are not the Fourth Hokage yet!"

Faced with Hiruzen Sarutobi's rebuke, Minato Namikaze gave an awkward smile before saying helplessly, "Lord Hokage, the Forest of Death no longer exists in Konoha!"

"What?!" Hiruzen Sarutobi was so shocked that he slammed the table and stood up.

He turned to his two old advisors.

"That's right, Hiruzen. For some unknown reason, the Saiyan Ato casually wiped out the Forest of Death," Utatane Koharu said gravely.

Mitokado Homura directly used a sensory ninjutsu to replay the scene of Ato erasing the entire Forest of Death with a single Great Spiraling Ring.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was left dumbfounded.

The Kage from the other ninja villages also frowned deeply at the sight.

Ato's power brought them an unprecedented sense of oppression.

"Do you know what caused Ato to destroy the Forest of Death?" Hiruzen Sarutobi rubbed his face, trying hard to calm himself before asking.

"Lord Hokage, this was a test Ato conducted after learning the Chakra Extraction Technique," Minato Namikaze replied calmly.

"Wait, Saiyans can extract chakra too?"

Raikage A directly interrupted Minato Namikaze and voiced his confusion.

"Ato once said that chakra is merely our name for it. In the universe, they call this form of life energy... Ki!"

Minato Namikaze revealed what he had learned from Kushina.

"Ki?" The Five Kage looked at one another.

"Lord Hokage, the Saiyan Ato is rapidly approaching the Hokage Building.

His speed is incredibly fast!!"

Just as the atmosphere in the Hokage's Office grew unbearably tense,

a sensory Anbu wearing a dog-faced mask reported what he had sensed.

"He's here!" ×5.

The Five Kage instantly faced a formidable enemy.

Outside the Hokage Building, Ato crossed his arms over his chest and flew rapidly toward the building.

Behind him trailed a massive white streak, solid as though it were tangible.

Ato had now completely adapted to the Gravity Ring's twenty-fivefold gravity and could run, jump, and fly freely under twenty-five times gravity.

A Saiyan's growth and adaptability were extremely rapid.

However, Ato was still unable to fight under twenty-five times gravity.

Moreover, he could only fly two meters above the ground.

That practically counted as ground-level flight.

Boom!

Ato rapidly closed in on the Hokage Building, then shot straight upward along its exterior.

The sonic boom and air pressure generated by his tremendous speed instantly shattered every pane of glass inside the Hokage Building.

"So fast!"

Inside the Hokage's Office, the Five Kage's pupils constricted. To their senses, Ato's speed was like teleportation.

One second, he had been several hundred meters from the Hokage Building. The next, he was already inside the Hokage's Office.

Even Raikage A, renowned for his speed and strength, could not help feeling his heart pound at such speed.

Boom!

The instant Ato entered the Hokage's Office, a hurricane swept through the entire room.

The Hokage's Office was immediately thrown into disarray, with all kinds of documents flying everywhere.

Hovering in midair, Ato looked down at the Five Kage.

Boom!

A terrifying aura erupted from Ato's body.

The aura alone made the Five Kage and their guard ninja instantly pale.

The desks before them creaked under unbearable strain before shattering apart in an instant.

The ninja in the office were pressed down by Ato's aura and fell stiffly to their knees.

Even the floor beneath their feet cracked inch by inch.

"So powerful... his aura alone has rendered us unable to move!"

Tsuchikage Ōnoki's face was filled with terror.

"This is terrifying. Is this the power of a Saiyan?"

Raikage A's muscles tensed as his Lightning Release Armor flared to its limit, yet he still could not break free from the pressure of Ato's aura.

"A ninja's strength is simply too weak."

Cold sweat streamed down Kazekage Rasa's forehead. His body was bent over like a shrimp under the pressure, his head nearly pressed against the floor.

"This... this is the power of a god!"

Mizukage Yagura gritted his teeth, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.

Only Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Hokage, struggled to raise his head and made a difficult request of Ato. "Lord Ato, please withdraw your power."

"Lord Ato, please withdraw your power!" ×4!

The other four Kage likewise cast aside their pride as Kage, showing the respect that the weak ought to show the strong.

Ato was very satisfied with the Five Kage's current attitude.

This was the attitude inferiors ought to have toward a superior.

So he directly withdrew his aura and slowly descended.

"Lord Ato, please sit!"

After Ato landed on the ground, Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Hokage, very tactfully brought over a chair himself and respectfully placed it beneath Ato.

Ato casually sat down, then waved at the Five Kage.

Only then did the Five Kage wipe away their cold sweat and sit in the chairs the Anbu had brought in again.

"Then, the Five Kage Summit begins!"

Ato's cold voice rang through the Hokage's Office, instantly putting the Five Kage and the guards behind them on edge.