The Fighting Arena Is Complete, and the Five Great Shinobi Villages Fully Unite!

Konoha's central district.

It had now become a massive crater.

Ato's Wood Clone expressionlessly glanced at the Konoha Shinobi around the crater's edge.

Then, with his arms folded across his chest, he shot upward at full speed.

Boom!

As the Wood Clone flew at full speed, a tremendous roar blanketed all of Konoha. The air shook in layer upon layer, spreading outward like ripples.

In an instant, the Wood Clone turned into a streak of golden light, dragging a white trail behind him as he vanished into the skies above Konoha.

With the Wood Clone's power level of 300, he pierced through the Ninja World's atmosphere in just one minute at full speed.

He then hovered at the outermost edge of the Ninja World's atmosphere.

Three hundred meters ahead lay the vacuum of space.

A Saiyan's body could not yet do what Frieza could—remain lively and unharmed in the vacuum of space.

The Wood Clone looked at the Ninja World's moon, which seemed close enough to touch, before shifting his gaze to a massive meteorite over a hundred kilometers away.

He had come here to find materials suitable for building the Martial Arts Tournament arena.

At that moment, a massive meteorite emitting a silvery glow floated quietly beneath the moon. Its metal ore content was astonishingly high.

Drawn by the moon's gravity, the meteorite revolved around it like a small satellite.

This metal meteorite, weighing thousands of tons, was the Wood Clone's target.

Looking at the massive meteorite in the distance, the Wood Clone slowly raised his right hand and lightly pointed at it.

More than a hundred kilometers away, a layer of pale blue light instantly enveloped the entire meteorite.

Then, the massive meteorite began to tremble violently.

Boom!

There was no sound in space, yet the Wood Clone could still sense the tremendous roar coming from the meteorite.

Then, the meteorite instantly vanished into the darkness of space.

In the next instant, it appeared within the crater in Konoha's central district.

Space Transfer!

By releasing a Flying Thunder God Barrier, he could instantly transfer distant objects directly before himself.

This was a space-time ninjutsu the Wood Clone had developed based on Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder.

It was his first time using it, and the results were remarkably effective.

With a thought, the Wood Clone returned directly to Konoha.

Looking at the massive meteorite before him, the Wood Clone raised his hand and fired several Dodon Rays.

Sizzle.

The Dodon Rays sliced through the metal meteorite as easily as cutting tofu, shaping it into a huge, square fighting arena.

"This will do." Looking at the Martial Arts Tournament fighting arena he had created, the Wood Clone nodded in satisfaction.

Then, he flashed onto the fighting arena.

He clenched his right hand into a fist, carefully controlled his strength, and threw a light punch.

Crack.

Cracks spread across the surface of the fighting arena.

"Very good. This arena can already withstand a punch with 200 attack power from me without collapsing."

The Wood Clone's seemingly weightless punch had actually carried a power level of 200.

Yet after taking a strike from the Wood Clone with a power level of 200, the fighting arena had only developed cracks.

That was enough to prove that the fighting arena's durability was quite impressive.

The Martial Arts Tournament fighting arena was complete.

In the distance, Minato Namikaze looked at the huge fighting arena, and an inexplicable sense of urgency rose within him.

"There are only twenty-two days left until the Martial Arts Tournament. I must raise the contestants' power levels above 50 within those twenty-two days."

Minato Namikaze's eyes flickered. Then, with a Flying Thunder God, he arrived directly at the Shinobi Allied Forces Department.

The Shinobi Allied Forces Department was an organization jointly established by the Five Great Shinobi Villages.

Its location had been set by Hiruzen Sarutobi, the director of the Shinobi Allied Forces Department, within the former territory of the Senju Clan.

At that moment, within the administrative building of the Shinobi Allied Forces Department.

A new Five Kage Summit was underway.

The Five Kage appeared in the meeting room through spiritual communication.

"Hiruzen Sarutobi, are you still refusing to open up your village's secret techniques and Kekkei Genkai?"

Raikage A sat within the Kumogakure building, smashing the table before him with an angry slap as he furiously questioned Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"Raikage, haven't you also refused to open up your village's Lightning Release Chakra secret techniques?" Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned deeply, took a puff from his pipe, and replied helplessly.

"Hmph!" Left speechless, the Raikage could only snort angrily.

This was not the first Five Kage Summit held by the Shinobi Allied Forces Department.

In fact, ever since Ato had proposed the Martial Arts Tournament, the Five Kage Summit had been held almost every day.

The Five Great Shinobi Villages had already formed the Shinobi Alliance. They had even proposed gathering all the strength of the Five Great Shinobi Villages to rapidly raise the power of each village's geniuses who would participate in the Martial Arts Tournament to Kage-level, or even beyond Kage-level.

However, because of the barriers between the Five Great Shinobi Villages, along with each village's tight control over its Kekkei Genkai and secret techniques.

The Five Great Shinobi Villages had still failed to produce an effective plan for increasing the contestants' strength.

Just as the Five Kage Summit fell into another deadlock, the doors of the Shinobi Allied Forces Department were pushed open.

Wearing a Hokage Haori, Minato Namikaze strode inside.

"We of Konoha are willing to contribute all of our Kekkei Genkai and secret techniques."

Minato Namikaze's words drastically changed Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression. Before Hiruzen Sarutobi could speak, Shimura Danzō, whom Hiruzen Sarutobi had only just released from Konoha Prison, was the first to open his mouth.

"Kekkei Genkai and secret techniques are the village's most precious assets. How can they possibly be shared? Minato Namikaze, how is what you're doing any different from the First Hokage distributing the Tailed Beasts?!"

Looking at Shimura Danzō as he viciously berated him, Minato Namikaze froze for a moment. "Danzo, how did you escape from prison?"

"Cough, cough. I was the one who brought Danzo out." Hiruzen Sarutobi answered Minato Namikaze's question somewhat awkwardly.

When Minato Namikaze looked over, Hiruzen Sarutobi also voiced his own opinion.

"Minato, Konoha possesses the Ninja World's strongest Kekkei Genkai and its strongest system of secret techniques. These are the legacies our predecessors left behind for Konoha."

The sunny smile on Minato Namikaze's face faded.

He gave Hiruzen Sarutobi a scrutinizing look, then said firmly, "The Ninja World is about to be destroyed. What use is there in holding onto Kekkei Genkai? From this moment onward, Konoha is willing to share all Kekkei Genkai, secret techniques, and forbidden techniques!"

"Minato!!!"

"Director Sarutobi, my mind is made up!"

Minato Namikaze made the final decision.

Upon hearing Minato Namikaze's words, the decisive Raikage burst into excited laughter. "As expected of the Yellow Flash. From now on, Kumogakure is also willing to share all of our Kekkei Genkai, secret techniques, and forbidden techniques."

No one in the Ninja World could resist the temptation of possessing the Sharingan and Byakugan.

Therefore, after the Raikage spoke, Tsuchikage Ōnoki, Mizukage Yagura, and Kazekage Rasa successively agreed to open all Kekkei Genkai and secret techniques within their villages.

"There is no time to lose. Starting tomorrow, we will spare no cost in raising the contestants' strength," Minato Namikaze continued.

The other Kage nodded in agreement.

Just as Minato Namikaze had said, the Ninja World was on the verge of destruction. What was the point of holding onto their own Kekkei Genkai and secret techniques?

"Oh, right. Each of you can compile a list of contestants from your villages. I will formulate detailed enhancement plans for them afterward."

After Minato Namikaze finished speaking, the Five Kage Summit came to an end.

After the Five Kage Summit ended, Hiruzen Sarutobi took a puff from his pipe with a worried expression and said earnestly, "Minato, how will you persuade the Uchiha Clan and the Hyuga Clan to willingly contribute their Sharingan and Byakugan?"

"I learned something from Lord Ato."

Minato Namikaze's words left Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō behind him somewhat puzzled.

"Something you learned from Lord Ato?"

As the two of them wondered.

Minato Namikaze said with a solemn expression, "The weak have no right to refuse!

If the Uchiha and Hyuga disagree, then we'll just beat them up."

Minato Namikaze's eyes flashed. He turned around with an imposing air and left the Shinobi Allied Forces Department.

"Beat... beat them up?" Hiruzen Sarutobi stared wide-eyed in astonishment, unable to believe those words had come from Konoha's little sun.

"Arrogant. Utterly arrogant."

"Those are the Uchiha and Hyuga. How could he possibly beat them?"

Shimura Danzō's expression turned gloomy as he could not help sneering.

"He is the Yellow Flash! Konoha's strongest Fourth Hokage!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi cast Shimura Danzō a sidelong glance, and those words immediately shut him up.

Shimura Danzō snorted coldly, then turned and left.

"If Minato Namikaze can do it, then I, Danzo, will also participate in the Martial Arts Tournament!"

Only contestants could receive the unconditional support of the Five Great Shinobi Villages.

Therefore, he, Shimura Danzō, would also participate in the Martial Arts Tournament.

As a contestant, asking the Uchiha to contribute several hundred pairs of Sharingan should not be a problem, right?

After Shimura Danzō left the office.

Hiruzen Sarutobi took a puff from his pipe, his eyes gleaming as he pulled a toad from his pocket.

"Jiraiya, Jiraiya, can you hear me?"