After the prolonged shock, Ōnoki was the first among the Five Kage to ask, "Uchiha Riu, just who are you, and what is your purpose?"
Without hesitation, Riu replied, "I, Uchiha Riu, am no divine being, merely a mortal who wishes to challenge the gods. As for my purpose, if I have to name one, it would be freedom..."
Ōnoki questioned, "Freedom? The freedom you speak of sounds more like doing whatever you please. It will bring disaster upon this Shinobi World!"
"Heh heh, perhaps." Riu smiled meaningfully. "But your vision is far too narrow. You cannot see it. Everything you possess, everything you protect, is not worth mentioning. When the true disaster arrives, none of you will escape it..."
The true... disaster? Minato Namikaze narrowed his eyes and asked, "Mr. Uchiha Riu, do you know something? Could you tell us some of what you know? If we better understand your motives, perhaps... our future policies may change as well."
"Hokage, are you going to listen to his pack of lies?" the Raikage shouted with a frown.
Riu gazed deeply at Minato Namikaze, lowering his head in thought.
One day, the Heavenly People—the members of the Ōtsutsuki Clan—would descend. Their power was sufficient to destroy the entire Shinobi World. To fight them, he had to gather the Tailed Beasts and become the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki. It was only because many necessary elements had yet to fall into place, making success impossible for the time being, that he had established a ninja village: to create a small buffer and accumulate fighting power, making it easier to seize those elements from the Five Great Nations in the future...
That was Riu's motive and purpose. Should he reveal it here? No.
Of course, it was not because he feared them knowing. What would it