Land of Earth, Iwagakure.
The Tsuchikage Building, located at the very heart of Iwagakure, looked from afar like a tall tower built from piled stones, carrying an ancient, rustic air.
It could be said that the Tsuchikage Building was the largest of all the Kage buildings, and its conference room was correspondingly spacious. A long rectangular table stood in the middle, with a row of bluestone chairs beside it. Other than that, the entire room was empty.
At this moment, five people were already seated in the conference room. Aside from Madara and Kakuzu, the Land of Earth's side was represented by Tsuchikage Ishikawa, an Iwagakure elder named Hei Yan, and a minister from the Land of Earth's Daimyo Palace.
Since the contents of their cooperation involved the Land of Earth's territory, Iwagakure had to seek the Daimyo Palace's opinion.
In truth, the Land of Earth's Daimyo Palace had initially wanted nothing to do with this matter. In their eyes, shinobi were merely a special military force raised by the country. Strictly speaking, they were subordinates and had no right to meddle in matters concerning the nation's territory.
But now, the Land of Flame's regime was already in the hands of shinobi, allowing it to discuss cooperation from the standpoint of a "country." Only then had the Daimyo Palace sent a minister to observe.
Yet at this moment, the atmosphere in the vast conference room was somewhat strange.
Ishikawa looked sternly at Madara, but inwardly he was going mad. What kind of negotiation had the boss personally come knocking on the door? Did the Land of Flame have no one else left?
And even if the boss had come personally, you were clearly the ones seeking cooperation. Why were you acting like we were the ones begging you?
As for