Iwagakure.
Ōnoki patted his aching old back and sighed helplessly.
"At my age, do you have any idea how hard it is to come out for a summit? I even have to carry bombs around everywhere. I'm exhausted to death. Young people these days have no consideration for the elderly at all. They're far too troublesome."
Kurotsuchi chuckled beside him.
"If it's that hard on you, old man, then just step down. Stop hogging the Tsuchikage position. Why not hand it over to me?"
Kitsuchi immediately shot her a glare.
"Kurotsuchi, shut up! This is the Five Kage Summit. Don't embarrass Lord Tsuchikage."
Kurotsuchi pouted and muttered under her breath, "Hmph, he's obviously just a stubborn old fossil."
Meanwhile, in Kirigakure, a large group of ninja stared wide-eyed at a trembling old man.
The old man looked as though he might keel over and climb straight into a coffin at any moment. Mei Terumi, Chojuro, and Ao, who walked ahead of him, barely dared to breathe, afraid that if they inhaled too heavily, the old man would drop dead on the spot.
At long last, the conical hat symbolizing the Mizukage's status was delivered before Mei Terumi. She quickly accepted it, then smiled at the elder, whose age no one knew, and said:
"In the name of the Mizukage, I guarantee that this mission will be completed smoothly."
A Jonin turned to the boy beside him and gave him a solemn reminder.
"You are one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. You must protect Lady Mizukage."
The boy lowered his head, his face full of uncertainty.
"O-Okay... I think there probably, maybe, won't be any problems."
At this time, Mei Terumi was only twenty-seven years old. With her voluptuous figure, simply standing there was enough to make people unable to look