Ishikawa and Byakuren were arguing all the way. They stopped arguing when they passed by the snow in the atrium and saw the six-headed Tailed Beasts being guarded by ninjas and Samurai.
The two of them had dazed expressions on their faces, feeling like they were under some kind of powerful illusion. Their feet were welded to the ground and their bodies remained motionless.
As an old man who came from Warring States Era, he is one generation older than the other First shadows, and he can be regarded as the most knowledgeable ninja.
But to be honest, they had never seen this kind of scene where six Tailed Beasts dreams gathered together and were suppressed in their lives.
At this moment, Ishikawa and Byakuren finally confirmed that Hokage was actually serious?
Looking at this scene, Yayoi couldn't help but nodded secretly.
If someone makes trouble again, just pull over and take a look at the six-headed Tailed Beasts, and no one will think about taking action anymore.
Especially Wu and Gengetsu, in the face of the powerful force that suppressed the six-headed Tailed Beasts, they all felt that they had become clowns.
Arrangements were made for people from Iwagakure and Hidden Mist Village to stay, and soon after, several more ninja leaders from small countries arrived.
Among them, the ninja boss from Snow Country made Yayoi pay a little attention.
Snow Country, this country is the same as the eastern part of Land of Night. It is a country with a cold climate and poor agriculture, but it has made great achievements in heavy industry.
It also possesses the special Chakra Armor production technology, which is said to significantly improve the ninja's combat capabilities.
Yayoi knows that this rumor is not false, but the production of Chakra Armor may not be technically mature. After all, improving ninja abilities is good, but the issue of safety needs to be a question mark.
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Since the distances between countries and Land of Night are not the same, the departure and arrival times of the shadows or bosses of the ninja villages in each country are also different from Land of Night.
Fortunately, before the talks started, all the ninja villages that were invited sent their missions. Even the ninja villages that were not on the list came here because of their reputation, hoping to gain a certain amount of attention at this meeting.
Following Konoha, Iwagakure and Hidden Mist Village, Hidden Sand Village Ninja of Land of Wind and Hidden Cloud Village Ninja of Land of Lightning also officially arrived at Three Wolves Mountain the day before Five Kage Summit.
First Kazekage Retto looks young, but he is also a middle-aged man over forty years old.
He wears a relatively fresh hairstyle and wears a thick coat, which can resist both the wind and snow as well as the sand and dust in the desert.
Considering that most of Land of Wind's country is a desert environment, his thick outfit is not surprising.
As for First Raikage Ai, Yayoi is a little surprised. Although he has dark skin and a tall body like most Land of Lightning people, his conversation is very polite and his temper is very gentle.
You know, before this, Yayoi had a very bad impression of Hidden Cloud Village ninja.
Not to mention the sneaky actions of Kumogakure against Konoha Hyuga Clan in the original work.
Even the brothers Kinkaku Ginkaku made him dislike the Hidden Cloud Village ninja.
The Hidden Cloud Village ninja who looks like a reckless man is actually extremely cunning and cunning, and is very good at conspiracy and conspiracy.
I just don't know if this First Raikage Ai has real demeanor, or if this kind of demeanor and politeness are actually just an external disguise.
However, Yayoi doesn't care about this. What he provides here is a venue, and the real initiator of the talks is Hokage of Konoha.
If someone makes trouble here, there is no need for Land of Night to come forward, Konoha will take the initiative to intervene.
Just like Hashirama stopped Wu and Gengetsu from fighting before, making trouble here is not to give Konoha Hokage face.
Therefore, the dozens of elite ninjas from Konoha who had previously followed Hashirama and Tobirama also worked with the Land of Night personnel in the castle to manage the order of the venue.
At the end of October, on the day of Five Kage Summit.
Snowflakes are flying, and there is ample heating in the castle, making it as warm as spring.
If at this time, you can have a few drinks in a warm spring-like castle, paired with some exquisite side dishes, while watching the snowy scenery outside, I believe it will be a beautiful thing in life.
But none of the ninjas who came here had similar thoughts.
Especially on the day when the talks began, the air in the castle was filled with an invisible sense of oppression.
There were no cumbersome pre-ceremonies. In the morning, after everyone got up and had a hearty breakfast, the formal talks began at almost nine o'clock in the morning.
The talks were divided into two venues.
One of them is specially prepared for Five Kage, and the other is to bring the leaders of the ninja village of the small country together for communication.
After Five Kage finished communicating with each other, it was time for Five Kage to communicate and talk with the ninja leaders of these small countries.
Since Five Great Nations dominates the overall situation of Ninja World, the ninja village established within the territory of Five Great Nations and its leader, Shadow, are naturally in a dominant position among the ninjas. The official name of this meeting, naturally named 'Five Kage Summit', is the most important part of the meeting.
Nine thirty in the morning.
Five Kage gathered in a conference room with a huge round table.
On the east half of the round table, from left to right are five people: Mizukage Byakuren, Kazekage Retto, Hokage Hashirama, Tsuchikage Ishikawa, Raikage A.
Among them, Gengetsu stands behind Byakuren, Tobirama stands behind Hashirama, and Wu stands behind Ishikawa. They serve as guards and consultants, and are also qualified to speak in the talks.
Kazekage Retto was followed by a bald man with strange tattoos like a green dragon and black dragon claws carved on his forehead and right eye. He was wearing gray Ninja Outfit and a sandy yellow cape.
His name is Shamon, and he is the senior executive of Sunagakure. His position to Hidden Sand Village is equivalent to the position of Tobirama to Konoha, Wu to Iwagakure, and Gengetsu to Hidden Mist Village.
As for Raikage A, behind him was a rather rugged-looking, dark-skinned man, wearing a dark outfit. His face was not as peaceful as Ai's, but full of seriousness and calmness.
What's even more interesting is that his name is also 'Ai'.
This seems to be a tradition that Kumogakure has had since its establishment. The leader Raikage is called "Ai", and the Raikage candidate is also named after "Ai". (Here Ai is Raikage, and "Ai" is the Raikage candidate. To avoid confusion, use quotation marks to distinguish them)
The western half of the conference round table is where Yayoi, who is presiding over this Five Kage Summit, is seated. Yaya and Kakuzu stand to his left, right and behind.
Not far from Yayoi, in a secret corner blocked by curtains, there are two Land of Night ninjas sitting there. They have papers spread out in front of them and pens in their hands. They are stenographers who specialize in recording the content of this Five Kage Summit.
"At the request of Your Excellency Hokage, Five Kage Summit is being held here. I am General of the Land of Night Oda Yayoi. I am honored to be the host of this meeting. If you have nothing else to do, Five Kage Summit will officially start."
Yayoi opened the atmosphere with a standardized opening, and then gave the stage to Five Kage opposite, acting as a transparent person on the scene.
His requirements for this meeting are very low, just don't fight.
When Yayoi finished speaking, Hashirama took over and spoke emotionally:
"Today we have the shadows from all the villages gathered together. I really... thank you all very much for coming!"
Bang!
Hashirama's forehead hitting the conference table really startled everyone, leaving them dumbfounded and looking at each other.
Seemingly looking for who it was, he used Genjutsu on Hokage.
After all, in high-level meetings from various countries, they have heard of people swearing at people to show off their power, or directly fighting, but... they have never heard of kowtowing as soon as they get started, and they have never seen it.
Didn't those who attended the inauguration ceremony of Konoha Hokage say in the past that Hokage is a man of unsmiling and serious character?
Was it that Hokage was switched? Or were the people who went to Konoha to visit Hokage's appointment ceremony collectively lied after they came back?
"Uh, Sir Hokage, I know you are very excited, but as the boss of a country's ninjas, you shouldn't bow to others so easily."
Raikage A persuaded him tactfully. Before he could figure out the other party's purpose, he could only try his best to test it out.
"Your Excellency Hokage, please raise your head quickly. If you do this, it will be us who are in trouble."
Ishikawa also has a little headache.
Although he knew the general content of this meeting through no letters from Yayoi... but Hashirama's bump made him start to become suspicious.
"It's too groveling, and it's hard not to make people doubt whether there is a conspiracy."
"It is not a good thing to be emotional in front of other countries. We are all here for Tailed Beasts in this meeting. It is just a transaction."
They were the words of Mizukage Byakuren and Kazekage Retto. They did not know what the purpose of Hashirama was, but they also planted the seeds of doubt in their hearts.
And I have made up my mind that I cannot follow the rhythm of Hokage, but must return to the main topic of allocating Tailed Beasts.
"That's right, Tailed Beasts, we Konoha have already decided on the price, and we will distribute it reasonably according to the strength of each village. But this is not free, you need to exchange it with money or resources..."
Tobirama took a deep breath, knowing that he could only come to the rescue at this time.
He knew that this kind of thing would definitely happen during the meeting. Fortunately, he had a plan in advance and was not disrupted by Hashirama's nonsense.
"I think it's free..."
"Shut up!"
Before Hashirama could finish speaking, Tobirama couldn't help but interrupt with swear words.
However, the shadows in each village were shaken in their beliefs because of Hashirama's words.
It's not because of what Hashirama said was 'free', but because I feel that there are too many weird and unreasonable aspects in this meeting.
He kowtows and plans to give Tailed Beasts, Hashirama, Hokage for free. His thoughts are too unpredictable, and it always makes people feel like he is hiding something.
Moreover, the meeting place is still in a country like Land of Night that has a close relationship with Konoha...
The four figures, including Ishikawa, couldn't help but scan the surrounding area vigilantly to see if there were any suspicious traps.
Finally, they set their sights on the host Yayoi, with deep doubts and distrust in his eyes, which made the corners of Yayoi's mouth twitch a little.
This is entirely Konoha's own idea and has nothing to do with him as the host!
Right from the beginning, Five Kage Summit fell into a deadlock of silence.
(Originally, the person following Mizukage Byakuren here is Third Mizukage, but here it is replaced by Gengetsu. After all, Third Mizukage has too few roles, and does not even have a name or code name.)