"Then let's hold a high-level meeting. Just call the other elders over."
The Third Raikage prepared to summon the Hidden Cloud Village's elders for a small meeting. If he convened a Jonin assembly, word would definitely leak out, putting the Land of Night and Konoha on their guard.
There were bound to be spies from the Land of Night and Konoha among the Hidden Cloud Village's Jonin; they simply did not know which ones.
That was why the Third Raikage never discussed decisions about the Hidden Cloud Village's operations in a general assembly.
"Will you be going in person, Lord Raikage?"
Robui asked the crucial question.
"Of course. If I don't, that old bastard Mizukage might swallow up everyone we send afterward, too."
An alliance? If such things were reliable, the ninja world would not have been such a cesspool.
Being allies was precisely what made it convenient to stab one another in the back.
Not to mention that the alliance the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Mist Village were about to form was only temporary, making it all the more necessary to remain wary while cooperating.
At the same time, he wanted to see whether the Third Mizukage's offer of cooperation was genuine. If it was false, a trap designed to ambush the Hidden Cloud Village, going in person would let him take precautions against the Hidden Mist Village.
Once their discussion ended, Robui took the Third Raikage's orders and went to summon the high-level advisors and several elders who wielded a certain amount of real authority.
They were all highly respected figures in the Hidden Cloud Village. Although the village lacked the Hidden Mist Village's distinctive elder culture, which gave its elders enormous real power, the Raikage still could not bypass these elders and act unilaterally on