Whether Konoha attended this Five Kage Summit or not, the Third Hokage first needed to understand why it had been called and what had transpired.
Faced with the Third Hokage's question, Kumogakure's envoy explained, "Sir, this Five Kage Summit was not initiated by our village. Sunagakure was the one who proposed it. Our village merely took on the task of delivering the invitations. As for why they initiated the Five Kage Summit..."
At that point, the Kumogakure envoy stopped speaking.
The Third Hokage understood what he meant.
As for why the Five Kage Summit was being held, it was not something a minor envoy like him could know. Want to know?
Ask the Third Raikage.
Sunagakure!!!
The moment the Third Hokage heard that Sunagakure had initiated the Five Kage Summit, he immediately had a bad feeling.
He felt that nothing good would come of this Five Kage Summit.
Konoha might very well be targeted.
That raised the question: why had Sunagakure suddenly decided to call a Five Kage Summit?
Were they out of their minds?
If they had called a Five Kage Summit because of the war, then the Third Hokage could only say that the people of Sunagakure were seriously ill.
They were the ones who had started the war. They were the ones getting beaten, and they were still the ones calling for a Five Kage Summit.
After a moment of silence, the Third Hokage continued asking:
"Have the other villages responded to this summit?"
The Third Hokage did not know what Sunagakure and Kumogakure had cooked up together to make Kumogakure agree to hold this Five Kage Summit. But what about the other villages?
As long as Iwagakure and Kirigakure chose not to participate, the Third Hokage would choose to ignore this Five Kage Summit.
Because Konoha