The Fourth Raikage was blown away, and brought back carried in one hand by Kazan.
"Lord Raikage!"
Darui and Cee wanted to go over, but their whole bodies were weak. Their chakra had been drained, and they needed time to recover.
Kazan glanced at them, then threw the man back into his seat, signaling Mifune to continue.
"Let's continue the talks."
Mifune had never seen this kind of stance before. Seeing the Fourth Raikage's expression of someone questioning the meaning of life, he didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Ahem!" He coughed once and said, "Then, the talks continue."
Clack!
The lights in the Conference Room dimmed once more, leaving only five lamps shining down on the Kage of the Five Villages.
The guards stepped back to let the talks proceed.
"You all heard what the Raikage said just now. Whether it's Madara Uchiha or Jing Uchiha, they are indeed Konoha's Rogue Ninja. That is an undeniable fact."
"But this is not a reason for you to point fingers at Konoha, Kazekage. You secretly accepted black-market bounty missions before..."
"That was for military expansion, and Konoha started that trend first. The Sand Shinobi were merely taking precautions." Rasa did not wait for the Kage of the other villages to give him a hard time, speaking up to explain first.
Kazan waved his hand and continued, "Besides that, Tsuchikage, as far as I know, you too have utilized rogue ninja from the black market in the past."
"This is the traditional practice of a shinobi village." Ōnoki closed his eyes and spoke very calmly, "In times of war, to win the war, the nations behind the shinobi villages will fully support the villages in combat."
"Yet when the war ends and peace settles over the nations, the villages quickly