"Lord Mizukage!"
"Are you Lord Second Hokage?"
Mei Terumi, who had accompanied Naruto, recognized her village's Second Mizukage, while Naruto recognized the Second Hokage depicted on Kage Rock, Tobirama Senju.
"Oh, it looks like our Kirigakure hasn't been wiped out by the enemy yet? Second Tsuchikage, where are your people from Iwagakure?"
Hearing the Fourth Mizukage call out, the Second Mizukage first nodded, then immediately began mocking the Second Tsuchikage. Clearly, the two had a terrible relationship.
"Naruto Uzumaki, you're from Konoha, aren't you? What happened to our Iwagakure?"
They had killed the Land of Lightning's High Command and the Raikage together. When the Raikage died, these Previous Kage had already realized that their villages would likely suffer the same attack.
They had assumed their villages were probably gone as well. Now, however, Naruto and the others had appeared before them, giving the Previous Kage a glimmer of hope.
"Madara Uchiha destroyed the Land of Earth single-handedly. Of the Five Great Nations, only the ninja villages of the Land of Wind, the Land of Water, and the Land of Fire are still intact. Our three nations have joined forces, and we've split into two forces to rescue the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth."
After hearing Naruto's explanation, the Previous Kage fell silent. In contrast, Sasori and Deidara had long been itching to fight.
"Hmph, so your main force went to deal with the First and Madara Uchiha, then. Hurry up and fight. Once I've killed you, I still have Sasuke Uchiha to kill."
As he spoke, Sasori of the Red Sands summoned hundreds of newly crafted Puppets. Among them were several elite jōnin from Kumogakure. Thunder roared and lightning flashed in an instant. Sasori clearly hated waiting.
"You're a hundred years too early to think about killing