Four Kage Gather! [Second Update, Please Subscribe]

Besides considering Kirigakure's distance, there was also the discord between Konoha, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure. Holding the meeting in any of those three villages would be inappropriate, while Kirigakure was too far away. Therefore, they could only settle for centrally located Kumogakure.

The Third Raikage, the Third Mizukage, Ōnoki, Rasa, and Hikaru—representatives of the Five Great Shinobi Villages—gathered in Kumogakure within two days. Ōnoki and Rasa were one thing, but the Third Mizukage had crossed the sea and arrived in Kumogakure in just two days. No one knew what method he had used, though it might have been because Kirigakure was relatively close to Kumogakure.

It looked close, but traveling by water could not compare to traveling over land.

For the Third Mizukage to arrive in two days, even Hikaru had to give him a thumbs-up.

Other than Hikaru, the representatives of the other villages were all current Kage. With Hikaru sitting among the four Kage, it did feel rather strange.

Hikaru was not Konoha's Hokage, but no one dared underestimate him. Besides, if this incident had not happened, Hikaru would have been waiting peacefully in Konoha to become its next Hokage, rather than sitting here as one of Konoha's higher-ups.

So what if his status was lower than theirs? That was only what they thought. Konoha had never acknowledged it. Why not compare strength instead?

If they compared strength, Hikaru could toss every last one of them into the deep sea!!!

When they saw Hikaru, Ōnoki and Rasa both looked unpleasant. Their sides were still at war, and Hikaru had made them suffer quite a bit. If the two of them had shown him a pleasant expression, people would have suspected they were plotting something!!!

Faced with Rasa and Ōnoki's dark expressions, Hikaru merely smiled faintly and did not take