"In what capacity do you intend to attend the Five Kage Summit?"
Under Madara and Izuna's murderous stares, which could practically slice a person into a thousand pieces, Tobirama remained unhurried. His expression was cold, and he even sounded somewhat aggressive.
"Do you intend to let the entire shinobi world know you've been resurrected? Uchiha Izuna, are you trying to throw the shinobi world into chaos?"
"Tobirama Senju!"
Madara's expression instantly turned terrifying. He shot up from his seat, startling Hashirama and Hōkaku into scrambling beneath the table for fear of getting caught in the crossfire.
But just as Madara was about to erupt, Izuna stopped him.
Izuna snorted. Though fury burned inside him, he still maintained a measure of restraint and composure.
Tobirama did have a point, and Izuna was not someone who refused to listen to reason. Fine, he would listen to him this once.
So Izuna snapped irritably:
"I'll change my appearance with the Transformation Technique."
"Do you think the other Four Villages are full of idiots?"
Tobirama remained relentless, his words striking straight at the heart of the matter without mercy:
"Everyone attending the Five Kage Summit is a village leader or their deputy. What right does an Uchiha nobody has ever seen have to attend?"
"Then what exactly do you want?"
Izuna struggled to suppress his anger. He strongly suspected that Tobirama was deliberately making things difficult for him, just as he had during the Warring States period!
"Tobirama Senju, don't push your luck!"
Yet Tobirama abruptly changed tack, his attitude making a complete reversal:
"If you insist on going, there is a way. I'll withdraw and give you my place. Nobody could possibly suspect a thing."
Though Tobirama sounded faintly resigned, as though he were making some tremendous sacrifice, Izuna was not so easily