A few hours later, the high-level meeting ended.
Although they had plenty of grievances with Iwagakure under Ōnoki's leadership, the village ultimately decided to attend the Five Kage Summit.
After all, the pressure from the Akatsuki was simply too great. The incident in Iwagakure had made them realize that a single shinobi village, or even an alliance of two or three, was no match for the Akatsuki.
Only by working together could the Five Great Shinobi Villages completely eradicate the Akatsuki, the common enemy of the shinobi world.
After leaving the Hokage Building, Oto Uchiha instinctively glanced at Zou Hyuga's shadow clone beside her.
But what could a shadow clone possibly know?
Shaking her head lightly, Oto Uchiha headed toward the Military Police Force's headquarters.
Faced with the murky situation, all she could do was become stronger-strong enough to stand alongside the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha.
However, she would not follow that arrogant ancestor's example. Despite possessing strength that few in the world could rival, he had ended up abandoned by everyone.
He had not even managed to take the Uchiha Clan with him.
The Uchiha Clan suffered from the same flaw. Even though they had made outstanding contributions during the Third Shinobi World War,
their aloofness and arrogance had kept outsiders from recognizing those achievements.
Even their clan head had been unable to take part in the election for Hokage.
As she pondered this, Oto Uchiha smiled and nodded to the villagers around her, never letting their repeated calls of "my lady" go to her head.
Winning the support of the small and medium-sized ninja clans, as well as the villagers, had always been part of her strategy.
No matter how powerful the noble clans were, the difficulty of increasing their numbers would leave them hard-pressed to compete