One day later, inside a military stronghold.
The Five Kage gathered to begin another Five Kage Summit. As elite ninja brought along by the Third, Oto Uchiha and the Fire Squad she belonged to remained hidden, keeping watch for enemies who might appear at any moment.
With one hand on her hip, Oto Uchiha surveyed the ninja from other villages around her, habitually assessing their strength and preparing to fight at a moment's notice.
Kakashi frowned, seemingly lost in thought, as the natural energy surrounding him grew increasingly dense.
Shisui kept glancing at Oto Uchiha, then at Zou Hyuga beside her, concern never quite leaving his face.
Guy and Yamato were much more relaxed and began chatting idly.
Zou Hyuga's shadow clone, who had joined the escort, naturally noticed the changes in Kakashi as well. He had been surprised to learn that Jiraiya had taken Kakashi to Mount Myōboku to train.
Now, that absurdly dense natural energy convinced him that the toads of Mount Myōboku could no longer sit still. The Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and Infinite Tsukuyomi posed a deadly threat even to the Three Great Sage Lands, which normally stood apart from worldly affairs.
Looking away from Kakashi, Zou Hyuga turned his attention to the elite ninja the other Kage had brought.
He soon spotted quite a few familiar faces he had fought before. These escorts were all elite jonin from their respective villages, and there were nearly twice as many as at the previous Five Kage Summit.
Zou Hyuga was not surprised. On the surface, this secret meeting of the Five Kage was intended to establish the Allied Shinobi Forces and eliminate the remaining Akatsuki members in the shinobi world.
In reality, it was a trap for Obito, with Naruto, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, serving as bait.
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