Mifune, the general of the Land of Iron, watched the chaotic scene before him with a headache, feeling increasingly that he had no authority whatsoever as moderator.
Ever since the Five Kage Summit began, an argument broke out every few sentences.
This time, Konoha's Hokage Tsunade came under fire; next time, it would be Kumogakure's Raikage Dodai. In any case, by the end, not a single village escaped.
It was not that Mifune had not tried to intervene, but it was largely useless.
When the Kage of the Five Great Nations were willing to show him respect, he could say a few words and barely get someone to listen. When they were not, nobody listened at all, no matter what Mifune said.
So he could only stand helplessly to one side, waiting for the Five Kage to finish arguing before he occasionally had a chance to step forward and offer some advice.
Seeing Mifune step forward, the Five Kage stopped arguing with some semblance of tacit understanding and temporarily took a break.
Inside the lounge the Land of Iron had prepared for the Konoha ninja, the group was discussing something.
Tsunade rubbed her smooth forehead and asked, "Is everything all right in the village? Has Naraku sent any new messages?"
"The ninja hawk has already delivered a scroll." Kakashi shook his head, then handed Tsunade the Intelligence Scroll the village had just sent.
"All right, let me see." Tsunade took the scroll, opened it, and began reading.
Jiraiya sat in a corner of the lounge, scribbling away with a pen, though it was unclear whether he was working on his writing. He looked up at Tsunade and said, "Tsunade, we've spent a little too long in the Land of Iron. This can't go on."
"If the Akatsuki makes another