Shihōin Naraku's speech struck a powerful chord. His ringing voice echoed between heaven and earth, stirring every ninja's emotions.
Even the leaders standing behind him were filled with emotion.
Even Dianbingwei and Yunshui, who had not personally participated in the war, or at least had not taken part in the brutal fighting on the front lines, stared at Naraku's back in considerable surprise.
Yes, Yunshui was present this time too.
He had been excluded outright from the earlier Five Kage Summit because it involved confidential matters, and because of his position.
No matter how senior Yunshui was in Kumogakure, or how high his standing was.
He was not the Raikage, so he was not qualified to attend the Five Kage Summit.
The main reason Dianbingwei had been able to attend was that Dodai, the Raikage, had died in battle, and the Five Kage Summit could hardly exclude the Land of Lightning, one of the Five Great Nations.
That was why Dianbingwei had been allowed to join the Five Kage Summit as the Land of Lightning's temporary representative.
As for why he had been chosen instead of Yunshui, it was naturally because his temperament and abilities made him better suited to handling political affairs.
Yunshui, on the other hand, leaned more toward the militant faction, despite being an elder of Kumogakure.
His temperament made that plain enough.
Although Dianbingwei had repeatedly spoken up as a representative at the Five Kage Summit to question Naraku's and the others' proposals and plans, he had also made concessions when the situation called for them.
Because he knew circumstances outweighed individual strength!
Kumogakure was in no position to oppose Naraku's decisions now.
Yunshui was different. With his temperament, if he had attended the Five Kage Summit and heard decisions detrimental to Kumogakure, he would certainly