"Have they all assembled?"
Inside the dim cave, Obito Uchiha sat leisurely in his seat, his feet casually crossed in front of the table as he spoke.
Before him stood a gloomy-faced Ōnoki and A, whose face was full of barely restrained anger.
Half a month had passed since the three formed their alliance.
They had also reorganized their ninja forces and stabilized development within their countries.
At least things were no longer as turbulent as before.
This had been Black Zetsu's idea as well.
Internal affairs had to be settled before dealing with external enemies. Black Zetsu had experienced many wars, large and small, and naturally knew that if a country's internal affairs remained unsettled...
The war that followed would be extremely difficult to fight!
"Everything's been settled."
Ōnoki and A spoke at the same time.
They had also tested the Mysterious Masked Man several times.
But thanks to Obito's ingenious Kamui ability, none of their attempts had succeeded.
As a result, neither of them could yet gauge Obito's strength.
They had already formed an alliance, yet still knew nothing about their ally's strength...
Both remained rather wary of him.
"However, since we're an allied force, we'll also need a Supreme Commander going forward."
"A Supreme Commander?"
Ōnoki chuckled. "What, you want the position?"
A also cast a suspicious glance at Obito Uchiha, who was dressed in black robes and shrouded in shadow.
The face beneath Obito Uchiha's mask shifted slightly. "We'll let strength do the talking later..."
"Whoever is strongest gets to be Supreme Commander."
A and Ōnoki exchanged a glance and both nodded.
"Reporting to Lord Rain Shadow! Iwagakure and Kumogakure have frequently clashed with us along our borders lately! It's already escalated to both sides attacking each other!"
Ning Feng had just finished dealing with