"Then I'll speak first. Everyone, just listen."
Uchiha Minamoto rested his hands in front of him, his fingers interlaced.
"Lord Tsuchikage should have some idea why this Five Kage Summit was convened.
"The reason I gathered everyone here for a new Five Kage Summit was to unite our strength and face the threat posed by the Akatsuki together."
Face the threat posed by the Akatsuki?
At this, Ōnoki discreetly rolled his eyes.
What threat did the Akatsuki pose anymore?
Who was really threatening the other villages and the entire shinobi world now?
Wasn't it Konoha?
Wasn't it you, the Fifth Hokage, Uchiha Minamoto?
Back in Iwagakure last time.
Uchiha Minamoto had used this very same spiel.
Now that they were in the Land of Iron.
Uchiha Minamoto was still using the same spiel!
The Akatsuki's name really did come in handy!
Ōnoki couldn't help grumbling inwardly.
But what he thought was one thing, and what he said was another.
"Yes, that's right..."
Ōnoki agreed with Uchiha Minamoto.
Because of the two key figures, Obito Uchiha and Juzo Biwa, Mei Terumi knew more about the Akatsuki than the other three Kage did.
"I believe the Akatsuki is an extremely dangerous organization."
Mei Terumi picked up the discussion.
"They once launched an operation called the Tailed Beast Capture Plan, and they have already achieved concrete results.
"The Seven-Tails, which once belonged to Takigakure, has already been captured by the Akatsuki.
"Obito Uchiha, one of the Akatsuki's full members, even came close to wiping out Takigakure."
At this, Ōnoki couldn't help letting out another grunt.
Having your jinchūriki and tailed beast stolen by outsiders! What a disgrace!
That was what Ōnoki had wanted to say.
But Takigakure had suffered terribly.
Hadn't Iwagakure suffered terribly too?
Takigakure had merely lost people, lost its tailed