Chapter 407 Five Shadows Talk
After the funeral, envoys from various countries witnessed Haneda’s “corpse” with their own eyes.
After the last bit of concern was eliminated, undercurrents began to surge in the ninja world.
The fourth Kazekage of Sunagakure, Rasa, the first thing he did when he returned to the village was to discuss with Chiyo, Ebizo and other senior leaders.
Even though Rasa emphasized Konoha's strength several times, he was ultimately rejected by Chiyo and Ebizo.
Not that Chiyo didn't believe Rasa when he said that any random kid from Konoha could defeat him.
But war is inevitable.
As early as half a year ago, Haneda had already planned a war for the four major ninja villages, forcing them to hate Konoha.
At the same time, he constantly emphasized that he had not much time left and urged all countries to speed up the collection of war materials and expand the army.
In addition, in order to ensure their own eternal wealth and prosperity, the daimyo also actively promoted Haneda's plan for a fourth war.
After a whole set of combined punches, the war cannot be started unless the top leaders say no.
In order to prepare for the war, the Sand Village has already encountered serious economic problems, and the ninjas have been holding a grudge against Konoha for three generations.
Chiyo couldn't stop it, she could only bet that the anti-Konoha alliance would win, and by winning the war, she could ease the pressure within Sunagakure and give an explanation to the daimyo.
What's more, even if Sunagakure doesn't fight, Iwagakure, Kumogakure, Kirigakure, and other small countries and villages will have to force them to fight.
Even Chiyo and Ebizo couldn't stop this war, let alone the Fourth Kazekage Rasa who had little prestige.
Rasa had no choice but to accept it and form an alliance with other countries to prepare for war with Konoha.
At the same time, Kumogakure and Iwagakure were also actively preparing. They tried to contact Kirigakure, which was far away from the mainland, in order to increase the bargaining chips of the anti-Konoha alliance and increase the chances of winning the war.
Kumogakure and Iwagakure are well aware of Konoha's strength.
Even though Uchiha Haneda, the God of Ninjas, is dead, Konoha still has nearly 20,000 ninjas, including the older generation Sandaime Sarutobi Hiruzen, the young generation Three Ninjas of Konoha Tsunade and Jiraiya, the younger generation Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi, and a missing Hatake Kakashi.
And Konoha also has an alliance, the mysterious warmongering Akatsuki organization, the Amegakure that dared to start the Second Ninja World War, and a small village called the Star Ninja Village.
All together, the army exceeds 30,000, with countless high-end combat forces, which cannot help but make the Yunyin and Yanyin tribes fear them.
As a result, Kirigakure received invitations from Kumogakure and Iwagakure successively. The Fifth Mizukage Mei Terumi actually didn't want to participate in the war.
After all, after a long period of blood mist policy, Kirigakure was in a mess, and things only got a little better after the coup was successful.
Mei Terumi just wants to stabilize and restore Kirigakure's economy, one step at a time.
But the daimyo of the Water Country did not agree, and neither did most of the upper echelons of the Kirigakure.
The long-term blood mist policy has cultivated a large number of militants and radical leaders.
Kirigakure's high-ranking officials saw the opportunity to eat Konoha's flesh and prepared to join the Anti-Konoha Alliance in order to get a piece of the pie.
How can it be faster to slowly restore Kirigakure's economy than to just rob it?
The accumulation of capital is always bloody. Kirigakure is a big ninja village, so why should it be afraid of Konoha?
The top leaders of Kirigakure naturally wanted to fight.
Mei Terumi is not a dove and is not someone who wants to go to war at all. For the sake of overall stability, she chooses to compromise with the top leaders.
So, secretly, Kumogakure and Iwagakure both contacted Kirigakure, and Kirigakure completely joined the anti-Konoha alliance.
In mid-April, the number one warmongerer in the ninja world, Kumogakure, initiated the Five Kage Summit in the ninja world according to the plan agreed upon with Iwagakure and Sunagakure.
In addition to Konoha, the five major ninja villages responded one after another, and it is planned to hold the Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron.
For a time, the eyes of all forces in the ninja world were focused on the Iron Kingdom.
Most forces knew that even if Konoha knew what other ninja villages were thinking, they had to go.
This move of theirs was precisely planned by a group of conspirators including Haneda and Obito.
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On April 59, th year of Konoha, the Five Kage Summit was held in the Land of Iron, chaired by Mifune, the leader of the Iron Land samurai.
The Five Kage Council existed as early as the formation of the five major ninja villages.
That year, the first Five Kage Summit was convened by the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, to discuss peace and the distribution of the tailed beasts.
The ending was obviously a failure. Hashirama Senju did promote peace in the ninja world, but that was only temporary.
In fact, the peace in the ninja world is entirely maintained by the two super-powerful fighters, Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.
The major ninja villages were in their initial stages at the time, and the five major leaders had no intention of going to war. They were all focused on eliminating domestic forces and consolidating the achievements of the ninja villages.
The so-called distribution of the tailed beasts, allowing each country to possess "nuclear weapons" and promote peace, is just Hashirama Senju's wishful thinking.
In fact, the First Ninja World War broke out shortly after Hashirama Senju's death.
The current situation is similar to the First Ninja World War, but this time the Five Kage Summit is not to promote peace in the Ninja World, but to declare a war. The Anti-Konoha Alliance wants to occupy the high ground of public opinion through the Five Kage Summit and make this blatant and well-known war take on a just color.
This is similar to the invasion wars of various countries planned by Haneda.
One side wants a just crusade, the other side wants a just counter-invasion.
Who is the real justice? Who knows?
But every force in the world knows that the side that wins the war is righteous!
At this time, the focus of the world is where the Five Kage are meeting.
The shadows of the five major ninja villages have all taken their seats.
Hokage Uchiha Shisui, guarding Uchiha Itachi and Nara Shikaku.
Raikage Ai, guards Darui and Xi.
Tsuchikagehan, guards the black soil and red soil.
The Mizukage is Mei Terumi, and her bodyguards are Chojuro and Ao.
Kazekage Rasa, guards Chiyo and Maki.
Compared to the original timeline, there have been major changes in the personnel of the Second Five Kage Summit.
Only the personnel of Kumogakure and Kirigakure remained completely unchanged.
From the configuration of the guards, it can be seen that basically one person is a real guard, and the other is more like a staff officer.
Mifune scanned the personnel and found that Kumogakure, Iwagakure, Kirigakure and Sandagakure were all secretly passing messages, as if isolating Konoha.
He deliberately ignored these things. To the completely neutral Iron Country, no matter how many wars the Ninja World fought, it had nothing to do with the samurai of the Iron Country.
But this time it was different. Mifune received an order from the daimyo to cooperate with the anti-Konoha alliance.
He had to allow the four major ninja villages to communicate in code without any scruples.
After a while, at the appointed time, Sanfun said:
"At the call of Lord Raikage, the five Kage have now gathered together to discuss the structure of the ninja world."
"I am the host in charge of this meeting, Mifune."
"Let Raikage-sama explain the reason for the summons."
Seeing that the Fourth Raikage was already impatient, Mifune handed the home court to the Raikage without any further ado.
