Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 501 Five Kage Summit

"Okay, don't be too sad if you didn't find it. Let's go back to the village soon."

After saying that, Tachibana Kanagawa hung up the communication with Hikaru Uchiha.

After changing my clothes, I walked out of the room.

As luck would have it, at that moment, Mei Terumi's voice also came from outside.

"Lord Mizukage, Lord Mifune has sent word that the Kazekage, Rasa, has arrived, and the Kage have proposed to begin this meeting ahead of schedule."

Upon hearing this, Jianchuan Ju smiled, took her Water Shadow Hat from the clothes rack beside her, and hung it behind her back.

He pushed open the door and strode out.

"Please, all Shadows, place your Shadow Hats on the table in front of you."

After Mifune finished speaking, he slowly looked around.

Inside the not-so-spacious venue, there was a huge 'U'-shaped wooden table.

On the wooden table, from left to right, are the flags corresponding to the five ninja villages of the five nations: Water, Wind, Fire, Earth, and Lightning, swaying gently in the dim light.

Directly below the flag sat five figures of different appearances.

Behind them in the stands, their respective guards stood or leaned against the railings, all equally vigilant, ready to intervene and protect them in any emergency.

The five figures being watched by them also had different expressions.

Some looked arrogant, their eyes revealing a hint of disdain; others frowned slightly, as if harboring hostility towards others.

Various expressions, each conveying a different meaning.

They seemed to be maintaining a certain degree of restraint.

However, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the atmosphere between the people in the room was quite subtle, as if it was just missing a spark to ignite it.

Mifune looked around and saw that all the shadows had already put their straw hats away.

Although his temples were throbbing, he suppressed his worries and continued to announce.

"This meeting of the Five Kage was convened here at the suggestion of His Hokage."

"I am Mifune, who is in charge of chairing this meeting."

"The Five Shadows Summit, now begins!"

He finished speaking.

Mifune leaned back and sat up straight.

They adopted an attitude of indifference, handing over the right to speak to everyone else.

The entire venue fell silent for a moment.

After all, there is precedent for this so-called Five Shadows meeting.

Even Onoki, the eldest of the five, had never personally participated, let alone been familiar with any meeting procedures or anything like that.

The host, Mifune, adopted a stance of not wanting to participate too much, and the other five people also fell silent for a moment.

However, they are the highest leaders in charge of a village, so they shouldn't be unable to handle such a small situation.

Minato Namikaze, the initiator, spoke first with his signature smile and gentle tone.

Prepare to state the main purpose of this meeting directly.

"The main reason for summoning you all here under the guise of the Five Shadows Summit is..."

However, some people simply can't be bothered to listen to Minato Namikaze's nonsense.

There was a loud 'bang'.

The Fourth Raikage, A, slammed his fist heavily onto the table, the force of the blow sending his straw hat flying off.

The Fourth A was seen staring intently at Minato Namikaze, who had just spoken.

"Hokage! You'd better explain why you sent people to attack me and the Mizukage on our way to the meeting!"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the room turned their attention to Minato Namikaze and A.

Clearly, even the late-arriving Kazekage Rasa knew about what had happened before the meeting.

However, it was Tachibana Kanagawa, one of the parties involved mentioned by the fourth generation of Ai, who was involved.

At this moment, I did look around with some curiosity at the guards brought by the various villages.

"Wait a minute, they've already slammed the table! Why isn't anyone coming to their aid?"

In Jianchuan Ju's memory, there seems to be a scene in the original work where everyone slams their fists on the table and strikes a pose.

He had been staring at the Raikage the whole time, waiting for this.

Surprisingly, everyone is now completely unmoved.

However, Tachibana Kanagawa immediately realized that Raikage's seemingly powerful banging on the table hadn't even broken the wooden table in front of him; it was all bark and no bite.

It's no wonder that the guards, including Mei Terumi and Zabuza, didn't react much to this.

"But why is Ai getting weaker the younger he gets?"

Just as Tachibana Kanagawa was secretly grumbling to herself, she also reached out with one hand and casually caught the Raikage Hat that was falling from the sky.

With a slight smirk, he casually tossed the toss back onto the table in front of Raikage.

As the Raikage's hat returned to its original position, Tachibana Kanagawa's voice also rang out.

"Let me clarify first, someone attacked me on the way, but I never said that the attacker was definitely from Konoha."

As he spoke, the smile on Jianchuan Ju's face grew even more gentle.

"The bodies of the thieves who attacked me and the location of the attack have already been confirmed by Lord Mifune."

"As for whether the attackers were from Konoha, or whether an attack actually occurred, I have no idea."

When Minato Namikaze heard that Tachibana Kenkawa had spoken up for him in this still unclear situation, he immediately returned a grateful smile to Tachibana Kenkawa and then looked at Raikage A again.

"Lord Raikage's claim of an attack is merely one-sided and completely unfounded."

"However, I have heard from Lord Mifune that Kumogakure has dispatched troops to the battlefield in the Land of Hot Springs! The purpose of this meeting was to negotiate peace, and your actions are undoubtedly escalating the conflict. I urge Lord Raikage to immediately reply and halt the advance to avoid a major disaster!"

After hearing Mifune's explanation, Minato Namikaze was somewhat shocked by the Fourth Raikage's reckless impulsiveness.

However, based on his understanding, it would take quite some time between the Fourth Raikage being attacked and the message being sent back to Kumogakure to mobilize troops to rush to the front lines.

Even according to the other side, the attack may have occurred shortly after they set off from the Land of Lightning.

But at this point, the army had probably only just set off.

Its purpose was probably more about military intimidation, so Minato Namikaze's words at this time were not too intense.

But little did he know.

The so-called "Konoha ninja attack" excuse was just a reason made up by the Fourth Raikage when he heard that Tachibana Kenkawa's side had been attacked, in order to justify the deployment of the army.

At this point, the Cloud Village army was probably already stationed at the Land of Hot Springs camp.

Upon receiving the intelligence, Konoha was immediately on high alert and dispatched troops to intercept them.

However, Minato Namikaze wasn't in a hurry, as there were indeed others who disapproved of Kumogakure's actions.

The Tsuchikage, Onoki, who hadn't spoken until now, coughed twice and looked at the Raikage beside him with displeasure.

"The Five Kage Summit was originally intended to provide a platform for our five ninja villages to conduct negotiations."

"Raikage, you actually chose this opportunity to launch an attack. Aren't you being a bit disrespectful to the rest of our ninja villages?"

"Has the Hidden Cloud Village become so arrogant that it thinks it can take on all four of our ninja villages at once?"

(End of this chapter)