I, Naruto Uzumaki, don't need your approval.

With a roar, the Fourth Raikage lunged at the Gold and Silver Brothers, the echo reverberating across the battlefield.

Hozuki Mangetsu feigned ignorance and asked, "Lord Jiraiya, why is the Raikage so angry? It's just because two ninjas appeared, isn't it?"

Jiraiya said with a strange expression, "Because those are Kinkaku and Ginkaku, the protagonists of the largest rebellion in the history of Kumogakure."

Chapter 307 This is the Five Kage

Upon hearing this, Hozuki Mangetsu grinned wickedly and said in a sarcastic tone, "So Kumogakure has rogue ninjas too. I thought Kumogakure was the only one of the Five Great Ninja Villages without any rogue ninjas."

After saying that, Hozuki Mangetsu, wielding his twin swords Hiramekarei, pounced forward, locking onto Kakuzu as his opponent.

He didn't care at all about the so-called Five Kage Summit. If the issues of the five great ninja villages could really be resolved at the negotiating table, there wouldn't have been three consecutive Shinobi World Wars.

Ultimately, it was just that everyone was tired of fighting, so they sat down to talk about the distribution of the ninja world's interests.

Furthermore, even within the country, the interests of the daimyo and the ninja villages are not entirely aligned. Sometimes, the daimyo would worry that the ninja villages' winning too many battles would threaten the interests of the daimyo's prefecture, and would deliberately sabotage them behind their backs.

Especially in Kirigakure, where he lived, many Jonin wanted to ask the Daimyo: "Why is Your Highness plotting a rebellion?"

However, after joining forces with Menma-sama a few years ago, Kirigakure has broken free from the control of the Daimyo of the Land of Water. If they just need to perform well in this war, they might be able to make the Land of Water a country without a Daimyo.

Jiraiya felt that Hozuki Mangetsu was a bit strange, but he still summoned the Toad Sage and entered Sage Mode.

Regardless of what Naruto intends to do, he must deal with the formidable enemy before him. Given the backdrop of the War Weapon Project and the Eye of the Moon Project, Naruto's actions seem perfectly normal.

After pondering for a moment, Jiraiya formed hand seals again, and the giant toad from Mount Myōboku descended from the sky, landing among the White Zetsu.

After the toad, several stories high, appeared, it merely swung its sword and struck, and the White Zetsu fell like wheat. Even the stronger White Zetsu could only hold on for a short while.

After seeing the toad crush the White Zetsu, Jiraiya looked towards the positions of Kakuzu and Hidan.

The secret service had gathered intelligence on these two individuals; they both possessed abilities similar to immortality. The former could revive multiple times, while the latter even had the ability to share damage between himself and his enemies.

Both abilities are extremely powerful, but fortunately, their physical strength is not too great, so they can attack from a distance.

Instantly appearing near Hozuki Mangetsu, Jiraiya gave a signal with his eyes, then jumped onto Gamabunta's head and shouted in a low voice, "Fire Release: Toad Oil Flame Bullet!"

Jiraiya spewed out raging flames, and Gamabunta followed suit by spitting out a toad oil bomb.

With the help of toad oil, the range of the Fire Release: Flame Bullet increased exponentially, quickly enveloping the battlefield hundreds of meters ahead and creating a wave of flames.

The White Zetsu, enveloped by the tide, vanished into nothingness in an instant, and even those who hid underground could not escape its fate.

Sensing the imminent danger, Kakuzu quickly formed hand seals and spat out a waterfall of water. However, this was insignificant in the face of the Toad Oil Flame Bullet. Instead, the spread of water vapor amplified the power of the Fire Release technique.

A dozen seconds later, Jiraiya, whose lung capacity was somewhat insufficient, was panting heavily.

Hozuki Mangetsu, standing to the side, remarked with some emotion, "The Hokage's Fire Release techniques are truly powerful. They were incredibly effective against those White Zetsu minions, but let's leave the rest of the enemies to us."

Jiraiya glanced at Hozuki Mangetsu, who had vanished in a flash. He wasn't worried about Hozuki Mangetsu being in danger; after all, to become the Mizukage, one naturally had to possess the strength of a Mizukage. What worried him were other things.

Thinking of this, Jiraiya said to Tsunade, who had rushed over, "Tsunade, do you feel like something's not right?"

Tsunade nodded and then said, "You noticed it too? These attackers are too weak. What makes them think they can attack the venue for the Five Kage Summit?"

Tsunade's suspicions were not without merit.

The Five Kage Summit is attended not only by the Five Kage themselves, but also by their personal guards. These guards are composed of members who are at least Jonin level, and the best among them are even candidates for the Five Kage position.

Although the Akatsuki members are equally powerful, attacking several times more powerful opponents of the same level is clearly a suicidal act.

Not far away, Gaara and Onoki also achieved considerable success.

Although the Red Sand Scorpion can manipulate dozens of puppets, the number of puppets is meaningless in the face of sand. As long as the sand gets into the puppet and jams its joints, the puppet can be rendered useless.

This is also why the Kazekage of all generations have been Magnet Release ninjas.

In Sunagakure, a country renowned for its puppeteers, Magnet Release ninjas might not be able to defeat enemy ninjas, but they are a devastating blow to puppeteers.

Even a puppeteer of Sasori's caliber could only barely protect himself.

The situation for Onoki and Deidara was much more complicated. Onoki had many opportunities to make a move, but he gave them all up. Apart from Dust Release, he couldn't deal with the now-powerful Deidara using any other ninjutsu.

Dust Release is a ninjutsu that can cause injury if it's just grazed, and death if it's touched. Onoki even wanted to spare his student's life.

Seeing that the old man was hesitant to kill him, Kurotsuchi frowned and said, "Old man, don't show any mercy to Deidara. He still won't surrender, he's definitely looking for trouble."

Upon hearing this, Deidara paused for a moment, then flew over on his clay bird and said, "Kurotsuchi, what do you know? I'm pursuing art, not causing trouble."

At that moment, Huang Tu seized an opening and his huge mud arm grabbed Deidara.

After letting out a soft sigh, Onoki used Dust Release to block Deidara's escape route, then said to Kakashi, "Kakashi, Jonin, thank you for your help."

Kakashi nodded, and his lightning-infused longsword pierced Deidara's body.

Faced with Lightning Release ninjutsu, the clay lost its explosive power. Although Deidara still had an unruly attitude, his body was already exhausted.

Kurotsuchi walked over, tapped Deidara on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Brother Deidara is still so easy to fool."

In the direction of Kumogakure, the Fourth Raikage and his guards are fighting against Kinkaku and Ginkaku.

As rogue ninjas who killed the Second Raikage and the Second Hokage, Kinkaku and Ginkaku both possessed considerable strength, but in front of the Fourth Raikage, their strength was no match for him.

After all, he killed the Raikage and his men by surprise. When he was chasing Tobirama Senju, he had more than twenty elite ninjas by his side, plus the powerful force of the Six Paths Ninja Tools, which ultimately led to his mutual destruction with Tobirama Senju.

Now, although they have the Six Paths Ninja Tools by their side, the abilities of the tools have long been figured out.

Even if they could deal with one or two Cloud Village guards, they would still be subjected to a fierce attack from the Fourth Raikage. After shattering the reanimated body once again, Kinkaku and Ginkaku were sealed by the Amber Bottle.

After completing all this, the Fourth Raikage breathed a sigh of relief and was preparing to reunite with the other four Kage.

A figure clad in red armor appeared atop the tower, arms crossed, looking down at the ninjas below with an arrogant gaze that seemed to look down on everything.

Chapter 308 Hokage and Jinchūriki

Standing atop the tower was none other than Uchiha Madara, the initiator of the Fourth Shinobi World War.

After his Akatsuki members suffered a crushing defeat, he, as their leader, had no choice but to step in and clean up the mess, letting these younger members know the true power and prestige of Uchiha Madara.

Of course, most importantly, he was itching for a good fight.

"That's Uchiha Madara?!"

Upon seeing Madara Uchiha, Jiraiya and Tsunade finally understood the source of their unease: only Madara Uchiha could instill such a strong sense of crisis in them.

Gaara, the Fourth Raikage, and Hozuki Mangetsu, who had never seen Uchiha Madara before, all looked over.

They didn't know exactly how strong Madara Uchiha was, but in terms of sheer presence, they were somewhat outmatched, and the thought that they were inferior to him arose in their minds.

"Is he Madara Uchiha? The mastermind behind the war?"

Hearing this, Gaara and Hozuki Mangetsu asked with some confusion, while the Fourth Raikage said rather unhappily, "Even if he is Uchiha Madara, he is just an old thing swept into the dust of history."

Onoki sighed softly and called out to the crowd around him:

"All ninjas whose strength is not at the level of the Five Kage, step back. This is a battle between top-tier experts. If we join forces, we might not be a match for Madara Uchiha!"

The group hesitated for a moment, glancing at their respective village leaders, but all received orders to step down.

A few breaths later, the five Kage stood shoulder to shoulder, looking up at Uchiha Madara atop the tower: "Uchiha Madara, your opponents are us, the Kage of the Five Great Shinobi Villages!"

Madara Uchiha scoffed, "Then let me see if you have the magnanimity and qualifications to be called the Five Kage, and whether you can compare to the Hokage I acknowledge, Hashirama Senju."

Upon hearing this, the five Kage were all speechless.

The Five Kage are indeed the strongest beings standing above tens of thousands of ninjas, but isn't it a bit too much to compare them with the First Hokage? Besides, you didn't defeat the First Hokage either.

After exchanging glances, the five Kage attacked first, before Madara Uchiha could utter any threats.

The Fourth Raikage, having activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode, took the lead and instantly appeared in front of Madara Uchiha, throwing a punch at Madara's grumpy face, but it was blocked by Susanoo.

Onoki quickly seized the opportunity, clasped his hands together, and fired a Dust Release beam.

Even Susanoo was quickly melted by Dust Release. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Gaara and Hozuki Mangetsu used Sand Release and Flounder Energy Bomb to directly send Uchiha Madara flying.

After flying in mid-air for a while, Madara Uchiha activated Susanoo again and landed steadily on the ground.

During this time, the five Kage quickly exchanged ideas. The Fourth Raikage said, "Susanoo is really troublesome, but Madara Uchiha's Susanoo isn't much stronger than Sasuke's. If Naruto and Sasuke were still here, they might be able to take on Madara Uchiha one-on-one."

"A one-on-one fight?"

Madara Uchiha noticed the key words and a smile crept onto his lips: "When did you all get the illusion that you can defeat me? You don't actually think this is all the power I have, do you?"

Before he could finish speaking, Madara Uchiha slammed his palm on the ground and shouted, "Wood Release: Advent of the Flower Tree World!"

With the manipulation of chakra, towering trees rose from the ground, and thick vines instantly transformed into a vast forest, turning the entire military fortress into a dense woodland.

Each of these vines has the ability to absorb chakra, making them extremely troublesome for the Five Kage.

Then, Madara Uchiha jumped directly onto a protruding vine, formed hand seals within his Susanoo, and unleashed Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!

The range of the extinguishing fire was not as great as the Toad Oil Flame Bomb, but it released bursts of pollen when combined with the arrival of the Flower Tree Realm.

Under the influence of pollen, the five Kage were all drowsy and at risk of being burned to death by fire-style techniques at any moment. It was at this moment that they finally realized the gap between themselves and Madara Uchiha.

"Could it be that even if the five Kage joined forces, they still couldn't defeat Uchiha Madara?"

Jiraiya and the others sighed softly, and scenes began to flash before their eyes. Onoki looked at a smooth stone not far away and wanted to reach out and grab it.

Just then, a ripple appeared in the space, and Kakashi appeared there using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

He then activated the Kamui Vortex, sighed softly, and said, "Five Kage, let's go to the Kamui Dimension for refuge first. If we lose such an important fighting force as the Five Kage now, Lord Naruto will blame me."

"Flying Thunder God Technique?" the Fourth Raikage and Onoki asked suspiciously.

Hozuki Mangetsu frowned further: "And Kamui, isn't that the masked man's ability? How do you possess the masked man's ability?"

Kakashi ignored the Five Kage's doubts and slowly said, "The masked man has been defeated by Lord Naruto, so his Sharingan naturally belongs to Uzushio Village. We can discuss other issues when we get to the Kamui dimension."

Although the five Kage were puzzled, they still obediently entered the Kamui dimension to temporarily avoid Madara Uchiha's sharp edge.

After completing his mission of bringing the Five Kage into the Kamui dimension, Kakashi's gaze seemed to pierce through layers of vines, reaching Madara Uchiha who was unleashing Fire Release. He remarked with considerable emotion:

"Uchiha Madara, you are nothing more than another Obito."

……

Dozens of kilometers away.

Naruto and the others were chasing Killer Bee's location. During this time, both Hinata and Sasuke noticed intense fighting coming from the direction of the military fortress.

But after being reminded, Naruto just smiled and said that he should trust the power of the Five Kage.

Then, they continued their pursuit of Killer Bee.