Chapter 710

On the other side, within the Leaf Village, the Shinigami and the Ishgall group finally saw the Kage from various shinobi villages.

Looking at the Kage before them, the faces of the Ishgall group finally grew solemn, for both Tsuchikage Oonoki and Raikage Lei Yingai's power surpassed their imagination.

Although Hashirama's power, even without lifting the Yin Seal, was not taken seriously by the Ishgall group, Raikage Lei Yingai and Tsuchikage Oonoki were both greatly respected by them.

"You are the so-called visitors from another world? Though we sense no chakra from you, your strength is indeed formidable—I can feel it."

Raikage Lei Yingai looked at the Ishgall group and the Shinigami, his eyes filled with wariness; for him, the visitors from another world—the Ishgall group and the Shinigami—were forces he did not understand.

Added to that, their formidable strength was also a great headache for Raikage Lei Yingai, but fortunately he knew that the Ishgall group and the Shinigami had come with a purpose: to eradicate the Akatsuki.

"You flatter us. Your strength is also immense; as one of the strongest in this world, your power is in no way inferior to ours."

Looking at Raikage Lei Yingai before him, Macarov's eyes held a faint smile; though he knew Raikage Lei Yingai and Tsuchikage Oonoki were political manipulators, to Macarov, that meant nothing.

For Macarov and the Ishgall group, their goal remained simple: to eliminate the threat of Aizen. After resolving the threat, Macarov had no desire to remain in this world.

For they could feel that after arriving in this world, their magic power became difficult to replenish—not because the Naruto World lacked magic entirely.

But the magic in the Naruto World was extremely scarce, suppressed by a special energy the people of this world called Senjutsu energy.

Thus, for the Ishgall group, this world remained dangerous; after all, if they could not replenish their magic, their usefulness would be limited to what they already possessed.

Looking at the Ishgall group and the Shinigami before him, Tsuchikage Oonoki's gaze flickered; though the Five Great Shinobi Villages had already declared cooperation to defeat the Akatsuki.

For Tsuchikage Oonoki, the Akatsuki, though dangerous, were still within their capacity to defeat, for they represented the five strongest shinobi villages of the Shinobi World, and no matter what the Akatsuki did, they could not overcome them.

But the future intentions of the Ishgall group could be exploited; after all, before declaring war on the Akatsuki, Tsuchikage Oonoki had always preferred to hire Akatsuki members to carry out missions.

Thus, now Tsuchikage Oonoki viewed the Ishgall group and the Shinigami as mercenaries to be used.

Once the war against the Akatsuki ended, it would become vital for Tsuchikage Oonoki to win over the Ishgall group and the Shinigami.

Of course, neither Raikage Lei Yingai nor Hokage Hashirama had realized this—or rather, they still regarded the Ishgall group and the Shinigami as temporary allies from another world.

After all, people from other worlds had little practical use in theirs, and the Ishgall group had clearly stated that after sealing Aizen, they would return to their own world.

Thus, neither Raikage Lei Yingai nor Hokage Hashirama, Kazekage Gaara, nor Mizukage Terumi had ever considered the Ishgall group as potential allies to be courted.

"Enough idle chatter. We didn't come here to discuss this. The most important matter is how to prepare for battle. According to our intelligence, the Akatsuki possess a special humanoid lifeform called White Zetsu."

"Through White Zetsu, they can instantly generate numbers equivalent to the combined genin and chunin of all five shinobi villages—this is a serious problem for us, so we must plan our battlefield deployment."

Watching Raikage Lei Yingai and Tsuchikage Oonoki still inclined to chat, Hashirama shook her head; for her, these matters held little significance—what she most wanted to know was how to deal with the White Zetsu.

"If so, do you have intelligence on the exact strength of the White Zetsu? Hokage, if you lack data, we can only gather all shinobi under the name of the Shinobi Alliance as our fighting force."

"Otherwise, even if we possess superior high-tier combatants to the Akatsuki, it would be useless—even the Third Raikage, as strong as he was, died only from chakra depletion under the siege of tens of thousands of shinobi."

Looking at Hashirama, Oonoki felt a flicker of concern.