Chapter 1006

The turmoil of the Five Kage Summit gradually subsided. Although the Raikage had died in battle, the other four Kage were no longer too concerned about this matter.

If it had been another Kage who died, things would have been bad, but since the Raikage was the one who proposed the Five Kage Summit, the political disputes after his death wouldn't be too troublesome. Moreover, one of the Raikage's guards was still alive. The Raikage's death could only be attributed to his own lack of strength, and it had no direct relationship with other ninja villages.

The four Kage weren't too worried about this, but Mifune of the Land of Iron felt like hanging himself. The Raikage had died on their territory; no matter how one looked at it, the Land of Iron couldn't escape responsibility.

Mifune, whose head was wrapped in bandages, was filled with worry. If the news of the Raikage's death reached the Hidden Cloud Village, he even suspected that the warmongers in the Hidden Cloud Village would attack directly.

It wasn't that this possibility didn't exist; the Hidden Cloud Village had always been famous for being unreasonable, which could be seen from the Raikage's overbearing attitude.

Just as Mifune was considering how to appease the Hidden Cloud Village, a spiral spatial vortex appeared. Seeing this spatial vortex, the four Kage all became vigilant. Most spatial-type ninjas were very strong, represented by the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju.

The spatial vortex rotated, and soon, a figure appeared out of thin air; it was Obito, who had been watching the situation nearby.

Obito stood on a conference table that was mostly broken, carrying Sasuke, who was semi-conscious and covered in burns, on his shoulder.

Although Sasuke's aura was weak, his life was not in danger. As for the whereabouts of Sasuke's subordinates Karin, Jugo, and Suigetsu Hozuki, Jugo and Suigetsu Hozuki were nowhere to be found. After Jugo's upper body was blown away by the Raikage, although he had recovered most of his injuries using the samurai's corpses, he was still seriously injured and could only choose to retreat from the tower during the chaos.

As for Suigetsu Hozuki, he had run away long ago. In his view, confronting the Five Kage head-on was no different from seeking death.

As for Karin, she had been moved by Obito into a closed space. That space was connected to Obito's Sharingan and was also known as the Kamui dimension.

"Uchiha Sasuke is not dead."

Seeing the unconscious Sasuke, Mizukage Mei Terumi looked puzzled. She had witnessed Sasuke being buried by lava with her own eyes, but thinking of the enemy's spatial ability, Mei Terumi guessed what had happened.

Obito suddenly appeared, and the eight guards of the Four Kage immediately surrounded him. Two of Danzo's guards, in particular, rushed out directly.

*Whoosh, whoosh~*

Two kunai flew over. The tip of one of the kunai was purple and should have been poisoned. In fact, it wasn't poison, but a type of nano-sized poisonous insect.

Obito's eyes narrowed. As a member of the Uchiha clan, his eyesight was definitely at the top level among ninjas.

"The secret technique of the Aburame clan."

Although Obito knew that this type of nano-sized poisonous insect was very troublesome, he didn't dodge.

The kunai pierced into Obito's body and passed through without any resistance. This was Obito's spatial ability: intangibility, which was the ability of his right eye.

Obito's Sharingan had two abilities: one was intangibility, and the other was absorption. Intangibility was easy to understand; it was using spatial ability to let oneself enter another space. After entering another space, Obito wouldn't disappear into thin air, but would leave behind a phantom—that is, the Obito whose attacks were ineffective in the eyes of the enemy. Sometimes he would only make part of his body intangible, which consumed less chakra.

As for the second ability, absorption, this was Obito's spatial movement ability. His right eye could absorb people or objects into the Kamui dimension at close range.

The two kunai passed through Obito and were firmly nailed to the wall behind him. The eight Kage guards formed a semicircle, blocking the space between Obito and the Four Kage.

"My name is Uchiha Madara."

Obito stood on the conference table, slightly lowering his head to look down at the Four Kage and several Kage guards.

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The room was silent. The Tsuchikage and the others didn't seem surprised by this news; after all, Danzo had already mentioned this point earlier, and had even guaranteed it in the name of the Hokage.

A few seconds later, the expression under Obito's mask was slightly surprised. Why was he claiming to be Uchiha Madara, yet these people weren't surprised at all? Could it be that the identity of Uchiha Madara was no longer useful?

The facts were not so. Who was the legendary Madara? He was a powerhouse who could fight a life-and-death battle with the God of Shinobi, Senju Hashirama. Although he was defeated, not long after, Senju Hashirama, who was in his prime, passed away, the reason being that he had suffered severe injuries after the battle with Madara.

After a few seconds of silence, Obito broke the silence.

"I came here to tell you something. After you understand my plan, I want to hear your opinions."

As Obito spoke, he activated his ocular power, absorbing Sasuke into the Kamui dimension to have Karin treat him.

"You all step back first."

The Tsuchikage Onoki signaled his guards to step back. Akatsuchi leaped behind Onoki. Kurotsuchi, who was responsible for controlling Deidara, was nowhere to be found. The other Kage guards all stepped back. Attacking Obito now made no sense, and opportunities to negotiate with Akatsuki were rare; it would be best to understand Akatsuki's purpose.

"What is your plan?"

Kazekage Gaara spoke. Except for Danzo, the other three Kage stood side by side in front of Obito, vaguely forming an alliance.

"The Eye of the Moon Plan."

Obito didn't hide his plan; the reason was unknown.

"Eye of the Moon?"

The Tsuchikage, Kazekage, and Mizukage were clearly somewhat puzzled, but Danzo narrowed his eyes, seemingly having some understanding of the Eye of the Moon.

"Let's not talk about your purpose for now. Why did you recruit Uchiha Sasuke? His behavior is simply a different style from the other members of the Akatsuki organization."

Gaara asked the question in his heart. In his view, although Sasuke's strength was not weak, he acted too recklessly; compared to the other members of the Akatsuki organization, he was simply not on the same level.

Leaving aside strength, just looking at this operation: the masked man (Obito) had been observing the situation, Su Xiao had taken advantage of the Raikage being alone to successfully kill him, and Deidara had lured the Tsuchikage away at the start of the battle, thereby reducing the combat power of the Five Kage. Only Sasuke had been running around the whole place, eventually breaking into the conference room on the sixth floor of the tower, facing the Mizukage, the acting Hokage, and many guards simultaneously—it was simply too reckless.

"Of course there is a reason for recruiting Sasuke. A Mangekyo Sharingan that can use Susanoo is very rare. I want to keep these eyes, but unfortunately, these eyes are still too weak, so I arranged for him to have a real battle with the Five Kage to train his ocular power."

Obito still didn't lie, or rather, one of the purposes of his coming here today was to negotiate with the Five Kage. Killing the Five Kage would certainly be a good thing, but if he couldn't kill them, he could only solve it through negotiation.

"There is nothing to talk about. The Raikage died at the hands of your Akatsuki member; this matter must not be let go just like that."

Mifune, who had been considering how to deal with the Hidden Cloud Village, spoke. He now wished he could tear the Akatsuki members to pieces.

"Lord Mifune, this is a grudge between ninjas; you should calm down for a moment."

The Tsuchikage looked at Mifune, meaning: this is an internal matter for ninjas; you samurai should stay out of it.