Chapter 994

In Konoha, inside the Hokage's office, an old man was sitting behind the desk. Although he was already 72 years old, his full head of black hair was like that of a young man. The only eye he revealed was narrowed; he was clearly a person of deep schemes.

The old man was wearing a simple black and white kimono, and his head was wrapped in bandages. He was Danzo, the current acting Hokage of Konoha.

"Five Kage Summit, proposed by Kumogakure, convened in the Land of Iron. Is this preparing to hold us accountable?"

Danzo only had a preliminary understanding of the situation and immediately associated it with the Fourth Raikage's goal. This is the gap in city and intelligence.

"At such a sensitive time, the other three Kage will not refuse. If I can represent Konoha at the summit, it will be very helpful for the subsequent voting."

Danzo began to judge the gains and losses of this Five Kage Summit. His thought was that now that Konoha had just been attacked by the Akatsuki organization, it was a victim on the surface, but in reality, it was a beneficiary. Many countries were eyeing the Land of Rain, so it would be better to take this opportunity to stabilize other ninja villages first. Once Konoha's post-war reconstruction was completely finished and the situation in the Land of Rain had stabilized, Konoha would be able to return to the top of the five major ninja villages.

"Opportunity."

Danzo made a decision: participate in this Five Kage Summit.

Among the successive Hokage, the Second Hokage was the most competent. He not only made the Uchiha clan behave but also defied public opinion, withstood the pressure of various major families, established the Ninja Academy, and shared ninjutsu with civilians. Now it seems that this was a very visionary approach.

The Third Hokage at most managed to hold Konoha together. As for the Fourth Hokage, he at most counted as a hero and did not bring substantial changes to Konoha. Of course, this was related to the Fourth Hokage dying in battle very early.

Back then, the Second Hokage's successor in his heart was Danzo, not Sarutobi Hiruzen. But in the Second Hokage's test, Danzo hesitated, which caused him to lose this opportunity.

Defeat is defeat. Danzo went directly underground to assist the Third Hokage. This was also the main reason why the Third Hokage allowed Danzo to establish the Root organization. Danzo as a person was indeed not very good, but Sarutobi Hiruzen knew that Danzo at least would not betray Konoha, and that was enough.

Danzo had been enduring. When the Fourth took office, Danzo was somewhat unable to endure it, which meant his mentality had collapsed. At that time, Danzo revealed his fangs, but as soon as he revealed his fangs, he was beaten back by a Rasengan from the Fourth Hokage. Danzo continued to endure. When the Fifth Hokage took office, Danzo's mentality collapsed severely. To this day, he was only one step away from becoming the Sixth Hokage.

Danzo's rise can be summarized in one sentence: it was the desperate counterattack of a loser.

Like Danzo, the Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumi, also received the news and agreed to participate in this Five Kage Summit. This was also an opportunity for her, as she had only taken office not long ago.

Coincidentally, the Fifth Kazekage, Gaara, also needed this opportunity. Although he had served as Kazekage for some time, he had only recently won the hearts of the people.

Unlike the Mizukage and Kazekage, the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, was hesitating. This 1.3-meter-tall old man had deep schemes. Among the five Kage, only his schemes could compare with Danzo's. If the two were to clash in terms of schemes, it would likely be a draw.

Onoki rubbed his forehead. He had already guessed that the other four Kage would be present. If only Iwagakure were absent, it would inevitably be looked down upon.

"There is no other way. Kurotsuchi, prepare to set off."

All five Kage had made their decisions to participate in this Five Kage Summit.

This was not the first Five Kage Summit. The person who convened the first Five Kage Summit was Senju Hashirama, and the content of the discussion was about the distribution of Tailed Beasts. The other four major ninja villages naturally would not refuse. Back then, Konoha possessed the ability to wipe them out.

The God of Shinobi was not called that for nothing. Senju Hashirama allowed the ninja world to maintain peace for a period of time.

And this Five Kage Summit somewhat meant that they could not face the previous Kage. The Kage gathered this time had basically lost the Tailed Beasts in their villages, and the content they agreed upon was not very friendly.

In fact, convening the Five Kage Summit had another meaning, which was that the balance between major ninja villages had been broken, and a war was likely to break out. All the Kage sat down to calm down and discuss, trying to avoid the outbreak of war as much as possible.

Tailed Beasts are like "nuclear weapons." Sunagakure, Kirigakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure are like countries that have lost their nuclear weapons. Konoha is actually no better off; it had just been bombarded by a "nuclear weapon" combat power like Nagato. Under such circumstances, it is not strange for a war to break out.

A neighboring country of the Land of Fire, the Land of Iron.

The Land of Iron is a neutral country. The country's military force is not ninjas, but samurai, or rather, this is actually a group of close-combat ninjas who are good at using long swords. They can also use chakra, but ninjutsu is not popular there.

The wind howled, whipping up large patches of snowflakes. The Land of Iron was in the middle of winter.

On the snow, a group of people ran at high speed. After leaving a trail of footprints, the group disappeared into the sky full of flying snow.

This group of people was Su Xiao and the others. Obito and Bai Jue did not know where they were for the time being. Deidara was sitting on a clay bird and had already flown very far. Because Su Xiao had to bring Xiang Bubu Wang and Amu, he naturally could not ride the clay bird with Deidara.

Su Xiao was currently sitting on a snow sled. As for what was pulling the sled... of course, it was not Xiang Bubu Wang, but Amu.

This snow sled was originally built for Xiang Bubu Wang, but Xiang Bubu Wang "would rather die than submit." In Xiang Bubu Wang's eyes, it meant: "It's nothing to ride on me, but it's going too far to make me pull a sled."

Ropes were tied to Amu's shoulders. It was pulling the sled, and hot air was spraying from its mouth. As it ran, accumulated snow flew everywhere. Looking at its expression, Amu was clearly very interested in pulling the sled.

Xiang Bubu Wang was running wildly on the snow. Once it entered a cold region, its IQ would be unlocked significantly, and its thinking would be unusually active.

Su Xiao was sitting on the snow sled, holding an apple in his hand, taking a bite from time to time. As for Sasuke, Karin, and the others who were traveling together, they could only travel on foot.

Su Xiao threw away the apple core in his hand and took out the map provided by Obito.

This Five Kage Summit was considered a secret operation. Only the high-level officials or some Jonin of each ninja village knew the news. The location was Mount Xuefeng in the Land of Iron.

Although the name was Mount Xuefeng, it did not mean that the five Kage were to hold a meeting in the freezing mountains; that would be too disrespectful to the five Kage.

The so-called Mount Xuefeng was a mountain peak with its central area hollowed out. A high tower similar to a military fortress was built in the center of the mountain. The mountain range, which had been hollowed out into a ring shape, was like a protective wall, protecting the high tower in the center. Looking from a distance, it was just a mountain, and one could not see the high tower inside at all, unless looking down from the sky.

Su Xiao naturally would not arrive at Mount Xuefeng after the five Kage had gathered. He had to arrive in advance and lie in ambush nearby. Of course, it would be best if he could intercept and kill the Kage who were rushing over.

The possibility of intercepting and killing the Kage was not high. Even that reckless brute, the Raikage, had planned his route very secretly, not to mention the other Kage. Bai Jue had not obtained intelligence in this regard.

About five hours later, snow filled the sky, and the cold wind roared. A high mountain appeared in front, which was Mount Xuefeng.

"We're here."

Su Xiao signaled Amu not to get close to the vicinity of Mount Xuefeng, where many samurai were guarding.

"What is the subsequent plan?"

Sasuke, who had been traveling at high speed for more than ten hours, was slightly panting. Even though he was a ninja, he could not handle such high-intensity travel. Su Xiao led the way too fast, completely ignoring whether they could keep up.

"Bai Jue."

Su Xiao seemed to be talking to the air.

Crack, crack, crack...

Accumulated snow flew, and a large pitcher plant broke through the snow.

"Ah, you actually discovered me."

"Same as the scheduled plan, you and Sasuke's team will act together."

Su Xiao had already agreed on the plan with Obito earlier.

"What is the specific plan?"

Sasuke still did not know what the specific plan was.

"Plan? There is no specific plan. You can just improvise. By the way, I'll tell you one thing: Danzo is now the acting Hokage."

Hearing Su Xiao's words, Sasuke's gaze immediately turned cold. Danzo was the target he most wanted to kill. He already knew the truth about Itachi. It was precisely because of Danzo's coercion that Itachi chose to sacrifice himself. Moreover, Danzo had been eyeing his Sharingan. Without Itachi's protection, his Sharingan would have been taken away long ago.

Sasuke moved toward Mount Xuefeng without saying a word, looking like he was determined to kill Danzo, followed by Bai Jue, Karin, and the others.

Xiang Bubu Wang looked at Sasuke, who was gradually moving away, with some helplessness on its dog face. It looked at Su Xiao, as if asking: "Master, where do you think this kid gets his confidence? Amu and I could beat him half to death together. I bet 50 cents that without Obito threatening from the side, Danzo could definitely beat him to death."