Chapter 52: The Core of the Book (Part 1) (Fourth Update)

Time flew by, and before one knew it, half a year had passed since the Five Kage Summit...

According to the results negotiated by the Five Kage, in three days, it would be the day to hold the first Ninja Assembly. Because it was the first time it was being held in the ninja world, all parties attached great importance to it, and there were many people coming to watch. Minato had expanded many lodging areas for this. Because time was tight and the task was heavy, the pressure and workload on the heads of each department were naturally not light. Fortunately, the physical fitness of ninjas is far beyond that of ordinary people, otherwise, it would have been impossible to expand so many buildings in such a short time!

In the past few days, people from various countries had been coming one after another to watch or participate in the competition, either alone, in groups of a few, or in groups of a dozen. Because there were no restrictions, as long as they weren't classified as Missing-nin, they could participate... So as of now, no fewer than a thousand people had come to Konoha! This also increased the income of Konoha's merchants quite a bit!

Of course, with more outsiders, Konoha's security began to strengthen. Now, Anbu were patrolling every area of Konoha 24 hours a day! Anyone found fighting, brawling, or engaging in illegal behavior was arrested without exception! Because the arrests were strict, no trouble occurred!

And the ninjas from Konoha who had gone out to practice had also returned to Konoha one after another, preparing to participate in this assembly.

The other Kage had also all arrived in Konoha yesterday. After a night of rest, they all gathered in the Hokage Building early this morning!

At this time, in the conference room of the Hokage Building, it was a gathering of stars: Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato, Nara Shikaku, Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, Third Tsuchikage Onoki, and the leader of the Rock Village's Ninja Assembly, Kitsuchi; Fourth Kazekage Rasa of the Sand Village and the leader, Baki; Fourth Mizukage Yagura Karatachi of the Mist Village and the leader, the future Fifth Mizukage Terumi Mei; Fourth Raikage Ai of the Cloud Village and the leader of this assembly, the future Fifth Raikage Darui. In addition, there were Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Obito, Konoha's Sannin Tsunade and Orochimaru, Jiraiya, as well as Yakushi Kabuto, Killer Bee, Ao, Hyuga Hiashi, Uzumaki Kushina, and even Mifune of the Land of Iron, etc. It could be said that the current or future leaders of the ninja world were all gathered here!

Besides participating in the Ninja Assembly, the most important thing they came for was the resurrection of Uzumaki Naruto. According to Orochimaru, he had already found a way!

All ninja villages held great goodwill toward Uzumaki Naruto. If he could be resurrected, the ninja world would have one more chance of winning when confronting the Otsutsuki in the future. So the Kage of each village had arrived a few days early, with the goal of seeing if they could help with anything!

Seeing that everyone was seated, Minato came out and said: "Everyone is here, Mr. Orochimaru, you may begin now."

Hearing this, Orochimaru walked out, swept his eyes over the people present, and said in a raspy voice:

"After half a year of research by Kabuto and me, we discovered that Naruto's memory orb can be transplanted. As long as a suitable carrier is found, and under certain conditions, the orb can be transplanted inside, which would allow Naruto to be resurrected."

Regarding the carrier, everyone in the ninja world was very clear; Orochimaru was naturally referring to the unborn child currently inside Kushina! ===== CHAPTER 54 =====