Shimura Danzo expected to be able to represent Konoha in the Gokage Summit and hoped to convince the other four Kages to form a joint coalition with Konohagakure as the head of the Coalition to fight against the threat of Amatsukami and Akatsuki and gain huge prestige for him by doing so, to replace Hiruzen as the Hokage of the village in the future.

However, Raikage's cold words that did not have even an ounce of respect or patience made him suddenly realize that he, Shimura Danzo may be the consultant elder of Konoha, leader of the Root division of the Anbu department, he may be the second-most powerful political authority in his village, but here, at the scene of a Gokage summit, for the Shinobi world, he is nothing but a subordinate of Hokage. ​​

At this moment, Danzo hoped from the bottom of his heart that he was the one wearing the Hokage Hat and the Hokage Robe, he bore the title of Konoha's Hokage, could speak for Konoha!

The deeply rooted ambition of becoming the Hokage was burning in his heart.

Sighing lightly, he suppressed all kinds of thoughts and said with a firm voice, "If Raikage-dono and Tsuchikage-dono want this Gokage Summit to become a ridiculous farce, and the name of the five great shinobi villages become a laughing stock for everyone, then please continue with your petty conflicts, I have nothing more to say."

Raikage also knows the purpose for which this Gokage Summit was organized, and also understands the consequences of behaving in an unrestrained manner in front of the Kage and representatives of all the other great villages, so he suppressed his anger and deactivated the Lightning Chakra Cloak.

Tsuchikage Onoki also did not continue anymore, and slowly descended back to his seat, but his face had a slight unsightly expression.

Followed by Raikage and Tsuchikage, the others also sat down one-by-one.

At this time, Raikage picked up a file and scattered documents before the other four representatives, "Look at these documents for yourself, Amatsukami and Akatsuki Organization is filled with missing-nin and Kekkei Genkai users from your villages!"

Kazekage Rasa picked up the file and frowned after reading the content recorded in it, "This is impossible, even in my village; apart from me, no other shinobi has mastered Magnet Release, let alone someone who has mastered Magnet Release and defected."

Tsuchikage sneered coldly, "This Magnet Release user of Amatsukami might as well be the missing Sandaime Kazekage-dono." – After having read the document, Onoki is again full of confidence as neither Amatsukami nor Akatsuki have any member who was a shinobi of Iwagakure.

As such, he can freely taunt others.

Kazekage Rasa spoke with murderous intent, "Tsuchikage-dono, I hope you understand the meaning of your words."

Elder Chiyo, who accompanied Kazekage Rasa to the Gokage Summit said, "It has already been confirmed that Sandaime Kazekage-sama has been assassinated by the missing-nin Sasori, who fell to the wrong path and chose to join the Akatsuki, so please be mindful of your words Tsuchikage-dono."

In fact, Suna's leaders have long suspected that their previous Kazekage who has gone missing has somehow died, otherwise, they would not choose the next Kage.

However, they were still unwilling to release this news to the public for the sake of reputation.

But in the previous fierce battle that Suna had with the members of Akatsuki just a few months ago, Sasori personally confessed to having killed the Sandaime Kazekage, as such, it is no longer possible to hide this, so Chiyo decided to announce this news on behalf of Sunagakure.

Karatachi Yagura, the Yondaime Mizukage of Kirigakure, and the Jinchuriki of Sanbi; read through the documents, and spoke after a long silence, "There are no Ice Release users in Kirigakure now, the Ice Release user of Amatsukami probably left Kirigakure even before I became the Mizukage as I have never heard of any shinobi of the Yuki Clan have such strength that he can go toe to toe with Sandaime Hokage.

As for Biwa Juzo of Akatsuki, he also left Kirigakure before I became the Mizukage."

Raikage said with a dissatisfied tone, "All you lot are doing is shirking responsibility!"

At this time, Shimura Danzo said, "Regardless of who these shinobi are, or whatever their past affiliations are, what we cannot deny is the threat they pose to the world of shinobi and the five great powers. More so, when Amatsukami has openly announced that they will start targeting the nine Bijuu, so instead of our petty conflicts, we must focus on how to eradicate these organizations as soon as possible!"

Targeting Bijuu is definitely hitting the sensitive nerves of all the major shinobi villages.

The first one to agree was obviously the Raikage, who deeply understood the threat of Amatsukami, "I agree!"

The young Mizukage himself is a Jinchuriki, so he also agreed without much hesitation, "Seconded!"

After a bit of thinking, Kazekage also nodded, "I also agree!"

Seeing that the overall direction has been set, Tsuchikage also nodded, "I have no objection."

Now that all five villages have unanimously agreed to deal with these emerging organizations, the four Kage and Shimura Danzo discussed the specific matters including the encirclement and suppression of these organizations.

However, it has not been very long since the second great shinobi war ended, so the distrust between the various shinobi villages is too deep.

Neither of the shinobi villages has been pushed to their bottom line, nor was there any declaration of a war against the entire shinobi world, as was the case in the Original Series, so Shimura Danzo's proposal to establish a joint crusade was immediately rejected by the Kage of various villages.

Danzo was obviously angry but he was also helpless, so all he could say was, "Someday, you will all regret this decision you made today!"

The four Kage looked at each other, but neither of them commented anything.

In the end, the result of the 2nd Gokage Summit resulted in a joint agreement that the five great powers will each be responsible for the encirclement and suppression of the activities of these emerging organizations within their own countries, and will also share any and all intelligence involving Amatsukami and Akatsuki.

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Outside Hozuki Castle.

The masked-man quietly stood on a tree, supporting his back on the tree stem, and looking at the distant island where the Hozuki Castle is located.

At this moment, Zetsu's figure emerged from the tree trunk and said, "The 2nd Gokage Summit seems to have been concluded."

"That was fast…?" – masked-man muttered in surprise, then immediately asked, "What did they talk about?"

Zetsu spoke, "There are too many sensor-nin all around the Hozuki Castle, moreover there was also something that was constantly absorbing chakra, I was unable to figure what that was but regardless, I was unable to get too close to the meeting room, as such I am unaware of what topics they discussed."

The masked man nodded and asked again, "How long until they start returning to their respective villages?"

Zetsu said, "They have already started the return journey, the fastest Raikage is no longer in Hozuki Castle."

The masked man nodded and was silent for a while.

It is undoubtedly the best choice to intercept one of these Kage and intercept them on their returning journey.

He did not consider Raikage and Tsuchikage, because both of them are not easy to be captured, therefore, masked men thought of the current Kazekage and Mizukage.

As for Shimura Danzo?

Masked Man didn't even bother to think about him.

Keeping the ambitious as he is will only stimulate Konoha's internal strife and induce more infighting, by not being under control, Shimura Danzo would do more damage to Konoha than when controlled.

Now that he was left with only two targets, the Masked man asked, "Who are the guards following the Kazekage?"

Zetsu replied, "The Puppet master Chiyo, and the commander of Sunagakure Anbu department, Pakura of the Scorch Release."

"Dealing with three Kage Class individuals will be a bit troublesome, especially Pakura with her Scorch Release!" – Shaking his head, the masked man asked again, "Who are the guards of Mizukage?"

The Kazekage has already made several attempts to eliminate Pakura, the threat to his reign. But every time something comes up and Rasa is left with no choice but to postpone Pakura's elimination into the future.

The first time was because of the urgent request by the Miko of the Land of Demon, Rasa was left with no choice but to temporarily give up his thoughts and sent Pakura to the Land of Demon to assist Miko-sama in her conquest to save the world by sealing the demon Moryo.

For the second time, when Rasa had already planned out the cleaning arrangements of Pakura and was about to implement them, he was again left with no choice but to put them on hold as the Ryuumyaku was suddenly stolen.

For the third time, not long ago, he has just made up his mind to clean up Pakura, but it just so happened that the Sasori crusade force that Suna had just formed encountered several members of Akatsuki, and in those consecutive fights, Sunagakure suffered a heavy number of casualties, again leaving Rasa with no other choice but to put away the thought of cleaning up Pakura for the time being.

Therefore, Pakura, who should have died as a part of the negotiation between two nations, and to ensure the reign of the Kazekage not only did not die but became the current Anbu Commander of Sunagakure, and the Kazekage Rasa who has been trying to clean her up for so long might have never thought that the only reason he is alive and not became a prey to the masked man's planning is because of the presence of Pakura of the Scorch Release as his guard!

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