I'm in Konoha, and I started with Ashura Chakra.

The seventh day was the day the Five Shadows Summit was held.

On this day, Tsunade was still wearing her green coat, but the embroidered character on it was not the character for gambling, but a large character for fire.

At the same time, she also wore the Hokage hat, which was quite unusual for her.

"I'll leave the work to you, Shizune and Karin."

Tsunade instructed Shizune and Karin, who were dressed in black kimonos and black suits respectively, whose styles were practically ancient and modern, "If you can't handle it, ask Ino, Hinata, and Sakura for help."

Sarutobi Asuma's death dealt a significant blow to Team 10, especially to their leader, Nara Shikamaru.

The other side has not yet emerged from the shadows. Team 10 is now in a long-term state of vacation, just like Team 7, which lost Sasuke Uchiha a few years ago. It is unknown how long it will take before they restart.

Needless to say, Team 8 is in a different situation. Yagyu is Tsunade's personal bodyguard on this trip to the Land of Iron. Hinata and Shino Aburame, who are without their captain and Jonin instructor, are currently on vacation.

The same goes for Sakura.

"Yes, Lord Hokage."

Shizune and Karin nodded obediently.

After giving instructions to the two women, Tsunade put on the Hokage hat and left the Hokage's office.

Outside the corridor, Yagyu, dressed in a black robe, and Sasuke Uchiha, wearing a pure white kimono, dark blue trousers, and a grass sword at his waist, had been waiting for a long time.

"Lord Hokage, is there anything else?"

"That's all. Have you finished setting it up?"

"Yes, I have used the Multiple Wood Clone Technique to monitor Konoha inside and out. Whether it is the Akatsuki approaching Konoha or that masked man using space-time ninjutsu to bypass the barrier and break in, I can detect it immediately."

After listening to Yagyu's words, Tsunade nodded in satisfaction and said, "Very good, then let's set off."

"Yes."

Yagyu placed one hand on Tsunade's shoulder and the other on Sasuke Uchiha's shoulder, who had come over on his own. Then, the three of them vanished without warning, leaving not even a whisper.

When the three reappeared, they had left the vast Land of Fire and appeared in the Land of Iron, where snow was falling heavily and everything was covered in silver.

Without looking around, Tsunade and Sasuke Uchiha looked in the direction from which they sensed a large amount of energy.

A city even larger than the five great ninja villages, yet with an incredibly ancient style, immediately came into view of the three.

This is precisely the samurai city famous throughout the ninja world, where there isn't a single ninja, only samurai.

So the three of them set off towards the city of samurai.

Before long, a large number of figures dressed in armor opened the city gates to welcome the Fifth Hokage.

Mifune personally came out to greet Tsunade, and then led the three of them, including Yagyu, to a large hall inside the shogun's mansion.

There, twelve figures had been waiting for some time.

"Hmph, too slow."

Upon seeing Tsunade and the other two enter, the hot-tempered Fourth Raikage immediately crossed his arms and coldly reprimanded, "Hokage, you were the one who convened the Five Kage Summit, yet you're the last to arrive. This is simply outrageous."

"Heh------ It's because you guys are too slow." Tsunade said with a smug smile, "I only set off from the Leaf Village a few minutes ago. If it weren't for taking care of you, the Five Kage Summit wouldn't have started today; it would have begun six days ago."

"snort!"

The Fourth Raikage glanced at Yagyu next to Tsunade, then snorted coldly again, but this time didn't say anything more.

After all, he owed Tsunade a favor back then, so he had to be subservient to her from the start when speaking to her.

That favor was that Jingyin saved Darui's life.

Moreover, constantly arguing with a woman would only make him a laughingstock to the other five Kage.

"Now that Princess Tsunade has arrived, let's begin the Five Kage Summit," said Onoki, who floated into the air with his arms crossed.

For some reason, Onoki had a bad feeling, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what was wrong.

Mifune, of course, knew nothing of this.

However, seeing that Onoki had spoken, he immediately raised his hand and gestured, "The Five Kage, please move to the meeting hall!"

After saying that, Mifune led the five Kage to the meeting hall that had been prepared in advance.

Suddenly, a beam of light shone from the dark space onto a round table.

On the table are five straw hats of different colors and with different inscriptions, each bearing the characters for wind, fire, water, earth, and thunder, corresponding to the five elements of chakra.

Immediately, the beam of light split into six beams, shining on the five serious-looking figures and Mifune.

Not far behind the six people sat the five Kage's personal guards, as well as the samurai guards of the Land of Iron.

The Hokage's bodyguards were the famous Wood Release ninja Yagyu and Uchiha Sasuke, the last surviving member of the Uchiha clan.

The Kazekage's bodyguards are Temari, the eldest princess of Sunagakure, and Kankuro, Gaara's older brother.

At this moment, Temari would occasionally cast affectionate glances at Yagyu.

If it weren't for the inappropriate setting, she wouldn't have been able to resist moving closer to Yagyu and whispering in his ear.

The Mizukage's bodyguards are Chojuro, one of the third batch of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist from Kirigakure, who wields the twin swords Hiramekarei, and Ao, an elite Jonin who stole a Byakugan from the Hyuga clan's main branch and is on Konoha's most wanted list.

At this moment, Qing's expression was serious, and a bead of cold sweat even appeared on his forehead.

Because of his vigilance, he noticed that Yagyu would occasionally cast glances at him, his face expressionless, but as if he were looking at a dead man.

Thinking of the legendary Team 8, one of Yagyu's teammates seems to be the eldest daughter of the Hyuga clan's main family.

In other words, was he targeted by Yagyu because of the white of his right eye?

The Raikage's bodyguards were Darui, who wielded black lightning and Storm Release, and Killer Bee, the Fourth Raikage's younger brother, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki of Kumogakure, and one of the few perfect Jinchuriki in the ninja world.

It must be said that although the Fourth Raikage had a rough appearance, he was a representative of great wisdom disguised as foolishness.

Of the five Kage, only he heeded Yagyu's advice.

Others, like Gaara and Mei Terumi, have lost their Tailed Beasts and Jinchuriki in their respective ninja villages.

Meanwhile, Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki went to Mount Myōboku to train in Sage Mode. Konoha also has a large number of Yagyu's Wood Clones. Whenever the Akatsuki makes any move, Yagyu, who can receive real-time intelligence from the Wood Clones, can immediately use the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring Tsunade and Sasuke Uchiha back to the village to provide support.

Therefore, only Kumogakure and Iwagakure currently have Jinchūriki.

The two Yugitos were captured by the Akatsuki, and the Fourth Raikage, having received a report from Samui, was well aware of the Akatsuki's strength. That's why he brought his younger brother along this time.

However, Onoki did not bring his own village's Five-Tails Jinchuriki, Han, along; his bodyguards remained his son, Kouta, and granddaughter, Kurotsuchi.

Clearly, he left the Five-Tails Jinchuriki in the village to protect Iwagakure.

This is a good thing, but it is also a bad thing.

After all, the Akatsuki's target is the nine tailed beasts. If they knew about the Five Kage Summit, they might take advantage of the Five Kage's absence to launch a surprise attack on Iwagakure to capture the Five-Tails Jinchuriki.

The Hidden Stone Village, having lost its pillar, may suffer heavy losses.

When Yagyu saw Killer Bee and the yellow earth, he had already considered this possibility.

To this, he could only say that arrogance is the original sin.

Onoki, the only one among the Five Kage to have cooperated with the Akatsuki organization multiple times and even manipulated one side, was incredibly arrogant to the point of being overconfident.

He will soon be filled with regret and learn his lesson.

As for why Yagyu knew so much?

It's very simple; he had just received real-time intelligence from Bai Mao.

"I am Admiral Mifune of the Land of Iron, and I am honored to be the host of this Five Kage Summit."

Mifune cleared his throat and said in a deep voice, "The convener of this Five Kage Summit is the Fifth Hokage of Konohagakure in the Land of Fire. The topic is the Akatsuki organization. Therefore, I hereby declare the Five Kage Summit officially open!"

"I hereby declare—the Tailed Beast Capture Operation is now fully underway!"

Just as Mifune announced the start of the Five Kage Summit, in a dark space, a thought entity with purple ripples and astonishing eye power issued an order with great authority.

Immediately afterwards, the seven thought entities disappeared one after another.

Somewhere in the Land of Earth, a spatial vortex appeared out of thin air, and then three distorted figures flew out from it.

"The Four-Tails Jinchuriki is not far away. I'm leaving him to you."

Obito Uchiha left these words in his own voice, and before Deidara could speak, his figure twisted and flew into the Kamui dimension again, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

"What happened to Ah Fei that made him change so much?"

Deidara still seems completely baffled by Obito Uchiha's personality changes.

I thought it was my only younger brother who had encountered some sad thing.

Kisame Hoshigaki remained silent, gazing in the direction where astonishing chakra fluctuations were present. He grinned and said, "Deidara, you stay here and wait for me. Let me go and meet the Four-Tails Jinchuriki alone."

"Whatever."

Deidara crossed his arms, looking smug, and said, "If you can't beat Old Purple, just shout it out!"

"Will I come to save you right away? Hmm!"

By the time Deidara finished uttering his last catchphrase, Kisame Hoshigaki had already disappeared.

Deidara almost lost his temper, but he managed to hold back in the end.

There was nothing he could do; he was the youngest member of the Akatsuki.

Even Ah Fei, the only one who respected him, has changed completely. It's truly disheartening!

In the Land of Earth, outside the village of Iwagakure, which is surrounded by rocky mountains.

On the cliff of a rocky mountain stood six figures, both men and women, dressed in black trench coats embroidered with red clouds.

"Han's location is in the center of Iwagakure Village," White Zetsu's clone reported, peeking out half its head.

"Um."

Pain nodded, looking down at Iwagakure below, and said calmly, "Iwagakure doesn't seem to have a barrier."

"They probably didn't manage to get that particular roll."

The White Zetsu clone said, "Back then, the Land of Whirlpools was attacked by multiple countries, and the sealing techniques passed down by the Uzumaki clan..."

They took it all.

"However, the inheritances they stole were incomplete; only Konoha possessed the complete inheritance of the Uzumaki clan."

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Upon hearing this, Nagato also thought of the identities that he and his parents had uncovered over the years, and his resentment and hatred towards these great powers that had brought war and death to countless small countries in the ninja world intensified.

Then he uttered a famous line: "Since that's the case, let them experience pain!"

After he finished speaking, the six Paths of Pain all vanished in a blur.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh··—·

The Asura Path appeared out of thin air above Iwagakure, its arms mechanized, and launched a large number of rockets toward the location of the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, Han's chakra.

Rumble—

With a series of deafening explosions, Iwagakure was instantly engulfed in smoke and fire.

Thanks to Yagyu's presence, Konoha escaped a calamity, while Iwagakure enjoyed the benefits of the Rinnegan.

This was undoubtedly a crushing and overwhelming battle.

Even if Onoki were in Iwagakure, the result would still be a complete victory for Pain.

It wasn't because Nagato was a Kage-level gatekeeper, but because the Preta Path of Pain completely countered Onoki's Kekkei Tota: Dust Release.

Dust Escape is indeed powerful, but its wind-up time is far too long.

As long as the Hungry Ghost Realm exists, the Dust Escape technique will be absorbed regardless of its application.

Now that Onoki, his son Kotsuchi, and his granddaughter Kurotsuchi are all gone, Iwagakure is even less able to fight back.

A water kingdom on a large island, somewhere in the wilderness like a primeval forest.

A handsome man wearing a blue haori is teaching ninjutsu to a beautiful woman with long, light brown hair.

While receiving instruction, the woman would occasionally steal glances at the man with affection, her eyes filled with longing for him.

At first glance, the man and woman appear to be a handsome couple.

In reality, they were a master and apprentice.

"So you're Utakata, the rogue ninja from Kirigakure, the Six-Tails Jinchuriki!"

Just as the master and apprentice were living a carefree life together and enjoying this warmth,

Suddenly, the voice of an uninvited guest reached their ears.

Looking in the direction of the sound, one could see a white-haired boy wearing a black trench coat embroidered with red clouds, carrying a gourd-shaped fan, slowly walking out of the forest.

However, compared to his equally handsome face and strange attire, his Sharingan with three tomoe was even more eye-catching.

Upon seeing those eyes, Utakata's expression instantly changed drastically. He instinctively unleashed an astonishing burst of chakra and shouted, "Hotaru, run!"

"Don't worry, my target is you, not her."

Bai Mao chuckled softly, and then the forest scene around him and Yu Gao instantly went from clear to blurry.

Hotaru, who was next to Yutaka, also disappeared.

Yu Gao instantly realized that he had fallen for the opponent's illusion.

But when he violently released the tailed beast chakra, he found that he could not break free from the genjutsu, and a look of horror flashed in his eyes.

Clearly, he knew he had encountered a master of illusion.

Without hesitation, Yu Gao entered half-tailed beast form, transforming into a black and red beast and charging towards Hyakko.

Bai Mao, on the other hand, slowly and deliberately drew out the Flame Fan.

A few minutes later.

Bai Mao stepped over the unconscious Yu Gao, whose skin was peeling off, and said calmly:

"Too weak!" X3

Kisame Hoshigaki and Pain, far away in the Land of Earth, both gave the same assessment when they looked at the Four-Tails Jinchuriki and the Five-Tails Jinchuriki at their feet.