I, who just wanted to be lazy, was forced to become the Hokage.

Chapter 388 The Fourth Generation Leaders of Each Village!

Inside the general's palace in the capital of the Land of Iron.

"At the invitation of the Third Mizukage, the Five Kage have gathered in the Land of Iron for the second Five Kage Summit in history. I am deeply honored."

Admiral Mifune of the Land of Iron stood in the center of the palace, looking directly at the five Kage who had taken their seats one after another, and spoke calmly.

"I am Mifune, the samurai in charge of this meeting. The Five Kage Summit shall now begin."

After a very brief explanation, Mifune fell completely silent and handed over the reins of the meeting.

"Now that the talks have begun, let me speak first..."

Yagura Karatachi, with his baby face, spoke first, followed by Mangetsu Hozuki, who had white hair.

"The Third Mizukage initiated this Five Kage Summit, but his health was too damaged to withstand the long journey, so he sent me to participate in the summit."

On the table in front of Yagura Karatachi, a straw hat with the character "water" on it sat quietly.

This straw hat also indirectly confirms Yagura's current identity—

Hidden Mist, the Fourth Generation Water Shadow.

A while ago, the three ninja villages of Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure, which had lost their third kage, quickly elected their own fourth kage.

Now, Kirigakure has caught up with the other villages.

Inside the spacious palace of the general, there was only Hiruzen Sarutobi, the third kage, and the rest were the fourth kage from various villages.

While Yagura Karatachi was speaking, Hiruzen Sarutobi quickly scanned the physical characteristics of the fourth leaders of the other three villages, mentally noting their respective abilities.

Rasa of Sunagakure possesses a unique bloodline limit, Magnet Release, which allows him to extract pure gold dust from the boundless desert.

Troy of Kumogakure also possesses the bloodline limit ability of Magnet Release, which allows him to manipulate not only gold but all metallic substances.

Old Shiki of Iwagakure, the Jinchūriki of the Four-Tails.

Yagura Karatachi of Kirigakure, his intelligence-gathering abilities haven't been revealed much...

These fourth-generation film figures were mostly selected and promoted from among the best in their respective villages.

Old Purple and Rasa are at the same level in terms of strength.

Troy is slightly weaker, but with the special lightning release technique of the Hidden Cloud Village, it should be easy for them to improve their strength.

As for Yagura Yoshihiro... his strength is unknown, but since he has become a Kage, he must have something special about him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi quickly analyzed the abilities of the other four Fourth Hokage and felt a sense of relief.

These fourth-generation leaders were far weaker than Minato, let alone Nara Rinka—

Well, let's not talk about that person anymore.

"The reason why the Third Mizukage convened the Five Kage Summit was already communicated to all the villages by Kirigakure a long time ago."

Yagura, the clerk, recounted the story in a measured and methodical manner.

"That Uchiha Madara has been resurrected!"

The fourth-generation leaders present are all relatively young in terms of age.

Madara Uchiha lived in an era far removed from the time of these Fourth Hokage.

But when that name came out of Yagura's mouth, there was still some commotion in the palace.

Especially Lao Zi, a piece of scorching dark red magma suddenly appeared on the surface of his body, almost setting the table in front of him on fire.

However, this magma was not released by Lao Zi.

Rather, it was the Four-Tails within him that, upon suddenly hearing the name "Uchiha Madara," experienced a violent emotional fluctuation, causing the leakage of Lava Release chakra.

The unexpected situation caused by Lao Zi naturally attracted the attention of the rest of the people in the palace.

"We do know about this, but does your Hidden Mist Village have any evidence?"

Old Zi crossed his arms and looked indifferent.

"As far as I know, Madara Uchiha has been dead for many years! Who knows if his resurrection is just a lie from your Hidden Mist Village, saying that the Third Mizukage was attacked by Madara Uchiha!"

"We haven't even seen the Third Mizukage yet!"

The second Five Kage Summit was able to be held largely because Kirigakure linked "Madara Uchiha's conspiracy" with "the mysterious disappearance of the Third Kage".

The Third Kazekage mysteriously disappeared long before the war began, and his whereabouts have not been found to this day.

The same thing happened to the Third Tsuchikage and the Third Raikage; they suddenly disappeared one day.

In the ninja world, "disappearance" is basically synonymous with "death".

In the face of the mysterious disappearance of three film directors from three generations.

News suddenly broke that the Third Mizukage of Kirigakure had been attacked...

The other villages naturally wouldn't let this opportunity pass them by.

However, this information is indeed somewhat hard to accept.

From the perspective of each village, their village's shadow is the strongest.

The Third Kazekage, hailed as the strongest Kazekage in history.

The Third Tsuchikage and the Third Raikage were also leaders of their respective villages.

We're all Third Hokage, so what makes you, the Third Mizukage, so special?

If it really was Madara Uchiha who attacked the Third Hokage, then why did the Kazekage, Tsuchikage, and Raikage fail to escape, while the Mizukage escaped unscathed?

It's understandable that Lao Zi would have some doubts at this point.

"I can testify to this."

Just then, Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke calmly.

"Uchiha Madara... is indeed not dead."

"Third Hokage, I remember it was Konoha who said Uchiha Madara was dead, right?"

Luo Sha's eyes flickered slightly.

"Back then, it was Konoha that said he was dead, and now it's Konoha that's saying he's alive."

"What exactly is going on in Konoha?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi seemed not to hear Rasa's question.

"I can only tell you that long before the Third Tsuchikage and the Third Raikage disappeared, our Konoha had already discovered traces of Madara Uchiha's clandestine activities."

Hiruzen Sarutobi said slowly and deliberately.

"At the same time, our village also sent people to hunt down Uchiha Madara."

"We confirmed that we had killed Madara Uchiha and even destroyed his body... but we never expected that it was just a smokescreen by Madara Uchiha."

Hiruzen Sarutobi's words at this moment could be considered an exposure of his own family's dirty laundry.

However, considering that the Third Hokage of other villages either died or were seriously injured in front of Madara Uchiha.

Not only did Konoha discover traces of Madara Uchiha's activities, but they also "killed" him once...

The difference is immediately apparent!

"snort!"

Troy snorted coldly.

"Does Konoha still have anyone capable of dealing with Uchiha Madara?"

"The ninjas sent to hunt down Uchiha Madara at the time."

Hiruzen Sarutobi glanced at the Fourth Hokage of Kumogakure and spoke calmly.

"One is a yellow flash, the other... is a shadow of darkness."

A person's name, a tree's shadow.

The yellow flash and the black shadow, their fearsome reputation for making a name for themselves in the Third Shinobi World War, were known to everyone present.

Especially the latter.

Troy initially thought that Konoha's statement was somewhat exaggerated.

Upon hearing the names of the yellow flash and the black shadow, the new Raikage of Kumogakure fell silent.

The yellow flash is one thing.

That shadowy figure... is truly powerful!

It wasn't just Troy; Rōshi, Rasa, and Yagura also realized why Konoha had such a powerful record.

Whether it's the yellow flash or the pitch-black shadow, either of them could compete for the title of "strongest in history" in any other village.

These two went out at the same time to deal with an Uchiha Madara whose age was unknown...

The success rate is indeed extremely high!

After a moment's thought, Yagura Karatachi asked, "Third Hokage, where did you discover Madara Uchiha's location?"

"A waterfall within the territory of the Land of Waterfalls."

Hiruzen Sarutobi naturally didn't mind sharing this information.

"A few days ago, I sent people there to investigate... It wasn't Madara Uchiha's real base, but just a temporary one."

"Where is the Fourth Mizukage? Has Kirigakure gathered any information about Madara Uchiha?"

Upon hearing Hiruzen Sarutobi's words, Rasa, Roshi, and Troy immediately turned their gazes away.

The Sand Village, the Iwagakure Village, and the Cloud Village truly had not obtained even the slightest bit of information about Uchiha Madara.

To the disappointment of the three Kage, Yagura simply shook his head.

"No, after that failed attack, we also lost information about Uchiha Madara... We sent people to search, but we found nothing."

"Uchiha Madara, he really hid his abilities too well."

Mist-hidden, Yagura.

Sand Hidden, Rasa.

These are all the fourth generation in normal history.

Hidden Rocks, Old Purple.

This was the tallest among the short. His relationship with Onoki was not very harmonious. After the Third Shinobi World War, he left Iwagakure like Han and wandered around.

Considering the current situation of Iwagakure, only Roshi can become the Tsuchikage.

Hidden Clouds, Troy.

There's really no one else here...

Logically speaking, each Raikage has unique characteristics, suggesting they come from a certain family (possibly the Yotsuki family).

But instead of creating a Night Moon Ninja out of thin air, it would be better to bring over a Magnet Release Ninja to fill the gap.

Troy was resurrected by Kabuto Yakushi during the Fourth Shinobi World War. His exact time of death is unknown. He possesses the Magnet Release Kekkei Genkai.

(End of this chapter)