I am the new Hokage of Konoha.

Therefore, when discussing this point, unlike the swift resolution of previous issues, things have become rather drawn out.

At this moment, there was a slight silence at the Four Shadows' location.

Aside from the fact that the Fourth Raikage, A, knew that his village's strength had declined too much and had no hope of becoming the Alliance's commander-in-chief, he wisely remained silent.

Onoki, Mei Terumi, and Rasa all expressed their desire for the position of Commander-in-Chief.

With the three parties unable to reach an agreement, in the end, it was Mifune who spoke up:

"Gentlemen, our alliance is facing an unprecedentedly powerful Konoha. Even if we gather all our strength, to be honest, our chances of winning are not high. Therefore, we must make ourselves the best in every aspect."

"While the Mizukage and Kazekage are both capable leaders, the Land of Earth currently possesses the strongest military power outside of Konoha. The Tsuchikage is not only powerful but also has extensive experience in command and combat, having personally experienced the First, Second, and Third Shinobi World Wars. The upcoming Fourth Shinobi World War will far surpass all previous ones in scale. I believe that appointing the Tsuchikage as the commander-in-chief of the allied forces is the most appropriate choice."

"I agree."

As soon as Mifune finished speaking, Ai raised his hand in agreement, then looked at Mei Terumi and Rasa, and bluntly stated:

"Mizukage, you've only been in office for a few years, and your experience in commanding a ninja army is practically zero. It's too risky to make you the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces."

"As for you, Kazekage, although you have more experience than Mizukage, the lesson of being defeated by Konoha in the three wars needs no further explanation."

"While I disliked Onoki when he was an enemy, I must admit that the title 'Two Scales' is quite fitting for one of our own. In addition, his command abilities and experience are indeed superior to ours. Therefore, for the sake of the overall situation, let's entrust him with the overall command of the Allied Forces."

The successive statements from Mifune and the Fourth Raikage, A, undoubtedly shifted the balance of power significantly in Onoki's favor.

Onoki naturally nodded his thanks to the two of them with delight.

Especially the Fourth Raikage.

He had expected that Mifune would stand by his side.

To his surprise, the hot-tempered and usually defiant Fourth Raikage, A, not only showed great composure throughout the meeting but also rationally chose to stand by him.

So, can setbacks really change a person so much?

Onoki glanced at Deidara behind him, who was quite surprised and muttering, "The old man is going to become the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces."

When will we do something like this to this person too?

In the following days, because Mifune and the Raikage clearly sided with Onoki, Mei Terumi and Rasa, though somewhat regretful and unwilling, ultimately chose to follow the crowd.

Therefore, it is now a foregone conclusion that the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, will become the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces.

Just as Mifune, the host, stood up to announce the news, an unexpected, unfamiliar voice suddenly rang out in the conference room:

Hello~~~

"Who goes there!"

"Protect the adults!"

Instantly, the guards behind the four shadows and the three ships quickly went on alert.

This is the venue for the Four Shadows Conference; theoretically, the news shouldn't have been leaked.

In addition, with the numerous Iron Kingdoms guarding the outside, almost no one can reach this place undetected.

However, someone managed to sneak in silently, which showed how powerful they were, leaving the guards no choice but to be on high alert.

"Are they from Konoha?" Ai asked coldly, still sitting at the table.

In his view, only Konoha has the ability to break through here.

"No! It's not Konoha, it's Akatsuki!" Onoki turned his head and saw a strange figure, half black and half white, wrapped in pitcher plants, rising from the ground. His gaze swept over the figure's black and red cloud-patterned trench coat, and his eyes were full of killing intent.

He never expected that instead of finding the Akatsuki, they would come to his door.

"Akatsuki? What's that?" Ai, whose clan rarely produced rogue ninja, asked, puzzled.

Mei Terumi and Rasa had heard of the name "Akatsuki," but they didn't know the specifics.

As the person who had dealt with Akatsuki the most here, Onoki quickly explained: "An organization that gathered many S-rank rogue ninjas from the ninja world and had a huge conspiracy. The Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchuriki of my village were captured by Akatsuki."

"What?" Everyone present changed their expressions.

Not only because the Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchuriki were captured, but also because of the Akatsuki organization.

The fact that they were S-rank rogue ninjas with the ability to capture Jinchuriki immediately increased A, Mei Terumi, and Rasa's wariness of the Akatsuki organization.

Especially now that the other party has suddenly appeared at the Four Shadows Conference.

"Where are Lao Zi and Han? What did your Akatsuki do to them? Although I don't know why you're here, if you don't give me a satisfactory answer, you won't be leaving this place today."

As Onoki spoke toward Zetsu, he clasped his hands together, and the light of Dust Release instantly shone.

"Oh dear, is it really necessary to be so enthusiastic when just saying hello?"

Feeling the square white beam of light emanating a strong aura of death in Onoki's hands, White Zetsu exaggeratedly screamed in "fear."

"I'm just a nobody in the organization. Let someone else talk to you about something this important. Hurry up and come out, Obito! If you don't come soon, I'll be reduced to ashes."

The moment Bai Jue finished speaking, a distorted space appeared beside him.

Under the astonished gazes of the four Kage and the crowd, Obito Uchiha, dressed in a black trench coat with red clouds and without a spiral mask, walked out, revealing his true face.

"What kind of ability is this?" At this moment, seeing the strange way the members of the Akatsuki organization made their appearance, Maki behind Rasa asked in surprise.

"Childhood Technique of the Mangekyou Sharingan!"

Ao, who had already activated the Byakugan of the Hyuga main family, noticed the newcomer's blood-red eyes and the chakra flowing from the other's right eye, connecting with the surrounding space, and exclaimed in surprise.

"Kaleidoscope Sharingan???"

Thanks to the immense reputation that Uchiha Shisui has built up in the ninja world over the years, everyone present was familiar with the Uchiha's strongest Child Technique.

"It's the Uchiha? Could it be that the Akatsuki organization has connections with Konoha?" Rasa asked with a serious expression.

It's no wonder he had such a guess.

After all, the Uchiha clan is a member of Konoha, as any ninja knows.

"No! Although my surname is Uchiha, I am not a member of Konoha."

At this moment, before anyone else could speculate, Obito Uchiha, who had appeared at the scene, calmly explained,

"To be precise, Konoha is my enemy."

Chapter 222 Long Time No See, Onoki Kid

"To be precise, Konoha is my enemy."

After Obito Uchiha finished speaking, the expressions of the people present varied.

"A defector Uchiha? And he even awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan? How interesting." Mei Terumi, sitting in her original seat, turned her head to examine Obito Uchiha's half-destroyed face as she spoke.

"I've never heard of any Uchiha defecting from Konoha in recent years," Rasa said, his face still showing skepticism.

Ai remained silent, merely coldly observing Zetsu and Obito, the uninvited guests, pondering how to subdue them and extract all the information he could from them through interrogation.

As for Onoki, his attitude remained unchanged: "Regardless of whether you are a rogue ninja from Konoha or not, since you have joined Akatsuki and barged into this place without permission, you must bear the wrath of the Four Kage."

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!

As Onoki finished speaking, guards from the Four Kage and a large number of samurai from the Land of Iron quickly surrounded Obito and Zetsu.

Regardless of the other party's motives, the news of today's Four Shadows Conference must not be leaked.

Obito, remaining calm, made no comment, but continued, "Lord Tsuchikage seems to have some misunderstandings about Akatsuki. It is true that the Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchuriki fell into Akatsuki's hands, but that was done by the former leader of Akatsuki. We have now killed him, and Akatsuki has a new leader. In fact, we avenged you, Lord Tsuchikage."

"The Akatsuki has a new leader?" Onoki was slightly surprised, and unable to discern the truth in the words, he asked again, "Then what about Rōshi and Han?"

"Naturally, he was killed by the former leader long ago," Obito Uchiha lied without changing his expression.

"So, you Akatsuki went to all that trouble to capture Jinchuriki just to kill them?" Onoki said coldly.

"Who knows what the former leader's purpose was? Anyway, we've already killed him, and the dead can't answer questions anymore," Obito Uchiha shrugged. "Besides, if you want to blame someone, blame the Akatsuki of the past. The Akatsuki of today has been reborn, and its only goal is to fight against Konoha. Our visit is precisely to form an alliance with you all to fight against Konoha together."

"An alliance? Against Konoha?" Mei Terumi, standing beside Onoki, smiled charmingly, but her smile was anything but warm; instead, it carried a chilling coldness. "A bunch of rogue ninja forming an alliance with a ninja village? Do you even have the right?"

"I think the fact that Akatsuki was able to easily find out about the Four Kage Summit and come here says it all," Obito said calmly.

“Not enough!” Luo Sha said curtly.

“We have no interest in entrusting our backs to a bunch of evil traitors who betrayed the village.” Ai’s eyes were full of disdain, and then he suggested, “Let’s capture these two first, extract information from their minds, and then wipe out this organization. I don’t want to be fighting Konoha while there are restless and ambitious people hiding on the sidelines.”

“Agreed,” Mei Terumi agreed without hesitation.

After thinking for a few seconds, Luo Sha nodded in agreement.

Of course, there's no need to mention Onoki.

Just as he was about to give the order to act, Obito suddenly spoke up: "Fourth Hokage, Senju Kumo-tei, how do you plan to deal with this person?"

Thousand Hands Cloud Court...

These four words seemed to possess a powerful magic; even though the person hadn't arrived, they instantly calmed the atmosphere that was about to erupt into chaos.

"The Fourth Hokage, Senju Kumo-tei, will be dealt with by us four Kage."

Finally, Onoki broke the silence and spoke, emphasizing at the end, "..."

"He is a human being, not a god."

“No! He is a god!” Obito shook his head.

The man named Uchiha Obito said this without any intention of arguing.

Having witnessed the battle between Yun Ting and Ban, and then personally experienced its terrifying nature, he had seriously transformed Senju Yun Ting into a non-human being.

Before Onoki could refute, Obito turned his gaze to the Raikage and said, "I think the Cloud Ninja here must have a deep understanding of the power of the Senju Cloud Ninja."

Ai's face darkened upon hearing this, her deepest wounds exposed.

Although he did not experience everything on the front lines back then, after hearing the accounts from the Cloud Ninja who escaped, he clearly realized the utter despair that the 10,000-strong Cloud Ninja army faced at that time.

Daryuin, who had personally witnessed all of this, looked extremely grim.

Even today, he still hasn't forgotten the scenes of countless Cloud Ninjas being brutally killed under the overwhelming wooden hands, like ants being crushed.

Seeing the Raikage and his group looking terrified, Deidara muttered something unsettling:

"Tch~~ No matter how strong he is, he's just one person. If he gets blown up by my clay bomb, he'll be dead."

Deidara's voice was soft, but it was still audible to those present.

Upon hearing this, Luo Sha couldn't sit still any longer and said, "Indeed! No matter how strong Senju Unting is, he's still just one person. With four Kage joining forces—something that's never happened before—I refuse to believe we can't defeat them!"