Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

When the crisis struck, the world retaliated with increasing ferocity, forcing all sorts of monsters and demons to emerge.

Half a day later, Madara Uchiha successfully made the Gedo Mazo absorb the Six-Tails from the Six-Tails Jinchuriki's body, and a new blood-red eye opened on the face of the Gedo Mazo, which successfully opened its fifth eye.

"Congratulations, Lord Madara, on taking another big step closer to realizing the great Eye of the Moon Plan."

Black Zetsu appeared from the shadows just in time, smiling and offering his compliments.

"Hmm~, finally the day of realization is almost here. By the way, how's the situation outside? It must be pretty bad."

Madara Uchiha's expression softened slightly, clearly pleased with Black Zetsu's compliments, and he began to inquire about recent information from the ninja world.

"Lord Madara, just as you predicted, the people of those ninja villages are all terrified after learning the truth about the destruction of Kirigakure. Now, with Kumogakure leading the Five Kage Summit, in addition to Sunagakure, Kumogakure, Iwagakure, Konoha, and Amegakure all intend to unite against you."

Blackbeard immediately gave a report.

"The Five Shadows Conference, huh? That's quite an ancient name."

Madara Uchiha sneered, then a hint of nostalgia involuntarily appeared on his face, but it was quickly replaced by coldness.

Thinking back to the last Five Kage Summit, he was still someone who quietly contributed to the peace of the ninja world. Although his methods were a bit crude, he ultimately succeeded.

The Five Shadows Conference has now become a tool to deal with him.

It has to be said, this is quite ironic.

However, this Five Kage Summit was quite successful, as it brought together important figures from all the major ninja villages, making it convenient for him to eliminate them all at once.

Madara Uchiha asked, "Is the Five Kage Summit over?"

"No, it's still ongoing. Although these ninja villages are thinking of uniting to deal with you, each of them has their own agenda and wants to gain more benefits within the Allied Shinobi Forces. It's impossible to reach a consensus in a short time."

According to intelligence secretly relayed by Akasuna, it will likely take at least another day or two to reach a final result.

Black Zetsu sneered.

"They really are a bunch of good-for-nothings. Well, with so much hatred between them, it's not easy for them to put aside their true feelings and unite. Humans are ultimately creatures driven by emotions, and no one can avoid that."

Upon hearing this news, Madara Uchiha's face immediately lit up with joy.

The Five Kage Summit is not over yet, which is indeed very good news for him. In this way, he can find an opportunity to take down the leaders of these major ninja villages in one fell swoop, leaving the major ninja villages in a state of leaderlessness, thus making it easier for him to complete the final Eye of the Moon Plan.

"Lord Madara, Orochimaru and Hiruko have been captured by the people of Konoha."

Seeing that Madara Uchiha was in a good mood, Black Zetsu cautiously began to deliver some bad news.

"Orochimaru was captured? What about those tailed beast clones?"

Madara Uchiha's tone instantly turned cold, and he spoke with murderous intent, staring at Black Zetsu with a killer gaze.

The tailed beast clone is a crucial part of his Eye of the Moon plan; it can be said that without it, the Ten-Tails cannot be resurrected.

There was no other way; he had already captured all the tailed beasts he could. The remaining One-Tail, Five-Tail, Eight-Tail, and Nine-Tail were all difficult to capture successfully. The Eight-Tail had not yet revived, and the One-Tail and Nine-Tail were strictly controlled by Konoha. Only the Five-Tail had a slight chance of being obtained.

However, Hattori Masanari from Amegakure is now somewhat unfathomable to him. This Amegakure ninja is more difficult to deal with than he imagined. Now that he has allied himself with Konoha, if he makes a move against him, Tohsaka Kirito from Konoha will definitely come to his rescue immediately.

"Don't worry about that. I have successfully transferred these clones. The clones of the One-Tailed, Five-Tailed, and Eight-Tailed are already mature, and the Nine-Tailed clone will be ready soon."

Black Zetsu quickly replied.

Upon learning that the clone was unharmed, Madara Uchiha suppressed his murderous intent and continued to ponder with a calm expression, without inquiring about the subsequent events involving Orochimaru and Hiruko.

In his eyes, he had already squeezed the two of them dry, and whether they lived or died was no longer important to him.

"Go and get ready, it's time to begin."

A short while later, Madara Uchiha glanced at the giant wooden doll beneath him, which was nearing revival, and then made a crucial decision.

The Third Shinobi World War is about to begin.

Chapter 364: The Sudden Change at the Five Kage Summit

In the Land of Iron, the venue for the Five Kage Summit, a new round of Five Kage meetings is underway.

Among the five representatives, the leaders of Konoha, Sunagakure, and Amegakure remained calm and did not participate in the debate. Only Onoki of Iwagakure and the Fourth Raikage of Kumogakure were arguing heatedly.

The reason for the major conflict between the two is that Iwagakure learned that Kumogakure had developed a chakra cannon and wanted Kumogakure to share this technology so that all the major ninja villages could quickly mobilize resources to further improve this powerful ninja tool and achieve rapid production.

However, the Chakra Cannon was a secret weapon developed by Kumogakure with countless efforts. Even though other ninja villages were willing to pay Kumogakure a large sum of money as compensation, how could the Fourth Raikage possibly agree to it?

"Kukai kids, what time is it now, and you're still acting so selfish? You were the one who initiated this Five Kage Summit to discuss how to deal with Uchiha Madara. How come you're so stingy when it's your turn to contribute?"

"Iwagakure has already promised to provide a large amount of precious chakra metal to forge chakra cannons, and Konoha has generously offered to enhance the powerful Cursed Seal ninjutsu. Shouldn't Kumogakure make some kind of gesture in return?"

Onoki said indignantly.

"Shut up, you old codger. Do you think I don't know what you're up to? You've been eyeing chakra cannons for a long time, haven't you? Well, the Land of Earth has so much surplus chakra metal. If Iwagakure could acquire the technology to make chakra cannons, your military strength could be rapidly enhanced in a short time. How could I let you have your way? If you don't have the technology, you can only exchange it for chakra metal."

The Fourth Raikage bluntly exposed Onoki's little scheme on the spot.

The only thing the Hidden Cloud Village can still boast about now is its powerful chakra cannon. If it were to hand it over so easily, even if the five great ninja villages successfully defeated Madara Uchiha, the Hidden Cloud Village would still be destined to decline.

As the Raikage, he cannot afford to ignore the future.

"Hmph, Madara Uchiha hasn't even been dealt with yet, and you seem to be thinking too much. I want to see if you'll regret not sharing this technology after Madara Uchiha wipes out your Kumogakure."

Onoki sneered.

To be honest, he did have some selfish motives, but more than that, he hoped to make the Chakra Cannon a powerful weapon against Madara Uchiha. From the fact that Madara Uchiha stole Roshi and desecrated the body of his teacher, the Second Tsuchikage Mu, he knew that there was no room for reconciliation between Iwagakure and Madara Uchiha.

The matter can only be considered closed when one side is destroyed.

Now that he sees hope in dealing with Madara Uchiha from the Cloud Village's chakra cannon, how could he not be excited?

Imagine if there were hundreds of these weapons that could fire chakra projectiles with power comparable to a Tailed Beast Ball. Even if Madara Uchiha was incredibly powerful, he wouldn't dare to confront them head-on. These are truly weapons that could pose a fatal threat to Madara Uchiha.

However, given the power of the Hidden Cloud Village, it is clearly impossible to create so many chakra cannons in a short period of time; the raw materials alone would be a major problem.

Moreover, the Cloud Village's chakra cannon manufacturing technology is not yet perfect.

Therefore, given the current situation, the only correct course of action is for the Hidden Cloud Village to contribute this technology, then gather the strength of the five ninja villages, upgrade the chakra cannon technology as quickly as possible, and then mass-produce it.

Unfortunately, this kid from Yunyin is so inconsiderate and petty.

"Shut up. If we're going to wipe out anyone, we'll wipe out Iwagakure first. I wonder who almost got invaded by someone else if they hadn't had help. Besides, some people in this meeting can't be trusted. How could I possibly contribute my village's precious technology?"

The Fourth Raikage said in a sarcastic tone.

Upon hearing this, Onoki, Tsunade, and Hanzo of the Salamander all immediately turned their gazes toward Akasuna, the Fourth Kazekage.

"Lord Raikage, what do you mean by this? If you don't have any evidence, don't spout nonsense here. Although Sunagakure is in a difficult situation right now, we are not afraid of Kumogakure."

Upon seeing this, Akasuna's heart sank, and he immediately frowned and said coldly.

He risked his life to participate in the Five Kage Summit because of Madara Uchiha's threat, but that's why he had to emphasize that he had no connection with Madara Uchiha and could not do anything to smear Sunagakure's reputation.

Otherwise, not only would his life be in danger, but Sunagakure might also be attacked by the other four great ninja villages in the first instance.

He had tried his best to keep a low profile during the meeting, but he was still targeted by someone with ulterior motives.

Moreover, judging from the reactions of the leaders of other ninja villages, they indeed lacked trust in Sunagakure.

"Alright, Raikage, let's not bring up anything that could affect the cooperation of the Five Great Shinobi Villages Alliance. Also, let's not change the subject. Your village's chakra cannon technology is indeed a valuable asset that the alliance needs. It can be said to be an important guarantee for the alliance to quickly improve its strength in a short period of time."

We understand your concerns, but the most important thing right now is to resolve the issue of Madara Uchiha. If we don't eliminate him, you should understand that we have no future. Kirigakure is such a large ninja village; we can destroy it just like that.

If we don't unite quickly, and he digests all the captured tailed beasts, do you think he'll still give us time to continue arguing here? We must all put aside our prejudices for now and try to unite.

"Konoha guarantees that once Madara Uchiha is defeated, the Tailed Beasts will be returned to their respective villages. Even the Three-Tails and Six-Tails from Kirigakure will not be distributed among Konoha."

Tsunade lightly tapped the table, drawing everyone's attention to her, and said with a furrowed brow.

They will not participate in the distribution of the Tailed Beasts!

When Tsunade said this, Onoki, the Fourth Raikage, Akazawa, and Hanzo all had their eyes light up and couldn't help but admire Tsunade's boldness and magnanimity.

After all, they all knew in their hearts that Konoha was definitely the one that contributed the most to the Allied Shinobi Forces. Now that Tsunade had personally said that she would not participate in the distribution of the Tailed Beasts, she was undoubtedly giving up most of the benefits of the victory.

Seeing Tsunade, a woman, display such a bold and generous demeanor, the Fourth Raikage felt his face burning. If he weren't naturally dark-skinned, others would probably have noticed his shame.

Then, his eyes darted around, and he said, "The Cloud Village can contribute the Chakra Cannon technology, but after defeating Uchiha Madara, the Cloud Village not only wants to get back the Two-Tails, but also wants to obtain the Six-Tails."

"You've got a clever plan, trading a technology for a tailed beast. Do you really think that's possible?"

Onoki immediately jumped out to voice his opposition.

Akasuna also wanted to object, since the One-Tailed Beast of Sunagakure was still with Konoha. If it was impossible to get it back, the only option was to try and get it from the two ownerless tailed beasts of Kirigakure.

However, Sunagakure has not contributed anything worthwhile to the Allied Shinobi Forces so far, so it doesn't really have much confidence to demand the allocation of Tailed Beasts.

Hanzo felt the same way as Akasuna at that moment, and could only wisely remain silent.

And so, Onoki and the Fourth Raikage started arguing again.

Seeing this, Tsunade felt quite helpless. Fortunately, after she used the Tailed Beasts as a huge bait, the matter of the Chakra Cannon finally made some progress.

Soon, the argument between Onoki and the Fourth Raikage finally came to a conclusion, with both yielding to each other on the issue of the distribution of the tailed beasts.

Onoki agreed to let Kumogakure obtain the Six-Tails, but on the condition that Kumogakure fully disclose its chakra cannon technology and pay a huge sum of money to the major ninja villages.

The Fourth Raikage agreed without much thought, since tailed beasts are priceless. If the Hidden Cloud Village could obtain the Two-Tails and the Six-Tails after the war, its fighting strength could quickly recover to pre-war levels.

If the Eight-Tails can be successfully retrieved, the strength of Kumogakure will be further enhanced.

By then, Kumogakure will no longer need to worry about the lingering problems caused by the leakage of chakra cannon technology.

With the matter of the Chakra Cannon settled, the discussion at today's Five Kage Summit was almost over, and the meeting quickly came to an end.

"what!!!"

But just as everyone was about to leave, the Fourth Kazekage, Akashi, suddenly let out a scream, and then a terrifying wave of chakra erupted from his body.

Then, a dazzling light shot out from Akasuna's body.

In an instant, a strong sense of mortal danger arose in everyone's hearts.

Chapter 365: Madara's Attack

When danger struck, the people of each ninja village used their own methods to defend themselves.

Besides Tsunade, Minato and Karen were also among the people from Konoha.

Seeing that the situation had changed, Minato immediately grabbed Tsunade and Karen, and then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to disappear from the spot in an instant.

The people from Kumogakure were the Fourth Raikage, Casalan, and an elite Jonin.