Being a rogue ninja is worse than being Hokage.

However, Naruto and Sasuke, who were also summoned by Hozuki Suigetsu, remained calm.

"You two are insane! If I had to choose again, I'd rather be locked up in Orochimaru's vessel for the rest of my life than go crazy with you two!"

"It's pointless to imagine a failed outcome and engage in empty debates about it. The reality is that we have won, and you should enjoy the joy that comes with victory."

"Next time you let Karin do this, I'll be all smiles."

The pressure of having to take full responsibility for a mistake is something someone like Hozuki Suigetsu would absolutely never want to experience a second time.

"Oh."

Ignoring the complaining Suigetsu, Naruto turned his gaze to the silent Sasuke.

"Sasuke, what are you planning to do next?"

The revenge against Konoha ended successfully, but now that Sasuke has lost his goal, how will he survive in the ninja world? Naruto is very curious about this.

"Destroying Konoha is pointless."

Sasuke responded to Naruto's curiosity, saying:

"After fighting Shimura Danzo, I realized something. People like Shimura Danzo, who hold high positions and use high-sounding reasons to pursue their own selfish desires, are not just found in Konoha, but throughout the entire ninja world now."

"What's corrupt is the current ninja system of the entire ninja world, and the Five Kage system is also full of hypocrisy."

"Without addressing the root causes of the problem, the tragedies of the Uchiha, the Jinchuriki, and the displacement caused by war will not end; they will only be repeated time and time again."

Sasuke and Naruto stared at each other.

This time, Naruto listened in silence.

Sasuke continued speaking:

"The ninja world needs a complete overhaul."

Sasuke extended an invitation to Naruto, saying, "Naruto, I hope you can help me."

Chapter 91 Five Kage Summit

"Ah chirp!"

Hozuki Suigetsu rubbed his arms together. Although he was wearing a large cloak that covered his whole body and shielded him from the wind and rain, the chill here was still bone-chilling.

The soft snowflakes falling from the sky clung to his face, their unexpected coldness causing Hozuki Suigetsu to shiver.

"Could you please keep your voice down! We're still in stealth mode! Do you want to get us discovered by those samurai?!"

Karin rebuked Hozuki Suigetsu for causing the commotion.

Unlike Hozuki Suigetsu, who is afraid of the cold, Karin seems to have long been accustomed to the cold climate because she lives in the Land of Snow, where there is only winter.

"But I didn't expect that the winter in the Land of Iron would be colder than that in the Land of Snow."

Although Karin habitually bickers with Hozuki Suigetsu, she does understand Hozuki Suigetsu's state, after all, just a few hours ago they were in a pleasant climate.

"It's probably because of the altitude."

The one who answered Karin's question was a burly boy with orange hair. He was a striking two meters tall, but contrary to his appearance, the boy had a very gentle personality.

Tenbin Jugo, like the Sound Four and Hozuki Suigetsu, was a talent under Orochimaru's control. He possessed a very special "Sage Transformation" physique, which can be said to be the starting point for Orochimaru's research on the Cursed Seal.

This boy, who was initially stopped by Sasuke because Naruto intervened in Sasuke's revenge against Itachi, eventually became a member of the team led by Naruto and Sasuke.

Moreover, this guy may look big and burly, but he is quite meticulous. Even though he has been imprisoned in a cage by Orochimaru for many years because of his uncontrollable "Sage Transformation" physique, he has not neglected his studies.

"The Land of Iron is built on three connected high mountains called Mount Sanrou. The temperature difference between the high mountains and the plains is different. It is not surprising that the Land of Iron is colder than the Land of Snow on a snowy day."

The climate in the ninja world is incredibly diverse. The Land of Snow, which only has winter, and the Land of Iron, which is covered in heavy snow even in summer, are typical examples.

Countries like the Land of Fire, which have normal four seasons and no extreme weather, are actually a minority.

As Karin was pondering this, she suddenly noticed a hawk swooping down from the snowy sky and landing precisely on Jugo's arm.

Jugo gazed silently into the eyes of the eagle, as if he could read the bird's mind, until the eagle flapped its wings again and returned to the sky. Only then did Jugo turn to Sasuke and say, "The Five Kage have all arrived in the Land of Iron."

Jugo, feared for his uncontrollable power, possesses a unique talent for befriending animals.

Unlike the Yamanaka clan, who control animals through mind transfer techniques, Jugo's interactions with animals are purely communicative. Because these interactions are not guided by chakra, Jugo can effectively evade the spying of the sensory ninjas guarding the Five Kage by gathering information from animals.

Even Karin, who is proficient in perception and anti-perception, cannot do this.

Although not as timely as Karin's, Jugo's method of obtaining information is safer.

With the information brought by Jugo, while waiting for the information to be relayed back, the group resting in the secluded spot—the Sound Four, Jugo, Karin, and Suigetsu Hozuki—all looked at Sasuke, who had remained silent.

"Continue to act according to plan."

Sasuke, sitting on the stone pier and being closely guarded by the Sound Four, gave his answer.

With Naruto absent, Sasuke is their undisputed leader.

The next course of action must be approved by Sasuke.

Sasuke stood up after giving the order, but was suddenly stopped by Karin.

"what happened?"

Sasuke's bright red three-tomoe Sharingan stared at the red-haired girl wearing glasses in front of him.

How are your eyes doing now? Are you experiencing any discomfort, such as itching or blurred vision?

Karin observed Sasuke's eyes, her tone somewhat serious.

“There is no problem at all, your medical technique is perfect.”

When Karin asked him a question, Sasuke answered truthfully.

"The weasel's eyes are just like my own eyes."

In order to achieve his own goals, Sasuke, with Karin's help, transplanted Itachi's eyes.

At this moment, the power contained in Sasuke's Sharingan was more abundant than ever before, and the problem of blurred vision caused by excessive consumption of his power in order to deplete the number of times Izanagi could be used on Shimura Danzo's arm during the battle was now completely gone.

Sasuke's eyes are now free of the aftereffects that Karin was worried about.

"Now my eyes can see everything in this world clearly."

The Sharingan in Sasuke's eyes now is no longer the ordinary Mangekyou Sharingan, but the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, which he obtained after enduring all the suffering of the Uchiha clan, surpassing the Mangekyou Sharingan.

"That's good. Since Naruto has chosen to assist your crazy plan, I don't want you to hold Naruto back at crucial moments."

Her inquiry about Sasuke's physical condition after receiving Itachi's eyes was not out of concern for Sasuke.

Instead, he was concerned about whether Sasuke would have a negative impact on Naruto, who was not there and was infiltrating enemy territory alone.

When a person lies, their chakra becomes disordered, and Karin senses the stable chakra within Sasuke's body.

Having confirmed that Sasuke's response was not a lie, Karin suppressed her last bit of worry and stepped aside to make way for Sasuke.

"Then let's head towards where the Five Kage are."

Sasuke took a step forward, and the hesitation that had been hidden in his heart in the past had long since disappeared.

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The Land of Iron has existed as a neutral country since the ancient Warring States period, not participating in the struggles of ninjas. Therefore, this country has no ninjas, and its military strength is composed entirely of samurai, making it a true samurai nation.

Because of its neutral status, the Land of Iron successfully avoided several previous Shinobi World Wars after the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, ended the Warring States period.

Therefore, the Land of Iron enjoys extremely high national prestige among the five great ninja nations.

After the Third Shinobi World War ended, the Shinobi world experienced a brief period of peace for more than a decade, but the open and covert struggles never ceased. The Land of Iron has always played a "buffer" role.

If the balance among the five great powers is disrupted, only the Land of Iron, as a neutral nation, has the right to respond to the Kage's request and initiate the Five Kage Summit.

This time, the Five Kage Summit, which had not been held for many years, was once again held in the Land of Iron at the request of the Hokage of Konoha Village in the Land of Fire.

“Then, please have your guards step back behind the curtain, and the five Kage, please place your shadow hats, which represent your identities as ‘Kage,’ on the table.”

As the host of the talks, Mifune, the leader of the warriors of the Land of Iron, officially began the Five Kage Summit.

The old man with a white goatee gazed at the five Kage who could influence the future of the ninja world, who were gathered around the round table in the meeting room.

Despite his advanced age, Mifune's aura was no less imposing than that of the five Kage, who had gathered together here.

As Mifune finished speaking, the five Kage, who were sitting in front of the long curtains representing their respective countries, placed the straw hats representing their identities on the round table.

The five figures, having removed their straw hats, revealed their true faces.

A beautiful young girl with blonde hair and four short braids tied at the back of her head, dressed in a black kimono; the Fifth Kazekage, Temari.

A mature woman with long, reddish-brown hair that covers her right cheek, wearing a blue strapless dress with her shoulders down; the Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumi.

The third Tsuchikage, Onoki, is the longest-serving and oldest of the current Five Kage, a short, bald old man with a conspicuous big red nose.

With dark skin, a light yellow slicked-back hairstyle, and wearing only a white coat that revealed the strong muscles in his chest and abdomen, he was a robust man in his prime, the Fourth Raikage Ai.

And the acting Fifth Hokage, who convened the Five Kage Summit with the other four Kage—Nara Shikaku, a Konoha Jonin with a black pineapple-shaped hairstyle and an undeniable horizontal scar on his right eyebrow and right corner of his mouth.

"As the convener of the Five Kage Summit, Konoha only sent one Jonin to participate. Has the title of the so-called number one country in the Land of Fire made Konoha so arrogant that it can't even see reality?"

The meeting began with the third Tsuchikage, Onoki, taking the lead in the conversation.

However, the moment he opened his mouth, he launched into a sharp and sarcastic rebuke of Nara Shikaku, who was acting as the Hokage.

"Lord Tsuchikage, the reason why the Fifth Hokage could not personally attend the Five Kage Summit was explained in detail in the previous invitation letter from Konoha. To mock Konoha on this matter is rather..."

Nara Shikaku spoke gently, but his words showed no sign of backing down. He looked at this figure, who was as old as a living fossil in the ninja world, and said, "...Too immature."

Onoki took a deep look at Nara Shikaku, whose face looked somewhat ferocious due to the scars on his face. Nara Shikaku's personality was completely different from his appearance.

However, when it came to "immaturity," Onoki's gaze shifted from Nara Shikaku to the Fifth Kazekage, Temari, who was sitting next to the acting Hokage.

The Land of Fire and the Land of Wind, Konoha and Sunagakure. Among the Five Great Nations, although Konoha was destroyed three years ago, the alliance between the two countries did not break down. On the contrary, because Sunagakure suffered heavy losses, almost facing a crisis of being removed from the "Five Great Nations" due to a severe power vacuum, the alliance became even stronger.

"Hmph, these days, countries are constantly changing internally... It's not just Konoha, even the leader of Sunagakure has become a blonde girl."

"Lord Tsuchikage, the original purpose of the Five Kage Summit was to resolve conflicts and reach a consensus on a certain issue through peaceful talks, not to use the neutral status of the Land of Iron as a place to recklessly escalate conflicts and vent personal emotions in front of the other Kage. Please restrain yourself a little."

Before Onoki could say something even harsher to Temari, Mei Terumi, the Fifth Mizukage and also a woman, spoke up to stop this senior ninja.

"I thought I would hear some topics worth considering in the current ninja world at the Five Kage Summit, which has not been held for many years, but I didn't expect that after a long time of formal commencement, we still haven't gotten to the main topic. Instead, we've been arguing and bickering about all sorts of unsavory things."

The arguments between the Hidden Leaf Village, the Hidden Stone Village, the Hidden Sand Village, and the Hidden Mist Village finally caused the previously silent Fourth Raikage, A, to lose his temper and criticize the other four Kage as well.