Ōnoki shook his head, "It's not that simple. Operating in the enemy's main camp means countless traps could be waiting for us. Besides the known members, we don't know if they have any hidden strength.
Furthermore, Akatsuki has already captured four Jinchuriki. We don't know if they have a way to immediately use the Tailed Beast's power.
We represent the Five Great Shinobi Villages' Kage. This decision, which is equivalent to declaring the Fourth Shinobi World War, cannot be made so rashly."
The Raikage said indignantly, "What's the difference between the Akatsuki Organization seizing the Tailed Beasts at will and directly declaring war! Do you have to wait until Iwagakure is flattened before you agree?"
Ōnoki didn't budge, "Raikage, you should understand that once the war starts, it means countless missions will be suspended, and countless ninjas will be injured or killed. Your call for unity can't offset that!"
The Raikage said angrily, "Considering this and considering that, then tell me, what should we do!"
"The best way now is to protect the remaining Jinchuriki and wait for the Akatsuki Organization to capture the Tailed Beasts, then defeat them one by one.
Why don't we pretend to break up unhappily, and the Jinchuriki will still be protected normally in their respective villages. Then, the Raikage and I will send people to secretly ambush outside your villages as reinforcements, and then we can catch them one by one." Ōnoki confidently put forward his suggestion. This was not the most efficient way, but it was the most beneficial to Iwagakure.
Anyway, they no longer had a Tailed Beast. Ōnoki hoped that Pain would visit another village, and then he could rush to support them at the last moment.
By then, he would have solved the Akatsuki problem and weakened the strength of other villages. This was Ōnoki's consistent style.
"You guy..." The Raikage didn't want to talk to that old fox and turned to look at the others, "Mizukage and Kazekage, you are both Kage and Jinchuriki. Are you going to wait in your villages for others to come and catch you?"
Yagura replied, "I don't want to sit still and wait for death, especially when it may bring danger to the village. This is not the choice a Mizukage should make."
Gaara also said, "That's right. Compared to constantly guarding against attacks, I would rather take the initiative. Although I am young, I know that as a Kazekage, I should keep the danger outside the village, not lead it back. Perhaps the Earth Shadow is old and adheres to different principles than us."
Gaara maintained his unwavering tone, stating his position as a matter of course, and also took the opportunity to mock Ōnoki.
"Gaara said it beautifully!" Kankuro couldn't help but praise. This younger brother was something to be proud of.
Temari leaned on the railing and couldn't help but smile, agreeing, "Yes, since becoming Kazekage, Gaara has become more and more reliable, much stronger than a certain younger brother who plays with wood and steel at home all day."
Kankuro said helplessly, "Hey, if you want to praise him, just praise him. Why do you have to bring me into it?"
Kurotsuchi, the Earth Shadow's granddaughter, laughed heartlessly, "Hahaha, that stubborn old man was tricked! The Kazekage is really amazing."
Akatsuchi scratched his head and said naively, "Isn't it bad to talk about your grandfather like that?"
Kurotsuchi didn't care, "What does it matter? It would be good if he could change his personality."
Ōnoki himself obviously didn't think so, "The younger generation is really something these days. They can't listen to any advice?"
"It's about time you put away that old senior's attitude, Earth Shadow!" The Raikage retorted dissatisfiedly, then asked, "Hokage, what's your opinion?"
Minato said seriously, "Of course, I agree to eliminate the Akatsuki Organization as soon as possible."
The Raikage's face just showed joy when he heard Minato continue, "But I think you haven't realized the seriousness of this matter."
"What do you mean?" The Raikage asked the question in everyone's mind. Seizing the Tailed Beasts to obtain power, even at the cost of flattening a great Shinobi village, isn't that serious enough?
Minato said, "The Raikage mentioned earlier that Pain has the eyes of the legendary Sage of Six Paths, right?"
The Raikage asked, "That's right, but aren't those just puppets? Maybe the eyes are fake too?"
"No, those eyes—the Rinnegan are real, and the Sage of Six Paths is not just a legend." Minato's tone was as serious as if he had confirmed the existence of One Piece.
In fact, it also achieved the corresponding effect. If it were in an anime, the expression of the camera should be to first freeze on Minato, and then paste the shocked expressions of other people like a PPT, piecing them together into a picture like a puzzle to block the screen, and then leave a position in the middle to re-paste Minato, which is regarded as a group photo of everyone.
After the shock, Ōnoki said uncertainly, "Hokage, you're not deliberately exaggerating to convince me, are you?"
Minato said, "Actually, many years ago, Jiraiya-sensei once saw a young boy with the Rinnegan in Amegakure.
And in order to teach him, he and his two companions stayed in Amegakure for a long time. After they separated, Jiraiya-sensei thought they had died in the war and never received any news from them again."
What a waste of talent! After teaching them, he didn't even bring them back! This was the Raikage's first thought. If he had encountered that young boy, he would have tied him back to Cloud Village no matter what. He believed that if the other Kage encountered him, they would most likely do the same, or at the very least, kill him and dig out his eyes.
Yagura asked, "So, those young boys are likely the founders of Akatsuki?"
"According to another piece of information, yes, information obtained from Danzo Shimura." Minato decided to be more candid.
From the Five Kage Summit until now, he had seen that the Mizukage and Kazekage were easier to work with as long as the pros and cons were explained.
The Raikage was burning with anger, wanting revenge and to retrieve the Jinchuriki or Tailed Beast; the Earth Shadow had been calculating how to maximize the benefits for Iwagakure from beginning to end;
While Minato wanted the Five Great Shinobi Villages to cooperate sincerely through this summit, establish initial trust, so that further exchanges could be realized, and gradually move towards true peace.
To achieve this, the Raikage and the Earth Shadow were the most difficult to deal with. Since that was the case, he would try to show a little more sincerity first, and then try to persuade them further.
"Danzo Shimura? The darkness of the Shinobi World?" Danzo's reputation back then was quite significant, and the Raikage immediately remembered this person.
Ōnoki and Yagura had obviously heard of him as well, and it was estimated that some of their subordinates had been targeted by Danzo.
"That's right, he did do some disgraceful things for Konoha in the past, but these matters have been decided to be put aside for the time being, so let's not mention them for now." Minato went straight to the point, "Danzo once joined forces with Hanzo to force the original leader of Akatsuki, Yahiko, to his death."
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