Iwagakure
Chunin Isamu glanced at the door to the Tsuchikage's office, then walked in and knelt on one knee before Onoki.
"Tsuchikage-sama, this is intelligence sent back from Kumogakure.
The Third Raikage's son, A, together with the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki Killer B and the Cloud ninja C, secretly infiltrated the Land of Fire in an attempt to assassinate Iron Fist!"
As soon as Isamu finished speaking, Onoki, who had been staring blankly at a photograph of Kurotsuchi, was jolted awake.
"What was the result?"
Onoki couldn't help but ask.
"The Eight-Tails Jinchuriki created a Tailed Beast Bomb larger than a mountain, but Iron Fist shattered it with a single blow!
Immediately after, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki had his tailed beast extracted, the Cloud ninja C was beheaded, and as for A… before his death, the Third Raikage arrived using the Heavenly Transfer Technique, attempting to trade his life for his son's.
Negotiations failed, and he declared war on Iron Fist.
After that, A was nailed by Iron Fist to the Madara statue in the Valley of the End with a black tree branch, while the Third Raikage returned alone to Kumogakure, intending to mobilize all of Kumogakure's ninjas for war!"
Isamu reported, one by one, the intelligence gathered by Iwagakure's spies embedded in Kumogakure and Konoha.
"Reckless fool… Even after his strongest spear and shield were shattered, he's still so blind to death.
As the Raikage, he's willing to disregard the lives of the entire village just for an A.
The Second Raikage, A, was quite the figure back then, yet he chose this man to be the Third Raikage. Truly blind!"
Onoki curled his lips in disdain.
It's just the death of a son.
As if any Kage hadn't lost a son before.
Onoki's own son had been the first to die in a ninja war.
"Not every village's Kage can be as great as you, Tsuchikage-sama.
For the safety of Iwagakure, you were willing to endure the pain of losing a son."
When Isamu said this, he made no attempt to hide his reverence and admiration for Onoki.
Even without comparison, he had long been convinced by Onoki.
Now, with the Third Raikage, also a Kage, also about to lose his son, as a contrast, Onoki's greatness stood out even more.
"..."
Onoki closed his eyes, a sudden pain stabbing his heart.
Moments ago, he had been despising the Third Raikage, but after Isamu's words, he didn't know why, he suddenly felt a bit envious of him.
Perhaps that reckless man wasn't a qualified Kage, but he was definitely a qualified father.
At the very least, as a father, he was inferior to the Third Raikage.
"My apologies, Tsuchikage-sama. I spoke too much…"
Seeing Onoki's expression, Isamu realized he had said the wrong thing and stirred up Onoki's pain of losing a son.
"It's fine, this has nothing to do with you."
"Tsuchikage, something big has happened."
Onoki took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the grief of the man sending off his son.
Just as he was about to comfort Isamu and tell him not to panic, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Roshi, suddenly shoved the door open and barged in.
"Can't you knock before coming in?"
Onoki scolded him with a sour face.
"Don't worry about whether I knock or not. Something huge has happened in Kumogakure!"
Roshi waved his hand.
"Isn't it just that A got nailed to a statue? It's not like you got nailed to the First Hokage's statue.
What's the big deal?
That reckless Third Raikage wants to drag Kumogakure along to meet the First and Second Raikage. What, am I supposed to forcibly stop him?"
Onoki snapped impatiently.
"No… the Raikage sent an alliance letter, inviting us in Iwagakure to attack Konoha together!"
The moment Roshi said this, the entire Tsuchikage's office fell deathly silent.
"That reckless fool, did Iron Fist beat his brain to mush, or did losing a Jinchuriki and having his son about to die drive him mad?
If he wants to go die, then go die! Why drag me into it?
Does he think my intelligence is on the same level as his?"
Onoki was stunned for a moment before coming back to his senses.
"He said you would definitely agree."
Roshi handed Onoki the already-opened alliance letter.
"On what grounds?"
Under normal circumstances, if Onoki saw Roshi casually opening a letter meant only for his eyes, he would have exploded in rage long ago.
But now, the Third Raikage's actions were so far beyond his expectations that he had no mind left to pursue the matter.
"One name!"
Roshi took a deep breath and spoke a name, word by word, that made Onoki shudder:
"Uchiha Madara!"
...
Killer B died in battle!
The Raikage's son was nailed to the Valley of the End!
The Third Raikage, enraged, mobilized his troops and committed the entire village to a death match against Iron Fist!
Any one of these three events, taken alone, would have been enough to send shockwaves through the entire ninja world.
But now, with all three happening at the same time, they were suppressed to the point that not many people paid attention to them.
All because after returning to Kumogakure, aside from mobilizing his forces, the Third Raikage did one more thing that shook every power in the ninja world.
A Four Kage Summit.
The Third Raikage sent alliance invitations to the Tsuchikage Onoki, the Kazekage Pakura, and the Mizukage Yagura.
Even more jaw-dropping was that whether it was the most timid Tsuchikage Onoki, or Pakura and Yagura, who had only recently experienced the pain of losing a Kage, they all agreed.
There were rumors that Kirigakure's number one genius, Mei Terumi, had strongly opposed it and rallied many Mist ninjas to propose following the Third Mizukage's last will, closing the village, but she was opposed by Yagura and placed under house arrest.
The Four Kage Summit, jointly attacking Konoha.
"Impossible… absolutely impossible!"
When this earth-shattering, ninja-world-shaking news reached the Third Hokage, Hiruzen, his first reaction was that it was impossible, absolutely impossible.
But as confirmations poured in from multiple sources, verifying that the four great villages had not only formed an alliance but had also mobilized thirty thousand ninjas and would launch a full-scale assault on Konoha in two days.
He was so shocked that he immediately convened the council and all the clan heads of Konoha, urgently discussing countermeasures.
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