Hearing such a familiar line again, Tsunade even wondered if she had traveled back in time to a few days ago.
After pinching her thigh to confirm she wasn't dreaming, she cracked her knuckles and walked over to beat Jiraiya up to vent her frustration.
"Tsunade, wait!!"
"This has nothing to do with me!!"
"You can't do this!"
When Jiraiya saw Tsunade walking towards him with a sinister smile, his back instantly became wet and he felt even more aggrieved.
'It's fine if I took the beatings for what Naruto caused earlier, but why am I getting hit for Orochimaru's screw-ups too?!'
"I! KNOW!"
"Just bear with it and it will be over soon!"
Tsunade gritted her teeth. Since Orochimaru wasn't around to take the blame, she might as well take it out on Jiraiya first.
After all, who told him not to drag Orochimaru back all those years ago?!
After a few agonized screams, Jiraiya rubbed his black eye, his face full of grievance.
Meanwhile, Tsunade grabbed her sake bottle and started chugging. Seeing that Jiraiya was really pitiful, she found a cup and reluctantly poured him a drink.
At this point, Tsunade was starting to get used to this nonsense.
It can't be helped. Recently, every other day, there are people who's trying to destroy the Shinobi World.
If some mysterious organization suddenly popped up in the future, spouting nonsense about world domination, Tsunade was pretty sure she could face it with complete indifference.
"Alright, talk."
"What's the situation this time?"
Jiraiya clutched his cup, chuckled awkwardly, and then told her about what Orochimaru did in the Land of Grass.
Tsunade listened to the whole story without so much as a flicker of surprise.
She almost shrugged and said...
'Oh, that's it?'
But deep down, Tsunade knew this wasn't something she could handle alone.
And frankly, she wasn't keen on becoming the savior of the Shinobi World… again.
Not only is there no benefit at all, but she also has to endure all kinds of headaches and frustration all day long.
"Notify the Five Great Shinobi Nations."
"As long as we can find a way to contain the situation created by Orochimaru within the Land of Grass..."
"…it shouldn't be too big of a problem."
After Tsunade finished speaking, she picked up the bottle again and took another deep swig.
This made Jiraiya very anxious.
"Tsunade... are you sure the other villages will cooperate?"
"If those monsters really break out of the Land of Grass..."
"That'll really be the end of us!"
For a moment, Jiraiya wanted to scream at Tsunade for her sheer audacity, as she was starting to remind him of that damn brat, Naruto.
Tsunade sneered and then said, "Heh!"
"At worst, we all go down together."
She has now come to terms with the fact that she can no longer clean up the mess caused by Team 7 with her own personal strength or even with the strength of Konoha.
The only thing she could do was drag the other villages into this mess with them.
Her current mentality is: If we're going down, we're going down together.
"Fine!"
"I'll go get Naruto."
At this time, Naruto's ridiculously convenient Space-Time Ninjutsu came in handy.
Jiraiya roughly knew that this kid could teleport across the entire Shinobi World, so naturally, he planned to bring Naruto along.
However, he didn't dare let Naruto go into another village's territory.
The Sunagakure's incident is already a very good lesson.
The two chatted for a few words before Tsunade notified the Anbu and left with Jiraiya.
When Naruto heard Tsunade's approach, his expression became extremely strange.
'This…'
'Does this count as starting the Five Kage Summit in advance?'
Thinking of this, Naruto glanced at Sasuke, who was in a daze nearby.
'Hmm…'
'Should we bring him along?'
'At least Sasuke can stand and hang on the ceiling so that he can get the feeling from the original work.'
While Naruto was opening the portal for the, he had some plans in mind.
…
About half an hour later, after Tsunade finished discussing the matters with the other Kage, they decided to set the meeting place in the Land of Iron.
It is worth mentioning that Gaara, who had been 'reformed', still became Sunagakure's Kazekage.
Onoki and Yondaime Raikage did not believe the news from Konoha at first, and subconsciously thought that the other party was trying to play some tricks.
But after receiving the intel from the Land of Grass...
Everyone was stunned.
First, there was a fight between two evil cults in the Land of Grass, and then the monsters had already breached the capital.
The number of people infected in the capital is about to exceed 10,000.
If this situation continues, the Shinobi World will really be doomed.
That said…
The monsters hadn't spread beyond the city yet, all thanks to the two cults somehow holding the line at the gates.
But according to the Kage's analysis, these two cults wouldn't last more than a few days.
Onoki and the Yondaime Raikage were stunned when they received the report.
The most frightened among them was Onoki.
After all, the Land of Grass was right next to his Land of Earth!!
There was no way he could ignore this.
Meanwhile, the Land of Lightning and the Land of Water are remote, so to be honest, they could just sit this one out.
But Terumi Mei and Yondaime Raikage knew clearly that if the Land of Fire, the Land of Wind, and the Land of Earth were destroyed, the Shinobi World would truly be finished.
So, upon receiving the message, the Kage of each village immediately stepped through the glowing portal and arrived in the Land of Iron.
…
"Remember not to talk nonsense once we're inside."
"Don't cause any more trouble."
Jiraiya, who was walking behind Tsunade, kept reminding Naruto and Sasuke every few minutes.
This really made Naruto confused.
"I know, I know!!"
"Old man, stop nagging!"
To Naruto, Jiraiya's warnings were like the Tang Monk's tight hoop prayer, giving him a splitting headache.
But, Naruto was in a good mood because Jiraiya and Tsunade had agreed to let him and Sasuke tag along.
It's just a little embarrassing to think about meeting Gaara later.
'I hope this kid doesn't suddenly call me 'Cult Leader' in front of everyone...'
When they reached the entrance, the other Kage hadn't arrived yet, so Tsunade and Jiraiya decided to wait outside.
"You and Sasuke go in first and find seats."
"And remember not to cause any more trouble!"
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
Naruto grabbed Sasuke and dashed into the temporary conference room.
Sasuke couldn't understand why this guy was so excited the whole way here.
Entering the room, Naruto looked up at the ceiling, then suddenly called out to Sasuke.
"Hey, Sasuke..."
"Huh?"
Sasuke turned his head to Naruto, becoming more and more confused.
He always felt that Naruto was up to no good.
"Sasuke, what do you think of the Five Kage Summit?"
Sasuke: "..."
Suddenly hearing Naruto's completely random question, Sasuke rolled his eyes speechlessly.
'Is this guy an idiot!?'
'What do I think?'
'I think I'll sit here and watch!'
Naruto ignored Sasuke and walked straight onto the wall.
He even carefully measured the distance before positioning himself directly above the Five Kage's seats, just to make up for his good brother's 'destiny'.
"Sasuke... hurry up and get over here."
"It will be bad if that old hag finds out."
"Are you out of your mind?"
Naruto's behavior made Sasuke speechless, and he started to scold the yellow-haired boy on the ceiling.
'Do you even realize what kind of occasion this is?'
'The most powerful leaders of the Shinobi World are about to start a meeting beneath us, and you are hanging on the ceiling. Aren't you really afraid of not getting beaten?!'
'What normal person would do something like that?'
"Hurry up!"
"I asked my clone to go to Hoshigakure with you last time."
"Hurry up!"
Hearing this, Sasuke looked at Naruto, then at the entrance, sighed, and walked up to the ceiling along the wall.
Finally, he hung together with Naruto above the seats of the Five Kage.