When Seiki returned, the crowd had mostly dispersed.
However, the impact caused by today's events had only just begun to unfold.
The Hokage, who carried everyone's hopes, turned out to be Konoha's greatest disgrace. The Hokage advisors were also suspected to be deeply involved.
Danzo, someone even his enemies looked down on, managed to occupy the Hokage seat for seven whole years. There must be issues with other high-ranking officials as well.
Or rather, who among Konoha's upper echelon remains clean?
At the Heroes' Memorial,
After hearing the details from others, even Seiki felt somewhat astonished.
He had indeed planned to target those two Hokage advisors, aiming to bring them down by exploiting their past connections with Danzo.
But he hadn't even started yet, and the two had already been completely wiped out by Obito!
When did Obito become so strong?
Seeing his senior staring at him, Obito mistakenly thought his senior was angry, and sighed, "You're just too kind, Senior. That's why those useless people have managed to seize high positions. Even if you blame me, I won't regret what I did today!"
Mizuki nodded in deep agreement. Seiki had indeed been too lenient toward those people, allowing them opportunities to cause chaos.
From now on, this man who aspires to become the shadow beneath the Kage will clear away the obstacles in Seiki's path!
Internally amused, Seiki outwardly sighed and shook his head, then turned to Tsunade, "Teacher, I'll need the bones of the First and Second Hokage for an experiment!"
Tsunade understood his meaning immediately—it was to test whether Akatsuki had begun the Impure World Reincarnation process.
Therefore, she simply replied, "Since the Impure World Reincarnation is inevitable anyway, it's better this technique stays in our hands rather than letting Grandpa and the others be used by enemies as weapons against Konoha!"
Of course, the Impure World Reincarnation couldn't be performed with a large crowd watching.
Everyone came to the mountain behind the village, finding a relatively secluded area.
After preparing the bones, the sacrificial offering, and laying out the ritual formation, Seiki began forming hand seals.
The ritual formation flickered with faint light, as if pulling souls from the Underworld.
However, that light only flickered a few times before completely dimming.
The summoning failed!
Seiki's expression turned solemn, "So it's as I suspected—the Akatsuki organization has already revived the two Hokage through the Impure World Reincarnation!"
Tsunade stomped forcefully, causing the ground to crack, with fissures rapidly spreading like a spiderweb, "Damn it to Akatsuki!"
Seiki said grimly, "We must quickly spread the information about the Impure World Reincarnation to the other ninja villages!"
...
Inside Sunagakure's Kazekage Building.
"Kazekage, according to our investigation, members of Akatsuki might still be staying in the Rain Country..."
Rasa lifted his gaze toward Baki, who was reporting, "Who told you to investigate their whereabouts?"
Baki was taken aback, "Since Gaara was captured by them, shouldn't we gather intelligence to rescue him?"
Rasa replied coldly, "We cannot risk our village's valuable combat strength for just one Jinchuriki—Gaara!"
"Kazekage, you..." Baki stared at Rasa in shock. He knew that although the Kazekage always demanded strictness from Gaara, deep down he truly cared about Gaara!
Needless to say, he had vaguely heard a rumor—that Kazekage had been working late these days, sleeping directly in the office when tired, but the truth was actually that he was dreading to go back home!
Just then, Pakura walked in to report, "Kazekage-sama, there's a message from Konoha requesting you to log in to the Dream World!"
"Log in to the Dream World..." Rasa was somewhat puzzled, but still forced himself to perk up. "I understand."
...
Iwagakure.
Onoki had already awakened, but what greeted him after waking was a devastated Iwa, full of scars and ruin.
Compared to other ninja villages, Iwagakure, having suffered two consecutive attacks, had clearly sustained much greater losses!
Such a catastrophe had visibly aged the once proud and defiant old man, making him look slightly hunched.
At this moment, Kitsuchi looked at his father in shock and asked, "What? Relocate the entire village to Konoha?"
Onoki calmly replied, "No need to repeat it specially, I'm not deaf yet!"
"But this is just too shocking!" Kitsuchi shook his head, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"Unity isn't just talk; it must be proven with real action!" Onoki declared.
"But what about Iwagakure's dignity..." A Jonin hesitated, asking.
"Iwagakure's dignity has already been shattered by Akatsuki's two attacks. Now we must think about survival!" Onoki said firmly.
Kitsuchi muttered softly, "Has it really gotten that bad?"
"It's even worse than you imagine!" Onoki had intended to say more when suddenly a Jonin entered. "Tsuchikage-sama, Konoha has sent important intelligence..."
Dream World.
As soon as Mei Terumi logged in, she was instantly pulled into a certain space by an overwhelming force.
All around was an endless starry sky, and in the center stood a long table. Several people were already seated around it.
For instance, Lord Seiki, and the Kages and their retainer guards from various villages.
Besides these familiar faces, there were also many unfamiliar ones in the space. These strangers mostly appeared rather reserved, yet their expressions faintly revealed excitement.
"What exactly is this..."
Ao, who had entered slightly earlier, looked awestruck as he explained, "This is a room created by Lord Seiki through the Dream World. It brings together people from all over the world here."
Seiki wasn't conceited at all and took the initiative to explain, "Because the Kage Summit was exploited by enemies, I specifically solved the issue of cross-region communication within the Dream World."
Although others had already heard similar explanations before, no matter how many times they heard it, they still felt deeply amazed inside.
Such cross-regional communication without any spatial limits was truly impressive!
After waiting a little longer, nearly everyone had arrived.
Then Seiki spoke, "The main reason I invited everyone here today is to share several pieces of intelligence with you all!"
As he spoke, Seiki looked toward someone seated at the table. "Obito, you tell them."
"Obito? Obito Uchiha!"
Expressions shifted among the crowd, as they roughly knew about the recent events that had occurred in Konoha.
A furrowed his brows and asked, "Little brother Seiki, what exactly is going on here..."
Seiki shook his head slightly. "Don't be hasty; just listen to what he has to say first."
Obito's expression remained emotionless as he started recounting those intelligence reports he had previously shared with Seiki.
Of course, they didn't have the kind of patience Seiki had.
When they heard he was the one who suggested capturing the Jinchuriki and even extracting the Bijuu from their bodies, A finally lost his temper, slamming the table and standing up.
But someone acted faster than Obito did.
Rasa rushed forward and threw a punch, sending Obito crashing to the ground. "You bastard! Gaara's only seven!"
Obito didn't resist, just taking it silently. After a dozen punches, he calmly said, "It takes the Akatsuki organization three days to extract one Bijuu, so extracting six would take eighteen days. And without me and Black Zetsu helping, progress would slow down even more."
"The Akatsuki wouldn't spend more than twenty days extracting Bijuu right now — not at a time like this. Your son should still be safe."
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