Everyone was stunned. Mui actually wanted to merge Kusagakure into Konoha!
If Lord Seiki agreed, this would become the first case of a nation disappearing in twenty years—and they were the ones requesting it!
Would Lord Seiki agree...? Many looked over anxiously, but before Seiki could speak, another voice came from the Hoshigakure side.
"Lord Seiki, we Hoshigakure also request to merge into Konoha!"
Everyone felt their heads spinning again—an additional ninja village, and even one as strong as Hoshigakure among the minor villages!
Had the situation deteriorated to this degree?
Even more shocking was that Seiki didn't immediately agree, instead frowning slightly and thinking.
This realization instantly clarified things for them.
Right!
The village was a cherished treasure in their eyes, but in his eyes, it might only be a nuisance and burden!
Didn't they see that Lord Seiki himself seemed reluctant?
Thinking thus, one after another desperately shouted:
"Lord Seiki, we, Takumigakure, also request to join!"
"We, the Frost Country, request to join!"
"We..."
Their power and status came from their villages; without those villages, they'd be nothing!
Thus, they naturally wanted to ensure the continuation of their villages!
Of course, they also had their own little plans—to seek Konoha's protection for now, and once the danger passed, find an excuse to declare independence.
The remaining Five Great Hidden Villages all wore complex expressions. Naturally, they couldn't cry and beg to join Konoha like those smaller villages did.
After all, the Five Great Villages had deep-seated grievances.
Forming an alliance was already their greatest effort. Joining Konoha? Not even a thought had crossed their minds!
Still, if these smaller villages merged into Konoha, wouldn't there only be two tiers in the future—the Konoha and the other Four Great Villages?
Unexpectedly, Seiki didn't answer immediately and instead reassured them, "There's no need to fear. The vision foretold by the miko is only one of countless possible futures. The future is not written in stone. As long as we unite and work together, the future can still be rewritten! I myself once stopped a disaster foreseen by the miko!"
Miroku nodded vigorously and gratefully said, "Back then we relied on Lord Seiki! Otherwise, the shinobi no sekai would have faced another major crisis!"
Everyone listened with growing admiration.
Now that's truly admirable—Lord Seiki had never even mentioned such an achievement before!
What humility!
"Exactly," A said firmly. "The premise for destroying the world is that Akatsuki successfully summons the Ten-Tails! But now we've uncovered Akatsuki's plot. With the strength of the entire village combined, we absolutely won't allow Akatsuki to seize the Jinchuriki!"
Mei Terumi also nodded. "With Lord Seiki present, I don't believe Akatsuki will ever take the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki from Konoha!"
Everyone listened with growing excitement, as if the crisis had already passed.
"Exactly! No matter how powerful Akatsuki is, they can't possibly stand against the entire shinobi no sekai!"
"Their closest call was when we were caught off guard and the Kage were lured away. Now that we've uncovered their intentions and prepared ourselves, there's absolutely no way we can lose!"
However, Seiki poured cold water on the idea. "No, the Akatsuki might actually be capable of it. If you keep underestimating them like this, that future will become a reality!"
"What?" Mei Terumi couldn't believe it. "Does even Seiki lack confidence in protecting the Nine-Tails jinchuriki?"
"Let me explain," Obito said in a deep voice. "The Nine-Tails can be replaced by Kinkaku and Ginkaku. They've devoured the Nine-Tails' flesh and now possess its chakra within them!"
"Those two have been dead for many years already, haven't they?" A frowned.
Beside him, Dodai's pupils suddenly constricted. "Impure World Reincarnation?"
Obito nodded. "Four years ago, the Akatsuki organization obtained the Impure World Reincarnation technique from a traitor in Konoha!"
Seiki added, "The First Hokage and Second Hokage's tombs were robbed. Before I came here, I tested it myself—we can't use Impure World Reincarnation to revive the First and Second Hokage, which means they've already been summoned by the Akatsuki organization!"
When hearing about the First Hokage's resurrection, many people involuntarily gulped.
Although none had seen the First Hokage fight in person, they knew how strong Seiki was.
With his Wood Release abilities, his effortless defeat of the Nine-Tails, and his title as the "God of Ninja," this kind of experience naturally led them to compare him to Seiki.
At this moment, Obito added, "Madara Uchiha's remains were originally in my possession, but to gain their trust, I voluntarily handed over his corpse. That means, besides the First Hokage, we might also have to face Madara Uchiha!"
At this moment, everyone wanted nothing more than to kick Obito in the face with a wooden sandal.
When would this bastard finally do something decent?
Originally, their greatest asset was Seiki, but now the Akatsuki had suddenly gained two fighters at Seiki's level!
How could they possibly fight now?
Obito continued, "Besides the two Hokages, many famous jonin's graves have also been robbed… Don't look at me like that—your villages aren't innocent either!"
A slammed the table and stood up. "Explain clearly to me—what do you mean by 'we're the same'?"
"You don't think the Akatsuki only targeted Konoha, do you?" Obito sighed. "If I'm not mistaken, the predecessors of each village have already been 'revived.'"
Hearing this, everyone gasped with horror despite the lack of air—they still stood there with gaping mouths.
Everyone felt helpless deep inside. Besides Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, they unexpectedly had to face all the powerful figures since their villages were first founded!
What kind of hellish difficulty level was this?
"You've got to be kidding! We actually have to fight our village's predecessors?"
"I heard that the bodies revived through Impure World Reincarnation possess an Immortal Body and infinite chakra. How can we fight that?"
In this oppressive atmosphere, someone whispered softly, "Since the Ten-Tails requires the power of all nine tailed beasts to be summoned, wouldn't the most reliable method be to simply kill one of the tailed beasts?"
As soon as these words fell, the surrounding noise fell silent.
Actually, many people had already thought of this, but out of consideration for the two great ninja villages' positions, they had been too afraid to voice it aloud.
The Eight-Tails Jinchuriki is the Raikage's younger brother while the Five-Tails Jinchuriki is the Tsuchikage's trusted right-hand man. Killing them? The two Kage would absolutely never agree to it!
As expected, A glared murderously at the one who had made such a suggestion, "What did you just say?"
The person who had made the suggestion forced himself to speak up, "For the greater good, some sacrifices..."
A grabbed a table and hurled it at him, "Screw the damn greater good! I don't give a damn about that!"
"It's like cutting off your nose to spite your face," Seiki said gravely. "At least now, we still hold the initiative. Once we kill the Jinchuriki, the time and place of the Bijuu's resurrection will become uncertain. It would be like handing the advantage straight to them... What if the Bijuu happens to resurrect right before the Akatsuki?"
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