The next day, inside the Konoha meeting hall.
Tsunade and the others looked at Seiki in a completely different way. Before, their understanding of his strength had been superficial. After Mizuki's patient explanation, they finally realized who they were truly facing.
A man who ended wars, saved the world, surpassed the First Hokage in achievements, rivaled Immortals in power, and ruled over an entire parallel world as its supreme leader!
Such a title naturally inspired a sense of awe when facing Seiki.
After all, they weren't truly connected to him in any significant way!
If they accidentally offended him, it might even trigger a terrifying war across two parallel worlds!
"Why is everyone staring at me without speaking?" Seiki asked with a smile.
Still, Naruto remained true to himself, honestly thanking him, "Big brother Seiki, thank you for saving my parents from that world. Though it feels strange, the me in that world must have been very happy!"
"That's right," Seiki replied. "Sister Kushina even asked me to take him as my disciple." Suddenly recalling something, he casually added, "Although, because of my meddling, you might have missed your chance to meet Minato and Kushina."
Naruto's eyes lit up with excitement, barely able to form words, "I can sense chakra in you similar to Minato and Kushina. It must be what they left behind before dying. If you want to see them, I can let you meet their spirits!"
Naruto, overwhelmed with joy, waved his arms around, "Are they alright? No, wait—Is that really possible?"
Seiki smiled, "Of course you can!"
Naruto shouted excitedly, "That's great! I can finally meet my parents too!"
Seeing this, everyone else felt happy for Naruto, their earlier unease now easing.
This leader from a parallel world, though dignified and noble, was exactly the light Mizuki described, warming everyone's heart.
Carefully choosing her words, Tsunade asked, "Esteemed Leader, would it be okay if I revealed some information about your world to the other Four Great Ninja Villages? If we don't prepare in advance, our world might also fall into war!"
"Please just call me Seiki," Seiki replied with a smile. "Of course, we came to this world hoping to bring peace."
Tsunade let out a relieved sigh and patted her chest, "Then I'll mention this during the upcoming Five Kage Summit. Raikage has extended an official invitation for us to attend."
"The Five Kage Summit?" Yamato exclaimed.
Tsunade nodded, "Not only that, but Raikage even sent a personal messenger with his handwritten letter. The messenger is waiting outside."
"A personal messenger delivering a handwritten letter from Raikage?" Shikaku frowned slightly, "For him to go through such formalities, it's probably nothing good."
Shikamaru looked up, asking, "Dad, are you saying Raikage may turn against us?"
Shikaku nodded again, "Akatsuki's capture of the Bijuu has already severely endangered the shinobi no sekai (ninja world). Cloud Village is the only one among the Five Great Ninja Villages that hasn't had a rogue ninja join Akatsuki. Naturally, they have reason to be upset!"
"Stop speculating here pointlessly. Just let them in directly," Tsunade said.
Outside the hall, Samui and her two companions were looking around in surprise.
They had heard on their way here that Konoha had been attacked by the leader of the Akatsuki organization and most of the village destroyed. How had it recovered so fast?
And those so-called 'gods' and 'resurrections' the Konoha ninjas mentioned? Pretty wild.
What exactly had happened in Konoha these past few days?
Just then, Shizune stepped out from the hall. "Guests, Hokage-sama invites you to come in."
"Thank you," Samui nodded casually, following Shizune into the hall.
As soon as she entered the hall, Samui began observing everyone inside.
Besides Tsunade, the Hokage, there was also Shikaku Nara, the strategist of Konoha, and many other renowned Jonin, including Kakashi Hatake.
"It must be out of fear of the Raikage's might!" Seeing how seriously Konoha was treating them, Samui nodded in satisfaction. But when her gaze landed on Seiki's spot, she suddenly felt confused.
This man's aura was as striking as a firefly at night. And judging from his positioning, the people of Konoha seemed to respect him greatly. Yet why did none of her intelligence reports mention him?
While she was observing the Konoha ninjas, everyone else was also glancing at this envoy from the Cloud Village.
One word: Impressive!
Sakura glanced at Tsunade and then at Samui, feeling slightly discouraged and lowering her head.
Noticing that Samui seemed distracted, Omoi gave her a gentle nudge.
Coming back to her senses, Samui took out an envelope and handed it to Tsunade. "Hokage-sama, this is a personal letter from the Raikage for your eyes only. Please read it."
Tsunade accepted the envelope, took out the letter, and began struggling to decipher the handwriting on it.
To put it bluntly, the handwriting was too wild and unrestrained. She had to use her imagination and piece together the context to make out even a few characters.
Seeing Tsunade make a face like she had just eaten something bad, Samui and the others felt somewhat embarrassed too.
Originally, Lord Dodai had offered to write on the Raikage's behalf, but the Raikage insisted that only his own handwriting could fully convey his anger to Konoha.
Now it seemed that this Hokage had indeed felt that anger profoundly!
After finishing reading the letter, Tsunade frowned tightly. "The Raikage wants me to issue an execution order for Sasuke?"
Sakura, who had been quietly feeling insecure, and Naruto, who had been zoning out, snapped back to attention immediately.
"How could this happen?" Sakura exclaimed in excitement. "Why would such a demand suddenly appear?"
"You still have the nerve to ask why?" Omoi shouted angrily. "It's because your Konoha did nothing, tolerating the traitorous ninja, that our teacher was captured by Sasuke Uchiha, leaving his life hanging in the balance!"
Karui said solemnly, word by word, "We must take revenge for this grudge!"
"Isn't there some kind of misunderstanding?" Naruto held up his hands, trying to defend. "Sasuke would never do something like that!"
"Never do something like that? Then please explain clearly to us what you saw!"
"Samui sneered, 'You Konoha ninjas are quite the joke. You just survived an Akatsuki attack, yet you're still soft on Akatsuki members!'"
"Akatsuki member?" Kakashi exclaimed. "Are you saying Sasuke has joined Akatsuki?"
"Don't play dumb with me!" Samui snapped coldly. "When Sasuke Uchiha attacked our village with his subordinates, he was clearly wearing Akatsuki attire!"
Hearing how certain she sounded, Naruto's heart sank. "Has Sasuke really joined Akatsuki? Why has it come to this?"
"I couldn't care less what you think," Samui warned, "but the fact that Sasuke Uchiha attacked our village is indisputable! If you don't want this to blow into a war, Hokage-sama had better heed Raikage-sama's demands!"
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