Five Kage Summit? Persuasion Summit

"Truly audacious bastards, but capable of facing Jinchūriki—such strength is enough to make us wary, especially… I heard even the Kazekage was once their victim." Mei said, glancing at Gaara.

"Akatsuki is a group of powerful rogue ninja. United, they indeed have the strength to shake the ninja world… The Bijuu in my body was extracted… if not for Granny Chiyo…" Gaara looked at Kotetsu. "Has Naruto been rescued?"

At that, Kotetsu's expression dimmed. "Not yet… but I'm sure he'll be back soon."

"Is that so…" Gaara's expression also dimmed.

"Akatsuki! Not only attacking Gaara, but now even Naruto!" Kankuro, accompanying Gaara as an escort to Konoha, looked furious.

"Regardless, Sunagakure's ninja will fully cooperate with Konoha's actions, making Akatsuki pay the price." Temari said.

"Thank you for your support, Sunagakure." Kotetsu said, moved.

"Hurry and take us to the Hokage! I don't have time to linger here! Every minute wasted puts B in greater danger in Akatsuki's hands!" Raikage A pressed.

Kotetsu didn't dare say more, leading the four Kage and their escorts, rushing through Konoha.

Soon, they arrived at a simple, large mansion on the outskirts.

The group entered, seeing Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage, wearing the Hokage's hat, sitting in the main seat with a serious expression. Behind her stood dozens of people in varied attire, their faces obscured.

This lineup made the four Kages frown.

"Hokage, you brought too many escorts. What? Afraid we'd rough you up in your own turf?" Raikage A shouted.

"Raikage-dono, I think Hokage-dono's actions might be precautions against Akatsuki. Their group has strange abilities and great power." Mei defended Tsunade.

"Please, everyone, take a seat." Ninja World Tsunade said, ignoring the two Kage's remarks, gesturing for the four Kage to sit.

"I'm delighted you all accepted my invitation to come to Konoha, as this will be a summit that reshapes the ninja world's order…"

"Hokage, cut the nonsense! This Five Kage Summit's purpose is to eliminate Akatsuki. Have you found their base? I want to crush those bastards who dared kidnap B! Let them feel pain!" Raikage A interrupted, shouting.

"We found it once before, but their key figures weren't there." Ninja World Tsunade replied, frowning.

"Where was their base before?" Raikage asked eagerly.

"The Land of Rain."

"That tiny country? Those bastards were hiding there! What about B? Did you find B when you raided their base?" Raikage continued.

"Unfortunately, no. They seem to have hidden all the Jinchūriki. Even our village's Uzumaki Naruto wasn't found." Tsunade said, shaking her head with slight regret.

"Naruto…" Gaara took a breath, hearing those words again, still hard to accept.

"Hokage-dono, your letter only mentioned Naruto was captured by Akatsuki… Now that I'm here, can you share the details? Knowing Akatsuki's goal, why did you let them capture Naruto? I don't understand… with Konoha's strength…" Gaara said.

"We were careless this time. There was a major event in Konoha, and Anbu wasn't operating normally… this gave Akatsuki an opening. They disguised as Naruto's acquaintance and tricked him out…" Tsunade sighed, explaining.

"Naruto was too reckless. Hokage-dono, we must find him quickly, or if the Bijuu is extracted, Naruto will die!" Gaara said anxiously.

"So this Five Kage Summit's goal is for our five villages to cooperate in tracking Akatsuki? No problem. I'll deploy Ao and Konoha's last Byakugan to patrol together. With them, we should find Akatsuki soon." Mei said.

"I thought Konoha had found Akatsuki. Didn't expect coming here to be a waste of time!" Raikage, visibly annoyed, punched the meeting table, making it tremble.

"Wasting time? Not true. When everyone shares one goal, uniting is the best choice. Better yet, unify our strengths, truly blending as one. Then, facing Akatsuki would be as easy as flipping a hand." a black-clad figure with a face-obscuring hat behind Ninja World Tsunade suddenly spoke.

"Hmm? Hokage, what's this about?" Raikage glanced at the man, raising an eyebrow.

The other villages' Kage also frowned.

"It's as I said. We hope the Kage will lead their ninja villages to join Konoha, then Konoha joins our Empire. Thus… we become one family, facing Akatsuki with no differences, perfectly united." the figure behind the Hokage continued.

"Damn it!" Raikage, furious, unleashed his strength, smashing the meeting table with one punch, glaring at Ninja World Tsunade, Shikaku, Kakashi, and the black-clad speaker, roaring, "You're joking! Asking us to join Konoha? Is this the real purpose of this Five Kage Summit?"

"With every village's Jinchūriki captured, you seem unconcerned. Akatsuki's existence… could it be backed by you? Using this organization to pressure us into submission?" Ōnoki said darkly.

"When did Konoha get this bold? Preparing to challenge four villages with one?" Mei said, astonished.

"What's going on, Hokage-dono? And what's this Empire?" Gaara sensed something amiss, staring sharply at the speaker.

The figure, under scrutiny, slowly removed his hat before everyone, revealing a gaunt face.

Seeing it, Ōnoki was shocked. "You're Uchiha Setsuna! Weren't you long dead in battle? How?!"

"Uchiha Setsuna? Uchiha?" Mei's expression shifted.

It didn't stop there.

Beside him, two others removed their hats.

"You're Uchiha Itachi! Uchiha Sasuke!"

"You're tied to Akatsuki after all!"

"Deidara! Why are you in Konoha?"

"You… Kisame?"

The Kage, seeing those behind the Hokage remove their hats one by one, shouted in shock.

A ninja behind Tsuchikage showed a stunned expression. "These people, all Akatsuki members! I get it! I get it! Akatsuki was founded by Konoha, right? You sneaky Konoha ninja, creating Akatsuki to regather Bijuu, then threatening to swallow us! That's it! It's all clear!"

"This is all Konoha's conspiracy!"

Hearing the shouts, the four villages' people showed fear and suspicion.

Could… this truly be Konoha's conspiracy and plan?

Now we've walked into their trap, coming alone!

This thought barely formed when another removed their hat, making Raikage's eyes widen. "You're B! You idiot, what are you doing in Konoha? Trying to worry me to death? Or did you join Konoha?"

The next second, someone beside him removed their hat.

"Huh? Why does this guy look like me?" Raikage's eyes bulged.

"Too similar! The face, hair, beard… but he's stronger than Raikage-sama… Could it be…" Raikage's escorts stared at Imperial A, gasping repeatedly, then shouting: "Could he be Raikage-sama's brother! The Third Hokage's illegitimate child!?"

"What? Father's illegitimate child!? That damn father, hiding this from me and B!" Raikage shouted, stunned.

The place descended into chaos!

But it wasn't over!

"This guy looks like Kazekage-sama!" Sunagakure's people, seeing Imperial Gaara, shouted.

"Does Kazekage-sama have a brother?"

"Temari-sama, Kankuro-sama, what's going on?"

Sunagakure ninja stared at Gaara's siblings.

Both looked utterly confused. "W-We don't know!"

"Why's he so similar to Gaara… could Father have an illegitimate child?"

"No clue!"

"Huh? My twin brother? What's Father doing? Explain!" Ninja World Kurotsuchi, seeing her counterpart, was shocked.

"Kurotsuchi!" Ōnoki's face darkened.

"I-I don't know! This has nothing to do with me! Father! Kurotsuchi! Believe me! Besides loving Nako, I've had no other women!" Kitsuchi, escorting Ōnoki, turned green.

"No! This is too bizarre! Hokage-dono! What's happening?" Mizukage frowned, staring at Tsunade, raising her voice.

"Why the fuss? Didn't your spies in Konoha report everything? The Empire, Martial Arts Tournament, and such—completely unaware? It's been over a month." Imperial Setsuna said instinctively.

"Martial Arts Tournament… Empire… another world, huh? I heard some info before, but…" Raikage A said.