Chapter 403 Six Shadows Conference
After a few words that confused Kakashi, Bai Ye left.

Before leaving, Bai Ye looked at Naruto, then at the sky covered by dark clouds. His gaze seemed to penetrate all obstacles and locked onto the Six Paths Sage who was traveling at the junction of life and death.

Just now when he was sensing Naruto's chakra, in addition to Naruto's own chakra and the Nine-Tails' chakra, he also vaguely felt another aura, and this aura became more and more obvious as Naruto's strength increased.

This aura belongs to the second son of the Six Paths Sage, Otsutsuki Ashura.

As the second son of the Six Paths Sage and grandson of Kaguya Otsutsuki, Ashura is different from other Otsutsuki in that they do not use the wedge technology to save their own data in the form of chakra.

Providing chakra to future generations through chakra reincarnation does not have much impact.

Of course, this may also be because Ashura and Indra did not receive the complete inheritance of the Otsutsuki, which led to them having to use this method to continue the struggle that had not yet ended.

However, although Asura and Indra have been dead for thousands of years.

But the power they left behind is still considerable, enough to make the reincarnated people become the celebrities of the current era. When the powers are combined together, they can even give birth to the Rinnegan.

Uchiha Madara is the best example.

Before the Battle of the Valley of the End, Uchiha Madara's limit was the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, but after obtaining the flesh and blood of Hashirama, Uchiha Madara possessed the power of Ashura and Indra at the same time, and the Rinnegan was born.

But what's strange is that he possesses the power of the Senju and Uchiha, and can even use some Yin-Yang escape techniques, so why hasn't he been able to develop the Rinnegan yet?

Could it be that the concentration of my blood is different, or that I am missing the two most critical chakras?

Thinking about this problem, he might have to let Naruto and Sasuke stay together and examine their bodies carefully to figure out everything.

But if I really encounter the power of Asura and Indra, will I meet the Sage of Six Paths?
That powerful ninja who may still have the ability to seal Kaguya a thousand years after his death may even be stronger than many Otsutsuki in the Boruto period.

Bai Ye collected his gradually dispersing thoughts, stopped thinking about it, and entered the fortress.

The most urgent task is to use the power of the Five Kage Conference to establish a Ninja Alliance and make Akatsuki the largest organization in the entire ninja world so as to obtain more system rewards.

Things in the ninja world can still be handled slowly. Once we have enough strength, the Otsutsuki clan will be nothing more than a more advanced bloodline family.

Not long after, Byakuya saw Yahiko and Konan chatting with Jiraiya.

After patiently waiting for a while, Jiraiya left the place. Bai Ye walked to Yahiko and said with a chuckle, "Yahiko, what did Jiraiya talk to you about just now? Were you discussing Nagato's matter?"

Yahiko nodded, and then said: "Teacher Jiraiya misses Nagato a little, it's a pity that the teacher has no plan to visit the Hidden Rain Village, otherwise I would like to entertain him well."

"Your identities have changed, so it's naturally difficult to get along with each other like before."

After a pause, Bai Ye continued to ask: "Have you told Jiraiya about forming a ninja alliance and letting Konoha Village join us? Did he agree?"

Yahiko shook his head and said, "Teacher Jiraiya said that Konoha has no intention of forming an alliance. Even if a ninja alliance is formed, Konoha should be the leader, not Akatsuki and the Hidden Rain Village."

Bai Ye touched his chin and said:

"It seems that Konoha has not yet realized its own weakness, but they will soon understand that the future ninja world will not allow the existence of a ninja village fighting alone."

Hearing this, Yahiko and Konan felt helpless, but nodded.

If possible, they did not want to have a conflict with Sensei Jiraiya, let alone deceive him, but the ninja world has been in chaos for too long, and a powerful country must emerge.

……

As time went by, representatives from various ninja villages arrived at the meeting place one after another, were received by Admiral Mifune, and were sent to the guesthouse.

After a full night of rest, Bai Ye and others came to the fortress conference room.

The space in the conference room is large enough to accommodate the leaders and shadow guards of the six ninja villages. The Five Kage Conference that will decide the future direction of the ninja world will also be held here.

After all the ninja village leaders were seated, Admiral Mifune, the host, cleared his throat and said:
"Thank you for your trust in allowing me to host this meeting. I hope you can reach a consensus in this Five Kage Conference and resolve the crisis facing the ninja world."

After hearing what Admiral Mifune said, the Fifth Kazekage, Scorpion of the Red Sand, could not help but frown:
"What is the Five Kage Tournament? This Five Kage Tournament is obviously attended by six ninja villages, so it should be called the Six Kage Tournament."

"The Six Kage Conference?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone else frowned. Fengying was obviously trying to cause trouble.

Although there are many leaders of small ninja villages in the ninja world who call themselves Kage, this is just a private title. In fact, only the leaders of the five major ninja villages are qualified to be Kage. This is not only a matter of title, but also represents the status of the ninja village behind them.

From the perspective of strength, the leader of the Hidden Rain Village can indeed be called a shadow.

However, the Hidden Rain Village has never defeated the five major ninja villages on a frontal battlefield, and it is difficult to gain recognition and support from most ninjas in the ninja world.

Seeing this situation, Admiral Mifune, who was presiding over the meeting, sighed and looked at Yahiko and Byakuya.

Facing Admiral Mifune's gaze, Yahiko slowly spoke:
"Compared to the seniors from the five major ninja villages, I am still young and not qualified to be called Kage. Lord Kazekage, please don't make fun of me. I came here for peace in the ninja world, not to compete for the title of Kage."

Yahiko's words were humble, but everyone else's eyes were on Byakuya.

There are not many records of Yahiko's attacks, so it is impossible to judge his exact strength, but Bai Ye is different. This guy is Hanzo's successor and has a record of confronting the Five Kage head-on many times.

His strength and record are no less than that of Minato Namikaze more than ten years ago, and may even be stronger.

Seeing that Bai Ye didn't react much, the Red Sand Scorpion continued:

"What's important for a ninja village is not seniority, but strength. The Hidden Rain Village has strength comparable to the five great ninja villages and should have joined the ranks of the five great ninja villages long ago. Moreover, your village's Byakuya Jonin has repelled the masked man many times. His contribution is enough to make the Hidden Rain Village the sixth great ninja village."

"Lord Kazekage..." Yahiko opened his mouth and said, "Maintaining regional stability and cracking down on masked men who hunt Jinchūriki is what the Hidden Rain Village should do. There is really no need..."

At this time, Zabuza stood up and said, "Maintaining regional stability is what a great ninja village should do. Your Rain Village has long been a great ninja village, and there is no need to bear the name of an ordinary ninja village." After a pause, Terumi Mei also said to Admiral Mifune, "Admiral Mifune, I think what Lord Kazekage said makes some sense. This meeting should indeed be called the Six Kage Conference, not the Five Kage Conference."

Mifune glanced at Bai Ye, who was as steady as an old dog, and then looked at Sasori, Mei Terumi and others.

At this time, he had already guessed that the Hidden Rain Village had contacted the Hidden Sand Village and the Hidden Mist Village in advance, and was just waiting for the Five Kage Conference to force the Hidden Rain Village to become the sixth largest ninja village.

After a moment's silence, Admiral Mifune passed the problem to others and slowly said:
"I also think it's a bit inappropriate to call this meeting the Five Kage Conference. It would be more normal to call it the Six Kage Conference. What do you think, Lord Hokage, Lord Tsuchikage, and Lord Raikage?"

"The Konohagakure has no objection to this and agrees that this is the Six Kage Tournament."

The Hidden Rain Village is Konoha's current partner, and its leader is Jiraiya's disciple. Tsunade really can't think of any reason to reject this proposal.

Moreover, the strength among the five major ninja villages has never been balanced.

In fact, the Sand Village and the Mist Village were not worthy of being mentioned in the same breath with Konoha, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure many years ago, but the strength of the two countries has surpassed most ninja villages, so they were not removed from the list.

Tsunade has no objection, so Ohnoki, as a troublemaker in the ninja world, naturally won't have any objection either.

He had fought with Byakuya personally and knew Byakuya's strength. He was also the first leader of the five major ninja villages to have in-depth exchanges with the Akatsuki organization and knew the current industrial strength of the Hidden Rain Village.

The Hidden Rain Village may not be as populous as the Hidden Rock Village, but its overall quality is much better.

And putting aside the fact that the theme of this meeting is to deal with the masked man, the emergence of a big country as a buffer zone between the Iwagakure Village and the Kumogakure Village is also a good thing for the Iwagakure Village.

"We must always give young people a chance. I have no objection to the Six Kage Conference."

After seeing that Tsunade and Ohnoki both agreed, the Fourth Raikage knew that his refusal would not change the facts. After giving Bai Ye a fierce look, he snorted and said:
"The Shadow is not that good. I hope the Hidden Rain Village will not become complacent because of the Shadow's reputation."

Facing the Fourth Raikage's explosive remarks, Bai Ye responded without hesitation:

"Instead of worrying about our Hidden Rain Village, Lord Raikage should focus on caring about the Jinchūriki, so as to avoid being attacked by the masked man again."

Bai Ye's words were full of provocation, and every word made the Fourth Raikage very angry.

He propped himself on the table and said to Bai Ye, "Bai Ye, don't think you can do whatever you want just because you managed to defeat the masked man. You don't need to be involved in the affairs of the Hidden Cloud Village."

"If the Hidden Cloud Village can really handle it on its own, why hold this meeting?"

Bai Ye's blunt question made the Fourth Raikage angry but speechless. Bai Ye was right. If the Hidden Cloud Village could really face the masked man alone, this meeting would not have been held.

At this time, Ohnoki on the side also began to taunt: "Raikage boy, your temper is not as stable as your father's. You need to temper your temper more."

If Byakuya's remarks were just an attack on the Fourth Raikage, then Oonoki's remarks were a naked mockery.

Everyone in the ninja world knows that the Fourth Raikage's father, the Third Raikage, died in the siege of the Iwagakure Village.

This old guy Ohnoki not only killed the Third Raikage, but also used the Third Raikage to provoke the Fourth Raikage in front of him.

"The Tsuchikage Conference? Have you forgotten how my father killed eight thousand ninjas?"

After forcing himself to calm down, the Fourth Raikage said to Ōnoki:
"Although I don't have the strength of my father, I can take away 5,000 ninjas. After I die, there will be a deputy who will become the Raikage. The Iwagakure Village seems to be lacking in training successors."

"Raikage boy!" After being caught in the sore spot, Ōnoki's face turned ugly. He slowly flew into the air, as if preparing to use Dust Release to teach the Fourth Raikage a lesson.

The Fourth Raikage had no intention of retreating, and lightning flashed faintly from his body.

That is a lightning armor that can only be used after entering the lightning chakra mode, which can withstand most attacks in the ninja world.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the conference room was becoming increasingly tense, Yahiko stepped forward and said:

"Tsuchikage-sama, Raikage-sama, I want to apologize on behalf of Bai Ye first. He is indeed not very good at speaking sometimes. I hope you two adults can forgive me."

When he said this, Yahiko emphasized his tone and said:
"However, have you forgotten, my Lords? We are sitting here to deal with the masked man who hunts the tailed beasts. We are here for the future peace of the ninja world."

"If there is an internal conflict among us, the only ones who will be happy are the Masked Men Organization."

As soon as these words came out, the other Kage nodded one after another. Jiraiya said to Tsunade proudly, "Tsunade, Yahiko is worthy of being my disciple. He is still maintaining peace between the ninja villages at this time."

Tsunade glanced at Jiraiya and said:
"Since you are such a strong teacher, why didn't you come out to stop the Tsuchikage and the Raikage just now? Did you forget?"

Jiraiya scratched his head and said with a grin, "With Yahiko here, it's naturally not my turn to step forward. Everything is left to me to do. Why am I still teaching my disciples?"

Tsunade felt helpless in the face of Jiraiya's words.

However, she also knew Jiraiya's character, and knew that if Yahiko was not present, Jiraiya would definitely come out to smooth things over. Jiraiya was just that kind of person.

Admiral Mifune, who was sitting not far away, saw this scene and secretly wondered that his position as peacemaker had been taken away.

But it is better to have less trouble than more. In the past, he was always the one who tried to mediate fights, but now it is a good experience to observe from the perspective of a bystander.

Bai Ye was also secretly impressed by Yahiko's ability. Yahiko's management of domestic and foreign affairs over the years was not in vain. He actually eased the conflict that he had actively provoked.

After Yahiko spoke, Ōnoki and the Fourth Raikage's shadow guards also began to persuade their own shadows. After making great efforts, Ōnoki and the Fourth Raikage could only return to their seats reluctantly.

There was no other way. They could quarrel with each other, but they couldn't really fight at the Five Kage Tournament. If this got out, not only would the Five Kage Tournament not be held in the future, but the two of them would also become a laughing stock in the ninja world.

Seeing this, Yahiko stood up again and said:
"I'm glad to see that Lord Tsuchikage and Lord Raikage have put aside their differences. However, time is tight. Let's discuss the issue of the masked man, or at least exchange some information about the current situation of the Jinchūriki."

(End of this chapter)