Five days later.
Konoha, Main Gate.
Uchiha Jin was dressed in a hokage robe, wearing the Hokage hat on his head. Kakashi and Shisui followed behind him, along with two standard tactical squads composed of Anbu elites.
"Tsunade, Shikaku, Fugaku."
"I'm leaving Konoha in your hands for now."
"Focus on protecting Uzumaki Naruto. If the Akatsuki Organization takes action, their target will definitely be the Nine-Tailed!"
"I have already shared the intelligence regarding Nagato's Six Paths of Pain with you."
"Currently, the only one in Konoha who can contend with Nagato is Senju Hashirama. Have Orochimaru use the recently captured White Zetsu to summon your Great-Grandfather again using the Impure World Reincarnation Technique."
Uchiha Jin's tone was serious.
He was truly a bit worried about Konoha while he was away attending the Five Kage Summit.
After all, because of his butterfly effect, the situation in the entire Ninja World had begun to differ from the original work. He wasn't sure if the Akatsuki Organization would take the opportunity to move against Uzumaki Naruto.
Naruto at this period was too weak; he was only just preparing to enter the Ninja Academy.
Therefore...
To counter Nagato's Six Paths of Pain, Konoha currently only had himself and Senju Hashirama.
Since he needed to attend the Five Kage Summit, he naturally needed Senju Hashirama to protect Konoha.
Furthermore... he felt it was time to visit the ruins of the Land of Whirlpools and retrieve the Shinigami Mask from the Uzumaki Clan's Mask Storage Temple.
As long as he could resurrect Minato Namikaze through Edo Tensei, Minato's Flying Thunder God Technique would be of great use in the future.
"Understood."
"Don't worry about Konoha. Although the Akatsuki Organization is indeed strong, the current Konoha is not weak either."
"Even if the entire Akatsuki Organization comes, I have the confidence to stop them!"
Tsunade spoke with a serious tone.
Indeed!
To be honest, the Akatsuki Organization was truly powerful. By acting against several major hidden villages simultaneously, they managed to heavily injure the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and the Fourth Raikage, lightly injure Ōnoki, and even directly seize the Ichibi, Two-Tails, Four-Tails, and Seven-Tails.
It could almost be said...
In terms of top-tier combat power, the Akatsuki Organization was terrifyingly strong!
But the current Konoha was not weak either. Even with Shisui and Kakashi leaving with Uchiha Jin, Konoha still had the ability to protect Uzumaki Naruto.
"Good, I'll leave it to you."
"Let's head out!"
Uchiha Jin didn't waste any more words.
After speaking...
He directly led the group behind him all the way towards the Land of Iron.
He wasn't like Hiruzen Sarutobi, who insisted on sitting in a palanquin carried by others just to maintain the so-called dignity of a Kage. Uchiha Jin didn't need that kind of thing!
So...
He simply wore his hokage robe and traveled using the Ninja Body Flicker Technique.
Kakashi and Shisui led the two Anbu squads, following closely behind Uchiha Jin.
Along the way...
They saw war and smoke everywhere, with refugees, samurai, and bandits scattered all over.
Everyone's heart trembled. After all, this was the Land of Fire!
But... before Uchiha Jin spoke, even if their hearts were bleeding, no one took the initiative to intervene.
They were Ninjas!
Without the Hokage's order, no matter how unwilling they felt, they had to remain silent.
On the other hand...
Uchiha Jin, leading the way, didn't feel good either. Although his decade-plus career as a Ninja had changed him a lot, he still felt sympathy for those at the bottom.
But he knew it wasn't time yet!
For the sake of long-term peace and stability in the future, he had to be cold-blooded now.
Therefore...
Aside from the fools who dared to attack them along the way—whom Uchiha Jin would have slaughtered directly—he didn't take any other action.
Subsequently, on the second day.
After the group left the Land of Fire, they found that the chaos outside was many times more tragic.
However, Uchiha Jin and his group felt much better than before. After all, it wasn't the territory of the Land of Fire anymore... Three days later.
Although the Land of Iron was far from Konoha, Uchiha Jin and the others were Ninjas after all, so it only took them three days to reach the Land of Iron.
Amidst the drifting snow, Uchiha Jin's group entered Three Wolves Town.
Ten minutes later.
With the arrival of the group, the news quickly reached the upper echelons of the Land of Iron.
Mifune led a group of samurai over. The elder leading them was dressed in samurai armor; he approached them and spoke slowly.
"Hokage, and everyone else!"
"Welcome to the Land of Iron. I have prepared a courtyard for you all."
"Please follow me!"
Mifune's tone was calm. After a few simple pleasantries, he led the way.
Clearly...
He strictly adhered to standard diplomatic etiquette and did not show excessive respect to Uchiha Jin.
And regarding this...
Uchiha Jin didn't say much either. He followed them to a modest three-entry courtyard arranged for them in the Land of Iron.
Shortly after.
After both sides exchanged formalities, Mifune left with the Land of Iron's samurai.
No invitation, no meal.
They didn't even sit down to have a cup of tea before Mifune left the courtyard.
On the balcony of the second floor of the courtyard.
Uchiha Jin took off his hokage robe, placed the Hokage hat casually on the table, and stood there looking at the white snow outside.
After a long while, he spoke softly.
"The samurai are truly stubborn!"
"While I admit these samurai have a bit of power, the problem is they are still far behind compared to Ninjas."
"Neutral? Heh!"
"Enjoy your last days of independent life!"
Uchiha Jin's tone was calm.
To be honest... what he understood the least was the samurai culture of this world. Under normal circumstances, with the establishment of the Ninja class and especially the refinement of the Chakra system, things like samurai should have been swept into the trash bin of history.
But the problem was...
Ninjas had existed for over a thousand years, yet the samurai class was still alive and well.
This world was too deformed.
However, it didn't matter!
With Uchiha Jin's arrival, this Ninja World had already begun to fall into chaos.
There probably wasn't much time left for the samurai.
At the very least... in the future Uchiha Jin had planned, there were no tickets left for the samurai class.
Ten minutes later.
Kakashi came to the living room and spoke in a very respectful tone.
"Hokage-sama!"
"After a preliminary investigation by the Anbu, it's confirmed that Kumogakure and Iwagakure have arrived."
"Sunagakure and the Hidden Mist have not arrived yet. However, the Land of Iron has confirmed that Sunagakure will arrive tonight. There is no news from the Hidden Mist yet."
"But it's temporarily confirmed that the Hidden Mist replied they would attend this Five Kage Summit!"
"So at the latest, the Hidden Mist will definitely arrive by the day after tomorrow!"
"Also, one more thing!"
"The current Fifth Mizukage is a woman named Mei Terumī!"