With the Fourth Raikage's opening, the icy atmosphere instantly eased.
Ōnoki was the first to speak: "Agreed!"
Rasa: "No objection!"
Mei Terumī: "Fine."
Uchiha Jin: "Agreed!"
Almost in an instant.
Everyone chose to agree; no one raised an objection.
After all, due to the absence of Daimyos and Nobles, the current Ninja World was in a state of chaos. Even within the major Ninja Villages, there were some discordant voices. Coupled with the Akatsuki Organization's recent actions, leading to the loss of Tailed Beasts in Kumogakure and Sunagakure, everyone was under significant internal pressure.
Not to mention—the Akatsuki Organization!
This organization, which could single-handedly strike several major Ninja Villages simultaneously, even capturing four Tailed Beasts in an instant, and causing the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and Fourth Raikage to be heavily injured and Ōnoki to be lightly injured, truly made everyone feel extremely wary!
Under these circumstances, no one wanted to waste time.
The past probing, suspicion, and calculation were all set aside by everyone. They all knew that today was different from the past; even for the sake of their own Village's future, now was not the time for bickering or setting traps.
At the beginning.
No one wanted to speak first because they wanted to vie for the initiative.
Since Kumogakure had now chosen to back down, everyone naturally didn't want to kick them while they were down.
Even if the Five Great Ninja Villages wanted to fight for power and profit, they would have to wait until the chaos in the Ninja World was stabilized, or even until the Akatsuki Organization was completely wiped out in the future.
This point was the general trend!
Even Uchiha Jin, who wanted the chaos to last as long as possible, had no reason to stop this from proceeding at this moment. He couldn't even question or delay it for a bit, otherwise, it would only make the other Ninja Villages think he had a problem.
However... Uchiha Jin had long anticipated this scene, so he was naturally prepared.
"Fellow Kages!"
"Although the Akatsuki Organization seems powerful, their foundation is not deep. After all, the core is just those few Rogue Ninjas."
"This organization has no backup forces. You could say that for every one killed, there's one less. It's not like our major Ninja Villages where even if a Jonin dies, we can train another batch of Jonin after a while."
"Therefore, regarding the Akatsuki Organization, I'm actually not worried."
"I believe the most important thing is actually the issue of stability!"
"But, here comes the problem!"
"What reason should our major Ninja Villages use?"
"To put it bluntly, our major Ninja Villages are military fortresses, almost only controlling the military power of each country."
"If we choose to act and suppress the rebellion in the name of the Ninja Villages, first of all, there is an issue of legitimacy. Resolving the chaos in each Village is not actually difficult now, but the difficulty lies in what name we will use to rule internally after it's resolved?"
"Once we choose to act, it's equivalent to completely negating the Daimyo and Noble system. Next, our major Ninja Villages will have to step up as rulers."
"Regarding this point, is everyone really prepared?"
"Otherwise, we can only take the second path!"
"Our major Ninja Villages remain as they are, existing only as the country's military power. But if we do that, our problem will be even more troublesome."
"First of all, the absence of Daimyos and Nobles means no one is there to give us orders. According to normal procedures, we have no qualification or reason to interfere in the internal administrative affairs of the country."
"So if we want to act, we can only prop up a regime."
"But, here comes the problem!"
"That mysterious behind-the-scenes force—let's just assume it's the Akatsuki Organization for now—those guys' methods are too ruthless. Not only were the Daimyos and Nobles slaughtered, but not even a trace of the Daimyo's bloodline was left."
"In this situation, who are we going to prop up?"
"Samurai? Officials?"
"To be blunt, I look down on these two classes a bit."
"Samurai were long ago swept into the dustbin of history along with the rise of us Ninjas. Even during the Sengoku Period, the status of Samurai was inferior to us Ninjas. Now we're going to let our Ninja World elevate Samurai to the position of Daimyo?"
"Honestly, it makes me feel disgusted inside!"
"Officials? That's also nonsense!"
"They are just some dogs kept by the Daimyos and Nobles. Their status is even lower than that of Samurai, let alone being compared with our Ninja World."
"So for Officials, I don't really want to prop them up either."
"After all, just thinking about letting some Officials we look down on climb over the heads of us Ninjas in the future makes me feel sick to my stomach!"
"So, here's the question!"
"I think the Akatsuki problem is not that important; we can discuss it slowly later. What's important now is to first deal with the internal strife."
"But as for which path to take, it's best for us Five Great Ninja Villages to first unify internally."
"After all, as long as our Five Great Ninja Villages can unify our opinions and unite, then the opposing opinions of other small countries, Samurai, Officials, etc., are not important. I believe our Five Great Ninja Villages have the ability to suppress all opposing voices!"
Uchiha Jin's tone was as usual.
At this time, he put on a worried posture and brought this matter directly to the table.
On the surface, it all seemed to be for the public good.
Almost in an instant.
Along with Uchiha Jin's words, the other four Kages all fell into deep thought.
They had been intentionally ignoring and didn't want to talk about this issue before, because to some extent, this issue was too sensitive.
But now?
They were forced to face this problem!
Because Uchiha Jin was right. If they couldn't reach an agreement, what reason would they have to interfere in the internal affairs of the country? Especially such a sensitive issue as handling a rebellion?
After all, the positioning of their major Ninja Villages was as military organizations of various countries!
They had the qualification to launch military wars externally, and when attacked by enemies, they had the qualification to counterattack directly without the Daimyo's consent, and even take the opportunity to demand funds and various supplies. The only thing they didn't have was the qualification for internal management.
To put it bluntly, they could only deal with external matters!
If they acted directly without a word, it would easily send some bad signals to the outside world.
Although suppressing those rebellions would be relatively easy, were they really psychologically prepared to rule the country?
"This point is not easy to solve!"
"The Daimyos and Nobles are all dead, and not even a bit of bloodline is left. We have no way to push someone else into the position."
"My Hidden Mist looks down on Samurai and Officials; we will never allow them to climb over the heads of Ninjas!"
"Ruling a country, can we Ninjas do it?"
"..."