The Five Kage Summit Begins

At the entrance to Konohagakure Village, Ars and Madara waited for Hashirama's arrival.

"Why hasn't he come yet? Even though this plan was proposed by him!" Madara was getting impatient.

"Huuu... There are still three days before the Five Kage Summit starts. Don't be too hasty, Madara."

Next to him, Ars smoked a cigarette.

"Cough Cough... Stay away from me when you smoke, the smoke bothers me."

Fanning the smoke with his hand, Madara kept his distance.

"Want to try?"

"No need. I don't know what's so good about inhaling smoke."

Madara refused Ars' offer to smoke.

Ars shrugged and put the cigarette case in his chest pocket.

15 minutes later, the person you've been waiting for finally appeared.

Sorry, I'm late." Hashirama apologized sincerely.

"Too long, Hashirama!" Madara said annoyed.

"It's all because of Tobirama. He told me what I could and couldn't do later at the meeting of the five Kage."

Tobirama wanted to accompany him to a meeting of the five Kage, but after Hashirama considered this, he chose Madara and Ars.

He already felt bad for Madara who didn't become Hokage, and Hashirama didn't want any conflict between them.

"Well, since everyone's gathered. Do you want to go with the conventional method or the new method?"

Throwing the cigarette on the ground, Ars asked the two.

"What is the conventional method?" Hashirama asked curiously.

"What else besides walking?" Madara looked at him like a fool, then asked Ars: "Then what is the new method you mentioned?"

Ars smiled while pointing his finger at the sky.

Madara and Hashirama looked up at the sky, but found nothing but white clouds.

"There's nothing in the sky." Hashirama was confused.

"Don't tell me... Fly?" Madara's mind was sharper than any of his rivals.

"Mn... I'll take you two flying, how about that?"

Apart from himself, Ars could take other people flying with him. However, to fly people of Hashirama's and Madara's caliber, the two of them must not fight back. Otherwise, it would be impossible to force the two of them to fly.

"Of course! I want to feel the sensation of flying in the air!" Hashirama agreed without hesitation.

"It does not matter."

Even though Madara could fly using his perfect form Susano'o, he wanted to see the method Ars used to take the two of them flying.

"Okay, don't fight."

Ars raised his hand towards the two.

"[Fly]."

Then the three of them began to float in the air.

"Uwah, this is weird, but fun!"

Hashirama lost his footing, and his body was unstable.

"You're like a little kid. Don't forget, you are the Hokage. You have to set a good example for everyone."

Madara warned his friends not to act silly.

There were many people gathered at the gate. After all, Hashirama and Madara were famous figures. Now, there were three people floating in the air, it gathered more people came to watch.

"You say that, because you are used to flying!" Reply Hashirama.

"Hmph!"

Folding his arms across his chest, Madara lifted his chin as if to show off.

Ars watched the sparring between the two with a smile.

(It would be nice if the friendship between the two of them continued like this.)

Knowing the two would fight to the death in the Valley of the End. Ars will not interfere. Even if he told Madara the truth about the Stone Tablet, he likely wouldn't believe him.

"Now then, let's go."

Under his control, the three of them flew at a height of 10,000 feet in the sky.

...

At a time when Ninjutsu had spread and people flocked to become Shinobi, there was one country that did not have Shinobi as its military strength, namely the Land of Iron (Tetsu no Kuni).

The Land of Iron is the only power in the world that still uses samurai and is led by the Shogun.

The main reason Hashirama chose the Land of Iron as the location for the Five Kage Summit was for this reason.

If the Summit were to be held in one of the other large villages, the Kage would feel uncomfortable and worry about being ambushed.

Hey, Ars, can you do something in this cold?"

Entering the territory of the Land of Iron, which has a snowy climate, Hashirama shivered with cold.

Even though Madara didn't say anything, his brows furrowed, indicating he was uncomfortable.

After all, the two of them were wearing formal attire for the meeting.

"Okay."

Ars waved his hand, and then the temperature around them became warm.

"Ah, it's warm... You can do anything, huh..." Hashirama sighed.

"Magic is very practical, unlike Ninjutsu which requires forming hand seals before activation."

Madara admired the practicality of using magic.

Ars had explained that most of his powers were magic oriented. Although he has learned some Ninjutsu, he rarely uses them.

"No world has its own unique energy system." Ars smiled.

When the three entered the village, their presence was immediately noticed by the Samurai. After all, Ars had no intention of hiding their arrival, this was also a form of demonstration of the strength of Konohagakure Village.

"Come on down." Hashirama said.

"Sure." Ars answered.

When the three of them landed on the ground, the Samurai surrounded them with their katanas pulled from their scabbards.

"Should I teach them a lesson?" Madara frowned. He didn't like the feeling of being threatened.

"Don't be rash, Madara. Have you forgotten the purpose of the Five Kage Summit? Let me handle this."

Hashirama explained who he was and his goals to the leader-looking Samurai.

After learning that Hashirama was the Kage of Konohagakure Village, the Land of Fire (Hi no Kuni), the Samurai leader withdrew his troops.

Since there were still three days before the summit started, Ars, Madara, and Hashirama were brought to the inn, which was accommodated for the visiting leaders of the countries.

...

Three days later.

Summit meeting room.

The first Kage of the Five Great Countries gathered in the conference room provided by the Land of Iron.

Behind each of the Kage, stood two guards guarding the Kage.

Seeing the other Kage come to fulfill his invitation, Hashirama was so moved that he hit his head on the table and thanked him.

"Thank You."

Madara ground his teeth at that ridiculous behavior. He did not accept that his friend humbled himself in front of the other Kage.

"Pssst…. Hashirama, don't do this. You are the Hokage, show your dignity and prestige. If not, I'm afraid Madara will attack the other Kage to prove Konohagakure Village is the strongest." Ars whispered in Hashirama's ear.

Hashirama felt the possibility that what Ars said might really happen.

"But I'm so happy!" He said through tears.

"Hokage, raise your head... That's not a proper attitude for a village leader." Said the First Raikage named A.

"I did come because I support this meeting between Kage, but I will not agree without anything in return." Said the First Tsuchikage was named Ishikawa, and he was concerned with profit.

"If you're being too polite, you're even suspicious." Said the First Mizukage named Byakuren, and his attitude was filled with suspicion.

"Moreover, the Hokage intends to share the Bijuu he has collected with other villages as a condition of agreeing to this agreement. This is a transaction, there is nothing to exaggerate." Said the First Kazekage named Reto, who didn't care about others, and was only concerned with business.

The other four Kage were very wary of Madara standing to

Hashirama's right, because they knew how dangerous that person was.

On the other hand, they didn't know the identity of the young man to Hashirama's left. Their intelligence had no information on him.

In that room, Ars was considered the youngest. At least in terms of appearance.

(So these are the first generation Kage... They sure are strong, but I'm sure I can beat them even if these bodies are just clones).

As the Kage judged him, Ars also judged them.

According to him, being able to become a Kage in the Sengoku period proved their strength.