People are in Hokage, one person at a time

The Iron Kingdom is located directly north of the Fire Kingdom, facing the sea to the north and surrounded by the Field Kingdom and Taki Kingdom on the east and west sides respectively. Only a small section of the border is connected to the Fire Kingdom.

It is precisely this geographical environment that ensures that the Iron Kingdom will not easily become a battlefield for clashes between ninjas from major powers. Coupled with the entry of the samurai group and the maintenance of the daimyo, almost all ninjas are now under the control of the ninja village. Even if they are prepared for a rainy day, the daimyo group will leave themselves a certain way out.

The Land of Iron is the private territory for daimyo to train their retainers. Although they do not have a wide variety of ninjutsu, the ability to use chakra combined with the secret teachings of the Land of Iron makes ordinary wandering ninjas no match for the samurai who are good at using chakra.

The special geographical environment, the compromise of the ninja group with the samurai group, and the face of the daimyo, these three factors combined have earned the Iron Kingdom the title of a so-called permanent neutral country.

Of course, there are people who are jealous of the Iron Kingdom's status. For example, the Rain Kingdom under Hanzo's rule tried to drag the Iron Kingdom down.

Then Admiral Mifune blocked the demigod Hanzo from entering the country, and with the outbreak of the Second Ninja World War, you, the Rain Country, also wanted to break away from control. Have you asked for the opinions of the five great benefactors of the Ninja World?

Located at the junction of three countries, the Rain Country can only become a lawless free zone. However, Hanzo is a capable and ambitious demigod of the ninja world, combining the roles of daimyo and village leader in one. Judging from the general environment of the ninja world at that time, neither ninjas nor daimyo could tolerate such a powerful existence.

Therefore, Hanzo's tragedy was doomed long ago. If one wants to rise in such a place of three wars, being a demigod in the ninja world alone is obviously not enough.

"Hokage-sama, we are here."

Produced by Konoha Manufacturing (formerly Uchiha Manufacturing), the latest all-terrain multi-functional chakra energy off-road vehicle stopped steadily in front of the city gate of the capital of the Iron Kingdom accompanied by smoke and dust.

As a member of the Hokage's guard team, Genma Shiranui got out of the car from the driver's seat and opened the back seat door first. Wearing the Hokage's hat, Minato said thank you and got out of the car. Only then did the waiter in charge of reception at the city gate hurriedly come up to greet them.

It’s not that the Iron Country is slack, it’s mainly because the style of painting in Konoha is too weird.

The Kages of other ninja villages all came here with two guards, but when it came to the Hokage, the roaring and roaring steel beasts rushed straight to the gate of the Iron Kingdom's capital with billowing smoke and dust. If the news had not been received in advance, the soldiers in charge of guarding would have rushed up by now.

Although it was known that the Fire Nation's mode of transportation had undergone major changes, no one had said that the changes were so drastic.

"I've met Hokage-sama."

"No need to be so polite. Are the other Kages here?"

"Lord Tsuchikage and Lord Raikage are currently visiting the Admiral's residence. Lord Hokage, you are..."

"Lord Fengying's vehicle is right behind me, please wait a moment."

Minato smiled at the waiter, then looked at the soldiers who were in charge of guarding the city gate. They were all ordinary people. Although they had a certain amount of chakra, it was a bit of a waste for them to serve as soldiers.

"These people should devote themselves to the development of their hometown instead of standing here as a front."

With a sigh, Minato drove all those random thoughts from his mind and waited for about five minutes. As the second cloud of dust came, Ye Cang, wearing a wind shadow hat, also arrived at the scene.

"Watergate."

Seeing the figure waiting in front of the city gate, Ye Cang smiled and walked to Shuimen in three or two steps and stood side by side with him.

The waiter in charge of reception was a little confused. Although he already knew that the Sand Ninja was now following Konoha's lead, the relationship between the Fifth Kazekage and the Fourth Hokage...

Looking at the crossed arms, the waiter felt that there was no room for him to say anything here, and led the two shadows towards Mifune's residence.

When the two arrived at the venue, the Sandaime Tsuchikage Ohnoki and the Fifth Raikage Darui were already seated. Although the relationship between Yegaku and Minato was no secret in front of the Kage, this was a meeting of the Five Kage. How could Yegaku, the Kazekage, walk in with the arm of the Hokage? Aren't you two trying to avoid people now?

"Hmph. Now I strongly doubt the fairness of the Five Kage Summit."

"Fairness? Lord Tsuchikage is such a joke. It's obvious that the Five Kage Summit was approved by Lord Tsuchikage, but you are doubting the fairness of the summit before it even starts. If Lord Sandaime Tsuchikage is getting old and confused, why don't we adjourn the summit for now and wait for Lord Tsuchikage to return to the village and choose a new successor before we come to talk? An old man in his seventies should have retired long ago. I think Brother Huang Tu is a good candidate. How about letting him come to talk?"

"Lord Kazekage, is this the attitude of your Sand Village?"

"It's not an attitude, it's just a reminder to the Tsuchikage-sama. Since the Tsuchikage-sama is asking for help, you should have the attitude of asking for help. Forget about unnecessary temptations. Learn more from the Raikage-sama. It's never wrong to face the reality."

"Okay, Lord Kazekage, please stop talking. Lord Tsuchikage is old and it's not easy to manage such a large Iwagakure. After all, we are the younger generation, so we should respect our elders more."

"I'll listen to you, Minato!"

Ye Cang narrowed his eyes with a smile, Ohnoki snorted coldly and said nothing, and as the one with the lowest status on the field, Darui silently picked up the teacup.

As the real initiator of the Five Kage Summit, Darui knew very well that he had come to seek help from other major ninja villages. Even his identity as the Fifth Raikage was a forced one, and he participated in the quarrels between the Kages. Not to mention the distant past, on the battlefield that year, Darui saw with his own eyes the Fourth Hokage pinning his master and Lord Killer Bee to the ground and beating them.

If you want to jump out and smooth things over, you have to have the ability to do so. However, the Fifth Mizukage, who is of lower status than you, hasn't arrived yet.

Now that things have come to this, let’s have some tea first!

Darui lowered his head and pretended to be dead, while Yekura moved his chair next to Minato and started whispering as if no one was around. This made Ohnoki feel a little annoyed. As a Tsuchikage, he personally did not object to the marriage between ninja villages.

But these two, one is the Hokage and the other is the Kazekage. Although they knew that you Sand Ninjas were dying, you couldn't...

So what do we do now? Have the Sand Ninja and Konoha been completely merged?

Thinking back on the intelligence passed back by the Iwagakure's intelligence members, the Konohagakure alliance and so on, it seems that the Fourth Hokage has very far-reaching ambitions.