Chapter 168: Ch.168 Childhood Friend
As more and more battle details were revealed, the atmosphere at the summit grew increasingly heavy.
"How is this possible!?"
"Why didn't we hear a word of this before?"
"What exactly is this organization planning?"
The mindset toward the Akatsuki among the attendees shifted once again.
If, in previous Five Kage summits, the villages merely viewed the Akatsuki as a convenient guise for competing with each other, now no one thought that way anymore.
The threat of the Akatsuki was clear and undeniable; even the great shinobi villages, with all their pride, couldn't ignore the reality that no single village could stand against the Akatsuki alone.
The smaller shinobi villages outside the Five Great Nations, meanwhile, were deep in thought.
Compared to the Five Great Nations, who controlled most of the resources and territories, these smaller villages had little reason to oppose the Akatsuki directly.
After all, if the Five Great Nations couldn't take on the Akatsuki individually, the smaller villages certainly couldn't.
So, as long as they accepted the Akatsuki's authority, these small villages could continue to survive.