"It's now confirmed that the Akatsuki's target is the Nine Tailed Beasts," Minato Namikaze continued. "Although it's still unclear what the Akatsuki wants the Tailed Beasts for, they've never hidden their intentions."
"Minato, your judgment is not quite right!"
Tobirama Senju's sudden objection startled Minato Namikaze. "Lord Tobirama, something's not right?"
"Of course it's 'them'!" Tobirama Senju very seriously. "So far, only one Masked Man has appeared; we haven't seen any other Akatsuki members yet."
"Maybe the Akatsuki only has the Masked Man? The existence of the others is just a facade put on by that Masked Man."
Minato Namikaze's face darkened. "Lord Tobirama, what you've done..."
Nick Fury couldn't help but cast a questioning glance at Tobirama Senju.
Seeing this, Minato Namikaze knew he shouldn't linger on with Tobirama Senju, so he looked at Nick Fury and said, "Do you have any other questions?"
Nick Fury immediately looked away and replied, "Of course! I want to know why you came to inform me, and what you plan to do?"
Because of the existence of the Nine-Tails and having witnessed its Nine-Tails' Attack firsthand, Nick Fury has come to believe in the existence of the Tailed Beasts.
After all, once the Tailed Beasts are freed, such a massive beast couldn't possibly be created through faking it!
If it's all fake, then they deserve to be fooled.
Therefore, at this moment, Nick Fury did not doubt Minato Namikaze's story.
However, he was curious about why Minato Namikaze and Tobirama Senju had come all this way to inform them of this matter, and what Konoha planned to do next.
Wait, could it be like the Nine-Tails...?
Also, One-Tail Shukaku is sealed beneath a sand dune near the 'Wonderland' town in New Mexico?
This location sounds so familiar.
Just as he was wondering, Nick Fury saw Coulson gesturing to him and suddenly remembered that this was the location of the hammer that fell from the sky, as mentioned in the intelligence that Coulson had just brought over!
The One-Tail is sealed there, and that hammer just happened to fall from the sky recently—what's the connection between the two?
Nick Fury fell into deep thought, but Minato Namikaze answered his question directly.
"Why should we notify you? Isn't that the obvious thing to do? After all, the Tailed Beasts are sealed on your land. Even if we have the right to suppress, seal, and capture Tailed Beast, we should at least inform you."
Minato Namikaze gave Nick Fury a strange look, then continued, "As for what we plan to do? To be precise, it should be what I plan to do."
"Lord Tobirama has other missions to complete and won't be traveling with me."
"As for me, I'd like S.H.I.E.L.D.. to assign me a mission, like the one during the Nine-Tails' Attack. This would both generate funds for Konoha and help you out."
Hearing Wu Chen say this, Nick Fury gritted his teeth inwardly, 'Damn it, it really is just as I guessed!'
Seeing Nick Fury's strange expression, Namikaze Minato asked in confusion, "What? Aren't you SHIELD willing to entrust me with tasks like trying to prevent the One-Tail from breaking out of the seal and sealing the One-Tail?"
"Of course not!" Nick Fury made his decision after only a second of thought. "We at S.H.I.E.L.D.. want to commission you, Minato Namikaze, to stop the One-Tail Beast from breaking free of its seal, or to reseal it after One-Tail breaks free!"
"A reward of ten million! So, Minato Namikaze, are you willing to accept the commission?"
"Of course I'd accept!"
Maintaining a good relationship with Konoha is better than anything else, compared to a little money!
Or rather, other organizations would be more than happy to send money to Konoha!
After all, a righteous organization like Konoha, once they take their money, certainly won't harm them. They might even be willing to help them solve a series of difficult problems, just like they do with S.H.I.E.L.D..
But this makes things a little tight on funds! Nick Fury couldn't help but think.
Looks like I'll have to go ask for the money again!
S.H.I.E.L.D..'s funding comes from joint contributions from the United Nations.
Therefore, the funding and such are also provided wholesale by the United Nations.
Nick Fury glanced at Minato Namikaze, then at Tobirama Senju, and suddenly asked, "Mr. Senju, could you perhaps reveal a little about your mission?"
"Don't misunderstand, it's not that I want to pry into Konoha's privacy. It's just that after witnessing the Nine-Tails' power, I felt that it might not be safe for Mr. Namikaze to go alone, so I was curious why you couldn't go with Mr. Namikaze."
After learning about Minato Namikaze's purpose and what he was going to do, Nick Fury wanted to know about Tobirama Senju.
Although Tobirama Senju helped S.H.I.E.L.D.. complete many difficult tasks in the past month, and S.H.I.E.L.D.. also learned that Tobirama Senju's ability was Water Release, an incredibly powerful Water Release, they still did not know the extent of Tobirama Senju's true strength.
Because Tobirama Senju never used his full strength, he could resolve those missions with just a little effort.