Controlling the Nine-Tails, the Masked Man wreaked havoc on everything around Times Square.
At that moment, a drone controlled by S.H.I.E.L.D.. slowly flew in front of the Masked Man and emitted Nick Fury's voice.
"Masked Man, what exactly do you want?!"
The Masked Man paused slightly, then continued controlling the Nine-Tails to fire miniature Tailed Beast Bomb. He coldly stared at the drone, "A mere controlled device dares to try and communicate with me?"
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!!"
Thud!
A raging fireball appeared out of thin air and hurtled directly toward the S.H.I.E.L.D..
Suddenly, a Three-Pronged Kunai shot out. Minato Namikaze appeared, grabbed the drone, and pulled it aside, saving it from destruction.
"Is this thing alive?" Minato Namikaze suddenly poked the drone with some curiosity.
"Um... thank you very much, Mr. Namikaze!" Nick Fury changed the subject and thanked Minato Namikaze, not daring to let Minato Namikaze know that he had just saved a drone that wasn't worth much.
At the same time, he asked Minato Namikaze for help in speaking to the Masked Man.
"This isn't helping; I was already planning to question this person properly." Tossing the drone aside, Minato Namikaze looked intently at the Masked Man and slowly asked, "First, introduce yourself. I am the Fourth Hokage of Konoha — Minato Namikaze. Who are you?"
The Masked Man glanced at Minato Namikaze and Hisara with a complicated expression before answering, "Akatsuki, Tobi!"
"The Akatsuki?" Minato Namikaze slightly surprised. "I think I've heard of that organization before. But, Tobi? Why did you do this? Why start a war?!"
Upon hearing Minato Namikaze's question, the Masked Man suddenly laughed, "Haha..."
"What are you laughing at?" Minato Namikaze, playing along perfectly.
"I'm laughing at this country!" The Masked Man stopped laughing, but his words still carried a hint of amusement. "Does a country that wages war for some trivial reason have the right to question why our Akatsuki wages war for a noble goal?"
"A lofty goal? What goal?" Minato Namikaze did not deny the Masked Man's words, but instead inquired about the goals of the Akatsuki to which the Masked Man belonged.
After all, the Masked Man was right; the United States is indeed like that.
The members of S.H.I.E.L.D.. lowered their heads upon hearing the Masked Man's words.
Although S.H.I.E.L.D.. is a global organization, its headquarters are in United States New York, so most of its members are naturally United States.
Anyone with common sense can see who is right and who is wrong in what the United States has done.
Seeing that Minato Namikaze didn't defend the United States, the Masked Man seemed to be in a better mood. "Our Akatsuki has only one goal: world peace!"
"World peace?" Minato Namikaze was astonished. He pointed to the destroyed ruins around him and said angrily, "This is the peace you brought?!"
Inside S.H.I.E.L.D.., the atmosphere was infuriating. "World peace? I'd say world nuclear peace! This organization is definitely a terrorist organization!"
"Not only that, it should be a terrorist organization comprised of supervillains! This Tobi hasn't even claimed to be the leader, so it's clear that the true leader of Akatsuki is someone else!"
Seeing Minato Namikaze's anger, the Masked Man shook his head. "This is the only way to peace. After all, humans are creatures that cannot understand each other."
"You're talking nonsense! If humans can't understand each other, then why do families and countries exist?!" Before Minato Namikaze could say anything, the drone started spewing insults.
This time, the Masked Man didn't make a move. He glanced at Minato Namikaze, knowing he would be stopped even if he did, and replied, "If humans could understand each other, then why do wars still break out between nations?"
S.H.I.E.L.D.. was speechless.
Upon seeing this, the Masked Man began to promote the Akatsuki's ideology.
Finally, he added, "Since humans cannot understand each other, then using suffering to help them understand each other and thus achieve peace is also a method!"
"Even though this path isn't recognized by the world, it's still far better than all of you doing nothing!"
To be fair, the Masked Man was really cool.
He looks cool, and he does cool things.
In the United States, a country that idolizes coolness, the Masked Man calmly explained his organization's ideology, and indeed, he was doing so, all under the nationally televised gaze.
In the eyes of United States teenagers, this is the epitome of cool!
In an instant, many teenagers decided to find a way to join the Akatsuki. Some even went so far as to call the government and casually ask how to Akatsuki.
At this point, even the slow-witted and incompetent United States government realized something was wrong.
After their investigation, they discovered that it was New York Television Station, which received substantial government funding every year, that was betraying them!
So the government acted swiftly, cutting off the power to Times Square, turning the live broadcast studio and cameras black.
However, this sparked public outrage, and the New York government's complaint hotline was immediately overwhelmed.