Ch. 81Backstab (3/4)
The Masked Man, calling himself Tobi of the Akatsuki, explained that the organization sought world peace through pain while Minato challenged his methods. The United States government cut power to Times Square to end the livestream, provoking public outrage.
- Nick Fury contacted the Masked Man through a drone, but the Masked Man attacked it with a fireball until Minato saved it.
- Minato introduced himself as the Fourth Hokage and asked the Masked Man why he had started a war; the Masked Man identified himself as Tobi of the Akatsuki.
- The Masked Man claimed the Akatsuki aimed to achieve world peace by using pain to make people understand one another, and Minato and S.H.I.E.L.D. condemned the destruction around them.
- The Masked Man's televised speech inspired American teenagers to seek out the Akatsuki, and the United States government traced the broadcast to the New York Television Station.
- The government cut power to Times Square, ending the livestream and prompting a flood of complaints to the New York government's phone lines.