Seeing Jiraiya grow awkward, the Third Hokage stepped in to change the subject. This was not the time to nitpick.
"Even without those three children, and without Akatsuki, other organizations similar to Akatsuki would still emerge. The outcome would remain the same."
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Even without Akatsuki, other organizations like it would still appear. Large numbers of ninja who had defected from various villages would still join them, and they would still stir up trouble.
This was not something that could be dismissed wholesale. Even if that could not be done, Jiraiya no longer had much of a voice in this matter.
"I think our first priority should be joining forces with the other villages to act against Akatsuki. We absolutely cannot let them obtain more Jinchuriki and, by extension, more tailed beasts."
Pooling the strength of the major villages to deal with the Akatsuki Organization and preventing them from continuing to wreak havoc unchecked had been Tsunade's plan from the start.
Konoha alone was not enough. Besides, those Jinchuriki were not in Konoha, nor could they be brought to Konoha for Konoha to protect.
Frankly speaking, if the other villages were truly willing to place their Jinchuriki in Konoha, would Akatsuki still dare come and cause trouble so freely?
They could simply put the Jinchuriki inside the Uchiha Clan Compound. With Ronglin there, who would dare make a move?
Ronglin had said that he did not want to involve himself in Konoha's affairs, but the saying, "Where there are policies from above, there are countermeasures below," was no joke.
If the Jinchuriki were placed in the Uchiha Clan Compound in Konoha and Akatsuki came to attack, it would be no different from slapping Ronglin in the face. At that point, Ronglin would have