Ch. 221Five Great Nations Apply Pressure? Let Them.
Jin rejected the daimyo’s demand to release Konoha’s foreign hostages, dismissing the daimyo’s authority and leaving Konoha’s leaders to debate the risks of international pressure. As they discussed the threat of war, Jiraiya sensed something near the village and vanished, while a dark vortex appeared thirty miles away.
- Fugaku told Jin that the daimyo had ordered Konoha to release its foreign hostages, and Jin refused to recognize the daimyo’s authority over him.
- Fugaku returned to the United Committee building and told Konoha’s leaders that Jin had not agreed to release the hostages.
- Shikaku admitted that he was relieved because Konoha depended on the hostages as laborers, prompting the others to rebuke him.
- Fugaku warned that pressure from the other great nations could make the daimyo yield and might lead to war or internal conflict.
- Shikaku suggested that Jin would not fear an attack on Konoha, and Jiraiya suddenly vanished after sensing something near the village.
- A pitch-black vortex appeared thirty miles outside Konoha, with two figures flickering inside it.