"Cough, cough. Next, shouldn't we hear the final handsome guy introduce himself?" To ease the awkwardness, Jiraiya could only stiffly change the subject, directing everyone's attention to Minagawa Uchiha, who was about to speak.
Seeing this, Minagawa Uchiha stopped wondering why Kabuto Yakushi had honestly revealed his circumstances and began his introduction with a hint of deeper meaning.
"My name is Minagawa Uchiha. There are many things I like. I hate people who wave the banner of righteousness while pursuing their own selfish interests. My dream is world peace."
Minagawa Uchiha's words instantly silenced all three of them. The atmosphere that Tamaki Hyuga and Jiraiya had just managed to lift immediately turned heavy.
Kabuto Yakushi thought of Shimura Danzō's face—someone who would stop at nothing, persecuting the orphanage and its director, Yakushi Nonō, for his own ambitions while hiding behind the banner of righteousness.
"World peace... that really is a great ideal.
If the world truly became peaceful, then the director and everyone else could probably live happily together like before."
Tamaki Hyuga also thought of the Main Family's disgusting conduct: rigidly clinging to old rules, claiming to protect the Bloodline Limit while enslaving the Branch Family and forcing them to risk their lives for them.
"If there were world peace, the Main Family would have no more grand excuses. Then perhaps others would no longer have to worry about becoming estranged from their clans and villages by interfering with such an inhumane system."
The one most deeply affected was actually the seemingly carefree Jiraiya. World peace had also been his dream, and it was for that dream that he had set out to search for the Child of Prophecy.
Along the way, he had lost the chance to pursue love, win back his friend, and save his disciple. In