The Council of Elders' Meeting
"So that's the Six Paths Level ninja! In that case, we really don't have anything to worry about."
Minato Namikaze nodded. "That's right. Hokage Torifu even sent a clone to protect Konoha from being caught up in this. Everyone can rest easy. Our village is perfectly safe."
Everyone's emotions had been on a roller coaster. They didn't even know what to say anymore.
"All right, then we don't need to stay on standby, do we? Can we go home and rest or get some sleep?"
Minato awkwardly nodded. "That's right. You can all go back and rest."
The ninjas weren't sure whether they should cheer. In any case, an odd feeling hung over the village.
Everyone seemed happy, but not quite.
They were happy because there wouldn't be a war, but unhappy because there hadn't been a war to begin with, and they'd been needlessly sent into a panic.
Many people had even written their wills at home, only for the whole thing to turn out to be a false alarm.
Everyone was caught between anger and relief.
Minato felt terrible about what he'd put the villagers through, so he immediately made a public apology and posted it on the bulletin board.
He promised to be more careful in his work from then on.
"Come now, Lord Hokage has always been cautious in his work. He was just worried and lost his head this time. There's no need to hold it against him. Anyone would've been nervous, given that it was the Three-Nation Allied Forces."
"Am I the only one worried about what's happening in the Land of Rain? Three great nations joining forces against a small country—they really have no shame."
"Would you expect anything else from them? Those three countries keep finding new