Jiraiya rubbed his brow.
He had accompanied Nagato and the others to the Five Kage Summit to find out what Natsuki had planned for the Ninja World's future.
The emergence of an alliance for the Ninja World held some positive implications for peace.
But he did not quite understand the things the Ninja Alliance intended to do.
These were not things ninja should be doing at all.
Moreover, these measures seemed likely to bring them into conflict with the Daimyo.
Until now, the Daimyo had been responsible for everything outside of combat.
After some thought, Jiraiya decided to wait a while and see whether it actually helped.
"That will be all for the first matter for now."
Ignoring what Jiraiya and the others might be thinking, Natsuki said, "There will be more specific rules when we implement it."
At that, everyone put away their scrolls.
After all, this was only the first matter. Ōnoki and the others, in particular, did not believe Natsuki could be so generous.
As they saw it, the first matter did indeed benefit every ninja village, but the next ones might not.
"The second matter."
With a faint smile, Natsuki said, "Konoha will reclaim all the Tailed Beasts."
"What?"
Ōnoki and the others froze.
Their prediction had come true, and it was worse than they had imagined.
Ever since the system of the Five Great Nations and Five Great Villages had been established, Jinchūriki and Tailed Beasts had served as strategic weapons.
Their immense strength could indeed influence the outcome of a battle.
Precisely for that reason, Jinchūriki and Tailed Beasts had become the ninja villages' ultimate trump cards.
Although Senju Hashirama of Konoha had originally distributed the Tailed Beasts, so many years had passed that the villages had long since come to regard them as