Ōnoki's Little Scheme

Three children dared to dream of bringing peace to the world, so that no one would ever suffer from the pain caused by war? What a ridiculous fantasy.

Even though Akatsuki Organization had achieved quite a bit and become an existence the Five Great Shinobi Villages could not tolerate, in the eyes of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, they were still unworthy of becoming this world's saviors.

What a joke. Even Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Hikaru had failed to do it back then, much less a few nobodies from unorthodox backgrounds. Even having Jiraiya as their teacher made no difference.

Even Jiraiya, their teacher, did not have that kind of boldness. What gave a few brats like them the right to talk about world peace?

"You already know everything that comes next, so I won't repeat it too much."

He revealed some things and withheld others. Facing people from the other villages, Hikaru could not possibly lay everything out in the open. When dealing with these people, saying half and holding back half was the right choice.

No matter how highly Hikaru praised Akatsuki now, it would not be enough to convince them. What achievements did Akatsuki even have?

Attacking Sunagakure?

That was only because Sunagakure's strong fighters and main force had not been in the village.

Attacking Kumogakure? At the time, Kumogakure only had a few insignificant people there.

As for Kirigakure, they had barely even fought before the Jinchuriki was gone.

Based on examples like these, it would not be easy to make the villages other than Konoha wary. At least until they suffered a major loss, they would never take Akatsuki or Nagato seriously.

Even if Hikaru talked until his mouth was dry, they might not take it to heart. So, he simply said half and withheld