Shikaku's fingers stopped at the edge of the Wartime Codex, and before he could read it, Sasuke raised a hand to stop him.
"Don't rush yet."
Jiraiya's face tightened. "What, too chicken?"
Sasuke handed the long sword to the Uchiha Ninja behind him, walking forward empty-handed.
"If we rush to convict you, you will feel wronged for the sake of peace."
This sentence sounded harsher than drawing a sword directly.
Jiraiya furrowed his brows. "Kid, you don't need to provoke me."
"I am not provoking you."
Sasuke looked up at the Water Mirror Formation Disc high above. "Yamada, connect all the village's water mirrors. The Evacuation Shelter, the hospital, the Orphanage, the Training Ground, don't miss a single one."
Yamada Naoto formed Hand Seals immediately. "Connected."
Tsunade frowned. "Sasuke, are you going to interrogate Jiraiya in front of the whole village?"
"Not an interrogation."
Sasuke looked at Jiraiya. "It is to make him make the word peace perfectly clear."
Jiraiya's shoulders tensed up.
He was not afraid of being cursed at.
He was afraid Sasuke would tear away all the fig leaves.
The water mirrors lit up, the children in the Orphanage sat next to the Medical Ninja, Wounded Soldiers looked up in the hospital corridor, and the reserve forces at the Training Ground also stopped their movements.
Sasuke stood in the center of the Village Gate, his voice carrying outward through the Amplification Sound Ninja Technique.
"Lord Jiraiya, you just demanded that Konoha halt its troops and negotiate."
Jiraiya said in a deep voice, "Correct."
"What is the bargaining chip for the negotiation?"
Jiraiya said, "Of course we cannot agree to the challenge letter's demand to hand people over, but we can send envoys, bring evidence, and make the Raikage withdraw his army."
Sasuke pressed further, "And if the