For what it's worth, Minato wouldn't oppose 3), especially given he's open to letting folks review the footage, though he would still defer to Toraguma not wanting people to run their mouth off and spread rumours before they have a clearer idea what's going on. Even if he's been squirrelly about the factional divide, encountering the ?mastermind? would seal this as being too big not to have everyone on board.

If there's longer-term repercussions of the lost souls disregarding the faction lines... well...... he doesn't think that far