What needed to be dealt with now was the persecution of Amegakure by the Five Great Ninja Villages!
That was right—this was outright persecution!
Kumogakure and the Hidden Leaf Village, with their extremely rapid industrial development, were undoubtedly the biggest producers of industrial waste.
And the other major ninja villages could not possibly escape responsibility either!
"I don't know much about this. Amegakure hasn't attended our meetings for a long time," Naruto said after thinking seriously.
But those words undoubtedly ignited Nagato's fury!
"Yes, Amegakure hasn't gone to the Hidden Leaf Village for your so-called meetings in a long time. But Hokage, tell me, what kind of meetings do you hold? Five Kage Summits! How was Amegakure supposed to participate?
"And as for Amegakure's demands, did the Hidden Leaf Village really never see any representatives from Amegakure?"
Nagato was utterly furious!
After returning to Amegakure, he had not simply listened to one-sided accounts from his own people to gather intelligence!
He had used the Human Path's power to read the villagers' memories!
When Amegakure first became a dumping ground, the Five Great Ninja Villages had paid compensation.
At the beginning, the amount of industrial waste and the compensation had been fairly balanced.
But as industry developed, more and more waste was shipped to Amegakure, while the compensation did not increase in the slightest!
Amegakure sent people to the Five Great Ninja Villages to discuss the matter, but they were dismissed without even getting to see the Five Kage!
Naturally, Naruto, as Hokage, knew nothing about it, because he might never have even met anyone from Amegakure!
"I never met any ninja from Amegakure," Naruto said with a frown.
"Of course not. How could Amegakure's ninja possibly meet the lofty Hokage? They couldn't even make it to the Hokage Building!
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