Amegakure.
The village, where rain fell year-round, had enjoyed several rare days of clear skies.
Konan had just finished handling the village's affairs and returned to the towering building.
"How did it go?"
"Everything is settled. The news has been suppressed, too."
Nagato nodded and lowered the finger he had raised.
All sorts of news about the Akatsuki were circulating throughout the Shinobi World, and word that the Kage of the Five Great Shinobi Villages were holding a summit had spread far and wide.
Amegakure was naturally no exception. All kinds of rumors were circulating, impossible to suppress!
And compared with other shinobi villages and nations, Amegakure was experiencing even greater unrest.
From an outsider's perspective, the Akatsuki's rampage had little to do with Amegakure. After all, they had no tailed beasts at all.
As for the instability in the Shinobi World, more powerful people would bear the brunt of it. It was unlikely to involve Amegakure.
But in reality, the Akatsuki were hiding in Amegakure, and the village's current leader was also the head of the Akatsuki.
Honestly, with ties that deep, no one could claim that the turmoil in the Shinobi World would leave Amegakure untouched.
Of course, the reason Amegakure had yet to descend into true chaos was that the Akatsuki remained fairly well hidden.
Aside from a handful of Amegakure's higher-ups, almost no one in the middle or lower ranks knew that their own village was actually Amegakure's lair.
And the intelligence those higher-ups had obtained had not been leaked by Nagato or Konan.
But Nagato and Konan had controlled Amegakure for years, after all. Given enough time, some information was bound to leak out, intentionally or otherwise.
Besides, while Nagato and Konan were very guarded toward outsiders, they did not keep such tight control over