Now that the Allied Shinobi Forces had been successfully established and their supreme commander had been chosen,
that meant this Five Kage Summit was drawing to a close.
Before that, however, Ōnoki still raised the issue of Amegakure.
Here it comes!
Mei Terumi and the others turned their eyes toward Shihōin Naraku, the newly appointed supreme commander of the Allied Shinobi Forces, waiting to see how he would answer Ōnoki's challenge regarding Amegakure.
"According to the intelligence we gathered, Amegakure was very likely Akatsuki's former base. They sheltered Akatsuki's members!"
"Iwagakure has plenty of evidence to prove this."
"So even setting everything else aside, considering Amegakure's past actions, we should impose some punitive measures on them."
Faced with Ōnoki's challenge, Shihōin Naraku knew he had to speak.
Amegakure had already surrendered to Konoha, even making substantial concessions to do so, so Naraku now had to protect Amegakure.
Otherwise, someone without credibility could never command the Allied Shinobi Forces.
"It isn't merely likely. Amegakure was indeed Akatsuki's former hideout. Their leader, Nagato, was even from Amegakure himself."
"Konan, one of Akatsuki's members, was Amegakure's publicly acknowledged leader before this."
Rather than deliberately concealing anything, Naraku shared the intelligence concerning Nagato and Konan with the others.
"To think there was more to it!" Although Mei Terumi and the others had already learned that Amegakure might have ties to Akatsuki, they had not expected the connection between them to be so close.
Ōnoki frowned and asked, "In that case, why did Konoha stop Iwagakure's ninja from entering Amegakure to investigate?"
"In trying to obtain more detailed intelligence, Iwagakure suffered heavy losses at the combined hands of Konoha and the Land of Rain."
"Because Amegakure is now allied with Konoha!" Naraku spread his hands and explained bluntly, "And I can tell you outright that