Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20160421111843/@comment-1018594-20160422000329

BeyondRed wrote: Didn't the anime previously say that Hanzō was still in control of Amegakure during Part 1? So did Pain and Konan usually just sit out in the open like that during a civil war?

I believe it was implied (during that horrible Chunin Exams Arc) that Ame was so secluded and secretive that it was believed Hanzo was still in power for a while after his death. Danzo was the first to guess that he was dead after he stopped receiving secret correspondence from him.