Time flies when you're busy. Before Mikoto and the others even realized it, half a month had passed since Nagato attacked Konoha.
Within the past two weeks, Snow Village has undergone rapid changes, presenting a bustling scene. Large tracts of previously vacant land have been occupied by newly joined ninja clans and ninjas to build new houses. A large number of operations and management personnel have also joined the operation of Snow Village.
With the help of experienced talents from Konoha, Mikoto and Izumi were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief and have more time to receive Hyuga Kaze's rewards.
Meanwhile, many combat personnel were selected from those who migrated from Konoha to Yukigami Village and were integrated into the original Yukigami Village's combat ranks for training. After a period of time, they were able to adapt well to Yukigami Village's combat style.
The chakra armor standard issue for ninjas from Yukigami Village, along with a large number of newly developed ninja tools, made even some ninjas who were stingy with the use of explosive tags stare in disbelief. Some ninjas even cheered and cursed Hiruzen Sarutobi on the spot.
Of course, there were quite a few frictions during this period of adjustment, but with the deterrent effect of Hyuga Kaze and the hard work of Mikoto and the others, both the original ninjas from the Land of Snow and the original ninjas from Konoha maintained a very restrained state.
After finding work, the Konoha people quickly settled down and became familiar with the Snow Village.
There's no way to not be familiar with it; the overall environment and people of the Land of Snow are too similar to those of Konoha. If you calculate carefully, almost half of Konoha's people have joined the Snow Shadow Village.
Some people occasionally lose track of time and think they are still living in Konoha Village, and that what happened before was just a bizarre dream.
The Land of Snow was originally a harsh and cold place, which the people of Konoha were not used to. However, recently the environment in the Land of Snow has become increasingly warmer.
This bizarre phenomenon also caused an undercurrent of unrest within the Land of Snow, with many people spreading the word that it was all due to the divine power of Lord Snow Shadow.
Because some people have indeed sworn that they saw the ice and snow around Lord Xueying melt away silently, as if the cold air had been swallowed up by an invisible maw.
This made Hyuga Kaze's aura of power in the Land of Snow even more deeply ingrained in people's hearts, and many people worshipped him as a god.
When Hinata Kaze heard this news from Mitarashi Anko and was pressed by her to confirm it, he neither confirmed nor denied it, but simply smiled faintly.
Compared to the flourishing Yukigami Village, the situation in Konoha Village was extremely dire. After Nagato's attack, Konoha's early warning barrier was completely shattered, and a large number of people were lost. Konoha was now like a sieve, with all kinds of information spreading at lightning speed.
The intelligence agents lurking in Konoha kept sending back a lot of information, most of which was clear video footage, which gave Hyuga Kaze and his group a lot of laughs.
Just as Hyuga Kaze had predicted, the ninja village under Shimura Danzo's control was indeed a makeshift operation, functioning terribly.
Danzo, who was used to ruling with an iron fist within Root, replicated this approach in the newly built Konoha Village, adopting a high-pressure control attitude towards everyone.
Although he did not outwardly enslave the people of Konoha, he was actually exercising his dictatorial rule. In just half a month, the villagers and ninjas who remained in the ruins of Konoha were suffering, and their last remaining attachment to Konoha was almost exhausted.
If they had the means to leave Konoha, a large number of people would probably want to disband Konoha or leave Konoha altogether.
After Danzo claimed to be the Fifth Hokage and seized power in Konoha, Naruto was placed under close surveillance and not allowed to leave at will.
Kakashi, Might Guy, and other ninjas who had previously tried to stop him from dealing with Naruto were basically all sent out by Danzo to perform some arduous and exhausting missions, running around like cattle and horses, and hardly having any time to stay in Konoha.
Konoha Village indeed possesses a deep foundation, managing to barely sustain itself despite such depletion and destruction. Although it was truly on the verge of collapse, at least no one actually starved to death, and it managed to continue operating under Danzo's intense pressure.
Since Danzo took over, he ordered the contraction of the border defenses, cut a large number of border outposts, and transferred all the ninjas from these positions back to Konoha. As a result, the manpower in Konoha Village has been greatly restored.
Shrinking the border defenses was a risky move that was like cutting off one's own arms and legs, but Danzo couldn't think of any other way. Of course, it was also because the overall environment of the ninja world had become quiet, and other ninja villages were no longer capable of attacking Konoha, which is why Danzo dared to make this decision.
A comparison reveals the stark contrast: Sunagakure was thrown into chaos by just two ordinary members of Akatsuki, suffering even greater losses at the higher levels than Konoha. Meanwhile, information about Kumogakure has been leaked, revealing severe losses of its elite personnel, including the death of the Fourth Raikage. In such a state, Kumogakure has no confidence left to attack others.
The Hidden Mist Village was always mysterious and conservative, so Danzo wasn't really worried. It was the Hidden Stone Village that Danzo was quite concerned; that old fox Onoki was still formidable and not an easy opponent. Fortunately, the Hidden Stone Village ultimately remained quiet and didn't take advantage of Konoha's heavy losses to cause trouble.
Perhaps because all the ninja villages kept quiet and licked their wounds, Onoki didn't dare to be the first to attack Konoha, and ended up being besieged by those ninja villages that had suffered heavy losses.
Furthermore, the plight of Konoha Village shocked all the ninja villages, large and small, in the entire ninja world, causing them to be extremely wary of the Akatsuki organization.
During this period, they devoted a great deal of energy to gathering intelligence on the Akatsuki organization and monitoring the movements of the Land of Rain, and the ninja world was peaceful for a time.
This situation was originally a relief for Danzo, but unexpectedly, while the external environment was fine, something happened to the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.
Perhaps dissatisfied with Konoha's performance in recent years, the Daimyo's support for Konoha has decreased significantly, with a large reduction in funding. Instead, he has been recruiting independent small ninja clans and wandering ninjas on his own.
In addition, the Daimyo also had reservations about Danzo's self-appointment as the Fifth Hokage and kept delaying his formal reply and agreement, leaving Danzo with the title of "prospective" all along.
"The ninja world has been so peaceful lately!"
Having just returned from his training in the blessed land on the moon, Hyuga Kaze stretched and wore a very bored expression.
He has reached an extremely profound level in his understanding and practice of Baguazhang, and there is little hope of breaking through in a short period of time. He can only continue to comprehend and accumulate knowledge.
Just as he was getting bored and preparing to get up and go for a walk, Hinata Kaze suddenly revealed a mysterious smile on his face.
"Interesting. After being idle for a while, I can finally stretch my muscles again."
Just now, his Blood Shadow clone left on the border of the Land of Rain sent back a message: a strong chakra fluctuation had broken out within the Land of Rain!
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