That day, the Shinobi Allied Forces held a grand celebration right there. All the food, drinks, utensils, and other necessities for the celebration were jointly provided by the villages, with Naruto's Clones traveling to various countries to transport them.
During this time, Naruto also acted as a messenger, delivering handwritten letters from their leaders to the personnel left behind in each country. As a result, the news of the Shinobi Allied Forces' victory spread like wildfire throughout the nations.
The shinobi ate, drank, sang, and danced, enjoying the joy of victory. No matter which village they came from, they raised a glass first. Everyone had a life-or-death friendship, putting their arms around each other's shoulders, chatting, and boasting, as close as family.
"Cheers!" The Five Kage sat at a separate table, clinked glasses, and discussed their plans for the future.
It is worth noting that Gaara was drinking juice. Even though he was the Kazekage, he was still a minor. In the world of shinobi, minors can kill, but they can't drink alcohol.
Yagura asked, "Are we going to start that project?"
Minato replied, "Yes, isn't it beneficial for everyone to unite?"
"Indeed, the Land of Wind has always been barren, and various resources are very scarce, but it has a lot of mineral deposits. In the past, we were unwilling to sell them for fear of boosting other countries' military strength, but if we really unite, we should be able to smoothly exchange what we have for what we need," Gaara said with great anticipation.
"After all, this alliance is not like the previous alliance treaties that could be torn up at any time," the Raikage agreed.
Ōnoki said, "This point was confirmed during the last meeting, but I don't know how the Daimyo are doing with their talks."
Minato smiled and said, "There shouldn't be any problems. Our alliance this time has given the Daimyo a satisfactory result."
...
"This is really good. I didn't expect Konoha to have a floating city. It's called Aincrad, right? It's just that the name is a bit strange," the Land of Wind Daimyo said with a hint of envy.
"Ho ho ho~ I was also taken aback when I came here for the first time. The Fourth Hokage is a very excellent Hokage," the Land of Fire Daimyo covered his mouth with a small fan and smiled happily.
"I wanted to say that our Shadow is also excellent, but compared to that young man, he is indeed a bit inferior," the Land of Earth Daimyo sighed.
"Judging from the battle reports just sent, that's indeed the case. Although I don't understand Ninjutsu or anything, it's already remarkable that he can integrate the talents of various villages and make them willingly obey him," the Land of Water Daimyo didn't actually know much about Yagura, and was even a little afraid of him. At this time, he couldn't help but praise Minato, probably because Minato looked very kind in the attached photo.
The Land of Lightning Daimyo went straight to the point: "From the looks of you, are you going to agree to that joint project?"
"Why not? This is a rare opportunity. After so many wars, don't you understand that we can develop better in peacetime?" The Land of Wind Daimyo saw the benefits of this alliance for the Land of Wind at a glance, and couldn't wish for more.
"That's true."
The others didn't raise any more objections. In fact, the Shadows of each village had already informed them in advance. Now they were just formally confirming it.
After discussing the main business in a few words, the Daimyo began to study the next entertainment activities. They had to celebrate the victory of the war, after all.
The Land of Fire Daimyo had a flash of inspiration, closed his small fan, and tapped his palm: "That's right, now that the war is over, we are safe, right? Why don't we have them fly us to other places in the floating city?"
The Land of Wind Daimyo agreed: "Good idea, I heard that Cloud Village has a turtle as big as an island?"
The Land of Lightning Daimyo said, "Actually, I haven't seen it either. Why don't we take this opportunity to visit it?"
The Land of Fire Daimyo said with a smile, "Afterwards, we can completely discuss with them turning Konoha's floating city and Cloud Village's Turtle Island into tourist attractions or resorts!"
"Too cunning, your two countries have unique attractions. We have to plan well when we go back!"
The Daimyo had people pass the information to the Five Kage, and then immediately started their leisurely journey.
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Three years later, at the gate of Konoha Village.
Tenten sat bored on a palm-sized piece of paper, drawing black Technique Formulas, and then handed them out through a small window. The words "Ticket Office" were written outside the window.
A black-haired young man pressed the service bell at the window and said, "One Flying Thunder God Ticket from Konoha South Gate Station to Iwagakure West Gate Station, round trip, including five passengers and one carriage."
"Coming right up." Tenten replied listlessly, reciting the programmed lines, "Please proceed to Magic Array No. 3, the price is... Huh? Neji?"
Tenten thought the voice sounded familiar. She looked up and was surprised to find that it was Neji who had come to buy the ticket. She asked in surprise, "What brings you here?"
Neji waved the mission request form in his hand: "I took a escort mission, oh right, now it's called a freight mission, and I came to see you by the way."
Tenten handed the Flying Thunder God Ticket, or rather, a talisman with a special Technique Formula drawn on it, to Neji, and stared into his eyes with a smile, asking, "Is it really 'by the way'?"
"More or less." Neji took the ticket and didn't answer Tenten's question directly. Instead, he asked, "Are you getting impatient again?"
"Yeah." Tenten rested her chin in her hands and complained, " Naruto's Flying Thunder God Public Transportation System has been running for two years. I'm doing the same work every day. That guy hasn't come to help since the first few months. It's so annoying to watch over it alone."
"There's nothing we can do about it. Isn't he following up on some 'Move Mountains and Fill Seas Project' recently? I guess he can't get away." Neji patiently persuaded, "It will be easier when you bring out Konohamaru and the others."
"Sigh~" Tenten sighed, "Udon and Moegi are fine, they are well-behaved and talented, but that kid Konohamaru always likes to use this trick to throw firecrackers and Water Balloons at the Third Hokage..."
"Neji-sensei..." A middle-aged man not far away carefully reminded Neji, he was in a hurry to deliver goods to Iwagakure.
Neji responded and said goodbye to Tenten, "I'm leaving now, good luck."
"Okay, be careful on the way." Tenten waved her hand listlessly.
Neji led the merchant and his carriage to the outside of Konoha's gate. A few dozen meters outside the gate, five areas like parking spaces were marked with white lines, and a black Magic Array was drawn in the middle of each area, with a serial number marked on it.
The merchant followed Neji's guidance and entered Magic Array No. 3. Neji took the Flying Thunder God Ticket and injected Chakra into it.
The Flying Thunder God Ticket immediately lit up and emitted a mechanical synthesized voice of Tenten: "This trip is from Konoha South Gate Station to Iwagakure West Gate Station, including five passengers and one carriage. Please confirm that you are on Magic Array No. 3. Re-enter Chakra in three seconds to depart."
The merchant and his entourage had obviously tried it more than once and said without surprise, "Confirmed."
Neji nodded and entered Chakra. The light on the Flying Thunder God Ticket scattered and connected to the Magic Array on the ground. The Magic Array lit up, and a white light swept across the carriage and passengers, then disappeared.
The next moment, a Magic Array almost identical to the starting point lit up outside Iwagakure, and Neji and his party appeared with the light.
The merchant exclaimed, "It's really convenient. It not only saves time but also avoids dangers on the road. It's great that the Five Great Nations can become the Five Permanent Members United Principality."
Neji smiled. Since that war, the Shinobi World has indeed changed a lot. The Five Great Nations established the Five Permanent Members Council, with the Fourth Hokage serving as the Speaker, and the other Four Kage serving as councilors. In addition, talents were selected from various major and minor countries to form a secretariat, agreeing to cooperate and develop together.
In the past three years, various countries have jointly developed various land resources, and the boundaries between countries have gradually been broken and connected into one. In the past, everyone was worried about insufficient resources, but now, they are worried about insufficient population. Every time they talk about the previous Shinobi World Wars, they feel heartbroken about the loss of so many people in vain.
If this trend continues, I'm afraid there will really be no more wars, right? The major bloodline families no longer have to worry about others snatching their bloodline limits. Neji touched his forehead, which no longer had the Caged Bird Curse Mark, and sighed that the Fourth Hokage was really an unprecedented Shadow.
Rumble! Just as everyone walked out of the Magic Array, a sudden and violent tremor came. Neji quickly helped to hold the frightened horse and then vigilantly activated his Byakugan.
"Please don't panic." The Iwagakure Shinobi guarding the Magic Array immediately came over to explain, "There is a mountain moving project today, the movement is a bit loud, we apologize!"
"Moving a mountain..." Neji and the others looked at a mountain in the distance that was gradually floating up, thinking that they must go to the scene to see it if they have the opportunity.
Mountain moving project site, ten minutes ago.
Those present were the hosts Huang Tu and Kurotsuchi, Zabuza from Kirigakure, Kankuro from Sunagakure Village, and Naruto and Hinata, who were hired staff.
Everyone stood in front of a large mountain. In the distance, they could still see several mountains that had been cut, leaving only a little base. The surrounding area was full of scattered gravel.
Uncle Huang Tu was eloquently promoting to Kankuro: "Mr. Kankuro, the soil quality of this mountain is excellent, and the sand and gravel content inside is less than that of other mountains. You have seen the mountain evaluation report provided by Miss Hinata. As long as it is placed in the desert of your Land of Wind and planted with the latest Orochimaru III White Zetsu No. 1, it can immediately become an oasis. The price we offer is already very fair."
Kankuro knocked on the soil sample taken from the mountain and nodded, "This mountain is indeed very good, but the price is still a bit high. I can't come up with so much money for a while."
Huang Tu was unhurried; they had long since prepared a plan for this: "We've also considered this issue. You can consider paying in installments. Actually, we need to build several factories, and we need to cooperate with you on some ores. How about paying directly with ores then? As long as we trade now, we can also provide free door-to-door delivery and mountain cutting services."
"Wow, Uncle Huang Tu, you're stealing business!" Naruto casually complained about the delivery service, mainly because this seemingly honest uncle now had the face of a profiteer, which he wasn't used to.
Huang Tu laughed: "Hahaha, I'm just providing some after-sales service within my capabilities. Moreover, the delivery speed is a bit slow, not as fast as your delivery service."
Naruto didn't say anything more; he wasn't short of this one deal.
Kankuro thought for a moment and finally agreed: "Deal."
"Happy cooperation!" Huang Tu shook hands with Kankuro and turned to Kurotsuchi, saying, "How's your Dust Release training going?"
Kurotsuchi patted her unremarkable chest: "Leave it to me!"
Kurotsuchi was about to start when Huang Tu stopped her: "How many times have I told you, safety first!"
Huang Tu tapped his daughter's head and said with a smile to Hinata, "Sorry to trouble you, Miss Hinata."
"Okay, Byakugan!" Hinata carefully observed for a while and said, "Confirmed, no pedestrians within the construction area, confirmed, no rare animals, construction can proceed."
"Dust Release: Original Boundary Detachment Technique!"
A thin white light shot out from Kurotsuchi's hand, sweeping along the bottom of the mountain in front of her, shaving off about ten centimeters of width from the entire base of the mountain. It fell with a rumbling sound, and gravel and sand rolled down the hillside.
Huang Tu praised, "Not bad, then the delivery is also up to you."
"No problem," Kurotsuchi said confidently, "Mr. Kankuro, please follow me."
"Ah, oh." Kankuro blankly followed Kurotsuchi. This little girl was excessively strong, wasn't she?
"Earth Release: Light-Weight Rock Technique!"
Kurotsuchi added a buff to the mountain and Kankuro, and the two of them flew towards the Land of Wind with the mountain.
"Sorry to keep you waiting, Zabuza-sensei." Huang Tu turned around. "The Rain Country's blasting team's project is progressing well. They've accumulated a lot of rubble. It's about time to ask Mr. Naruto to come over."
Zabuza nodded: "Then let's set off now."
Kirigakure, in order to connect the main island with the surrounding small islands, cleared the Land of Waves and asked Tazuna to help build bridges, but some places were difficult to construct, so they simply chose to reclaim land from the sea.
At this time, the Land of Wind and Amegakure planned to clear the mountains between the two countries, allowing the water vapor of the Rain Country to circulate, so that the people of the Rain Country could see the sun and the Land of Wind could get rainwater, killing two birds with one stone.
The Iwagakure blasting team accepted the task of blasting the mountains. Although it was called a team, it was actually a team composed of hundreds of ninjas proficient in Earth Release and Explosion Release.
If the large and small stones were not cleared after blasting the mountains, passage would be difficult. Therefore, Kirigakure took a fancy to these crushed stones and invited Naruto to help transport them to reclaim land from the sea.
After everyone arrived at the scene, Huang Tu notified the blasting team to evacuate the construction area.
Naruto took out two very mechanical-looking spheres, played with them, and then released his hand. The two spheres directly floated in mid-air:
"Mechanical External Rinnegan System activated."
This was equipment made by Orochimaru. Two Rinnegan floated in the mechanical spheres, filled with culture medium, which could be controlled by Naruto inputting Chakra.
Naruto put his hands together: "Planetary Devastation!"
Buzz~
A small black ball flew out of Naruto's hand and floated above the construction area. As Naruto injected Chakra, the ball continuously generated gravity, and the rubble on the ground slowly flew up and gathered towards the ball.
Naruto thought for a moment, then took out Black Zetsu, who had been studied many times by Orochimaru, and threw him in.
Black Zetsu was already unconscious, but just to be safe, Naruto had inscribed hundreds of large and small sealing technique formulas on him, many of which were improved sealing techniques based on Orochimaru's research results. Now, adding a Planetary Devastation physical seal, let him go to hell. Let's see if he has the ability to regenerate a little Black Zetsu to plot for a thousand years to save him.
The height of the Planetary Devastation was well controlled by Naruto, the power was maintained at a level that could just adsorb stones without excessively damaging the ground. After adsorbing one area, he immediately changed position and adjusted the height. It was also because the control was too precise that it took nearly an hour to clean up the rubble blasted out of a dozen small mountains.
The final product was even larger than Madara's Heavenly Obstacle Star, hanging overhead, blocking out the sky and the sun, making the people below feel very insecure.
"Sent to Reclamation Point No. 4399, right?" Naruto turned his head and asked.
"Um... ah, yes, the special Kunai has been placed on the sea with buoys, and the people nearby have been evacuated." Zabuza was a little dazed, this scene was really too big and scary.
"Okay." Naruto flew to the bottom of this huge stone ball, raised his hand, and black technique formulas turned into a huge space-time ripple that swallowed the stone ball, knowing it had completely disappeared. "Done and dusted. Do you want me to send you back?"
"No need, I bought a Flying Thunder God Ticket myself. I've already arranged with Haku to go to the Land of Snow after work today." Zabuza swallowed, the peace of the Shinobi World is really great, otherwise who could withstand this ball being thrown down? That sea area is probably experiencing huge waves now, right? Never mind, let Mei Terumi have a headache, that woman is getting more and more irritable after becoming Mizukage, she definitely won't be able to marry in the future.
Naruto clicked his tongue and said nothing. Three years had passed, and the house had not been as lively as before for a long time.
Kimimaro often ran to Nadeshiko Village, seemingly plotting something with Shizuka.
Haku often went to see Zabuza, and the two planned to travel around the Shinobi World.
And Karin took the lead in helping the development of the Land of Grass.
Yes, the Land of Grass. It is said that the first thing Karin did after taking office was to establish the rule of law. The thugs of Hidden Grass Village were all arrested by Karin, severely cleaned up, and then thrown to do hard labor.
That night, Karin went home and cried bitterly in Kushina's arms, and went to work the next day full of energy.
Naruto believed that Karin definitely did not take revenge for personal grudges, probably.
"Let's go, Hinata."
"Okay." Hinata suggested, "Let's walk around in the Rain Country, we haven't been here much before."
"Sure."
Naruto and Hinata walked hand in hand with an umbrella, strolling on the streets of the Rain Country, without any purpose, just simply walking around, listening to the sound of raindrops falling on the umbrella, watching the hurried figures.
Because they were sharing an umbrella, the two snuggled together, walking very slowly. Although they had known each other for so many years, in this atmosphere, every unintentional touch still brought a feeling of heartbeat.
He didn't know how long they had been walking like this, when Hinata pointed to the person in front and asked, "Naruto-kun, doesn't that person look familiar?"
Naruto saw the blue-haired person at a glance, and tentatively called out, "Sister Konan?"
Konan, who was buying things, turned her head in surprise, and after recognizing Naruto, she smiled and said, "It's you, are you on a date?"
"Yes." Naruto admitted generously, and Hinata smiled lightly.
"Would you like to come to my house for a while? I received a lot of care from you when I was in Konoha."
Hinata asked in a low voice, "Wouldn't it be too much trouble?"
"How could it be? We rarely have guests at home, please let us entertain you properly."
Naruto and Hinata looked at each other, "Then we'll bother you."
"That's great." Konan paid the money, put away the food she bought, and led Naruto and Hinata towards her home.
Konan and Nagato lived in a remote place, and they usually had to walk a long way to buy things, but it was not a problem for Konan, who was a ninja.
"I'm back, and I brought guests with me today."
"We're intruding." *2
Nagato heard Konan's voice, and the words "Welcome back" slipped out, then he recognized Naruto and Hinata's voices: "Oh, it's you guys, long time no see."
Konan welcomed Naruto and Hinata inside, and casually flipped a small wooden plaque on the wall as she entered. The frog image was covered, revealing the red side, with Konan's name written below the plaque.
Next to it, two plaques had Yahiko and Nagato's names written on them, and on the opposite wall hung a plaque belonging to Jiraiya.
Seeing Hinata's curious expression, Konan explained, "This is a code that Jiraiya-sensei taught us before. When we come home, we flip the plaque to the red side, and before we go out, we flip it to the frog side, meaning we'll be back soon."
"I see, that's interesting." Hinata looked closely. Jiraiya and Yahiko's plaques were on the frog side, while Konan and Nagato's plaques were on the red side.
"Right? When we first came back, we put a lot of effort into cleaning this house, but no matter how messy it gets, this is still our home."
Actually, Yahiko's plaque was originally red, because they were attacked when the three of them were leaving here. Yahiko's plaque didn't have time to be flipped. It seems Konan flipped it when she was cleaning up again. She must have felt terrible at that time.
The group sat down for a cup of tea and chatted about what happened after Nagato's body returned to normal. It seemed like the two of them were doing well here.
"Actually..." Naruto hesitated, looking at Nagato's tightly closed eyes, but still said, "Actually, if Nagato goes to Orochimaru, he can clone a pair of Rinnegan."
Naruto didn't mention giving the Rinnegan to him. He guessed Nagato wouldn't want it, and Konan didn't want to see Nagato being consumed by the Rinnegan until he was skin and bones again.
Nagato smiled, "In these years of blindness, I've 'seen' a lot of things. I've only made Konan suffer. Thank you for the reminder, I'll try it out in a while. It's about time I took care of Konan."
Konan refilled Nagato's tea, her smile as radiant as a flower.
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