Under the swift movements of the Konoha ninja, it took approximately one hour to thoroughly inspect the entire western territory, which had already become part of Konohagakure.
Indeed, no residents from the Land of Hot Water were found.
After completely clearing the area, Nara Clan jōnin immediately sent a message back to the village clan leadership.
Hokage Office, Hokage Building, Konohagakure
"Hokage-sama, the Intelligence Department can depart now,"
Nara Shikaku reported.
Uchiha Fugaku nodded.
"Summon Uchiha Setsuna, Head of the Intelligence Department."
"Yes."
Not long after Kisame Hoshigaki leapt out through the window, hurried footsteps sounded outside the door.
The door opened, and the lean Uchiha Setsuna walked straight in.
"Hokage-sama, you summoned me."
"Department Head Setsuna, the Land of Hot Water has been cleared. You may dispatch your people."
"Yes!"
Uchiha Setsuna's eyes lit up. A few days earlier, Uchiha Sihu had informed him about the discovery of Another World, and he had been eagerly anticipating this moment.
Uchiha Fugaku reminded him of several precautions before dismissing him.
Uchiha Setsuna intended to personally lead the team. Uchiha Fugaku did not object, only reminding him to remain cautious. After all, it was merely a border region, and vigilance would prevent unnecessary trouble.
A few days later, after growing bored of staying at home playing games, Uchiha Fugaku decided to do something productive.
He remembered Nara Shikaku mentioning that refugees who had migrated from the Land of Lightning still could not eat their fill. Although the Land of Fire was fertile and resource-rich, the amount of cultivated farmland remained limited, forcing the refugees to rely on purchased grain.
Manpower, however, was not lacking.
Uchiha Fugaku came up with a solution: have Uzumaki Naruto and Karin use the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to clear land and plant crops.
Karin's mother had already recovered. Fugaku planned to extract the Two-Tails, Matatabi, from Yugito Nii and reseal it into Karin's mother. That way, there would be three Jinchūriki, all possessing Uzumaki bloodlines. Like Naruto, Karin and her mother would have no issue sustaining large numbers of shadow clones.
Excited, Fugaku shut down his computer and headed downstairs—then paused.
Even if the three of them used Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, how many clones could they realistically produce? A hundred each at most. Three hundred clones in total was… decent, but not enough.
The refugees themselves would still need to be mobilized.
After instructing Nara Shikaku to have the village blacksmiths mass-produce farming tools, Uchiha Fugaku summoned Complete Body Susanoo and flew north within the Land of Fire.
This was the refugee settlement area—rolling low hills, shallow basins, and endless rows of wooden houses housing tens of thousands of people.
Uchiha Fugaku selected a low hill near a water source. With a single slash of Susanoo's blade, he sliced it flat, lifted the severed mass, and hurled it away. Rocks thundered as they fell.
Before countless stunned refugees, Complete Body Susanoo cleared hill after hill, tossing debris far from the settlement.
The thunderous sounds echoed continuously, but the refugees had already been informed that the Hokage himself was solving their farmland crisis. From the coming year onward, they would no longer starve.
With no towering mountains nearby, the echoes remained muted and tolerable.
Uchiha Fugaku then used Susanoo's blade to till the land twice, diverted a nearby river, and carved out several large reservoirs by hand. Once finished, these would serve as long-term water storage.
Surveying his work with satisfaction, Fugaku left the rest to the Konoha ninja overseeing the region and flew back to the village.
After resting for a week, restlessness crept in once again.
Uchiha Fugaku went out for a stroll—this time, to capture the remaining Tailed Beasts.
After all, the Gedo Statue was already in his possession.
More precisely, it was sealed by the Totsuka Blade.
He could release it at any moment.
He had no intention of becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki. With the Rinne Sharingan, his combat power was already more than sufficient.
Collecting Tailed Beasts was simply… boredom.
Due to his need to continuously control Ōnoki, he could not travel to the Goblin Slayer world for the time being. If his ocular power lost contact, Ōnoki might break free—and that would be troublesome.
For now, Uchiha Fugaku was bound to the Naruto world.
There were still six months left in the year. If things continued smoothly, Iwagakure could be fully infiltrated.
Once that happened, the Land of Earth would follow.
Under Fugaku's remote manipulation, the twenty Konoha ninja embedded in Iwagakure had integrated seamlessly—some even becoming members of Ōnoki's own family.
No one suspected a thing.
Who would believe that the revered Third Tsuchikage was nothing more than a puppet?
Next targets:
One-Tail Shukaku, Jinchūriki: Gaara of Sunagakure
Seven-Tails Chōmei, Jinchūriki: Fū of Takigakure
The Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchūriki of Iwagakure were still traveling.
The Three-Tails could wait.
The Six-Tails Jinchūriki had long since defected and was wandering the shinobi world.
Uchiha Fugaku decided to begin with Shukaku and Chōmei.
He entered the Land of Wind once more.
The scenery shifted from forests to endless yellow sand. Occasionally, an oasis appeared.
Whenever one caught his eye, Uchiha Fugaku descended to investigate.
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