After taking Suna City, Konoha moved its base forward into the city.
Because of the earlier destruction, Suna City had suffered considerable damage, so Konoha remained there for the time being.
During this period, Iwagakure, which was cooperating with Konoha, added a second underground water vein to Suna City.
Although this water vein was also converted from seawater.
It still resolved the water shortage for everyone in Suna City, and within just a few days, Nawaki had made the entire city teem with life.
Moreover, Konoha did not massacre civilians and brought a great deal of living supplies to the people of the Land of Wind who had suffered in this war.
They also stated that anyone who joined the Land of Fire would be provided with fresh water and food.
These citizens of the Land of Wind quickly all threw themselves into the embrace of Konoha and the Land of Fire.
Villagers who had spent their entire lives living only in mud-brick houses were living in wooden houses for the first time.
They had once bathed only once every six months, but now they could bathe every week.
Konoha had even brought drought-resistant crops.
This quickly gave the people who had newly pledged themselves to Konoha a sense of belonging.
They began cooperating with Konoha to restore Suna City.
This included replanning the streets, constructing houses, and more.
To consolidate its rule, Konoha did not rush to continue expanding. Instead, it began making defensive deployments around Suna City and taking in former citizens of the Land of Wind from nearby areas.
The people of Sunagakure also seemed to have vanished without a trace, no longer confronting Konoha head-on.
There were far fewer battles over intelligence as well. Whenever Konoha conducted reconnaissance, Sunagakure generally retreated at the first sign of