Land of Waterfalls.
Some time ago, Kagen and Yōrō had already brought Fū back to the village.
When he learned that Konoha was being so generous, offering ten million for every hundred milliliters, Village Chief Shibuki was overjoyed.
Holding Konoha's product catalog, he began planning what they could trade the Hero's Water for.
After all, they were building up the entire village. As village chief, he needed to gather everyone's ideas.
He convened a meeting with the villagers and asked everyone to consider what they needed.
Though it was only a small village of several hundred people, everyone had fairly diverse ideas.
Some wanted television signal cables, while others wanted practical appliances such as washing machines and farming machines.
Others wanted superior crop seeds.
Naturally, the disabled Takigakure ninja needed Limb Regeneration.
Shibuki recorded every request, then calculated whether trading away all the Hero's Water would be enough to obtain everything on the list.
Just then, Kagen, who had gone out to gather information, returned.
"Village Chief, something huge has happened."
Takigakure was small, so it had nothing like an Anbu.
They only had a handful of jonin. After bringing Fū back, Kagen had gone out to gather intelligence.
After all, when they had just returned Fū to the village, Konoha and Sunagakure had been clashing fiercely.
"What happened?"
Shibuki asked unhurriedly.
They were extremely remote here, basically living in isolation from the world.
Their lives might have been primitive, but many changes in the outside world had nothing to do with them.
As village chief, Shibuki had never been one to act rashly.
Yet Kagen's next words left Kagen stunned.
"Uchiha Senyo, Konoha's Fifth Hokage, used Susanoo to attack once again. This time, he has completely conquered Sunagakure."
"Sunagakure and the Land of Wind have now surrendered unconditionally and