Waiting for Rice to Cook

The war gradually subsided, like embers in the ashes, not yet completely extinguished.

Along the border, Konoha and the Allied Shinobi Forces still had occasional small-scale clashes, but neither side tacitly sought to reignite any major battles. The fighting entered a drawn-out period of wasted time.

After adjusting their pace, both sides entered a stage of recuperation and development, facing each other across the north and south.

With Mimi in Konoha, it entered a period of explosive biological development. Taking this opportunity, Mimi continuously embedded her system into every aspect of human society, gradually building a Swarm Network capable of covering everyone. The most typical change was that humans began leaving the workforce in large numbers, while the swarm officially entered society and efficiently replaced much low-end labor.

One thing had to be made clear: many people had no work to begin with. Besides providing social relief and welfare, they also liberated large numbers of serfs. Before adding jobs, the first step was to carry out large-scale Vocational Skills Training.

As for the Allied Shinobi Forces, because of the Four Great Nations' mutual exchange of resources and close cooperation driven by the needs of war, they entered a period of explosive industrial growth. Capital expanded explosively, and factories of all kinds, both light and heavy, sprang up everywhere.

Thus, the typical scene was large numbers of humans entering factories and beginning arduous labor day and night.

Just as expected, this alliance of ninjas, nobles, and merchants had no bottom line whatsoever, desperately squeezing every bit of value from the people.

After less than half a year, the entire Land of Fire was officially brought under Konoha's control. Every sector of society was undergoing drastic changes, and Tsunade was handling things with great ease. The distribution of Chakra Seeds had already