Unlike the bloody tension of the battlefield, Amegakure was now bustling with construction.
After years of war, the entire Land of Rain was in desperate need of rebuilding.
Even Amegakure, located at the heart of the Land of Rain, had countless buildings in need of repair.
Or rather, rebuilding would be the more accurate term.
Other than Amegakure's core district, the houses everywhere else had been damaged beyond recognition.
With massive numbers of refugees pouring in from the surrounding areas, Amegakure had become so overcrowded that it was nearing absolute saturation.
Reconstruction and expansion were urgently needed.
Besides, with so many people crammed in here, the daily consumption of food was astronomical.
Rather than feed them for nothing, it was better to provide relief through work—get everyone moving and give them something to do.
That way, they could rebuild their homes while passing the time, avoiding the conflicts that boredom might otherwise breed.
Thus, Jingū Kiraku swiftly gave the order to gather over a thousand workers and send them to the Poison Gas Factory and the Prosthetic Factory.
Everyone else was assigned to projects such as rebuilding roads and constructing houses.
With work to do, the order and atmosphere within the village visibly improved almost at once.
As for whether working every day would be exhausting?
That was not something they should be considering at a time like this.
After all, the nation was currently facing a crisis of survival. If not for Jingū Kiraku, their country would already have fallen!
Having food to eat was good enough. Who had the luxury of worrying about being tired?
This life was far better than drifting from place to place before, living in constant fear of being killed by foreign ninja.
At a construction site within Amegakure, Yahiko wore a pair