So all of this had turned out to be part of a deal with Lord Torikaze.
Even now, the shadow Torikaze had cast over them had yet to fade.
The moment these ninja heard Torikaze's name, they worked even harder.
With the combined efforts of the village's Earth Release ninja, a long river began winding through the designated forest.
Ōnoki gritted his teeth and placed fifty Spring Crystal Stones directly at the river's source.
Once activated, an enormous volume of clear water surged forth, quickly filling the entire artificial river.
The sight left everyone utterly dumbfounded.
How had a river suddenly appeared in Iwagakure? Had their water shortage problem really been solved just like that?
"Stop standing around! Keep digging! Make sure all the pits are dug by tomorrow!"
Three hundred thousand pits sounded terrifying, but it was actually nothing much. They were all small pits, simple to dig.
And so, all the ninja worked together, digging holes around Iwagakure's outskirts.
The matter caused a huge commotion, and the entire village was mobilized.
The ordinary villagers had no idea what Lord Tsuchikage was planning. They had only heard that he seemed to be planting trees.
But where could trees possibly be planted in an environment like Iwagakure's?
It was only natural that the villagers did not understand. After all, there were many things in this world that simply could not be understood.
Take the newly constructed river, for example. The water flowed along the excavated channels, circling Iwagakure like a moat.
The villagers were even more astonished by this strange sight and flocked out of the village to watch.
Then they discovered the hundred mu of farmland beside the village, leaving them stunned for quite some time.
Watching the ninja busy at work outside the village, the villagers began to