Seeing it with their own eyes was truly breathtaking.
Cloud Palace slowly came to a stop thirty to forty meters above the ground.
Before long, the Cloud Ladder extended through the air from Cloud Palace all the way down to the ground.
The path had appeared, but before Torikaze could say anything, no one in the village acted rashly.
"Everyone, there are still twenty minutes before you may enter Cloud Palace. Those twenty minutes are for arranging the banquet food, so please be patient."
The villagers immediately understood. "That's right, make way, everyone. They're bringing food up there now. What are we supposed to eat if there's no food?"
"Exactly! Stop crowding around and let the staff through first!"
One advantage of Konoha was that its people were united and worked toward the same goal. Thus, whenever something came up, Torikaze only needed to make a brief announcement, and everyone would organize themselves. He did not need to repeatedly remind them.
Although the streets were packed, a route leading to the major restaurants was still cleared.
Before long, all sorts of snacks, fruit, and dishes that had been ordered in advance were carried up to Cloud Palace in a steady stream.
The servers barely stopped moving. Over those twenty minutes, each of them made two or three trips, finally completing the arrangements on time.
It was also time for everyone to enter Cloud Palace.
"Alright. Villagers and guests who have received tokens, hold the Crystal Flower petals you received and board Cloud Palace in an orderly manner."
Everyone was overjoyed upon hearing this. "Great, great! We can finally go up there! Hurry up and get in line!"
The original Cloud Ladder could only accommodate two people walking side by side, but with twenty thousand people, that would have been far