Hashirama strongly agreed. "These two youngsters are truly outstanding. It looks like the revival of the Land of Water won't be far off."
Karatachi Yagura loved hearing words like that. More importantly, the youngsters he had sent over had truly done him proud!
Basically, they had all persevered. Only a very small number felt that the coursework was too demanding.
Yet they still had not returned to their country. Instead, they chose to attend fewer classes, essentially just muddling through their days.
Torikaze had noticed this a month ago, so he took this opportunity to have the Mizukage bring all of them back.
Now, the entire Konoha Art Academy had selected only three groups of outstanding students to perform.
Almost all of them were from the Land of Water, which surprised Torikaze somewhat.
But it did not matter. Konoha still had Akeibi to hold things up.
Although she had only joined Konoha not long ago, she had already fully integrated into the place.
She was also very diligent in class. She could basically keep up with everything, understand it in detail, and apply what she learned.
Once the brother and sister finished their performance, it would be the three girls' turn to take the stage.
The siblings' performance was also exceptionally good, making the Mizukage look even more impressive.
Kirigakure had little worth showing off these days, but these children studying in Konoha certainly counted.
Once they became famous in the future, Kirigakure's reputation would rise along with them.
Karatachi Yagura was relatively young, so he accepted new things much more quickly.
He was not like those old fogeys in the village, who always clung to old conventions and insisted on being cautious to the extreme no matter what happened.
What they failed to realize was that opportunities could vanish