With Ronglin's return, Konoha regained its peace. Large sums of money were quickly allocated, and the Third Hokage personally led a team into several selected populous cities to conduct surveys, choose locations for Ninja Academies, and arrange publicity for the new schools.
The moment the news spread, the entire Ninja World was shaken. What was Konoha trying to do?
Did they have too much money and nowhere to spend it, or were they planning to raise a single village's overall strength until it could rival the entire Ninja World?
Konoha was the village with the largest population, its population
base enormous, so it naturally produced many ninjas. On top of that, Konoha had many great clans, and members of those clans found it easier to become ninjas than ordinary people.
Under all these factors, Konoha had the most ninjas among all the major ninja villages. But this was not the end—it was only the beginning.
Now Konoha had begun to move. Under Ronglin's plan, it had launched a strategy of blooming in many places at once. Though it was only an initial attempt, it was already extraordinary. Other than Konoha, did any other village have such boldness?
They selected several cities with large populations to build Ninja Academies, recruiting children with potential who had been unable to become ninjas for various reasons. The best among them would then be gathered in Konoha. Like a snowball rolling onward, Konoha's great snowball would only grow larger and larger.
One could imagine just how powerful Konoha would become ten years later, so long as the plan proved viable.
Once the news spread, everyone in the Land of Fire was stunned. People in other countries were the same, unable to believe that Konoha would make such a grand move.
Once this began, it would