The magnificent sight that greeted them the moment they set foot on Sea Star Wano Island—
Immediately dealt the three "hicks" from Gintama Star a powerful visual blow.
This was Kibi.
They were currently on their way from Rootlet Port to Sea Ninja Village.
This place had once been a barren, desolate mountain region.
Yet what now lay before Hattori Zenzou, Sarutobi Ayame, and Momochi Ranpa was a boundless golden sea.
Ginkgo trees stood tall across the mountains and plains, as though they had never known what it meant to wither.
Whenever a breeze passed through, countless fan-shaped golden leaves drifted down like a curtain of gold rain, carpeting the earth.
Its beauty echoed the blazing red maple forests of Hakumai.
Together, they painted the entire world in colors as dazzling and lavish as a masterpiece.
"So beautiful."
Sarutobi Ayame admired the scenery as she moved along with the group.
At the front, Shinku Yūhi casually caught a spiraling ginkgo leaf.
His gaze swept across the surrounding woods, and with reverence in his tone, he said:
"The area around Sea Ninja Village used to be nothing but bare mountains."
"Our Konoha Village's former First Hokage, Lord Hashirama Senju, used his Kekkei Genkai, Wood Release, to create this Great Forest covering the entire mountain range."
"They say ginkgo trees were chosen because Kibi's climate remains fixed in autumn, keeping them forever in their most beautiful state."
"The First Hokage, Hashirama Senju!"
Hattori Zenzou, whose butt injury had already healed, brightened at once.
"He's here too?"
"But wasn't he already dead?"
"Or did you summon him with Impure World Reincarnation?"
Now that Shinku Yūhi knew the manga existed, he was no longer surprised by the man's reaction or questions.
"It wasn't Impure World Reincarnation. He was truly resurrected, and he is now