In the blink of an eye, ten years had passed since the Ninja World was unified.
The shinobi who had originally belonged to the Five Great Shinobi Villages had all had their shinobi status abolished.
With so many shinobi losing their jobs and needing to find new work, the policy caused no small amount of chaos at first.
But before Naruto's "truth," they could only accept it in silence.
However, abolishing the shinobi system did not mean the state would simply stop caring.
For those unemployed shinobi, whether it was urban police forces, national military forces, or security companies, they were given priority in recruitment.
Most shinobi, however, chose to remain in their hometowns and join construction crews.
Dodai and Tsunade still served as their respective Village Chiefs.
Ōnoki and Chiyo, on the other hand, had no choice but to retire due to their advanced age. Not long ago, Kurotsuchi and Temari had succeeded them as Village Chiefs.
This was not hereditary succession.
The Village Chiefs of those villages were elected by their residents.
And the role shinobi power played in infrastructure construction was incomparably enormous.
In just ten years, the entire Ninja World had undergone earth-shaking changes under Naruto's leadership.
The original Five Great Nations and countless smaller countries had vanished.
They had been reorganized into the Seven Provinces, with Prefectures and Counties established within each province.
Every county, no matter how small, had schools, hospitals, Workers' Night Schools, and social welfare and assistance agencies.
At the same time, all school-age children were required to attend school.
Many commoner parents could hardly wait to send their children to school.
Because only students who graduated from school were qualified to take the selection exams for government positions.
To these traditional commoner parents, becoming a government employee meant changing one's social