A few days later.
Some time had passed since the Ninja Way Tournament ended.
Just as Kusana had expected... the ninja world entered an era of peace once again, and Konoha did not turn hostile just because it had lost the Ninja Way Tournament.
In fact, after the tournament ended, the apparent relationship between Konoha and Kusagakure improved once more. Whenever ninjas from the two villages met, they still wore smiling faces and acted warmly, as if nothing had happened.
Iwagakure and Kumogakure... were similarly quiet, immersed in recuperation and rebuilding.
However, according to intelligence gathered by Kusagakure shinobi and White Zetsu, Iwagakure had not been having an easy time lately~
Internal conflicts had intensified once again!
Because of that pointless declaration of war, it was said that quite a few people in the village were deeply dissatisfied with the Third Tsuchikage's policies.
There was also the Jōshūryū Clan... once a powerful and prestigious family of Iwagakure, it had been cast aside by the village after losing to Konoha's insect-controlling clan—the Aburame Clan—in three consecutive wars, and had gradually declined.
There would originally have been nothing wrong with that, but now Kusagakure kept waving its hoe around.
Iwagakure was now eyeing the Jōshūryū Clan with hostility. Even when the Jōshūryū Clan roared at Kusagakure that we would never do such a thing!, it still failed to make Iwagakure lower its guard.
As for Kumogakure... because Kusagakure had been advertising so aggressively, its domestic export shares for beef and milk were quietly declining as well.
Perhaps the sums involved were not yet large enough, though, so they seemed not to have noticed for the time being!
It could be said that over the past few days, after seeing the ninja world settle down, Kusagakure had gradually returned to normal production and