Ten in the morning.
Amang had woken up as well.
Of course, he had been the last one to wake up.
It couldn't be helped.
As the leader of the Land of Grass and Kusagakure, he was quite busy!
Especially since it was the end of the year, there was plenty of work within the country that needed his arrangements.
The Land of Grass had enjoyed another year of steady development.
This year.
The development of Scientific Ninja Tools had boosted agricultural development in the Land of Grass.
At the same time, Grasswood had gradually gained outside recognition. Although movies had begun appearing in many places, Kusagakure still held its position as the overlord of the ninja world's film industry.
As for infrastructure... the roads had been built all the way to the border near the Land of Rain.
The textile industry had also developed rapidly, easing some of the Land of Grass's economic pressure.
Additionally, they had purchased large quantities of Explosive Tags, kunai, and shuriken from abroad over the past few years. Apparently, the prices of these items had skyrocketed this year...
It looked like war really was coming!
As for Scientific Ninja Tools... the Research Institute had already developed tools that could be used in combat.
Unfortunately.
They had not been promoted very successfully.
None of the Five Great Ninja Villages cared. Even Konoha, which was right next door to Kusagakure, rarely traded with them. Perhaps... they simply did not trust the Grass Ninja~
After all, what happened back then...
Really was Kusagakure's fault!
But they had changed now!
They would not casually sell out their allies again!
Why wouldn't anyone believe them?
"Before the New Year, Konoha sent us a letter asking us to stay alert against neighboring Iwagakure. The letter seemed to be subtly warning