"Is that the Konoha Gate up ahead?"
"How bustling it is!"
Gazing at the endless stream of carriages and people at the Konoha Gate ahead, two teenage boys stood frozen in place, letting out gasps of awe.
At this moment, their delegation was already walking toward the Konoha Gate, and the leader, Mei Terumi, turned around and said to the two of them, "Chojuro, Suigetsu, hurry up and keep up!"
"Yes!"
Acknowledging the call, the two teenage boys named Chojuro and Suigetsu quickly hurried to catch up with the group.
Undoubtedly.
This delegation was specially sent to Konoha by Kirigakure to investigate after receiving the news that Wood Release had reappeared in Konoha.
Aside from the leader Mei Terumi and Kirigakure talents like Chojuro and Suigetsu, the delegation also included quite a few volunteers.
These volunteers were specially dispatched by Kirigakure to Konoha to undergo the First Hokage cells transplantation surgery!
Konoha did not wish to stir up bad blood with the other Four Great Shinobi Villages over the reappearance of Wood Release. After all, the current enemy of the Five Great Shinobi Villages was the Akatsuki Organization, which coveted the Tailed Beasts.
At the same time, Konoha knew full well that even with the strictest secrecy, the other villages would certainly find ways to steal Wood Release from Konoha.
Since Tsunade had already confirmed that Yakumo's successful surgery was a nearly unreplicable miracle, they might as well make the surgery public directly. Anyway, the probability of success was infinitesimal.
This way, it even saved them the trouble of guarding against other villages playing dirty behind their scenes!
Upon entering Konoha, the Kirigakure teenagers accompanying Mei Terumi were immediately captivated by the prosperous and bustling Konoha.
In terms of scale alone, Kirigakure was by no means inferior to Konoha.
However,