"Fine."
Kakashi wiped the sweat from his brow.
Their sparring match had only gone as far as necessary, so they still had plenty of stamina left and could refine a great deal of chakra. Going out on a mission would not be a problem.
The group then set out to patrol together.
The former site of the Land of Whirlpools covered a considerable area. Fixed sentry posts alone could not possibly cover every region.
In fact, most areas were still blind spots.
Even with the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan, it was impossible to see through an entire country.
The Land of Whirlpools had once enjoyed a period of great prosperity, but later, enemies had collectively attacked its doorstep, wiping out both its ninja village and its nation.
Descendants of the Uzumaki Clan were scattered sparsely throughout the Ninja World.
"Was Konoha unable to support the Land of Whirlpools back then, or did it simply not want to?"
Kiyohara stroked his chin.
The original story had been vague about this, mentioning it only in passing.
And he had not personally experienced the destruction of the Land of Whirlpools, so he did not know much about it.
But one thing was certain: the Land of Whirlpools had been Konoha's ally. Konoha's ninja uniforms even bore the Uzumaki symbol as a gesture of friendship.
Yet the thought-provoking part was that the Land of Whirlpools had been a country, after all. It was impossible for every last person to have been slaughtered.
The only refugee Konoha had taken in was Uzumaki Kushina. Other than that, it had obtained the Uzumaki Clan's complete Sealing Jutsu system.
Nagato's family had lived amid the chaos of the Land of Rain, yet they had never gone to the Land of Fire to seek out Konoha...
"What are you thinking