Torifu shook his head. "It won't cause any trouble. I won't let the entire village go over there. I'll only let the people in charge meet.
"For now, the Portal will only be ours. Unless I find another way, people from the other villages won't be able to use it."
Chirori felt reassured.
She had been worried that people from the other villages would come pouring in, and that would throw Konoha into chaos.
"Good. As long as you know what you're doing. Communicating between two villages already takes a lot of effort. We can't let other countries use the Portal to travel to the Otherworld too."
Torifu ruffled Chirori's hair. "I understand. Sorry you've had to worry about this too."
"What are you talking about? I'm a member of Konoha too. Of course I'm going to look out for the village."
Tourists were one thing, but if they told the other villages they could travel to the Otherworld, wouldn't Konoha end up overrun by outsiders?
"Fine. I promise I won't let Konoha turn into a mess."
Four days later, Rasa, the Fourth Kazekage, and his party arrived in Konoha.
Sasori, who had already reached the peak of Jonin, had come along too. He'd insisted that Rasa bring him.
Rasa had intended to leave him in the village, but he couldn't talk him out of it, so he had no choice but to bring him along.
"Once we enter Konoha, behave yourself. What we're doing might be a little presumptuous, so it could cause a rift between our villages. You'd better not go wandering off."
Sasori's mind went blank when he heard that. "Are you stupid, or am I? You're planning to cause a rift between Konoha and Sunagakure? What could possibly be so important that you have to