The elder's words carried a lot of weight, and the clansmen were already highly motivated to begin with.
So the cleaning progressed extremely quickly.
Riya and her daughter, along with some of the Senju clansmen, also came to help tidy up.
Just like that, the relationship between the two clans was rebuilt amid the great cleanup.
But it was still very fragile, something that needed to be maintained slowly and constantly.
The clansmen looked at their clean, tidy courtyards, and their moods could not have been more refreshed.
Although this was not truly their home yet, every one of them was satisfied.
"This is wonderful. I never thought our lives would change like this."
"Yeah. If not for Lord Hashirama and Lady Mito, we probably would have spent our entire lives unable to leave that valley."
"Hmph! It's all thanks to me! If I hadn't gone out that time, who would've known we were there? And yet you all scolded me!"
"Hey! You little brat, you still dare to claim credit? Watch me beat you half to death!"
The boy clutched his head and ducked behind an older clansman, watching the person who wanted to beat him warily.
"What? Am I wrong?"
"The reason we can stand here safely now is because the people who came were Lord Hashirama and Lady Mito! What if it had been someone else?"
The boy had still wanted to argue, but after hearing those words, he no longer knew how to defend himself.
"I... I..."
The ninja shook his head. "Your intentions were good. You wanted to help the village search for new food, and satisfy your own curiosity at the same time."
"But you have to remember, the most important things for a ninja are obeying orders and enduring!"
"If you can't even