So it turned out all of this was part of a deal made with Lord Torifu.
The shadow Torifu had cast over them still had not faded even now.
When those ninja heard Torifu's name, they worked even harder.
With the Earth Release ninja in the village working together on the repairs, a long river wound its way through the planned forest.
Ōnoki steeled himself and placed fifty Spring Crystals directly at the river's source.
Once activated, a vast amount of clear water surged out, quickly filling the entire artificial river.
The sight left everyone's jaws on the floor.
How had a river suddenly appeared in Iwagakure? Was the water shortage just solved like that?
"Don't just stand there. Keep digging. Every pit must be dug out before tomorrow."
Three hundred thousand pits sounded terrifying, but in truth, it was not much. They were all small pits, one after another, and extremely simple.
And so, all the ninja worked with one heart and began digging holes around the outer perimeter of Iwagakure.
The matter caused a huge stir, and the entire village was mobilized.
The ordinary villagers did not know what Lord Tsuchikage was trying to do. They had only heard that it seemed he wanted to plant trees?
But in an environment like Iwagakure's, where were they supposed to plant them?
It was only natural that the villagers did not understand. After all, there were many things in the world that simply could not be understood.
For example, the river that had been successfully built. The water flowed along the excavated channel, circling all the way around Iwagakure like a moat.
When the villagers saw this wondrous sight, they were utterly stunned, and one after another, they ran out of the village to watch.
Then they discovered the hundred