Several days later, Iwagakure's engineering team arrived. The Jonin leading them, Hakuto, was already an old acquaintance. At Ruri's instruction, they immediately began the road-paving project.
"Lord Takikage, I fully support paving roads, but is it really necessary to use ninja power to manufacture cement?" Producing cement consumed enormous manpower and resources. Not only had Kakuzu set aside his work at the Ninja Academy to assist, but several Chunin had also suspended ongoing missions for it. Although Ruri had pushed through all objections and produced the cement, Takenaka Masakata could not help asking one more question.
"You'll understand once you come take a look with me." Ruri did not explain further. Takenaka Masakata was capable and possessed a broad perspective, making him Takigakure's strategist, but in terms of knowledge and long-term vision, he was far inferior to Ruri, who had experience from a previous life.
There was nothing to be done about that. Ninja had the limitations of a ninja's perspective. To them, ninjutsu was a tool for killing; they only sought to create ninjutsu better suited for combat. If they had thought of applying ninjutsu to production earlier, they might already have achieved unification and entered a true era of peace.
Chatting as they went and observing the surroundings, Ruri and Takenaka Masakata arrived at Takigakure's main gate. The road before it had already been paved with cement.
Looking at the low-grade cement road, wide enough for four carriages to travel abreast, Ruri patted Takenaka Masakata on the shoulder. "The Iwagakure Ninja did a fine job. Once the Ninja Academy recruits several more batches of students, we should start training our own engineering team as well."
"This..." Takenaka Masakata paced back and forth across the ground. It was his first time seeing terrain so level. Compared to stone roads,