In the shinobi world, which had regained its calm, both Sunagakure and Konoha were rapidly recovering their strength.
Konoha's recovery was especially astonishing. Possessing the best land in the entire world, they only needed a brief period of rest and recuperation before unleashing productive power far surpassing that of the other four great nations.
Sunagakure, on the other hand, was in far worse shape. Domestic supplies were scarce, and Kumogakure had taken advantage of their misfortune to loot them. They could be called the biggest losers of this Shinobi World War, having lost even their entire reserves.
The Third Kazekage and Sunagakure's upper ranks were kept busy from morning to night, overwhelmed by a single issue: money. They lacked money everywhere, to the point where they could barely take a step forward.
But there was no helping it. Even if Sunagakure could barely put food on the table, life still had to go on. Gritting his teeth, the Third Kazekage drastically cut ninja expenditures, maintaining only the most basic provisions. At the same time, he dispatched people to take on commissions in large numbers. So long as they paid, Sunagakure would accept anyone.
At the same time, the Third Kazekage actively sent people to negotiate with the Feudal Lord of the Land of Wind over the village's funding, hoping to secure a larger budget than in previous years.
When asking for money, even the most hardheaded village had to lower its stance, much less one that had already suffered defeat.
The Feudal Lord of the Land of Wind was also full of anger over their earlier loss and vented some of it on Sunagakure's envoys. After all, whether it had been Konoha or Kumogakure, they had destroyed Land of Wind territory—especially Kumogakure, which had stripped several fine oases clean.
Fortunately,