The Land of Waves, a small country.
It too was...
A country shrouded in darkness!
Within the Land of Waves, there was a wealthy merchant named Gato who controlled the country's lifeline. Precisely because he controlled its lifeline, it was extremely difficult for the common people of the Land of Waves to survive. In the original Naruto story, there had been an old man named Tazuna who hoped to lead the Land of Waves toward the light, hoping to change its situation by building a bridge.
And the Land of Waves arc in the original Naruto story began against the backdrop of the Land of Waves' suffering.
Because he lacked funds, when Tazuna went to Konoha in the Land of Fire to seek help, he could only lie and claim that he merely needed an escort mission. Eager to carry out missions, Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke, and Bitch Sakura headed to the Land of Waves under Kakashi's leadership to undertake this mission. There, they encountered Demon of the Hidden Mist Zabuza, as well as Haku, the person from the original Naruto story whose gender people could never figure out and who could use the Ice Release secret technique.
So now...
Was Zabuza still alive?
Was Haku still alive?
Uchiha Yue was not very sure. After all, when he had destroyed Kirigakure, he had shown no mercy whatsoever. Yet the ruined Kirigakure had been rebuilt under Mei Terumi's leadership and regained its title as one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages. It had even participated in the campaign to destroy Konoha near the end of the Third Shinobi World War. Kirigakure must be developing vigorously now.
Moreover, without Uchiha Madara's control, Kirigakure surely was no longer like the Bloody Mist of old, right?
As he listened to the conversation between the