After the brief respite last time, four more years had slipped by, and Uchiha Yato had silently held the position of Hokage throughout them.
Over those long four years, the surrounding ninja villages had all experienced the little "troubles" brought by Uchiha Yato.
He seemed deeply interested in other ninja villages and would find an excuse to "visit" them from time to time.
The people of those villages were thoroughly puzzled. They simply could not understand why Uchiha Yato had become so keen on dealing with other ninja villages during those four years.
He would often appear in their villages under all sorts of seemingly far-fetched pretexts, causing them troubles both large and small.
Yet although Uchiha Yato's actions were rather baffling, those ninja villages did not particularly dislike him.
After all, aside from his occasional pranks, Uchiha Yato had indeed brought them quite a few benefits.
Under Uchiha Yato's influence, the ties between the various ninja villages had grown increasingly close, and their cohesion had gradually strengthened.
Now, even the ninja villages farthest from Konoha could share in Konoha's abundant resources and assets.
This was undoubtedly Uchiha Yato's immense contribution to the entire ninja world over the past four years.
Furthermore, Uchiha Yato was exceptionally skilled at regulating prices, allowing people from any ninja village to obtain the goods and services they needed at the most favorable rates.
This fair and reasonable approach had led many ninja, unaware of Uchiha Yato's past deeds, to regard him as a model of the age and admire him deeply.
Today, Uchiha Yato had once again finished reorganizing and planning Konoha.
This time, Uchiha Yato had brought the Konoha Great Wall, previously built outside Konoha, back into the plans.
Only this time, it was primarily being upgraded as a facility.
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