To Yamato, who had spent years hiding in an underground base, this food was simply delicious.
Although Konoha would not mistreat Yamato, someone like him could hardly expect especially good treatment.
Being waited on with fine food and drink every day was simply impossible.
After eating and drinking their fill, it was time to get to work.
Ebizo and the Anbu became spectators, while Kakashi was also eager to see how Yamato's Wood Release would restore this oasis.
"Wood Release: Birth of a Sea of Trees!!"
Yamato rapidly formed hand seals and brought his hands together. The ground within several dozen meters around the oasis spring began to writhe, as if something beneath the earth were about to burst forth.
Everyone hurriedly backed away.
Then, vines bearing green shoots drilled out of the ground and grew rapidly, soon turning into trees several meters tall surrounding the spring of the desert oasis.
Kakashi had seen Yamato's Wood Release before, so he was not particularly surprised.
Ebizo and Sunagakure's Anbu were different.
Watching a forest suddenly sprout from the bare sand, their excitement was easy to imagine.
The oasis spring was still there. As long as vegetation covered the area, the water source would not dry up.
As time passed, coupled with proper management, the oasis would not take long to expand.
Once the oasis expanded, Sunagakure could make use of it. Whether they planted crops or medicinal herbs unique to the Land of Wind, it would bring Sunagakure a steady stream of benefits.
Ironically, among the Five Great Shinobi Villages, Sunagakure was the poorest, yet it was also the first village to pursue scientific cultivation of crops and medicinal herbs.
Meanwhile, Konoha was still relying on manpower and hoes to dig the soil.
Sunagakure had been forced into it. Every year,