Unlike Hidden Mist Village's bedraggled departure, after Muzan took over the Land of Water, it entered a brief period of peace. He did not carry out sweeping reforms there either; at this stage, the Land of Water's problems lay with its nobles and daimyo.
Invading a country was easy, but changing one was difficult. Even if Muzan provided them with supplies and treated them as citizens of the Land of Waves, there was still the matter of distance to consider. He could not send people over to patrol every day.
Thus, the Land of Water was in a strange state. On one side, the nobles and daimyo fought one another to the death; on the other, the common people lived peaceful, comfortable lives. Their way of thinking was gradually being changed through subtle influence.
Muzan did not remain in the Land of Water for long. The key to the war was not at sea, but on land—namely, the prosperous region of the Land of Fire.
Pakura was put in charge of the postwar reconstruction, and most of it was completed quickly.
Konoha had been rebuilt from the ruins upon its original foundation, creating a new home. However, compared with the old village, Konoha was now filled with towering buildings that could house far more people. Muzan had flattened the forests around its outskirts, turning them into massive laboratories and factories. The entire place stood completely at odds with the Shinobi World, as though it had leaped from a primitive society into a technological one. Combined with the clean white walls and glass, it gave people the feeling of being in a science-fiction world.
"The reconstruction is quite good."
At the very least, Muzan could not find any faults with it.
"Following your instructions, some researchers have also joined Konoha in