Ye Fan and his group arrived above the Land of Waves. Even looking down from high in the sky, they could see the port under construction.
Several enormous metal cranes were busily at work, while the countless workers below looked as tiny as ants.
Hanabi controlled the manifested white giant bird and landed directly, immediately drawing the attention of many people.
"It's my lord!"
"My lord has returned!"
"..."
The workers here all recognized Ye Fan and stepped forward to greet him.
"Kirigakure ninja?"
Yugito Nii froze when she spotted several men busy loading and unloading goods at the docks.
"The Land of Waves and Kirigakure have a business partnership." Ye Fan gave a simple explanation.
"I heard that Kirigakure's recently appointed Fifth Mizukage is a highly capable person." Yugito Nii spoke thoughtfully.
"You mean Mei Terumi. She really is very capable. If there's an opportunity, you might get to meet her." Ye Fan smiled.
If Kirigakure did not have so many matters to handle, Mei Terumi might have come here personally to oversee the work.
As they walked through the streets, they saw even more Kirigakure ninja, which once again caught Yugito Nii's attention.
If this were merely a business partnership, it was rather strange that Kirigakure had actually sent ninja to maintain order on land.
Even stranger, these Kirigakure ninja were extremely respectful toward Ye Fan, each of them proactively stepping forward to greet him.
And that was not the end of the strange things.
There were even stranger things ahead.
A Wood Puppet could actually unleash large-scale Wood Release and use it directly to construct houses.
The Wood Puppet clapped its hands together, then pressed its palms against the ground.
In an instant, countless tree trunks burst from the soil. In just over a dozen breaths, dozens