Southwestern Peninsula Grand Development

The success of the East Sea Bay Oasis was like a massive boulder thrown into the long-stagnant waters of Sunagakure, stirring not only ripples of hope but a raging tide of expansion. When the first season's harvest was safely stored away and the enormous profits from "salt revenue" became tangible benefits for the village, unprecedented confidence and ambition began to take root among Sunagakure's upper ranks.

The limited East Sea Bay coastline could no longer satisfy the needs of this booming development. Everyone's gaze naturally turned toward the southwestern corner of the Land of Wind's map—to the peninsula that jutted into the sea like a giant foot. It possessed a coastline far longer than East Sea Bay's, more potential natural harbors, and coastal sands that were broader and flatter.

Following a thoroughly deliberated high-level meeting, a strategy even more ambitious than the East Sea Development Plan was officially established: the Southwestern Peninsula Grand Development Plan!

This time, there would be no more cautious experimentation. This was an all-out advance on a grand scale!

The Sunagakure Joint R&D Department under Shaye's leadership once again became the core engine. Drawing on the experience of East Sea Bay, a new generation of the "Ecological Puppet: Seawater Purifier" was designed. It was larger, more efficient, and more resistant to wind and waves. For the first time, it also incorporated a basic autonomous defensive rune system to guard against sabotage by sea beasts or small groups of spies.

Hundreds of Earth Release ninja were mobilized on a massive scale. After elite personnel were transferred from the eastern defense forces under Pakura's command to provide guidance and security, they were organized into multiple engineering brigades and dispatched to the Southwestern Peninsula. Their mission was no longer to open a few hundred mu of test fields, but