The news that Kazan would become Hokage breathed new life into Konoha, allowing some people to briefly forget the disaster.
Neither the First nor the Second Hokage had returned. At a time like this, they could not leave; they had to finish rebuilding the village.
Hashirama Senju felt as though he had returned to the days when they had built Konoha from scratch.
"Back then, we built the Shinobi World's first Shinobi Village here, bit by bit, just like this."
He had learned the Two Bedrooms and One Living Room Technique from Yamato, then upgraded it into the Three Bedrooms and One Living Room Technique!
"Was it really bit by bit?"
"Your Wood Release makes construction pretty convenient."
Kazan shattered a boulder the Nine-Tails had hauled over with a punch, then used Earth Release to turn it into bricks, laying them over the yellow earth to form a street.
With both the First and the newest Hokage pitching in, no one could slack off. Everyone worked earnestly.
"Hahaha, I didn't know this technique back then. All I could do was make some timber."
"It's all thanks to Yamato. He's an incredible genius."
Big Pillar laughed heartily, considering Yamato's technique a great invention.
Yamato blushed at the praise.
After witnessing the First's Wood Release, he felt that his own amounted to little more than a sapling.
Hashirama Senju could clap his hands and produce over a dozen houses without even getting winded, while building two nearly killed Yamato.
No wonder Kazan had said, "How about I kill you, then bring you back with Impure World Reincarnation?"
There really was no comparing their chakra reserves!
Hashirama Senju could not hear Yamato's inner turmoil. He asked, "By the way, Kazan, you look pretty practiced at this. Have you done this kind of work