They called it conquest, but the planet was really just full of lush greenery and vitality, without a single sign of a living creature... Their arrival alone practically counted as taking it over...
Everyone parked the spaceship beside a cliff. It stood ten thousand feet high, and looking down from the top, all they could see was the lush green forest below...
"All right, this will be our main base from now on, a branch of Konoha! Look, there are trees everywhere! We'll call this place Konoha Star!" Dave said happily, gazing at the vast forest beneath the cliff.
"Oh yeah! Our Konoha's expanded again, Madara!" Hashirama shouted excitedly, shaking Madara's arm.
"Fine, fine, I get it," Madara said with some resignation, grabbing the hand Hashirama was using to shake his arm.
"Uncle, could you arrange the greenery up here on the cliff into a circle?" Dave asked Hashirama.
"No problem! Just ask whenever you need anything involving Wood Release! It's just... could you... give me a teeny-tiny bit of payment?" Hashirama agreed joyfully, then made a humble request.
He had no choice... With all those debts he'd taken on... when on earth would he ever pay them off?
"Ahem, Hashirama, I'm going to have to criticize you here. Your ideological awareness is lacking, comrade! Huh? Konoha needs you! Why does Konoha need you? Isn't it precisely because you've contributed so much to Konoha? Talking about money is just vulgar..." The moment Kakuzu heard the word "money," he stepped forward to lecture him.
"All right, shut up for a second. I'll pay, not you. Oh, and it won't come out of our company account either. Can't I just hire my uncle in a private capacity?" Dave said in exasperation, covering his trusted subordinate's mouth.
"Fine. Oh, Hashirama, remember to make