Konoha Year 16—
A year had passed since the end of the Shinobi World War. The Shinobi Village no longer needed to remain on a wartime footing. Apart from the Anbu Ninja, who still carried out security duties, the atmosphere had grown relaxed, presenting a prosperous picture of people living and working in peace.
Because Tobirama wanted to encourage the emergence of civilian ninja, he introduced measures that benefited ordinary people's livelihoods to persuade them to send their children to school. Even civilians who rented land from ninja clans lived little differently from families who had received land of their own.
Compared with the past, civilians enjoyed better lives in Konoha Ninja Village. They did not need to concern themselves with anything else, only work diligently to cultivate their land. Without realizing it, they developed a sense of belonging to the village, which was exactly what Tobirama hoped to see.
Besides these civilians, others traveled great distances to reach Konoha Ninja Village. They were mainly merchants, Craftsmen, and samurai families that had fallen on hard times—
Some adventurous merchants saw the business opportunities behind the complex relationship between Konoha Ninja Village and the Land of Fire and hoped to expand their businesses farther afield. Others, of course, had struggled in business and came to Konoha Ninja Village to gamble on their future;
During the First Shinobi World War, Konoha Ninja Village consumed an astonishing quantity of ninja tools. The ninja clans alone could not meet that demand, so Craftsmen who recognized this opportunity flocked to Konoha Ninja Village, benefiting both sides;
During the First Shinobi World War, the samurai's standing fell yet again alongside the rise of the Shinobi Villages. The various conflicts sparked by the war deprived some samurai families of their means of making a living, leaving them