After inheriting the position of Kazekage, Bunpuku began rebuilding and revitalizing Sunagakure Ninja Village. With the former ruler's abdication, the relationship between Sunagakure Ninja Village and the Land of Wind grew close once more. Both sides had suffered a severe decline in strength. This was no time to hold each other back; they needed to work together.
Large-scale changes among the relevant officials in the Land of Wind's court and Sunagakure Ninja Village allowed this cooperation to proceed naturally. In the past, even defeat in this war might not have been enough to ease the relationship between the court and the village.
In that respect, Bunpuku did not know whether to consider it fortunate or unfortunate. He had little talent for politics, and this cooperation with the Land of Wind's court was chiefly a suggestion from Konoha Ninja Village. Kagami Uchiha had previously advised him to work closely with the court, at least to the extent that Sunagakure Ninja Village could have a hand in its affairs.
If the village and the nation remained at odds, it would create tremendous trouble for the trade cooperation the two sides were about to begin. Whether they were sincere or not, they at least had to accomplish that much. Through threats and inducements, Konoha Ninja Village had won over a portion of the Land of Fire's nobility and achieved this while maintaining a balance of power.
In Sunagakure Ninja Village's case, defeat in the war had brought down both the pro-war nobles and the War Faction within the village. Given the Land of Wind's unique circumstances, if the two sides continued as they had in the past, the fall of one would leave the other exposed. Anyone with sense would not choose to follow the same old path.
Kagami Uchiha believed that Sunagakure