Konoha Ninja Village also attached great importance to Bunpuku's impending visit. Kazemori Masaki convened several high-level meetings to discuss the benefits it would bring to Konoha Ninja Village, the alliance, and the future of the shinobi world. This was an important event for maintaining the friendship between Konoha and Sunagakure, and they could not afford to treat it carelessly.
At the same time, Konoha Ninja Village had to show its best side to the Sunagakure ninja. This was not about being servile, but about showing Sunagakure Ninja Village the superiority of Konoha's institutions, the vitality of its people, and the good lives they led, so that they would yearn for life in Konoha Ninja Village.
"From a national standpoint, they cannot betray their own country. But we need to make them aspire to the ideological path we follow. We must draw the villages and countries without a clear direction toward us. Only by sharing the same worldview and values can we stand united and move forward together in the future," Kazemori Masaki told the senior ninja attending the meeting solemnly.
The senior officials exchanged knowing smiles at Kazemori Masaki's call to make less developed regions aspire to what they had. It had to be said that Konoha Ninja Village was a step ahead of the other villages in living standards. The main institutions used by shinobi villages today had all been established by Konoha Ninja Village, with the other villages merely following its example.
After Kazemori Masaki took office, a series of measures had carried Konoha Ninja Village to even greater heights, while the other villages had failed to keep pace. Konoha Ninja Village was now flourishing. The losses of the war had not sapped the Konoha ninja's vitality. On the contrary, victory had proven the soundness of the village's