The Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation began developing at a measured pace. Uchiha Mu had discovered that the orphanage was still just as it had been at the start, and other sectors might be no different. He needed to take stock first to keep anything else from falling behind.
Once the people's happiness level fell, raising it again would be difficult, so this was something he had to do no matter what. Besides that, Uchiha Mu had acquired a large number of blueprints, many of which would be difficult to put into practice.
But that was hardly a challenge for him. After all, as long as shinobi pursued technological development, they could rapidly advance the Shinobi World's technology. That was the true advantage of a world with supernatural powers; it was just that shinobi had previously devoted those powers to war.
As Uchiha Mu rapidly ushered the Shinobi World into the electrical age, however, a host of electrical appliances emerged and transformed people's lives, prompting quite a few shinobi villages to turn their attention to this field as well.
Sunagakure was the most notable among them. Of course, this was because they had relied on Uchiha Mu to develop as far as they had, and they had already lost the courage to start a fight. The Kazekage was afraid, too. If he made a move, would the village betray him? It was no longer his village.
Uchiha Mu had bound the village to himself through economics and culture. It could not break free, and those bonds would only tighten. Seeing this clearly, the First Kazekage gave up and entrusted the future to the village's younger generation.
Still, looking at the thriving village, he could not quite stomach letting Uchiha Mu reap the benefits just like that.
After Sunagakure brought in water from