Resigned to his fate, the Third Kazekage took the invitation Yanbai had given him and entered Ishinomaki City.
The Land of Fire staff had already received Yanbai's instructions. Their overwhelming enthusiasm left the Third Kazekage utterly bewildered.
Everyone knew that whenever the current Lord Hokage made a move, lucrative work was sure to follow. Even if they did not know what it would be, there was no harm in celebrating early.
That being the case, they had no reason to make things difficult for their next "moneymaker."
Then the Third Kazekage experienced the Land of Fire's convenient logistics infrastructure, which delivered him to Konoha Shinobi Village as swiftly as any ordinary shipment.
In the past, traveling from Sunagakure to Konoha Shinobi Village meant crossing stretches of wilderness, with the possibility of an assassination attempt along the way.
Now, the Third Kazekage felt as though he had ascended straight to heaven. The Land of Fire was so different from the Land of Wind that he felt he had entered another world.
Sunagakure was hell, and the Land of Fire was heaven.
Konoha Shinobi Village was heaven within heaven.
Throughout the journey, the Third Kazekage and his entourage were like country bumpkins, needing instructions on how to use every facility. Here, they had less "common sense" than an ordinary civilian.
When he entered the Foreign Guest Hotel exclusive to Konoha Shinobi Village.
The Third Kazekage could not help thinking, If only Sunagakure could become like this, too.
Ishinomaki City was a living example.
Yanbai had somehow transformed a barren desert into a garden city.
After his brief tour of Ishinomaki City, the Third Kazekage felt nothing but anguish. Such a beautiful city was being held back by the Land of Wind's desert.
The Third Kazekage and his entourage received the highest courtesies