The Third Kazekage had absolutely no idea.
During those three days after Yanbai finished writing the commission letter-
From the time the letter left Konoha Shinobi Village to the day the Third Kazekage spent traveling to Konoha by car-
Yanbai had spent a day and a half sending the most shameless birds under his command to rob all kinds of birds across the Land of Wind.
Then, using the birds' memories, Yanbai mapped out the detailed terrain of the Gobi and desert around Sunagakure.
And while waiting for the Third Kazekage, Yanbai had already finished drawing up the plans for the New Agricultural Market.
Where construction would begin and how it would proceed were all recorded in detail.
All the verbal sparring with the Third Kazekage afterward had been part of Yanbai's plan.
The construction crews of the Land of Fire had spent years locked in cutthroat competition. They were all highly dedicated, efficient, and well grounded in their professional knowledge. With Lord Hokage's plans in hand, all they had to do was arrive on-site and check them against the terrain before starting work.
By the time the Third Hokage realized what was happening, Konoha Shinobi Village was already selling vegetables in Sunagakure.
Yanbai had originally intended to take a trip to Sunagakure himself, but there was still a little too much to deal with at home.
The older he grew, the more people became connected to him.
Take Cherry Ink, for example. This rat had grown tired of being human and now felt that humans really weren't anything special.
There was nothing good about being human. It was exhausting. Life as a rat was far freer and easier.
Perhaps because it had been a rat to begin with, it had yearned for human life without ever experiencing it. But