Xuandou was checking the list of officials to be sent to the Land of Water when an Anbu appeared silently.
Fuen was here?
It looked like working in Konoha these past few days had been the right choice. Fuen had finally come.
The time to deal with the Land of Fire had arrived.
A thought stirred in Xuandou's mind. He instructed the Anbu to bring her to the Hokage's Office, then continued his work.
Over these three days, aside from construction work in Konoha and Rōran,
his main task had been dispatching talented people from Xuanyin to take up positions in the Land of Water.
These were all talented people Xuandou had carefully selected from various countries.
Their backgrounds, personalities, and abilities differed. The only thing they shared was their loyalty to Xuandou.
Xuandou had offered them an opportunity almost unheard of in the Shinobi World:
the chance to move up.
For many years, the Shinobi World's class structure had been all but fixed.
A farmer's son became a farmer, a merchant's son became a merchant, an official's son became an official, and a ninja's son became a ninja...
There were occasional changes, but most amounted to no more than a lucky person's flash of inspiration.
Xuandou's student Sakura Haruno, for example, had become a ninja despite coming from an ordinary civilian family.
With this as his starting point, Xuandou vigorously sought out talented people everywhere, employing anyone with ability regardless of convention.
With sincerity and enthusiasm, they stationed themselves in the Shinobi World's harshest places, putting down roots in every inch of its soil and laying the foundations for Xuanyin's rule.
This was different from the situation he had previously handled in Konoha.
The Land of Water consisted mainly of islands, with no need to extend their reach across