The suggestion Mitokado Homura made this time was indeed a good one. Even Shikaku Nara agreed wholeheartedly.
After all, the Shinobi World was in turmoil, and war could break out at any moment. On top of that, Shihōin Naraku had previously said that he suspected there was another mastermind behind the Akatsuki.
Under those circumstances, this really was no time for a massive undertaking.
They only needed to rebuild Konoha step by step. There was no need to try to solve every problem at once.
That was unrealistic!
Seeing that everyone else opposed the idea, Naraku could hardly reject their objections outright, so he explained, "You've misunderstood."
"If we had the villagers fill in the crater, the effort required would indeed be staggering. What I meant was that I would fill it in myself, and everyone else would only need to help."
Naraku would fill in the crater himself?!
They exchanged glances, somewhat surprised, but put that way, it was not unworkable.
Of course, there were still some questions they needed to ask beforehand.
"Naraku, would there be any adverse effects if you did it?" Shikaku looked at Naraku solemnly.
Shihōin Naraku was too important to Konoha now. They absolutely could not allow anything to happen to him.
Compared with filling in Konoha's crater, Shikaku still felt that Naraku's safety mattered more.
"Of course there won't be any other effects."
Naraku waved a hand. "At most, it'll use up a bit more chakra. That's all."
It was simply that Naraku was relatively less proficient in Earth Release. Of course, that was in comparison to his Fire Release and other ninjutsu.
Otherwise, it would barely have cost Naraku much at all.
As things stood, however, Naraku would need to draw on his immense chakra to perform Earth Release and fill in