New World-Konoha Year 53
Kisame Hoshigaki walked toward the Land of Water Headquarters with Samehada, wrapped in white bandages, strapped to his back.
Along the way, this man who had been so lost in the original story wore a faint smile.
Because under old Danzo's administration, the Land of Water had become precisely the world Kisame had envisioned.
He had originally worked in Kirigakure's intelligence division. Because of the Blood Mist Policy, most of its missions involved attacking fellow villagers.
This went beyond hunting down "rogue ninja." Most of those rogue ninja had been forcibly branded as such, and powerful figures also used it to eliminate their opponents. This had left Kisame deeply conflicted.
Now things were better. The Land of Water no longer had powerful figures or so-called rogue ninja. Old Danzo had slaughtered them all...
The Bloody Mist Village?
It couldn't hold a candle to old Danzo!
Moreover, civilians could farm their fields without restrictions. They no longer had to hand seventy percent of their annual harvest to the nobles, leaving them unable to scrape together enough food for their families.
In the Land of Water, they only had to hand over twenty percent. If a typhoon or some other natural or man-made disaster struck, old Danzo would even organize ninja to provide swift disaster relief, minimizing losses, and grant disaster-related tax reductions.
"These are people! This is how people should live!"
These were words old Danzo frequently stressed to the Land of Water's administrators.
He also tirelessly emphasized them at the Land of Water's meetings. As a result, its civilian population had surged in just three short years!
Civilians suffering on the mainland risked their lives, setting sail despite the danger. Many of his fellow ninja had even rescued civilians on small wooden rafts near the Land