Ten days later, the great storm that had lasted for more than three months finally calmed down after Iwa Shinobi Village's invasion of the Land of Wind.

Iwa Ninja lost nearly 2,000 people in the early attack on the Land of Wind, and nearly 2,000 people in the half-month attack that surrounded Sand Ninja Village.

After the start of the Armageddon, Iwa Shinobi Village was killed and wounded by Sand Shinobi Village more than 1,000 people in the storming of Sand Ninja Village, and in a period of time after Konoha Village intervened, it suffered heavy losses, including no less than 5,000 prisoners and war dead.

The 15,000 people sent to the Land of Wind by Iwa Ninja Village eventually returned to the Land of Earth, and the total number of ninjas in Iwa Ninja Village dropped sharply from 23,000 who could compete with Konoha Village to more than 12,000 people who could only rely on the terrain of Earth Country to protect themselves, a loss of nearly half.

Even worse than the Iwa Ninja Village is, of course, the Sand Ninja Village, which was directly removed from the ninja world.

After some haggling, in the past ten days, the Sand Ninja Village has officially joined Konoha Village.

Naturally, the process of merging Sand Ninja Village into Konoha Village could not be completed so quickly, and many policies needed to be perfected through step-by-step practice, and now it was just a formal and nominal merger.

There wasn't much that needed to change in the village, and Kazuya Echizen not only agreed to accept all the former ninjas and people in the village and let them still live in the village, but also agreed to provide assistance to the widows and elderly people left behind by the ninjas who died in the battle in the village to ensure their basic livelihood.

In exchange, the original sand ninja needs to change to Konoha Village's forehead guard, and in the future, he will regard himself as a Konoha Village ninja and obey the leadership of the Hokage.

After the official merger of the village, Echizen Kazuya received funds from the daimyo of the country of the wind to rebuild the village, and began the reconstruction work on the site of the village, which had been mostly destroyed.

Nearly 10,000 people need to be left in the country of wind to guard, and after the war, there are less than 3,000 ninjas left in the Sand Ninja Village, so Konoha Village also needs to send 7,000 people to the Land of the Wind, which is also conducive to Konoha Village's control over the Land of the Wind and the Sand Ninja Village.

At the instigation of Echizen Kazuya, many young single Konoha ninjas are willing to garrison the village, and the roots, led by Ryota Ohira, will also build a base in the village in the future.

In the desert under the sunset, Echizen Kazuya stood with Chiyo's mother-in-law, helping Chiyo's mother-in-law to look at Kankuro in front of him with a complicated expression, while playing the puppet of the Konmatsu Ten that Chiyo's mother-in-law passed to him: "Kankuro's talent is really outstanding, and he has basically mastered the Konmatsu Ten so quickly." ”

"Thanks to your guidance, Hokage-sama, Kankuro has improved a lot compared to when he left the Sand Ninja Village." Granny Chiyo looked at Kankuro with relief.

After this period of hard work day and night and the huge blow of the death of relatives, the exhausted Chiyo mother-in-law felt that her time was running out, and she originally thought that her puppet technique would not be inherited, but she did not expect that the control shown by Kankuro would barely reach the standard of using the Konmatsu Ten people.

The ecstatic Chiyo mother-in-law immediately decided to pass on the Kimatsu Ten to Kankuro, who showed excellent talent, and this is the scene where the pinnacle of the puppet master of Sand Ninja Village that Echizen Kazuya saw today was inherited.

"It's the result of Kankuro's own hard work, I'm just giving them some guidance, without their own efforts, no matter how good a teacher is, they can't cultivate such an outstanding student." Echizen Kazuya did not take credit, and said softly like a gentle drizzle.

Because I love the people because they are eager to return to the Sand Ninja Village, they have practiced extremely hard during their time in Konoha Village, and with the guidance of Echizen Kazuya, the achievements they have achieved are completely comparable to their two or three years of practice under normal circumstances, and their strength at this time is almost comparable to that of them when they were fifteen or sixteen years old in the original work, and the strength of Temari and Kankuro with the correct guidance is even stronger.

"Our progress is inseparable from your help, Hokage-sama, otherwise we won't be able to reach our current strength even if we work harder!" The hand that was standing on the side said with a smile.

Temari was originally depressed because he was worried about the Sand Ninja Village, but after a few days, he found that the Sand Ninja Village had not changed much after joining the Konoha Village, and the people of the Sand Ninja Village, who had just experienced the war, were as relieved as if they were relieved after being protected by the powerful Konoha Village.

"You're still far away, don't be proud. Although our agreement is automatically nullified, the pressure on you is even greater, you are the hope of so many people here, and you will have to bear the responsibility of protecting them in the future, don't slack off! Echizen Kazuya heard Temari's words and said without a smile.

"Yes, Hokage-sama!" Temari and Iara, together solemnly responded to the Tao, and their faces were full of determination.

"The Hokage is really not simple, even the kid Iara can have such sincere respect for him, with such a character, even if the Sand Ninja Village is gone, the people here will definitely be able to live well, I can rest assured." Chiyo's mother-in-law smiled and watched the communication between Kazuya Echizen and Iaira and Temari, and her heart was calm and peaceful.

"Hokage-sama, mother-in-law, I can easily control the Ten people of Konmatsu!" Kankuro, who had finished the drill, took back the scroll from the Ten Men of Nearly Matsu and came to Echizen Kazuya and the others, with an unconcealable joy in his tone.

"Good, good!" Chiyo's mother-in-law's eyes were brighter than ever when she looked at Kankuro, and the beautiful sunset was eclipsed in front of Chiyo's mother-in-law's eyes, but this was destined to be only the afterglow of the sunset.

"Mother-in-law? Mother-in-law! Kankuro was still happy to have received the affirmation of Chiyo's mother-in-law, but suddenly saw the light in Chiyo's mother-in-law's eyes quickly fade, and she still had a relieved smile on her face, but tears in her eyes, as if there was still regret that she had not finished.

"Mother-in-law? Mother-in-law, what's wrong with you? Hokage-sama, hurry up and save Granny Chiyo. Temari anxiously looked at Chiyo's mother-in-law, who was being hugged by Kankuro, and asked eagerly.

"Chiyo's mother-in-law is dying." Echizen Kazu, who didn't need to do much to determine Chiyo's mother-in-law's condition, was invited by Chiyo's mother-in-law to come over to see Kankuro to accept the inheritance, and the first time he saw Chiyo's mother-in-law, he knew that Chiyo's mother-in-law had run out of gas, and Chiyo's mother-in-law, who was also a medical ninja, should be very clear about her condition: "Kankuro, take your mother-in-law home." ”

Kankuro, who has always been calm, had tears in his eyes, and after hearing Echizen Kazuya's words, he silently picked up Chiyo's mother-in-law, and headed towards the Sand Ninja Village under the leadership of Temari and Iira, and Echizen Kazuya followed with a solemn face.

While Shinobu was sadly arranging the funeral of Chiyo's mother-in-law, Echizen Kazuya stood alone by the railing outside the house and watched the sunset.

"Hokage-sama." The three of them quietly walked behind Echizen Kazuya and greeted them softly.

"Is Chiyo's mother-in-law's funeral arranged?"

"Well, the old people in the village are arranging it, and the funeral will be held tomorrow." Temari replied softly with tears in the corners of his eyes.

Echizen Kazuya nodded, patted Kankuro on the shoulder, and said solemnly: "Kankuro, the inheritance of the puppeteer has fallen to you, and I hope you can become the number one puppeteer in history in the future." ”

"Yes, Hokage-sama!" Kankuro stood up straight and bathed in the setting sun, as if he was being watched by Chiyo's mother-in-law's expectant gaze.

"Although the Ten of Konmatsu are strong, don't be limited in your thoughts, the great Monzaemon is also the goal you want to surpass, come on."

"Yes, Hokage-sama!"