As a newly appointed Kazekage, encountering something like this would definitely make him flustered. Torifu had also been through this stage, so he could understand and wouldn't mock him.
"Of course. Do you have anything else, Kazekage-sama?"
The Kazekage shook his head. "No. My greatest wish for coming to Konoha this time has been fulfilled. With your support, Hokage-sama, the rebuilding of the Hidden Sand Village will definitely be a lot faster."
"You flatter me, Kazekage-sama. With the Hidden Sand Village's strength, it would be completed quickly even without Konoha's help. What we need to pay attention to the most is whether these mysterious people who attacked the Hidden Sand Village will appear again."
"You're right, Hokage-sama. You'd best also be on alert to avoid being caught in an unexpected disaster. I've already sent a message to the Hidden Mist and Hidden Stone. I hope they won't be attacked."
The Kazekage's face had a worried expression, but Torifu didn't think he was genuinely worried about the other two villages. In fact, the Kazekage might even be secretly wishing they would be attacked. The Hidden Sand Village's strength was already the weakest, and its economy was not as good as the other two villages. This was undoubtedly adding insult to injury. The cost of rebuilding the village was not low, which would lead to a slow development for the Hidden Sand Village, and the gap between them and the other two villages would grow bigger and bigger. This was not the result he wanted to see. But if the other two villages were also attacked, he would definitely feel overjoyed.
"Then if you have nothing else, Kazekage-sama, our meeting today will end here. I also need to go and strengthen Konoha's defenses." The Kazekage stood up and said, "Okay. Then we'll end here today."
The two of them walked out of the conference room together. When they were leaving the Hokage Building, the Third Kazekage said he wanted to see Hashirama. Torifu couldn't control something like this, and a Third Kazekage couldn't assassinate Hashirama. Furthermore, there was no motive. So, Torifu didn't stop him.
"Please, Kazekage-sama. My Sensei has been obsessed with playing Naruto recently, so if there are any places where he is not welcoming enough, please forgive him." When the Kazekage heard Torifu's words, he was a little surprised. Hashirama should already be over seventy years old. Was he still able to play games at that age? What a monster.
"It was my decision to visit Hashirama-sama on such short notice. I'm already very satisfied just to be able to meet him. How could I feel slighted?" Seeing that the Kazekage's attitude was very good, Torifu didn't bother to say anything more to him. Under Torifu's guidance, the Kazekage went to the Senju Clan compound.
Torifu, on the other hand, returned to his office and issued a command. All patrolling and standing guards were to rest for a few days. They were not allowed to work. When this command was issued, the ninjas were a little confused. Why were all the guards suddenly given time off? Who would guard the gate? But even though they were confused, no one disobeyed the Hokage's command. If they were told to rest, they would rest. Anyway, now they had Hokage's Cloud Palace watching over them. Sometimes, before they even arrived, the Hokage had already solved the problem. This made the ninjas on guard duty feel very useless. Many people were even considering changing jobs or going back to doing missions.
Torifu, on the other hand, just thought that those mysterious people could even break a hole in the anti-sand wall. If they really came to attack Konoha, those guards would probably be killed in an instant. As the Hokage, he had to consider every aspect. These were not just numbers, but living people. Torifu dared not use their bodies to bet that the enemy could not break through Konoha's defenses. After he was done with all of this, Torifu returned home. He had already handed over all the official business in his office to his puppets.
Just as he walked into the yard and was about to rest, he found that Naori had arrived at some point.
"Torifu, you look a little tired. Did something happen?" Naori walked to Torifu's side and led him to a seat in the pavilion. After Torifu took a sip of tea, he told Naori everything that had just happened. Naori just thought Torifu was a little tired from handling official business, but she didn't expect that the Third Kazekage had come to visit Konoha.
"The Hidden Sand Village was attacked by some mysterious people. There were about ten of them. The Kazekage was worried about another attack, so he came to us."
"And he even shared the information about those mysterious people with us for free. It can be considered an alliance. I think it's a very good thing." Naori also nodded in agreement when she heard this. "The experience we had in the Land of Whirlpools was a result of not understanding the enemy, which led to us being so passive. So, knowing the enemy's information is very important." If they had known that Rain's control ability was so powerful at the time, they wouldn't have risked exposing him at the banquet.
"That's right. That's why I agreed to his idea. As for the export goods like trees that he wants, we can increase the amount to help them get through their difficulties." However, Torifu didn't plan on making the Kazekage feel grateful to him. As long as he didn't suddenly betray him in the future, it was fine.
Naori joked when she heard this. "These are all small problems. We just need to have Sensei go over there and release a jutsu."
"The pity is that they don't know that Nawaki also has Wood Release. Otherwise, they would probably tie Nawaki up there and make him plant trees all day long." Torifu couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. "Are you really saying that kid is easy to mess with? And if they dared to touch Sensei's grandson, I think they would be tired of living."
The two of them drank tea and chatted. Gradually, Torifu didn't feel so tired anymore, and their laughter echoed in the Kumotsuru Clan compound.
"By the way, how's Minato's training going?"
When Minato was mentioned, Torifu had a lot to talk about. "He's been very diligent at home recently. He also has some talent in this area. He's already able to generate some spatial fluctuations."
Naori was truly a little surprised when she heard this. She had thought that Minato would give up on it after a while, but she didn't expect him to have already made some progress. It seemed that Minato was really a good fit for the Flying Thunder God. It was a good thing that Tobirama's jutsu had found a successor.
"Then let Minato continue to practice. Maybe he'll really become a ninja who surpasses Tobirama-sama." Torifu just smiled when he heard this and didn't say anything, because he knew that Minato would definitely be much stronger than Tobirama in the future.
Seeing that Torifu didn't reply, Naori asked, "I haven't seen Minato since I arrived. Did he go on a mission?"
"Yeah. He went out with Sakumo. I don't know when he'll be back."
"I hope he wasn't taken on that kind of mission." When he heard Naori's words, Torifu paused. "Knowing Sakumo's personality, it's a real possibility. I can only hope that Minato's emotional fortitude is pretty good. Many ninjas cry their eyes out at this stage."