The celebration lasted until very late.
If Hiruzen hadn't actively called a halt, staying up all night wouldn't have been an issue.
However, this was not difficult to understand. Kumogakure already had a bad reputation in the Ninja World.
Not only did the small nations harbor resentment towards Kumogakure, but Konoha had also suffered greatly at their hands.
This time, Takemi and his two companions had made Kumogakure fall. Such a thing was exhilarating.
Of course, the high-ranking officials from all three parties did not go into too much detail about the specifics.
After all, they were allies, and it was necessary to save face for each other.
After the celebration ended, Takemi went straight home, but Mei and Deidara were not so lucky.
"How exactly did you manage this?"
Late at night, in Konoha's foreign embassy, Genji looked at Mei with a solemn expression.
"Although Kumogakure no longer has a Kage, I heard Wood Release appeared?"
"The situation is probably more unbelievable than elder-sama imagined."
Mei let out a bitter laugh, recalling everything that had happened before, and sighed.
"Wood Release did indeed appear, and I also seem to understand why the First Hokage Senju Hashirama was evaluated as the 'Ninja who pacified the chaotic world.'"
Privately, everyone had little to hide, and Mei explained everything in great detail.
Especially the True Several Thousand Hands, a thousand meters tall, with a fist as large as a Tailed Beast, attacking as if to destroy the world, she described it with extreme precision.
Genji fell into complete silence at this moment. He, too, had lived through that era.
Naturally, he understood the terror of those two. He just hadn't expected such a person to appear in Konoha once again.
"Elder-sama, I think we must maintain our relationship with Konoha." After everything was said, Mei spoke in a deep voice.
"It cannot merely be the currently undefined alliance."
"Yes, it needs to get better."
Genji was still somewhat dazed, but he fully agreed with Mei's words. After a moment, he showed a bitter smile again.
"I never thought someone's words would come true. Konoha is truly returning to decades ago..."
Konoha returning to decades ago, these were Ōnoki's words, but Genji wholeheartedly agreed at this moment.
And the person who had the same, even stronger, feeling was Ōnoki.
"Old man, that's roughly the situation."
In another room, Ōnoki was also listening to Deidara recount the operation.
He sat there dumbfounded, unable to utter a word, while Kurotsuchi, beside him, rubbed her head, seemingly unable to comprehend what a thousand-meter giant statue was.
"That big? You're not kidding, are you?"
Kurotsuchi, however, couldn't help but complain. She couldn't understand everything Deidara said, even feeling that Deidara was bragging.
"Tch, what do you know?"
Deidara snorted, crossing his arms and speaking disdainfully.
"I was watching the whole time. That mountain in Kumogakure was even flattened, you idiot!"
"Stop arguing, both of you."
Seeing that Kurotsuchi seemed to want to retort, Ōnoki painfully rubbed his brow, interrupting them.
"You cannot comprehend the power of Senju Hashirama. The battle between those two back then even changed the topography of the Ninja World."
"Huh?"
Kurotsuchi's face was full of disbelief, while Deidara nodded, seemingly unsurprised, but he was a little curious.
"Speaking of which, old man, who's stronger, Takemi or that First Hokage?"
"Don't ask such meaningless things. You just need to know they are both Hokage."
Ōnoki thought this question was foolish. They were both Konoha people, so there was no point in comparing them, but he still couldn't help but sigh.
"It seems the relationship with Konoha must be adjusted properly. I never thought things would turn out this way..."
Amidst his sigh, Ōnoki suddenly thought of something else.
"But in that case, perhaps Takemi can truly deal with that Ōtsutsuki Takeshiki."
Ōnoki still couldn't forget the destructive power of that Ōtsutsuki Takeshiki.
Especially since this Ōtsutsuki Takeshiki was elusive, incredibly powerful, and interested in Tailed Beasts.
If such a person couldn't be dealt with, it would be a disaster for the entire Ninja World.
"But..."
Ōnoki's mouth suddenly felt a bit sore, looking at Deidara, who was laughing boisterously again.
He instantly had a feeling of 'other people's children are so excellent, why is mine a good-for-nothing,' and his fists clenched.
"Why don't you try harder, you bastard..."
Ōnoki and Genji basically couldn't sleep well, but Takemi rested peacefully for a night.
He had originally wanted to sleep in, but he was unexpectedly woken up early the next morning.
And, it wasn't by Hiruzen or the officials.
"Hey, little blondie, what are you doing?!"
"I'm watering the flowers. You want to snatch this too?"
"Less nonsense, I told you long ago, this matter will be handled by me from now on."
"Hey, how did you water the flowers? They're all dead?!"
Listening to the noisy sounds outside the window, Takemi rubbed his brow.
He had thought he could avoid a blond and a redhead, but he didn't expect to be woken up by such a combination early in the morning.
"Aren't you two sleeping? What are you arguing about so early in the morning?"
Takemi opened the window helplessly, looking at Naruto and Karin bickering with a speechless expression.
He couldn't understand why these two, both from the Uzumaki clan, couldn't get along.
"Takemi, good morning!"
Karin's expression immediately changed when she saw Takemi, while Naruto looked at Karin with a speechless expression.
"Hey, Takemi, your flowers were killed by her watering."
...
Takemi looked at his potted plants somewhat speechlessly. These flowers were finally watered to their demise.
"What are you two doing running to my place so early in the morning? Aren't you going to train or clock in at the medical department?"
"Tch, Pervy Sage himself isn't even awake yet." Naruto snorted, speaking unhappily, while Karin also became incredibly well-behaved.
"Tsunade-sama told me I could go a bit late today, so..."
...
Takemi understood. These people were probably a bit too wild last night, and now they were all skipping work.
He was somewhat puzzled by this. He felt that Konoha was a makeshift organization.
"What's wrong with Konoha? Now they dare to skip work just to celebrate. I can't even imagine what will happen in the future."
Takemi felt that Konoha's political system needed a heavy-handed approach.
"Why do you look like you haven't woken up yet?" Naruto looked at him curiously, which immediately displeased Karin.
"Idiot, Takemi just returned from Kumogakure and hasn't fully recovered. What's so strange about that? Don't bother him."
"Tch, why did your face change?"
Naruto unhappily glared at Karin, then looked at Takemi with an equally unhappy expression.
"And you, darn it, how could you not take me with you for something like this? If I went, it would definitely be simpler."
"You just shut up, you guy who might not even pass the Chunin Exams."
Karin retorted when she heard that, which immediately made Naruto lose his composure.
"Darn it, I'll definitely pass!"
"I don't think so."
"Hmph, at least I'm taking the exam, I don't think I saw you!"
"Because I don't need to take the exam. Didn't Takemi pass without taking one?"
"Ah? You bastard!"
"Who told you you're no good..."