Journey of Desires

There was a knock on the door of the Mizukage's office, Mei gave permission to enter and the secretary entered the office.

- Ms. Mei, a man has arrived and he says that he is a writer who was invited to the Mizukage today.

- Hm?

Looking at her watch, she saw that there was exactly a minute left until 13:00, noting the punctuality of this writer, she gave permission to enter.

The secretary left the office and a minute later there was another knock, again giving permission to enter, a very tall man entered the office.

Seeing his appearance, Mei was surprised, after all, she expected to see some rich man of ordinary appearance, who decided to start writing out of boredom, or a young dreamer who somehow miraculously learned writing and decided to travel in parallel while writing something.

But the man in front of her looked like a warrior, of course he did not look like a ninja, but judging by his physique and arm muscles, he clearly keeps himself in shape and perhaps knows how to fight.

Now Ban didn't wear his vest, because Kirigakure is currently experiencing very cold weather, and the entire area is covered in snow, he decided to enjoy the weather, because of his resistance to weather conditions, he doesn't care about the icy wind or the super-hot lava, and now he was wearing only a T-shirt, trying to feel the winter in a country where it is a seasonal phenomenon and not permanent, Kiri, like the Land of Iron, was surrounded by water, but the air didn't feel very strong, the wind in this region is usually weak, and the temperature does not fall below -10 degrees, and since the reservoirs were frozen, the humidity in the air dropped, in short, winter in Kiri was very pleasant.

Raising his right hand and smiling, he said hello, then took and sat down on a chair in front of the Mizukage's desk.

- So, why did Lady Mizukage invite me?

- First of all, I want to say, welcome to Kirigakure. I am grateful that despite the post-war situation you decided to visit our village.

- I have long wanted to visit here, but due to circumstances I could not. But let's get down to business please.

- Okay... I was told that you are a writer.

- Mmm, you could say that, I have been writing a guidebook for half a year, but I have not published any books yet.

- A guidebook?

May understood the approximate meaning of such a thing as a guidebook, but due to the fact that the world has only just begun to get on the rails of modernity, it is still too early for people to use transport to travel and choose places they want to visit based on guidebooks.

- Yes, my companions and I have already been to the Land of Hot Springs, Rice Fields, the Land of Fire, the Land of Rain, the Land of Earth, the Land of Iron, and the Land of Lightning. Now we have arrived in the Water Country, and after Kirigakure we want to visit the capital of this country, and when I visit the Wind Country I am going to release the first version of my guide.

- Can you please explain what exactly you are telling in your guide?

- In short, we look at the overall impressions of the country, describe hotels and various interesting places, and also talk about what is interesting in the cities, like entertainment venues or, say, dishes, forges, souvenirs, and so on.

Mei's eyes lit up, it turned out that the person in front of her perfectly fits the description of someone who can help get Kirigakure back on its feet.

She did not hide her reaction to these words, and seeing her, Ban said.

- It seems you are interested, what does Lady Mizukage want?

This was said in a rather cheerful tone, it was clear how Ban was laughing at Mei's reaction.

- Ahem... Sorry, but I want to hire you, write a good review of Kirigakure, and as a reward I offer to pay for housing during your stay in Kirigakure, and at any time, not just this time, and you can also request five free missions of any rank except S.

Hearing her words, Ban immediately lost all his good mood, and frowned a little and began to look at his interlocutor.

Seeing Mei's reaction, she realized that she had made a mistake, and was clearly thinking that she needed to first study the interlocutor, as a reward offering something that would be interesting to him.

- You know? Mei... I came here and did not expect that the Mizukage was a little coward who decided to take the easy way out.

- Huh? What do you mean?

- Instead of asking me about my experience traveling through ninja villages, and then starting to improve the village based on it, you decided to just bribe a review. I can say that since my birth I hate various Companies that buy reviews and comments, and then release outright garbage instead of a quality product. Do you really want people to read lies about Kirigakure, come to it and then see how everything actually destroyed the reputation of this ninja village?

Mei had not felt this feeling for a very long time, now she was sitting exactly the same as in childhood, when her grandfather, who was an elder of the Terumi clan, scolded her for some reason. As if she was sitting in front of her grandfather again, and he was reprimanding her, this is a very strange feeling considering that in front of her sat a person who looked like her age.

- I... I understand, but I am not going to retreat, I intend to restore my village by any means!

- Okay, then if you agree to follow the path of development, I will help you.

***

From the upcoming book about the countries of the ninja world "Beautiful Cities and What's Interesting About Them"

"Kumogakure was very strange, at first glance it is an absolutely militarized village, unlike Konohagakure and Iwagakure here you will not find any entertainment centers or a large number of different hotels or entire quarters with games.

We stayed here for a little over a week, I can't say anything about the food or artisans, the food is ordinary and we couldn't find anything unique, there are no casinos or gambling establishments, there are several hotels with a VERY good atmosphere, but there is nothing more interesting for travelers.

We thought so for about two days, until we realized one thing.

The Village Hidden in the Clouds is a solid resort!

Despite the fact that the middle of winter was approaching, the temperature here is quite pleasant, and despite the fact that the village is in the mountains there is no snow here at all, and all because the height of the village is literally in the clouds, which in this region amazingly little.

That is, this village is a region where even in winter you can come and feel comfortable, and in some places, if you want and have patience, you can literally touch the clouds.

If you do not take into account the hot temper of the Raikage, then this village is very calm and cozy, if you want to relax in a place where you will feel calm and peaceful, Kumogakure is ideal for you.

But it is also worth mentioning that if you want some kind of entertainment and, say, gambling, then you will not find it in Kumo."

Same book, next chapter.

"Our next stop was Kirigakure.

First of all, I want to say that we arrived here at perhaps the worst possible moment, Kiri literally just came out of a state of civil war, and did not really have time to rebuild anything yet, but curiosity said that we wanted to visit Kiri.

Let's start from the very beginning, firstly in Kiri there are constant patrols that meet visitors and check them, if you are an ordinary person then they accompany you to the village and help with advice.

When we arrived in the village, the first thing we did was go to the hotel, and this...

There is no point in talking about the theories that we built at first, because when I write these words, we have already seen all the possible hotels in Kiri, and I must say that at first it was terrible!

Because of the state of the village, it was impossible to find something good, but thanks to the Mizukage, during these three months that we were in Kirigakure, we saw with our own eyes how the village changes, if in the first days we could not find something acceptable, then by the end of the second month, there were already three hotels in the village that were not inferior in their level and quality to the hotels of Iwagakure.

Mizukage loves her village very much, and does everything possible to develop it, thanks to her communication with merchants by the middle of the third month since we were in Kirigakure, new establishments appeared here, Terumi Mei allocated a lot of funds and opportunities to attract people, she sold land at a huge discount and allowed to hire Kiri shinobi at huge discounts as builders and workers, and if desired, Kiri ninja could voluntarily help in the development of the village, where they provided their services for free.

As a result, by the end of the third month, the village is already filled with restaurants and clothing stores, what Mei was able to do in a few months completely transformed the village, and if at first it was a very pleasant village in terms of weather and appearance, now it is the second Konoha or Iwagakure, the current Kirigakure is absolutely completely different from the village of the Bloody Mist that it was before."

***

- Yes! I did it!

It was evening, and while Ban was watching Hikari and his sister play chess, a cry of joy was heard from the side of them, it seems that Naruko can finally withstand the ninth tail of the Kyuubi.

For three months, she constantly trained, was in meditation and each time opened up more and more powers.

As a result, they can finally go to Kumogakure.

She already knows how to control chakra at the level of the tailed cover, which means the next step should be defeating the dark side of herself, and battle with Kurama on the island of the turtle.

- Well done.

Ban got up from the couch and slapped his legs with his palms and said.

- So tomorrow we're going to Kumo.

Ban was in a hurry, he had stretched out the battles and opponents in Kirigakure for three whole months, and he couldn't stay here any longer, if they had stayed here for another week or two, he would have been attacked by strong apathy again.

The girls took this information into account, and Naruko, who was in a good mood thanks to the progress, became even more cheerful, since Kumogakure means only one thing!

They're going to the island of the turtle!