The Land Of Hot Springs for example. That hadn't been there prior to his work. It was one of those outside the Five Great Nations, boasted the holy mountain (and hot springs) of Jusenkyo with exotic martial arts training grounds and other features that he'd spotted from a half-dozen other sources.
He'd also noticed that despite dealing with a bunch of young boys and girls, that there was NO obligatory hot springs episode OR a beach resort. Having addressed the hot springs, he'd also added a resort beach that was a couple of days away from the Hidden Leaf Village. The town of Mai Ami Beach with its pure white sands, warm surf, exotic but mostly harmless sea life, with the occasional predatious sea monster to better intice missions - proved to have an effect that Toltiir had not planned when he'd rearranged that section of coast.
Which was the 'Land Of Fire' was getting a good deal more wealth than it originally had. Or that other countries looked somewhat avariciously at the beachfront property. Or pirates that would prey on the wealthy in the area.
Some of which had a little bit of a fan following. The Dola Pirate Gang, for example, had a history of only attacking the wealthiest targets - and that included smugglers.
It DID have the effect as well in that on occasion ninja were dispatched to the area to:
A) deal with sea monsters, zombies, or other menaces.
B) smack down pirates
C) laze around in bathing suits sunning themselves while waiting for A or B to show up.
D) defend the area from various rogue ninja who decided to burgle a little something using their mad ninja skillz.
Oh and there was the seasonal crab and lobster festival. The Miss Beach contest. Little things like that. As Toltiir would point out, some things NEEDED to be done.
The ninja academy didn't have a culture festival either, or cooking battles, or giant robot fights, and their technology was all over the place. Well, part of it could be explained by no manufacturing facilities being put in any of the Five Ninja Nations due to insurance considerations That and the whole thing was roughly analagous to the Warring States of China.
Then there were the tiny adjustments. Things that were merely whispering in an ear at an appropriate time, up to manifesting as a rough analog of Genma Saotome in order to say or do something that would have repercussions down the road.
No one, least of all Toltiir, would expect all the little seeds to sprout and grow.
So he was a little surprised (pleasantly) at how well 'Sasuke Uchiha - Bed, Bath, and Beyond' was selling. A pictorial book of candid shots of the rookie genin growing up had been expected to do well within a tiny market. The press had sold out of it three times! A fourth run had seen thousands of copies internationally in select markets.
Once he'd seen pirates around though, he'd had to do it. He HAD to put them in. It was just one of those things.
Sasuke ran around the street corner, bouncing off a mailbox in order that he not lose any speed.
There was a brief moment of silence, broken only by Statler spitting once into the street and commenting that it used to be a QUIET ninja village.
The rising rumble erupted once the first of the girls reached the same intersection and began making less graceful versions of the same ninety-degree turn.
Statler and Waldorf merely watched as the crowd of girls passed their position.
"Yup, I agree. Used to be a quiet hidden ninja village," agreed Waldorf when the noise had abated enough to be heard.
"Any idea what it is this time?" asked Statler.
"Hang on," said Waldorf, cutting his thumb and doing a quick summons.
BAMF
"Wakka-wakka," said the bear summons. "You want a joke?"
"No, just the latest gossip," said Waldorf. "What got the Uchiha kid chased by his mob this time?"
"Oh, that," said the bear, adjusting his bow tie. "It's like this, the Sakura+Ino pairing with him failed. So the rumor is that the Hokage is considering letting Sasuke choose his own teammates from the available candidates."
"And so the Rabid Fangirl Association decided that this was their big chance and all of them are applying for the openings?" asked Waldorf.
"You got it," said the bear before adding a complaint. "Nobody summons me for jokes anymore."
"That's because we've heard your jokes," retorted Waldorf with a chuckle.
"Eh?" asked the bear. "Isn't that Sasuke Uchiha? Being kidnapped by pirates?"
Statler and Waldorf looked at each other, then at the bear, before nodding.
"Okay, THAT one I haven't heard," said Waldorf. "What's the punchline?"
The bear pointed.
Statler and Waldorf both looked, half expecting the bear to retort with a "made you look" line.
Except that WAS Sasuke Uchiha. Those WERE pirates. Of course it was hard to tell if the pirates were kidnapping Sasuke or if Sasuke were merely escaping his fangirls.
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