Meanwhile, Kakashi silently surveyed the cold buildings surrounding Amegakure.
The village's development was visibly far behind Konoha's. Scars left by past wars were everywhere, and the villagers held a deep suspicion toward outsiders.
All the way here, Kakashi had repeatedly felt the weight of such guarded gazes. Amegakure did not enforce a total lockdown, so outsiders still entered every day, though in very small numbers. The moment they arrived, they were monitored by the omnipresent rain—though the visitors had no idea the rain was watching them.
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