Chapter 36
As Hashirama and Madara's alliance became real, and the plan for Konoha took shape, Itama worked tirelessly from the shadows. Using copies of a hundred different laborers and his devoured knowledge of materials, he would work at night, shaping the foundations of key buildings, reinforcing riverbanks, planting forests in optimal patterns for future expansion.
He left no trace, only the uncanny feeling among the early builders that some parts of the work were miraculously easy, as if the land itself was helping. He was the unseen laborer, laying every stone with the hope of a future he would never publicly share.