Shukuyama, Land of Rainbows.
A Harvest Trade Company convoy was moving slowly along.
The company had been established for more than ten years. Its owner, Asada, had always been cautious and never took risks.
The company had always hired highly skilled shinobi at high prices to escort its shipments.
Although this greatly reduced the profits from each run, it was safe and reliable.
Asada was also quite skilled at investing.
When the Land of Radiance had just been founded, Asada had been among the first to seek cooperation.
Because he had been among the first to support the Uchiha Clan, Asada had been given the opportunity to sign a long-term cooperation contract.
Asada had chosen Kōta Uchiha's team, back when Kōta already possessed the Two-Tomoe Sharingan.
Hidden Radiance Village had also signed a long-term contract with Asada at a relatively favorable price.
Whenever the Harvest Trade Company needed to transport goods, Kōta would escort them.
Because the Land of Lightning route had been blocked, the price of Rainbow Ore from the Land of Porcelain had risen every day.
Although sea transport had been banned, there were naturally other methods when such enormous profits were at stake.
For example, the Summoning Technique.
Transporting goods back and forth through the Summoning Technique required at least a clan of Summoning Beasts contracted to more than two people.
Both sides also had to be capable of using the Summoning Technique.
There were not many Summoning Beasts capable of transporting large quantities of supplies.
Rainbow Ore was both hard and heavy.
Only a small number of people could profit from this business.
In Nansong City, there was a family that raised large rhinoceroses as Summoning Beasts and made money this way.
They had seized this opportunity and sent a shipment of Rainbow Ore over every