Leaving the Hokage Building, Chiga and Kakashi turned to Minato and asked, "Senior Minato, what kind of mission is this?"
"An intelligence retrieval mission. We need to head to a small town in the Land of Rivers to collect intelligence."
Minato briefly explained the mission.
"Uh, shouldn't this kind of intelligence retrieval mission be Rank C? Why is this one a Rank B Mission?"
Chiga asked.
"That involves the Land of Rivers and the grudge between us and the Sand Shinobi."
Minato roughly explained the situation to Chiga.
The Land of Rivers lay between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind.
Logically, its location should have made it one of the main battlefields between the Sand Shinobi and Konoha.
But the country was clever, and its daimyo's government was tactful. From the start, it had never established a ninja village. Instead, it handed all its commissions over to the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire.
It paid a huge sum every year.
As major clients of both countries, Konoha and the Sand Shinobi could hardly fight to the death in such an important client's home.
Still, while major battles would not be fought in the Land of Rivers, minor clashes were another matter.
Moreover, Konoha and the Sand Shinobi were competitors. We couldn't attack the client, but there was no problem attacking the people you hired.
Ninjas from both sides carrying out missions in the Land of Rivers would be targeted.
And compared to Konoha, the Sand Shinobi needed commissions from the Land of Rivers more.
The Land of Wind was all desert and had very few resources. They could only earn money through mission commissions.
Thus, the Land of Wind had always wanted to eliminate Konoha's ninjas in the Land of Rivers and monopolize its