Land of Waterfalls.
This was a small country bordering the Land of Earth and the Land of Grass.
Takigakure was located here.
Compared to neighboring Kusagakure, which had already become a relatively well-developed small ninja village beneath the Five Great Ninja Villages,
Takigakure's development had almost completely stagnated.
Back when every village was still in its primitive stage, Takigakure had produced quite a few jonin. The village was powerful, and it had even been allotted a tailed beast.
Takigakure was hidden away behind waterfalls, and its secretive location had spared it from many who coveted its tailed beast.
But because they had closed themselves off from the outside world, they had failed to keep up while others worked hard to develop their economies.
As a result, the place had grown poorer and poorer.
By the time every household in the Land of Fire had televisions and refrigerators, Takigakure had only just gotten electricity.
Other than electric lights, there were no other electrical appliances.
Not to mention that the Land of Fire had now built numerous highways, which brought convenience in both transportation and trade.
Takigakure, meanwhile, was still covered in untamed primeval forests, as though time had remained frozen several decades in the past.
Its current leader, however, was only a teenager. He lacked any particularly brilliant methods and had yet to come up with a better solution.
Today, he was once again meeting with the village's only two young jonin to discuss Takigakure's future.
"Takigakure has too few resources. It won't be easy for us to develop," said the jonin named Kagen.
As Takigakure's leader, Shibuki was still a young man under twenty.
He was called the village chief, but in reality, he only led a few hundred villagers. It was nothing like the other ninja villages.
He had