"But against the backdrop of the entire Shinobi World, there were still plenty of them—more than enough to support the ninja. And a large portion of them were missions from other worlds."
Missions from other worlds could actually be accepted too? This truly was comprehensive cooperation between the two villages. But if all the other-world missions were taken by people from Torikaze's World, what were their ninja supposed to do?
"I see. Thank you. I just arrived in Konoha, so I'm not very familiar with things yet."
The young man waved his hand. "It's fine. Torikaze's World may be peaceful, but the other villages have plenty of messy affairs—Rogue Ninja, wandering ninja, and so on. There are quite a few every year."
"What exactly causes that?"
The young man spread his hands. "Who knows? Probably nothing more than oppression or not having enough to eat. After all, not every village is Konoha."
"Some small countries are still very poor."
Small countries were poor, especially those that had been excluded from the economic system of the entire Shinobi World.
As for the small countries that had once helped Hanzo deal with the three countries of Fire, Earth, and Wind, Torikaze did not suppress them.
He simply ignored them.
Whether they sought cooperation, supplies, or import and export goods, Konoha ignored them all.
As a result, those small countries could only trade among themselves.
Of course, electrical appliances could be obtained from anywhere, so those small countries were not living in a primitive society.
However, because they could only trade with other small countries, their economic problems were rather serious.
The gap between rich and poor was enormous, which was why some people chose to defect from their countries.
These people generally became wandering ninja or Mountain Bandits, surviving by robbing wealthy