Konoha refused to let ninja from Sunagakure remain in Konoha long-term under the guise of doing business, but it did not refuse visits from Sunagakure for sightseeing or friendly exchanges between the two villages.
After all, being a profession that operated from the shadows, ninjas could communicate for short periods without issue. But letting a ninja from another village stay in yours long-term... who knew what might happen? What if the confidential information of the village was obtained by another village?
So their refusal was hardly strange.
That was also why, whenever a village needed to visit another village, it had to do so openly. If it did not... and was caught, the other village would not let it off easily, even if it had done nothing.
Thus, Rasa had originally planned to do business properly and stop getting involved in all that nonsense in the Shinobi World. Otherwise, he might end up covered in trouble while doing business under the guise of a spy!
But he had never expected...
The peace-loving Konoha had actually refused!
Seriously, they were not refusing to pay rent or taxes. Was there really a need to beat them to death with a stick and reject them outright?!
They had even said that visits for exchanges and cooperation were welcome, but if they wanted to stay long-term... sorry!
"So take a look! Does Konoha still want peace in the Shinobi World or not? They actually refuse to agree to such a small request from an ally. Do they even still consider Sunagakure an ally?"
However...
"Lord Kazekage, Konoha really hasn't done anything wrong!" A sand shinobi hesitated before raising his hand and saying, "As an important military base of a country, a ninja village has always refused entry to other villages unless there's a specific