"But against the backdrop of the entire Shinobi World, it's still a huge number. It's more than enough to support the ninja, and a large portion of these are missions from the Otherworld."
They could even accept missions from the Otherworld? This really was an all-around cooperation between the two villages. Speaking of which, if all the Otherworld's missions were being taken by people from Torifu Realm, what were their own ninja supposed to do?
"I see. Thank you. I only just arrived in Konoha, so I'm not especially clear on things yet."
The young man waved a hand. "No problem. Torifu Realm may be peaceful, but the other villages have plenty of messy business—missing-nin, wandering ninja. There are quite a few every year."
"What exactly causes that?"
The young man spread his hands. "Who knows? But it's usually just 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 small countries that had been excluded from the entire Shinobi World's economic system.
As for the small countries that had once helped Hanzo deal with the three countries of Fire, Earth, and Wind, Torifu had not suppressed them.
He had simply ignored them.
Whether they asked for cooperation, supplies, or import and export goods, Konoha ignored all of them.
So these small countries could only trade with one another.
Of course, electrical appliances could be obtained from anywhere, so these small countries were not primitive societies.
It was just that, because these countries could only trade among other small countries, their economic problems were quite severe.
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, robbing