Land of Grass.
Situated on the main route between the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth, it had inevitably become the foremost battlefield now that Konoha and Iwagakure were at war.
This was the shared sorrow of small nations.
Still, the leader of the Land of Grass had some ideas.
Rather than aspiring to develop Kusagakure into a "Sixth Great Village" like Hanzo of Amegakure, he wanted to curry favor with the Five Great Shinobi Villages and obtain their promise never to invade.
The method he had devised was to help the Five Great Shinobi Villages imprison and guard certain highly dangerous criminals whose cases were internationally controversial.
For a simple example.
Suppose a ninja from the Land of Fire committed a crime in the Land of Lightning. If the Land of Lightning wanted to imprison him, the Land of Fire naturally would not agree. Who knew whether they intended to imprison him or dissect him?
There had never been a shortage of secrets inside a ninja's head.
But if the Land of Fire wanted to extradite him back home for punishment, the Land of Lightning would not trust them either. Who knew whether they would actually punish him?
Yet starting a war between the Lands of Fire and Lightning over one person was hardly realistic.
Thus, a neutral third-party prison came into being.
Locking people up here meant there was no need to worry about them being dissected, nor any need to worry that they would escape punishment. Everyone was happy.
The Land of Grass had chosen this path because it possessed its own advantages.
Though small, it lacked nothing. Kusagakure might have been weak, but it possessed its own unique secret technique—Fire Release: Heavenly Prison.
This was a special ninjutsu based on the burning properties of