"The Land of Hot Water isn't a small country, but it has no shinobi village of its own. It used to have a small village and its own ninja, but apparently, the daimyo at the time sent troops to wipe it out ten years ago. The reason seems to have been that a group of evil cultists in Yugakure, calling themselves the Jashin Cult, sacrificed one of the daimyo's sons to their evil god. Although the village's Kage had those cultists hunted down, killed, and put on wanted lists, that apparently wasn't enough to quell the daimyo's anger, and the village was destroyed. The current daimyo is preparing to rebuild the village. If he learns that the Jashin Cult has resurfaced, he might abandon those plans. That's why Banjo Ichitora wants us to eliminate all the Jashin cultists in the Land of Hot Water," Kakashi told Naruto and the others, holding a scroll.
Naruto laughed. "Heh, I never thought Banjo Ichitora was so patriotic. He even posted an S-rank mission in Konoha just to make sure the Land of Hot Water could have its own shinobi village. Still, it's thanks to him that we get to take on this S-rank mission. This is the highest-ranked mission we've had since Team 7 was formed."
Sakura asked in confusion, "Kakashi-sensei, I remember Naruto telling me that Banjo Ichitora was going to issue a B-rank mission. He also said we were being sent to deal with the Jashin cultists so he could develop the hot spring district. How did it get so complicated?"
Naruto looked puzzled. "Did I say that? Well, whatever. Isn't it better that a B-rank mission became an S-rank mission? All I care about is the Jashin Cult anyway. The rest doesn't matter to me."
Sakura snapped, "You actually forgot