Envoy to The land of Iron

Mission: The party must travel to the land of Iron to speak with the Samurai chiefs and see where they stand in the coming war. Rank: C-5. Reward: 2,500 ryo. Requested by: 1st Yukikage Naomi Yuki. Length: 2 weeks. 1 session. Location: Land of Iron.

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The Hidden Snow village is preparing to go to war and are assembling their army, they request a trip to the land of Iron to speak with the Samurai master Jiro the Great. The two nations have a long history as allies and their support is requested by 1st Yukikage Naomi Yuki.
The team will have to travel by foot and it will take 2 weeks time to reach the master's temple at the peak of 3 wolves Mountain. Jiro will avoid answering directly until he has deemed the team acceptable. He can be convinced but not through force and with several samurai around him genjutsu is almost certain to get noticed.
Jiro will only answer if he has deemed that both the hidden snow and the alliance have pure intentions. War with the mist means the death of many samurai, and other nations are then more likely to attack and cause greater losses. To get him to agree the team must negotiate. The samurai stay out of most shinobi affairs and have very little to gain with great possible losses on their behalf.
Acceptable terms for agreement, allies that can assist the samurai if they are attacked, a tailed beast, a squad of A rank shinobi, enhanced snow technology or an agreement from Kumogakure not to get involved in the coming war.