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The next day was spent wrapping things up, comforting the residents in the city, recruiting the captured Samurai Monks who had been defeated into the Cannon Fodder Camp, and then setting the entire army in motion toward the next city.

There was still no movement from the Rain Country.

Four days later, the Ninja Magistrate began attacking the second city.

The local guardian had fled with his entire family long ago. They encountered no resistance, and the city's residents welcomed the Royal Army with joy, lining the streets to greet them.

After only a brief stop and reorganization, they once again hurried toward the next city without pause.

The scorching summer drew ever closer, while everywhere the Ninja Magistrate went, they advanced with unstoppable momentum. Few cities could offer fierce resistance, and the rebels practically fled at the first sign of them.

After a month, they had reclaimed more than twenty cities of various sizes, along with countless towns.

Their speed was largely due to the fact that there were no resisting forces inside the cities. The people would open the gates and surrender on the very day the army arrived.

There were two hundred and thirty-eight cities in the entire country. If they maintained this pace, it would still take at least another six months.

Interestingly, the Ninja Magistrate's forces had not diminished. Instead, they had expanded by nearly half again. This was even after Mimi had sent home the farmers who had been temporarily conscripted.

The situation could be described as overwhelmingly favorable.

As the army advanced, the Ninja Magistrate under Mimi's command moved farther and farther from the Rain Country, while also distancing itself from Konoha.

At this moment, the situation in the Rain Country changed.

A large-scale ninja battle erupted along the border between the Rain