Although the rebel ninjas hired by the Land of Water's daimyo numbered several hundred, they were still far fewer than Kirigakure's ninjas.
In the first clash between the two sides, Kirigakure killed over a hundred rebel ninjas while suffering minimal casualties!
They nearly scattered the rebel ninjas' formation.
Before Kirigakure could organize a second attack, the rebels withdrew on their own.
After all, those rebel ninjas had been hired; they had little loyalty to speak of.
Although the rebel ninjas hired by the daimyo had retreated, and their attacks so far could be counted on one hand, Mizukage Mei Terumi could not be pleased.
Because those rebel ninjas had surrounded Kirigakure without attacking, clearly intending to trap the village.
But that was not what Mizukage Mei Terumi was concerned about.
They were merely a few rebel ninjas. She did not take them seriously.
Ever since the Land of Water's daimyo had attacked Kirigakure, she had continually sent ninjas to investigate the daimyo's side.
Their target was the Demon Weapons stolen by the daimyo. Without knowing where those Demon Weapons were or whether they had been brought to the battlefield,
she simply did not dare send out ninjas on a large scale.
Yet the ninjas she had sent out vanished like stones sinking into the sea. Not one had returned.
The turmoil in Kirigakure had dragged on for several months, and the village's resources were growing scarcer by the day.
Kirigakure's ninjas had slipped through the rebel ninjas' encirclement to purchase supplies.
But the Land of Water's supplies were controlled by the daimyo. He had anticipated that the encirclement could not completely seal off Kirigakure, and that some ninjas would always be able to pass through it.
The supplies Kirigakure could buy within the Land of Water were dwindling, even on