Since the battle at the Grain Depot, Sora had spent nearly half a year in the Prisoner-of-War Camp. At first, she had expected brutal interrogation and resolved not to reveal anything. She believed she could withstand physical torture, and her mind was protected by a seal against probing Secret Techniques. Even someone from the Yamanaka Clan would struggle to uncover anything. If they tried to break through by force, they would have to be prepared to kill her in the process.
Yet the Konoha Ninja had done nothing so extreme. Once they realized she would not divulge any information, they simply threw her into the Prisoner-of-War Camp. Sora had not prepared herself for that at all and felt somewhat at a loss.
Sora guessed that the Konoha Ninja had given up because extracting information from her would be difficult, and they did not want to sacrifice her life. That seemed a very plausible explanation. Although she would not have to endure interrogation, the enemy Konoha Ninja were hardly likely to treat their prisoners well. Sora prepared herself for whatever harsh conditions the Prisoner-of-War Camp might hold.
As it turned out, she was wrong again. The Prisoner-of-War Camp was certainly no paradise, but it provided the basic necessities of life. No one deliberately made things difficult for the Kumogakure Ninja, and those with injuries even received simple treatment.
Their treatment was still very rudimentary, but it was far better than Sora had imagined. The Prisoner-of-War Camp in the Kumogakure Ninja Village was nowhere near this gentle.
From Kumogakure Ninja who had been captured earlier, Sora learned that the Prisoner-of-War Camp's conditions had once been much like those in the Kumogakure Shinobi Village, but had since improved. As for when, it had been shortly after Sora's capture—because of her relatively high status,