On the second day after Konoha's army set foot in the Land of Water, countless towns and villages were already flying the Konoha Flag. More than half of Byakuren's domain had changed hands.
Of course, Konoha hadn't moved quite that quickly. The locals had simply surrendered ahead of time, terrified of falling a step behind their neighbors.
The people of the Land of Water who chose to surrender all had roughly the same thought-
They had barely managed to survive the bloody, brutal Warring States Period. They hadn't enjoyed even a single day of the good life yet. Who wanted to die?
The people of the Land of Water were so sensible and cooperative that the Konoha Allied Forces hardly seemed to be there to fight a war. It was more like a sightseeing trip.
For the past two days, the troops had lounged around like street loafers, eating and drinking all day. Enthusiastic locals had even taken them to visit historic sites and sample plenty of the Land of Water's specialty dishes.
The people from Konoha were doing all right-they had eaten their fill of seafood on their last trip to the Land of Whirlpools. But for the country bumpkins from Sunagakure, this was their first taste of such lavish seafood dishes. Naturally, they stuffed themselves silly, practically eating themselves sick.
The Medical Shinobi, who were nearly sick with boredom themselves, finally received their first patients in days since crossing the sea and coming ashore: a bunch of country bumpkins with stomach trouble from overeating seafood. They had about ten thousand curses they wanted to let loose.
But all this peace and leisure had its drawbacks. The allied forces had followed Konoha to the Land of Water to earn some extra money, yet faced with such welcoming locals, they