Winter sunlight spilled down from the sky.
As the battle lines between the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth stretched out, winter quietly arrived.
After a long period of fighting, Director Shukaku had led everyone in "fertilizing" the vast forests and lands beyond the Land of Fire's border.
Along with the concentrated fertilizer from the septic tanks, there was plenty of enemy DNA.
Although the explosive chemical reactions between fire and organic matter had left the land riddled with craters, the trees and grass here would surely flourish when the spring breeze swept through next year.
No...
By next spring, the territory of the "giant hogweed" invading the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth would surely have expanded from their Daimyo's Palaces all the way to their respective borders with the Land of Fire, wouldn't it?
To prevent the enemy from turning the septic tanks against them and inflicting psychological damage, Director Shukaku had spared no effort from the start of the fighting to use up the contents of every blasted-open shit pit.
Before Kumogakure and Iwagakure could react, that shit had already been scattered across the land, inflicting physical and psychological damage they would never forget.
By the time the enemies discovered that shit could be used this way, the pits were already empty.
All that remained for them was the lingering stench, endless tears, and comrades whose bodies could not be recovered.
The consequences of the "giant hogweed" Yanbai had planted were also far more severe than Kumogakure and Iwagakure had initially anticipated.
By now, "Giant hogweed" had become a common weed in the nobles' courtyards in the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning. Its roots and stems resembled enlarged versions of those of wild carrots or wild dandelions.
"Giant hogweed" generally