Things were looking very good at the Konoha camp.
The Stone Ninja within the Land of Grass had pulled their defensive lines all the way back.
Lately, they had shown almost no inclination to launch attacks.
By contrast, things were not looking so good for Iwagakure.
Since eating the medicinal rice and flour, roughly a quarter of the Stone Ninja had developed gastrointestinal illnesses.
With no replenishment of weapons for a long time either, the Stone Ninja no longer had the strength to attack.
Fortunately, Mimura Hamaki had few troops, or they would have faced a counterattack.
Still, bringing about this situation had kept Bieshu Feifan working hard.
"Old Feifan, there are messenger pigeons to the west trying to get around us to Iwagakure."
Bieshu Feifan hastily sent a Shadow Clone to intercept them.
But immediately afterward,
"Emperor, Iwagakure has sent someone else to investigate the situation at the front."
Bieshu Feifan hurriedly stood up.
"I'm coming."
When it came to work that involved raking in money, Bieshu Feifan did not dare be careless.
Normally, Bieshu Feifan's approach would not have worked.
But Bieshu Feifan happened to be exceptionally good at genjutsu.
Whether they were messengers from Iwagakure or the front, anyone Bieshu Feifan spotted would be persuaded.
That was also why the others could not handle the messengers, and Bieshu Feifan had to go in person.
He had just sent Iwagakure's messenger away when another chunin came running over.
"Emperor, Higashi Shibito has sent people to try to get around us again."
Hearing this, Bieshu Feifan hurried over to brainwash them.
After running back and forth between the two sides for a while, Bieshu Feifan had raked in quite a few more supplies.
Meanwhile, at Iwagakure's front, nearly half of the three thousand Stone Ninja had fallen ill.
Now,