The enemy on the hill had certainly possessed extraordinary combat ability.
It is only logical that the enemy may possess bigger ones.
Although here the enemy did possess weapons, they never had a chance to use them with any effect.
Say, for example, that, at a certain period of his life, my enemy had surreptitiously possessed himself of a key.
I tried to tell them that passive resistance was only useful when you had reason to suspect your enemy possessed a conscience.
Unless the enemy possesses a stronger Medicine, this makes one safe.
In combat, characters and enemies possess a certain amount of hit points (HP).
Moreover the enemy did not possess equal firepower, so that it wouldn't be too dangerous to miss on the first shot.
The possibility that Okami's enemies possessed a means of finding him even while he was in hiding chilled both men.