In the remainder of the journey, the group traveled by day, found places to rest at night, and all practiced along the way.
Katsuyu and Inoichi Yamanaka both worked hard at memorizing, hoping to log everything before leaving the Land of Fire.
Tamura Hiroshi was rather busy, as he had to exchange tips on the cultivation of the Eight Inner Gates with Might Guy, discuss insights into the Butterfly Secret Technique with Chōza Akimichi, and brainstorm ideas about shadows with Shikaku Nara on the road.
They progressed slowly like this for five days before finally reaching the Land of Grass, after which the five of them changed into Iwagakure clothing and headbands to better deceive the Iwagakure Ninja when they later entered the Land of Earth.
Of course, it was best not to run into any Iwagakure Ninja.
The abnormalities in Sunagakure had aroused the vigilance of the surrounding Five Great Ninja Villages, and Amegakure was on high alert, which also forced Kusagakure to dispatch ninja to monitor the situation, even sparking quite a few conflicts.
This caused Kusagakure Ninja to shuttle back and forth everywhere in the Land of Grass, setting up numerous checkpoints to prevent outsiders from entering its borders.
With Inoichi, they bypassed the patrolling Grass Ninja with the help of sensory ninjutsu and entered the interior of the Land of Grass.
They carefully skirted around the Grass Ninja and moved forward slowly. Fortunately, the territory of the Land of Grass was very narrow in this section, and a single night was enough to bypass it.
Traveling into the middle of the night, they suddenly saw two Grass Ninja carrying a stretcher and running fast. A wounded man lay on the stretcher with large areas of burns all over his body, and two kunai were stabbed into