Land of Grass.
Although Kana had healed the old village chief's injuries, she could only treat wounds, not restore youth. He still walked as he always had—not tottering, perhaps, but certainly nowhere near brisk.
Dragged down by him, the three of them moved slowly.
As a result, Wind Heart and Huaming of Wedge Real Estate caught up with them halfway there.
"Red hair, young woman—it's definitely her, right?"
Wind Heart immediately wanted to rush out, but his companion reached out and stopped him.
"Hey, didn't you see that Kusagakure ninja beside her?"
Huaming asked irritably, "It looks like she's under that Kusagakure ninja's protection right now. Besides, this woman only matches the description. We haven't seen any sign of that supposedly miraculous healing ability yet. This is the Land of Grass, after all. We'd better not get into a direct conflict with them too soon. If we provoke them and she turns out not to be our target, it'll be troublesome for us to keep operating within the Land of Grass later."
"Then what do we do?"
"Follow them quietly for now."
Huaming thought for a moment. "The mission will end eventually. That Kusagakure ninja can't stay with them forever. We'll make our move then."
With the plan settled, the two quietly tailed the three people ahead.
They were both children carefully selected and trained by Oyashiro En. Huaming excelled at tracking, while Wind Heart excelled at concealing himself. Moving cautiously all the way, they failed to alert Long Lan, the Kusagakure chunin ahead.
However, while they were cautious enough, others were not.
Iwagakure's intelligence unit acted far more brazenly.
Though they had no clues that could lead them directly to Kana, they could conduct a large-scale sweep.
After all, Iwagakure had no shortage of manpower.
Still, while numbers meant