In the forest near Tenchi Bridge, the Grass Ninja's extensive search still turned up nothing, until the ANBU and tracking squad arrived with Ninja Dogs.
"Damn it, he was right around here just now. How could you not find him?" Seeing how excited the Ninja Dogs were, the tracking squad captain immediately judged that the scent here was fresh, yet these idiots hadn't found so much as a hair.
"Captain, he's headed toward the Land of Rain again." A tracking squad member took a Ninja Dog around the area, discovered that the scent led toward the Land of Rain, and immediately returned to report.
"Damn it, keep chasing! We can't let him escape the Land of Grass!" The tracking squad captain immediately had the Ninja Dogs lead the way and continued pursuing Lin Chuan toward the Land of Rain. At the same time, he shouted to the men beside him, "Send word to whoever's in charge of the defensive line along the Land of Rain border. Tell them they must stop the rogue ninja..."
"Yes, Captain." A tracking squad member stopped to write a message and sent a Messenger Hawk to carry word of Lin Chuan's escape route to the Grass Ninja stationed along the Land of Rain border. Then he resumed chasing after the captain ahead.
He had no idea that two Grass Ninja ANBU were following behind them. These were the same two ANBU investigating the string of Genin deaths. They followed the tracking squad as a final safeguard; if the squad couldn't handle the rogue ninja, they would step in.
Meanwhile-
Lin Chuan ran without stopping all morning and finally reached the border between the Land of Grass and the Land of Rain at noon. He had chosen the Land of Rain rather than the Land of