Scouting the Earth [Scouts]

The second squad of Mockingbird ninja had a relatively easy job. While they were tasked with monitoring activity in the Land of Earth which was a major nation and had a large portion of territory, the men scouting it didn't necessarily need to keep themselves hidden from the military presence in the Land. In fact, they could actually get help and supplies from Iwagakure no Sato because it was currently under the rule of the Leaf. These men were definitely the ones which had the most comfortable scouting life out of all the 180 that left Konohagakure that night.

But that of course didn't mean they were able to relax or incompetent enough to not do their jobs properly. The squad made sure to monitor every road and trail there was. They too established a network of peasants and civilians who were happy to give them information in exchange for small services or goods such as help with hunting for food or even donations of small pouches of ryo. The squad was obviously unable to prevent anyone from actually getting through the borders and would instruct the civilians to specifically avoid combat while employing the same tactics but...if anyone got through the land, they would know.

[Monitoring activity]

The 16th squad arrived at the Land of Earth and met up with the 2nd one, leaving one of Akihiro's marked shuriken with them. But their mission wasn't done yet. There was one final destination they needed to be heading to.

Exit ->Land of Earth (half ot it 24hrs)-> Land of Grass 12hrs -> Land of Fire 48 hrs-> Land of Waves 12hrs