Trying to bypass a small swarm of ANBU agents the following morning turned out to be ' not as arduous as she had expected. Sakura had woken up at 4:30, tiptoed to the kitchen, and eaten whatever leftovers had remained from dinner. Then she snuck into the bathroom, created a clone with as little chakra as she could, masked her signature entirely, and squeezed her way outside from the tiny bathroom window. The darkness of the early hour provided enough cover, but just to be sure, she wove a concealment genjutsu around herself as well.

The previous night, after everyone had fallen asleep, Sakura had fixed a 'medical pouch ' with whatever materials she could find, namely chakra and blood replenishing pills that she had made the previous week and some rolls of bandages, as well as herbs that would help Shin 's lungs and heart from developing further clots, and a clean sheet.