The flash of red caught his eye almost immediately, but he showed no outward sign of noticing anything out of the ordinary, as papa said that to do so was dangerous; a shinobi stayed vigilant until the last possible moment and acted without haste, he wasn't about to argue.

Shino continued to aid his new ant friends in their endeavors, setting up a small leaf walk way over a rather deep trench in the dirt and kept himself occupied until the kikaichuu sentry he'd sent out to investigate could report back on exactly who or what, was observing him from the tree line.