Mori, judging no option to be any safer than another, decided to press on with his botanical survey, even though this would take him right through Tafen territory. After five days of hiding in the daylight and moving at night, he finally escaped from the Tafen hunters looking for him.
後來森之助研判北退南下都一樣危險，決定繼續向南經過大分社領地以完成調查，經過五天晝伏夜出，終於逃離大分社人追殺。