Temple Routines
Yoshi and Kitari excuse themselves and go for a walk around the grounds rather than to any buildings. The constant movement makes it far more difficult to eavesdrop, but not impossible.
The scout has attempted to follow Hiro-matsu, but the two stealth men are better sneakers than spotters. Within moments, Hiro manages to nonchalantly move through the kitchen, chatting with monk cooking there, before moving out of the room by the back door and losing the scout. The two men do not see each other again.
Strolling the grounds himself, Hiro-matsu attempts to position himself ahead of them as they slowly stroll the grounds - behind a shrine soji panel here, one the other side of some hedges there, etc. He tries to make it so if he gets caught, he'd have no reason not to simply say he was getting his exercise after the meal.
After the two pass one position, he moves to another position he thinks they might pass by. Sometimes he is correct, and sometimes he is not. Sometimes he is close enough to hear them talk quietly to themselves, sometimes he is not.
It is clear that Yoshi is keeping an eye out for others as they walk, although Kitari seems to be more focused on Yoshi himself. Neither men seem to notice Hiro-matsu.
Yoshi is blue, Kitari is periwinkle
I understand your concerns, but I must reiterate, you are in no real danger at this point. Those training in the caves are removed from both civilization, as well as your Shrine. All you must do is trade out men from time to time, and once they are trained, get word to me and I'll bring them to their next assignment
I do not like that you brought others this time. I do not recruit. I have no skill at it. You should have left them behind and recruited them away from the Shrine
Sometimes, my friend, I don't get to structure the world as I'd like. While your Shrine is isolated, you'll have to develop stories for those whom trek here. And signal those training not to come to the Shrine when others are about.
What if the Chosokabe... and they are out of range.
Sugawara might know what we do, but he has clearly not made his plans public. Otherwise his clan wouldn't be curious of ...
Kitari, I need you to do one more thing for me. I want you to establish a couple of your monks living in XXXX village. When the shit hits the fan, we will need people there who have established themselves that can direct the flow of information. Take your smoothest two monks and tell them...
Hiro-matsu and Ayare should be taken with you. I see you plan to train them here, but I will not risk it. They're loyalty is untested and it is an extreme risk. If you want them for the fight, take them. But leave me out of it.
Hrmph...
And after that, the two men go and sit in an area that has almost no cover to use to get close enough to them. They talk perhaps 30 more minutes and come back to the Shrine.