Land of Wind.
Beneath the sky full of yellow sand, two groups were locked in a chase.
The ones fleeing were Sasori of the Red Sands and Yura.
The pursuers were Elder Chiyo and another jonin named Fujitomo.
It was not that Chiyo did not want to bring more people.
It was because Rasa had taken away too many experts, leaving Hidden Sand Village with few enough to hold the fort.
She had to personally lead the pursuit of Sasori of the Red Sands.
Scorpion had no other puppets, only Crow to make use of.
Controlled by Scorpion, Crow nimbly followed Yura out of Sunagakure.
Yura had set up some traps and misleading clues beforehand, allowing the two of them to escape Sunagakure.
But they had not gotten far before they realized Chiyo had latched onto them.
Chiyo and the others were not fast, but even if they shook Chiyo off, she would catch up again soon afterward.
After the two sides had been chasing each other for four hours,
Scorpion, working with the limited conditions available, installed a voice device on Crow.
At last, he could speak freely.
"Stop, Yura. We can't escape that old woman's tracking skills."
Yura was not made of iron. After sprinting for four hours, he was panting heavily as well.
Yura found a sand dune and began to rest.
The one who was tired was him, not Scorpion.
After all, Scorpion had no body and would not grow fatigued.
The reason Yura and Scorpion had not split up was simple.
Scorpion had no suitable puppet. Crow alone could never make it out of the desert.
If they failed to escape and ended up dying trapped in the desert, that would be a joke.
"Lord Scorpion, what do we do now?"
Yura had originally planned