"Does he intend to follow me all the way and find my hideout?"
The thought flashed through Orochimaru's mind.
It seemed the only explanation for why his pursuer kept tailing him, even though most of the Chakra carried by the Spirit Body had already been depleted.
Spirit Bodies needed Chakra to maintain themselves. If the little Chakra left in the Spirit Body ran out, it would collapse on its own.
During the Shinobi World War, this very limitation had forced Dan Katō, who used the Spirit Transformation Technique, to return to his body immediately after each attack to replenish his Chakra.
The fact that his pursuer was willing to take such a risk just to track him sent a chill down Orochimaru's spine. "It seems the Akatsuki Organization is serious this time!"
At once, Orochimaru began thinking through every possible countermeasure and emergency plan!
He even decisively abandoned the nearby basic secret hideout.
But he had no idea that Ido was simply indulging her own whim.
Besides, with the Space-Time Dojutsu 'Red Dragon' contained in the Red Dragon Eye allowing her to sense Yakumo, Ido could draw Chakra from her at any time, anywhere. She had no need to worry about her Spirit Body becoming unstable from running out of Chakra.
"Aw, have I reached the limit of my range?"
Caught up in the excitement, she pouted.
The only thing holding her back now was that, in her Spirit Body state, she couldn't stray more than fifty kilometers from Yakumo.
Meanwhile,
the battle between Tsunade and the artistic duo, Scorpion and Deidara, was still raging.
But as time passed, more and more Konoha Ninja, including Shizune and Kakashi, joined the fray.
Reinforcements were also arriving from every direction without pause.
This was the response system Konoha had established.
During the