After shaking off the Third Kazekage, Akaseki first headed west. Then, after wiping out a mountain stronghold of bandits, he changed his face and doubled back east by a roundabout route. After all, circling the entire shinobi world and crossing the sea from the west to return to Konoha would have been far too long a journey, with far more chances for something to go wrong.
So, after disguising himself, Akaseki looped back east, evading the blockades along the way—
With the Vanishing Facial Copy Technique and his Sealing Technique, once Akaseki had escaped his pursuers and removed the tracking marks on his body, he was practically impossible to corner again, provided he did not go looking for trouble.
Especially now, when Sunagakure could not possibly spare too many people to search for Akaseki within its borders.
Even setting aside whether they could find him, the warning attached to his A-rank threat designation meant that at least two Jonin had to be present before anyone could engage him. Otherwise, they were to flee immediately!
Even outside wartime, how many Jonin squads could they send out?
Against the Land of Wind's vast, sparsely populated territory, those numbers would have been a drop in the bucket.
Along the way, Akaseki also asked around about the aftermath in Sunagakure and news from the battlefield in the Land of Rain.
Because the Land of Wind controlled the flow of information, all Akaseki managed to hear was a children's rhyme!
Cold rain falls in the Land of Rain, little Sand children dare not remain. The long snake withdraws to his tent once more, White Fang sits with his blade at the hall's front door. White light flashes, wind and sand flee, when the fire sleeve strikes, none stand free—
From this rhyme, Akaseki deduced that