Bang~ Bang~
Two Amegakure ninja fell one after the other. Orochimaru wiped the blood from his kunai and put it away again.
"It looks like Hanzo has surrounded the unit that got separated from us." After putting away his kunai, Orochimaru spoke in a low voice. There had not been many Konoha main forces in this area before, and according to the information leaked by these two Amegakure ninja, it sounded very much like the unit they had previously commanded.
"Are we going to save them?" Tsunade asked, lightly biting her thumb as she clearly pondered something.
"Do you even need to ask? Our comrades are in danger—how can we stand by and do nothing? Besides, they were following us before," Jiraiya said without hesitation. Tsunade glanced at him and said quietly, "I understand all that, but don't you find it strange? We all know Hanzo's strength, and we know he is a cautious ninja. Whenever he goes anywhere, he always brings a large number of ninja with him. Against such a force, our former unit should not have been able to resist. So why has he merely surrounded them without attacking, while continuously summoning more Amegakure ninja? It defies reason, unless..."
"Unless he is using them as bait to hook a bigger fish," Orochimaru naturally picked up where Tsunade left off, his expression slightly grim.
Tsunade nodded and crouched down, casually picking up a branch to draw on the ground. "This is a terrain map of the area based on the information from those two Amegakure ninja." Pointing between several mountains, she said, "Our unit is trapped in the middle. This terrain is like a pocket—once the few entrances are sealed, no matter who enters, they will have no escape. There is at least an eighty percent chance that