Sasuke really had not chosen a very smart escape route.
The four of them had been cautious at first, sweeping the surroundings with chakra, but they had detected nothing.
Every time Sakon and Ukon needled him, Sasuke felt a tightness in his chest. Uchiha Itachi was a thorn lodged in his heart that he could never pull out.
Fortunately, Sakura noticed something was wrong and reminded him in a low voice, "Don't fall for it. They're doing it on purpose."
With Xuan Zhe and Tsunade both absent, Sakura was the only one left beside Sasuke, so he had to exercise some restraint.
After spending all this time with Xuan Zhe, Sasuke had gained a better understanding of how to deal with people.
For Sakura's safety, he forced his anger down.
But Sasuke alone had been the Sound Four's target all along.
As long as Sakura stayed out of it, they could not be bothered with her.
The more Sasuke protected her, the worse things became.
Seeing how much he cared about the girl, the four immediately began thinking of targeting her.
Sakon and Ukon charged in to engage Sasuke in taijutsu, while Kidomaru took the opportunity to circle around to the other side. His spider silk skirted the two fighting figures and shot straight toward Sakura.
The diversion really worked.
In the blink of an eye, Sakura was covered in spider silk spat out by Kidomaru.
If he had not needed to conserve chakra to fight Sasuke, Kidomaru would not have settled for binding only her hands and waist. When he caught prey, he normally wrapped it in a cocoon of spider silk.
Anyone bound could only remain trapped in his chakra-formed threads as their strength was drained away bit by bit, suffering the same fate as those caught inside