Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20180913151539/@comment-1512913-20180915150650

It's still a plothole though. How come Yamato and a handful of fodder ninja are able to keep him cornered? Orochimaru alone is much stronger than all those 'guarding' him, not even to mention ff Karin, Suigetsu, Jugo and Log helped...

Unless the Yamato is a clone or a clone is in the village and if anything were to happen, the information would instantly be received by Naruto and gang.