Arc 12The Summer Festival Plot
Izuna and the others helped expose the foreign powers’ plans against the Land of Whirlpools while the Land of Hot Water prepared to host the Tsuchigumo Clan and investigate an impending festival assassination. As Yūko reunited with Sōichi and Kakuzu learned he was meant to kill Hashirama, Tamaro intervened when an attacker targeted Luotai, but Ren chose to face her clan herself.
- Hashirama and Madara discovered a shipyard plot to blockade the Land of Whirlpools, and the resulting dockside battle ended when Izuna used Mokushō’s fan to unleash a gale.
- Izuna urged the Tsuchigumo Clan to settle in the Land of Hot Water, and the Seven Lucky Gods later granted the clan land and legitimate status.
- Jotaro and Enma learned that Izuna’s actions had helped protect the Land of Whirlpools, while Izuna proposed stronger trade and political ties between Konoha and the island nation.
- Makoto, Enma, and Luotai searched for the mother of an abandoned baby, while Izuna rescued Yūko from suicide and brought her back to Sōichi.
- Sōichi revealed that he had been working undercover against Masato and warned that agents planned an assassination at the Early Summer Festival, so Izuna agreed to help in exchange for payment and other terms.
- Mokushō confronted Kakuzu and revealed that his assignment was to assassinate Hashirama, advising him to abandon the mission and seek a place in Konoha.
- Tobirama and Hiroyama questioned captured agents about the festival plot, but learned only that a raised platform might be involved.
- Kuroo Sanjō attacked Luotai, but Tamaro drove him off, and Tamaro offered to take Ren away, and Ren refused, choosing to return to her clan and fight for herself.