Recaps

Sasuke and his team confronted Killer B, but the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki easily overpowered Suigetsu and Jugo. Sasuke stepped forward to fight and told Killer B he was using Akatsuki to pursue revenge.

• Sasuke assigned Suigetsu, Jugo, and Karin their positions before the team confronted Killer B.
• Suigetsu attacked with the Kubikiribōchō, but Killer B caught the blade with his bare hands and redirected its force into the ground.
• Killer B took the Kubikiribōchō from Suigetsu and knocked Jugo out of his Sage Transformation, while sparing him.
• Sasuke stepped forward to face Killer B, and Jugo apologized for being unable to defeat him.
• Killer B asked why Sasuke's group wanted to capture him, and Sasuke said he was using Akatsuki as a tool for his revenge.

Sasuke fought Killer B while seeking the power to take revenge on those responsible for Itachi's death. Killer B paused mid-fight to write a new rap, then prepared to attack Sasuke with an astonishing seven-sword stance.

• Sasuke declared he would work with the devil to avenge Itachi, while Karin praised him and Suigetsu urged him to silence Killer B.
• Sasuke clashed with Killer B, blocked the Kubikiribōchō with his sword, and kicked Killer B, but could not hurt him.
• Sasuke knocked the Kubikiribōchō toward Suigetsu, and Killer B revealed he had written a new rhyme during the fight.
• Killer B announced he would fight seriously and reached for the swords on his back as Suigetsu warned Sasuke about his swordsmanship.
• Killer B caught seven swords and arranged them across his hands, teeth, knee, and waist, leaving Sasuke, Karin, and Suigetsu baffled by his stance.

Killer B overwhelmed Sasuke with his lightning-fast sword style, forcing Suigetsu to intervene when Sasuke was about to be killed. At Orochimaru's base, Kabuto was summoned away by a Snake Sage, and Snow Leopard tried to stop the departing Impure World Reincarnation fighters from returning to the Pure Land.

• Killer B used his seven-blade attack to knock Sasuke down, but Sasuke recovered and charged with a Chidori-coated Kusanagi Sword.
• Killer B matched Sasuke's lightning chakra and drove him back with a barrage that wounded him in several places.
• Suigetsu blocked Killer B's fatal strike against Sasuke with the Kubikiribōchō.
• Snow Leopard summoned the Meow Six Paths, who defeated Kabuto's Impure World puppets while Candy sealed them.
• A Snake Sage summoned Kabuto away just before Orochimaru could strike him, and Orochimaru began gathering his belongings to leave.
• Kabuto released Impure World Reincarnation, prompting Sasori, Kakuzu, and Hanzō to begin returning to the Pure Land, so Snow Leopard showed them the hand signs for the technique.

Kakuzu, Hanzō, and Sasori used Impure World Reincarnation hand signs to sever Kabuto’s control and avoid returning to the Pure Land. As Fish Ball and the other cats took control of the situation, Sasori learned that Chiyo was still alive and had used Life Reincarnation to revive the Kazekage.

• Kakuzu and Hanzō formed the signs to escape the Pure Land’s summons, while Sasori initially refused because he would not be anyone else’s puppet.
• Fish Ball controlled Sasori and made him form the signs, freeing all three reanimated men from Kabuto’s control.
• Snow Leopard explained that a reanimated person could sever the Impure World Reincarnation contract by forming its hand signs, leaving Orochimaru stunned by the loophole.
• Hanzō asked Orochimaru about Nagato and Amegakure, and Orochimaru invited him to meet Dusk’s leader; Kakuzu suspected the invitation was a trap.
• Fish Ball threatened to dig up Sasori’s parents’ and Chiyo’s graves, prompting Sasori to ask whether his grandmother was dead.
• Orochimaru told Sasori that Chiyo had used Life Reincarnation to revive the Kazekage, while Fish Ball sent the cats to search the base for valuables.

Candy explained how Naruto’s actions had changed Chiyo, while the revived Sasori, Orochimaru, and Kakuzu learned about his power. Hidden nearby, Itachi watched Sasuke’s battle with Killer B without intervening, and Karin healed Sasuke as Hawk Team fought to protect him.

• Candy said Naruto’s determination to rescue Gaara had changed Chiyo, and Kakuzu recalled the damage Naruto’s Wind Style: Rasenshuriken had caused him.
• Fish Ball ordered the group to search the area and told Orochimaru to find Tayuya’s body.
• Itachi watched from the shadows as Killer B battered Sasuke, holding back because he feared Obito would discover he was alive and target Sasuke.
• Suigetsu blocked Killer B’s strike, Jugo charged in Sage Transformation, and Karin dragged Sasuke to safety.
• Karin healed Sasuke by letting him bite her wrist, and Sasuke thanked her after his wounds closed.

Sasuke and Hawk Team struggled against Killer B, who outmatched their attacks until they used teamwork to locate him. As Sasuke pursued him, Killer B revealed his eighth blade and cloaked himself in the Eight-Tails’ Chakra.

• Itachi reflected on the Uchiha Clan’s possible revival and Liao Wu’s plan to keep the world balanced between opposing powers.
• Sasuke agreed to attack Killer B alongside Suigetsu and Jugo, while the Eight-Tails identified Hawk Team’s abilities and warned Killer B to target Karin.
• Suigetsu, Jugo, and Sasuke launched a coordinated assault, but Killer B repelled them until Suigetsu trapped him and Sasuke struck them both with Chidori.
• Jugo slammed Killer B into a crater, but Killer B disappeared, and Karin sensed him hiding inside a nearby peak.
• Jugo launched Sasuke toward Killer B, who announced his eighth blade and covered himself with the Eight-Tails’ Tailed Beast Cloak.

Sasuke and his team fought Killer B in Cloud Thunder Canyon, where Sasuke used his Mangekyō Sharingan to trap Killer B in an illusion. Eight-Tails freed Killer B, who critically injured Sasuke, and Jugo began giving Sasuke his cells and chakra to regenerate his organs.

• Sasuke dodged Killer B’s Lightning Plow Hot Blade using his Sharingan, while Killer B praised his skill and then targeted Karin.
• Jugo moved Karin and Suigetsu out of Killer B’s attack, but the resulting blast shattered the canyon rocks and sent them into the lake.
• Sasuke regrouped with Karin, Suigetsu, and Jugo, then asked Karin to track Killer B while he read the jinchuriki’s movements.
• Sasuke used his Mangekyō Sharingan to immobilize Killer B with an illusion, but Eight-Tails helped Killer B break free.
• Killer B struck Sasuke in the chest and damaged his internal organs, leaving him near death.
• Jugo stopped Karin from using her remaining chakra and began merging with Sasuke to supply cells and chakra for regeneration.

Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails and overwhelmed Sasuke’s team, forcing them to abandon their mission and flee. As the Eight-Tails fired a Tailed Beast Ball, Suigetsu put himself in its path to protect Sasuke and the others.

• Killer B explained that the Eight-Tails inside him could break Sasuke’s illusion, then transformed into the Eight-Tails’ full form.
• Suigetsu, Karin, and Jugo were terrified by Gyuki’s size and chakra as Killer B rapped and prepared to attack.
• Jugo restored Sasuke to consciousness but shrank from exhausting his Curse Mark and chakra, and Karin urged the team to retreat.
• Suigetsu transformed into a giant mass of water and told Sasuke, Karin, and Jugo to escape while he held off the Eight-Tails.
• Killer B formed and fired a Tailed Beast Ball, and Suigetsu threw himself in front of it as the blast tore through the valley.

As Killer B overwhelmed Sasuke and his team in Cloud Thunder Canyon, Sasuke awakened Amaterasu and then Kagutsuchi to turn the fight around and save Karin. Killer B used the chaos to conceal his real body and prepare an escape, while Itachi watched Sasuke’s new dojutsu with relief.

• Cloud Village ninja saw Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails and recognized Sasuke’s group as Akatsuki members.
• Sasuke remembered how his companions and Team Seven had risked themselves for him, then awakened Amaterasu and struck the Eight-Tails with black flames.
• Killer B used an octopus tail clone to hide his real body, while Sasuke severed a tail and Amaterasu caught Karin.
• Sasuke awakened Kagutsuchi and withdrew the flames from Karin, but the effort left him exhausted and in pain.
• Itachi concluded that Sasuke’s paired dojutsu let him control Amaterasu, and Killer B prepared to escape Cloud Thunder Canyon.

Sasuke’s team believed they had captured Killer B, but Itachi recognized that they had taken an octopus-tentacle clone while the real Killer B remained hidden in the lake. Killer B used the ruse to escape Cloud Thunder Canyon and pursue his dream of learning rap, despite the Fourth Raikage’s control.

• Sasuke extinguished the Amaterasu flames and confirmed with Jugo that the unconscious Killer B was alive, then his team prepared to carry him away.
• Itachi revealed that Killer B had used his Octopus Leg Clone Technique and that the real Killer B was still hiding in one of the Eight-Tails’ tentacles.
• Itachi rushed toward the real Killer B after Sasuke’s team left with the clone.
• Two Cloud Village ninja recognized Sasuke’s Uchiha crest and decided to report Killer B’s apparent capture to the Fourth Raikage.
• Killer B celebrated fooling the Akatsuki and planned to leave Cloud Thunder Canyon to learn rap, while the Eight-Tails warned that the Fourth Raikage would be furious.

Itachi confronted Killer B and explained that he intended to kill Eight-Tails to prevent the Akatsuki from reviving Ten-Tails and starting a war. Killer B learned what Ten-Tails was and why the Akatsuki sought to revive it.

• Eight-Tails sensed danger, and Killer B fled through the lake while Itachi pursued him as a flock of crows.
• Itachi gathered on the shore and confirmed his identity after Killer B recognized him as Uchiha Itachi.
• Killer B questioned whether Itachi had controlled Sasuke, and Itachi said he had left the Akatsuki.
• Itachi told Killer B he had come to kill Eight-Tails so the Akatsuki could not revive Ten-Tails.
• Eight-Tails explained that Ten-Tails was the source of the Tailed Beasts and could destroy the Ninja World.
• Itachi described the Akatsuki’s plans for Ten-Tails and rejected their pursuit of peace through destruction.

Healthy, resurrected Itachi unleashed his evolved Susanoo against Killer B and the Eight-Tails in Cloud Thunder Canyon. After the clash escalated to a Tailed Beast Ball, the Fourth Raikage and Cloud Village's elite arrived outside the canyon.

• Itachi awakened his fourth-form Susanoo, empowered by his restored health and white Zetsu cells, and resolved to fight Killer B.
• Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails, Gyuki, and attacked Itachi's Susanoo with his tentacles.
• Itachi blocked Gyuki's attacks with the Yata Mirror and severed three of his tentacles with the Totsuka Blade.
• Killer B charged and fired a Tailed Beast Ball, while Itachi braced Susanoo behind the Yata Mirror as the blast engulfed the area.
• The Fourth Raikage arrived outside Cloud Thunder Canyon with Darui, Karui, Dodai, Samui, and Omoi, furious that the Akatsuki had taken Killer B.

The Fourth Raikage learned that Sasuke had used Amaterasu against Killer B and prepared to attack the Land of Rain, believing the Akatsuki had captured his sworn brother. A Tailed Beast Ball then revealed that Killer B was still fighting, while Itachi had survived the blast with his Susanoo and Yata Mirror.

• The Bald Ninja told the Fourth Raikage that Sasuke had used black flames on Killer B, and the Raikage identified them as Amaterasu and blamed the Leaf Village.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered Dodai to recall Cloud ninja and announced that he would attack the Land of Rain to strike the Akatsuki.
• Omoi feared that the Akatsuki had begun extracting Killer B’s Eight-Tails, and Karui threatened him for saying so.
• An explosion over Cloud Thunder Canyon revealed Killer B’s Tailed Beast Ball, and the Fourth Raikage rushed toward the canyon with Darui and the others following.
• Killer B saw that Itachi had blocked the Tailed Beast Ball, though the blast had destroyed the lower half of Itachi’s Susanoo and left him exhausted.
• Itachi sensed the Cloud ninja approaching and estimated they would reach the canyon in about a minute.

Itachi fought Killer B and the Eight-Tails, then used Tsukuyomi to leave Killer B vulnerable and stabbed the Eight-Tails with the Totsuka Blade. The Eight-Tails began being sealed inside the blade as Itachi pursued his plan to prevent the Akatsuki from reviving the Ten-Tails.

• Itachi decided to seal the Eight-Tails inside the Totsuka Blade and charged at him with Susanoo.
• Killer B used the Eight-Tails' tentacles to block Itachi's attack while warning that the Cloud Village's forces would soon arrive.
• Itachi used Amaterasu to burn one of the Eight-Tails' tentacles, then trapped Killer B in Tsukuyomi until the Eight-Tails disrupted the illusion.
• Killer B handed control of the body to the Eight-Tails, and Itachi pierced him with the Totsuka Blade.
• The Totsuka Blade drained the Eight-Tails' chakra as Itachi told him he would be sealed forever inside its illusion world.

Itachi sealed the Eight-Tails with the Totsuka Blade, while the Eight-Tails saved Killer B from dying by leaving a tentacle inside him. After Killer B woke, he told the Fourth Raikage and the Cloud Village that Itachi was alive and trying to prevent the Ten-Tails' revival.

• Itachi sealed the Eight-Tails inside the Totsuka Blade, and the Eight-Tails left a severed tentacle in Killer B to keep him alive.
• The Fourth Raikage found the unconscious Killer B and embraced him after he regained consciousness.
• Killer B told the Fourth Raikage that Itachi had sealed the Eight-Tails and seemed to be acting against the Akatsuki.
• Killer B explained that Itachi wanted to stop the Ten-Tails from being revived, and the Cloud Village learned that the Akatsuki's weapon was the Ten-Tails.
• Samui identified Itachi's shield, gourd, and blade as the Yata Mirror, Sake Gourd, and Totsuka Blade, the legendary Three Sacred Treasures.

After Itachi sealed the Eight-Tails with the Totsuka Blade, the Fourth Raikage ordered the Cloud Village to hunt him down and planned to confront the Leaf Village at the Chunin Ninja Exams. Killer B regained hope that they could free the Eight-Tails, while the Cloud ninja recognized Itachi as a threat who might defeat their entire village.

• The Fourth Raikage raged over the Eight-Tails being sealed, and Dodai suggested they might free it by finding Itachi and destroying the Totsuka Blade.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered the Cloud Village to track Itachi and said he would confront the Hokage at the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Killer B mourned the Eight-Tails as his friend, so the Fourth Raikage slapped him and urged him to believe they could still save it.
• Killer B recovered his resolve and vowed revenge on Itachi, while Omoi warned that Itachi's abilities made him a threat beyond one village.
• The Fourth Raikage admitted he would likely lose to a healthy Itachi, and the narration warned that Itachi could potentially defeat the entire Cloud Village.

The Cloud Village debated Uchiha Itachi’s motives while medical ninja explained how Killer B survived with one of the Eight-Tails’ tails. Killer B rejected eating the Eight-Tails’ flesh, but the Fourth Raikage ordered the village to recover the other severed tails and pursue Sasuke Uchiha for the last one.

• Dodai stopped Karui from attacking Itachi, arguing that the Cloud Village could not trust his promise to kill the Eight-Tails.
• The Fourth Raikage asked whether Killer B could survive with one tail, and the medical ninja explained that the Eight-Tails’ chakra sustained him but that using it could be dangerous.
• The medical ninja suggested Killer B eat the Eight-Tails’ flesh to regain power, but Killer B refused because he considered the Eight-Tails his friend.
• Darui proposed retrieving the three severed tails from the lake and implanting them into Killer B, and the Fourth Raikage ordered him to do so.
• Killer B said he could sense Sasuke Uchiha’s remaining tail, so the Fourth Raikage agreed to recover the lake tails first and then pursue Sasuke.

Orochimaru brought Kakuzu, Sasori, and the others to the Dusk Organization’s base in Rōran, where they saw how Liao Wu had turned the ruins into a thriving oasis city. They reached the Dragon Vein Tower and waited as Liao Wu finished with a woman inside, leaving the group with a poor impression of their new leader.

• Orochimaru told Kakuzu that the Dusk Organization was funded by the fortune Kakuzu had left behind, and Kakuzu raged over others spending his money.
• Orochimaru told Sasori that the Dusk Organization was based in the Loulan Desert, and the group entered the newly developed oasis city of Rōran.
• Fish Ball credited the Meow Six Paths with using Wood Style and irrigation channels to help transform Rōran into an oasis.
• Orochimaru, Kakuzu, Sasori, and Hanzō observed the busy trade and defenses of Loulan City and concluded that Liao Wu had great confidence and strength.
• Candy led the group into the Dragon Vein Tower, where Sasori saw dragon-vein-powered puppet guards.
• The group heard Liao Wu having sex with a woman until she passed out, after which he called Candy in to clean up.

Liao Wu declared the Dusk Organization’s new “Will of Hegemony” and used intimidation and bullying to reinforce his authority over its members. He ordered Orochimaru to revive several kekkei genkai users and the Sound Four, while Orochimaru revealed that Kabuto had moved the Fourth Kazekage.

• Candy told Liao Wu that Kabuto had learned Impure World Reincarnation and revived Kakuzu, Sasori, and Hanzō before being reverse summoned away from the Meow Six Paths.
• Liao Wu announced that Dusk would adopt the Will of Hegemony, with veterans bullying newcomers to build loyalty, and he began bullying Fish Ball and Cai Lai.
• Liao Wu intimidated Orochimaru and warned him never to betray Dusk.
• Orochimaru reported recovering DNA samples from several kekkei genkai users and the Sound Four, and Liao Wu ordered him to revive them with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru told Liao Wu that he could not find the Fourth Kazekage because Kabuto had probably moved him.

Liao Wu bullied the reanimated Kakuzu and Sasori into Dusk Organization’s culture of hegemony, using the promise of resurrection to gain Kakuzu’s cooperation. Elsewhere, Sasuke’s team recovered in a cave in the Land of Lightning after nearly dying on their mission.

• Liao Wu ordered Orochimaru to infiltrate the Leaf Village during the Chunin Ninja Exams, steal the Shinigami Mask, and release the souls sealed by the Shinigami.
• Liao Wu bullied Kakuzu by burning his money, then promised to let him manage Dusk’s finances and resurrect him if he worked hard.
• Liao Wu verbally bullied Sasori, while Fish Ball joined in and mocked him.
• Liao Wu called Hanzō in and had Cai Lai bully him as part of Dusk’s culture of hegemony.
• In the Land of Lightning, Karin explained that Suigetsu was severely dehydrated, so Sasuke submerged him in a pool he made inside their cave.
• Sasuke, Karin, Suigetsu, and Jugo ate roasted food and discussed how their mission had nearly killed them all.

After Sasuke’s team escaped their battle with Killer B, the Cloud Village caught up and revealed that the captive was only a clone. The real Killer B appeared with the Fourth Raikage, leaving Sasuke’s group surrounded and their tailed-beast capture thwarted.

• Sasuke blamed the team’s lack of independent intelligence for their near-fatal battle with Killer B, then rested while Karin and Jugo kept watch.
• Jugo sensed approaching Cloud Village shinobi and woke Sasuke and Karin, who fled with the unconscious Killer B and Suigetsu.
• Karin detected Killer B’s chakra among their pursuers, and the Cloud Village shinobi surrounded the team under the Fourth Raikage’s leadership.
• The real Killer B revealed that the captive was a clone made from an Eight-Tails tentacle, and the supposed captive transformed back into the tentacle.
• Killer B absorbed the tentacle into himself, bringing the number of Eight-Tails tails inside him to five and giving him hope of reviving the Eight-Tails.

Killer B revealed that he had escaped Sasuke's Amaterasu by switching his real body into a tentacle, while the Fourth Raikage scolded him for faking his death. As Hawk Team faced the Cloud Village with little strength left, Sasuke learned that Itachi was alive and had fought Killer B, leaving him shocked and elated.

• Killer B explained how he had escaped Sasuke's attack, and the Fourth Raikage confronted him for trying to fake his death and escape.
• Jugo realized the Eight-Tails tentacle had let Killer B track Hawk Team, whose members were too injured and depleted to fight the Cloud Village.
• Omoi and Karui argued about Itachi's strength, and Sasuke overheard them say that Itachi was alive and had attacked Killer B.
• Karui claimed Itachi had never died and had protected Sasuke from the shadows, prompting Sasuke to demand details about his brother.
• Karui threatened Itachi, and Sasuke angrily defended him while regretting that he had learned the truth only after Itachi's apparent death.

Sasuke learned that Itachi had acted to prevent war and stop the Akatsuki, but the Fourth Raikage captured Sasuke and his companions before Itachi appeared. Obito watched from hiding, reconsidering Sasuke as a pawn while the Cloud Village planned to exploit his Uchiha bloodline.

• Sasuke revealed that Itachi had been made a scapegoat for stopping a civil war, and the Cloud Village learned that Konoha's leadership had orchestrated the Uchiha massacre.
• Killer B explained that Itachi had tried to kill the Eight-Tails to prevent the Akatsuki from reviving the Ten-Tails, and Sasuke reflected on his brother's ideals.
• The Fourth Raikage announced that the Cloud Village would take Sasuke into custody, then exploited Sasuke's eye pain to rush in and defeat the team.
• Obito watched the battle and realized Itachi was alive, had sealed the Eight-Tails, and could turn Sasuke against the Akatsuki.
• The Fourth Raikage and Killer B captured Sasuke and his companions, and the Raikage declared that the Cloud Village would use Sasuke to expand the Uchiha bloodline.

The Cloud Village captured Sasuke and the rest of Hawk Team, hoping to claim their powerful bloodlines, while Obito used the abduction to draw Itachi out and sow conflict among the villages. Itachi chose not to rescue Sasuke, warning the Cloud Village to stop short of provoking him before departing for Rōran.

• Darui praised the captured Hawk Team members’ bloodlines, and the Fourth Raikage ordered them taken back to Kumogakure.
• Obito declined to rescue Sasuke, told White Zetsu to watch for Itachi, and arranged for the Leaf Village to learn that Sasuke had been captured.
• Karin warned the Cloud Village that the Akatsuki and Uchiha Ryobu might retaliate, while Omoi worried about the danger of their captives’ allies.
• A flock of crows circled the Cloud Village party, making the Fourth Raikage suspect Itachi was warning them not to mistreat Sasuke.
• Itachi watched the captives being carried toward Kumogakure and decided not to intervene because Obito was watching and a rescue would trigger a battle.
• Itachi turned into crows and flew toward Rōran in the Land of Wind.

Liao Wu assigned Sasori to develop Rōran’s puppet defenses and ordered Hanzō to raise giant salamanders, while Deidara joined them after being revived. Orochimaru arrived with several revived kekkei genkai users, who learned they had been brought back for their abilities.

• Liao Wu put Sasori in charge of Rōran’s puppet research, and Sasori chose to keep his Impure World Reincarnation body.
• Liao Wu ordered Hanzō to raise giant salamanders, and Hanzō reluctantly agreed after Fish Ball threatened him.
• Deidara arrived, reunited with Sasori, and complained about Sasuke Uchiha before Fish Ball scolded him.
• Liao Wu had Candy arrange rooms for Kakuzu, Sasori, Deidara, and the others.
• Orochimaru arrived with revived kekkei genkai users, including Kimimaro, the Sound Four, Hizashi Hyuga, Pakura, Toroi, and Haku.