Recaps

Guy, Ebisu, and Genma joined Shisui in defeating and capturing three Iwagakure scouts, giving Guy a chance to analyze Shisui’s Body Flicker Technique. After the prisoners were handed to Hisui, Shisui asked his father to let him lead Guy and the others on their escort to Inoichi Yamanaka.

• Shisui directed Guy, Ebisu, and Genma as they attacked three Iwagakure scouts and captured them alive.
• Guy analyzed how Shisui combined genjutsu and taijutsu to make his Body Flicker Technique disorient opponents and mimic teleportation.
• Shisui and the others escorted the captives to Outpost Eight and handed them over to Uchiha Hisui.
• Hisui ordered Shisui to take the prisoners to Captain Inoichi Yamanaka for interrogation.
• Shisui asked Hisui to let him lead the escort team and bring Guy and the others along.

Shisui persuaded Uchiha Hisui to let Guy, Ebisu, and Genma accompany him to deliver three Iwagakure prisoners to Inoichi Yamanaka’s camp. As they entered the bustling encampment, Ebisu spotted someone in the distance.

• Shisui convinced Uchiha Hisui that bringing Guy, Ebisu, and Genma along would show the Uchiha cooperating with other Konoha ninja.
• Shisui told Guy, Ebisu, and Genma they would escort three Iwagakure prisoners to Inoichi Yamanaka, and they eagerly agreed, hoping to see their former classmates.
• Shisui and the three young ninja left Outpost Eight with the prisoners and reached Konoha’s largest encampment on the Land of Rice Fields frontline two hours later.
• Guy thought about seeing Kurenai again and carried the letter she had sent him and a gift he had prepared for her.
• After passing the camp’s security checks, Ebisu spotted someone in the distance and excitedly called the others’ attention to him.

Guy reunited with Aburame Shikuroo at the front, and Shikuroo was overwhelmed when Guy and his teammates remembered his name. When Ebisu suggested inviting Kurenai and Asuma to join them, Shikuroo broke down and told Guy that Kurenai was not there.

• Guy spotted Shikuroo at the encampment and rushed over to greet him.
• Shikuroo learned that Guy and his team had been transferred to the Land of Rice Fields front and were stationed at Outpost Eight.
• Ebisu and Genma initially could not remember Shikuroo's name, but Guy introduced him as his good brother, Aburame Shikuroo.
• Shikuroo became emotional when Ebisu and Genma greeted him by name, and Shisui suggested they catch up after handing over the prisoners.
• Ebisu asked Shikuroo to invite Kurenai and Asuma, but Shikuroo began crying and told Guy that Kurenai was not there.

Guy, Ebisu, and Genma reunited with Aburame Shikuroo at the Land of Rice Fields front, then handed three Iwagakure prisoners over to Inoichi Yamanaka. They learned Kurenai and Asuma were away on classified missions, and Shikuroo led them off to share a meal.

• Guy learned that Kurenai and Asuma had been transferred to classified missions, then joyfully reunited with Aburame Shikuroo.
• Shikuroo invited Guy, Ebisu, and Genma to eat with him after they finished their mission handover.
• Shisui and the others delivered three Iwagakure prisoners to Inoichi Yamanaka, who accepted them and praised the trio based on Akimichi Choza's letters.
• Inoichi explained that Orochimaru had personally assigned Guy, Ebisu, and Genma to Outpost Eight, and suggested the placement might help Uchiha Shisui integrate with them.
• Inoichi confirmed Kurenai and Asuma were busy with other missions, then dismissed the group to catch up with Shikuroo.
• Shikuroo told the three he had saved them seats and good food, and led them toward the Cooking Squad.

Aburame Shikuroo treated Guy, Ebisu, and Genma to an enormous meal and packed them food for their journey back to Outpost Eight. Before they left with Uchiha Shisui, Shikuroo secretly gave Guy notes and a beetle that could sense Kurenai’s and Asuma’s bugs.

• Shikuroo kept bringing food until Guy, Ebisu, and Genma were full, then packed the leftovers and more provisions for them to take back.
• Shikuroo pulled Guy aside and gave him a stack of personal notes and a beetle that could sense the matching bugs on Asuma and Kurenai.
• Guy thanked Shikuroo and promised to treat him to a feast when they returned to Konoha.
• Guy, Ebisu, and Genma met Shisui at the eastern gate and set off for Outpost Eight with their food bundles.

Guy and his companions rushed toward a Konoha distress signal after his sensing insect reacted to Asuma and Kurenai’s chakra. Guy arrived in time to save them from an Iwagakure attack and prepared to face their assailants.

• Ebisu teased Guy about missing Kurenai as the group traveled back toward Outpost Eight.
• Shisui spotted a Konoha distress signal, and Guy’s sensing insect reacted violently, suggesting Asuma or Kurenai was in danger.
• Guy opened the Fourth Gate and sped toward the signal, while Ebisu, Genma, and Shisui followed.
• Asuma, Kurenai, and two wounded Konoha ninja were surrounded by Iwagakure ninja as Earth Release attacks threatened to kill them.
• Guy descended from above, destroyed the incoming attacks, and reunited with Kurenai and Asuma before turning to confront the Iwagakure ninja.

Guy defeated the Iwagakure attackers and helped save Kurenai, Asuma, and the wounded Konoha chunin. After the battle, Kurenai caught Guy when the strain of opening the fourth gate made him collapse, and Inoichi Yamanaka arrived as he stood back up.

• Shisui stopped Guy from chasing the fleeing Iwagakure ninja and urged him to escort the wounded back to camp.
• Guy defeated numerous Iwagakure ninja with the fourth gate open, while Ebisu and Shiranui Genma fought off other attackers with their chakra-infused blades.
• Guy collapsed from exhaustion, and Kurenai rushed over and caught him in her arms.
• Ebisu, Genma, Shisui, and Asuma began searching the battlefield for useful intelligence.
• Inoichi Yamanaka arrived, and Guy pulled away from Kurenai and stood up.

Inoichi Yamanaka's rescue team arrived after Guy, Shisui, and the others repelled an Iwagakure ambush, and Inoichi prepared to return with the intelligence and captives. Guy secretly gave Kurenai a gift from the Land of Waves before she left, while Shisui's team hurried toward Outpost Eight to report that the ambush might signal a larger attack.

• Inoichi Yamanaka examined Asuma, learned that Iwagakure had ambushed the team, and ordered the survivors and prisoners to return for interrogation.
• Shisui credited Guy with driving back the enemy, and Inoichi praised Guy's role in saving the team.
• Guy gave Kurenai a cloth-wrapped gift from the Land of Waves, and she departed with Inoichi's support team after urging Guy to be careful.
• Ebisu teased Guy about giving Kurenai the gift, while Shisui warned that the ambush could be a prelude to a large-scale assault.
• Shisui, Guy, Ebisu, and Genma raced toward Outpost Eight to report the attack.

After Guy warned Shisui and Uchiha Hisui that the calm resembled the days before the Kikyo Mountain disaster, Iwagakure launched a surprise attack on Outpost Eight. The chapter ended with the outpost surrounded by elite enemies led by Roshi, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Guy warned Ebisu and Genma to stay alert and told Shisui that the quiet battlefield reminded him of the days before the Kikyo Mountain battle.
• Shisui relayed Guy's warning to Uchiha Hisui, who ordered the camp to maintain heightened alert.
• Half a month later, signal flares and alarm whistles announced an enemy attack, and Iwagakure forces struck Outpost Eight with Earth Release techniques.
• Uchiha Hisui's forces formed a defensive line as fifty elite Iwagakure shinobi surrounded the outpost from the front and rear.
• Uchiha Hisui recognized the enemy leader as Roshi, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.

Roshi revealed that Iwagakure had secretly watched Outpost Eight for a month before attacking with fifty elite ninja and the Four-Tails Jinchuriki. He demanded Might Guy, Ebisu, and Shiranui Genma in exchange for letting the Uchiha withdraw safely, leaving the camp stunned as Roshi began to explain why he wanted them.

• Uchiha Shisui warned Uchiha Hisui that Roshi was a Jinchuriki, and Hisui realized Iwagakure had been observing the outpost for a month.
• Uchiha Hisui assessed the enemy's overwhelming strength and remembered that Shisui's insistence on vigilance had prevented the surprise attack from causing serious casualties.
• Roshi offered to let the Uchiha withdraw safely if they handed over three people.
• Roshi named Might Guy, Ebisu, and Shiranui Genma as his targets, prompting confusion and wavering among the Uchiha.
• Guy, Ebisu, and Genma realized Iwagakure's attack was aimed at them, while Roshi prepared to explain his demand.

Roshi threatened to kill Guy, Ebisu, and Genma unless the Uchiha surrendered them, claiming revenge for his disciple Iwami Shigezo. Shisui exposed the offer as a ploy to divide the defenders, and Roshi ordered Iwagakure's forces to attack Outpost Eight.

• Roshi revealed that Iwami Shigezo had been his disciple and blamed Akimichi Choza for his death, though Guy realized Choza had taken credit to protect him.
• Guy reasoned that Iwagakure had planned a larger assault and that Roshi was using revenge to weaken the defenders and prevent the three Konoha shinobi from escaping.
• Roshi demanded that Uchiha Hisui hand over Guy, Ebisu, and Genma in exchange for the Uchiha clan's safety, causing the defenders to hesitate.
• Uchiha Shisui stepped forward and argued that Iwagakure's attack targeted the outpost's strategic position, not merely the three Konoha shinobi.
• The Uchiha clansmen regained their resolve, and Roshi ordered his fifty elite Iwagakure shinobi to attack Outpost Eight.

Uchiha Hisui led Outpost Eight’s Uchiha against Roshi and Iwagakure, but Roshi’s Lava Release countered Hisui’s fire techniques and close combat. As the battle turned dire, Hisui pinned his hope on Shisui awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan to save the clan.

• Uchiha Hisui charged Roshi while Guy, Ebisu, and Genma formed a back-to-back triangle to defend themselves in the melee.
• Uchiha Shisui used his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and Body Flicker Technique to cut down Iwagakure ninja and support the Uchiha.
• Roshi swallowed Hisui’s Great Fireball with his Lava Release and forced him to dodge the molten attack.
• Hisui’s sword stuck to Roshi’s magma armor and began melting, while Roshi’s Scorching Armor Fist burned Hisui’s shoulder.
• Hisui realized Roshi could overwhelm the Uchiha once he defeated him and resolved that Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan was their only hope.

Guy devised a way to use a sealing scroll’s stored seawater to suppress Roshi’s Lava Release and asked Shisui and Hisui to cooperate. With Roshi attacking them, Hisui chose to trust Shisui’s judgment and commit to Guy’s plan.

• Guy realized Feiquan might be risking his life in hopes of Shisui awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan, but decided to intervene with a scroll containing a large amount of sealed seawater.
• Guy, Ebisu, and Genma cleared a path through the Iwagakure shinobi, and Guy told Shisui he could temporarily suppress Roshi’s Lava Release.
• Shisui agreed without asking for details, then used the Body Flicker Technique to reach Hisui and relay Guy’s plan.
• Hisui hesitated over whether to trust Guy, while Roshi welcomed Shisui’s arrival and attacked both Uchiha with the Scorching River Rock Technique.
• As he dodged Roshi’s lava spheres, Hisui chose to trust Shisui and committed himself to Guy’s plan.

Shisui, Feiquan, and Guy’s team launched a coordinated attack on Roshi, who unleashed a Partial Tailed Beast Transformation and turned the battlefield into a sea of lava. Guy used a sealing scroll to summon a torrent of seawater, and Ebisu and Genma shaped it into three enormous water dragons aimed at Roshi.

• Shisui and Feiquan teamed up against Roshi, who transformed and unleashed Lava Release: Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Shisui and Feiquan risked injury to block Roshi’s lava attacks while Guy carried Ebisu and Genma into the air.
• Guy opened a sealing scroll that released a massive torrent of seawater over Roshi’s lava field.
• Ebisu and Genma used their imitation Hiramekarei blades to shape the seawater into three giant water dragons.
• The dragons charged at Roshi, and Ebisu shouted that he was using the Forbidden Technique: Super Water Dragon Barrage Technique.

Uchiha Shisui captured the badly wounded Roshi after Guy, Ebisu, and Genma’s water attack cooled the lava into obsidian. As Roshi stalled to recover, Uchiha Hisui suddenly beheaded him, leaving the battlefield stunned.

• Guy, Ebisu, and Genma flooded Roshi’s lava field with seawater, creating a steam explosion that cooled the magma into obsidian and left Roshi severely burned and trapped.
• Uchiha Shisui pinned Roshi with a kunai at his neck, while the Uchiha fought off Iwagakure ninja trying to rescue him.
• Roshi refused to cooperate as Shisui held him, and Guy realized Roshi was stalling to recover his strength.
• Uchiha Hisui appeared behind Shisui and cut Roshi’s head off with a single stroke.

Uchiha Hisui killed Roshi to prevent the wounded Four-Tails Jinchuriki from recovering and turning the battle against the Uchiha. Roshi’s death broke the seal, releasing Son Goku’s chakra before it dispersed, and the battlefield was left facing an escalating war.

• Uchiha Hisui killed Roshi while the Iwagakure Ninja prepared to counterattack.
• Dark red chakra erupted from Roshi’s headless corpse, startling Hisui and Shisui.
• The Four-Tails, Son Goku, manifested as a giant chakra ape and roared over the battlefield.
• Son Goku’s apparition broke into motes that faded into the night, leaving the battlefield silent.

Uchiha Hisui ordered the Uchiha clan to kill every surviving Iwagakure shinobi after he beheaded Roshi, and the clan routed the demoralized enemy. As Guy guarded his exhausted teammates, he noticed Uchiha Feiquan’s three-tomoe Sharingan trembling.

• Uchiha Hisui ordered the Uchiha clansmen to leave no Iwagakure shinobi alive, and they launched a fiery counterattack.
• Uchiha Hisui and Uchiha Shisui joined the battle as the scattered Iwagakure forces broke and fled.
• The Uchiha clansmen pursued and killed fleeing and surrendering enemies, while some Iwagakure shinobi made desperate last stands.
• Guy stayed with Ebisu and Genma, whose chakra was nearly depleted, and guarded them as the battle continued.
• Guy noticed that Uchiha Feiquan’s three-tomoe Sharingan was trembling.

After Uchiha Hisui's unit defeated Roshi and his Iwagakure force, Guy reflected on how the battle had brought Hisui close to awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan. As the survivors prepared to support Outpost Seven, Torifu Akimichi arrived with Konoha reinforcements and a large force of Iwagakure shinobi, leaving both sides stunned and wary.

• Guy realized that Uchiha Hisui had briefly neared awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan, though his three-tomoe Sharingan returned to normal.
• Uchiha Hisui ordered his unit to clear the battlefield, treat the wounded, and prepare to support Outpost Seven after the Uchiha lost seven dead and several wounded while killing all fifty Iwagakure shinobi, including Roshi.
• Uchiha Hisui thanked Might Guy, Ebisu, and Shiranui Genma, promising that he would protect them while he and Outpost Eight remained standing.
• As the Uchiha prepared to depart, Torifu Akimichi arrived and recognized Roshi's headless corpse on the battlefield.
• A large force of Iwagakure shinobi emerged alongside Torifu's Konoha reinforcements, and the Uchiha at Outpost Eight watched in alarm as both sides faced one another.

After Roshi’s death, Iwagakure demanded Uchiha Hisui and the Four-Tails Jinchuriki’s corpse, while Torifu Akimichi refused to surrender either. Orochimaru appeared and challenged Iwagakure to have Ōnoki come claim the body himself.

• An Iwagakure leader arrived, saw Roshi’s headless corpse, and accused Konoha of killing the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Torifu Akimichi blocked the furious leader and refused to hand over Uchiha Hisui or Roshi’s corpse.
• The Iwagakure leader threatened all-out war and demanded Roshi’s body, while Torifu suspected they feared Inoichi Yamanaka could extract intelligence from it.
• Orochimaru emerged from the shadows and told Iwagakure to have Ōnoki come take the corpse himself.

After Orochimaru forced Kitsuchi and the surviving Iwagakure ninja to retreat, Torifu Akimichi ordered Roshi’s corpse searched for intelligence. Uchiha Hisui concealed Guy, Ebisu, and Shiranui Genma’s role in the battle, and Inoichi Yamanaka reacted with shock while searching Roshi’s mind.

• Orochimaru refused to return Roshi’s corpse, and Kitsuchi led the surviving Iwagakure ninja away after warning Konoha it would regret the decision.
• Torifu Akimichi made Orochimaru let Inoichi Yamanaka examine Roshi’s corpse before it was stored for research.
• Uchiha Hisui decided to hide how Roshi had targeted Guy, Ebisu, and Shiranui Genma, so Iwagakure would not target them for revenge.
• Hisui told Torifu that the Uchiha had used prepared sealing scrolls and Shisui’s help to suppress Roshi’s Lava Release and kill him.
• Inoichi Yamanaka jolted awake from his search of Roshi’s mind, his eyes wide with shock, and Torifu Akimichi noticed his terror.

After Inoichi Yamanaka uncovered alarming information in Roshi’s memories, Torifu Akimichi regretted keeping Roshi’s corpse and ordered an immediate withdrawal from Outpost Eight. The Konoha force abandoned the outpost and hurried toward the main garrison.

• Inoichi Yamanaka told Torifu Akimichi what he had discovered in Roshi’s remaining memories, making Torifu regret refusing to hand over the corpse.
• Inoichi Yamanaka and two Yamanaka clansmen used the Mind Body Transmission Technique to send the intelligence to Konoha, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• Torifu Akimichi ordered everyone to evacuate Outpost Eight and return to the main garrison immediately.
• Several ninjas carried the unconscious Yamanaka members, while two Uchiha clansmen helped Ebisu and Genma keep up with the force.
• Torifu Akimichi led the group as they abandoned Outpost Eight and hurried toward the main headquarters.

After learning that Iwagakure’s ambush plan against the Third Raikage had been exposed, Hiruzen Sarutobi feared Iwagakure would redirect its assembled forces against Konoha and issued urgent deployments. In Iwagakure, Ōnoki learned of Roshi’s death and prepared to confront Orochimaru himself.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi received intelligence that Iwagakure planned to ambush the Third Raikage with over ten thousand elite troops, and learned that Roshi had been killed at Outpost Eight.
• Hiruzen realized Iwagakure would likely cancel its ambush and turn its forces against Konoha, while Kumogakure might exploit the resulting conflict.
• Hiruzen ordered Hatake Sakumo to abandon his assignments, secretly travel to the Land of Rice Fields, and report to Torifu Akimichi.
• Hiruzen issued further orders for troop movements, supplies, defensive reinforcements, and intelligence surveillance across Konoha’s fronts.
• Ōnoki received news of Roshi’s death and the failed negotiations, then resolved to confront Orochimaru.

After learning the truth about Roshi’s death, Torifu Akimichi kept the intelligence about Iwagakure’s planned ambush of the Third Raikage secret and prepared Konoha’s forces for retaliation. He arranged to publicize Uchiha Hisui as the hero who killed Roshi, while Hisui requested that Guy, Ebisu, and Shiranui Genma be transferred out of his unit.

• Torifu Akimichi questioned Uchiha Hisui, who revealed how Guy, Ebisu, and Shiranui Genma helped defeat Roshi and explained why he had concealed their role.
• Torifu agreed to keep the truth within the tent and tell the frontline that Hisui had led Outpost Eight in killing Roshi.
• Torifu warned Hisui that Iwagakure would likely retaliate fiercely, and Hisui requested that Guy, Ebisu, and Genma be transferred away from his unit.
• Torifu and Inoichi Yamanaka resolved to conceal the intelligence about Iwagakure’s plan to ambush the Third Raikage to protect Konoha’s morale.
• Torifu ordered Inoichi to spread the account of Hisui’s victory across the frontline, presenting the coming conflict as Iwagakure’s revenge for Roshi’s death.

Uchiha Hisui had Guy, Ebisu, and Shiranui Genma transferred to Inoichi Yamanaka’s Intelligence Division to protect them from Iwagakure’s expected retaliation. They met their new captain, Inuzuka Tsume, and began settling into her unit, where they reunited with familiar faces at the cafeteria.

• Uchiha Hisui revealed that he had requested Guy, Ebisu, and Shiranui Genma’s transfer so they would be safer from Iwagakure’s retaliation.
• The three reported to Inoichi Yamanaka, who assigned them to the special jōnin Inuzuka Tsume and her partner, Kuromaru.
• Inuzuka Tsume introduced herself and Kuromaru, then asked the three to describe their skills and weapons.
• Tsume explained that they should stay close to her and Kuromaru on the battlefield, and a team member showed them around the larger camp.
• Guy, Ebisu, and Genma spotted Kurenai Yuhi, Sarutobi Asuma, and Aburame Shikuroo near the cafeteria and hurried over to greet them.

After learning that Iwagakure might retaliate for the death of its Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Guy and his companions waited under heightened alert. Three days later, an emergency whistle signaled a large-scale enemy attack on Konoha’s Land of Rice Fields headquarters.

• At the cafeteria, Guy, Ebisu, Genma, Kurenai, Shibi, and Asuma discussed the Four-Tails Jinchuriki’s death while Asuma paid for their meal to repay Guy for saving his life.
• Kurenai showed Guy the red coral necklace he had given her, and Asuma watched their exchange with jealousy.
• Asuma told the group that Commander-in-Chief Torifu had ordered heightened alerts, suspended nonessential missions, and warned that Iwagakure could attack at any moment.
• Asuma offered Guy, Ebisu, and Genma the protection of Captain Inoichi’s well-staffed unit if fighting broke out, and Guy accepted his offer.
• Three days later, a series of emergency whistles woke the Konoha frontline headquarters and signaled a large-scale enemy attack.