Recaps

Makima entered the interrogation and quickly broke the Jashinist Cult prisoner, Ishida Akira, before warning Yuri about the danger of becoming her “dog.” She then told the Kumogakure Counterespionage Group that the legendary spy Kabuto Yakushi had infiltrated the village, leaving the team shaken.

• Makima arrived at the interrogation room and confronted Yuri Briar, then used unknown methods that made Ishida Akira beg to confess.
• Makima invited Yuri to become her “dog,” and an officer warned him that agreeing would bring a fate worse than hell.
• Makima praised the Counterespionage Group’s recent work against enemies hiding in Kumogakure.
• Makima announced that Kabuto Yakushi had infiltrated Kumogakure, startling the officers and Yuri.
• Makima mocked the team for being frightened by Kabuto Yakushi’s name.

The Canopy Screen revealed Kabuto Yakushi’s future reputation as a legendary spy, alarming Kumogakure’s counterintelligence officers and provoking A’s mixed reaction. In Orochimaru’s cave, Kabuto reported that Sasuke’s planned capture was underway, and Orochimaru ordered Kimimaro to join the mission.

• Makima urged Kumogakure’s counterespionage officers to search for Kabuto Yakushi and intensify surveillance of Konoha’s spies.
• A demanded to know why Kumogakure’s future elites feared Kabuto, and Samui explained that his shifting loyalties and unclear motives made his allegiance impossible to determine.
• A took pride in Kumogakure’s future strength, while Samui privately worried about threats and tensions within the village.
• Orochimaru praised Kabuto’s future reputation, then asked about the arrangements to bring Sasuke Uchiha to him.
• Kabuto said Tayuya, Sakon and Ukon, Kidomaru, and Jirōbō were on their way to contact Sasuke, and Orochimaru ordered him to send Kimimaro as well.

Yuri learned that Yor had married and rushed to meet her husband, while Yor and Kabuto Yakushi prepared to maintain their family cover story. Yuri arrived and was shocked to discover that Yor had become the mother of Loid’s daughter, Anya.

• Yuri called Yor and learned she had married a year earlier, so he decided to visit and judge her husband for himself.
• Yor came home to find Kabuto Yakushi helping Anya with her homework, while Anya worried that her uneven performance might expose her mind-reading ability.
• Yor told Kabuto that her brother was coming and had not been told about their marriage, and Kabuto assured her their family history was prepared.
• Yuri arrived at Yor’s apartment, where Anya greeted him and Yor explained that Anya was Loid’s child and now her daughter too.
• Yuri reacted with shock that Yor had married a man who already had a child.

Yuri visited Yor and Loid, scrutinizing Loid and questioning the family about their past. Anya concealed her origins by pretending to have forgotten where she used to live, and Loid supported her with a story about her painful childhood.

• Yor told Yuri that she liked Anya, and Anya hugged Yor's leg and said she liked her too.
• Yuri met Loid, and the two men sized each other up during a firm handshake.
• Yuri questioned Loid about his work, background, marriage, and why he had kept the marriage from Yor's brother.
• Yor admitted that she had forgotten to tell Yuri, and he accepted her explanation.
• Yuri asked Anya where she had lived before, and Anya claimed she had forgotten.
• Loid explained that Anya's mother had died when she was young and that grief and neglect might have left her with painful memories.

After Yuri left, Kabuto suspected that he was a Kumogakure counterintelligence operative and began to question Yor’s identity. Kabuto hired mercenaries to investigate her, and the chapter ended as the newsstand owner entered a secluded tavern to seek potential contractors.

• Yor and Anya comforted Kabuto, easing Yuri’s suspicions, and Yuri left their apartment.
• Kabuto concluded Yuri was likely part of Kumogakure’s Counterintelligence Unit and decided to investigate Yor through a third party.
• Disguised as a middle-aged man, Kabuto left the newsstand owner a paid request to investigate Yor without alerting her or Kumogakure.
• The newsstand owner bribed a Chunin to pass through the Thundercloud Barrier and reached a secluded tavern to find mercenaries for the job.

The Wind and Thunder Brothers accepted a job to investigate Yor Forger’s private life and possible special abilities. When Yor sensed them following her near the Raikage Building, she lured them into an alley and seized both men, leaving them helpless in her grip.

• The man with the afro hired Wind God and Thunder God to investigate Yor Forger and watch for any special abilities.
• Wind God and Thunder God agreed to the job, hoping to earn money after spending their savings on Lord Killer B’s concert.
• Yor sensed someone surveilling her on her way to the Raikage Building and slipped into a secluded alley.
• Wind God and Thunder God followed Yor into the alley, where she ambushed Thunder God and knocked Wind God down.
• Yor grabbed both brothers by the throat and lifted them off the ground, preventing them from using Ninjutsu or Taijutsu.

Yor forced the Wind and Thunder Brothers to conceal her activities after learning Loid had hired them to investigate her. Later, the Sound Four invited Sasuke to Orochimaru’s hideout, and Sasuke prepared to fight them.

• Yor learned Loid had hired the Wind and Thunder Brothers to check whether she was being unfaithful, then ordered them to report that nothing was unusual.
• The brothers agreed to hide what they had seen, fearing Yor belonged to a secret Kumogakure assassination squad.
• Fourth Raikage A and Samui discussed corruption and the fragile peace after the broadcast, while Killer B asked to leave the village and was refused.
• The Sound Four appeared at the Uchiha Residence and invited Sasuke to Orochimaru’s hideout in exchange for power.
• Sasuke activated his Three Tomoe Sharingan and challenged the Sound Four to fight.

Sasuke defeated the Sound Four with the Rabbit Talisman and vanished after saying he would consider going to Orochimaru. The next day, Kabuto investigated Yor Forger but dismissed the report of her unusual strength, while Anya secretly kept him from discovering that Yor was an assassin.

• Sasuke fought the Sound Four and was pushed back after they activated their Curse Marks.
• Sasuke used the Rabbit Talisman to appear behind Tayuya and knock down the other three, then disappeared after saying he would consider going to Orochimaru.
• The Sound Four said Kabuto had expected Sasuke to come with them and vanished from the rooftop.
• Kabuto received a report that Yor was unusually strong but showed no suspicious behavior, and he dismissed his doubts about her.
• Anya hugged Yor and blamed herself for making Yor come home late, reassuring Kabuto that their family was ordinary.
• Anya noticed the Sunagakure newspaper and asked Kabuto why the village was surrounded by high walls.

Anya learned that a school ninja exam could earn its winner a meeting with the Raikage, and Kabuto tried to prepare her despite her poor combat skills. The exam began the next morning, and Mikoto raced ahead through the forest using magnetism.

• Kabuto explained Sunagakure’s protective wall and the Sasori of the Red Sands Group emblem to Anya, while Yor watched them together.
• Anya heard that the top student in the upcoming ninja exam could meet the Raikage, and she imagined using the opportunity to bring peace to the Shinobi World.
• Sosuke Aizen announced the exam, and Kabuto gave Anya special training before reassuring her that Naruto had also been called the academy’s “Dead Last.”
• Sosuke Aizen began the mountain race, warning the students about traps along the route.
• Mikoto Misaka used magnetism to run along a tree and surge into the forest, leaving Anya impressed.

Anya and Conan struggled through the mountain race, competing to avoid finishing last before Conan let Anya cross ahead of him. Teacher Aizen ended the test and announced that the individual combat test would take place the next day.

• Damian raced ahead with Ewen and Ellman, while Anya and Conan fell behind and challenged each other to avoid last place.
• Anya and Conan paused to recover, and Conan shared a Soldier Pill and water with her before they continued through the forest.
• Anya got caught in a rope trap, and Conan freed her; when he questioned her interest in Damian, she claimed she wanted to marry into a rich family.
• At the summit, Anya tripped and hurt her leg, so Conan let her go ahead and rest; Anya finished second-to-last, and Conan finished last.
• Teacher Aizen ended the test and announced the individual combat test for the next day, while Mikoto Misaka carried Anya down the mountain.

Anya celebrated placing second to last and trained with Yor in shuriken throwing before the academy’s second test. Damian and Mikoto Misaka began their match, and Damian launched a stronger attack after Mikoto used her powers to block and counter his first strike.

• Anya told Kabuto she had placed second to last, then asked Yor to give her special training.
• Yor taught Anya to throw shuriken and demonstrated by piercing two trees and a boulder with one throw.
• Anya arrived at the training ground determined to prove herself as Aizen announced the first match between Mikoto Misaka and Damian.
• Damian opened with Thunder Breathing, First Form: Thunderclap and Flash, but Mikoto blocked his strike with a floating kunai and attacked with more weapons.
• Damian used Thunder Breathing, Second Form: Rice Spirit, to clear Mikoto’s projectiles, then charged with Fourth Form: Distant Thunder.

Mikoto Misaka defeated Damian with her Railgun, and Anya woke in time for her match against Conan Edogawa. Their taijutsu duel began with such clumsy, slow attacks that the spectators were left dumbfounded.

• Damian charged Mikoto, but she stopped his sword with her power and hurled him aside.
• Mikoto fired a Railgun, and Damian met the coin with his sword before it broke and the shot blasted through a tree and the Training Ground wall.
• Aizen declared Mikoto the winner, while Anya cheered for her and Damian grew more disappointed.
• Anya fell asleep against Mikoto's shoulder, then woke when her match against Conan was announced.
• Anya and Conan bowed, charged at each other, and began a sluggish, clumsy taijutsu fight.

Anya and Conan’s ninja assessment ended in a draw after Anya dodged his shuriken but failed to throw hers far enough to hit him. The Canopy Screen then showed the Fourth Raikage praising the future generation, while Naruto reassured Sakura about Sasuke’s behavior and vowed to bring him back if necessary.

• Anya anticipated Conan’s throws and dodged every shuriken until he ran out.
• Anya’s own shuriken fell short, so Teacher Aizen declared the match a draw and ended the assessment.
• Damian and his lackeys mocked Anya, but Damian stopped when she began to cry and hurried away.
• Mikoto Misaka comforted Anya and cheered her up by offering to take her shopping for rainbow dumplings.
• The Fourth Raikage praised Damian and Mikoto Misaka to Darui and Samui, then boasted about Kumogakure’s future generation.
• At Ichiraku Ramen, Sakura worried Sasuke might be consumed by revenge, and Naruto promised he would bring Sasuke back to Konoha if he turned against it.

Haruno Sakura tried to comfort Sasuke, who angrily shut her out, while the Canopy Screen showed Mikoto Misaka and Anya shopping and Conan Edogawa accidentally knocking out Kogoro Mouri. Kogoro recovered and entered the Odd Jobs Shop, where Conan explained Shinichi’s absence with a prepared story.

• Haruno Sakura visited Sasuke at night to ask what was troubling him, but Sasuke shouted at her and slammed the door.
• Mikoto Misaka told Anya that winning the assessment would earn her a meeting with retired Fourth Raikage A, and Anya revealed her plan to build a miniature Kumogakure for a craft assignment.
• Conan Edogawa, wary that intruders had found him, kicked Kogoro Mouri unconscious when he opened the Odd Jobs Shop door.
• Conan blamed the attack on an automatic defense system and introduced himself as Professor Agasa’s distant grandson.
• Kogoro Mouri asked about Shinichi, and Conan claimed Shinichi had left the village for an important job before Kogoro settled in with a beer.

Makima launched the Snake-Catching Operation to use Konoha spy Morio Okawa to expose Kabuto Yakushi’s contacts in Kumogakure. She confronted Morio in the library and used her power to control his body and distort his memories, while he resisted her mental attack.

• Kogoro Mouri recruited Conan as an errand boy for a new commission.
• A senior officer warned Yuri not to mention Makima’s name inside the base.
• Makima briefed her team on Morio Okawa, a Konoha spy posing as a librarian, and named the plan the Snake-Catching Operation.
• Makima confronted Morio in the library, but he tried to flee and she forced him to return.
• Makima began altering Morio’s memories, while he struggled against her control with his Chakra.

Makima rewrote Morio Okawa’s memories and made him resume his assigned task, while Yuri visited Yor’s home and revealed that his team planned to capture Kabuto Yakushi at the library. Anya learned of the coming ambush and resolved to protect her family, but she struggled with how to warn her father.

• Makima imposed a fabricated memory on Morio Okawa, who accepted her as his mistress and began carrying out her instructions.
• Yor found Yuri asleep on the train, and Yuri remembered how he had worked hard to support and protect his sister.
• Yor invited Yuri to tutor Anya, but the lesson quickly exhausted him and failed to make progress.
• Yuri declined Yor’s barbecue invitation because he had a work assignment to help Makima capture Kabuto Yakushi at the library that weekend.
• Anya heard Yuri’s plan through his thoughts, resolved to protect her family, and imagined warning Kabuto Yakushi about the ambush.

Anya resolved to adapt quickly after an embarrassing moment, while the Raikage and Konoha’s intelligence leaders reacted to the Canopy Screen’s revelations. The next broadcast began a new mission in which Ino sent Kabuto to meet undercover spy Morio Okawa at the Library.

• Anya fled to her room, then drew courage from Bondman’s advice and decided to learn to think on her feet.
• The Fourth Raikage questioned Darui about his future reputation, then dismissed five possible Professor Agasa candidates after Samui could not identify the right man.
• Ibiki warned Inoichi that Makima would be a formidable opponent for Ino, but Inoichi insisted his daughter would fulfill Konoha’s mission.
• Ino told Kabuto that Morio Okawa had hidden intelligence about Darui in his mind and requested a meeting at the Library.
• Kabuto remembered his previous encounter with the remnants of the Jashinist Cult at the Library.

Ino Yamanaka arranged for Kabuto Yakushi to meet the trusted Konoha operative Morio Okawa at the library, while Makima prepared a trap around the building. Kabuto entered in disguise, but Kogoro Mouri’s staged confrontation disrupted his chance to contact Morio.

• Ino Yamanaka told Kabuto Yakushi that Morio Okawa was a trusted operative and gave him a photograph, arranging for Morio to explain the next step at the library.
• Makima deployed the Counterintelligence Squad outside the library and used birds to monitor the building, ordering her team to wait for her signal.
• Kabuto Yakushi disguised himself as a scholar and entered the library, noticing the police patrols outside and sparse surveillance inside.
• Kogoro Mouri bumped into Kabuto and demanded compensation for the scattered documents, while Morio Okawa withdrew to the staff break area.
• Kabuto abandoned his attempt to contact Morio and changed his tone as he tried to handle Kogoro without appearing suspicious.

Anya rushed to the Library to warn her father but was stopped by Yuri and confronted by Makima, whose attempt to control her failed against Anya’s mental barrier. The brief clash disrupted Makima’s surveillance network, and Morio Okawa died inside the workroom, throwing the Snake-Catching Operation off course.

• Kabuto Yakushi avoided the lobby camera, argued with Kogoro Mouri, then settled by a window to watch the workroom while Conan noticed his suspicious behavior.
• Anya woke late, hurried to the Library, and encountered Yuri at the entrance as she tried to reach her father.
• Yuri warned Anya about a dangerous Jashinist Cultist and tried to send her home, but Anya refused to leave.
• Makima arrived, tried to dominate Anya, and found her power blocked by an impenetrable mental barrier.
• The contact disrupted Makima’s animal-control network, and she discovered through a bird that Morio Okawa had died in the workroom.

Makima sealed the Library after Morio Okawa was found dead and suspected Kabuto Yakushi of killing him. With the Counterintelligence Squad unable to find clues, Yuri brought in Officer Megure to investigate, though Megure knew his reputation had come from cases Kudo solved for him.

• Makima ordered Yuri to surround the Library, and Kumogakure forces raised a Barrier that trapped everyone inside.
• Kabuto saw the Library being encircled and wondered whether Morio Okawa had betrayed him or the operation had been exposed.
• The authorities announced a lockdown over suspected Jashinist Cult extremists, and frightened visitors were forced to remain inside.
• Makima's forces found Morio Okawa dead in the staff lounge, and Makima ordered a search for Kabuto Yakushi.
• Yuri recommended Officer Megure as a murder specialist, and Megure reluctantly faced the case while worrying that Kudo was not there to solve it.

Megure brought Kogoro Mouri in to help solve a locked-room murder, but neither detective could make progress. When Makima confronted them, Conan secretly knocked Kogoro unconscious and prepared to take over the investigation.

• Makima promised to recommend Megure for promotion if he solved the murder, and Megure identified it as a locked-room case before stepping outside in a panic.
• Megure encountered Kogoro Mouri and brought him and Conan into the lounge to help with the investigation.
• Megure told Kogoro that his own promotion depended on solving the case, and Kogoro confidently agreed to handle it.
• Kogoro repeated Megure's observations and tried to leave for a cigarette, prompting Makima to threaten them with her killing intent.
• Conan shot Kogoro in the back of the neck with a device, and Makima noticed the connection as Conan prepared to solve the case himself.

Conan used Kogoro Mouri’s voice changer to expose Kenta Takahashi as Morio Okawa’s killer, revealing a poisoned-needle locked-room murder. Makima ordered Takahashi taken for interrogation and his memories examined for signs of mental manipulation.

• Conan, speaking as Kogoro Mouri, had Officer Megure bring in the three people who had entered the lounge before Morio Okawa’s murder.
• Kogoro explained that the killer had used the rare poison Formless and a hair-thin trigger wire to deliver a melting poisoned needle.
• Kogoro accused Kenta Takahashi, and Conan pointed out that Takahashi carried a photograph of a woman wearing a matching Clay Ring to Okawa’s.
• Takahashi confessed that jealousy over Misa’s relationship with Okawa had driven him to kill.
• Makima doubted that Takahashi was the legendary Spy Kabuto Yakushi and ordered his memories examined for signs of planted suggestions or mental manipulation.

Makima cleared the library to flush out Kabuto Yakushi, then confronted him after he shed his disguise. Kabuto resisted her control long enough to escape underground, leaving Makima surprised by his ability to evade her.

• Makima ordered the Military Police Force to clear everyone from the library within ten minutes.
• Kabuto Yakushi slipped out with the crowd and removed his disguise in a secluded alley.
• Makima revealed herself as the leader of the Kumogakure Counterintelligence Unit and tried to control Kabuto by touching him.
• Kabuto's fractured sense of identity disrupted Makima's control, allowing him to use the Snake Substitution Technique and escape underground.

Makima used identity synchronization to kill the members of Ino Yamanaka’s covert intelligence team in their underground base beneath Kumogakure. Ino and Shoyo Takeuchi survived, and Ino ordered him to prepare to fight as they fled the attack.

• Kabuto Yakushi escaped through a pipe in White Snake form, shaken by the unknown Ninjutsu he had encountered.
• Ino Yamanaka’s team shared ramen and spoke about their families and hopes of returning to Konoha after completing their mission.
• Makima made death-row prisoners repeat the names of Ino’s team members, causing the corresponding comrades in the underground base to die violently.
• Ino Yamanaka found that she and Shoyo Takeuchi were the only survivors and retrieved Ken Satō’s family photo from the bloodied floor.
• Ino Yamanaka dragged the shaken Shoyo Takeuchi to his feet and ordered him to prepare to fight, believing Kumogakure’s forces had found them.

Inoichi and Ino confronted the brutal cost of espionage after watching Ino’s future team be slaughtered. In the broadcast, Aizen stopped Makima from killing Ino and Kabuto reached the devastated hideout, where he concluded Kumogakure had used Morio Okawa’s betrayal to purge the spies remotely.

• Inoichi Yamanaka demanded that the broadcast stop and vowed to keep Ino from becoming a spy after seeing her future comrades die.
• Shikamaru Nara praised Ino Yamanaka’s leadership under pressure, and Inoichi embraced his daughter with relief and grief.
• Aizen halted Makima’s attempt to kill Ino, citing the consequences of harming Haruno Sakura’s close friend, and Makima ended the operation.
• Kabuto Yakushi arrived at the underground base and learned from Ino Yamanaka that all their comrades but her and Shoyo Takeuchi had died.
• Kabuto reported that Morio Okawa had betrayed them and suspected Kumogakure used the names in his mind to kill the spies remotely.