Recaps

Uzumaki Hane arranged to confront Deidara and Sasori, recruiting Guren and preparing Shion and Gozu to help. When the enemies approached the palace, Hane lured Deidara away while Sasori stayed behind to fight him.

• Deidara told Sasori that Uzumaki Hane had survived his greatest masterpiece and vowed to kill him in their next encounter.
• Uzumaki Hane asked Taruho to send soldiers to locate Deidara and Sasori, and warned him that they were exceptionally dangerous missing-nin.
• Gozu, Shion, and Guren offered to help; Hane agreed to Guren’s offer, while Shion and Gozu planned to occupy Deidara.
• A soldier reported that Deidara and Sasori were heading toward the palace, so Hane and the others went to meet them.
• Hane attacked the pair with a lava fist, then lured Deidara away as Sasori stayed behind and struck at him with a scorpion tail.

Uzumaki Hane battled Sasori of the Red Sand, enduring his poisoned attacks and destroying Hiruko. Sasori revealed his true body and summoned a puppet made from the Third Kazekage, leaving the fight ongoing.

• Sasori of the Red Sand revealed Hiruko and attacked Uzumaki Hane with its poisoned tail and needles.
• Uzumaki Hane dodged and blocked the poisoned attacks with kunai and lava shields, then charged at Sasori.
• Uzumaki Hane grabbed Sasori's tail despite being stabbed, pulled him off balance, and smashed Hiruko apart.
• Sasori of the Red Sand emerged from Hiruko and summoned his puppet made from the Third Kazekage.
• Uzumaki Hane attacked with Lava Shuriken, while the Third Kazekage puppet blocked them and sent a mass of arms toward him.

Guren, Shion, and Gozu trapped Deidara in a crystal barrier and used Guren’s clones to stall him while he fought back with explosive clay. Deidara’s dolls multiplied as Guren cut them apart, and the chapter ended with him detonating one and preparing to blow up two more.

• Guren, disguised as Uzumaki Hane, lured Deidara into a trap, where Shion restrained him with a sealing technique and Gozu exposed his clay clone.
• Guren attacked Deidara with a crystal blade, then enclosed him in a one-kilometer crystal barrier and created clones to hold him there until Uzumaki Hane could arrive.
• Deidara destroyed several Guren clones and summoned clay dolls, while Guren’s clones cut the dolls apart to stall him and drain his Chakra.
• Deidara detonated a doll beside one Guren, blowing off her arm, then prepared to detonate two more dolls as they charged at her.

Deidara overwhelmed Guren’s crystal clones and destroyed the barrier with C4, then pursued Guren, Shion, and Gozu. Shion’s tentacles briefly dragged Deidara underground, but he escaped and struck Gozu with an explosion while protecting Shion.

• Guren’s crystal clones attacked Deidara, but he detonated his puppets and destroyed the clones with explosions.
• Deidara used C4 Karura to destroy the remaining Gurens and animals inside the barrier, shattering the barrier itself.
• Deidara pursued Guren, Shion, and Gozu, while Guren used a crystal dragon to confront him in the air.
• Shion’s pitch-black tentacles seized Deidara and dragged him into a crater, but he escaped before they could pierce him.
• Deidara sent explosive birds toward Shion, and Gozu stepped in front of her and took the blast.

Uzumaki Hane battled Sasori of the Red Sand and gradually overwhelmed the puppet’s weapons with his lava abilities. Sasori then revealed the Third Kazekage’s Iron Sand and attacked Hane with Iron Sand Shigure, leaving Hane amid a cloud of dust.

• Sasori of the Red Sand discovered that the Uzumaki Hane he had impaled was a lava clone, then dodged Hane’s enlarged-fist attack.
• Sasori released poisonous mist, but Uzumaki Hane transformed into lava, charged through it, and counterattacked with lava.
• Uzumaki Hane fought back against the puppet’s blades, extending arms, shuriken, kunai, and circular saw, destroying or burning many of its weapons.
• Sasori of the Red Sand summoned the Third Kazekage’s Iron Sand and explained its power to Uzumaki Hane.
• Sasori used Iron Sand Shigure to fire countless iron particles at Uzumaki Hane, filling the area with dust.

Uzumaki Hane battled Sasori of the Red Sand and his Third Kazekage puppet, dodging and regenerating through repeated Iron Sand attacks. After Hane damaged the puppet, Sasori unleashed Iron Sand World Method, covering the area around Hane with a vast web of piercing branches.

• Hane dodged Sasori's Iron Sand spears and destroyed them with Great Eruption, but his lava fists could not break through the Iron Sand wall.
• Sasori attacked Hane with massive Iron Sand pillars and columns, while Hane repeatedly dodged and used Canine Red Lotus against the conical pillar.
• Sasori recognized Hane's regenerative ability and said he wanted to turn him into a puppet.
• Hane charged Sasori and used Great Eruption to shatter two Iron Sand masses before smashing the Third Kazekage puppet's right arm and sending it flying.
• Sasori retreated and activated Iron Sand World Method, spreading piercing Iron Sand trunks and branches across a hundred-meter radius around Hane.

Deidara attacked Shion and Guren with explosive clay dragons, while Guren and Shion fought to protect the wounded Gozu. The chapter ended with Guren trapping Deidara and his giant white dragon inside a mass of crystal.

• Shion's tentacles struck a Deidara clay clone, but the real Deidara detonated it and Gozu shielded Shion from the blast, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Guren enclosed Gozu in a Crimson Fruit crystal and asked Shion to stall Deidara while she prepared a sealing technique.
• Deidara used explosive clay dragons to destroy Guren's crystal dragon and repeatedly attack Guren and Shion from the air.
• Shion intercepted Deidara's attacks with her tentacles, even disrupting one clay dragon, but the explosions injured her and threw her into a tree.
• Guren completed her Hand Seals and used Crystal Release: Eight Crystal Walls Formation to encase Deidara and his giant white dragon in crystal.

Uzumaki Hane destroyed Sasori of the Red Sand’s Third Kazekage puppet and forced him to reveal his own puppet body. Sasori’s water blades then injured Hane and drove him into a running battle, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Sasori of the Red Sand trapped Uzumaki Hane in Iron Sand branches and sent the Third Kazekage puppet to attack him.
• Uzumaki Hane broke through the Iron Sand defenses and destroyed the Third Kazekage puppet with Great Eruption.
• Sasori of the Red Sand revealed his puppet body and attacked Hane with flames, which Hane absorbed without harm.
• Sasori of the Red Sand switched to water cannons, then shaped their streams into blades that severed Hane’s right arm.
• Uzumaki Hane regenerated his arm and dodged as Sasori of the Red Sand’s water blades cut through the ground after him.

Uzumaki Hane fought Sasori of the Red Sand, destroying his puppet body before Sasori escaped with his perpetual heart and unleashed the Performance of a Hundred Puppets. Hane battled the puppet horde with lava and brute force, but the fight remained underway as he sent a Great Eruption crashing into the puppets.

• Uzumaki Hane dodged Sasori of the Red Sand’s water blades and poisoned dart, then healed the graze on his arm with lava.
• Uzumaki Hane grabbed Sasori of the Red Sand’s abdominal rope and smashed his puppet body, but Sasori’s perpetual heart escaped through a fissure and reassembled him.
• Sasori of the Red Sand opened a scroll and used the Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets to send a horde of armed puppets after Uzumaki Hane.
• Uzumaki Hane crushed, cut apart, and hurled aside the attacking puppets while blocking their poisoned kunai and shuriken.
• Uzumaki Hane threw a lava blade through several puppets, then launched a Great Eruption that shattered and swallowed many more.

Uzumaki Hane fought Sasori of the Red Sand's puppet army and unleashed Meteor Volcano to destroy it, but the attack left him exhausted. When a pillar of fire rose where Shion and the others were fighting Deidara, Hane rushed to help them.

• Sasori sent waves of puppets against Hane, who used lava shuriken, javelins, and a Magma Wall to hold them off.
• Two water-equipped puppets sliced through Hane's Magma Wall and severed his right hand, which he restored with magma.
• Hane used Great Eruption to destroy more than twenty puppets, but Sasori had spread them out to blunt the attack.
• Hane destroyed the remaining puppets with Meteor Volcano, turning the battlefield into a sea of lava.
• Hane saw a pillar of fire rise near Shion and the others and rushed toward it despite his exhaustion.

Guren, Shion, and Gozu survived Deidara’s first explosion, but Deidara attacked them again after Gozu used Lightning Release to stop his Clay Spiders. Uzumaki Hane arrived in time to destroy Deidara’s final explosion and protect them.

• Guren and Shion were thrown aside when Deidara broke free of Guren’s crystal and set off a massive explosion.
• Guren tried to retreat with the unconscious Shion and Gozu, but Deidara blocked their path and surrounded them with Clay Spiders.
• Gozu woke and used Lightning Release to disable the spiders and strike Deidara, then warned Guren and Shion that he was late.
• Deidara recovered and began another explosion, engulfing Guren, Shion, and Gozu.
• Uzumaki Hane arrived and destroyed the blast with an enormous lava fist, then asked Shion if she was all right.

Uzumaki Hane rescued Shion, Guren, and Gozu from Deidara’s explosion clone and brought them back to the palace for treatment. Shion asked to visit Konoha once she recovered, while Deidara found Sasori of the Red Sand’s surviving Perpetual Heart, and the two prepared to face Uzumaki Hane again.

• Uzumaki Hane reached Shion, Guren, and Gozu in time to destroy Deidara’s explosion, then took the injured group to a nearby cave.
• Uzumaki Hane returned to the palace for healers and soldiers, and Taruho led them to treat and escort Shion, Guren, and Gozu back.
• Shion thanked Uzumaki Hane for rescuing them by asking him to take her to Konoha after she recovered, and he agreed.
• Deidara searched the cooled volcanic rock and found a damaged puppet, then Sasori of the Red Sand’s Perpetual Heart entered it and restored him.
• Sasori of the Red Sand and Deidara admitted they needed time to prepare and left, vowing to face Uzumaki Hane again.

Uzumaki Hane learned that Kakashi had come to help hunt the wounded Deidara and briefed him on the Akatsuki and Danzo’s ties to Orochimaru. The next morning, Hane and Kakashi sparred, and Kakashi tested Hane’s lava-based Kekkei Genkai with a Water Release technique.

• Hane sent Taruho to organize a search for the wounded Deidara, while Guren quietly left the next morning.
• Kakashi arrived at the palace because Tsunade could not contact Jiraiya and wanted help with the Akatsuki threat.
• Hane told Kakashi that the Akatsuki sought the Jinchūriki and that Danzo’s people had worked with Orochimaru’s; Kakashi agreed to stay and help capture Deidara.
• Kakashi told Hane that Might Guy had missed the trip because he was on a mission with Neji and the others.
• Hane challenged Kakashi to a spar and showed that his Hell Hound technique could absorb Kakashi’s Fire Style attack.
• Kakashi launched a Water Dragon Bullet Jutsu at Hane after dodging his lava-enhanced strikes.

Uzumaki Hane and Kakashi fought a sparring match using lava, water, earth, and lightning techniques. Kakashi’s Great Waterfall Technique overwhelmed Hane’s lava defense, leaving him encased in cooled volcanic rock after the torrent passed.

• Uzumaki Hane shattered Kakashi’s water attacks, but Kakashi caught him with Earth Release: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique after Hane hesitated.
• Uzumaki Hane broke free and launched barrages of Lava Shuriken, while Kakashi revealed his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and evaded them.
• Kakashi combined Water Release and Lightning Release attacks, and Uzumaki Hane countered with lava techniques before Kakashi pierced a lava fist with Chidori.
• Uzumaki Hane’s lava palm exploded against Chidori, but his arm quickly healed, while Kakashi’s arm was burned.
• Kakashi unleashed Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique, and Uzumaki Hane formed a lava sphere that the torrent swept away and cooled into volcanic rock.

Uzumaki Hane and Kakashi pursued Deidara after learning that Jiraiya and Naruto were on their way to the Land of Demons. They found Deidara with Sasori, Itachi, and Kisame, and Hane attacked Kisame after he insulted Might Guy.

• Uzumaki Hane and Kakashi sparred, with Hane stopping Kakashi's Lightning Blade using lava defenses before their practice ended.
• Kakashi told Hane that Jiraiya and Naruto were coming to the Land of Demons after hearing about the Akatsuki.
• Ōnoki sent Akatsuchi and Kurotsuchi to investigate Moryo's destruction, Uzumaki Hane, and the suspected encounter with Deidara.
• Deidara and Sasori fled through the forest after killing two soldiers, and White Zetsu arrived with Itachi and Kisame as reinforcements.
• Taruho reported missing soldiers near the palace, and Kakashi summoned Pakkun to track Deidara's trail.
• Kakashi faced Itachi while Uzumaki Hane attacked Kisame with Canine Red Lotus after Kisame insulted Might Guy.

Uzumaki Hane fought Kisame across a lake and river, only to discover the body he defeated was a puppet. He hurried back to Kakashi, who had survived his battle with Itachi, and the two realized their opponents had escaped.

• Kisame used water techniques to attack Uzumaki Hane, who countered with lava and drove him from the lake to a nearby river.
• Kisame unleashed Thousand Feeding Sharks, but Uzumaki Hane destroyed the wave with Great Eruption.
• Kisame used Great Shark Bullet against Uzumaki Hane's lava fist, but the attack broke through and turned the riverbed to lava.
• Uzumaki Hane found that the body floating in the river was not Kisame and suspected it had been a puppet created with the Shapeshifting Technique.
• Uzumaki Hane returned to Kakashi and found him tired but unharmed; Kakashi said they had let both Kisame and Itachi escape.

Kakashi faced Uchiha Itachi, who came to retrieve Kakuzu’s ring, and the two fought using clones, Genjutsu, and powerful techniques. Kakashi’s attacks failed to hit Itachi, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Kakashi removed his eye covering and confronted Itachi about his eyesight and Tsukuyomi, while leaving unanswered whether he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Itachi demanded Kakuzu’s ring, and Kakashi tossed it to him while secretly creating a Lightning Release Shadow Clone to attack.
• Kakashi and Itachi exchanged clone attacks, and Kakashi discovered that Itachi could cast Genjutsu with a finger as well as through his eyes.
• Kakashi charged through Itachi’s fire techniques and attacked with Chidori and Lightning Blade, but Itachi avoided each strike.
• Kakashi realized Itachi’s Sharingan had likely read his movements as the two remained poised to continue fighting.

Kakashi recalled his fight with Uchiha Itachi, and Uzumaki Hane explained that Itachi had used the Rinnegan’s Shapeshifting Technique. Meanwhile, Renga and his bandits invaded the shrine maiden’s palace to steal its treasure and confronted Uzumaki Hane and Shion in the main hall.

• Kakashi used a Shadow Clone and Lightning Blade against Uchiha Itachi, who escaped by turning into crows after his Chakra was nearly exhausted.
• Kakashi told Uzumaki Hane that Jiraiya would arrive in the Land of Demons the next day, and Uzumaki Hane explained how the Shapeshifting Technique could create a controlled copy with thirty percent of the user’s Chakra.
• Renga, Jiga, and Ruiga planned to rob the Land of Demons and capture the Konoha Ninja they believed had defeated its monster.
• Renga led his bandits into the shrine maiden’s palace and rushed with Jiga and Ruiga into the main hall.
• Renga demanded that Uzumaki Hane hand over all the treasure in the Land of Demons.

Naruto arrived at the palace to help Uzumaki Hane fight Renga and his men, while Shion revealed her own power when Ruiga attacked her. The fight spilled into the plaza, where Hane went to confront the remaining enemy.

• Naruto fell through the palace roof, reunited with Uzumaki Hane, and joined him against the three attackers.
• Jiga used magnetic powder and a meteor hammer, but Uzumaki Hane killed him with Hell Hound.
• Naruto created shadow clones and defeated Ruiga with Naruto Uzumaki Barrage.
• Uzumaki Hane struck Renga with a magma-coated punch and sent him crashing into the plaza.
• Ruiga tried to attack Shion, but her purple pattern bound him; Naruto tripped over Ruiga, and Shion knocked Naruto through the palace and into the plaza.
• Shion agreed to apologize to Naruto, and Uzumaki Hane leaped down to greet the others.

Uzumaki Hane and his allies defeated Renga, then gathered at the palace, where Hane shared what he knew about the Akatsuki. Naruto learned that Hane had captured one of Orochimaru’s subordinates, leaving him hopeful that they could find Orochimaru after the man recovered.

• Uzumaki Hane defeated Renga, and Kakashi killed him with Chidori after breaking through his ice defenses.
• Jiraiya arrived and reunited with Kakashi, then Naruto was sent flying from the palace by Shion and greeted Kakashi after returning.
• Uzumaki Hane explained the connection between Moryo and Shion’s power, and Naruto and Shion reluctantly made peace at Hane’s urging.
• Uzumaki Hane told Jiraiya and Kakashi about his battles with Akatsuki members and described several of the organization’s teams and abilities.
• Naruto asked about Orochimaru, and Uzumaki Hane revealed that he had captured one of Orochimaru’s badly injured subordinates, who might provide information after recovering.
• Uzumaki Hane identified Pain and Konan as the Akatsuki’s leaders and said he knew little about them, leaving Jiraiya and Kakashi deep in thought.

Guren returned to Orochimaru after failing to capture her target, and Orochimaru became interested in Sasori’s death at Uzumaki Hane’s hands. The next morning, Naruto challenged Kakashi to a bell test, and their fight continued as Kakashi fought through hundreds of shadow clones.

• Guren met Kabuto Yakushi at the base and asked to see Orochimaru.
• Guren reported her failure to Orochimaru, who reacted with interest when he learned Uzumaki Hane had killed Sasori.
• Jiraiya brought Naruto to a rocky clearing, where Kakashi began a bell test to assess Naruto’s progress.
• Naruto and Kakashi exchanged attacks, with Naruto using clones and techniques while Kakashi repeatedly outmaneuvered him.
• Naruto created hundreds of shadow clones, and Kakashi revealed his Sharingan and attacked the advancing crowd with a Great Fireball Technique.

Naruto and Kakashi fought, and Kakashi defeated him after testing how much he had improved. The next day, Jiraiya left with Naruto to continue his training and gather intelligence on the Akatsuki, while Kakashi also departed; Uzumaki Hane returned to training at the waterfall.

• Kakashi tested Naruto's progress in a battle, using clones and various techniques to defeat Naruto's Shadow Clones.
• Kakashi tricked Naruto with a dropped bell, then paralyzed him with lightning after Naruto attacked from behind and defeated him.
• The next day, Jiraiya told Uzumaki Hane he was taking Naruto to train and gather intelligence on the Akatsuki, and Uzumaki Hane promised to alert Naruto if he heard news of Orochimaru.
• Kakashi told Uzumaki Hane he was leaving because the Akatsuki members had departed, then waved goodbye and vanished.
• Uzumaki Hane returned to the palace, left Shion to her official business, and continued training at the waterfall.

Uzumaki Hane met Kurotsuchi after Iwagakure’s delegation questioned Shion about Moryo, and the two fought so Kurotsuchi could assess his strength. They returned to the palace after sparring, with Hane still wanting to fight the Five-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Taruho told Uzumaki Hane that Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi had come to question Shion about Moryo, and Taruho recounted how Shion and Hane defeated him.
• Kurotsuchi found Uzumaki Hane sunbathing and challenged him to demonstrate his Lava Release.
• Uzumaki Hane and Kurotsuchi raced to a rocky area, where Kurotsuchi revealed that the Third Tsuchikage had sent them to assess Hane’s strength.
• Kurotsuchi and Uzumaki Hane exchanged attacks using Water Release and Lava Release, and Kurotsuchi stopped the spar after probing his abilities.
• Uzumaki Hane said he wanted to fight the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, and he and Kurotsuchi returned to the palace.

Shion asked Uzumaki Hane to train young ninja from the Land of Demons, while Killer B prepared for a concert before the Raikage interrupted him with a task. After Kankuro visited to learn about the Moryo incident, he found Uzumaki Hane teaching and greeted him.

• Shion asked Uzumaki Hane to train a group of ninja, and he agreed to teach them the basics.
• Killer B gave Omoi and Karui concert flyers to distribute, then performed for a crowd until the Raikage slammed him into the stage and assigned him a task.
• Uzumaki Hane began teaching Chakra extraction to sixty-two children in the Land of Demons.
• Kankuro arrived as Sunagakure's envoy, heard Shion recount the Moryo incident, and later found Uzumaki Hane teaching at the waterfall.
• Kankuro greeted Uzumaki Hane, whom he had long wanted to challenge.

Uzumaki Hane fought Kankuro in front of his students, who watched as Kankuro used his puppets and poison attacks. Hane defeated him by getting behind him and placing a Kunai at his neck.

• Uzumaki Hane invited Kankuro to fight and asked that his students watch, and Kankuro agreed.
• Kankuro summoned Crow, Black Ant, and Ibuse, then attacked Hane with their weapons and puppet techniques.
• Hane dodged and blocked the puppet attacks, broke free after Black Ant trapped him, and praised Kankuro's improvement.
• Kankuro launched a barrage of poison needles, but Hane blocked them with a lava shield.
• Hane struck at Kankuro with a lava fist, then moved behind him and held a Kunai to his neck, declaring that Kankuro had lost.