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But you came all this way to visit our hot spring...

You should relax and stay a bit longer.

Well, since I'm an impatient man.

There seems to be a storm headed our way, so be careful.

Thank you very much for everything.

I'd better hurry.

You're Tadaichi, a shinobi of the Hidden Leaf, correct?

Well, yes, I am from the Hidden Leaf.

But I wouldn't call myself a shinobi. I'm just a lowly merchant.

You can't fool me.

I checked up on you and found out what you did when were in the ANBU.

Visual Jutsu?!

Beautifully done.

"I'm going to dye it all red."

"Sasuke's Story: Sunrise, Part 1: The Exploding Human."

(Kakashi) So, what are you doing here?

Sakura said she was gonna come to see you...

so I figured that I'd just tag along with her, you know?

[sighs]

All right, Sakura, what is it?

Recently, there've been a number of incidents in which Hidden Leaf shinobi have gone missing.

They've gone missing?

Mhm.

So you noticed it too, huh?

You already knew, Kakashi Sensei?

Yes. But why were you looking into something like that, Sakura?

Well, you see there's a regular at the flower shop Ino's family runs.

[gasps]

(Kakashi) It's coming from the Aun Gate.

I'll go and check it out, ok guys!

Eh...

[grunts] Naruto! Wait up!

Hey! You two!

[sigh] Well, good luck.

Run! Go on, get out of here, fast! Go! Go!

[screams]

[zombie-like groaning]

The Security Unit!

[grunts]

[grunts]

[inhales]

Why are they fighting defensively?

I'm gonna go and help 'em out!

Wait!

Huh?

(Naruto) Ino? Shikamaru? Choji?

What happened?

It can't be!

Huh?

Mr. Tadaichi!

(Sakura) What?

(Ino) That's Mr. Tadaichi!

Huh? Just hold on a second. Are you talking about the flower shop regular?

Mhm.

You're completely sure that's him, Ino?

Yeah! There's no mistake!

But still, he would never turn against the Hidden Leaf!

(Ino) So why?

Hmm.

Then does that mean he could've been put under a genjutsu? It makes sense.

Uh! And the others could be the people that have gone missing!

What!? No way!

You mean, those guys are Hidden Leaf shinobi?

[grunts] So that's why Security was on the defensive.

[zombie-like groans]

[gasps]

[grunts]

[grunts]

He didn't even dodge it.

[worried reaction]

[gasps]

Doesn't he feel any pain?

[coughs]

[gasps] What the?!

Shadow Clone Jutsu!

[grunts]

Naruto?

Quick! Jump!

No way! That guy was like a human bomb!

(Ino) Tadaichi.

I'm okay.

Let's tend to the wounded.

[zombie-like groans]

(Shikamaru) Hey!

They're getting into the Village!

Oh, no! Not them, too!

[zombie-like groans]

[gasps]

That thing's really huge!

[grunts]

Choji, can you make wings with your expansion?

Sure, got it!

[chewing]

[grunts]

[yells]

[yells]

All right! We'll help too! Let's go Kurama!

Right!

[attacking yell]

[groans]

[grunts] Did that do the trick?

Yeah, you did great!

It looks like this isn't over just yet, though.

Hmm?

(Shikamaru) There's more of them?!

[gasps]

[grunts] Naruto!

I'm pretty sure that getting wounded triggers them to explode.

I saw strange chakra being released from the wound, and then his body transformed.

Which means we'll have to be careful about how we engage them.

Naruto!

Hinata!

What is going on here?

Well, it seems like everyone is under a genjutsu.

(Naruto) Can you see if someone's controlling them somewhere?

Okay I'll take a look.

Byakugan!

I don't see anyone.

[frustrated grunts]

There's no one?

Mh-m.

Then how are all of them being manipulated?

(Hinata) There's a foreign chakra running through every inch of their bodies.

It's possible that it's what's controlling them.

So we just have to remove that chakra then?

Mh-m.

The chakra. It's circulating like it's part of their bodies.

(Hinata) It might be fused to them internally.

So you're saying that we can't simply tear it out of all of them, huh?

Well all right, first things first. We have to start by capturing them.

But Shikamaru it's going to be tough to capture so many without hurting them.

[gasps] Hey guys! I just got a great idea! [chuckles]

[zombie-like growl]

[zombie-like groans]

Okay come on! Let's go!

(Naruto) First, I'll have my clones slow down the exploding humans.

Shadow Possession Jutsu!

(Naruto) Then Shikamaru will capture them with his Shadow Possession Jutsu.

[zombie-like groans]

Go, Hinata!

Right!

[grunts]

(Naruto) And lastly, Hinata will pierce their critical chakra points so they can't move.

They'll be immobilized for a day.

[sighs]

Hey are you okay Hinata?

Yes.

We'll fight together!

Huh?

Hmm.

(Sakura) It won't work.

I tried my Counter-Genjutsu but there's no effect on the strange chakra in them.

None at all.

Hey, don't get so down on yourself.

Whoever's behind all this, they used a genjutsu we've never seen before.

(Kakashi) It has to be the work of someone with extraordinary skill.

So it'll require someone with extraordinary Visual Jutsu.

Hmm?

Visual Jutsu?

[gasps]

[chuckles]

Yep! Correct!

Uhh.

Hold on! I didn't even say anything at all!

What do you mean? What didn't you say?

Don't ask!

Naruto!

We may not be able to see anything...

But someone who possesses both the Sharingan and Rinnegan might be able to.

Huh?

You mean?

Yes. I'm going to send for Sasuke.

[gasps]

Could you do it?

Sure.

Sasuke's gonna come back home!

[pleased sigh]

Which means that I am alone.

I alone can bear the weight of all the hatred in the world now.

You really don't have any clue at all about how Itachi lived!

Why do you keep on...involving yourself with me?

'Cuz you're my friend.

You've told me that before. But what exactly does that mean to you?

(Naruto) You ask me to explain, but it's not like I understand it either.

It's just, when I see you take on stuff, and get all messed up, it...

Kinda...

Well, hurts me.

[meows]

[chuckles]

Hmm?

[meows]

Return to the Hidden Leaf, huh?

[gasping] He exploded!

That guy exploded!

[zombie-like groan]

[grunts] Damn you!

No, stop!

[grunts]

Huh?

[zombie-like groan]

[frightened reaction]

[grunting]

[coughs]

[gasps]

[gasps]

Don't tell me...that's like the exploding human that attacked the Leaf.

Why? A village like this?

(Chino) Old Man Iou!

[frightened panting]

[zombie-like groans]

Chino, go stall them.

You got it, Nowaki!

Here goes! Water Style: Water Wall!

[zombie-like groans]

Shinobi?

What is all this? What's happening here?

What?! Who are you?! Wait a minute! Are you one of them, too?

You've got it wrong.

Just shut up! They ordered you to come here and get even with me, didn't they? I know it!

Get even?

Hey! Young ones! What're you waiting for?!

Oh, come on.

Sorry. I've got nothing against you, but...

Water Style!

Rain Hail!

Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!

What? I didn't know that Fire Style could beat Water Style! Did you, Nowaki?

Just get back.

Change in Chakra Nature of Wind?

[grunts] Come on! Hurry up and kill him!

[groans] No one ever said anything about him being so strong!

[grunts] Why, you spineless little brat!

[sighs]

[zombie-like groans]

Hmm? [gasps]

After all this, you can explain why you thought I was someone else.

[grunts]

That eye.

The Sharingan?

He's an Uchiha.

How did the villagers end up in this condition?

How should I know that?!

The one you mistook me for is involved somehow, right?

[grunts] I'm not telling you!

I-I'm sorry. But we don't really know what's going on here either.

Hmm.

Seems to me that you two aren't even from this village, are you?

Uh huh. We were shinobi, but now we're traveling performers.

We had a gig at a resort in the Hot Springs Village. We made real coin there!

There's good money to be found here for entertainers like us!

[exhales]

(Chino) Anyway, after that gig ended, we decided to head somewhere else...

so we came through the Bamboo Village to stock up on supplies.

Oh yeah, and Old Man Iou's daughter is so nice to us! She's really great!

Hmph!

She made us this amazingly tasty food!

[grunts] Hey, wait! Amino! Is she okay?

Amino! [grunts]

Earlier, we told all the women and children to take shelter.

Hey!

(Sasuke) I have no choice but to ask these guys directly, then.

[frightened fleeing efforts]

[frightened fleeing efforts]

[gasps] Amino?!

An exploding human?!

Mr. Iou, stay back! It's too dangerous.

What?! Who cares if it's dangerous or not?! Don't you understand, you fool?

That's my daughter!

(Iou) Let go! Let me go!

Amino!

No!

[gasps]

I will never...

forgive you Fuushin!

I'll never forgive you, Fuushin!

Hmm?

Just who is this "Fuushin?"

The Lightning Gang's leader.

Lightning Gang?

(Villager) They take money from bad people and distribute it to poor people like us.

They're thieves, but they act honorably.

(Sasuke) So why would their leader want to get even?

[sighs]

(Villager) This is just what I heard.

(Villager) The Lightning Gang was betrayed by the Hidden Mist.

It seems they barely escaped with their lives and found their way to this village.

Will you let us rest here, just for a while?

(Iou) Please go elsewhere.

[grunts]

If we give you safe harbor, we'll end up paying for it very dearly!

Please, we have no intention of troubling the village! We won't stay long!

Just cause you take money from others and give it to those in need...

don't think you can do whatever you want! You hear?!

[gasps]

(Villager) The village turned the Lightning Gang away.

What are you gonna do?

Search the memories of the exploding humans.

(Chino) Huh?!

[grunts]

[gasping for breath]

Huh. [gasps]

[heavy breathing]

[screams]

[grunts]

Are you okay?

[exhales] Those crimson eyes, I'm sure of it!

It's a Kekkei Genkai.

(Yamato) You're Sasuke, right? You can call me Yamato.

(Sasuke) It's about the Exploding Humans' attack on the Leaf.

It's possible Orochimaru may have information about the person behind it.

(Yamato) It'd be easier for us to keep things coordinated...

if you sent us progress reports as you went, but..

(Sasuke) Next time on Naruto Shippuden: "Sasuke's Story: Sunrise, Part 2: Coliseum."

I'm merely doing what I need to do.