Kakashi races to the scene where the Seven Ninja Swordsmen Kushimaru Kuriarare and Jinpachi Munashi were last sighted. Enraged by the carnage they've left behind, Kakashi teams up with Might Guy.

Naruto and his team are assigned a mission to identify and hunt down the perpetrator of the Tonika Village massacre. It's been a while since Naruto has had a mission, and he's pumped to take it on.