Synopsis

Kakashi commanded Neji and Tenten to accompany him back to the village, a request met with resistance. Elsewhere, Koumei faced imminent execution, his fate seemingly contingent upon the arrival of the Noroimusha. Whether this spectral figure would prove friend or foe remained uncertain, as did the whereabouts of Naruto. The answers to these questions, however, were poised to be revealed by Sagi's unveiling of the truth.