While in battle, Naruto finds out that Menma is a member of the gang of bandits that attacked their village. Being called a traitor by the leader of the gang, Menma reveals his greatest secret.
took one of Sand Village’s Ninja
 candidates as a hostage
hanno rapito un ninja 
vincitore del Villaggio della Sabbia,
levaram um dos candidatos
a ninja da Vila da Areia como refém