The Leaf ninja fail to capture Itachi and also lose track of Sasuke. Calling off their pursuit, the team is heading back to the village when an urgent assignment from Lady Tsunade comes in. The mission stems from a treaty between the Third Hokage and the En no Gyoja of the Tsuchigumo Clan...
by En no Gyoja, the leader
of the Tsuchigumo Clan,
vom Anführer des Tsuchigumo-Klans an
die nächste Generation weitergegeben.
por En no Gyouja, el líder del Clan 
Tsuchigumo, acabó con un pueblo entero.
por En no Gyouja, el líder del Clan 
Tsuchigumo, acabó con un pueblo entero.
Эн-но Гёдзя уничтожил целую деревню