1 00:01:43,410 --> 00:01:46,700 I don't want to believe that he planned this 2 00:01:46,740 --> 00:01:48,700 so he could return to power… 3 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:05,200 Kakashi… 4 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:08,410 Kakashi… 5 00:02:09,990 --> 00:02:10,990 Kakashi! 6 00:02:21,620 --> 00:02:26,280 Hashirama's Cells 7 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,030 So he's back to ignoring me again. 8 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:20,780 Welcome! 9 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:27,950 Wood Style! Giant Forest Jutsu! 10 00:03:29,330 --> 00:03:32,120 Who is that boy who uses the Wood Style? 11 00:03:35,700 --> 00:03:37,870 Maybe I'll find some information there. 12 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,200 HASHIRAMA CHRONICLES 13 00:04:00,410 --> 00:04:03,370 FIRE STYLE 14 00:04:05,660 --> 00:04:06,910 Found it. 15 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:15,830 Hashirama Senju… The leader of the Senju Clan of the Forest, 16 00:04:15,870 --> 00:04:20,200 brought peace and stability to this bloody, war-torn world. 17 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:23,870 He and he alone mastered the Wood Style Ninjutsu… 18 00:04:27,330 --> 00:04:30,780 He and he alone mastered the Wood Style Ninjutsu… 19 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:34,410 No, there's one more. 20 00:04:34,700 --> 00:04:36,450 What does this mean? 21 00:04:36,700 --> 00:04:39,280 How is he able to use the Wood Style? 22 00:04:40,700 --> 00:04:41,620 TOP SECRET 23 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:43,370 Top secret? 24 00:04:45,410 --> 00:04:46,740 Where are the contents? 25 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:50,370 Is this what you are looking for? 26 00:04:52,660 --> 00:04:53,870 Professor! 27 00:04:56,990 --> 00:04:59,740 It's all right. I give you permission. 28 00:04:59,780 --> 00:05:01,200 Read it. 29 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:02,240 Yes, sir! 30 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:06,740 Long ago, the First Hokage, Lord Hashirama… 31 00:05:06,780 --> 00:05:08,780 after a death match with Madara… 32 00:05:08,830 --> 00:05:12,120 used the Wood Style to suppress the Nine Tails. 33 00:05:12,370 --> 00:05:16,870 After that, there was no one to take over the Wood Style Jutsu… 34 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:19,200 Either the Sharingan or Wood Style are necessary 35 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,450 to suppress the Tailed Beasts. 36 00:05:21,490 --> 00:05:23,740 In the Hidden Leaf Village, 37 00:05:23,780 --> 00:05:27,080 there was a time when they researched 38 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:30,370 and tried to revive the First's Wood Style Jutsu. 39 00:05:31,370 --> 00:05:32,660 However… 40 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,370 despite the dedicated efforts of many… 41 00:05:36,410 --> 00:05:42,370 the tests to transplant Lord Hashirama's cells failed one after another… 42 00:05:42,410 --> 00:05:44,580 and the lives that were sacrificed continued to grow. 43 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:49,120 And so… unfortunately, that jutsu… 44 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:55,450 was deemed a Forbidden Jutsu and sealed away. 45 00:05:56,410 --> 00:06:00,830 But recently, genin and chunin, 46 00:06:00,870 --> 00:06:06,240 and even members of the ANBU have gone missing. 47 00:06:07,410 --> 00:06:10,490 Furthermore, what's more disturbing are incidents 48 00:06:10,530 --> 00:06:13,830 where newborn infants have been kidnapped 49 00:06:13,870 --> 00:06:17,700 from hamlets surrounding the Hidden Leaf Village. 50 00:06:17,950 --> 00:06:19,160 Infants?! 51 00:06:19,740 --> 00:06:24,450 Of those confirmed, there have been 60 kidnappings. 52 00:06:24,490 --> 00:06:25,830 Who could have…?! 53 00:06:27,330 --> 00:06:30,530 What I'm about to tell you is hearsay… 54 00:06:30,990 --> 00:06:33,780 Someone is continuing the experiments 55 00:06:33,830 --> 00:06:37,450 and trying to implant the cells of Lord Hashirama. 56 00:06:37,490 --> 00:06:40,450 Even if they're rumors, why would anyone…? 57 00:06:40,620 --> 00:06:44,280 There are those who want to obtain every jutsu that exists. 58 00:06:44,910 --> 00:06:46,830 Even I have wondered sometimes, 59 00:06:46,870 --> 00:06:50,240 if there were only someone who knows the Wood Style… 60 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:52,450 Had that been the case, 61 00:06:52,490 --> 00:06:57,280 the Fourth Hokage need not have sacrificed his life. 62 00:06:59,700 --> 00:07:05,080 Isn't that why Lord Fourth lost his life? 63 00:07:07,370 --> 00:07:10,490 Mind you, this is just hearsay. 64 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:13,200 If… 65 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:18,370 If Lord Hashirama's cells had really been implanted into infants… 66 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:23,240 Implanting cells into infants is forbidden… 67 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:25,990 And even if someone was doing so, 68 00:07:26,030 --> 00:07:28,990 the possibility of it succeeding would be very low. 69 00:07:33,410 --> 00:07:34,700 However… 70 00:07:34,740 --> 00:07:41,280 If…just if…the first infant who was kidnapped survived… 71 00:07:41,330 --> 00:07:44,200 He or she would be ten years old already. 72 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:50,490 Ten years old… 73 00:08:03,910 --> 00:08:05,410 Are you all here? 74 00:08:05,490 --> 00:08:06,530 Yes, sir! 75 00:08:06,990 --> 00:08:09,240 Tomorrow morning at the hour of the tiger, 76 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:13,700 the Third Hokage and five ANBU under his direct command 77 00:08:13,740 --> 00:08:15,870 will depart for the Feudal Lord's prefecture. 78 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:19,530 His purpose is to reassume the Hokage post 79 00:08:19,580 --> 00:08:22,240 left empty by Lord Fourth's demise. 80 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:24,080 If we allow this, 81 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:27,580 the Hidden Leaf Village will once again be forced to accept 82 00:08:27,620 --> 00:08:30,330 a weak and indecisive leader. 83 00:08:30,870 --> 00:08:34,700 For the sake of the village, we must prevent this at all cost. 84 00:08:35,950 --> 00:08:38,240 Hence, your mission is… 85 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:40,740 somewhere along the route… 86 00:08:40,780 --> 00:08:44,080 take the life of the Lord Third quickly and discreetly. 87 00:08:44,370 --> 00:08:47,370 Remember, no one must know of this. 88 00:08:47,410 --> 00:08:51,280 It must appear that it was the work of itinerant shinobi. 89 00:08:51,530 --> 00:08:52,700 Understood? 90 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:54,280 – Yes, sir! – Yes, sir! 91 00:09:04,030 --> 00:09:05,910 Lord Third, are you ready? 92 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:08,370 Yes, let's depart! 93 00:09:48,370 --> 00:09:49,370 Enemy attack! 94 00:10:16,660 --> 00:10:17,990 Wood Style Jutsu! 95 00:10:18,780 --> 00:10:19,780 What?! 96 00:10:25,530 --> 00:10:26,580 A Substitution?! 97 00:10:34,330 --> 00:10:36,780 Wood Style! Giant Forest Jutsu! 98 00:10:43,530 --> 00:10:44,780 Chidori! 99 00:11:00,910 --> 00:11:02,030 You… 100 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:04,490 Where did you learn the Wood Style? 101 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:09,580 I didn't expect an answer anyway… 102 00:11:11,910 --> 00:11:12,830 Leave. 103 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:15,160 Go quickly! 104 00:11:15,450 --> 00:11:19,280 That jutsu of yours will be critical for the Hidden Leaf Village one day. 105 00:11:33,030 --> 00:11:35,780 They were only after Lord Third. 106 00:11:36,330 --> 00:11:40,160 It seems their purpose was to separate us from Lord Third. 107 00:11:40,950 --> 00:11:42,370 They scattered off somewhere. 108 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:44,620 Were you all right here? 109 00:11:45,530 --> 00:11:46,330 Yes… 110 00:11:46,660 --> 00:11:48,280 Did you recognize the enemy? 111 00:11:48,780 --> 00:11:51,780 I don't know who it was. 112 00:11:56,620 --> 00:11:57,870 Well, that's all right. 113 00:11:57,990 --> 00:12:00,780 I'm sure Lord Third will take care of the rest. 114 00:12:17,830 --> 00:12:19,030 I regret to inform you… 115 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:22,740 that I won't be giving up that seat just yet… 116 00:12:26,620 --> 00:12:29,990 It seems like you want to ask me why I'm still alive… 117 00:12:30,030 --> 00:12:31,200 It's nothing like that! 118 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:33,410 I understood that you left this morning 119 00:12:33,450 --> 00:12:35,370 for the Feudal Lord's prefecture. 120 00:12:35,620 --> 00:12:37,330 A certain fellow betrayed me… 121 00:12:37,370 --> 00:12:41,950 Rather, he came back to me… and warned us 122 00:12:41,990 --> 00:12:45,280 that we would be targeted on the way to the prefecture. 123 00:12:48,700 --> 00:12:51,450 I can easily investigate and find out who is behind this… 124 00:12:51,490 --> 00:12:54,450 And that person will be executed. 125 00:12:54,490 --> 00:12:56,450 That is as clear as day… 126 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:07,030 But it's against my principles to cause any more death. 127 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,910 If I could meet that person, I would tell him… 128 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:15,410 That I will overlook his actions this time… 129 00:13:16,530 --> 00:13:20,780 But in exchange, he must do all that is in his power… 130 00:13:20,830 --> 00:13:23,200 for the sake of Hidden Leaf Village. 131 00:13:25,990 --> 00:13:28,450 You and your ideals of peace… 132 00:13:29,700 --> 00:13:34,700 One day, that naiveté will be the death of you, Hiruzen. 133 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:37,660 Hmm…perhaps you're right. 134 00:13:49,330 --> 00:13:51,330 We've always been this way. 135 00:13:51,370 --> 00:13:54,740 You are the light and I am the darkness. 136 00:13:56,030 --> 00:13:59,410 Wherever there is light, there is darkness. 137 00:13:59,620 --> 00:14:05,080 But losing either one causes disruptions in the world. 138 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:22,370 Professor… 139 00:14:22,990 --> 00:14:25,240 I'm unqualified to be in the ANBU. 140 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:30,200 Why? Thanks to you, I'm still alive. 141 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:33,330 Still, I nearly betrayed you once. 142 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:39,080 I couldn't protect the Fourth Hokage… 143 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:42,410 I can't blame you if you hate me for that. 144 00:14:44,030 --> 00:14:48,370 Actually, when Minato was alive, he came to speak to me about you. 145 00:14:54,410 --> 00:14:58,240 I wanted him to forget the pain in his heart, even just a little… 146 00:14:58,780 --> 00:15:01,410 That's why I assigned him to the ANBU. 147 00:15:02,660 --> 00:15:05,450 But from the rumors I hear lately… 148 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:09,370 I think I might have made the pain go even deeper. 149 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:11,950 Right now, I regret it. 150 00:15:14,410 --> 00:15:17,870 No one can heal a wounded heart… 151 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:21,700 Only time can heal all wounds. 152 00:15:22,330 --> 00:15:23,240 Yes… 153 00:15:23,870 --> 00:15:26,530 Well, there is one solution. 154 00:15:27,950 --> 00:15:31,200 Why don't you assign him to guard Kushina? 155 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:34,160 If he leaves his duties with ANBU to watch over 156 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:36,870 a woman who is about to give birth to a new life, 157 00:15:36,910 --> 00:15:39,330 perhaps it will trigger a change in him. 158 00:15:39,870 --> 00:15:40,950 You're right! 159 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:44,330 When Minato died… 160 00:15:44,780 --> 00:15:48,780 I considered releasing you from the ANBU, for a moment. 161 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:53,620 But I am in need your strength at this time. 162 00:15:53,660 --> 00:15:54,490 Yes, sir! 163 00:15:55,280 --> 00:16:00,370 Will you continue on as an ANBU who reports directly to me? 164 00:16:00,580 --> 00:16:01,330 Yes! 165 00:16:02,620 --> 00:16:06,200 I hope that Minato will forgive me as well… 166 00:16:08,660 --> 00:16:13,030 Lord Third… There's something I need to tell you. 167 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:14,200 Hmm? 168 00:16:14,370 --> 00:16:16,660 There's someone in the Foundation who uses the Wood Style… 169 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:19,830 Just as I thought… 170 00:16:20,450 --> 00:16:25,830 I have an idea who it is. Let me handle this. 171 00:16:26,660 --> 00:16:27,490 Yes, sir. 172 00:16:33,870 --> 00:16:34,990 I see… 173 00:16:35,410 --> 00:16:39,200 So you will be filling the post again, Lord Third! 174 00:16:39,870 --> 00:16:41,740 You have the knowledge and experience already… 175 00:16:41,780 --> 00:16:43,990 I am very relieved. 176 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:52,620 Is that man not here today? 177 00:16:52,660 --> 00:16:56,450 The fierce-looking one with that scary eye… 178 00:16:57,410 --> 00:16:59,330 Do you mean Danzo? 179 00:16:59,740 --> 00:17:01,740 Oh yes, he's the one. 180 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:06,660 He had an urgent matter to attend to, so he is absent today. 181 00:17:06,780 --> 00:17:09,450 Oh…I see. 182 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:12,870 I don't feel very comfortable around him. 183 00:17:28,120 --> 00:17:32,580 We must cease direct contact between us for the time being. 184 00:17:32,780 --> 00:17:34,740 Did something happen? 185 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:37,200 Kakashi betrayed me, 186 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:40,950 and there's a possibility that Hiruzen knows about us. 187 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:45,410 That's not good. 188 00:17:46,330 --> 00:17:50,410 In time, he might even learn about this place and its secrets. 189 00:17:53,030 --> 00:17:57,370 Well, we're dealing with Lord Third. He'll be on to us eventually. 190 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:02,280 No… He probably has already guessed. 191 00:18:27,030 --> 00:18:28,410 Kakashi… 192 00:19:03,950 --> 00:19:05,370 It won't wash off… 193 00:19:13,370 --> 00:19:17,120 Lord Third is reassuming the title of Hokage… 194 00:19:17,780 --> 00:19:22,370 I thought the changing of the guard would mean a new era… 195 00:19:22,780 --> 00:19:25,410 I know what you mean, Genma… 196 00:19:25,700 --> 00:19:28,450 It's not going to be easy for Lord Third, you know! 197 00:19:28,620 --> 00:19:30,200 Especially at his age! 198 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:33,450 We just have to do our best for the village, that's all. 199 00:19:34,410 --> 00:19:39,280 Let's celebrate the return of Lord Third with some dumplings! 200 00:19:39,620 --> 00:19:40,780 – Yeah! – Yeah! 201 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:26,740 I-It's me! It's me, Kakashi! 202 00:20:32,780 --> 00:20:34,870 You were seriously out to get me just now! 203 00:20:34,910 --> 00:20:36,330 I thought I was going to get killed! 204 00:20:38,370 --> 00:20:39,990 I should say the same. What the hell were you thinking? 205 00:20:40,330 --> 00:20:41,990 I was just… 206 00:20:42,030 --> 00:20:45,620 I just wanted to lure you into continuing our rivalry showdowns. 207 00:20:48,370 --> 00:20:49,580 Sorry… 208 00:22:36,780 --> 00:22:38,660 The current emergency summons is in place 209 00:22:38,700 --> 00:22:41,240 in order to promptly recapture Orochimaru, 210 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:43,080 who has slipped through our grasp. 211 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:47,910 The knowledge that Orochimaru holds is a valuable asset to the Leaf. 212 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:52,740 If he leaves the Land of Fire, it will be a fatal blow to the Leaf! 213 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:55,030 When that time comes… 214 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:59,080 Next time on Naruto Shippuden: "The Rogue Ninja Orochimaru" 215 00:23:00,410 --> 00:23:03,620 You… I like the look in your eye. 216 00:23:03,660 --> 00:23:04,910 THE ROGUE NINJA OROCHIMARU 217 00:23:04,950 --> 00:23:08,240 Tune in again!