: Although the team finds the Bikōchū, Naruto accidentally farts on it immediately after it hatches. This causes the beetle to memorize Naruto’s scent instead of Sasuke’s, rendering the mission a failure.
: Hinata showcases her significant progress by using her new technique, the Protecting Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms , to defend her teammates from the Kamizuru clan's bee attacks.
: As Team 7 departs, Utakata is ambushed by the Six Paths of Pain . He is defeated and captured for the extraction of his Tailed Beast, leaving Hotaru waiting for a master who will never return.