Enter the Five Kage!

Gaara departs for the Five Kage Summit with Kankuro and Temari at his side, as the other nations ready their own delegations. The Fourth Raikage sets off flanked by C and Darui, planning to link up with Team Samui along the way. In Kirigakure, the Fifth Mizukage brings Chojuro and the seasoned veteran Ao as her guards, while the aging Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, is carried by Akatsuchi with his granddaughter Kurotsuchi accompanying them.

Back in Konoha, Kakashi has Yamato plant tracking seeds in the heels of Team Samui so the group can shadow the Raikage. He asks Sai to reassure Danzo that Naruto remains in the village, admitting he does not fully trust the Root operative yet still counts him as a teammate. With Danzo's two watchmen caught in a Sharingan genjutsu, Kakashi, Naruto, and Yamato steal away to trail Team Samui. Naruto also takes a moment to praise Konohamaru for downing one of Pain's bodies and promises to teach him a bigger Rasengan later.

On his own road to the summit, Danzo is jumped by the Prajna Group. He unwraps his bandaged right eye to expose a Sharingan and wipes out the clan with a vacuum-wind technique, brushing off Sai's incoming report as routine. Elsewhere, Taka moves toward the Land of Iron under White Zetsu's guidance, intent on killing Danzo.

As the Raikage's party descends to meet Team Samui, C senses they are being followed and calls out the pursuers. Naruto, Kakashi, and Yamato reveal themselves, and Naruto announces that he wants an audience with the Raikage. This installment adapts chapters 454 through 457 and belongs to the Five Kage Summit arc. It aired in Japan on February 17, 2011, and in English on July 27, 2013, opening with Diver and closing with Midnight Orchestra.