Reinforcements Arrive

With White Zetsu clones tearing through every front, the Allied Shinobi Forces are barely holding on until Naruto reaches the fighting. As the Daimyō Protection Squad trades blows with Black Zetsu elsewhere, Naruto's shadow clones fan out to each battlefield, and the Alliance gradually claws back the advantage. When word of his impact filters into headquarters, Tsunade shoots the Raikage a smug look, which he coolly waves off. The Sensor Division is set to track the masked Madara, and Ao reports that he has begun moving alongside a squad of reincarnated jinchūriki.

Near the remaining Fourth Division, Kabuto plays his ace, having Mū call up one more fighter. The summoning coffin is blasted away and Mū only just avoids the strike, prompting a sensor to raise the alarm about newcomers. The Alliance is stunned to find Mū perched atop the rock, which leads Ōnoki to grasp that the Second Tsuchikage had split himself in two before being sealed. When the second figure is unveiled as Madara Uchiha, Gaara notes the reincarnated cast to his eyes.

Temari throws the ranks into deeper confusion by pointing out that the man they had taken for Madara was seen elsewhere leading his own army, leaving everyone to question who the masked figure truly is. The episode adapts chapters 558 and 559. One continuity slip: the third division is shown with allied ninja fighting one another even though they had yet to run into any of the White Zetsu Army.