Chapter 8 (Sasuke Retsuden)

Reasoning that only Jiji could have tipped the warden off about his wife, Sasuke deduces the two are allies. Back at the Institute he pulls a cluster of prisoners from a revived dragon, orders Meno to shield their escape, then watches the final building fall. Dread grips him when his senses turn up no trace of Sakura. She wakes trapped beneath rubble, too poisoned to muster chakra, and slips under again; the second time she rouses, Sasuke is already mending her with the Mystical Palm Technique and tells her to rest.

Perched on the Titan, Zansuru savors his long-plotted victory and orders Jiji to march the dragon army to Redaku's Prime Minister once the inmates are dead, promising in return to recover the body of Jiji's lost love. Their gloating breaks off when Meno intervenes to save Ganno from a dragon, exposing that the creature no longer answers to Jiji.

Surrounded by the swarm, Meno is rescued by Sasuke's Susanoo. Rather than flee, the pair hold their distance and strike at openings, beheading the first dragons and pinning their heads and bodies so the reincarnated flesh cannot knit back together. An adult-sized Meno enters the fray, and though Zansuru expects an easy kill, Jiji notes that revived dragons draw strength from whoever commands them, which now means Sasuke. Meno overpowers the larger beast, souring the warden's mood. Spotting Sakura tearing down the perimeter wall, Zansuru sends Jiji after her on a flying dragon while directing the rest of the horde to converge on Sasuke and Meno.

The installment ran in two halves on Shonen Jump+, the second published on March 26, 2023. It forms part of the second collected volume of the Sasuke Retsuden manga.