Farewell Ino-Shika-Chō!!

Choji unfurls a set of butterfly wings as he and his teammates commit to one last strike against their late mentor. Ino seizes control of two White Zetsu with her mind-switching jutsu and hurls them at Asuma, Shikamaru's shadow threads jerk the man off his feet, and Choji drives a punch that slams him into a wall. Shikamaru then flings one of Asuma's own chakra blades to Choji, who bats it hard toward their teacher; it drops onto Asuma's shadow and locks him in place. Praising the flawless teamwork of their old formation, Asuma thanks the three as a pair of Sand ninja seal his revived body away.

Somewhere quieter, Naruto and Killer B pause their training, and Naruto realises he is no longer the sole bearer of the Nine-Tailed Fox's strength. Growing wary, he bolts from the spot only to run straight into a line of Konoha ninja blocking his path.

Choji, Ino, and Shikamaru chain their techniques together to immobilise the reincarnated Asuma, who is then sealed by Sand shinobi after thanking his students. Naruto detects a second holder of the Nine-Tails' power during a training break and, suspicious, dashes off only to be intercepted by a wall of Konoha ninja.

This chapter is part of the Fourth Shinobi World War: Confrontation storyline and was collected in the fifty-sixth volume. Its title bids goodbye to Asuma alongside the Ino-Shika-Cho formation that defines his former squad.