Naruto: Shippuuden 23x5 - Sasuke's Story: Sunrise, Part 1: TheExploding Human

After the end of the Fourth Shinobi World War, Sasuke set offon a journey in order to atone for the sins he committed, andlater to pursue the mystery of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki. Sasukenarrates how he once desired revenge against his brother,Itachi Uchiha, for murdering their clan and then againstKonohagakure until he was stopped by his best friend, NarutoUzumaki. In addition to seeking retribution for his sins,Sasuke seeks out to establish a new path so he can decide howhe should protect the things most important to himIn theaftermath of the war, the five great nations are enjoyingpeace. Konoha and Kirigakure have recently introduced a newtraining course for rookie ninja, which the Mizukagecontributes to Naruto's desire to have the nations cooperateand spread cultural knowledge. The Mizukage, while contentwith the friendly relations among the nations, is only upsetthat she is approaching the age where she is too late to getmarried. The Mizukage, Mei Terumī, is impressed withChōjūrō's maturity and considers naming him as hersuccessor. A Kirigakure ship about to enter the Land ofLightning until another boat mysterious veers to close andalmost crashes into it until a mysterious person with red eyesattacks the occupants. Despite their efforts, the strangereasily defeats them. Kumogakure shinobi receive the ship andfind that the stranger has placed the Kiri shinobi undergenjutsu. They speculate that the stranger's red eyes is adōjutsu and are attacked.Sasuke is travelling near the Land ofWater and reveals he has been travelling for a few yearsalready, seeking atonement and to research the reason whyKaguya was creating a White Zetsu Army. Sasuke narrates how hereturned to Konoha after the war, but left soon after to starthis journey of observing things about the world he overlooked.Sasuke receives a message from the Sixth Hokage that more thana hundred Kiri and Kumo shinobi have disappeared and thevillages are requesting Sasuke's help. He accepts and decidesto go to the Land of Lightning. While in the Land of HotWater, he finds a bamboo village that appears deserted but hediscovers people hiding after using his Sharingan. He is thenattacked by an elderly villager named Iou, who accuses Sasukeof being a member of the Dark Thunder Group. Sasuke easilydisarms him. Chino and Nowaki diffuse the situation andapologise to Sasuke. Iou explains that the Dark Thunder Groupis an organization of rogue ninjas who killed his daughter andseem to admire Sasuke, who is displeased that a criminalorganisation is tarnishing his name. Iou, Chino, and Nowakiplead for Sasuke to stay so he can stop the Dark ThunderGroup, which he initially rejects but then silently relents.The Dark Thunder Group learns of Sasuke's whereabouts and itsleader, Karyū, decides to find Sasuke and kill him.InKonoha, Kakashi becomes increasingly worried about thedisappearances, despite the best attempts of Konoha, Kiri,and Kumo trying to solve the mystery. Kakashi reveals he choseSasuke to investigate due to his Sharingan and Rinnegan beingable to cast out genjutsu. Shizune, Sakura Haruno, Naruto andSai come into his office to inform Kakashi that Sai has been intouch with Sasuke and there are no updates on thedisappearances. Sakura reveals that she was doing some researchand discovered that there have been other disappearancesinvolving Konoha shinobi, including a regular patron of InoYamanaka's family named Tadaichi. They are alerted thatintruders managed to enter the village and explosions are beingset off, causing massive fires. Naruto, Sakura and Sai arejoined with Shikamaru Nara, Chōji Akimichi, and Ino, andthey converse on what information they currently have. Theyfind the Barrier Team ninja battling the intruders, and Inorecognises one of them as Tadaichi. Sakura also recognises theother intruders as the missing Konoha shinobi. Before they canengage in a fight, the intruders use an explosion to retreatand everyone suspects the missing shinobi were under agenjutsu. The missing shinobi explode due to the injuriesreceived from Tadaichi's explosion. Aoba Yamashiro arrives toalert them that there are more intruders, revealed to be someof the missing Kiri and Kumo shinobi. Kirigakure evacuates itsresidents after learning of the situation in Konoha. InKumogakure, Darui wants to bring Killer B for help but theRaikage refuses. As Naruto and the others battle theintruders, Naruto's wife, Hinata Uzumaki, comes to their aidand uses her Byakugan to see if the opponents are under agenjutsu, which she says it is unlikely. They suspect that adifferent type of chakra is controlling the opponents and theycan't injure them or else they will explode. Naruto uses ShadowClones to distract the opponents while Shikamaru uses hisShadow Imitation Jutsu and Hinata used her Gentle Fist to hittheir chakra points and render them motionless. Aoba uses hissensory abilities to enter a Kiri shinobi's mind but is caughtin a genjutsu trap, and Ino uses her Mind Body SwitchTechnique to save him, both passing out.