Ep. 291: Naruto escapes a giant snake while Kabuto reanimates Akatsuki members and Dokku cares for traumatized orphans.

291

Team Kakashi battles Kabuto’s Hidan clone and the reanimated Hayate Gekou as Naruto is swallowed by a giant snake. He escapes using Shadow Clones after ingesting snakes from a pond. Kabuto retreats, leaving the reanimated Deidara as a diversion and revealing a village guard corpse in the snake’s mouth. Meanwhile, Dokku cares for orphans, while Miina becomes mute due to trauma. Naruto and Sakura join Shiseru, while Yamato and Sai investigate the village’s destruction with a book about The Hole’s ancient power. At Dokku’s house, Leo attacks Naruto upon seeing his forehead protector, causing Dokku and Miina to fall into a ravine before being saved by Naruto. Naruto dreams of the Nine-Tails’ cage, where his feet ooze with snakes. He and Dokku discuss past failures, contrasting with Naruto’s fame in Hachou Village. Yamato and Sai discuss future plans for the orphans. Elsewhere, Kabuto places a talisman on the reanimated Akatsuki member in a graveyard.