Ep. 435: Tsunade reads Jiraiya's novel while teams investigate a sinkhole and mysterious spheres.

435

Tsunade reads Jiraiya's novel where Shikamaru advises against entering a sinkhole. Teams Kakashi and Guy arrive in the village amid commotion, while Team Kurenai spots the sinkhole from outside. Team Jiraiya searches for children as Nagato worries about his Rinnegan. Shikamaru explains the priority of meeting other teams. Team Jiraiya finds a tunnel, and Konan locates a child's teddy bear before descending. Team Asuma meets a praying woman who claims strangers warned of a battlefield and mentioned Mashima. Team Jiraiya faces a creature in the tunnels, protected by Nagato. Teams Guy and Kakashi see their captains trapped in a sphere. A masked individual with a Byakugan berates the genin for prioritizing rules over lives, inviting Neji to uncover Konohagakure's secrets. Naruto and Neji jump into the sphere, which vanishes. Konan saves children from a creature in an underground lair. Team Asuma finds a trapdoor at a shrine. Team Jiraiya encounters a second creature; Choji saves Konan, and Shikamaru immobilizes one.