Anna Karenina

He's the monster I encountered.

This is bad.

Just one of those hits could kill us…

We have to notify Konohamaru Sensei right away!

I'm gonna kill you both!

The first victim!

Jugo and the Curse Mark The first victim!

Jugo and the Curse Mark

Jugo and the Curse Mark Big Bro!

Damn it, I told you to contact us!

That was a close call, huh, you guys?

Thank you, Mitsuki!

It's gonna be totally worth killing you!

Looks like it's hardly having any effect.

This is bad.

He's completely undergone Curse Mark Transformation!

Curse Mark Transformation?

Right now, he's being controlled by homicidal impulses.

Anyway, we're too close to the village.

We're gonna have to draw him away!

Die!

Wind Style: Gale Palm!

Did they get him?

Are you okay, Sarada?

Thanks!

But his strength is no joke.

Damn it!

Stop.

You guys provide backup!

I'll kill you!

It's over for you!

He's absorbing my chakra!

Stay away!

I'll protect them!

Rasengan!

Sensei!

If we're gonna stop him, we have to do it now!

Don't go, Boruto!

Sarada!

Sir!

No, stay away from me!

Boruto!

You're aware that we're not authorized to fight him, right?

Now's not the time to bring that up!

If we ignore him, more people are gonna get hurt!

But if Jugo is hurt, we may be able to stop him.

I'm not letting you get away!

Hey!

His body's gone back to normal.

I guess the Curse Mark's subsided for now.

But we can't let our guard down yet.

It's so quiet here.

I wonder why he's here?

Big Bro!

There has to be a reason behind all of this.

What are you doing?

I want to compare and see if Jugo has the same affliction

that's making the birds go into a frenzy.

Still, to find the natural habitat of the Wild Leaf Goose here,

of all places…

The Wild Leaf Goose?

It's a rare bird in danger of going extinct.

I've never seen this many together!

You still want to fight?

Stop!

What are you doing?

The Curse Mark disappeared!

What's going on?

Aren't you the one spreading the Curse Mark onto the birds?!

Say something!

I've got nothing to say to someone who kills birds.

What are you talking about?

That's—?!

It's your kunai.

That was…

Hey! Wait!

Konohamaru Sensei!

Big Bro!

What happened?

Your jonin seems terribly exhausted.

Actually—

It's nothing.

Sorry to have worried you.

I see. That's good.

Why didn't you tell him?

I don't want to worry him unnecessarily before we know all the facts.

It seems his chakra was extracted during battle.

Are you gonna be okay?

I should recover after four or five days of rest.

I'm so sorry, at a time like this…

Stop acting so reserved!

But could you have been infected with the Curse Mark

when you were fighting with Jugo?

It seems the birds get the Curse Mark through their wounds.

Mr. Tosaka, you were examining Jugo earlier, weren't you?

Did you find anything out?

I don't think we need to worry about him

being infected with the Curse Mark for now.

What do you mean?

Earlier, I took a sample of Jugo's blood.

I compared it with the blood of the infected birds.

It seems the two Curse Marks have a different genetic makeup.

So that means the birds' Curse Mark didn't come from Jugo?

I'm not a Curse Mark expert, so I can't say for sure.

Either way, it will be bad if Jugo goes berserk again.

Is it okay to leave him alone, Sensei?

About that…

Mitsuki, do you know what this is?

It was on the ground near Jugo.

I think it's something made at Orochimaru's research facility.

I'm not sure, but it most likely is.

It's a tranquilizer.

And it's very strong.

You licked it again?

I think it's a drug to temporarily suppress the power of the Curse Mark.

Okay, this is what we'll do.

Team 15, return to the village to report on the situation

and request backup.

– Sir! – Sir!

Team 7 will keep an eye on Jugo.

Also, there may be more drugs that suppress the Curse Mark.

If you have a chance, get ahold of them.

Understood.

Don't take any chances.

And avoid combat at all cost.

We still don't know what Jugo's been up to in the forest.

We have to find out.

What is he doing?

You think it's connected with the birds' Curse Mark?

I can't believe that just happened.

I'm glad.

Are you okay?

Mr. Jugo!

Are you able to extract the Curse Mark out of the birds?

And he's enduring so much pain…

The love he has for the birds is deep!

It's starting to look bad.

What do you mean?

Jugo's body isn't able to fully control the Curse Mark's power.

No way!

He's not able to resist the power of the Curse Mark

he's absorbed from the birds.

And it's going rampant inside Jugo's body.

I'm sorry for not trusting you.

Just get out of here, quick.

This is the place from earlier!