Mistake: New Enemies Appear!

Reinforcements that change nothing yet: the squad fractures further as Kiba and Akamaru turn back to hold off Sakon and Ukon, the Sound Four's deadliest pair, who share one body and split into two attackers at will. The episode is built on disadvantage — Kiba's Fang Over Fang struggling against an enemy that survives inside his own teammate's wounds — and on the dawning realization that the Sound Four were never the obstacle. Behind them waits Kimimaro, and behind him, a vessel that may already be lost.