Squirming

Squirming deepens the Three-Tails arc's unease as Orochimaru's experiments and the beast's stirrings entangle the team's investigation. The episode trades in dread — something wrong in the water, the snake's hand in it, the team navigating a threat that won't hold still. Anime-original, it advances a plot sealed inside its own arc while keeping the post-reunion cast active and tested. The lake's mystery tightens; the Three-Tails and Orochimaru's schemes converge toward the arc's confrontation, every consequence held within the filler's borders.