Danzo orders Kinoe and another Root member to retrieve Kakashi's Sharingan to replace his right eye due to it beginning to fail. At the same time, found by his subordinate Yugao Uzuki at the Leaf Village Cemetary, Kakashi is summoned by the Hiruen with a mission to investifate one of Orochimaru's hideouts. There, Kakashi encounters Kinoe who accompanies him before eventually revealing his actual mission. This turns into a fight with Kakashi reluctant to kill a comrade despite Kinoe ultimately brings up the fact that Kakashi had allegedly killed a friend of his. But pinned by Kakashi to the ground, with the war hero's Chidori primed to deal a fatal blow, his words finally reach Kinoe as he remembers his past and induction into Root while resigning to his fate as he tells Kakashi he can kill him if he wishes. All the while, a menacing creature looms over the two young men from within one of the giant cylinders.