Sasuke's Shadow

Sasuke's Shadow is the fifty-second episode of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations .

## Summary [ ]

After being lured into a mine-shaft, Team 7 faces off against an evolved form of White Zetsu, a creature created by Kaguya Ōtsutsuki to carry on her plans. The creature shows the ability to use all five basic nature transformations by using a number of different heads, and completely outmatches Konohamaru and Team 7 in skill and power. This leads Boruto to use a scientific ninja tool he received from Katasuke as a birthday gift, the orb shaped tool creates a flash that blinds the creature allowing Konohamaru to stab and injure it causing the White Zetsu to run and escape, although being attacked himself receiving a wound. After this Konohamaru has a heart to heart with Team 7 ordering them to stay back while he himself takes the creature on but Sarada , with a charismatic speech of her own, persuades Konohamaru into devising a plan to battle the Zetsu as a team. After carefully explaining the plan, Team 7 takes on the monster by unleashing a barrage of explosives tags on it, although with little physical harm, it successfully creates a smoke screen that Sarada can see through with her Sharingan allowing Team 7 to counter all jutsu the creature released. This leads to the White Zetsu switching to hand to hand combat where Team 7 slowly chips away at it weakening it until Konohamaru could finish it off with a rasengan. Boruto, in a selfish act, tries to prove his power and fails, leading to his capture but quickly gets rescued by a combo attack between Mitsuki and Konohamaru which also finishes off the monster. Exploring the cave deeper the team discovers a large room full of decomposed White Zetsu that posed no harm although finding traces of Amaterasu, an ability used by Sasuke Uchiha .