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is episode 81 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.

Summary
Naruto struggles to combine the shape and elemental manipulation in the Rasengan and starts to lose hope. Akatsuki begins extracting the Two-Tails from Yugito Nii, and the Akatsuki leader reveals Akatsuki's plans to use the tailed beasts to cause conflict in the ninja nations, serving as mercenaries at a lower cost than the ninja of the hidden villages, replacing them, having monopoly on war and eventually taking over the world. Meanwhile, news of Asuma's death reaches Konoha.

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