Recaps

Shinki fought Shizuka in a duel that could have forced him to marry into Nadeshiko Village, while pretending to be evenly matched so he could avoid winning. After foiling a plot against them, he left Shizuka determined to challenge her village’s old rules herself.

• Naruto persuaded Shinki to fight Shizuka in his place, and Shinki tried to arrange a draw rather than risk marriage.
• As Shinki and Shizuka fought, the attendant told Naruto that Shizuka had closed her heart to love after the village elders plotted to kill her former lover.
• The bespectacled man waited three days for both fighters to tire, then attacked them with a giant puppet.
• Shinki destroyed the puppet, captured the bespectacled man, and sent his clone to take him to Konoha's prison.
• Shizuka admitted she had awakened after sensing Shinki's power, declined his offer of help, and vowed to grow strong enough to change the village's rules.

After returning to Konoha, Shinki learned that the Ninja Alliance’s missions had sharply declined because clients were hiring the newly established village in Tanzaku Village. When Sai and the Anbu sent to investigate failed to report back, Shinki went to the Land of Silence and discovered that Tanzaku Village was filled with wandering ninja and missing-nin.

• Shinki freed Shizuka from the Chakra her glasses-wearing pursuer had planted in her, then continued searching with Naruto and bought the game console maker’s patent.
• Shinki returned to Konoha and received his Shadow Clone’s memories of the exhausting work he had handled during the trip.
• Shikamaru told Shinki that missions for the Ninja Alliance had been falling for months, and a letter from Ōnoki revealed that clients were commissioning the Land of Silence’s Tanzaku Village.
• Shinki sent Sai and a group of Anbu to investigate Tanzaku Village, but none of them reported back within three days.
• Shinki went to Tanzaku Village and saw ninja from many villages entering and leaving, including an Iwagakure missing-nin with a three-million bounty, leading him to suspect the village was made up of wandering ninja and missing-nin.

Shinki disguised himself as Sasuke and infiltrated Tanzaku Village, where he uncovered Gengo’s influence over the Land of Silence and the devotion of his followers. At Gengo’s rally, Shinki discovered that Sai was being held captive.

• Shinki copied a visitor’s waist badge, entered Tanzaku Village disguised as Sasuke, and convinced the guards he wanted to defect from Konoha.
• Shinki learned that Gengo had driven the Land of Silence’s Daimyo from power and that black-robed followers called themselves Revolutionaries.
• Shinki examined a missing-nin’s memories, found evidence of intense devotion to Gengo, and put on the man’s black robe.
• Shinki joined the crowd for Gengo’s speech and sensed that Gengo’s voice could influence people’s minds.
• Gengo introduced a supposed enemy of the revolution and revealed Sai bound behind the curtain.

Shinki captured Gengo and his brainwashed followers in the Land of Silence, then brought them to Konoha. With the country left leaderless and unrest looming, Shinki sent Karin, Suigetsu, and Jūgo to help restore order and find a suitable leader.

• Shinki used Wood Release to restrain Gengo's followers, exposed Gengo's mind-influencing technique, and knocked him unconscious before Sai attacked under Gengo's sound Genjutsu.
• Shinki defeated Sai with a slap, took him along with Gengo and the captured followers to Konoha, and sent the prisoners to jail.
• Tsunade questioned Shinki's absence from the Hokage's office, then discussed the Land of Silence's leaderless state and the need to handle its aftermath.
• Shinki told Karin, Suigetsu, and Jūgo to quell unrest in the Land of Silence and support a suitable leader, promising them payment and additional help.

Shinki recruited Chino and Fūshin for a mission to the Land of Silence, then suffered food poisoning after eating Ino’s cooking. Naruto caught the child who had tampered with the food, and Shinki used the child’s memories to identify a former Root member as the mastermind.

• Shinki used his Sharingan genjutsu to make Chino and Fūshin agree to work for him and assigned them a trip to the Land of Silence.
• Shikamaru told Naruto that a Hokage needed political skill as well as strength and compassion.
• Ino brought Shinki dinner, and both she and Shinki collapsed after eating food poisoned by an unknown person.
• At the hospital, Shinki told Ino that someone had poisoned them and sent Anbu to investigate.
• Naruto arrived with the child who had put poison in the food, and Shinki searched the child’s memories to find who ordered it.
• Shinki had the mastermind brought to the Hokage’s Office, where the man was revealed to be the child’s father, a former Root member connected to Gengo.

Shinki used Danzo’s memories to challenge the remaining Root members’ loyalty and explained to Naruto why he wanted them to live peacefully if they caused no trouble. After discovering he needed a Byakugan as a medium to use the Tenseigan, Shinki went to the Hyuga residence to ask for Hanabi’s help, but Hiashi refused before he finished asking.

• Shinki summoned Danzo with Impure World Reincarnation and used a Sharingan Genjutsu to show a captured Root member Danzo’s memories and crimes.
• Shinki told Naruto that arresting every Root remnant could panic Konoha, so he wanted to let those who behaved peacefully remain in the village.
• Inoichi and his wife visited Ino in the hospital, where she reassured them that Shinki had cured her and was protecting her with a clone.
• Shinki tried to absorb the Tenseigan with his Rinnegan, realized he needed a Byakugan as a medium, and decided Hanabi might be suitable.
• Shinki visited the Hyuga residence to ask for Hanabi’s help, but Hyuga Hiashi refused before Shinki could finish his request.

Shinki experimented through the night to absorb the Tenseigan’s chakra, combining its power with his Rinnegan before returning to work exhausted. At the Hokage’s Office, he learned that people in the village had recently been having their chakra extracted by an unknown culprit.

• Hiashi tried to keep Shinki from meeting Hanabi, and Shinki left after Hanabi invited him to dinner.
• Shinki asked Hinata to help with his experiment, then used a Shadow Clone with her Byakugan as a medium to absorb chakra from the Tenseigan.
• After repeated experiments through the night, Shinki transformed his left eye by combining the Tenseigan and Rinnegan and tested its abilities.
• Shinki sent his Shadow Clone to the Hokage’s Office while his original body slept at home, and he approved Shino’s application to become a Ninja Academy teaching assistant.
• Shikamaru told Shinki that villagers had been having their chakra extracted, with no connection between the victims or trace of the culprit found.

Shinki handled village affairs, ate at Ichiraku Ramen, and later found Sai acting strangely in Shinki Park. After Sai attacked him under the influence of dark Chakra, Shinki subdued him and discovered that a space-time vortex had absorbed the Chakra before taking Sai to the hospital.

• Shinki and Shikamaru reviewed village reports, and Shinki told him to have the Anbu keep watch.
• At Ichiraku Ramen, Shinki agreed to let Ayame display a photo of him and Naruto and asked to eat there for free instead of taking a share of the shop's profits.
• Shinki found Sai drawing in Shinki Park and heard him describe feeling isolated and useless in peacetime.
• Sai's dark Chakra flared, and he attacked Shinki with beasts created by Super Beast Imitating Drawing.
• Shinki bound Sai with Wood Release vines, then saw a spatial vortex absorb the dark Chakra and took the unconscious Sai to the hospital with Flying Thunder God.

Shinki investigated Chakra-draining incidents and traced them to the Gozu Tennō Plan, then tracked down its surviving experimenter, Shigaraki Tanuki. Shigaraki confessed and summoned Nue when Shinki confronted him in the park.

• Sakura told Shinki that Sai and several others had suffered Chakra depletion, and Shinki reassured her that Sasuke would return from the Land of Lightning soon.
• Shinki asked Shikamaru for Root’s Gozu Tennō Plan records and identified Shigaraki Tanuki as its only surviving participant.
• Shinki visited Shigaraki Tanuki’s home, learned he had gone out, and realized he had sensed a possible culprit near the park while speaking with Sai.
• Shinki used Dual Sage Mode to find Shigaraki Tanuki in Konoha Shinki Park, where the man tried to run away.
• Shinki caught Shigaraki Tanuki and accused him of draining people’s Chakra, and Shigaraki admitted it before summoning Nue.

Shinki stopped Shigaraki Tanuki from unleashing Nue on Konoha, followed the beast into its Alternate Dimension, and captured them both. He returned to Naruto and Shikamaru carrying the removed Gozu Tennō mark, having left Shigaraki Tanuki alive.

• Shigaraki Tanuki summoned Nue, and Shinki contained the beast with Earth-Style Walls before cutting off its Chakra-absorbing tail.
• Nue escaped with Shigaraki Tanuki through a spatial vortex, and Shinki used his Dōjutsu to follow them into the Alternate Dimension.
• Shinki trapped Nue with the Hotei Technique and restrained Shigaraki Tanuki, then persuaded him to cooperate by invoking his wife and unborn daughter and casting a Genjutsu.
• Shinki removed the Gozu Tennō mark from Shigaraki Tanuki and placed him in a Genjutsu Space to reflect.
• Naruto and Shikamaru arrived at the park, and Shinki returned from the Alternate Dimension with the mark and assured Naruto that he had healed Shigaraki Tanuki.

Shinki and Naruto discussed Orochimaru and Kabuto, then joked with Kakashi before heading to meet Sasuke. On his way back to Konoha, Sasuke encountered a white-haired boy named Uchiha Shin, who attacked him and disappeared after declaring Sasuke unworthy of the clan.

• Shinki and Naruto decided to keep watching Orochimaru and leave Kabuto imprisoned for decades.
• Shinki and Naruto teased Kakashi, then fled when he confronted them; Kakashi encountered an energetic Might Guy.
• Sakura asked Ino what flowers to give Sasuke, while Naruto and Shinki offered impractical gift suggestions.
• Sasuke ran toward Konoha after losing the airplane Shinki had given him and thinking about the Thunder Train deal.
• Uchiha Shin attacked Sasuke, claimed to carry out his father's will, and vanished after Sasuke subdued him.
• Sasuke decided to return quickly and ask Shinki to investigate Uchiha Shin.

Sasuke returned to Konoha with the Thunder Train secured, and Sakura gave him a house as a wedding home before asking to make their relationship official. Later, Sasuke told Shinki he had encountered Uchiha Shin, leading them to question Danzo and then seek answers from Orochimaru, who recognized the name.

• Sasuke returned to Konoha in his Susanoo and told Shinki that the Thunder Train was theirs.
• Sakura welcomed Sasuke with flowers and a house deed, explaining that Shinki had helped pay for their wedding home, then asked to make their relationship official.
• Sasuke told Shinki he had met Uchiha Shin, and they checked the Uchiha records but found no one by that name.
• Shinki summoned Danzo with the Impure World Reincarnation Technique; Danzo denied knowing Uchiha Shin and suggested asking Orochimaru about Sharingan experiments.
• Shinki dismissed Danzo back to the Underworld, then took Sasuke to Orochimaru's research institute.
• Orochimaru recognized the name Uchiha Shin, and Shinki pressured him to explain what he knew.

Orochimaru explained that Uchiha Shin had been a cloning subject and that Danzo’s transplanted arm came from him. Shinki and Sasuke found Shin’s hideout in the Land of Earth, where Shin revealed his many clones and declared his intent to revive the Akatsuki.

• Orochimaru told Shinki and Sasuke that Uchiha Shin had a body suited to transplants, that his Sharingan were copies, and that Danzo’s arm had belonged to him.
• Orochimaru showed them a photograph of the original Uchiha Shin and admitted that he had left years earlier, so Shinki pressured Orochimaru to reveal more information.
• Shinki warned Yamato to report anything unusual at Orochimaru’s experiments and strengthened Yamato’s Wood Release with his Chakra.
• Shinki and Sasuke flew to the Kinrin Mountains ruins, detected Chakra near a hideout, and blasted through its wall after someone inside challenged them.
• Dozens of white-haired Sharingan-bearing clones rushed out, and Uchiha Shin appeared in an Akatsuki cloak, calling the clones disposable tools and announcing that he would revive the Akatsuki.

Sasuke and Shinki defeated Uchiha Shin and spared his clones, sending them to a new orphanage under Kabuto’s care. Kabuto reunited with the woman he called Mother, who arrived as his helper.

• Sasuke struck down Uchiha Shin with Susanoo, and Shin’s clones stabbed their creator after he fell.
• Shinki stopped Sasuke from killing the clones and decided to send them to the Konoha Orphanage.
• Naruto escorted Kabuto out of prison and told him Shinki had made him director of the Konoha Second Orphanage.
• Shinki brought Kabuto to the new orphanage, where he met the Uchiha Shin clones and learned they would be in his care.
• Kabuto named the forty-odd clones, then reunited with Mother when she arrived at the orphanage.

Shinki and his companions discussed village affairs before a young man wearing Explosive Tags attempted to rob the Konoha bank. Shinki stopped him and learned the robbery was tied to workplace abuse, though the young man had been persuaded not to die casually.

• Shikamaru explained that Kabuto had reunited with Yakushi Nonō and was taking his orphanage work seriously.
• Shikamaru told Shinki and Naruto that Mei Terumi planned to groom Chōjūrō as Kirigakure's next Mizukage.
• Shinki noticed the Konoha bank and wondered whether its security could withstand powerful attackers.
• Shinki, Naruto, and Shikamaru saw Choji on a date with Karui, then went to Ichiraku Ramen.
• Shinki used an Aoki Takeru clone to remove the Explosive Tags from a would-be bank robber and take him away.
• The young man told Shinki that his boss had stolen his work and forced him to work overtime, and said someone had talked him out of dying casually.

Shinki investigated a stolen priceless Iwagakure gemstone after discovering that the bank vault’s alarm had failed. When a technician revealed that Ice Release could evade the alarm, everyone suspected Shinki, but the Guard captain argued that the wealthy Hokage had no reason to steal it.

• Shinki questioned Raimon, learned that an owl-masked man had recruited him, sentenced him to a week in detention, and offered him a job at his company.
• Shinki realized Raimon’s disturbance might have distracted people while someone robbed the bank, so he went to inspect its vault.
• Shinki and the bank manager found the cash untouched but discovered an open drawer and learned that an Iwagakure gemstone worth hundreds of millions was missing.
• The Konoha Guard found a note naming the White Night Group, a band of traveling thieves who claimed to rob the rich to help the poor.
• A technician explained that Ice Release could manipulate body temperature to evade the vault alarm, leading everyone to look at Shinki as a suspect.
• The Guard captain reasoned that Shinki’s power and wealth meant he had no need to steal the gemstone.

Shinki investigated the White Night Group with Naruto and Sasuke, but learned that the thieves had helped a poor village build a waterwheel. After promising to fund it and continuing the investigation, Shinki urged Naruto to see the world's suffering firsthand, leaving Naruto changed and Sasuke sensing their words could reshape the future.

• Shinki replaced the bank's stolen gemstone with a Crystal Release copy and earned a commission fee.
• Sasuke and Naruto found the White Night Group's recent activity in a cliffside village, where the group had funded a waterwheel.
• A village elder begged Shinki to stop investigating the group, explaining that its help was essential to the villagers' survival.
• Shinki promised to fund the waterwheel but said he would continue investigating the White Night Group.
• Naruto questioned why poverty persisted despite peace, and Shinki told him to see the world for himself and seek his own answers.
• Shinki announced that the Thunder Train Tracks could operate within the Land of Fire and proposed tacky names for their company, while a masked White Night Group member remarked that he was more interesting than rumored.

Shinki learned about the Land of Snow’s Ice Release and armor Ninja Tools, then helped Naruto and Sasuke name their company New Future. On his way to inspect its construction, he encountered Princess Gale fleeing pursuers and arrested her and the people chasing her.

• Shinki asked Kakashi about his mission protecting Kazahana Koyuki during the Land of Snow coup and learned about the country’s prototype armor Ninja Tools.
• Naruto and Sasuke told Shinki they had chosen a site for their company, and the three settled on the name New Future and began building its headquarters.
• Shinki passed Konoha Cinema, where young fans urged him to watch The Adventures of Princess Gale, and he joked that he would only go if the movie’s star appeared.
• Princess Gale rode toward Shinki at high speed while fleeing pursuers, and Shinki used Shinra Tensei to send her and her horse flying.
• Shinki arrested Princess Gale and the group pursuing her for causing trouble in Konoha, then brought them to the detention center.

Shinki sent Naruto, Kakashi, Hinata, and his Wood Release clone to protect the Princess Gale film crew on its voyage to the Land of Snow, where Yukie Fujikaze warned that they were in danger. Back in Konoha, Sasuke reported a major White Night Group theft, and Shinki set out to investigate.

• Shinki learned that Yukie Fujikaze had fled because she feared returning to the Land of Snow, then arranged an A-rank mission to protect the film crew.
• Naruto asked to join the mission as a Princess Gale fan, and Shinki sent him with Kakashi, Hinata, and a Wood Release clone to investigate the Land of Snow's Chakra Technology.
• At Konoha's gate, Yukie Fujikaze ran off again, and Naruto chased after her as the crew began its journey.
• On the ship, Yukie warned Shinki that the Land of Snow was dangerous and that the group might die, but she did not explain why she feared going there.
• Shinki questioned Kakashi about his guess concerning Yukie and her pendant, and Kakashi confirmed it.
• Sasuke told Shinki that the White Night Group had stolen goods worth roughly forty or fifty million near Konoha, and Shinki left to investigate.

Shinki tested a prototype Scientific Ninja Tool by recording hundreds of thousands of ninjutsu techniques, overwhelming its memory and alarming Shikamaru about the secrets he had exposed. After searching a captured White Night Group member’s memories, Shinki learned the group had many hideouts and a leader named Yuehong, and set out to catch them.

• Shikamaru told Shinki that the White Night Group had resumed stealing from Konoha and distributing the valuables to impoverished places.
• Katatsuke demonstrated a scroll-like tool that could record chakra data and preserve techniques for future generations.
• Shinki loaded the tool with hundreds of thousands of techniques, causing it to malfunction, and Shikamaru warned him that he had exposed valuable secret ninjutsu.
• Shinki’s Shadow Clone returned with a masked White Night Group member, whom Shinki questioned and then searched with the Mind Body Switch Technique.
• Shinki learned that the group had numerous hideouts, a chakra-blocking technique, and a leader named Yuehong, then left with Shikamaru to catch them.

Shinki uncovered a Genjutsu-driven protest against New Future Company and traced its Chakra to the Konoha Research Institute, where the Ninjutsu data chip had been stolen. He captured Yuehong, the White Night Group's leader, who admitted an unknown man had commissioned the theft and directed the group's recent actions.

• Shinki spotted a Genjutsu mark on a protester and used his Sharingan to release the crowd from the Genjutsu.
• Shinki followed the mark's Chakra to the Konoha Research Institute, where Katatsuke told him masked intruders had stolen a chip containing Shinki's Ninjutsu data.
• Shinki told Katatsuke to wait at the Konoha Police Department, then searched for the White Night Group but lost the Chakra trail.
• Shinki's Shadow Clones found the White Night Group outside Konoha and captured its members.
• Shinki unmasked Yuehong, who admitted planning the protest and stealing the chip for an unknown man who had promised him money and directed the group's recent actions.

Shinki investigated the White Night Group’s ties to the Land of Snow and revived Kazahana Dōtō to uncover the reason behind them. Meanwhile, Kazahana Koyuki began ruling the Land of Snow, and Naruto realized Shinki had left him and Hinata time to travel together.

• Shinki learned from his Shadow Clone’s memories that Yukie Fujikaze was Kazahana Koyuki, the new Daimyo of the Land of Snow, and that the country’s Chakra Armor technology had advanced greatly.
• Naruto praised his new Rasenshuriken on the return voyage, and Kakashi explained that Shinki had left Naruto and Hinata on the ship so they could travel together; Naruto apologized to Shinki by slapping himself.
• Shinki read the White Night Group Ice Release Ninja’s memories and discovered that Kazahana Dōtō had sent him from the Land of Snow.
• Shinki appeared during Kazahana Koyuki’s decree, then left after she defended him from her ministers and called him the Land of Snow’s benefactor.
• Shinki gathered Kazahana Dōtō’s remains, performed the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, and revived him.

Shinki uncovered evidence that a mysterious person had helped Dotō develop the Chakra Armor and later directed him to join the White Night Group, then learned Orochimaru was secretly growing a genetically engineered child. After forbidding the research and placing Orochimaru under surveillance, Shinki persuaded Sasuke to cover his official duties.

• Shinki read Dotō’s memories and discovered that an unidentified person had helped complete the Chakra Armor and later directed him to send Ice Release Ninja to the White Night Group.
• Shinki told Shikamaru about the suspected hidden enemy, and Shikamaru warned that their brief period of peace might be ending.
• Yamato reported that Orochimaru was growing a baby, and Shinki went to the Research Institute to confront him.
• Orochimaru explained that he was combining superior genes to create a perfect child, so Shinki put him in a Genjutsu and ordered Yamato to monitor him and prevent further research.
• Shinki asked Sasuke to handle his official duties, and Sasuke agreed after Shinki threatened to reveal his embarrassing past with Kakashi.

Shinki studied the Chakra Armor sample from the Land of Snow, worked out how its core stored and used Chakra, and sent his blueprints to Raimon to build a prototype. After Sasuke finished covering his Hokage duties, Shinki returned to work and heard that Ōnoki might groom Kurotsuchi as the Fourth Tsuchikage.

• Naruto thanked Shinki for giving him and Hinata time together, while Shinki learned they had only just held hands after months of dating.
• Sasuke finished handling Shinki's paperwork after several days and asked Shinki to take back his Hokage duties.
• Shinki analyzed the Chakra Armor overnight, identified its activation and Chakra storage devices, and gave Sasuke the sample and blueprints to take to Raimon for a prototype.
• Shinki returned to the Hokage's Office, told Shikamaru he had figured out the armor and prepared blueprints, and dismissed Shikamaru's teasing about Kurotsuchi as his old flame.
• Shikamaru told Shinki that Ōnoki might groom Kurotsuchi to become the Fourth Tsuchikage, and Shinki assigned a Jonin to investigate a disappearance at a mine.

Sasuke investigated the disappearance of miners and a missing Konoha squad at a cave near the Land of Fire border. After defeating a strange White Zetsu, he discovered a gigantic Wood Release tree and descended into the cave to investigate further.

• Shikamaru told Shinki that a Konoha Jonin squad had vanished while investigating disappearances at a mine, so Shinki sent Sasuke to the site.
• Sasuke flew to the mine using Susanoo and learned from a miner that workers had disappeared after they broke into an underground karst cave, where strange roars came from within.
• Sasuke entered the mine and encountered a five-headed White Zetsu, which he cut to pieces.
• Sasuke found no sign of the missing ninjas in the White Zetsu's remains and continued deeper into the cave.
• Sasuke discovered a gigantic tree that he suspected had been created with Wood Release, cut through its branches, and leaped down to investigate.