Recaps

Jiraiya found Tsunade at a barbecue restaurant and asked her to return to the village as Hokage, but she refused because she could not move past the deaths of Nawaki and Dan. After Shinki’s blunt question and Jiraiya’s claim that Tsunade might not be as strong as him, Tsunade challenged Shinki to a match.

• Jiraiya and his students searched the town’s casinos for Tsunade and learned that she had lost money gambling the previous day.
• Jiraiya took Shinki and Naruto to a barbecue restaurant, where Shinki spotted Tsunade with Shizune.
• Jiraiya introduced Shinki and Naruto to Tsunade, then told her he had come to ask her to succeed the Third Hokage.
• Tsunade refused to become Hokage and spoke sadly of wanting to see Nawaki and Dan again.
• Shinki asked whether Nawaki and Dan were dead, and Tsunade crushed the table in anger.
• Jiraiya said Tsunade might not be as strong as Shinki, so Tsunade rolled up her sleeves and challenged him to a match.

Shinki defeated Tsunade in an arm-wrestling match after activating the Seventh Gate and sage transformation, winning her agreement to return to the village and become Hokage. He then claimed he could let Tsunade see her dead loved ones, leaving Jiraiya and the others stunned.

• Tsunade challenged Shinki to a contest, wagering that she would return to the village as Hokage if she lost, while Shinki agreed to take one of her punches if he lost.
• Naruto provoked Tsunade into accepting Shinki's terms, and Shinki chose arm wrestling as their contest.
• Shinki activated the Seventh Gate and sage transformation before the match began.
• Shinki shattered the stone platform and sent Tsunade flying, winning the match.
• Tsunade accepted her defeat and reflected on the future of the village Nawaki and Dan had wanted to protect.
• Shinki told Tsunade he could let her see Nawaki and Dan again, and Jiraiya wondered if Shinki knew Impure World Reincarnation.

Tsunade gave Shinki the First Hokage's pendant after deciding not to resurrect her loved ones, while Sasuke learned that Itachi had attacked Kakashi and grew more determined to take revenge. Rock Lee tried to resume training despite his injuries, and Might Guy placed his hopes in Tsunade’s ability to heal him.

• Shinki offered to use Impure World Reincarnation to let Tsunade see her loved ones, but she declined and gave him the First Hokage's pendant instead.
• Sasuke visited Kakashi, learned that Uchiha Itachi had struck him with Tsukuyomi, and ran off to vent his anger and vow revenge.
• Rock Lee struggled out of bed to train, but Might Guy caught him and ordered him to rest until Tsunade could treat his injuries.
• Might Guy privately worried that Rock Lee might never be a Ninja again and hoped Tsunade could restore his chance to continue.

Shinki, Naruto, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Shizune delayed their return to Konoha for a night out, where Tsunade's gambling debts caused more trouble. After Shinki discovered his Ninja Tool scroll had been stolen as leverage for Tsunade's debt, he confronted her and met Wasabi Jirocho, who invited him to protect a Festival contestant.

• Tsunade persuaded the group to visit a mixed-bathing hot spring, while she and Shizune gambled nearby and Jiraiya found the bath full of men and elderly women.
• Tsunade wrecked a gambling machine and fled with Shizune rather than pay its ten-thousand debt, so Naruto borrowed money from Shinki and paid the employees.
• Shinki found that someone had stolen his Ninja Tool scroll and left a note demanding that Tsunade repay her debts to the Akagi Family.
• Shinki used Flying Thunder God to reach Tsunade and demand repayment, where he met her friend Wasabi Jirocho.
• Wasabi Jirocho invited Shinki to protect a contestant at the Land of Tea's four-year Festival, and Shinki told him to submit the mission request to Konoha.

Tsunade explained her Yin Seal to Shinki, who quickly learned it and helped Naruto begin learning it too. On the way back to Konoha, Tsunade invited Shinki to study Medical Ninjutsu, and the group arrived to find villagers waiting to welcome her.

• After the group settled the Akagi Family theft, Tsunade explained that her forehead mark stored Chakra and let her alter her appearance, while Shinki questioned its effect on lifespan.
• Shinki quickly formed a Yin Seal after hearing Tsunade's explanation, astonishing Tsunade and Shizune.
• Shinki taught Naruto the technique, and Naruto began forming a Yin Seal with his guidance.
• Tsunade offered to teach Shinki Medical Ninjutsu, and he agreed after learning that doctors earned well.
• During the journey back to Konoha, Shinki memorized the fundamentals in his medical books, and the group reached the village gates, where Tenten, Ino, Sakura, and others awaited Tsunade.

Tsunade returned to Konoha with Shinki and received a warm welcome, while Ino gave Shinki a raffle ticket and received his Flying Thunder God Kunai in return. Shinki and Naruto visited Sasuke in the hospital, then Naruto asked whether Chidori was direct or alternating current.

• Tenten, Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, and Sakura welcomed Tsunade and Shinki at Konoha's entrance.
• Ino gave Shinki a raffle ticket, and he gave her a Flying Thunder God Kunai marked so he could reach her in danger.
• Jiraiya scolded Shinki for his blunt response to Ino, while Tsunade applauded and Naruto teased Jiraiya about being single.
• Shinki and Naruto visited Sasuke, who said his Cursed Seal still affected him when he used his Sharingan, and Sasuke refused Shinki's offer to reinforce the Sealing Jutsu.
• Naruto asked whether Chidori was direct or alternating current, and Shinki joked that Sasuke's was direct current because he did not like to exchange with people.

After becoming the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade asked Shinki to research Cell Activation to improve Rock Lee’s chances of surviving a risky operation. Shinki balked at the task until Tsunade offered him two million Copper Coins, despite her own debts.

• Tsunade became the Fifth Hokage, and Shinki sensed Danzo’s anger at the succession ceremony and began watching him.
• Shinki continued his missions and training, then demonstrated an enormous Chakra Scalpel and reported mastering several Medical Ninjutsu techniques to Tsunade.
• Tsunade explained that Rock Lee’s shattered arm and leg required a dangerous operation, with only a fifty percent chance of success.
• Tsunade asked Shinki to research Cell Activation as a way to increase Rock Lee’s chances of survival.
• Shinki protested that he lacked the expertise, but Tsunade offered him two million Copper Coins if he succeeded and admitted Konoha had plenty of money.

After Shinki completed a detailed surgical plan for Rock Lee, Tsunade persuaded him to perform the dangerous operation for a ten-million payment. Tsunade planned to train him before deciding whether he was ready, while Lee learned that the operation’s success rate had risen to eighty percent and reaffirmed Shinki as his idol.

• Shinki submitted his detailed surgical plan to Tsunade after spending days researching Rock Lee’s operation and Cell Activation.
• Tsunade offered Shinki five million to perform the operation, and Shizune objected because he was a novice, but the plan convinced her of his expertise.
• Tsunade offered ten million if the operation succeeded, and Shinki agreed to perform it; she told him to rest and begin practicing the next day.
• Shinki returned home and fell asleep, briefly telling Naruto that he was helping with Rock Lee’s operation.
• Tsunade told Rock Lee and Might Guy that Shinki had solved the Cell Activation problem, raising the operation’s success rate to eighty percent.
• Rock Lee declared that he would strive toward Shinki, whom he now regarded as his second idol after Guy-sensei.

Killer B was ordered to lead a mission to rescue Kumogakure’s captured ninjas and kill Shinki, while Shinki finished his surgical training and prepared to operate on Rock Lee. At the convenience store, Shinki drew the raffle’s top-numbered ball, leaving him and Naruto stunned.

• A learned that Kumogakure’s assassin ninjas had been captured and assigned Killer B to rescue them and kill Shinki.
• Shinki completed Tsunade’s surgical training and was set to assist with Rock Lee’s operation the next day.
• Shinki returned home, told Naruto his training was finished, and decided they should eat something good before the surgery.
• Shinki and Naruto went to the convenience store to use Ino’s raffle ticket, where Shinki drew a ball marked [1].

Shinki avoided Danzo’s offer after sensing Uchiha Chakra in his bandaged arm, then successfully operated on Rock Lee. Shizune reported Lee’s recovery but brought Shinki only 100,000 of Tsunade’s promised 10 million, leaving him to hide his anger after pretending to be understanding.

• Shinki and Naruto won a signed deluxe edition of Icha Icha Paradise as the festival’s first prize, and Shinki reluctantly took it home.
• Danzo offered Shinki a Ninja Tool once used by the Second Hokage, but Shinki refused and used Flying Thunder God to take Naruto home.
• Shinki warned Naruto that Danzo’s bandaged right arm contained powerful Uchiha Clan Chakra resembling Sasuke’s Sharingan.
• Shinki operated on Rock Lee for more than twenty hours, and the operation succeeded.
• Shizune told Shinki that Rock Lee had awakened without adverse reactions and brought him 100,000 in cash along with an IOU for the remaining 9.9 million.
• After Shizune left, Shinki pocketed the cash and cursed Tsunade for failing to pay the promised amount.

Shinki, Naruto, and Sasuke received a B-rank escort mission to the Land of Tea, requested specifically for Shinki by Tsunade’s friend. At a teahouse, a boy confronted them and demanded that the Ninja leave the country, and Shinki stopped Naruto from attacking him.

• Naruto told Shinki that Ino liked him, but Shinki dismissed the idea and said he would not date at his age.
• Shizune summoned Team 7 to see Tsunade, who assigned them a B-rank escort mission that could become A-rank and said the client had requested Shinki.
• Shinki used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring Naruto to Sasuke, and the three set out for the Land of Tea without Kakashi.
• The team stopped at a roadside teahouse dozens of kilometers from Degarashi Port, where Shinki sensed weak Chakra from a person in a conical hat.
• The boy removed his hat and told the Ninja to leave the Land of Tea, and Shinki restrained Naruto when he tried to strike him.

Shinki, Naruto, and Sasuke reached Izuke Port to protect the Wasabi family in the Gōdaisha Festival, where rival families competed for control of the town. After seeing the Wagarashi family intimidate local merchants, Naruto attacked one of their Samurai, and Shinki teleported him away before the fight escalated.

• Shinki kicked Morino Idaten after sensing his Chakra and identifying his hostility toward Ninja, then Morino Idaten fled when Shinki raised his hand again.
• The team reached Izuke Port and learned that the Gōdaisha Festival race would decide whether the Wasabi family or the Wagarashi family governed the town.
• Shinki observed that merchants feared the Wagarashi family, whose members abused their power and took meals without paying.
• Naruto punched a Wagarashi family Samurai who threatened a restaurant owner, prompting the other Samurai to draw their swords.
• Shinki used the Flying Thunder God Technique to whisk Naruto away, then explained that fighting could get him sent back to the village and jailed.

Shinki, Sasuke, and Naruto arrived at the Wasabi residence as the Ninja hired to protect the Wasabi family's contestant in the Sacrifice race. After learning more about Idaten's past, Shinki suspected he was a missing-nin from Konoha and considered capturing him for a bounty.

• Idaten told Wasabi Jirocho that a redheaded Ninja had kicked him, while Jirocho explained he had hired Ninja to help the family win the Sacrifice race.
• Shinki, Sasuke, and Naruto entered the courtyard, and Jirocho apologized to them and made Idaten apologize for mocking them.
• Jirocho welcomed the three Ninja and explained the Sacrifice race route and that the Karashi Family might hire Ninja from Amegakure.
• Jirocho told Shinki that he had taken Idaten in three years earlier and knew nothing about his past.
• Shinki connected Idaten's name to Konoha's Morino Clan and considered capturing him to claim a bounty.

Killer B and his disciples planned to capture Shinki, while the Gōdaisha Festival race began with Idaten taking an unexpected route. Shinki understood Idaten’s strategy and prepared to take Naruto and Sasuke to him using a Flying Thunder God Mark.

• Killer B, Omoi, and Karui discussed Shinki’s strength and decided to set a trap to capture him.
• The Keshi Family Head hired an Amegakure Jonin, who claimed he could easily defeat the Konoha ninja protecting the Wasabi Family contestant.
• The Gōdaisha Festival race began, and Idaten ran away from the port instead of taking a boat toward Motsuchiro Shrine.
• Shinki realized Idaten was avoiding a sea breeze that would slow the boats, and Naruto acknowledged that the route could be faster.
• Sasuke urged Naruto and Shinki to follow Idaten, and Shinki revealed he had placed a Flying Thunder God Mark on Idaten’s clothes.

Shinki and his companions took a boat toward Motsuchiro Shrine and defeated most of an Amegakure ambush with a fireball and lightning attack. The last attacker poisoned Shinki and revealed that Idaten had once been a Konoha ninja who stole the Second Hokage’s Sword of the Thunder God and Scroll of Seals before fleeing the village.

• Omoi, Killer B, and Karui realized Shinki’s group had avoided their planned trap and decided to pursue them.
• Idaten took Shinki, Sasuke, and Naruto by boat along a longer route toward Motsuchiro Shrine as the sea mist thickened.
• Shinki sensed Amegakure ninja ahead and blasted their boat with a Great Fireball Technique, then electrocuted three of them in the water with Lightning Release Field.
• The remaining Amegakure ninja struck Shinki with a poisoned needle and claimed the poison would soon block his chakra.
• Idaten recognized the green-haired attacker, Suisei Aoi, as his former teacher, and Suisei Aoi revealed that Idaten had stolen the Second Hokage’s Sword of the Thunder God and Scroll of Seals before fleeing Konoha.

Idaten revealed how Aoi Rokushō had tricked him into stealing Konoha’s Scroll of Seals and Thunder God Sword, and Shinki captured Aoi despite his poison. As their boat continued toward Todoroki Shrine, the group spotted three armed Ninjas on another boat.

• Idaten explained that Aoi had promised him a Chunin rank in exchange for stealing Konoha’s treasures, then tried to defect to Amegakure with them.
• Idaten learned that Ibiki Morino had survived, and agreed to return to Konoha and face responsibility for his actions after the Land of Tea mission.
• Shinki revealed he was a medical-nin, cut off Aoi’s arms, and captured him for the bounty.
• Shinki found the Thunder God Sword in Aoi’s Ninja Tool Pouch and activated its Lightning Release blade.
• Shinki stopped Aoi from killing himself with a poisoned false molar, then immobilized him with Medical Ninjutsu.
• As the group sailed toward Todoroki Shrine, Naruto spotted three sword-carrying Ninjas aboard another boat.

Shinki and his companions encountered Killer B, Omoi, and Karui at sea, where a supposed payment turned into an attack. Shinki and Sasuke countered them, and Shinki shocked the Kumogakure Ninja by using Ice Release as well as Wood Release.

• Killer B claimed he had come to bring Shinki money, but ordered Omoi and Karui to attack when Shinki became suspicious.
• Shinki used Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet to pursue Omoi and Karui, while Sasuke attacked Karui with Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu.
• Killer B charged Shinki's boat and threw shuriken, but Shinki countered with the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique and created a Wood Human Clone to protect Idaten.
• Shinki stepped onto the sea and formed ice beneath his feet, leaving Killer B, Omoi, and Karui astonished that he could use Ice Release.
• Naruto and Sasuke wondered how Shinki had learned Ice Release, and Shinki's past training with Jiraiya provided the explanation.

Shinki fought Killer B on the frozen sea, using the battle to test techniques against an Eight-Tails Jinchuriki. After Shinki trapped Killer B in a Water Shockwave and sent an ice dragon at him, Killer B called on Gyuki as defeat seemed certain.

• Shinki froze the sea around him, and Killer B drew his seven blades and challenged him with Acrobat.
• Shinki explained that he wanted to test techniques against the Eight-Tails, then opened the Sixth Gate and clashed with Killer B.
• Shinki used Flying Thunder God to escape Killer B's attack and complete Hand Seals with his Wood Human Clone aboard the ship.
• Shinki and his clone unleashed Water Release: Water Shockwave and Ice Release: Ice Dragon Soaring Heaven against Killer B.
• Killer B realized he was about to lose and called on Gyuki to fight.

Shinki defeated Killer B by restraining Gyuki with Wood Release and captured him along with Omoi and Karui. He then reassured Idaten that they could intercept Karashi because the Karashi Family had sent ninja to stop them.

• Killer B transformed into his partial Tailed Beast form and charged Shinki with a Lariat, but Shinki caught him with Wood Release: Hotei Technique.
• Killer B handed control to Gyuki, who transformed fully but remained trapped in Shinki’s wooden hand.
• Gyuki began charging a Tailed Beast Bomb, but Shinki pinned him beneath wooden memorial archways and interrupted the attack.
• Killer B shrank back to human size and tried to flee, but Shinki captured him, Omoi, and Karui with Wood Release.
• Naruto remembered the race, and Shinki said his Flying Thunder God Marks would let them intercept Karashi before the finish line.
• Idaten questioned whether intercepting Karashi would break the rules, and Shinki justified it by pointing out that the Karashi Family had sent ninja to intercept them.

Shinki helped the Wasabi Family win the Degarashi Port race, while Orochimaru chose Sasuke as his next target after learning about Shinki’s Ice Release and his squad’s capture of Killer B. The Sound Four set out for Konoha to lure Sasuke away, despite Jirobo’s worries about Shinki.

• Shinki helped Idaten complete the Sacrifice, and the Wasabi Family won the right to govern Degarashi Port for four years.
• Shinki froze and shattered the Keshi Family head’s pointing finger, then declined Wasabi Jirocho’s reward with his teammates.
• Orochimaru learned that Shinki’s squad had captured Killer B and that Shinki had used Ice Release against him.
• Orochimaru gave up on taking Shinki’s body for now and ordered the Sound Four to bring Sasuke to him.
• Tayuya complained about returning to Konoha, while Jirobo worried about facing the Wooden Man again.

Tsunade planned to use Killer B’s capture to bring the Raikage to Konoha for negotiations, while Shinki chased rumors that the Third Hokage would reward him with money. A reluctantly agreed to travel to Konoha after his leaders warned him that Kumogakure could not risk war, and Shinki arrived at the Third Hokage’s residence to ask about the promised gift.

• Tsunade dismissed Shinki’s claims of being injured, then arranged for the Raikage to come to Konoha to collect Killer B and discuss cooperation.
• Konohamaru persuaded Shinki to teach him Ninjutsu by hinting that the Third Hokage might give Shinki money.
• A angrily ordered Kumogakure to prepare an attack, but his leaders warned that Konoha had captured their ninja and that Shinki could rival a whole village.
• A abandoned plans for an attack and decided to travel to Konoha to retrieve Killer B and the other captives.
• Shinki went to the Third Hokage’s residence and asked why the Third had called him there.

The Third Hokage rewarded Shinki with money and access to Konoha’s Scroll of Seals, while Naruto warned him that Sasuke seemed increasingly consumed by revenge. That night, Sound Ninja ambushed Sasuke and beat him until their taunts triggered his Cursed Seal.

• The Third Hokage gave Shinki his calligraphy, praised him, and handed him two million in paper bills as an extra reward.
• The Third Hokage entrusted Shinki with Konoha’s Scroll of Seals, and Shinki accepted it solemnly.
• Naruto told Shinki that Sasuke had been acting strangely and seemed willing to do anything for revenge.
• Shinki promised to teach Naruto and Sasuke Ninjutsu after he finished studying the scroll, and Naruto went to tell Sasuke.
• Sasuke followed a suspicious shadow from his apartment and discovered Kidomaru, Jirobo, Tayuya, and Sakon waiting for him.
• The Sound Ninja overwhelmed Sasuke and mocked his weakness, prompting his eyes to turn red and Curse Marks to spread across his body.

Sasuke hesitated as the Sound Ninja urged him to leave Konoha, while Naruto tried to stop him. The next morning, Shinki found Naruto gravely injured and learned that Sasuke had been taken by the Otogakure ninja.

• Sakon and the other Sound Ninja tempted Sasuke with Orochimaru's offer of greater power and left him to consider joining them outside Konoha.
• Naruto found Sasuke and warned him that the four visitors were Orochimaru's Sound Ninja, but Sasuke revealed his Curse Marks and rejected Naruto's interference.
• Sakon urged Sasuke to sever his bond with Naruto, while Sasuke hesitated to attack one of his few friends.
• Shinki found Naruto badly injured in Konoha Ninja Hospital and discovered he could no longer teleport to Sasuke's Flying Thunder God Mark.
• After Shinki woke him, Naruto said Sasuke had left Konoha with the Otogakure ninja and begged Shinki to save him.

After learning that Orochimaru had taken Sasuke, Tsunade sent Shinki to lead a team and bring him back. Shinki and his teammates tracked the Sound Ninja to their location, where the frightened Sound Four faced them.

• Tsunade assigned Shinki to gather three capable Ninja and retrieve Sasuke, and Shinki chose Shikamaru, Kiba, and Neji.
• Naruto warned Shinki to be careful of Sasuke as the Sound Four carried Sasuke toward Otogakure.
• Orochimaru suffered from his body's rejection while Kabuto said the Sound Four and the ill Kimimaro were trying to bring him a new body.
• Shinki organized his team at Konoha's entrance, and Akamaru tracked Sasuke and the four Sound Ninja to the north.
• Shinki summoned Gamabunta to speed the team's journey, then used Water Release to catch his teammates as they landed before the Sound Four.
• The Sound Four recognized Shinki and trembled, fearing they had no chance against him.

Shinki stopped the Sound Four, found Sasuke transformed by the Cursed Seal, and beat him until he could no longer fight. As Shinki discussed Sasuke’s defection, Kimimaro arrived to protect Orochimaru’s plan and take Sasuke away.

• Shikamaru restrained the Sound Four with Shadow Binding, allowing Shinki to disable them and bind them with Wood Release.
• Sasuke emerged from the broken coffin in his Cursed Seal form and admitted he had injured Naruto and chosen to leave Konoha to gain power.
• Sasuke attacked Shinki with Chidori, but Shinki knocked him back and battered him with a Wood Dragon and Shadow Clones.
• Shinki told Sasuke he had planned to teach him Ninjutsu, causing Sasuke to fall silent.
• Kimimaro appeared, deflected Shinki’s attacks with bone bullets, and declared that he would not let anyone interfere with Orochimaru’s plan.