Recaps

Shinki used Kirin against Kimimaro, who survived by activating his Cursed Seal and protecting himself with his Shikotsumyaku. Their fight continued as Shinki drew the Thunder God Sword and began channeling Lightning Release Chakra into Kimimaro.

• Jirobo, Kidomaru, Tayuya, and Sakon discussed Kimimaro's strength and their inability to rescue Sasuke from Shinki.
• Shinki summoned Kirin from the storm clouds and struck Kimimaro, leaving him in a huge crater.
• Kimimaro survived by activating his Cursed Seal and explained that his Shikotsumyaku let him create and harden bones.
• Shinki fought Kimimaro with his Short Sword, which broke against Kimimaro's bone blade.
• Shinki summoned the Thunder God Sword and resumed fighting, sending Lightning Release Chakra into Kimimaro with each clash.

Shinki fought Kimimaro while trying to persuade Sasuke to return to Konoha, but Sasuke chose to flee to Otogakure. A week later, Sasuke sent Shinki and Naruto a message saying he had arrived safely.

• Shinki restrained Kimimaro with Wood Release and urged Sasuke to return to Konoha, but Sasuke refused and said he would become a spy.
• Kimimaro unleashed Dance of the Bracken, and Sasuke escaped toward Otogakure while Shinki protected his companions from the bone forest.
• Shinki defeated and killed Kimimaro, then buried his body and returned to Konoha without Sasuke.
• Tsunade questioned Shinki about letting Sasuke escape, and Shinki told Naruto that Sasuke had chosen his own path.
• Itachi sent a crow with Sharingan eyes toward an unknown recipient before leaving with Kisame.
• A week later, Shinki and Naruto received Sasuke's letter confirming he had reached Otogakure safely.

Shinki and Naruto noticed the Raikage’s delegation arriving in Konoha, and Tsunade negotiated an alliance with Kumogakure. The talks ended with Kumogakure agreeing to pay Shinki six million Copper Coins in fees and compensation.

• Shinki sensed a large group approaching Konoha and recognized them as Kumogakure Ninja led by the Raikage.
• At the conference, Tsunade rejected Kumogakure’s accusation that Shinki had caused the rift and defended Konoha against threats of war.
• Tsunade proposed an alliance and asked Killer B to train Naruto Uzumaki to control his Tailed Beast.
• The Raikage agreed to Tsunade’s demands, then protested when the agreement included lodging fees and compensation for Shinki.
• Tsunade and Shinki insisted Kumogakure pay the fees, and the negotiations ended with six million Copper Coins deposited for Shinki.

After receiving his Kumogakure reward, Shinki reluctantly took a C-rank mission with Naruto and met their new teammate, Sai. On the way to search for a marked ferret, Sai provoked Naruto by insulting Sasuke, then demonstrated his drawing-based jutsu as Shinki tried the technique himself.

• Shinki received more than six million from Kumogakure and considered investing in Ichiraku, but Teuchi refused to expand the family business.
• Tsunade ordered Shinki and Naruto to accept a C-rank mission to find a black-marked ferret and introduced Sai as their new teammate.
• Shinki summoned a giant goshawk, and the three flew toward the mission area while Tsunade wondered whether Sai, whom Danzo had arranged, could be trusted.
• Sai called Sasuke a traitor and coward, prompting Naruto to punch him before Sai demonstrated his Super Beast Imitating Drawing technique.
• Sai explained that his drawings could become real, and Shinki borrowed his scroll and brush to draw something that impressed Sai and Naruto.

Shinki, Naruto, and Sai completed their search for a black-furred ferret and headed to deliver it, while Gaara's team was attacked by a mechanical warship off the coast of the Land of Wind. At the client's remote location, the trio found the village in ruins and were approached by several figures.

• Shinki unexpectedly used Super Beast Imitating Drawing to create a steel Wavehawk 737, stunning Sai and Naruto.
• Shinki and Naruto made thousands of Shadow Clones to search the mountains and found the black-furred ferret.
• Gaara's team spotted a mechanical warship at sea, and it fired iron cannonballs around them as Gaara raised a sand shield.
• Shinki, Naruto, and Sai crossed a failing suspension bridge with Shinki's Flying Thunder God Technique and continued toward their client's location.
• Naruto and Shinki discovered the village had been destroyed, then saw several dark figures speeding toward them through the woods.

Naruto used his newly learned Wind Release: Shuriken to kill the armored attackers, and Shinki healed him afterward. The group discovered the attackers had no Chakra before a smaller armored figure appeared and charged them.

• Sai, Shinki, and Naruto were ambushed by black-armored figures carrying iron hammers, and Sai took to the air on an ink eagle.
• Naruto created a Rasenshuriken and unleashed it, devastating the hillside and killing the armored figures, though the technique injured him too.
• Shinki healed Naruto and explained that his weak Chakra control left the Rasenshuriken only half complete.
• Sai examined the attackers and found they had no Chakra, while Shinki detected a strange Natural Energy inside them.
• A smaller armored figure appeared, the ferret reacted to him, and he charged Shinki and the others with his sword.

Naruto and the armored Timothy knocked each other unconscious in a battle that collapsed the mountaintop, sending Shinki and the others into a valley. The group reunited Nirugu with Heyan’s caravan, learned about Heyan’s lost nation, and heard Timothy ask Naruto to help him find Haido; Naruto refused.

• Naruto fought the armored figure with his Shadow Clones and Rasengan, and their powers collided in an explosion that broke apart the mountaintop.
• Shinki used Ice Release to guide the falling group down a slide into the valley, where they encountered Heyan’s caravan and Nirugu.
• Heyan identified himself as the mission’s commissioner and told Shinki that his people’s ancient nation had been built around a powerful stone before conflict destroyed it.
• Nirugu repeatedly approached the unconscious armored boy, whom Heyan suspected might be related to him, and the boy later introduced himself as Timothy.
• Timothy asked Naruto about Chakra and invited him to help find Haido and build an ideal nation, but Naruto refused.

Shinki, Naruto, and Sai tracked Timothy to the Iron Fortress and met Lord Haido, who tried to recruit them to help build an ideal nation. Shinki remained suspicious of Haido, while Nirugu revealed itself from Timothy’s armor.

• Heyan told Shinki, Naruto, and Sai that Nirugu had disappeared with Timothy, and Shinki agreed to help find them.
• Shinki used a Flying Thunder God Mark on Heyan’s armor to take himself, Naruto, and Sai to Timothy, where Shinki broke Timothy’s sword while blocking his surprise attack.
• Timothy invited the three to meet Lord Haido at his nearby base, and a towering Iron Fortress arrived and let them inside.
• Haido asked Timothy to demonstrate the visitors’ Chakra, but Shinki, Naruto, and Sai refused.
• Haido invited the three to help him build a peaceful ideal nation, but Naruto declined because he intended to become Hokage.
• Nirugu emerged from Timothy’s armor, and Timothy explained that the ferret had been following him.

Shinki discovered that Haido was seeking the Gelel Stone Vein and realized the caravan was in danger because its members might be descendants of a fallen nation. After Haido’s attack left most of the caravan dead, Shinki learned that Old Master Heyan had been kidnapped to guide Haido to the vein.

• Haido ordered Kazagai to investigate the caravan after suspecting someone there knew about what he was searching for.
• Shinki and the others found Kankuro at the wrecked ship, where he explained that its crew had attacked the Land of Wind and destroyed several villages.
• Naruto confronted Timothy over the attack, and Shinki searched Timothy’s memories to learn that Haido sought the Gelel Stone Vein.
• Shinki connected Haido’s interest in Nirugu to the caravan’s royal-family ferrets and hurried back to warn Old Master Heyan.
• Shinki and the others found the caravan devastated, with most of its members dead and Old Master Heyan missing.
• Heyan’s granddaughter told Shinki that Haido’s people had taken her grandfather to find the vein, whose location only he knew.

Shinki and his companions pursued Haido to the ancient ruins, where Heyan revealed that Timothy had royal blood needed to unlock the Gelel Ore. Haido defeated the group and brought Timothy to the altar, leaving Timothy in danger as Haido prepared to use him.

• Shinki summoned a Ninja Dog, and it led the group to the ruins where Haido had taken Heyan.
• Haido forced Heyan to activate a mechanism that lowered them beneath the ruins, while Shinki and Naruto raced after them.
• Kazagai blocked Naruto, and Shinki killed her with a swift strike.
• Heyan told Haido that royal blood was required to open the final seal and identified Timothy as a likely royal descendant.
• Shinki, Naruto, Sai, and Timothy reached the underground hall, where Haido defeated Shinki, Naruto, and Sai, then held Timothy at swordpoint on the altar.

Shinki stopped Haido from killing Timothy and defeated him, ending the plot to open the Gelel Stone vein. After learning that his granddaughter had survived, Old Master Heyan heard Timothy ask to join the caravan, and Heyan considered accepting him.

• Haido revealed that he had slaughtered Timothy’s village and tried to use Timothy’s blood to open the Gelel Stone vein, but Shinki’s Wood Human Clone had saved him.
• Sai and Naruto struck Haido with a drawn lion and a Rasengan, but Haido survived and transformed under the Gelel Stone’s influence.
• Shinki broke through Haido’s black wings with Piercing Hand and pierced his heart, killing him.
• Old Master Heyan explained that the formation he had shown Haido would have destroyed the ruins if royal blood had been used to open them.
• Naruto told Heyan that Haido had attacked the caravan but that Shinki had saved Heyan’s granddaughter.
• Timothy asked to travel with the caravan and offered to do odd jobs, while Heyan considered his request.

Shinki brought the Steel Fortress back to Konoha using Wood Release, astonishing the village and its leaders. After Tsunade promised him a reward, Shinki gave Ino a Gelel Stone, which she mistook for a token of love.

• Timothy gave Shinki and his companions the Steel Fortress and its Gelel Stones before leaving with the rescued children and caravan.
• Shinki decided to use Wood Release to drag the fortress back to Konoha rather than spend its limited Gelel Stones or travel slowly.
• After more than a month, Tsunade learned that Shinki was hauling a giant fortress toward the village and went to meet him.
• Shinki brought the Steel Fortress to Konoha, explained how he had acquired it, and received Tsunade's promise of a reward.
• Ino gave Shinki a bento, and he gave her a Gelel Stone, which she happily mistook for a romantic gift before rushing away.

Shinki modified the Iron Fortress to run on Chakra instead of the limited Gelel Stone supply, then successfully piloted it around Konoha. He emerged to find Tsunade and the village’s combat forces waiting to confront him.

• Naruto asked Shinki about rumors that he would become Sixth Hokage and marry Tsunade, and Shinki denied them while promising Naruto he would step aside if chosen.
• Shinki noticed a crow carrying unfamiliar Uchiha Chakra and suspected Danzo had sent it to spy on him.
• Shinki studied the Gelel Stone and realized Chakra might replace its power in the Iron Fortress.
• Shinki modified the fortress’s energy extraction device to use Chakra, then activated its machinery and moved the fortress around Konoha.
• Tsunade and Konoha’s combat forces gathered beneath the fortress, and Tsunade demanded to know what Shinki had done.

Shinki modified the Iron Fortress so it could run on Chakra, astonishing Konoha’s researchers with his immense reserves. After Sai warned him to be careful, an unfamiliar Anbu led Shinki to an isolated bridge, where he found Danzo waiting.

• Shinki converted the Iron Fortress’s controls to Chakra, and tests showed that moving it for one minute required the Chakra of at least ten ordinary Ninja.
• Tsunade thanked Shinki for his work, and Shinki privately asked her what kind of person Danzo was.
• Sai warned Shinki to be extra careful over the next few days but gave no explanation.
• An unfamiliar Anbu came to Shinki’s home after one in the morning and said Tsunade needed him to investigate Uzumaki Clan bodies found at Naka Bridge.
• The Anbu led Shinki to the bridge outside Konoha, where Shinki found Danzo waiting and recognized him.

Shinki was lured into a trap on Naka Bridge, where Danzo used Kotoamatsukami to alter his will. A crow with a matching Sharingan restored Shinki’s will, and he left the story by stabbing Danzo.

• Shinki realized Danzo had arranged the meeting, and Danzo’s barrier blocked Space-Time Ninjutsu as Root ninja surrounded him.
• Danzo explained his role in Konoha’s darkness and asked Shinki to join Root, but Shinki refused.
• Danzo revealed Shisui Uchiha’s Sharingan and used Kotoamatsukami to alter Shinki’s will.
• A crow with a matching Sharingan changed Shinki’s will back, freeing him from Danzo’s control.
• Danzo ordered Shinki to kill the Fifth and Third Hokage, but Shinki stabbed Danzo in the chest with his bone blade.

Shinki fought Danzo at Naka Bridge, resisting Kotoamatsukami and killing Root Ninja with powerful Wood and Fire Release techniques. Danzo repeatedly vanished after being cut apart, and Shinki ended the chapter baffled after confirming he was not under a Genjutsu.

• Shinki escaped Kotoamatsukami and attacked Danzo, who retreated as Root Ninja rushed to help him.
• Shinki summoned a giant Wooden Man and burned most of the approaching Root Ninja with Great Dragon Fire Technique.
• Danzo revealed ten Sharingan on his right arm and attacked Shinki with Vacuum Wave, but the Wooden Man blocked the blades.
• Shinki used Deep Forest Emergence to trap the Root Ninja and impaled Danzo, splitting his body in two.
• Shinki sensed Danzo's Chakra elsewhere and found him alive, then pursued him as Danzo tried to reach the village.
• Shinki cleaved Danzo in two with a gigantic Chakra Scalpel, but Danzo's corpse vanished again; Shinki dispelled Genjutsu and confirmed he was not being deceived.

Shinki fought Danzo through repeated deaths and revivals, discovering that each Sharingan on Danzo’s arm powered one use of Izanagi. After Danzo offered Shisui Uchiha’s eye in exchange for his life, Shinki stabbed him in the heart, leaving Danzo’s final fate unresolved.

• Danzo attacked Shinki from behind, but Shinki sensed him, struck back with a Bone Blade, and noticed a Sharingan on Danzo’s arm had closed.
• Danzo summoned Baku and used Wind Release against Shinki, but Shinki protected himself with an Ice Release barrier and destroyed Baku with a Great Fireball.
• Shinki trapped Danzo in a vast swamp, where Danzo suffocated, then revived behind Shinki; Shinki realized each closed Sharingan represented one exhausted Izanagi life.
• Shinki repeatedly killed Danzo until all the Sharingan on his arm had closed, leaving Danzo with one final life.
• Danzo offered Shisui Uchiha’s eye to spare himself and revealed the Four Symbols Cursed Seal, but Shinki used the Body Flicker Technique and stabbed him in the heart.

After Shinki killed Danzo, he explained the circumstances to the Third Hokage, and Konoha’s senior officials debated whether Shinki was guilty and what should happen to Shisui Uchiha’s eye. The meeting turned in Shinki’s favor when Sai testified against Danzo, and Shinki asked for the eye as compensation.

• Shinki killed Danzo, brought his corpse to the Third Hokage, and recounted what had happened.
• The Third Hokage agreed to help Shinki, while village meetings began debating Shinki’s guilt and Shisui Uchiha’s eye.
• Tsunade defended Shinki and argued that Danzo’s Root members could not be trusted, but the senior officials refused to clear him without a witness.
• Shinki entered the meeting with Sai, who testified that Danzo had targeted Shinki and arranged attempts on the Third and Fifth Hokages.
• Shinki asked for Shisui Uchiha’s eye as compensation, leaving the senior officials to weigh the request against his power.

Shinki received Shisui's Sharingan and discovered he could turn it on and off at will despite not being an Uchiha. He agreed to leave Konoha with Jiraiya and Naruto for three years of training, while Jiraiya revealed the Akatsuki might strike again after that time.

• Tsunade and the Third Hokage backed giving Shinki Shisui's eye, and Shinki underwent the transplant the next day.
• Shinki's body accepted the Sharingan without rejection, and Tsunade removed the bandages five days later.
• Shinki activated and deactivated the Sharingan at will, astonishing Kakashi, who left after learning of his control.
• Jiraiya asked Shinki to train with him, and Tsunade and Naruto encouraged Shinki to travel beyond Konoha; Shinki agreed to leave with Jiraiya and Naruto the next day.
• Jiraiya told Shinki that the Akatsuki sought the Tailed Beasts and might make another move in three years, so he planned to use that time to train Shinki and Naruto.

Three years after Shinki left Konoha, several villagers heard that he would return within days and reflected on his achievements and influence. The chapter ended with Kiba Inuzuka and Shino discussing how Shinki’s Genjutsu had driven Kurenai Yuhi to train harder.

• Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon caught the Daimyo's wife's cat and delivered it to the Hokage's Office, where Shizune told Konohamaru that Shinki would return within days.
• Tsunade praised Shinki’s medical and scientific achievements to new medical-nin, then told Ino that he was expected back that week and teased her about the Gelel Stone he had given her.
• Kakashi complained that Jiraiya had not published a sequel to "Icha Icha Paradise" and planned to ask him about it when he returned.
• Neji told Rock Lee and Tenten that Shinki was coming back, and Lee trained harder because he saw Shinki as a role model.
• Kiba Inuzuka and Shino said Kurenai Yuhi had devoted herself to Genjutsu training since Shinki had injured her with one, and Kiba joked that Asuma must resent him.

After returning to Konoha, Shinki and Naruto reunited with their friends, and Shinki agreed to face them in a group spar. Meanwhile, Tsunade and Jiraiya discussed the Akatsuki and their leader, Pain, as Tsunade feared the organization would soon act again.

• Shinki and Naruto returned to Konoha with Jiraiya and ate ramen at Ichiraku, where Teuchi treated them to a meal.
• Kiba and Akamaru found Shinki and Naruto, and Naruto greeted Hinata while Shinki reunited with the others.
• Neji, Rock Lee, Kiba, and Shino challenged Shinki to spar, and Naruto recruited Shikamaru and Choji to join their side.
• Shinki agreed to fight the group at the Fifth Training Ground without using Wood Release, Ice Release, or Flying Thunder God.
• Tsunade asked Jiraiya about the Akatsuki, and he said he had learned that its leader in Amegakure was Pain but had found no other information.

Sasori and Deidara approached Sunagakure, while Shinki overwhelmed Naruto and the other Konoha rookies in a training match using his Sharingan and Susanoo. The rookies eventually surrendered, and Deidara flew toward Sunagakure on a clay eagle.

• Sasori and Deidara discussed their competing ideas of art as they neared Sunagakure, and Deidara flew ahead on a giant clay eagle.
• Naruto warned Shinki not to open the Eight Gates beyond the Sixth Gate, and Shinki agreed before beginning the match.
• Shinki trapped the rookies in a Sharingan Genjutsu and struck their minds with Kotoamatsukami: Radiance.
• Shikamaru used the Shadow Imitation Technique to restrain Shinki, but Shinki summoned a skeletal Susanoo with one eye and broke the attack.
• Shinki countered the rookies’ attacks for half an hour until they surrendered.

Deidara attacked Sunagakure but was driven off by Gaara and the village’s Chakra Cannon. Back in Konoha, Shinki and Naruto joined Kakashi and Sai’s squad, while Shinki continued searching for the person who had saved him from Danzo.

• Deidara flew into Sunagakure and attacked Gaara, but Gaara’s sand shielded him from an explosive clay bird.
• Gaara used the Chakra Cannon to destroy the wing of Deidara’s bird, then pursued him as Deidara escaped on another bird.
• Tsunade praised Shinki’s Susanoo, confirmed Sasuke had sent no word, and assigned Shinki and Naruto to Kakashi’s squad with Sai.
• Shinki gave Kakashi an unreleased volume of Icha Icha Paradise, and Kakashi read until evening.
• Shinki returned home with Naruto and wondered who had sent the crow that saved him from Danzo, considering Uchiha Itachi as a possibility.

Tsunade changed Shinki and Naruto’s routine B-rank assignment into an S-rank mission after Sunagakure reported that Gaara had been captured. Shinki’s squad and Might Guy’s squad set out to rescue the Kazekage, leaving Konoha after Iruka gave Shinki and Naruto new Forehead Protectors.

• Tsunade summoned Shinki and Naruto for their first mission after three years of training, and Naruto complained that the B-rank assignment was too easy.
• A messenger hawk brought Sunagakure’s level-one emergency request, reporting that Gaara had been captured by Deidara, an Akatsuki member.
• Shinki pointed out that Akatsuki members operated in pairs, so Tsunade assigned Shinki’s squad and Might Guy’s squad to the S-rank rescue mission.
• Iruka gave Shinki and Naruto new Forehead Protectors and wished them well as they departed Konoha.
• Naruto said Hinata would make a good wife, delighting Shinki and the others.

Shinki and the Konoha team reached Sunagakure to treat Kankuro, who had been poisoned by Sasori, and Shinki began an operation after requesting rare medicinal ingredients. The operation was still underway when Sunagakure elders arrived, and one of them mistook the Konoha Ninja for attackers.

• Tsunade and Jiraiya discussed the danger of sending Naruto and Shinki after the Akatsuki, and Tsunade questioned how Shinki could use Susanoo.
• Shinki remembered the Flying Thunder God Mark he had placed on Kankuro's clothes and used it to take the Konoha group directly to Sunagakure.
• Temari brought out Kankuro's old clothes, which still carried Shinki's mark, while Kankuro's Sasori-inflicted poison caused him severe pain.
• Shinki examined Kankuro, requested precious medicinal ingredients, and began an operation after sending the others outside.
• Temari and Sunagakure guards returned with the ingredients, and an arriving elder mistook the Konoha Ninja for an attacking force.