Recaps

Shinki joined Sasuke on the way to the Uchiha Clan Base, where Itachi had arranged to settle things with Sasuke. After Kisame let Shinki and Sasuke pass, Sasuke asked Shinki about his second Sharingan and whose side he would take in the coming fight.

• Sasuke attacked Itachi with a Chidori Sharp Spear, but Itachi turned into crows and escaped.
• Shinki and Naruto met Sasuke's team, and Sasuke explained that Itachi had summoned him to the hidden Uchiha Clan Base.
• Shinki released the Three-Tails so the group could ride it, but it moved too slowly, and Naruto could not release Kurama because of the Fourth Hokage's seal.
• Kisame appeared ahead and tried to stop everyone except Sasuke, but he nervously allowed Shinki and Sasuke to continue.
• Sasuke asked how Shinki had obtained his second Sharingan, then asked whether Shinki would help him or Itachi in their fated battle.

Shinki accompanied Sasuke to the Uchiha hideout, where Sasuke and Itachi fought while Shinki watched. As Itachi’s Susanoo pushed Sasuke to his limits, Shinki sensed a change in the seal restraining Orochimaru, who began trying to take over Sasuke’s body.

• Shinki told Sasuke he would stay neutral and watch the fight, then entered the Uchiha hideout ahead of him.
• Karin tried to sense what was happening at the hideout while Naruto and Suigetsu challenged Kisame together.
• Shinki stepped aside as Sasuke confronted Itachi, then attacked Zetsu hiding in the shadows.
• Sasuke and Itachi fought first with Genjutsu and then Ninjutsu, reducing the hideout to rubble.
• Itachi summoned his Susanoo, forcing Sasuke to retreat as both brothers neared their limits.
• Shinki sensed a change in the seal on Sasuke’s Cursed Seal while Orochimaru tried to break free and seize Sasuke’s body.

Orochimaru emerged from Sasuke’s Cursed Seal but Shinki pinned him down, allowing Itachi to seal him with the Totsuka Blade. Itachi died after touching Sasuke’s forehead, Sasuke awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, and Shinki removed Itachi’s eyes before Tobi appeared, revealed as Madara Uchiha.

• Orochimaru broke the seals on Sasuke’s Cursed Seal and emerged as the eight-headed serpent, but Shinki pinned him with Giant Snake Torii.
• Itachi used the Totsuka Blade to seal Orochimaru, freeing Sasuke from the serpent’s body.
• Itachi approached Sasuke, touched his forehead, apologized, and died in the rain.
• Sasuke awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and demanded answers from Shinki, who removed Itachi’s eyes in accordance with Itachi’s wishes.
• Tobi appeared and was identified by Shinki as Madara Uchiha.

Shinki confronted the masked Madara at the Uchiha Base, then took Itachi’s eyes and corpse and returned to Naruto and the others with Sasuke. After transplanting Itachi’s eyes into Sasuke, Shinki told him the truth about the massacre, while a message from Konoha warned of missing Kekkei Genkai users near the Land of Earth’s border.

• Shinki questioned the masked Madara about using Obito Uchiha’s eye, and Madara vanished with his eye’s ability before Shinki cleaned up the Uchiha Base and took Itachi’s corpse.
• Naruto and Suigetsu fought Kisame until Shinki arrived, dragging the badly injured Sasuke and telling Kisame that Itachi was dead.
• Shinki let Kisame leave, then built a forest house and transplanted Itachi’s eyes into Sasuke despite Sasuke’s objection.
• After Sasuke woke, Shinki told him Itachi’s account of the massacre, leaving Sasuke stunned as Shinki gave him time alone.
• Naruto showed Shinki a message from Konoha warning that many Ninjas with Kekkei Genkai had disappeared near the Land of Earth’s border.

Shinki and Naruto headed to Mount Katsuragi after Konoha received a request to protect the Tsuchigumo Clan and its village-destroying Forbidden Technique. At the fortress, Hotaru and Tonbei awaited help while the injured Utakata prepared to leave, and Tonbei approached him with a favor.

• Shinki explained to Naruto that Konoha had promised to protect the Tsuchigumo Clan and its secret technique, then left with Naruto without Karin.
• Karin convinced herself that Shinki had left her behind to keep her safe, while Suigetsu teased her.
• At the fortress on Mount Katsuragi, Hotaru and Tonbei discussed the bandits who had attacked and awaited Konoha's help escorting Hotaru to her village.
• Hotaru told Utakata she had learned Water Release: Wild Water Wave from watching him, but Utakata refused to accept her as a disciple and said he would soon leave.
• Tonbei approached Utakata at night and asked him for a favor.

Four rogue Ninja attacked the Tsuchigumo fortress, defeated Tonbei, and set the stronghold ablaze while searching for Tsuchigumo Hotaru. Shinki and Naruto extinguished the fire and rescued Tonbei, who told Shinki that Hotaru had fled through a secret passage with the rogue Ninja pursuing her.

• Tonbei asked a man to protect the young lady until the Konoha Ninja arrived, and the man agreed.
• Four rogue Ninja climbed Mount Katsuragi, overwhelmed Tonbei with Lightning Release, and searched the fortress for Tsuchigumo Hotaru.
• Shinki and Naruto arrived by plane and saw that the Tsuchigumo fortress was burning.
• Shinki used Water Release to extinguish the blaze, then found Tonbei beneath the rubble and treated him.
• Tonbei told Shinki that Hotaru had escaped through a secret passage and that the rogue Ninja were likely following her.
• Naruto stayed with Tonbei while Shinki hurried to rescue Hotaru.

Shinki rescued Tsuchigumo Hotaru and Utakata from four bandit Ninja, then discovered that Utakata was the Six-Tails' Jinchūriki and had a fifty-million bounty on him. Utakata warned Shinki that he had not killed his master, but Shinki decided the bounty was too tempting to ignore.

• Shinki followed a hidden passage out of Tsuchigumo Fortress and sensed a Tailed Beast's Chakra near Hotaru and Utakata.
• Four bandit Ninja trapped Utakata in a barrier, but Shinki destroyed their formation with Earth Release and bound them with Wood Release vines.
• Utakata tried to leave in a bubble after recognizing Shinki, but Shinki popped it with an Ice Needle and questioned him about the Tailed Beast inside him.
• Utakata admitted that the Six-Tails was sealed inside him and told Shinki that Kirigakure had offered fifty million for his capture.
• Shinki said he had only stopped Utakata to identify the Tailed Beast and warn him about the Akatsuki, but then decided to pursue the bounty.

Shinki escorted Tsuchigumo Hotaru and Utakata to the ruined Mount Katsuragi Fortress, then flew them to Tsuchigumo Village. When the villagers shut off their lights instead of welcoming Hotaru, Naruto rang the village bell and shouted that there was a fire.

• Hotaru tried to protect Utakata and asked Shinki to let her master go, but Shinki said he would still take Utakata for the bounty.
• Shinki teleported Hotaru, Utakata, four bandit Ninja, and himself to Mount Katsuragi Fortress, where Hotaru found the injured Tonbei alive.
• Shinki summoned an ink passenger plane, and the group boarded as the bound bandit Ninja recognized his Wood Release and discussed his reputation.
• Naruto asked Tonbei why he and Hotaru had lived at the fortress; Tonbei explained that the Tsuchigumo Clan had split into two groups.
• Shinki landed the plane outside Tsuchigumo Village, but the villagers turned off their lights when Naruto announced Hotaru's return.
• Naruto rang the village bell and shouted that there was a fire, throwing the village into chaos.

Shinki transferred the Six-Tails from Utakata into the seal on his right hand, keeping it out of Akatsuki’s reach without releasing its power around civilians. After the successful transfer, Utakata recovered, while Naruto shaved the heads of four bandit Ninja who had vowed to become monks.

• Shinki and Naruto left Tsuchigumo Village after delivering Hotaru and the secret technique, though Shinki doubted the clan would welcome Hotaru.
• Shinki offered to return Utakata to Kirigakure only if Utakata agreed to let him take the Six-Tails, and Utakata consented once Shinki promised no one would be harmed.
• Shinki flew Utakata to a remote mountain and used the Sealing Transfer Technique to move the Six-Tails’ seal from Utakata’s body to his own right hand.
• Inside Shinki’s sealed space, the Three-Tails greeted the newly arrived Six-Tails.
• Utakata woke and praised Shinki’s sealing skill, while Naruto shaved the heads of four bandit Ninja who had decided to become monks.

The Masked Man began telling Sasuke his version of the truth about the past, while Shinki refused to hand Utakata over to Kirigakure’s hunter-nin. After Utakata decided to return to the village, Shinki sensed a powerful Chakra fluctuation near the Tsuchigumo clan’s village, where Tsuchigumo Hotaru was in the hands of a sleazy man.

• The Masked Man visited the bandaged Sasuke in the hospital and began recounting what happened in the past.
• Kirigakure hunter-nin came to Shinki’s house seeking Utakata, but Shinki claimed the Six-Tails was sealed inside him and sent them away.
• The hunter-nin told Shinki that Kirigakure had investigated Utakata’s master’s case and uncovered the truth.
• Utakata reconsidered what had happened to his master and decided to return to Kirigakure to learn the truth.
• Shinki sensed a powerful Chakra fluctuation near the Tsuchigumo clan’s village as Naruto entered the house.
• Tsuchigumo Hotaru stood beside a sleazy man outside her village, with her clothes partly open and a strange device beneath the skin of her back.

Shinki, Naruto, and Utakata rescued Tsuchigumo Hotaru from Bai Lang, who planned to use the clan’s secret technique to gain power. Hotaru refused to return to her village because its people feared and shunned her, and Tonbei arrived as Shinki considered what to do next.

• Shinki, Naruto, and Utakata flew to the site of a Chakra disturbance and found a crater where Tsuchigumo Hotaru faced Bai Lang.
• Bai Lang revealed that he wanted the Angry Hair Heaven technique implanted in Hotaru so he could establish his own nation and possibly conquer the world.
• Shinki used Wood Release to bind Bai Lang and seal his tenketsu, then crushed him with a tightening vine before he could activate the technique.
• Hotaru told Shinki and Naruto that her village’s people had helped Bai Lang capture her because they feared the secret technique.
• Tonbei arrived, explained that he had searched for Hotaru after finding her missing, and thanked Shinki and the others for rescuing her.

Shinki arranged to take the Tsuchigumo Clan’s Angry Hair Heaven secret technique in exchange for protection, and brought Tsuchigumo Hotaru and Tonbei to Konoha. Tsunade welcomed them, told Shinki to test the technique in the remote Land of Wind, and raised the matter of missing Kekkei Genkai Ninja near the Land of Earth.

• Tonbei explained that Tsuchigumo Hotaru’s village feared her secret technique, but Hotaru refused to give up her grandfather’s legacy.
• Shinki offered Hotaru three chances to call on his protection in exchange for transferring Angry Hair Heaven to him, and Hotaru agreed on the condition that she study in Konoha.
• Tonbei and Shinki completed the transfer of the technique’s core, which appeared on Shinki’s right upper arm.
• Shinki built a house outside Hotaru’s village for the group, and Utakata returned to Kirigakure to investigate the past.
• The next day, Shinki used Flying Thunder God to bring Hotaru and Tonbei to Konoha, where Tsunade arranged lodging for Hotaru.
• Tsunade ordered Shinki to test Angry Hair Heaven at the Land of Fire–Land of Wind border, then reminded him about the missing Kekkei Genkai Ninja near the Land of Earth.

Tsunade learned that Hiruko, a former Konoha Ninja, had claimed responsibility for abducting Kekkei Genkai users and threatened to start a world war. After Hiruko’s announcement turned the other villages against Konoha, Shinki set out with Naruto for the Kinrin Mountains to investigate, while Kakashi suspected he was Hiruko’s next target.

• Tsunade told Shinki that Kekkei Genkai users had gone missing in four nations and warned that Hiruko might target his Wood Release.
• Hiruko appeared above Konoha, revealed that he had used the Chimera Technique to absorb four Kekkei Genkai, and vowed to collect a fifth before starting a war.
• Shinki reasoned that Hiruko had identified himself as a Konoha Ninja to provoke distrust, and Tsunade received a demand from the Land of Lightning while the Fire Daimyo summoned her.
• Tsunade sent Shinki to the Kinrin Mountains, and Kakashi arrived afterward, recalling that Hiruko had placed a Cursed Seal on him and suspecting he wanted Kakashi’s Sharingan.
• Shinki returned to Naruto, explained the mission, and took him toward the Kinrin Mountains in a plane he drew with Steel Super Beast Imitating Drawing.
• Naruto offered to handle the mission himself, but Shinki warned him not to underestimate Hiruko.

Kakashi was forced by Hiruko’s Cursed Seal to leave Konoha, but Anbu recaptured him before Hiruko could use him. Hiruko then planned to ambush Shinki, while Sasuke challenged the masked man’s claim to be Madara Uchiha, and black flames erupted as the man revealed his Sharingan.

• Hiruko remotely controlled Kakashi into leaving Konoha, but Konoha Anbu captured him and Tsunade ordered him taken to the hospital.
• Hiruko rejected his subordinate’s suggestion to target Shinki, then agreed to ambush him after learning a steel bird had appeared in the Kinrin Mountains.
• Shinki and Naruto flew over the Kinrin Mountains in a plane as Naruto asked about their destination and worried about Sasuke’s eyes.
• The masked man removed Sasuke’s bandages and gave his account of the Uchiha Clan Massacre, emphasizing Itachi’s suffering and care for Sasuke.
• Sasuke questioned the masked man’s identity and asked to see his Sharingan; when the man revealed it, black flames erupted.

The masked man told Sasuke that Itachi had tried to kill him with Amaterasu and urged him to choose between serving Konoha and seeking revenge. Meanwhile, Shinki and Naruto reached Mount Sumeru, killed Eagle by accident, and defeated the Dog Woman’s pack, leaving her fate unclear.

• Itachi’s Amaterasu activated when Sasuke looked at the masked man, who extinguished the flames and explained that Itachi had placed them on Sasuke as a Transcription Seal.
• The masked man asked Sasuke whether he would honor Itachi’s wishes by serving Konoha or avenge the injustices Itachi suffered.
• Shinki and Naruto flew toward Mount Sumeru, where Shinki used the charged storm clouds to trap and electrocute Eagle, then seized Eagle’s corpse.
• The Dog Woman fused with her Summoning Giant Dog and sent her other dogs to attack Shinki and Naruto.
• Naruto fought the dogs with thousands of clones and Rasengan, then blasted the mountainside with a Rasenshuriken, tearing the Dog Woman’s clothes.

Kakashi rejected sacrificing himself to stop Hiruko, while Shinki tested the Tsuchigumo Clan’s secret technique in the Land of Earth. The technique obliterated the Kinrin Mountains, and Tsunade learned that Shinki had used it near his target.

• Kakashi proposed using a seal to kill Hiruko at the cost of his own life, but Tsunade refused and said Shinki had already gone after him.
• The Masked Man assigned Sasuke to capture the Four-Tails in the Land of Earth and set off to find Utakata.
• Shinki sent Naruto back to Konoha, then used Sage Mode to charge and unleash Angry Hair Heaven in the Kinrin Mountains.
• Hiruko emerged from his cave and was crushed by the chakra wave from Shinki’s technique.
• Naruto told Tsunade where Shinki was testing his jutsu, and the Second Analysis Department reported that the Kinrin Mountains had disappeared.

Shinki discovered that his Angry Hair Heaven had flattened the Kinrin Mountains, leaving Konoha facing enormous compensation demands from the Land of Earth. As Tsunade counted Konoha’s dwindling funds, Naruto publicly identified Shinki as the culprit, and someone hurried off after hearing him.

• Tsunade learned that the Kinrin Mountains had been destroyed and worried that Konoha would have to pay compensation.
• Ōnoki blamed Konoha for the destruction and told Kurotsuchi that the village would have to pay, while she questioned how anyone could wield such power.
• Shinki surveyed the vast blast zone and realized his Angry Hair Heaven had flattened the mountains, leaving him worried about the compensation.
• Rock Lee, Tenten, and Neji discussed the destruction, and Naruto told them Shinki had caused it after sending him back to Konoha for safety.
• An eavesdropper hurried away after hearing Naruto’s claim, while Tsunade learned Konoha had only a little over a billion in its accounts.

After Shinki destroyed the Kinrin Mountains, Tsunade and Konoha’s leaders discussed how to meet Iwagakure’s enormous compensation demand. Tsunade and Shinki set off to negotiate, while Utakata was killed by a masked man seeking the Six-Tails.

• Kurotsuchi told Ōnoki that Shinki had caused the Kinrin Mountains to disappear, and Ōnoki demanded that Tsunade and Shinki come to Iwagakure for negotiations.
• Tsunade scolded Shinki in the Hokage's Office, where the village leaders struggled to find a way to pay the Land of Earth’s demand of five hundred billion.
• Shinki offered the Three-Tails and Six-Tails, a steel fortress, and restoring the mountains as possible compensation, but the group found none of the ideas sufficient.
• A decoded message from Iwagakure invited Tsunade and Shinki to discuss compensation, so they traveled to the Land of Earth's border and continued by plane.
• A masked man attacked Utakata at the Land of Fire’s border to take the Six-Tails, and Utakata died.

Shinki and Tsunade arrived in Iwagakure to negotiate compensation for the damage Shinki caused in the Land of Earth. As the meeting with Ōnoki awaited the village’s leaders and Daimyo, Shinki tried to flatter the Third Tsuchikage into demonstrating his Dust Release.

• Shinki activated Susanoo to carry Tsunade down toward Iwagakure, where the villagers recognized him and opened the gates.
• Shinki and Tsunade entered the village and met Kurotsuchi, who began guiding them to Ōnoki before her father Kitsuchi took over.
• Kitsuchi brought Shinki and Tsunade to Ōnoki’s office, where the Third Tsuchikage welcomed them and asked Kitsuchi to fetch Iwagakure’s leaders and the Daimyo.
• Shinki told Ōnoki he had come to make amends and would accept the meeting’s outcome.
• While waiting for the others to arrive, Shinki praised Ōnoki’s Kekkei Tōta and hinted that he wanted to see the Tsuchikage demonstrate it.

Shinki copied Ōnoki’s Dust Release demonstration and then offered to settle Konoha’s compensation debt with a gemstone as large as Mount Sumeru. He led the Land of Earth’s daimyo and Iwagakure’s officials outside the village and began using a Sage Art to produce it.

• Ōnoki demonstrated Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique, and Shinki secretly copied it with his Sharingan.
• Kitsuchi arrived with the Land of Earth’s daimyo and Iwagakure’s officials, and the daimyo demanded five hundred billion in compensation from Konoha.
• When the daimyo said a gemstone as large as Mount Sumeru would settle the debt, Shinki agreed to provide one.
• Shinki led the group outside Iwagakure and began casting Sage Art: Crystal Mountain Hikoyanagi.

Shinki raised a Crystal Mountain for the Land of Earth and pretended the feat had left him badly weakened. Iwagakure accepted his apparent injury, though Kitsuchi remained suspicious as Ōnoki celebrated the compensation.

• Shinki used Wood Release vines to restrain the Land of Earth's Daimyo, attendants, and Ōnoki while a Crystal Mountain rose from the ground.
• Shinki claimed he had created the mountain by combining underground crystals and feigned exhaustion, telling the Daimyo that his strength had fallen to less than a tenth.
• Shinki deliberately collapsed into Kurotsuchi's arms, and he and Tsunade stayed in Iwagakure while Shinki sealed away most of his Chakra to make his injury seem genuine.
• Iwagakure medical-nin examined Shinki and concluded that his strength had greatly diminished.
• Ōnoki told Kitsuchi that Shinki's apparent injury made the Crystal Mountain compensation especially valuable, but Kitsuchi said Shinki's weakness seemed suspicious.

Tsunade gambled away more than two hundred million in the Land of Earth, forcing Shinki to pay her debt. Afterward, Shinki asked to meet the Land of Earth's Tailed Beast Jinchūriki, but Tsunade revealed that the Akatsuki had killed Utakata and Iwagakure was protecting its remaining Jinchūriki.

• Tsunade asked Kurotsuchi for directions to the Land of Earth's biggest casino and went there after Kurotsuchi returned to the village.
• Kurotsuchi visited Shinki in the hospital, leaned in to kiss him, and fainted after seeing his exposed abs; Shinki mistook her actions for an assassination attempt.
• Tsunade lost over two hundred million at the casino and summoned Shinki to settle her bill.
• Tsunade promised Shinki she would repay him with village funds, and Shinki agreed to wait for his money.
• Shinki asked how he could meet the Land of Earth's Jinchūriki, and Tsunade told him Utakata was dead and Iwagakure had put its remaining Jinchūriki under protection.

Shinki and Tsunade sought information about Roshi, the Four-Tails Jinchūriki, and learned that he was traveling through the Land of Birds. Meanwhile, Sasuke’s team watched Iwagakure and planned to infiltrate it to capture the Five-Tails.

• Ōnoki learned that Roshi still refused to return to Iwagakure and reluctantly decided to let him travel on his own.
• Sasuke, Karin, Jūgo, and Suigetsu watched Iwagakure, and Sasuke lied to Karin that Shinki was in the village and wanted the Five-Tails captured.
• Shinki and Tsunade visited a Bounty Station, where Shinki traded a piece of crystal for information about Roshi.
• Shinki read Roshi’s travel records and concluded that he was probably in the Land of Birds, then told Tsunade to return to Konoha while he searched for Roshi.

Shinki caught Sasuke and his team outside Iwagakure and persuaded them to work with him against the Akatsuki instead of helping capture the Five-Tails. Meanwhile, the weakened Akatsuki dispatched its remaining members on several missions, and Roshi's group reached the place where he trained.

• Shinki left Iwagakure after bidding farewell to Kurotsuchi and Ōnoki, while Sasuke's team watched for a chance to meet him.
• Shinki appeared behind Sasuke and discovered that he and his companions were wearing Akatsuki robes and planning to capture the Five-Tails.
• Sasuke told Shinki he had joined the Akatsuki for power and revenge, so Shinki punched him and proposed that Sasuke join forces with him instead.
• Sasuke accepted Shinki's offer, and Shinki invited Sasuke, Karin, and Suigetsu to go with him to the Land of Birds.
• In the Land of Birds, Roshi, Kisame, Sasori, and Konan discussed the Akatsuki's weakened position and their simultaneous missions before Zetsu pointed out Roshi's training ground.

Shinki and Sasuke’s team tracked the Akatsuki to their hidden cave as the group extracted Roshi’s Four-Tails. Shinki trapped Kisame, Sasori, and Konan with Dust Release, but the Masked Man appeared inside the barrier.

• Kisame, Sasori, and Konan discussed Shinki’s reported loss of strength while carrying the captured Roshi toward their hideout.
• Shinki and Sasuke’s team learned at the Land of Birds Bounty Station that the Akatsuki had taken Roshi and used Sasuke’s information to find their hideout.
• Shinki shattered the cave entrance and interrupted the Tailed Beast extraction, while Zetsu escaped underground.
• Konan and Kisame confronted Shinki as Sasuke, Suigetsu, and Jūgo prepared to fight alongside him.
• Shinki used Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique to trap Kisame, Sasori, and Konan in a cube.
• The Masked Man appeared through a spatial vortex inside Shinki’s Dust Release barrier.