Recaps

Shinki helped Tsunade become Hokage, saved Rock Lee through a dangerous operation, and defeated several threats while escorting Idaten in the Land of Tea. After Sasuke left Konoha for Orochimaru, Shinki led a team to retrieve him, but Kimimaro arrived to block their way.

• Shinki defeated Tsunade in an arm-wrestling contest, and she agreed to return to Konoha as Hokage while declining his offer to revive Nawaki and Dan.
• Tsunade became the Fifth Hokage, and Shinki learned Medical Ninjutsu before successfully operating on Rock Lee and raising his chance of recovery.
• Shinki, Naruto, and Sasuke escorted Idaten in the Land of Tea, where Shinki defeated Amegakure ninja and captured Aoi after learning he had manipulated Idaten into stealing Konoha’s treasures.
• Shinki defeated Killer B, Omoi, and Karui during the race, helped Idaten win for the Wasabi Family, and later received Konoha’s Scroll of Seals from the Third Hokage.
• The Sound Four tempted Sasuke with Orochimaru’s offer of power, and Sasuke left Konoha after rejecting Naruto’s attempt to stop him.
• Tsunade assigned Shinki to retrieve Sasuke, and Shinki led Shikamaru, Kiba, and Neji north after Akamaru tracked the Sound Four.
• Shikamaru restrained the Sound Four while Shinki bound them, but Sasuke emerged from his coffin and attacked Shinki before Kimimaro appeared to protect Orochimaru’s plan.

Shinki killed Danzo after resisting his attempt to control him, then received Shisui Uchiha’s eye and trained with Jiraiya and Naruto. After returning to Konoha, Shinki joined the mission to rescue Gaara and began treating the poisoned Kankuro in Sunagakure.

• Shinki fought Danzo, resisted Kotoamatsukami with help from a Sharingan crow, and killed him after exhausting his Izanagi lives.
• Shinki brought Danzo’s body to the Third Hokage, and Sai testified that Danzo had targeted Shinki and plotted against the Hokages.
• Tsunade and the Third Hokage supported giving Shinki Shisui Uchiha’s eye, and Shinki received the transplant and learned to control its Sharingan.
• Shinki left Konoha with Jiraiya and Naruto for three years of training, then returned and defeated the rookies in a sparring match using his Sharingan and Susanoo.
• After Deidara captured Gaara, Tsunade sent Shinki’s squad and Might Guy’s squad on an S-rank rescue mission.
• Shinki used his Flying Thunder God Mark on Kankuro’s clothes to bring the Konoha group to Sunagakure, then began an operation to treat Kankuro’s poison.

Shinki rescued Gaara, captured Orochimaru, and helped stop Moryo’s invasion before setting out with Naruto to hunt Akatsuki bounties. The arc leaves them in the Land of Lightning, tasked by the Raikage with rescuing Yugito Nii from Hidan and Kakuzu.

• Shinki defeated Kakuzu and Hidan, then helped his companions reach the cave where the Akatsuki had extracted Gaara’s One-Tail.
• Shinki pursued Deidara, found Gaara alive, and revived him by transferring a turtle’s life force into him.
• Shinki returned Gaara and the gathered Sunagakure ninjas to the village, where Gaara affirmed Sunagakure’s friendship with Konoha.
• Shinki found Sasuke at Orochimaru’s hideout, defeated Orochimaru, captured him, and left Sasuke behind.
• After Orochimaru revealed that Naruto was the Fourth Hokage’s son, Naruto lost control to Nine-Tails’ Chakra, and Shinki subdued Nine-Tails inside Naruto’s seal.
• Shinki and Naruto traveled to the Land of Demons, where Shinki released Shion’s power and sealed Moryo, stopping the Undead Army.
• Shinki and Naruto collected a bounty and attended the Third Hokage’s funeral, after Shinki learned Orochimaru was suspected of killing him.
• The Raikage asked Shinki and Naruto to rescue the missing Yugito Nii, offering a larger reward if they also saved Two-Tails.

Shinki sealed the Three-Tails, joined the fight against Pain, and revived Jiraiya after discovering how Pain’s bodies were controlled. With Pain dead but the Akatsuki still active, Shinki and Naruto left Konoha to meet Sasuke, while Itachi summoned Sasuke to the Uchiha Clan’s base.

• Shinki and Naruto defeated Hidan and Kakuzu, rescued Yugito Nii, and collected their bounties before the Akatsuki’s rings drew Shinki into their meeting space.
• Shinki freed Orochimaru’s imprisoned test subjects from their Cursed Seals, then confronted Guren and captured the Three-Tails from Deidara’s group by sealing it inside himself.
• After Deidara’s suicide attack, Shinki met Sasuke and Suigetsu, but Naruto chose to travel with Sasuke while Shinki turned toward Amegakure.
• Jiraiya confronted Pain in Amegakure and died, awakening Shinki’s Mangekyō Sharingan as he sensed his master’s death.
• Shinki deciphered Jiraiya’s message, uncovered the secret behind Pain’s bodies, and attacked Amegakure with his Perfect Susanoo before killing Nagato.
• Shinki revived Jiraiya with a Reincarnation Ritual, and Jiraiya returned to Konoha to reunite with Tsunade.
• Tsunade sent Shinki and Naruto to investigate the remaining Akatsuki, and they left Konoha after Shinki taught Konohamaru the basics of Rasenshuriken.
• Shinki and Naruto learned Sasuke was still in the Land of Fire, while Itachi appeared to Sasuke and told him to meet at the Uchiha Clan’s base.