Chapter Summaries

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.

Shinki rescued Roshi from the Akatsuki, extracted the Four-Tails with Roshi’s consent, and gave Kimimaro’s Bone Blade to Jūgo. After Roshi returned to Iwagakure, the village learned that Han might have been targeted, while Shinki spotted Naruto talking with a girl in the Land of Birds.

• Shinki’s Dust Release blast stopped the Masked Man’s escape, though the Masked Man and the other captives vanished in the explosion.
• Shinki gave Kimimaro’s Bone Blade to Jūgo, who let go of his hostility toward Shinki.
• Shinki treated Roshi, then extracted the Four-Tails after Roshi agreed to give it to him.
• Roshi returned to Iwagakure, where Ōnoki angrily confronted him about surrendering the Four-Tails to Konoha.
• An Iwagakure Ninja reported a fire near Han’s home and cloaked figures with red clouds, so Ōnoki flew to the scene.
• In the Land of Birds, Shinki spotted Naruto chatting with a young girl as he prepared to return to Konoha.

Naruto, Tenten, and Neji met Shinki in the Land of Birds while investigating reports of a ghost at the Daimyo’s residence. Shinki joined their mission and used the Four-Tails to carry them to the capital, where rumors linked the ghost to the deaths of Ōsagi and Benisagi and suspicion fell on Kōmei.

• Naruto ran into Shinki in town, and Shinki explained he had come to the Land of Birds to handle something.
• Over a meal, Neji told Shinki that their mission was to investigate a ghost reportedly seen in the Daimyo’s residence.
• Naruto claimed the ghost might be the dead Daimyo Ōsagi, and Tenten invited Shinki to join their trip to the capital.
• Shinki summoned the Four-Tails, Son Goku, and rode him with Naruto, Tenten, and Neji to the capital.
• The group entered the capital and heard residents spreading rumors about the ghost, the deaths of Ōsagi and Benisagi, and Kōmei’s possible involvement.

Shinki and the Konoha team investigated the Land of Birds’ ghost incident, but Shinki realized the eminent monk Mōsō was an impostor and that the Daimyo, Sagi, reacted oddly to him. The chapter ended with the fake Mōsō urgently ordering his people to flee because he feared Shinki and his companions.

• Shinki learned that Sagi had become Daimyo after his sister died and that Kōmei was suspected of causing her death.
• Chishima brought the Konoha team to meet Mōsō, and Shinki recognized that the monk was a Ninja using the Transformation Technique.
• Mōsō trembled when Shinki introduced himself, then tried to conceal his fear by praising Shinki’s reputation.
• Chishima took the team to meet Sagi, who first rejected their help but changed his attitude after seeing Shinki and asked him to stay.
• Shinki refused Sagi’s request, while Mōsō hurriedly packed and ordered his people to flee from the Konoha team.

Shinki and his companions returned to the Mōsō Residence, where Shinki took Mōsō’s packed valuables and learned that Mōsō was a Wandering Ninja trying to protect his false identity. While Shinki’s team waited at the Kōmei Residence, the Ghost Samurai attacked, but Shinki let him escape after recognizing his Chakra.

• Shinki and his companions teleported to the Mōsō Residence and caught Mōsō carrying bundles of valuables, which Shinki seized from him.
• Shinki estimated the valuables were worth one or two hundred million and told Naruto and Neji that Mōsō had been preparing to flee.
• Mōsō told his accomplices that he was a Wandering Ninja using a false identity and planned to deceive the Konoha Ninja into leaving.
• Shinki and his companions kept watch at the Kōmei Residence, where the Ghost Samurai appeared and attacked Kōmei.
• Shinki recognized the Ghost Samurai’s Chakra but let him fly away, telling Tenten that they would be in trouble if he died.

Shinki tracked the Ghost Samurai to the Daimyo’s Residence and discovered that the Land of Birds’ Daimyo, Sagi, was actually Benisagi, who had disguised herself as her brother while investigating her family’s deaths. After Shinki captured assassins sent to kill her, one began revealing their leader’s identity, leaving the culprit’s explanation unfinished.

• Shinki teleported to the Daimyo’s Residence using the Flying Thunder God mark he had placed on the Ghost Samurai and accidentally found Benisagi bathing.
• Benisagi explained that she had disguised herself as her brother Sagi and as the Ghost Samurai to investigate her father’s and brother’s deaths, which she suspected Kōmei had caused.
• Shinki suggested that High Priest Mōsō might have benefited from the deaths, but Benisagi rejected the possibility because Mōsō had supported her brother’s rise to power.
• Assassins attacked Benisagi, and Shinki blocked their shuriken with an Ice Release shield before binding them with Wood Release vines.
• Shinki questioned the captured assassins, and Jinkō said their boss had impersonated High Priest Mōsō and brought them to the Land of Birds before beginning to explain the assassination attempt.

Shinki and his companions exposed Mōsō’s role in the Land of Birds’ crisis and captured him, bringing the Ghost Samurai mission to a close. As they departed, Benisagi asked Shinki to govern alongside her, but he declined and left her with an unnamed keepsake.

• Mōsō tried to flee his residence, but Naruto and Neji revealed they had stayed behind as the real Ninja and stopped him.
• The Imperial Guard surrounded the Mōsō Residence, and Naruto and Neji escorted Mōsō out for arrest.
• Benisagi thanked Shinki and his companions, then welcomed them before they prepared to leave the next day.
• Benisagi asked Shinki to govern the Land of Birds with her, but Shinki declined because he did not want the responsibility.
• After Shinki left, Benisagi realized he had left something at her lower back, while Naruto asked whether the village would make him village chief too.

After Iwagakure asked Shinki to help recover the captured Five-Tails, he traveled there and learned the village would pay him 150 million. The chapter ended with Shinki ready to help after Kitsuchi offered the reward.

• Shinki received Iwagakure's request for help with the Five-Tails and agreed to go after learning he had taken the Four-Tails.
• Shinki used Flying Thunder God to bring Naruto, Neji, and Tenten to the Hokage's Office, where Tsunade and Konoha's senior officials learned he had the Four-Tails.
• Shinki teleported to Iwagakure's hospital, landed on a patient's broken leg, and healed it after knocking him unconscious.
• Kitsuchi met Shinki in the Tsuchikage Office because Ōnoki did not want to meet him, and offered him 150 million for his help.

Shinki joined Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi to retrieve Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, from Akatsuki in the Land of Rain. After arriving at the Amegakure Ruins, the team discussed how to search for Han, and Kurotsuchi proposed capturing an Akatsuki member for information.

• Kitsuchi assigned Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi to accompany Shinki, while Ōnoki secretly sent Iwagakure's Pursuit Unit after them.
• Zetsu alerted the Masked Man that Iwagakure had asked Shinki to help, but the Masked Man expected Akatsuki to finish extracting Han's Tailed Beast first.
• Kurotsuchi told Shinki that Han had disappeared after a fire in Iwagakure and that the trail led into the Land of Rain.
• Shinki used Flying Thunder God to take Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi to the Amegakure Ruins, where they were amazed by the forest he had created with Wood Release.
• Shinki considered using countless Shadow Clones or sensing across the entire Land of Rain to find Han, and Kurotsuchi suggested capturing an Akatsuki member for information.

Shinki and his companions searched the Land of Rain for Akatsuki bases after extracting information from intelligence chief Chiba. They began checking the bases from the air, leaving Kurotsuchi stunned by Shinki’s power and confidence that he could save the Five-Tails Jinchuriki under almost any circumstances.

• Shinki, Kurotsuchi, and Akatsuchi left the ruins of Amegakure to search for Akatsuki members, while a white snake slithered away from the ruins.
• Shinki’s group found Chiba, an Akatsuki intelligence chief, and Shinki knocked her unconscious and used the Soul Search Technique to learn the locations of several extraction bases in the Land of Rain.
• Shinki offered Kurotsuchi a Steel Super Beast Imitating Drawing and flew with her and Akatsuchi toward the bases in his Chakra-powered plane.
• Shinki cut open the ground beneath an apparently empty base with a gigantic Chakra blade, shocking Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi.
• Shinki told Kurotsuchi he could save the Five-Tails Jinchuriki even if the Jinchuriki died, and mentioned using Impure World Reincarnation or making him a body from a lotus flower and root.

Shinki and Kurotsuchi searched the Land of Rain for bases holding captured Tailed Beasts, while a hidden follower watched their progress. They found a base with someone inside and prepared to investigate quietly, leaving Kurotsuchi explaining Ōnoki’s Rock Technique to Shinki as they hovered above the forest.

• Shinki sensed someone following them, but told Kurotsuchi that they had already passed the pursuers and continued toward another base.
• Ōnoki learned that his pursuit team had lost track of Shinki and ordered them to keep searching for him and Kurotsuchi.
• A hooded figure appeared at the ruined base and said Shinki’s search made it convenient to act, then vowed to advance Orochimaru’s research.
• Shinki and his companions destroyed several empty bases and flew toward an underground base where Kurotsuchi spotted a black-robed person.
• Kurotsuchi stopped Shinki from attacking the occupied base, and Shinki agreed to investigate quietly rather than risk losing Han.
• Shinki dispelled the plane and used Ice Release to keep himself, Kurotsuchi, and Akatsuchi hovering; Kurotsuchi praised Ōnoki’s Rock Technique, and Shinki asked her to explain it.

Shinki learned Iwagakure’s Light-Weight Rock Technique almost instantly and joined Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi in approaching the Akatsuki hideout. There, Kabuto Yakushi trapped them in a Gelel Stone-powered formation and revealed that he had allied with the Akatsuki to delay Shinki while they extracted the Tailed Beast.

• Kurotsuchi explained the Light-Weight Rock Technique, and Shinki quickly learned to float and used Wind Release to speed through the air.
• Shinki killed the hideout’s lookout by extending the Kusanagi Sword from nearly a hundred meters away.
• Shinki sensed an unusual Chakra presence and tried to flee with Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi, but Formation Barriers enclosed them.
• Kabuto Yakushi used a special potion in rain to drain Chakra and explained that Gelel Stones powered the formation, which was designed to suppress Shinki’s Wood Release.
• Kabuto revealed that he had allied with the Akatsuki and intended to hold Shinki off until they finished extracting the Tailed Beast.

Shinki broke free of Kabuto’s formation with Susanoo and Amaterasu, then reached the Akatsuki’s second-to-last hideout. He captured Sasori without killing him, but Han’s Tailed Beast extraction was still underway.

• Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi tried to use Earth Release inside Kabuto’s formation, but the potion-soaked ground drained their Chakra and weakened their techniques.
• Shinki revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan, summoned Susanoo, and shattered the barrier with its Amaterasu-coated Spiral Sword.
• Shinki flew with Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi to the hideout where the Akatsuki were extracting Han’s Tailed Beast.
• Shinki pierced Sasori’s puppet body but spared him, then placed Sasori’s exposed core in a medical container.
• Shinki saw that Han’s Tailed Beast Chakra was still being extracted.

Shinki rescued Han from the Akatsuki’s extraction ritual, saved his life, and brought him back to Iwagakure. After receiving his promised payment, Shinki agreed to stay in the village, where Kurotsuchi showed Ōnoki a drawing of the Flying Chicken and he jokingly asked if she had used a honey trap to obtain it.

• Shinki sealed the cave with Gelel Stones, stopping the Demonic Statue from extracting Han’s Tailed Beast Chakra.
• Shinki used Medical Ninjutsu to save Han, who later woke and learned how Kurotsuchi, Akatsuchi, and Shinki had rescued him.
• Shinki used Flying Thunder God to bring Han and the others to Ōnoki’s office in Iwagakure.
• Ōnoki gave Shinki the promised 150 million and invited him to stay; Shinki accepted.
• Kurotsuchi showed Ōnoki a drawing of Shinki’s Flying Chicken, and Ōnoki teased her about using a honey trap to get it.

Ōnoki and Iwagakure’s leaders tested the steel plane Shinki had given Kurotsuchi, but none of them knew how to operate it. Shinki brought Sai to simplify its controls, and Kurotsuchi took the upgraded plane for its first flight.

• Ōnoki mistook Shinki’s gift to Kurotsuchi for a honey trap and happily imagined him becoming Iwagakure’s son-in-law.
• Ōnoki gathered Kurotsuchi and Iwagakure’s higher-ups to summon and inspect the steel plane, but they could not understand its cockpit controls.
• Kurotsuchi brought Shinki to the mountain, where he realized the hidden leaders were secretly watching and proposed simplifying the plane’s control system.
• Shinki used a Flying Thunder God Kunai to bring Sai from Konoha and asked him to redraw the plane’s control panel with six directional buttons.
• Shinki and Sai produced the upgraded plane, and Kurotsuchi boarded it and took off while Shinki sat behind her.

Shinki and Sai sold a hundred Steel Super Beast Imitating Drawings to Iwagakure before returning to Konoha. After learning Kabuto Yakushi might have mastered Ryūchi Cave Senjutsu, Shinki decided to visit Ryūchi Cave himself.

• Shinki sold Iwagakure a hundred Steel Super Beast Imitating Drawings for a million each, then paid Sai ten million for helping make them.
• Shinki returned to Konoha and refused Tsunade's offer to succeed her as Hokage.
• Shinki told Tsunade that Kabuto Yakushi had seemed different and that he sensed senjutsu chakra when Kabuto used Ninjutsu.
• Tsunade explained that Ryūchi Cave's Senjutsu required passing a dangerous trial and meeting the White Snake Sage.
• Shinki remembered that he had taken Manda as a summoning beast and decided to go to Ryūchi Cave to learn Senjutsu.