Chapter Summaries

Shinki destroyed a meteorite as the moon began moving toward Earth, then joined an emergency Five Kage Summit about the approaching catastrophe. The summit ended with the Raikage proposing that Kumogakure use its Splitting Beam Chakra Cannon to break up the moon and stop its fragments.

• Shinki realized the moon was approaching Earth and destroyed a falling meteorite with Dust Release.
• Tsunade woke Shinki and told him that Ōnoki had called an emergency Five Kage Summit.
• Shinki used Flying Thunder God to gather the Four Kage and bring them to the Land of Iron Conference Hall.
• The Tsuchikage, Gaara, and the Raikage's assistant explained that the moon was breaking apart and its fragments threatened humanity.
• The Raikage proposed using Kumogakure's Splitting Beam Chakra Cannon to shatter the moon and intercept its fragments.

Naruto foiled an attack on the Hyuga estate, but Otsutsuki Toneri escaped after stealing Hanabi Hyuga’s Byakugan. Shinki treated Hyuga Hiashi, who identified Toneri as a descendant of the Moon Otsutsuki Clan seeking the Hyuga Clan’s eyes.

• Naruto chased a suspicious figure from the Hyuga estate and found Hyuga Hiashi injured outside the village.
• Naruto fought masked attackers and pursued a white-haired man, but the man escaped after stealing Hanabi Hyuga’s eyes.
• The Five Kage approved the Raikage’s plan to use the Chakra Cannon against the moon, and Shinki returned to Konoha before later sending the other Kage back.
• Naruto told Shinki about Hanabi Hyuga’s abduction and Hiashi’s injuries, and Shinki treated Hiashi at Konoha Ninja Hospital.
• Hyuga Hiashi told Shinki that Otsutsuki Toneri descended from the Moon Otsutsuki Clan and had come to obtain the Hyuga Clan’s eyes.

Shinki and Naruto tracked the White-haired Man to a strange pool and discovered an underwater passage guarded by a memory-based Genjutsu. Shinki broke free and woke Naruto, but they remained trapped in the distorted space beneath the water.

• Shinki searched Naruto’s memories and learned that the White-haired Man had escaped into the woods outside the village.
• Naruto told Hinata he would recover Hanabi’s eyes, then followed Shinki to investigate the attack site.
• Shinki found that the black-clad attackers were puppets and tracked the White-haired Man’s faint Chakra trail into the forest.
• The trail led to a strange pool, and Naruto and Shinki plunged through it into a distorted underwater passage.
• Shinki recognized the false memories as a Genjutsu and dispelled it, then woke Naruto and explained that the illusion was meant to trap them.

Shinki and Naruto discovered that a strange underwater passage led to the moon, where they found an inhabited inner world. Shinki warned the Shinobi World not to fire its cannon by writing a vast message across the moon, then flew with Naruto toward a settlement.

• Shinki and Naruto passed through distorted water, emerged in a cavern, and defeated a giant crab blocking the way onward.
• They followed a passage into a forested world whose surface curved inward, and Shinki’s Dust Release beam pierced through it into space.
• Shinki realized they were inside the moon and learned that Kumogakure planned to fire its Chakra Cannon at it in two hours.
• Shinki used Wood Release to write “Don't fire the cannon” and his name across the moon, prompting Raikage A to suspend the bombardment and contact Konoha.
• Shinki and Naruto flew through the moon’s inner world, and Shinki gave the naked Naruto a shirt before steering toward a settlement.

Shinki and Naruto explored the abandoned lunar city and uncovered a warning about the Tenseigan and the Moon's Fist. The spirits of the moon's dead revealed that Toneri planned to crash the moon into the Shinobi World and asked Shinki to stop him.

• Shinki sensed the empty city and led Naruto to a ruined shrine, where they deciphered an ancient oath threatening humanity if the Shinobi World strayed from the path of humanity.
• A voice addressed Shinki as a bearer of Six Paths Power, and a secret passage opened beneath the shrine.
• Shinki and Naruto entered an underground graveyard, where an eyeless man showed Shinki visions of the moon's past and a powerful crystal weapon that he suspected was the Tenseigan.
• The long-haired man's spirit explained that Hamura's will had been twisted by the branch family and that Toneri planned to crash the moon into the Shinobi World's continent.
• Hamura Otsutsuki appeared and asked Shinki to protect the world his Older Brother had created, after which the eyeless man crumbled apart.

Shinki and Naruto found Otsutsuki Toneri hiding inside the Moon’s Artificial Sun and confronted him over Hanabi’s eyes and his plan to marry Hinata. Shinki uncovered the enormous Tenseigan inside a statue, leaving the source of the moon’s movement exposed.

• Toneri celebrated his developing Tenseigan and vowed to destroy the human world and take Hinata as his bride.
• Shinki and Naruto searched the Moon’s Inner World, and Shinki sliced open the Artificial Sun after Naruto suggested Toneri might be hiding in the sky.
• Shinki and Naruto reached Toneri’s palace, where Toneri declared his plans and Naruto attacked him over his threat to Hinata.
• Shinki sensed that Toneri’s changing eyes were still Byakugan and headed for a statue that blocked his Chakra sensing.
• Shinki blasted the statue apart with Dust Release and discovered a house-sized golden Tenseigan inside.

Shinki and Naruto stopped the moon’s approach by sealing the golden Tenseigan, then defeated Toneri after his own Tenseigan awakened. They left Toneri imprisoned on the moon under a genjutsu and returned to Konoha, while Kumogakure stood down from firing its Chakra Cannon.

• Shinki sealed the golden Tenseigan, halting the moon, and Naruto helped him confront Toneri as Toneri’s Tenseigan finished developing.
• Toneri summoned a stone figure and attacked Shinki with Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but Shinki copied the technique and blew Toneri into space.
• Shinki retrieved Toneri, removed his eyes, and found that they had reverted to Byakugan before locking Toneri in a Wood Release cage and showing him Hamura’s words through genjutsu.
• Shinki and Naruto left Toneri imprisoned on the moon and returned to Konoha, where they received praise for resolving the lunar crisis.
• Kumogakure’s forces wheeled back the Chakra Cannon, and A slapped Killer B for wishing they had fired it at the moon.

Shinki returned to Konoha, pushed to hand the Hokage title to Naruto, and encouraged Naruto to confess to Hinata. Naruto and Hinata confessed their feelings to each other, while Hanabi woke after Shinki restored her eyes.

• Tsunade refused Shinki's request to pass the Hokage title to Naruto and advised Shinki to find a girlfriend.
• Shinki urged Naruto to keep his promise and confess to Hinata, then prepared a speech and told him to bring flowers.
• Shinki restored Hanabi's eyes at the hospital while Naruto and Hinata waited outside, but Naruto missed his first chance to confess.
• Shinki sent Naruto and Hinata to the park, where Hinata confessed first and Naruto said he liked her too.
• Shinki used Wood Release to make flowers bloom around Naruto and Hinata, while Hanabi woke in her hospital room.

Naruto and Hinata realized Hanabi had been visiting Naruto to see Shinki, while Shinki investigated a missing flower-shop customer. An attack at Konoha’s gate revealed villagers had been turned into human bombs, and Shinki revived the dead before deciding to ask Orochimaru for help.

• Naruto asked Hinata why Hanabi kept bringing things to his house, and Hinata realized Hanabi was using the visits as an excuse to see Shinki.
• Shinki read Ino’s report about a regular customer, Mr. Yamamoto, who had not visited his shop for a week, and went to investigate with her.
• Strange, red-eyed people appeared at Konoha’s gate, where Mr. Yamamoto cut his throat and became a purple-black bomb that blasted a hole in the gate.
• Shinki used his Mangekyō Sharingan to free the surviving victims, then used Impure World Reincarnation and Rinne Rebirth to restore the dead villagers to life.
• Shinki, Shikamaru, Sasuke, and Neji discussed how to identify the unknown jutsu, and Shinki said he would get Orochimaru to help.

Shinki used Kotoamatsukami to make Orochimaru loyal to Konoha and learned that Oyashiro En was behind the Human Bomb ability. After forcing a bounty broker to hand over information, Shinki set out to find Oyashiro En and left Sasuke to guard the village.

• Shinki used Kotoamatsukami on Orochimaru and changed his will to protect Konoha and its Hokage.
• Orochimaru told Shinki, Shikamaru, and Sasuke that the Human Bomb ability was a Kekkei Genkai and directed them to Oyashiro En.
• Shinki had Orochimaru released from his cell and placed under house arrest with supervised access to experimental equipment.
• At the Bounty Station, Shinki used Genjutsu to make the information broker reveal Oyashiro En's whereabouts and paid only a fraction of the quoted price.
• Shinki learned that Oyashiro En was an arms dealer last seen on a remote island and decided to go alone, leaving Sasuke to guard the village.

Shinki disguised himself as Sasuke and let Chino and Nowaki join his trip to find Oyashiro En after they said they were pursuing Fūshin. As the boat approached the Shinki Bridge, Shinki realized the pair had mistaken him for Sasuke and noticed something strange about Chino’s chakra.

• Shinki disguised himself as Sasuke and prepared to sail from the Land of Fire to search for Oyashiro En.
• Chino and Nowaki asked to travel with Shinki, claiming they wanted to find Fūshin, who had attacked a village and once worked for Oyashiro En.
• Shinki accepted their fifty-thousand-coin fare and sailed with them, learning that Chino was much older than she appeared.
• The group reached the Shinki Bridge, where Chino asked Shinki about the real Shinki and praised his appearance.
• Shinki overheard Chino and Nowaki discussing their mistaken belief that he was Sasuke, then noticed unusual chakra inside Chino.

Shinki entered the Fight Arena disguised as Sasuke under Tsunade’s name, won four matches, and drew the attention of Oyashiro En, whom he had been hunting. The chapter left Shinki facing an invitation from Oyashiro En while Tsunade lost her pension back in Konoha.

• Chino told Shinki that the island’s Fight Arena let wealthy patrons wager Ninja and claim the losing fighters.
• Shinki used a disguised Shadow Clone of Tsunade to enter the arena as Sasuke, while Tsunade lost her pension playing cards in Konoha.
• Shinki won three matches and grew his savings from 200 million to 1.6 billion, prompting the crowd to praise his strength.
• The host announced that Oyashiro En had entered the competition with Kaede, and Shinki searched the stands for him.
• Shinki defeated Kaede, earning a fourth consecutive victory, and Oyashiro En invited him and Tsunade to meet.

Shinki traced the exploding Ninja to Chino, a surviving member of the Chinoike Clan, and discovered that Oyashiro En was her father and the clan’s other survivor. Oyashiro En admitted he had killed the clan after his wife was driven to her death, leaving Chino unaware of his identity.

• Oyashiro En told Shinki and Tsunade that escaped Ninja from his Fight Arena included a Chinoike Clan member with the Ketsuryūgan, and described the clan’s old conflict with the Uchiha.
• Shinki traveled to Hell Valley and confirmed that the Chinoike Clan no longer lived there, then connected Chino and Nowaki’s search for Sasuke to the clan’s history with the Uchiha.
• Shinki returned to the Fight Arena in his own appearance with Chino and Nowaki, and Oyashiro En identified Chino as a former fighter from the Chinoike Clan.
• Shinki sensed that Oyashiro En’s chakra was closely related to Chino’s and confronted him, prompting Oyashiro En to reveal his scarlet eyes and confirm they were the clan’s last survivors.
• Oyashiro En told Shinki that he had killed the clan after his wife was driven to her death, then raised Chino without telling her who he was.

Shinki brought Chino and Fūshin back to Konoha, spared Chino from execution, and collected a huge fortune from Oyashiro En and the Fight Arena. Flush with money, he gave Tsunade 300 million and returned home eager to spend his wealth.

• Shinki told Oyashiro En that Chino’s crimes could merit execution, then agreed to send her to Konoha Prison; Oyashiro En gave him his business fortune in exchange for her life.
• Shinki brought Chino and Fūshin back and revived the villagers Chino’s group had killed.
• At a meeting, Shinki clarified that Oyashiro En’s seven or eight billion was a gift to him and offered Konoha one billion from his own funds.
• Shinki secretly gave Tsunade 300 million to pay her debts, dodging her attempted kiss before she left with the money.
• Shinki counted his billions and told Naruto and Sasuke he would replace staple foods with meat, grant their wishes, and have Sasuke dye his hair.

Shinki and Naruto pursued business opportunities in a town near Konoha before meeting Shizuka Nadeshiko, the leader of Nadeshiko Village. Shizuka challenged them to fulfill an inherited agreement, revealing that the fight would determine whom she might marry.

• Shinki refused Mei Terumi's request to extradite Chino and Fūshin, but offered to consider it if Kirigakure invested in Konoha's development.
• Shinki and Naruto went into town to buy a game console patent, while Shinki revealed that Sasuke and a Shadow Clone were negotiating to acquire the Thunder Train.
• A bespectacled man confronted Shizuka Nadeshiko and her attendant with Puppet Mecha 99, but Shizuka destroyed it with a single kick.
• Shizuka and her attendant entered the ramen shop, where Naruto and Shinki learned they were heading to Konoha to fulfill an agreement between Jiraiya and Nadeshiko Village's former leader.
• Shizuka challenged Naruto and Shinki to fight, and her attendant explained that the winner could become Shizuka's husband; Naruto refused to participate and told Shinki to go instead.

Shinki fought Shizuka in a duel that could have forced him to marry into Nadeshiko Village, while pretending to be evenly matched so he could avoid winning. After foiling a plot against them, he left Shizuka determined to challenge her village’s old rules herself.

• Naruto persuaded Shinki to fight Shizuka in his place, and Shinki tried to arrange a draw rather than risk marriage.
• As Shinki and Shizuka fought, the attendant told Naruto that Shizuka had closed her heart to love after the village elders plotted to kill her former lover.
• The bespectacled man waited three days for both fighters to tire, then attacked them with a giant puppet.
• Shinki destroyed the puppet, captured the bespectacled man, and sent his clone to take him to Konoha's prison.
• Shizuka admitted she had awakened after sensing Shinki's power, declined his offer of help, and vowed to grow strong enough to change the village's rules.

After returning to Konoha, Shinki learned that the Ninja Alliance’s missions had sharply declined because clients were hiring the newly established village in Tanzaku Village. When Sai and the Anbu sent to investigate failed to report back, Shinki went to the Land of Silence and discovered that Tanzaku Village was filled with wandering ninja and missing-nin.

• Shinki freed Shizuka from the Chakra her glasses-wearing pursuer had planted in her, then continued searching with Naruto and bought the game console maker’s patent.
• Shinki returned to Konoha and received his Shadow Clone’s memories of the exhausting work he had handled during the trip.
• Shikamaru told Shinki that missions for the Ninja Alliance had been falling for months, and a letter from Ōnoki revealed that clients were commissioning the Land of Silence’s Tanzaku Village.
• Shinki sent Sai and a group of Anbu to investigate Tanzaku Village, but none of them reported back within three days.
• Shinki went to Tanzaku Village and saw ninja from many villages entering and leaving, including an Iwagakure missing-nin with a three-million bounty, leading him to suspect the village was made up of wandering ninja and missing-nin.

Shinki disguised himself as Sasuke and infiltrated Tanzaku Village, where he uncovered Gengo’s influence over the Land of Silence and the devotion of his followers. At Gengo’s rally, Shinki discovered that Sai was being held captive.

• Shinki copied a visitor’s waist badge, entered Tanzaku Village disguised as Sasuke, and convinced the guards he wanted to defect from Konoha.
• Shinki learned that Gengo had driven the Land of Silence’s Daimyo from power and that black-robed followers called themselves Revolutionaries.
• Shinki examined a missing-nin’s memories, found evidence of intense devotion to Gengo, and put on the man’s black robe.
• Shinki joined the crowd for Gengo’s speech and sensed that Gengo’s voice could influence people’s minds.
• Gengo introduced a supposed enemy of the revolution and revealed Sai bound behind the curtain.

Shinki captured Gengo and his brainwashed followers in the Land of Silence, then brought them to Konoha. With the country left leaderless and unrest looming, Shinki sent Karin, Suigetsu, and Jūgo to help restore order and find a suitable leader.

• Shinki used Wood Release to restrain Gengo's followers, exposed Gengo's mind-influencing technique, and knocked him unconscious before Sai attacked under Gengo's sound Genjutsu.
• Shinki defeated Sai with a slap, took him along with Gengo and the captured followers to Konoha, and sent the prisoners to jail.
• Tsunade questioned Shinki's absence from the Hokage's office, then discussed the Land of Silence's leaderless state and the need to handle its aftermath.
• Shinki told Karin, Suigetsu, and Jūgo to quell unrest in the Land of Silence and support a suitable leader, promising them payment and additional help.

Shinki recruited Chino and Fūshin for a mission to the Land of Silence, then suffered food poisoning after eating Ino’s cooking. Naruto caught the child who had tampered with the food, and Shinki used the child’s memories to identify a former Root member as the mastermind.

• Shinki used his Sharingan genjutsu to make Chino and Fūshin agree to work for him and assigned them a trip to the Land of Silence.
• Shikamaru told Naruto that a Hokage needed political skill as well as strength and compassion.
• Ino brought Shinki dinner, and both she and Shinki collapsed after eating food poisoned by an unknown person.
• At the hospital, Shinki told Ino that someone had poisoned them and sent Anbu to investigate.
• Naruto arrived with the child who had put poison in the food, and Shinki searched the child’s memories to find who ordered it.
• Shinki had the mastermind brought to the Hokage’s Office, where the man was revealed to be the child’s father, a former Root member connected to Gengo.