Chapter Summaries

Sasuke discovered a hidden cave filled with rotting human cocoons and White Zetsu, then brought a survivor back to report to Shinki. Shinki concluded the ruins were likely left by Kaguya and turned to examine a faint spatial fluctuation.

• Sasuke found rotting human cocoons beneath a giant tree and fought more than a hundred White Zetsu, capturing one alive.
• Sasuke returned to the Hokage's Office and told Shinki and Shikamaru about the cave and the strange spatial fluctuation.
• Shinki transported himself, Sasuke, and Shikamaru to the mine with the Heavenly Transfer Technique.
• Shinki examined the cocoons and concluded the White Zetsu were ancient survivors whose sustaining Wood Release Chakra had faded.
• Shinki speculated that Kaguya had created the White Zetsu and turned toward the faint spatial fluctuation Sasuke had sensed.

Shinki, Sasuke, and Shikamaru explored a hidden dimension linked to Kaguya and recovered a scroll written in an unknown script. Unable to decipher it, Shinki gathered Naruto, Sasuke, Killer B, Yugito Nii, and the Tailed Beasts to try summoning the Sage of Six Paths.

• Shinki opened a Space Gate and entered the hidden dimension first, then led Sasuke and Shikamaru to a shrine where he sensed traces of Kaguya's chakra.
• Shinki found a dusty scroll hidden at the base of a statue, but he and Sasuke and Shikamaru could not read its strange writing.
• Shinki brought the scroll to Konoha's Code Deciphering Division, whose head made no progress after a week and suggested seeking help from someone of the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Shinki realized he could turn to the Ōtsutsuki connection and gathered Sasuke, Naruto, Killer B, Yugito Nii, and six Tailed Beasts outside Konoha.
• Shinki told them to combine their chakra to summon the Sage of Six Paths, explaining that he had gathered the Tailed Beasts in case the Nine-Tails' chakra alone was insufficient.

Shinki summoned the Sage of Six Paths to decipher Kaguya’s scroll, but he could not read it, so the villages agreed to send codebreakers to Konoha. Meanwhile, three Ōtsutsuki arrived on the moon and freed Toneri from his Genjutsu, but Kinshiki could not break his wooden prison.

• Shinki summoned the Sage of Six Paths and showed him Kaguya’s scroll, but he could not decipher it and warned Shinki about possible visitors from beyond the heavens.
• Shinki sent Killer B and Yugito Nii back to Kumogakure, warned the Tailed Beasts to protect themselves, and told them that Ōtsutsuki might target them.
• Shinki contacted the other Kage, who agreed to send skilled codebreakers to Konoha to examine the scroll.
• Ōnoki and Kurotsuchi discussed the Ninja Alliance and the need for Iwagakure to protect itself if Shinki were gone.
• Three Ōtsutsuki arrived on the moon and dispelled Toneri’s Genjutsu, but Kinshiki’s strikes failed to break the wooden cage holding him.

Shinki prepared Konoha for the first joint Chunin Ninja Exams after the war while Yamato arrested Orochimaru for continuing a forbidden experiment. The chapter ended as the group who had met Toneri arrived in Kaguya’s Alternate Dimension and found her chakra nearly undetectable.

• Shikamaru told Shinki that Konoha had about 62,300 residents and that 612 ninjas from several villages would take part in the upcoming Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Shinki assigned personnel for the exams after learning that Daimyo and Kage from various countries planned to attend.
• Ino brought Shinki chicken soup, but Shikamaru warned her that Shinki had been poisoned by her cooking before.
• Yamato and a team confronted Orochimaru in his laboratory, and Yamato trapped him in a Wood Release cage.
• Orochimaru failed to break out of the cage, and Yamato claimed he was sharing in his student's glory.
• The people who had met Toneri arrived in Kaguya’s Alternate Dimension and remarked that her chakra was almost impossible to sense.

Shinki decided to keep Orochimaru’s embryo in Konoha’s care and planned to market Chakra Armor to wealthy nobles. As the Chunin Ninja Exams approached, he sensed that something would go wrong, though Shikamaru dismissed his concern.

• Shinki sent Orochimaru’s embryo to the Konoha Research Institute, ordering Katatsuke to care for it until it was ready to be born.
• Sasuke showed Shinki the first Chakra Armor, and Shinki decided to add offensive tools and sell the armor to nobles before the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• A horned man in white emerged from a spatial vortex and attacked Killer B, demanding that he hand over the Eight-Tails.
• The Tailed Beasts lay barely alive in a primeval forest.
• On the day before the Chunin Ninja Exams, Shinki told Shikamaru he had an ominous feeling that trouble would occur, but Shikamaru brushed off his concern.

Shinki welcomed the Chunin Ninja Exams guests, prepared for danger after Killer B went missing, and oversaw a punishing written test and the first combat matches. After Konohamaru won his match, a spatial distortion appeared above the venue and brought two white-robed strangers into view.

• Shinki welcomed the visiting nobles and officials, then assigned Naruto a secret mission after the guests arrived.
• The Raikage told Shinki that Killer B had gone missing, and Shinki sent Shadow Clones to search for him.
• Sasuke began the Chunin Ninja Exams with a written test, and Shinki lowered the passing score to forty after most candidates performed poorly.
• Konohamaru passed the written test with 41 points and won his combat match.
• A spatial distortion appeared above the exam venue, and two people in white robes emerged in midair.

Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki arrived at the Chunin Ninja Exams seeking a Tailed Beast, and the Raikage attacked them before Shinki could intervene. Shinki activated Konoha’s Chakra Cannons, but the explosions began to fade with the Otsutsuki still visible inside.

• Shinki recognized Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki as members of Kaguya’s clan and realized they had likely taken Killer B for the Eight-Tails.
• Momoshiki Otsutsuki demanded the Tailed Beast, identified himself and Kinshiki, and said he had come to complete Kaguya’s failed mission.
• The Raikage charged at Momoshiki Otsutsuki, but Kinshiki blocked him and Momoshiki struck him out of the sky, removing his lightning Chakra.
• Shinki ordered the Chakra Cannons to fire, and dozens of beams struck the Otsutsuki as the Barrier Team shielded the exam venue and Konoha.
• The explosions began to shrink, and spectators noticed Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki still inside the beams.

Shinki defended Konoha from Momoshiki Otsutsuki’s amplified Chakra Cannon, then transported Momoshiki and Kinshiki to the Kamui Dimension. After learning the Ōtsutsuki planned to grow a God Tree and refine its fruit into pills, Shinki launched an all-out attack with Eight Gates Wood Clones.

• Momoshiki absorbed the Chakra Cannon and fired its amplified power at Konoha, but Shinki’s Vine Domain blocked the blast and withstood Kinshiki’s axe.
• Shinki used Kamui to transport Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki to the Kamui Dimension.
• Shinki created hundreds of Wood Clones, and Momoshiki realized Shinki’s Chakra could be worth as much as a God Tree Fruit.
• Momoshiki explained that the Ōtsutsuki planned to plant a God Tree, obtain its fruit, and refine it into pills that could help them evolve and attain eternal life.
• Shinki opened the Eighth Gate in his Wood Clones and sent them to attack Momoshiki with powerful Taijutsu techniques.

Shinki followed Momoshiki and Kinshiki into Kaguya's Alternate Dimension, where Momoshiki had planted a God Tree and was gathering Tailed Beast Chakra. After Kinshiki sacrificed himself as a Chakra fruit, Momoshiki evolved and attacked Shinki, but Shinki remained stronger as Momoshiki launched another technique.

• Shinki pursued Momoshiki and Kinshiki into Kaguya's Alternate Dimension using his Dōjutsu.
• Shinki discovered Momoshiki's God Tree and learned that Momoshiki had been feeding it Tailed Beast Chakra.
• Momoshiki turned Kinshiki into a Chakra fruit and ate it, transforming and gaining greater power.
• Momoshiki attacked Shinki with a red axe, but Shinki punched him hundreds of meters away.
• Momoshiki healed, then slammed his hands to the ground and used Inukai Takeru no Mikoto.

Shinki defeated Momoshiki’s attacks in Kaguya’s alternate dimension, but Momoshiki vanished after touching Shinki’s eyes, leaving a strange diamond mark on his palm. Back in Konoha, Tsunade kept the Chunin Ninja Exams going, and Shinki returned safely to the stands.

• Momoshiki’s earth monsters and giant Ape Rock were destroyed by Shinki, who tried to restrain him and read his memories.
• Momoshiki locked eyes with Shinki and disappeared without leaving any Space-Time traces.
• Shinki found a strange diamond mark on his palm, suspected Momoshiki had left it, and covered it with seals.
• At the exam venue, Tsunade arrested people who insulted Shinki, then ordered the Chunin Ninja Exams to continue.
• Shinki reappeared in the stands unharmed and promised to explain what had happened after the exam.

Shinki told the village leaders that he had defeated the Ōtsutsuki, then oversaw the end of the Chunin Ninja Exams and learned that the Chakra Armor had sold out. He went to check the company’s finances and found it was still operating at a loss because the proceeds had gone toward the production line.

• Shinki explained how he had sent the two Ōtsutsuki away and showed the leaders the markings on his palm, including Momoshiki’s Diamond Mark.
• The Diamond Mark flashed after Shinki fell asleep, and the Chunin Ninja Exams resumed the next day.
• Konohamaru defeated his final opponent, but Shinki scolded him for nearly using Wind Release: Rasenshuriken near the Daimyo.
• The exams ended with a little over thirty of more than six hundred examinees becoming Chunin, and the visiting delegations began leaving Konoha.
• Shinki learned from Shikamaru that all the Chakra Armor suits had sold and that buyers had placed advance orders.
• Shinki checked the New Future Company’s finances and discovered it was still operating at a loss; Sasuke explained that the armor revenue had gone into the production line.

Shinki investigated a prophecy about the Ōtsutsuki after learning that the Great Toad Sage’s vision of people “near” referred to someone on the same land as the Shinobi World, not Toneri on the moon. The chapter ended with Shinki returning to Konoha to search for other Ōtsutsuki in the Shinobi World.

• Shinki learned that the game console was nearly ready and told Sasuke to give Raimon more authority at the company.
• Shinki disguised himself as Sasuke, won the dumpling-eating contest, and denied knowing why Sasuke’s name appeared on the winner’s notice.
• Suigetsu and Karin told Shinki that Chino had become Daimyo of the Land of Silence, and Shinki warned them to stay cautious around her Ketsuryūgan.
• Shinki visited the Great Toad Sage and recounted Toneri, Momoshiki, and Kinshiki’s arrivals.
• The Great Toad Sage explained that the people “near” in his prophecy were on the same land beneath their feet, so Shinki began investigating the Ōtsutsuki in the Shinobi World.

Shinki continued training Naruto while investigating the Ōtsutsuki, then found himself caught in Ino’s attempt to get closer to him. The chapter ended with Shinki taking a cold bath after fleeing when Ino held his hand, while Naruto complained about Hinata quizzing him.

• Shinki reflected on his unsuccessful search for information about the Ōtsutsuki and tested Naruto’s knowledge after hours of studying.
• Shinki met Choji and Karui at the barbecue restaurant, where Choji secretly contacted them to help Ino pursue him.
• Ino joined Shinki for barbecue and then persuaded him to walk with her in Shinki Park.
• After they encountered a couple kissing in the park, Ino held Shinki’s hand, but he vanished before she could react.
• Shinki took a cold bath at home, and Naruto arrived complaining that Hinata had been quizzing him on their dates.

Shinki named Orochimaru’s artificial human Weiguo and sent him to the Konoha First Orphanage. When Weiguo disappeared, Shinki learned from an injured teacher’s memories that the kidnapper had used Explosive Clay.

• Naruto and Sasuke teased Shinki about his long bath and suspected he was in love.
• Shinki visited the Konoha Research Institute, named the artificial baby Weiguo, and sent him to the Konoha First Orphanage.
• On Parent-Child Day, Naruto asked Shinki to bring his parents back from the Underworld, but Shinki put him off until the next day.
• Sasuke told Shinki that Weiguo had disappeared from the orphanage, and Shinki rushed there to investigate.
• Shinki healed Teacher Suzuki and read her memories, discovering that the kidnapper had used Iwagakure’s Forbidden Technique, Explosive Clay.

After learning that the kidnappers used Explosive Clay, Shinki tracked them to the Land of Rain and confronted the four Artificial Humans carrying Weiguo. He reflected the girl's Genjutsu, froze her, and pulled Weiguo into his arms.

• Shinki called Ōnoki, who denied that anyone in Iwagakure could use Explosive Clay, then ordered Shikamaru to send Anbu after the kidnappers and inform Orochimaru.
• Ōnoki told his Artificial Human subordinate not to harm anyone and ordered Shiying Yunmu to bring Weiguo back safely, admitting the child was needed to make the Artificial Humans perfect.
• Orochimaru raged in prison over Weiguo's kidnapping, while Shinki waited impatiently for news from the Anbu.
• Anbu reported that they had fought the kidnappers in the Land of Rain but failed to catch them, so Shinki teleported to Sai and sensed Weiguo's Chakra.
• Shinki found Shiying, the girl, the long-haired man, and their companions in a rainy city, then reflected the girl's Genjutsu and used Banshō Ten'in to pull Weiguo away.

Shinki captured the four people who had abducted Weiguo and learned that Ōnoki had secretly used White Zetsu and human cells to create Artificial Humans. Back in Konoha, Shinki suspected Ōnoki’s missing doctor might be connected to other mysterious figures, while Orochimaru demanded release from prison to resume his experiments.

• Shinki sent Weiguo back to Konoha, bound the four abductors, and brought them to Ōnoki for answers.
• Ōnoki admitted that he had secretly created Artificial Humans and Jie with a doctor’s help, and that he had captured the child to improve his experiments.
• Shinki negotiated compensation from Ōnoki, but the doctor vanished before Shinki could meet him.
• Shinki returned to Konoha, distributed the compensation to injured Anbu and orphanage teachers, and considered whether the doctor was connected to other mysterious figures.
• Shikamaru told Shinki that Orochimaru was demanding a meeting, and Orochimaru pleaded to be released so he could continue researching Artificial Humans.

Shinki visited Chino in the Land of Silence, praised her work as Daimyo, and spent hours playing mahjong with her and the others. When they realized Jūgo was missing and might go berserk, Shinki decided they should find him before he could hurt anyone.

• Shinki discussed preparing Konoha for the Ōtsutsuki with Naruto, proposing Senjutsu training for a few top ninja, teaching the Rasengan, and offering Konoha ninja discounted Chakra Armor.
• Shinki slept in, then traveled to the Land of Silence to check on Chino's leadership.
• Chino challenged ministers who complained about her spending on reforms and support for the elderly.
• Shinki joined Chino, Suigetsu, and Karin for mahjong, won dozens of games, and praised Chino's work as Daimyo.
• Shinki learned Jūgo was out and might go berserk, so he called for them to find him and bring him back.

Shinki and the others found Jūgo helping red-eyed geese shed their Cursed Seals, but absorbing too many made his own seal run berserk. After Shinki subdued and healed Jūgo, he absorbed the seals from the birds and returned to Konoha to investigate their source.

• Shinki sensed Jūgo at a wetland, where the group found him removing a Cursed Seal from a black goose.
• Suigetsu's shout provoked the red-eyed geese to attack, and Shinki caught them in a Lightning Net to keep them alive.
• Jūgo explained that he had been helping the birds and began transforming as his Cursed Seal went berserk.
• Shinki knocked Jūgo down and healed him, then absorbed the Cursed Seals from the geese.
• Jūgo woke up, learned Shinki had returned to Konoha to investigate the seals, and praised him as his sun.

Shinki agreed to join the New Future Company’s team-building trip to the Land of Hot Water, where he and Sasuke heard rumors of a hot spring that let visitors see deceased loved ones. Shinki decided to investigate it when he had time.

• Sasuke persuaded Shinki to take a break and join the company trip, leaving Naruto to serve as Acting Hokage.
• Shinki met Kurenai Yuhi and gave the infant Mirai a Flying Thunder God Kunai before joining the employees.
• Shinki used the Flying Thunder God Technique to transport the group to the Land of Hot Water, where he and Sasuke soaked in a hot spring.
• After overhearing men discuss disappearances, human traffickers, and a supposedly supernatural hot spring, Shinki said he would investigate the place.

Shinki and Sasuke investigated a hot spring said to let people see the dead, where they uncovered a Jashin Cult scheme and captured its leader, Longqi. After discovering that Longqi had lured people in to sacrifice them, Shinki went to the cult’s altar to try communicating with its evil god.

• Shinki took Sasuke to the forest on an ink elephant, where cloaked guides led them to a cave and a hot spring.
• Longqi claimed his Ninjutsu could let visitors see their departed loved ones, and Sasuke pretended to be a fan of Hidan to test Shinki’s suspicions.
• Shinki bound Longqi with Wood Release and learned from his memories that he had used the hot spring to lure people in for blood sacrifices to Lord Jashin.
• Shinki handed Longqi over to the Land of Hot Water Security Bureau, then told Sasuke that fumes in the cave had caused hallucinations.
• Shinki entered the Jashin Cult’s altar chamber intending to offer blood and investigate Lord Jashin, whom he hoped to eliminate along with the cult.