Chapter Summaries

Shinki devoured the evil god’s will and gained a life force stronger than Hidan’s, then returned to Konoha. After misleading Tsunade into thinking he had worked tirelessly for the village, he got her to take over his paperwork and grant him three days off.

• Shinki offered blood at the cave altar, and his consciousness briefly connected with the evil god before apparently devouring its will.
• Shinki discovered that his wounds healed instantly and tested his new immortality by having an Aoki Takeru Shadow Clone beheaded; the clone remained alive and reported pain.
• Shinki destroyed the cave, while a Jashin Cult follower elsewhere found that Lord Jashin no longer answered his ritual.
• Shinki returned to Konoha after the company trip and overheard Tsunade criticize Naruto’s paperwork and blame Shinki for leaving him in charge.
• Shinki pretended to be exhausted beneath the documents and presented Tsunade with a local gift, making her feel guilty for doubting him.
• Tsunade told Shinki to go home, offered to finish his paperwork, and gave him three days off.

On his day off, Shinki met Konohamaru’s squad and learned that Orange Village had withheld their mission payment, so he went with Konohamaru to collect it. There, he learned that a memory-devouring monster named Sōma was behind the villagers’ memory lapses and was asked to help deal with it.

• Tsunade gave Shinki a week off and offered to quiz Naruto while he was away.
• Shinki encountered Konohamaru’s squad and learned that Orange Village had not paid them for finding a missing child, so he promised to collect the fee.
• Shinki and Konohamaru visited the Yomura Family, where an old servant explained that Sōma had been sealed in a rock and its weakening seal was causing memory lapses.
• Shinki offered to arrange a Konoha Ninja mission to defeat Sōma, and Yomura Remon agreed to request help.
• The old servant led Shinki and Konohamaru to Sōma’s cave and explained that the traditional sealing method required a Yomura and Meigetsu family member to marry and cut off Sōma’s horns together.

Shinki freed Sōma from his stone seal, contained and devoured him, and completed the mission in Orange Village, where Konohamaru helped Yomura Remon avoid an unwanted marriage. Back in Konoha, Shinki learned that an unknown white-robed attacker was draining chakra from ninjas across several villages, prompting Tsunade to order the village to protect its Tailed Beasts.

• Shinki split Sōma’s sealed stone, trapped the released monster inside a Six Red Yang Formation, and tested his ability to devour him.
• Konohamaru defended Yomura Remon against villagers who blamed her for breaking tradition, and Shinki stopped him from striking civilians.
• Shinki completed the mission, received a reward from the Yomura Family, and left with Konohamaru after the villagers forgot why they had gathered.
• Three days later, Tsunade told Shinki and Konoha’s leaders that ninjas from several villages had been attacked and found with their chakra depleted.
• Shikamaru reported that a witness had seen a white-robed attacker carrying a fishing rod, and Shinki explained that Ōtsutsuki had long been present in the Shinobi World.
• Tsunade ordered the village to increase precautions and protect its Tailed Beasts.

Shinki responded to an Ōtsutsuki attack on Shukaku, helping Gaara defeat and seal Ōtsutsuki Pu Shi before he escaped through a space-time portal. Shinki brought the Tailed Beasts and Jinchūriki to Konoha for protection, where Naruto met the shrunken guests at Shinki’s home.

• Shinki warned the Tailed Beasts that the Ōtsutsuki had returned and told them to gather in Konoha.
• Ōtsutsuki Pu Shi attacked Shukaku, and Gaara’s forces fought his puppets in the Land of Wind.
• Shinki arrived atop Shukaku, and Gaara sealed Pu Shi in a sand-gold pyramid.
• Shinki broke the pyramid with Night Guy, but Pu Shi escaped through a Yomotsu Hirasaka portal.
• Gaara asked Shinki to take Shukaku to Konoha, and he described Pu Shi’s puppets, shared vision, and chakra-hooking fishing rod.
• Shinki brought the Tailed Beasts and Jinchūriki to his home in Konoha, where Naruto met their shrunken forms and heard why they had come.

Shinki investigated an ancient artifact recovered from the sea and discovered it was the Ōtsutsuki treasure Karasuki, a talking turtle that could travel through time. He sent himself into a time tunnel to return to the previous day and confront the missing Ōtsutsuki.

• Shinki told Tsunade about the previous day's events, and she asked him to resume his Hokage duties while he searched for the missing Ōtsutsuki.
• Curious about the artifact Tsunade had mentioned, Shinki visited the Konoha Archaeological Research Institute and sensed a powerful Ōtsutsuki seal inside it.
• Shinki spent the day trying to break the seal, then succeeded and revealed a small turtle that identified itself as the treasure Karasuki.
• Karasuki explained that it could carry out time travel, and Shinki asked it to take him back to the previous day when the Ōtsutsuki was at the One-Tail's habitat.
• Shinki injected Chakra into Karasuki, which began executing the time-travel command and pulled him into a shimmering tunnel.

Shinki traveled one day into the past to anticipate Ōtsutsuki Ura’s escape and followed him into an alternate dimension. Ura tried to recruit Shinki into the Ōtsutsuki’s plan, but Shinki refused.

• Shinki used Karasuki to travel to the past, concealed his identity, and went to Shukaku’s habitat to observe Ura’s attack.
• Shinki watched Ura drain the chakra of Sunagakure ninja, defeat Gaara, and escape through a Yomotsu Hirasaka after Shinki’s Aoki Takeru clone broke the sand seal.
• Shinki used his Trace Eye to follow Ura into an alternate dimension, where Ura realized Shinki had traveled through time with Karasuki.
• Ura introduced himself as Ōtsutsuki Ura and urged Shinki to join the Ōtsutsuki in reclaiming the Tailed Beasts and gathering Chakra Fruits.
• Shinki considered Ura’s offer but refused, saying he did not like the Ōtsutsuki.

Shinki fought Ōtsutsuki Ura after Ura refused to surrender, studying how his Rinnegan powers worked as he chased him across the Shinobi World. Ura escaped to the Land of Fire, ate his fish basket and the captured Ninja's Chakra, then gouged out both eyes as Shinki watched in shock.

• Shinki tried to persuade Ura to surrender and share information about the Ōtsutsuki, but Ura rejected his offer and warned that the Ōtsutsuki Main Family would come.
• Shinki attacked Ura with Dust Release, while Ura used his Rinnegan and Yomotsu Hirasaka to evade and escape.
• Shinki followed Ura to the Land of Wind with his clones and observed that Ura's red Rinnegan accelerated Yomotsu Hirasaka while his blue Rinnegan let him evade attacks with a paper-crane technique.
• After a Wood Clone struck him, Ura escaped to the Land of Fire, where Shinki's clones surrounded him as he ate his fish basket and the captured Ninja's Chakra.
• Ura gouged out both of his eyes, and Shinki reacted in shock that Ura could eat them too.

Shinki told Konoha’s leaders that he had traveled back in time and defeated Ōtsutsuki Ura, gaining a time-reversing ability from Ura’s eye. After the leaders debated sealing the time-traveling turtle, Shinki persuaded them to let it go free while tracking it with a chakra mark.

• Ōtsutsuki Ura swallowed his own eyes, transformed, and attacked Shinki’s Wood Clones with Black Rods and Shinra Tensei.
• Tsunade learned that Shinki had vanished from the warehouse, while Shikamaru showed her evidence of a battle in the Land of Fire forest, including a wooden figure pierced by Black Rods.
• Shinki appeared in the Hokage’s Office and told Naruto, Tsunade, and Sasuke that he had traveled back to yesterday and blasted Ura to ashes with Sage Art: Multiple Release: Rasenshuriken.
• Shinki explained that Ura’s golden Rinnegan had fused with his Trace Eye, granting him the ability to reverse time by up to half a minute.
• Tsunade and the other leaders proposed sealing the time-traveling turtle, but Shinki argued for its freedom and offered to track it with a mixed-chakra mark.
• Shinki said he had seen the turtle’s future, and Tsunade agreed to let it go free.

Shinki went undercover at Hozuki Castle to rescue Heili, who promised information about the Tanuki Bandit Group, and brought back Heili and another prisoner by force. The Land of Grass complained to Tsunade, while Shinki learned Heili had stolen the bandits’ money after discovering their crimes and donated it.

• After more than a month of waiting, Shinki received Heili’s plea for help from Hozuki Castle and learned Tsukiyo had entered the prison to kill him.
• Shinki decided to go to Hozuki Castle himself and posed as Sasuke Uchiha, a new prisoner from the Land of Fire.
• Shinki returned to Konoha wearing a prison uniform and carrying Heili and another prisoner, and Sasuke realized Shinki had caused the trouble.
• Tsunade confronted Sasuke over the Land of Grass’s complaints that he had taken two prisoners and seriously injured Hozuki Castle’s head guard.
• Shinki read Heili’s memories, learned Heili had stolen the Tanuki Bandit Group’s money after realizing he had helped their crimes, and let him go.

Shinki discovered that the man posing as Tsukiyo was Shōjōji, whose memories revealed the hidden organization Kara and its interest in Kāma. Shinki and Sasuke traveled to the former Amegakure to investigate, where Sasuke knocked out a red-haired man who might know about Kara.

• Shinki read Tsukiyo’s memories and learned that Shōjōji had taken his identity to hide from pursuers from the Land of Lightning.
• Shinki told the Hokage’s meeting that Shōjōji had encountered Kara members researching Kāma, and Sasuke scolded him for using Sasuke’s identity at Hozuki Castle.
• After Anbu gathered more information, Shinki went with Sasuke and Naruto to the former Amegakure and sensed human activity among the trees.
• The three met a red-haired man who blamed Konoha for Amegakure’s destruction and refused to welcome them.
• Sasuke knocked the man unconscious, and Naruto suggested using the Mind Body Switch Technique to get information from him.

Shinki, Sasuke, and Naruto discovered Kara’s abandoned testing facility in Amegakure and found evidence of human experiments, including a clone in a cultivation tank. Shinki brought the facility’s equipment to Konoha, where researchers reported that it surpassed their technology and showed him a strange pattern found on it.

• Shinki read Tanno Sachiko’s memories and learned she was guarding Kara’s abandoned testing facility in Amegakure.
• Shinki, Sasuke, and Naruto entered the poison-filled facility through Amegakure’s pipes and found rotting human body parts throughout the laboratory.
• Naruto found a cultivation tank holding a boy, and Shinki and Sasuke concluded the boy was a lifeless clone.
• Shinki used Flying Thunder God to bring equipment from the facility to the Konoha Research Institute and made the researchers disinfect it.
• The next day, Kobayashi reported that the equipment was exceptionally advanced and showed Shinki a strange disc-shaped pattern found on several pieces.

Shinki handled a report about suspicious talk at the Wood Leaf Research Institute, learned that Naruto planned to marry Hinata, and assigned a missing-person mission from the Land of Valleys. He also tested New Future Company's Ninja armor and proposed a new Ninja-themed game.

• Kobayashi told Shinki that researcher Tanaka had recently been saying things that could harm Shinki, and Shinki said another country might be manipulating public opinion.
• Naruto brought Shinki food and announced that he planned to marry Hinata, so Shinki advised him to have their families meet and offered to ask Hiashi for her hand.
• Shikamaru told Shinki that Victor Company had requested help finding a missing employee in the Land of Valleys, and Shinki assigned Neji and Rock Lee's team to the mission.
• Shinki visited New Future Company, tried on its Ninja armor, and used its Chakra launcher to form a Rasengan.
• Shinki asked about the game department's work and proposed a Ninja game with character skills, a story, duels, Summoned Beasts, Scrolls, and stronger Panda Summoned Beasts.

Shinki learned that Anato had been implanted with Hashirama Cells and went to the Land of Valleys to investigate the Victor Biotechnology Company. Victor learned that the Konoha Hokage had arrived and ordered Anato killed to protect the company’s secrets.

• Ino gave Shinki snacks for the office, and memories from his shadow clone informed him that Anato might have Hashirama Cells.
• Shikamaru told Shinki that Neji’s team had found Anato in the Land of Valleys, prompting Shinki to suspect the Victor Biotechnology Company.
• Shinki traveled to the Land of Valleys, where Neji explained that Victor’s people had taken Anato after the team subdued him.
• Victor learned that an employee had escaped with Hashirama Cells and warned his staff not to expose the company’s experiments.
• After a security officer announced Shinki’s arrival, Victor agreed to meet him and ordered someone to kill Anato.

Shinki investigated Victor Company after suspecting it had transplanted Hashirama Cells into Anato, then revived Anato and learned the samples had been taken away. A report that Hashirama Cells had appeared on the Land of Silence’s Black Market prompted Chino to contact Konoha.

• Rock Lee and Tenten accompanied Shinki to confront Victor, who claimed Anato had died and been cremated.
• Shinki visited the incinerator, then used Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and Rinne Rebirth to restore Anato to life.
• Anato told Shinki that he had been an ordinary researcher and had lost consciousness after seeing security personnel transport something confidential.
• Anato recalled Victor mentioning Hashirama Cells that had been taken away, and Shinki confirmed the memory before deciding to investigate the Black Markets.
• Chino heard that Hashirama Cells had appeared on the Land of Silence’s Black Market and ordered her ministers to notify Konoha.

Shinki went to the Land of Silence after learning that Hashirama Cells had appeared on the Black Market, but the cells were bought and then stolen before Chino could secure them. As Shinki tracked them, four Haze Ninja carrying the cells encountered a mysterious Center-Parted Man, while a Chakra Barrier blocked Shinki’s path.

• Ino Yamanaka told Shinki that Hashirama Cells were being sold on the Black Market, and he sent Chino to buy them before teleporting to the Land of Silence.
• In an Alternate Dimension, Kara’s leader confronted Victor about his Hashirama Cell experiments and ordered him and Deepa to retrieve the cells before Konoha could get them.
• Chino learned that a prominent merchant had bought the cells, then heard they had been stolen from him; Shinki left to search for them while Chino went to confront the merchant.
• Four Haze Ninja carrying the Hashirama Cells met a Center-Parted Man in a forest, who threatened them and prepared to fight.
• Shinki activated Dual Sage Mode to track the cells, but a Chakra Barrier appeared and blocked his way.

Shinki retrieved the Hashirama Cells after defeating the Haze Ninja brothers, but the Center-Parted Man vanished and later recovered in Victor’s alternate dimension. Back in Konoha, Shinki ordered an investigation into the Victor Company and wondered how the enemy escaped.

• Shinki broke Chaofang’s life-sacrificing barrier, and Zhoufang died after his Higanbana attack failed to harm the Center-Parted Man.
• Shinki stabbed the Center-Parted Man, defeated Yūgata and Yorukata, and took the Hashirama Cells and the two surviving brothers.
• The Center-Parted Man disappeared before Shinki could take him, then awoke in an alternate dimension where Victor warned Deepa that they were no match for Shinki.
• Shinki returned to Konoha with Neji and the others, recorded the mission, and wrote to the Haze Ninja Village demanding a ransom offer.
• Shinki ordered the Anbu to investigate the Victor Company and asked for news about Kara, then joined Jiraiya for ramen and ate eighteen bowls.

Shinki brought Yūgata and Yorukata closer to joining Konoha, tested a new sealing jutsu, and investigated the Victor Company's experiments and attacks. He questioned Orochimaru about Kara and undisclosed research bases, but Orochimaru denied knowing about the company or its Hashirama Cell research.

• Shinki learned that Yūgata and Yorukata had spent their mission fees building an orphanage and asked Shikamaru to persuade them to join Konoha.
• Yūgata and Yorukata left Konoha Prison impressed by the village, while Shikamaru told Shinki they remained concerned about the orphanage they had grown up in.
• Shinki broke the Sealing Squad's new barrier with one punch, then watched Might Guy and Kakashi race past while sparring.
• An Anbu reported missing staff and suspected Victor Company assassins targeting Miya and Anato, and Shinki gave him a Flying Thunder God Kunai to aid the investigation.
• Shinki visited Orochimaru in prison and asked about Kara, hidden experimental bases, and the Hashirama Cell research, but Orochimaru denied knowing about them.

Shinki tested his new abilities at Konoha Prison, then helped Naruto prepare for his upcoming wedding and fought Deepa at the Victor Company. Deepa's head exploded before Shinki could read his memories, while Victor secretly feared Konoha would discover his hidden secret.

• Shinki used his memory-erasing ability on a death row inmate, leaving the prisoner vacant and silent.
• Naruto told Shinki that he and Hinata had chosen a wedding date six months away, then cooked a meal that left Naruto, Sasuke, and Shinki with stomachaches.
• Shinki teleported to the Victor Company after an Anbu member triggered his Flying Thunder God Mark and defeated Deepa with a Chakra Blade.
• Deepa's head exploded when Shinki tried to access his memories, so Shinki gathered his remains to revive him with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Victor hid behind a rock, worried that Konoha would discover his secret before his baby bloomed, while a cloaked person in the Land of Valleys called their followers useless.

Shinki investigated the link between Victor and Center-Part, but could not locate Center-Part’s soul, while Kara prepared to keep its secrets from Konoha. The chapter ended with Victor tending a miniature God Tree grown from human sacrifices and considering how to oppose Shinki.

• An Anbu told Shinki that Center-Part had attacked them after meeting Victor, who vanished when the fight began, so Shinki decided to investigate the Victor Company.
• Shinki’s Impure World Reincarnation failed to reach Center-Part’s soul, and he summoned the Death God to check whether it was trapped in the Death God’s stomach.
• Kara’s leader explained that Amado’s talisman had destroyed Deepa’s soul and ordered scrolls distributed to important Outer Members so they could prevent Konoha from resurrecting them.
• Shinki gave the Death God a chicken, then dismissed the Anbu and said he would investigate the Victor Company himself.
• At Victor Biotech Company in the Land of Valleys, Victor watched a miniature God Tree drain hundreds of people and grow a flower bud with two opened petals.
• Victor hoped the miniature tree would grant him power and considered whether Kāma or Amado’s technology could help him stand against Shinki.

Shinki killed Victor after uncovering clues linking him to Kara, then investigated Victor’s company while the organization discussed its unfinished Vessel experiments. The chapter ended with Amado reporting that the experiments remained at their first stage because the current Vessel was too young.

• Victor mistook Shinki, disguised as his secretary, for a Konoha ninja and attacked him with a fire technique.
• Victor considered betraying his organization, but changed his mind when another petal opened on the God Tree; Shinki then cut the tree down.
• Shinki’s Shadow Clone restrained Victor, and Victor’s head exploded when Shinki tried to question him; Shinki sensed that someone had caused it and suspected Victor belonged to Kara with Amado.
• News spread of Victor’s death and illegal human experiments, while Shinki read reports blaming several possible culprits, including Kaitō Kid and Sasuke Uchiha.
• Shinki learned that Ao had come to Konoha seeking prosthetic limbs and that Victor’s records had revealed no information about Kara; he then left to meet Ino for dinner.
• In an alternate dimension, Kara’s members discussed Victor’s death, and Amado said the Vessel experiments were still at their first stage because the current Vessel was too young.