Chapter Summaries

Inari tried to rally the villagers while Shinki and Haku’s fight on the bridge freed Zabuza from Kakashi’s Water Prison. Kakashi and Shinki restrained Zabuza, and Shinki appeared behind him to strike as the chapter ended.

• Inari knocked on the villagers’ doors to ask them to help, but they refused, so he ran off to keep trying after his mother urged him to give up.
• Shinki pierced Haku’s right shoulder with Piercing Hand, but Haku kept fighting and attacked Kakashi to break his Water Prison Technique.
• Haku freed Zabuza, who praised him as a tool, while Kakashi, Naruto, and Sasuke were wounded and Shinki’s side retained the advantage.
• Zabuza used the Hidden Mist Technique and surged with red Chakra, but Kakashi trapped him with Earth Release: Fang Pursuit Technique and his Ninja Dogs.
• After Kakashi signaled him, Shinki used the Body Flicker Technique to appear behind the restrained Zabuza and thrust both lightning-shrouded hands at him.

Haku sacrificed himself to save Zabuza from Shinki, and Gato arrived intending to kill the wounded fighters rather than pay Zabuza. Zabuza killed Gato and his guards, then left to bury Haku as the islanders arrived to support the bridge builders.

• Haku stepped in front of Zabuza and died holding Shinki in place after Shinki's Flying Thunder God attack pierced his chest.
• Zabuza stopped his sword from striking Haku and attacked Gato's men when Gato announced he planned to kill everyone and withhold payment.
• Zabuza killed the Samurai guarding Gato and split Gato in two with the Kubikiribōchō.
• Inari brought more than a hundred islanders to the bridge, where they surrounded Zabuza as Kakashi watched warily.
• Zabuza picked up Haku's body, warned Shinki they would meet again, and left to bury Haku; Kakashi, Naruto, and Sasuke were taken for treatment.

Team 7 returned to Konoha after completing the Land of Waves mission, where Sakura and Ino argued over Sasuke and Shinki. Naruto recounted Shinki’s role in the bridge battle, and Shikamaru was stunned to hear that Shinki had used the Flying Thunder God Technique.

• Tazuna and the people of the Land of Waves celebrated the completed bridge, while Zabuza watched Team 7 depart beside a grave.
• Sakura and Ino waited for Team 7 to return and argued over Sasuke and Shinki.
• Sasuke rejected Sakura’s invitation to eat, saying he planned to train after the mission exposed the gap between him and Shinki.
• Ino struggled to speak to Shinki when he greeted her, then relaxed as Naruto began describing the mission to Shikamaru and Choji.
• Naruto said Shinki had used the Flying Thunder God Technique during the bridge battle, shocking Shikamaru, Sakura, and Ino.

Kakashi reported Team 7’s Land of Waves mission to the Third Hokage, revealing Shinki’s extraordinary techniques and abilities. He learned that Shinki had also been secretly taught Wood Release, leaving Kakashi stunned by how much the boy had held back.

• Sakura, Ino, and Shikamaru were shocked when Naruto explained that Shinki had developed the Flying Thunder God Technique himself.
• Kakashi left to report the mission, and the Third Hokage asked Yamato to stay and listen because he had once taught Shinki.
• Kakashi recounted Shinki’s feats in the Land of Waves, including his powerful elemental techniques, his battle with Zabuza, and his rapid mastery of Earth Release: Fang Pursuit Technique.
• The Third Hokage confirmed that Yamato had secretly taught Shinki Wood Release and warned him to use it only if his life was in danger.
• Kakashi learned that Shinki had created the Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence in the village, and realized he had kept Wood Release hidden during the mission.

The Third Hokage assigned Kakashi to train Shinki, while Shinki returned to Konoha and ran into Konohamaru at a Flying Thunder God mark. Konohamaru revealed he had used the Rasengan to knock down his grandfather, the Third Hokage, whose back was still hurting.

• The Third Hokage persuaded Kakashi to become Shinki's teacher, and Kakashi agreed to train him.
• At the village entrance, Shinki's classmates crowded around him, while Naruto vowed to train harder and Sasuke hurried home to train.
• Shinki left to buy ingredients for dinner using Flying Thunder God and appeared at the market beside Konohamaru, Udon, and Moegi.
• Konohamaru proudly told Shinki that he had used the Rasengan to sneak-attack the Third Hokage and knock him down.
• The Third Hokage complained to his secretary that Konohamaru's Rasengan attack had left his back aching.

Kakashi told Team 7 that he had entered them in the upcoming Chunin Ninja Exams, prompting them to prepare for the high-risk test. Shinki also refused Konohamaru’s request to teach him a more powerful jutsu, leaving the boy to wait until after the exams.

• Naruto wondered whether the unfamiliar Ninja gathering in Konoha were plotting an invasion, and Sasuke warned him not to treat war as a chance to become a hero.
• Kakashi announced that Team 7 would take part in the Chunin Ninja Exams on July 1st and cautioned them that most candidates were eliminated.
• Kakashi revealed that he had become a Chunin at around six and a Jonin at around twelve, astonishing Naruto, Sasuke, and Shinki.
• Kakashi canceled village missions so Team 7 could prepare, and Sasuke, Naruto, and Shinki began training for the exams.
• Konohamaru begged Shinki to teach him an enhanced jutsu, but Shinki refused and said they could discuss it after he became a Chunin.

Shinki rescued Konohamaru from Kankuro after the Sand ninja threatened him, drawing Gaara’s attention. Gaara left with Temari and Kankuro after introducing himself and saying he was interested in Shinki.

• Konohamaru ran into Kankuro, who grabbed him and threatened him while Temari warned Kankuro to stop.
• Shinki used the Flying Thunder God Technique to free Konohamaru, then dispersed Kankuro’s Chakra Threads when Kankuro tried to retaliate.
• Gaara appeared and ordered Kankuro to stop, frightening him into putting away his weapon.
• Gaara left with Temari and Kankuro, then turned back to ask Shinki’s name and said he was interested in him.

Shinki encountered Gaara and his siblings, then passed Iruka's test when he recognized the teacher's disguise and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to find him. Two days before the Chunin Ninja Exams, Shinki caught Tenten as she fell outside Room 301.

• Gaara told Shinki he was interested in him, but left with Temari and Kankuro after Shinki stood his ground.
• A disguised Iruka kidnapped Konohamaru to test Shinki, who tracked them with the Flying Thunder God Technique and exposed Iruka.
• Iruka praised Shinki's growth and invited him and Naruto to ramen before Shinki returned to buy groceries.
• Two days before the exams, Shinki and his teammates brought their application files to the Ninja Academy and found two examinees blocking Room 301.
• One of the examinees shoved Tenten, and Shinki caught her as she fell.

Shinki joined Team 7 in exposing a Genjutsu at the Ninja Academy, then faced Rock Lee in a sparring match after Rock Lee challenged him. Shinki overwhelmed Rock Lee and opened the Fifth Gate, leaving the others stunned by his strength.

• Sasuke saw through the Genjutsu disguising classroom 301, and Team 7 submitted their applications on the third floor.
• Tenten admired Shinki, Neji assessed him as a likely opponent, and Rock Lee insisted on fighting him.
• Rock Lee challenged Shinki at the training ground, and Shinki caught his opening kick before countering his Konoha Whirlwind and sending him flying.
• Rock Lee opened the Eight Gates, but Shinki calmly opened his own gates through the Fifth Gate, prompting Rock Lee to surrender.
• Sasuke concluded that he could track Rock Lee with his Sharingan but could not react fast enough to match him.

After Rock Lee conceded to Shinki, Might Guy recognized Shinki’s progress with the Eight Gates and sent Lee running laps. When the Chunin Ninja Exams began, Shinki and Sasuke worried Naruto might score zero, but Hinata sat beside him and eased their concern as the written test started.

• Rock Lee conceded that Shinki was stronger than him, and Might Guy recognized Shinki as the boy who could open the Sixth Gate.
• Might Guy reprimanded Lee for challenging someone beyond his limits and ordered him to run a hundred laps around the Ninja Academy field.
• Neji and Tenten left, with Neji noting that he could not beat Lee as easily as Shinki had.
• Ibiki Morino explained that the written exam had ten questions and that a zero from any team member would invalidate the whole team’s results.
• Shinki and Sasuke worried Naruto might score zero, but Hinata sat beside Naruto, whose strong exam scores reassured Shinki.
• Ibiki started the sixty-minute written exam, and Shinki looked over his paper.

Shinki answered the difficult Chunin exam questions at extraordinary speed while Sasuke secretly copied him, and Ibiki increased the pressure by eliminating a team for one member’s repeated cheating. When Shinki tried to help Naruto, he spotted Gaara’s sand eyeball spying on answers and slapped it away, leaving Gaara injured and furious.

• Shinki quickly completed all nine questions, drawing the attention of Sakura, Sasuke, and Ibiki Morino.
• Sasuke used his Sharingan to copy Shinki’s answers, while Ibiki learned that Shinki was a war orphan, a member of Kakashi Hatake’s team, and a skilled user of the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Ibiki eliminated examinees 12 and 25 because their teammate, number 36, had been caught cheating five times, making Naruto afraid to risk copying Hinata’s answers.
• Shinki worried about Naruto and considered how he could help him answer the exam questions.
• A sand eyeball appeared near Shinki, and he slapped it apart; Gaara cried out with a bleeding eye and angrily resented Shinki for calling it a mosquito.

During the Chunin Ninja Exams, Shinki learned the Mind Body Switch Technique, used it to fill in Naruto’s answers, and sold answers to other examinees through mental communication. He then urged Naruto not to quit before Ibiki Morino revealed that everyone still in the room had passed the written round.

• Ino Yamanaka used the Mind Body Switch Technique to enter Shinki’s body and copy his answers, and Shinki realized he could learn the technique himself.
• Shinki mastered the technique, entered Naruto’s body, and completed Naruto’s exam paper while Naruto was unconscious.
• Shinki used the Mind Transmission Technique to offer the first nine answers to examinees for one thousand copper coins each, earning tens of thousands of copper coins.
• Ibiki Morino announced that examinees who answered the tenth question incorrectly would be eliminated with their teammates, while those who refused would lose only their own chance to continue.
• Shinki told Naruto through mental communication not to quit, and nearly half the examinees left before the countdown ended.
• Ibiki Morino announced that everyone remaining had passed the first written round of the Chunin Ninja Exams.

Shinki and the other examinees passed the first Chunin exam and received the rules for the Forest of Death scroll battle. After most of the people who owed Shinki for cheating refused to pay, the teams entered Training Ground Forty-Four as the second exam began.

• Ibiki Morino revealed that the final question had determined who passed, then introduced Mitarashi Anko as the second-stage examiner.
• Mitarashi Anko explained that teams had five days to bring both a heaven scroll and an earth scroll to the tower in the Forest of Death.
• Shinki, Sasuke, and Naruto signed the death liability waivers required to take part in the exam.
• Shinki demanded payment from the teams he had helped cheat, but all except one team denied owing him money and refused to pay.
• At two in the afternoon, the teams entered Training Ground Forty-Four, and Mitarashi Anko started the exam.

Shinki exposed an Amegakure impostor, rescued Naruto, and forced the captured team to pay an inflated debt and surrender a scroll. As Shinki continued through the Forest of Death intent on collecting more debts, Otogakure Examinees pursued a mission and Konoha Anbu discovered three corpses outside Training Ground Forty-Four.

• Sasuke and Shinki discussed how to pass the exam, then Shinki and Sasuke realized the Naruto who returned from the bushes was an impostor.
• Shinki used the Flying Thunder God Technique and a Rasengan to expose the Amegakure Ninja impersonating Naruto, then rescued the real Naruto and captured the impostor's two teammates.
• Shinki charged the Amegakure team fifteen thousand copper coins each and took their Earth Scroll, refusing to untie them before leaving with Naruto and Sasuke.
• Three Otogakure Examinees moved through the forest while saying it was time to fulfill their mission.
• Konoha Anbu found three corpses outside Training Ground Forty-Four and alerted the Hokage to a possible attack on the exam students.

Shinki’s team established a secret password and spent the day collecting scrolls and debts in Training Ground 44. As Naruto kept watch that night, a disguised Orochimaru-led group hunted for Sasuke and Shinki.

• Mitarashi Anko learned that a spy had attacked an examinee with a Forbidden Technique, and she ordered the search teams to find him without confronting him alone.
• Shinki proposed the password “odd changes, even stays the same; check the quadrant to determine the sign,” and Sasuke and Naruto agreed to use it.
• Shinki, Sasuke, and Naruto gathered three Heaven Scrolls, five Earth Scrolls, and money by tracking and defeating teams Shinki had marked with Flying Thunder God.
• Shinki and Sasuke went to sleep while Naruto reluctantly took watch by the campfire.
• Three Kusagakure impostors, led by Orochimaru, searched the forest for Sasuke and Shinki, whom Orochimaru coveted for their bodies and abilities.

Shinki, Sasuke, and Naruto encountered Orochimaru, an S-rank wanted criminal, and escaped after Naruto was badly injured. Shinki teleported the team to Rock Lee’s group, where he explained they had fled from a powerful enemy.

• Naruto was struck by a giant snake released by a Grass Ninja and suffered a collapsed chest, while Shinki rescued him and Sasuke with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• The female Grass Ninja revealed herself as Orochimaru, and Shinki recognized him as a former disciple of the Third Hokage and an S-rank wanted criminal.
• Shinki warned Sasuke to run, then teleported himself, Sasuke, and the injured Naruto away from Orochimaru, who expected them to continue toward the center of the training ground.
• Shinki’s team appeared on Rock Lee’s back while he was doing push-ups, waking Rock Lee, Tenten, and Neji.
• Shinki told Neji that they had encountered a powerful enemy and used the Flying Thunder God Formula he had placed on Rock Lee to reach them.

After Shinki reported Orochimaru’s infiltration to Yamato’s Anbu team, he stayed in the exam and resumed collecting scrolls from other squads. On the exam’s fourth day, Shinki’s team headed to the Central Tower to sell their surplus scrolls, while other teams continued to suffer from being robbed.

• Shinki discovered that he had marked Rock Lee’s leg weights with a Flying Thunder God Formula and explained that Orochimaru had forced his squad to flee.
• Shinki tried to teleport to the Hokage’s Office to report Orochimaru, but Yamato and his Anbu team arrived and said the Hokage already knew.
• Yamato told the Anbu that Shinki was strong enough to become an Anbu Captain, surprising the other masked ninjas.
• After two cautious days, Shinki’s squad resumed collecting debts and accumulated seven Heaven Scrolls, eight Earth Scrolls, and coins.
• Shinki explained that the squad could sell its surplus scrolls for a hundred thousand copper coins each and led them toward the Central Tower.
• A Kusagakure team and a Sunagakure team met in the Forest of Death and admitted that they had both been robbed of their scrolls.

Shinki subdued a giant bear, rescued Karin, and then set up a stall selling the scrolls his team had stolen. The chapter left Shinki, Naruto, and Sasuke facing Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro as the Sand team prepared to attack.

• Shinki defeated a giant bear, formed a summoning contract with it, and rescued Karin, who had been separated from her teammates.
• Shinki invited Karin to join his group, but she declined and later reunited with her teammates, who realized Shinki had robbed them and many other teams of their scrolls.
• Shinki, Naruto, and Sasuke set up a stall outside the central tower to sell thirteen Heaven and Earth scrolls.
• Mitarashi Anko told the proctors that Shinki had already proved his strength and loyalty, so they let the stall continue.
• Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro arrived at the stall, and Kankuro urged Gaara and Temari to attack Shinki's group.

Shinki faced Kankuro, Gaara, and their teammate after they tried to take his scrolls, but the confrontation turned into a sale. He sold Gaara’s team a damaged scroll for eighty thousand copper coins and celebrated his first deal.

• Kankuro attacked Naruto with a puppet, but Sasuke pulled Naruto aside and Shinki deflected the puppet’s kunai before using the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique against Kankuro.
• Gaara shielded Kankuro from Shinki’s shuriken with sand, then offered to buy a scroll from Shinki.
• Shinki rejected Gaara’s fifty-thousand-coin offer and demanded forty thousand more, despite Naruto and Sasuke signaling him to stop.
• Gaara agreed to pay eighty thousand copper coins, and Shinki sold his team a scroll that had been dropped and stepped on.
• Naruto calculated how many bowls of Ichiraku Ramen the money could buy, and Sasuke called him illiterate.

Shinki sold scrolls to Gaara’s team and made a deal with Karin’s team to guard his stall in exchange for a scroll. When Dosu, Zaku, and Kin Tsuchi arrived to attack him and Sasuke, Shinki’s kunai was blown off course by Zaku’s high-pressure air.

• Gaara praised Shinki’s immense chakra and called him a formidable opponent, while Orochimaru watched and considered Shinki’s potential as a body.
• Karin’s team asked to buy scrolls but could not afford them, so Shinki offered them a scroll in exchange for acting as his bodyguards.
• As more teams arrived at the Central Tower, Shinki noticed Dosu, Zaku, and Kin Tsuchi approaching and warned Naruto and Sasuke to prepare for a fight.
• Dosu ordered the Sound Ninja trio to attack, and the three Grass Ninja bodyguards charged in, hoping to earn another scroll.
• Dosu used his sound weapon to hurt everyone’s ears, and Shinki threw a kunai at it, but Zaku deflected the kunai with a blast of high-pressure air.