Chapter Summaries

Tsunade planned to use Killer B’s capture to bring the Raikage to Konoha for negotiations, while Shinki chased rumors that the Third Hokage would reward him with money. A reluctantly agreed to travel to Konoha after his leaders warned him that Kumogakure could not risk war, and Shinki arrived at the Third Hokage’s residence to ask about the promised gift.

• Tsunade dismissed Shinki’s claims of being injured, then arranged for the Raikage to come to Konoha to collect Killer B and discuss cooperation.
• Konohamaru persuaded Shinki to teach him Ninjutsu by hinting that the Third Hokage might give Shinki money.
• A angrily ordered Kumogakure to prepare an attack, but his leaders warned that Konoha had captured their ninja and that Shinki could rival a whole village.
• A abandoned plans for an attack and decided to travel to Konoha to retrieve Killer B and the other captives.
• Shinki went to the Third Hokage’s residence and asked why the Third had called him there.

The Third Hokage rewarded Shinki with money and access to Konoha’s Scroll of Seals, while Naruto warned him that Sasuke seemed increasingly consumed by revenge. That night, Sound Ninja ambushed Sasuke and beat him until their taunts triggered his Cursed Seal.

• The Third Hokage gave Shinki his calligraphy, praised him, and handed him two million in paper bills as an extra reward.
• The Third Hokage entrusted Shinki with Konoha’s Scroll of Seals, and Shinki accepted it solemnly.
• Naruto told Shinki that Sasuke had been acting strangely and seemed willing to do anything for revenge.
• Shinki promised to teach Naruto and Sasuke Ninjutsu after he finished studying the scroll, and Naruto went to tell Sasuke.
• Sasuke followed a suspicious shadow from his apartment and discovered Kidomaru, Jirobo, Tayuya, and Sakon waiting for him.
• The Sound Ninja overwhelmed Sasuke and mocked his weakness, prompting his eyes to turn red and Curse Marks to spread across his body.

Sasuke hesitated as the Sound Ninja urged him to leave Konoha, while Naruto tried to stop him. The next morning, Shinki found Naruto gravely injured and learned that Sasuke had been taken by the Otogakure ninja.

• Sakon and the other Sound Ninja tempted Sasuke with Orochimaru's offer of greater power and left him to consider joining them outside Konoha.
• Naruto found Sasuke and warned him that the four visitors were Orochimaru's Sound Ninja, but Sasuke revealed his Curse Marks and rejected Naruto's interference.
• Sakon urged Sasuke to sever his bond with Naruto, while Sasuke hesitated to attack one of his few friends.
• Shinki found Naruto badly injured in Konoha Ninja Hospital and discovered he could no longer teleport to Sasuke's Flying Thunder God Mark.
• After Shinki woke him, Naruto said Sasuke had left Konoha with the Otogakure ninja and begged Shinki to save him.

After learning that Orochimaru had taken Sasuke, Tsunade sent Shinki to lead a team and bring him back. Shinki and his teammates tracked the Sound Ninja to their location, where the frightened Sound Four faced them.

• Tsunade assigned Shinki to gather three capable Ninja and retrieve Sasuke, and Shinki chose Shikamaru, Kiba, and Neji.
• Naruto warned Shinki to be careful of Sasuke as the Sound Four carried Sasuke toward Otogakure.
• Orochimaru suffered from his body's rejection while Kabuto said the Sound Four and the ill Kimimaro were trying to bring him a new body.
• Shinki organized his team at Konoha's entrance, and Akamaru tracked Sasuke and the four Sound Ninja to the north.
• Shinki summoned Gamabunta to speed the team's journey, then used Water Release to catch his teammates as they landed before the Sound Four.
• The Sound Four recognized Shinki and trembled, fearing they had no chance against him.

Shinki stopped the Sound Four, found Sasuke transformed by the Cursed Seal, and beat him until he could no longer fight. As Shinki discussed Sasuke’s defection, Kimimaro arrived to protect Orochimaru’s plan and take Sasuke away.

• Shikamaru restrained the Sound Four with Shadow Binding, allowing Shinki to disable them and bind them with Wood Release.
• Sasuke emerged from the broken coffin in his Cursed Seal form and admitted he had injured Naruto and chosen to leave Konoha to gain power.
• Sasuke attacked Shinki with Chidori, but Shinki knocked him back and battered him with a Wood Dragon and Shadow Clones.
• Shinki told Sasuke he had planned to teach him Ninjutsu, causing Sasuke to fall silent.
• Kimimaro appeared, deflected Shinki’s attacks with bone bullets, and declared that he would not let anyone interfere with Orochimaru’s plan.

Shinki used Kirin against Kimimaro, who survived by activating his Cursed Seal and protecting himself with his Shikotsumyaku. Their fight continued as Shinki drew the Thunder God Sword and began channeling Lightning Release Chakra into Kimimaro.

• Jirobo, Kidomaru, Tayuya, and Sakon discussed Kimimaro's strength and their inability to rescue Sasuke from Shinki.
• Shinki summoned Kirin from the storm clouds and struck Kimimaro, leaving him in a huge crater.
• Kimimaro survived by activating his Cursed Seal and explained that his Shikotsumyaku let him create and harden bones.
• Shinki fought Kimimaro with his Short Sword, which broke against Kimimaro's bone blade.
• Shinki summoned the Thunder God Sword and resumed fighting, sending Lightning Release Chakra into Kimimaro with each clash.

Shinki fought Kimimaro while trying to persuade Sasuke to return to Konoha, but Sasuke chose to flee to Otogakure. A week later, Sasuke sent Shinki and Naruto a message saying he had arrived safely.

• Shinki restrained Kimimaro with Wood Release and urged Sasuke to return to Konoha, but Sasuke refused and said he would become a spy.
• Kimimaro unleashed Dance of the Bracken, and Sasuke escaped toward Otogakure while Shinki protected his companions from the bone forest.
• Shinki defeated and killed Kimimaro, then buried his body and returned to Konoha without Sasuke.
• Tsunade questioned Shinki about letting Sasuke escape, and Shinki told Naruto that Sasuke had chosen his own path.
• Itachi sent a crow with Sharingan eyes toward an unknown recipient before leaving with Kisame.
• A week later, Shinki and Naruto received Sasuke's letter confirming he had reached Otogakure safely.

Shinki and Naruto noticed the Raikage’s delegation arriving in Konoha, and Tsunade negotiated an alliance with Kumogakure. The talks ended with Kumogakure agreeing to pay Shinki six million Copper Coins in fees and compensation.

• Shinki sensed a large group approaching Konoha and recognized them as Kumogakure Ninja led by the Raikage.
• At the conference, Tsunade rejected Kumogakure’s accusation that Shinki had caused the rift and defended Konoha against threats of war.
• Tsunade proposed an alliance and asked Killer B to train Naruto Uzumaki to control his Tailed Beast.
• The Raikage agreed to Tsunade’s demands, then protested when the agreement included lodging fees and compensation for Shinki.
• Tsunade and Shinki insisted Kumogakure pay the fees, and the negotiations ended with six million Copper Coins deposited for Shinki.

After receiving his Kumogakure reward, Shinki reluctantly took a C-rank mission with Naruto and met their new teammate, Sai. On the way to search for a marked ferret, Sai provoked Naruto by insulting Sasuke, then demonstrated his drawing-based jutsu as Shinki tried the technique himself.

• Shinki received more than six million from Kumogakure and considered investing in Ichiraku, but Teuchi refused to expand the family business.
• Tsunade ordered Shinki and Naruto to accept a C-rank mission to find a black-marked ferret and introduced Sai as their new teammate.
• Shinki summoned a giant goshawk, and the three flew toward the mission area while Tsunade wondered whether Sai, whom Danzo had arranged, could be trusted.
• Sai called Sasuke a traitor and coward, prompting Naruto to punch him before Sai demonstrated his Super Beast Imitating Drawing technique.
• Sai explained that his drawings could become real, and Shinki borrowed his scroll and brush to draw something that impressed Sai and Naruto.

Shinki, Naruto, and Sai completed their search for a black-furred ferret and headed to deliver it, while Gaara's team was attacked by a mechanical warship off the coast of the Land of Wind. At the client's remote location, the trio found the village in ruins and were approached by several figures.

• Shinki unexpectedly used Super Beast Imitating Drawing to create a steel Wavehawk 737, stunning Sai and Naruto.
• Shinki and Naruto made thousands of Shadow Clones to search the mountains and found the black-furred ferret.
• Gaara's team spotted a mechanical warship at sea, and it fired iron cannonballs around them as Gaara raised a sand shield.
• Shinki, Naruto, and Sai crossed a failing suspension bridge with Shinki's Flying Thunder God Technique and continued toward their client's location.
• Naruto and Shinki discovered the village had been destroyed, then saw several dark figures speeding toward them through the woods.

Naruto used his newly learned Wind Release: Shuriken to kill the armored attackers, and Shinki healed him afterward. The group discovered the attackers had no Chakra before a smaller armored figure appeared and charged them.

• Sai, Shinki, and Naruto were ambushed by black-armored figures carrying iron hammers, and Sai took to the air on an ink eagle.
• Naruto created a Rasenshuriken and unleashed it, devastating the hillside and killing the armored figures, though the technique injured him too.
• Shinki healed Naruto and explained that his weak Chakra control left the Rasenshuriken only half complete.
• Sai examined the attackers and found they had no Chakra, while Shinki detected a strange Natural Energy inside them.
• A smaller armored figure appeared, the ferret reacted to him, and he charged Shinki and the others with his sword.

Naruto and the armored Timothy knocked each other unconscious in a battle that collapsed the mountaintop, sending Shinki and the others into a valley. The group reunited Nirugu with Heyan’s caravan, learned about Heyan’s lost nation, and heard Timothy ask Naruto to help him find Haido; Naruto refused.

• Naruto fought the armored figure with his Shadow Clones and Rasengan, and their powers collided in an explosion that broke apart the mountaintop.
• Shinki used Ice Release to guide the falling group down a slide into the valley, where they encountered Heyan’s caravan and Nirugu.
• Heyan identified himself as the mission’s commissioner and told Shinki that his people’s ancient nation had been built around a powerful stone before conflict destroyed it.
• Nirugu repeatedly approached the unconscious armored boy, whom Heyan suspected might be related to him, and the boy later introduced himself as Timothy.
• Timothy asked Naruto about Chakra and invited him to help find Haido and build an ideal nation, but Naruto refused.

Shinki, Naruto, and Sai tracked Timothy to the Iron Fortress and met Lord Haido, who tried to recruit them to help build an ideal nation. Shinki remained suspicious of Haido, while Nirugu revealed itself from Timothy’s armor.

• Heyan told Shinki, Naruto, and Sai that Nirugu had disappeared with Timothy, and Shinki agreed to help find them.
• Shinki used a Flying Thunder God Mark on Heyan’s armor to take himself, Naruto, and Sai to Timothy, where Shinki broke Timothy’s sword while blocking his surprise attack.
• Timothy invited the three to meet Lord Haido at his nearby base, and a towering Iron Fortress arrived and let them inside.
• Haido asked Timothy to demonstrate the visitors’ Chakra, but Shinki, Naruto, and Sai refused.
• Haido invited the three to help him build a peaceful ideal nation, but Naruto declined because he intended to become Hokage.
• Nirugu emerged from Timothy’s armor, and Timothy explained that the ferret had been following him.

Shinki discovered that Haido was seeking the Gelel Stone Vein and realized the caravan was in danger because its members might be descendants of a fallen nation. After Haido’s attack left most of the caravan dead, Shinki learned that Old Master Heyan had been kidnapped to guide Haido to the vein.

• Haido ordered Kazagai to investigate the caravan after suspecting someone there knew about what he was searching for.
• Shinki and the others found Kankuro at the wrecked ship, where he explained that its crew had attacked the Land of Wind and destroyed several villages.
• Naruto confronted Timothy over the attack, and Shinki searched Timothy’s memories to learn that Haido sought the Gelel Stone Vein.
• Shinki connected Haido’s interest in Nirugu to the caravan’s royal-family ferrets and hurried back to warn Old Master Heyan.
• Shinki and the others found the caravan devastated, with most of its members dead and Old Master Heyan missing.
• Heyan’s granddaughter told Shinki that Haido’s people had taken her grandfather to find the vein, whose location only he knew.

Shinki and his companions pursued Haido to the ancient ruins, where Heyan revealed that Timothy had royal blood needed to unlock the Gelel Ore. Haido defeated the group and brought Timothy to the altar, leaving Timothy in danger as Haido prepared to use him.

• Shinki summoned a Ninja Dog, and it led the group to the ruins where Haido had taken Heyan.
• Haido forced Heyan to activate a mechanism that lowered them beneath the ruins, while Shinki and Naruto raced after them.
• Kazagai blocked Naruto, and Shinki killed her with a swift strike.
• Heyan told Haido that royal blood was required to open the final seal and identified Timothy as a likely royal descendant.
• Shinki, Naruto, Sai, and Timothy reached the underground hall, where Haido defeated Shinki, Naruto, and Sai, then held Timothy at swordpoint on the altar.

Shinki stopped Haido from killing Timothy and defeated him, ending the plot to open the Gelel Stone vein. After learning that his granddaughter had survived, Old Master Heyan heard Timothy ask to join the caravan, and Heyan considered accepting him.

• Haido revealed that he had slaughtered Timothy’s village and tried to use Timothy’s blood to open the Gelel Stone vein, but Shinki’s Wood Human Clone had saved him.
• Sai and Naruto struck Haido with a drawn lion and a Rasengan, but Haido survived and transformed under the Gelel Stone’s influence.
• Shinki broke through Haido’s black wings with Piercing Hand and pierced his heart, killing him.
• Old Master Heyan explained that the formation he had shown Haido would have destroyed the ruins if royal blood had been used to open them.
• Naruto told Heyan that Haido had attacked the caravan but that Shinki had saved Heyan’s granddaughter.
• Timothy asked to travel with the caravan and offered to do odd jobs, while Heyan considered his request.

Shinki brought the Steel Fortress back to Konoha using Wood Release, astonishing the village and its leaders. After Tsunade promised him a reward, Shinki gave Ino a Gelel Stone, which she mistook for a token of love.

• Timothy gave Shinki and his companions the Steel Fortress and its Gelel Stones before leaving with the rescued children and caravan.
• Shinki decided to use Wood Release to drag the fortress back to Konoha rather than spend its limited Gelel Stones or travel slowly.
• After more than a month, Tsunade learned that Shinki was hauling a giant fortress toward the village and went to meet him.
• Shinki brought the Steel Fortress to Konoha, explained how he had acquired it, and received Tsunade's promise of a reward.
• Ino gave Shinki a bento, and he gave her a Gelel Stone, which she happily mistook for a romantic gift before rushing away.

Shinki modified the Iron Fortress to run on Chakra instead of the limited Gelel Stone supply, then successfully piloted it around Konoha. He emerged to find Tsunade and the village’s combat forces waiting to confront him.

• Naruto asked Shinki about rumors that he would become Sixth Hokage and marry Tsunade, and Shinki denied them while promising Naruto he would step aside if chosen.
• Shinki noticed a crow carrying unfamiliar Uchiha Chakra and suspected Danzo had sent it to spy on him.
• Shinki studied the Gelel Stone and realized Chakra might replace its power in the Iron Fortress.
• Shinki modified the fortress’s energy extraction device to use Chakra, then activated its machinery and moved the fortress around Konoha.
• Tsunade and Konoha’s combat forces gathered beneath the fortress, and Tsunade demanded to know what Shinki had done.

Shinki modified the Iron Fortress so it could run on Chakra, astonishing Konoha’s researchers with his immense reserves. After Sai warned him to be careful, an unfamiliar Anbu led Shinki to an isolated bridge, where he found Danzo waiting.

• Shinki converted the Iron Fortress’s controls to Chakra, and tests showed that moving it for one minute required the Chakra of at least ten ordinary Ninja.
• Tsunade thanked Shinki for his work, and Shinki privately asked her what kind of person Danzo was.
• Sai warned Shinki to be extra careful over the next few days but gave no explanation.
• An unfamiliar Anbu came to Shinki’s home after one in the morning and said Tsunade needed him to investigate Uzumaki Clan bodies found at Naka Bridge.
• The Anbu led Shinki to the bridge outside Konoha, where Shinki found Danzo waiting and recognized him.

Shinki was lured into a trap on Naka Bridge, where Danzo used Kotoamatsukami to alter his will. A crow with a matching Sharingan restored Shinki’s will, and he left the story by stabbing Danzo.

• Shinki realized Danzo had arranged the meeting, and Danzo’s barrier blocked Space-Time Ninjutsu as Root ninja surrounded him.
• Danzo explained his role in Konoha’s darkness and asked Shinki to join Root, but Shinki refused.
• Danzo revealed Shisui Uchiha’s Sharingan and used Kotoamatsukami to alter Shinki’s will.
• A crow with a matching Sharingan changed Shinki’s will back, freeing him from Danzo’s control.
• Danzo ordered Shinki to kill the Fifth and Third Hokage, but Shinki stabbed Danzo in the chest with his bone blade.