Chapter Summaries

Shin and Black Zetsu battled in the sky as Shin used redirected Chakra beams to overcome her defenses, but she revealed rapid regeneration and unleashed Thorn Bone Forest. The fight remained unresolved as the bone spikes surged toward Shin.

• The Third Raikage fought Animal Path Hanzo while Ōnoki pulled him away from a scythe strike.
• Shin used Amatsukami to redirect his Chakra beam and repeatedly struck Black Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu revealed her rapid regeneration and crushed one of Shin’s beams with her bare hand.
• Shin fired thirteen accelerating beams, and Black Zetsu answered with Thorn Bone Forest, sending vast bone spikes toward him.

The Five Kage joined the fight against Doom as Shin and Black Zetsu battled in a bone forest. Doom’s Paths were nearly revived, but the Kage disrupted the King of Hell and prepared to attack the remaining enemies together.

• The Third Kazekage and Ōnoki spotted a vast forest of bone trees and flew toward it, leaving the Third Raikage to battle Animal Path Doom and Hanzo.
• Shin and Black Zetsu fought in the thorn forest, where Black Zetsu identified a weakness in Shin’s Magatsukami ability.
• Ōnoki and the Third Kazekage tried to attack the Dooms, but Deva Path Doom pulled Ōnoki off target while the King of Hell began reviving two incapacitated Paths.
• The Third Hokage struck the summoned bird with Enma’s staff, forcing the King of Hell to spit out Deva Path Doom and scattering the other Dooms.
• Yagura struck Human Path Han with Enma while Ōnoki targeted two more Dooms with Dust Release, and the Third Kazekage caught Yagura on an iron sand disk.

The Five Kage fought the revived Dooms while Shin battled Black Zetsu, who sought to kill the Kage and plunge the ninja world back into the Warring States Era. As Hijikata joined the fight, he urged Mifune to remember that samurai were responsible for protecting their country.

• Shin realized Black Zetsu had targeted the Five Kage and used Sage Art: Fivefold Bridge of Sighs to suppress her.
• The Third Raikage, Third Kazekage, Third Hokage, Ōnoki, and Yagura engaged the revived Dooms, while the Outer Path Doom’s power allowed it to revive the others.
• Hijikata explained to Mifune that a Kage acted to protect their village, while samurai had a duty to protect their country.
• Hijikata charged Black Zetsu with his sword, and Shin stopped the blade from striking her metallic skin.

Shin and Hijikata fought Black Zetsu in a close sword battle while the Five Kage struggled against the Tailed Beasts. The chapter ended with all five beasts gathering Chakra for a simultaneous attack.

• Black Zetsu tried to drain Hijikata's life force, but Shin and Hijikata countered with Susanoo, swordsmanship, and coordinated strikes.
• Black Zetsu revealed her own swordsmanship and fought Shin and Hijikata through nearly a hundred exchanges without either side gaining an advantage.
• The Five Kage battled the Tailed Beasts, but their Chakra was running low and the Third Raikage's Lightning Armor was quickly broken.
• Ōnoki warned the other Kage that Black Zetsu was targeting them and that her plans threatened the ninja world.
• The Third Hokage used Triple Rashomon to redirect Gyūki's Tailed Beast Bomb, but all five Tailed Beasts began gathering Chakra for another attack.

The five Kage survived the tailed beasts’ Tailed Beast Balls and used the Third Hokage’s jet-powered vehicle to draw their attention. Meanwhile, Shin and Hijikata struggled against Black Zetsu in the thorn forest as Shin tried to wear down her chakra while his dojutsu recovered.

• Ōnoki, the Third Raikage, Yagura, the Third Kazekage, and the Third Hokage each countered the incoming Tailed Beast Balls, but exhaustion left them unable to escape the barrier.
• The Third Hokage summoned his Hokage vehicle, and the five Kage used weapons from scrolls to attack the tailed beasts and draw them away.
• Yagura wondered whether Uchiha Shin controlled the tailed beasts, while Ōnoki suspected Shin was involved in their rage.
• Black Zetsu wounded Shin and Hijikata, who had lost his right hand, and Shin urged his uncle to rest while he continued fighting.
• Shin dodged Black Zetsu’s bone attacks and calculated that he could exhaust her chakra until his Eternal eyes’ dojutsu power recovered.

Shin and Hijikata fought Black Zetsu after he entered a berserk state, using Shin’s guns to inflict repeated head trauma. Black Zetsu’s regeneration stopped, leaving him collapsed on the ground.

• Shin and Hijikata tried to flee after Black Zetsu lost control, but he pursued them despite his depleted Chakra and severe injuries.
• Hijikata fired a rocket launcher at Black Zetsu, whose bone blade pierced the barrel and caused an explosion that injured both men.
• Shin stayed to protect the wounded Hijikata and attacked Black Zetsu at close range with dual guns.
• Shin repeatedly shot Black Zetsu in the head, then fired fourteen bullets at his exposed skull while shouting that his mother was calling him home for dinner.
• Black Zetsu clutched his head, collapsed, and stopped regenerating, and Shin realized that brain pain had broken his berserk state.

Shin and Hijikata escaped Black Zetsu after disabling her ability to fight, while Black Zetsu stayed behind rather than risk pursuing them. The Five Kage regrouped with the pair, joked about Hijikata’s ordeal, and settled down to eat despite Shin claiming he had poisoned the food.

• Hijikata asked about Black Zetsu’s true body, and Shin explained that she was not a living creature as she began to awaken.
• Black Zetsu rejected Shin’s demands to undo the barrier and return the Four-Tails and Five-Tails, so Shin removed her right shoulder and retrieved her left arm to prevent her from using the Preta Path actively.
• Shin and Hijikata left before the Six-Body Dōmu arrived, and Black Zetsu chose not to pursue them because she feared Shin’s Mangekyō still had power.
• The Third Hokage and the other Kage found Shin and Hijikata after nightfall, and Hijikata explained that Black Zetsu had drained his life force.
• The group agreed to focus on eating, but Ōnoki panicked when Shin said he had poisoned the food.

Shin recounted the ninja world's hidden history to the Five Kage and used a lightning storm to convince them of his strength. After the summit's phone signal returned, the Kage began contacting their villages, while Shin unexpectedly appeared in Orochimaru's underground laboratory.

• The Five Kage and Hijikata mocked Shin's account of the Sage of Six Paths and the coming alien invasion, but Shin swore it was true and cut apart a lightning storm with Lightning Blade.
• The Third Raikage calculated that Shin could recover Kage-level Chakra in just over five hours, and Shin used the display to intimidate the Five Kage.
• Shin released a large house from his Sealing Scroll and went inside, while Hijikata announced that the phone signal had returned.
• The Third Hokage and the Third Kazekage used their phones to contact their villages and get ahead of the others in shaping the summit's account.
• Shin called Orochimaru, learned the location of his laboratory, and suddenly appeared there holding a little hand.

Shin and Orochimaru examined the fusion of Taketori Clan traits and Hashirama cells, then Shin discussed economic cooperation and the Five Kage Summit with the Third Hokage. They agreed Konoha should use infrastructure, tourism, and upgraded products to unite the nations and end the war quickly.

• Orochimaru examined Shin’s hand with fascination after Shin explained the unusual biology of the ninja clans.
• Shin returned home, but the Third Hokage arrived urgently in his pajamas to ask about the Five Kage Summit.
• Shin advised using threats and inducements to secure cooperation, while the Third Hokage worried that excessive pressure might drive the other Kage away.
• Shin proposed tunnel trains, mountain railways, tourism, and upgraded Chakra appliances to give the other nations a stake in shared development.
• Shin and the Third Hokage agreed that the war should end quickly, and the Hokage left confused by Shin’s wordplay about a connection.

At the reconvened Five Kage Summit, Shin used his overwhelming power to force the Kage into an alliance and bring the ninja war to an end. The summit then turned to Doom’s attack, with Hijikata asking the Five Kage to share any information they found about her.

• The Third Hokage, Ōnoki, and the Third Raikage argued while waiting for Shin, who appeared from the ceiling and called out their past actions.
• Shin challenged Ōnoki to choose when to fight, then intimidated the Kage by revealing the power of the light on his fingertip.
• The Third Raikage agreed to an alliance with Konoha, and Ōnoki followed on behalf of Iwagakure.
• Hijikata announced that all nations’ ninja forces would withdraw from the front lines, ending the ninja war.
• Hijikata asked the Five Kage to inform him if they learned anything about Doom, who had devastated part of Iron Country.

The Five Kage debated who would control the Tailed Beasts and negotiated a railway investment agreement, while the Third Hokage proposed sharing intelligence about Black Zetsu. The summit ended with the villages signing an agreement centered on Konoha, and the nations’ forces returned home.

• The Third Hokage and Third Kazekage rejected the Third Raikage’s request to return the Eight-Tails, while Ōnoki and Yagura supported reclaiming their villages’ Tailed Beasts.
• The Third Hokage proposed a railway network jointly funded by the nations, and the Third Kazekage and Yagura agreed.
• Yagura asked whether Konoha could build undersea trains, and Ōnoki requested technical support for an underground tunnel in exchange for dropping his pursuit of Uchiha Shin’s past crimes.
• The Third Hokage proposed that the villages share intelligence about Black Zetsu, and the Five Kage signed an agreement for railways and investment centered on the Land of Fire.
• The ninja forces of the nations returned to their villages on the fifth day.

After Shin’s antics in Konoha prompted the Hokage and clan heads to send him away, they devised a plan to award him the new rank of Special Grade Ninja after one hundred S-rank missions. Shin accepted the mission grind and left Konoha alone, determined to exceed the target.

• Shin’s aerial stunt and livestream caused chaos in Konoha, leading the Third Hokage and clan heads to agree he should leave the village to gain experience.
• Chiken proposed creating a higher rank for Shin, and the Third Hokage decided he would become Konoha’s first Special Grade Ninja after completing one hundred S-rank missions.
• The clan heads approved a uniform with large red flames, while the Third Hokage tacitly supported Chiken’s ambitions for his son.
• After visiting Kakashi and Obito, Shin asked Nao, Nawaki, and Kaoru to join him in grinding missions, but each refused for their own reasons.
• Shin boarded the Hagoromo and departed Konoha alone, determined to complete far more than one hundred S-rank missions.

A masked rogue ninja examined Uchiha Shin’s bounty and challenged his reputation as the Konoha Grim Reaper. Shin intercepted thirty rogue ninjas fleeing across the Land of Fire’s border and began killing them while casually talking on the phone.

• A masked rogue ninja studied the bounty documents for Black Zetsu and Uchiha Shin, then set out to test Shin’s abilities.
• Thirty rogue ninjas fled toward the Land of Hot Water after learning they had been targeted by an S-rank mission.
• An Iwagakure rogue ninja warned the others that Shin was a ruthless killer addicted to taking S-rank missions.
• Shin appeared at the border and confronted the rogue ninjas, promising the first to recognize him a choice of death.
• Shin answered a phone call and effortlessly killed the attackers as they rushed him, while the Iwagakure rogue ninja recalled Shin’s destruction of Iwagakure.

Shin tested his newly developed ice attribute while finishing missions in the Land of Fire, then followed a tip about the hot springs in the Land of Hot Water. His visit went disastrously, and a masked customer arrived at the same establishment after he left.

• Shin used his new ice attribute to freeze and kill a group of rogue ninjas, then discussed his techniques with Nao over the phone.
• Nao ended the call to train Hyuga clan reserves for the Scientific Combat Department.
• With his Land of Fire missions nearly complete, Shin traveled to the Land of Hot Water to visit a hot spring recommended for its special services.
• Shin discovered that the establishment's services involved the owner's muscular daughters, paid his bill, and used Magatsukami to escape.
• A masked customer arrived at the hot spring and accepted the owner's special services without removing his mask.

A scarred Takigakure rogue ninja endured a brutal scrub at a hot spring while considering Kisuke’s offer to welcome defectors back. Meanwhile, Shin sought information on the Jashin Cult by posing as a would-be god, ending at the Land of Hot Water’s intelligence exchange.

• The masked rogue ninja endured an hour of painful scrubbing, then considered returning to Takigakure for the sake of money and village ties.
• Shin complained to the moon about Kaguya’s sons and wondered how to awaken the Tenseigan without going to the moon.
• The rogue ninja reasoned that his target would be in Yugakure or the Daimyo Estate and headed toward Yugakure.
• Shin decided to draw out the Jashin Cult by creating a more outrageous cult persona and using Magatsukami to disguise himself.
• Shin entered the capital’s intelligence exchange, declared that he would become a god and judge the world, and showed the crowd his Death Note.

Shin used his eye techniques and diary to fulfill requests to kill criminals in the Land of Hot Water while keeping his identity hidden. The mysterious masked man suspected Shin was Kira, but found no evidence of poison and began to believe rumors about the Konoha Grim Reaper’s powers.

• Shin wrote down the names of people requested by visitors to the exchange house and staged one death with Magatsukami while arranging others to die later.
• The masked man reached Yugakure, learned that Shin had checked into the Daimyo Estate, and retraced his steps.
• Shin watched reports of the murders, insisted that the victims were all criminals, and erased the visitors’ memories while protecting their brains with an improved Caged Bird Seal.
• Shin arranged another round of deaths at midnight, with each victim leaving a written record of their crimes in their own blood.
• After hearing the host’s comments, the masked man concluded that Shin was Kira, but found no poison in the victims and considered whether the Mangekyō Sharingan could explain the deaths.

Shin’s crime-fighting as Kira boosted his fame and lowered crime in the Land of Hot Water, prompting its television station to launch a sensational program about him. As the broadcast approached, Kawa-hito and the station prepared to exploit Kira’s identity for ratings while avoiding a direct confrontation with Konoha.

• Shin’s nightly killings made criminals fear cardiac arrest, lowered the Land of Hot Water’s crime rate, and expanded the New World fan group.
• The station director assigned Kawa-hito to produce a new program about Kira after the station secured broadcasts across the Ninja World.
• Shin heard Kawa-hito announce a program investigating Kira and looked forward to watching it despite criticizing television producers.
• Kakuzu hoped the program would expose the Konoha Grim Reaper and provoke Yugakure into expelling him, giving Kakuzu a chance to exploit the situation.
• On July 30, thousands of New World members gathered outside the television station as Kawa-hito worried about the suspected Kira target and the risks to the station.
• The director encouraged Kawa-hito to pursue sensational ratings while keeping Konoha beyond the station’s reach.

Kawa-hito launched a television program about Kira, analyzing his crimes and possible identity while Shin and Kakuzu watched. The episode ended by teasing a second suspect for next week, and Kakuzu suspected Kira was the Konoha Grim Reaper.

• Kawa-hito introduced his new program and reported that Kira’s crimes had coincided with a seventy percent drop in crime and criminals turning themselves in.
• Kawa-hito said he lacked proof of Kira’s identity but would examine several suspects and Kira’s methods and motives.
• Kawa-hito named Kumogakure of the Land of Lightning as a suspect, then concluded it was unlikely to be capable of Kira’s killings.
• Kawa-hito teased a second suspect known to everyone and ended the episode, which earned an eight percent viewership rating across the ninja world.
• Kakuzu suspected that Kira was the Konoha Grim Reaper.

After Nao identified Shin as Kira, Shin enjoyed watching Kawa-hito name a succession of suspects to take the blame. Kawa-hito accused Kakuzu on television, but Kakuzu stormed into the station as danger approached the host.

• Nao confronted Shin, who admitted he was Kira, and she guessed that Kawa-hito would name another fall guy.
• Shin watched Kawa-hito accuse Black Zetsu, who called herself Doom, then asked Chiken to help with a new suspect.
• Kawa-hito revealed that his next suspect had once attempted to assassinate the First Hokage and introduced Earth Grudge Fear as a possible way to carry out Kira's murders.
• Kawa-hito named Kakuzu as the suspect, and Kakuzu smashed his television after realizing Kisuke had leaked information about Earth Grudge Fear.
• Kakuzu infiltrated the television station while Kawa-hito gathered his documents after the broadcast.

Kawa-hito’s sensational broadcasts stirred panic across the ninja world and drew attention to the Jashin Cult in the Land of Hot Water. As the cult’s young believer Shuhei began doubting its faith, news linking Kira to the “Only God” reached its Great Elder.

• Kawa-hito celebrated his program’s high ratings with the station director, while Kakuzu grew frightened that the Konoha Grim Reaper knew about him.
• A week later, Kawa-hito named the mysterious organization behind a biochemical virus as his next subject and promised to investigate Kira’s identity, prompting Shin to repeatedly smash his television.
• Criminals began dying with the words “I am the Only God of this world,” and Kawa-hito suspected Kira’s presence in the Land of Hot Water was connected to a cult.
• In a cave, Shuhei questioned the Jashin Cult’s claims of eternal life and its need to hide, while the Great Elder demanded to know whether he doubted the Evil God.
• A messenger reported new information to the Great Elder, and Shuhei gathered that Kira and the “Only God” were involved, making him suspect the Jashin Cult was a sham.