Recaps

Shinji defeated the invading Upper Moon demons and distributed their abilities, then chose Natural Energy Affinity as his reward. When the freezing fog cleared, Kakashi found the battlefield empty of the Akatsuki members.

• The Lantern identified Ice Crystal Creation Technique and Killing Intent Perception as loot, and Shinji gave Ice Crystal Creation Technique to Haku while keeping Killing Intent Perception.
• Shinji received a C rating, chose Natural Energy Affinity, and learned he had 79 Merit Points.
• Shinji led Haku and Karin away before forces from Konoha and the Akatsuki could enter the freezing fog.
• Kurenai and Asuma realized the battle had ended, while Konoha reinforcements arrived outside the fog.
• Kakashi searched the battlefield after the fog dissipated and found ice shards, scorched marks, dead townspeople, and no sign of the Akatsuki members.

After a battle in town, the vanished masked fighters left Kakashi and the others with no trail to pursue, while Itachi suspected they belonged to a faction led by Madara Uchiha. In Amegakure, Pain and Obito each learned of the mysterious fighters and decided to recruit more people, leaving both sides wary of the other.

• Kakashi ordered the pursuit of Itachi Uchiha and Juzo Biwa, but Juzo killed Aoba Yamashiro's tracking crow, forcing Kakashi to abandon the chase and report back to the Hokage.
• Itachi told Juzo they would report the truth and suspected the three masked fighters belonged to Madara Uchiha's faction.
• News of the battle spread, and the major shinobi villages grew wary after learning how many S-rank missing-nin the Akatsuki Organization had gathered.
• Konan told Pain that the masked fighters might be Madara Uchiha's secret recruits, and Pain agreed that she should recruit more people.
• Obito learned about the fighters from Zetsu, suspected Nagato had secretly recruited them, and instructed Zetsu to recruit people for their side as well.

Kakashi reported to the Third Hokage that the Akatsuki Organization’s attack might have resulted from an internal split, and the elders discussed cooperating with other villages against it. Later, a Kirigakure agent questioned Haku about the Akatsuki and ordered him to investigate Sasuke and Kimimaro, while Haku concealed his own membership in the organization.

• Kakashi failed to contact Itachi, and Danzo claimed Hanzo had destroyed the Akatsuki while privately recalling his role in the failed operation against it.
• Kakashi argued that the Akatsuki had split into factions, and he advised the Third Hokage to cooperate with the other villages against the organization.
• A shadowed Kirigakure agent told Haku that two village squads had disappeared and that the Akatsuki included a powerful female Uchiha with the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Haku recognized that the supposed Uchiha was Karin and denied that Shinji had ties to the Akatsuki, though he silently admitted that he himself belonged to it.
• The agent ordered Haku to get close to Sasuke and investigate Kimimaro’s appearance at the Ninja Academy, surprising Haku by asking whether the village had sent him.

Haku and Karin learned that their villages had both ordered them to investigate the Akatsuki Organization and get close to Sasuke and Shinji. They kept their identities and the Akatsuki secret from Shinji as they joined him at the training ground.

• A shadow ordered Haku to investigate how Kimimaro had passed Konoha's screening and to use Shinji to get close to Sasuke.
• A Kusagakure operative ordered Karin to approach Sasuke and Shinji and investigate the Akatsuki Organization, threatening her through her mother.
• Haku and Karin met on the way to the training ground and discovered that both their villages had assigned them to investigate the Akatsuki.
• Haku worried that the demons had made the villages target the Akatsuki and wondered why Itachi Uchiha and Juzo Biwa had stayed out of the earlier battle.
• Haku and Karin agreed not to involve Shinji or reveal their secrets, then Shinji waved them over to join his training.

During the Ninja Academy final exams, Shinji’s team advanced to the last round, where Shinji defeated Neji after both targeted each other’s teammates. Shinji’s team won the exams, while the watching students and elders were left impressed by the prodigies’ strength.

• The Third and the Advisor Elder Council watched Sasuke defeat three opponents, while Danzo regretted not bringing Shinji under his wing sooner.
• Shinji quickly defeated Team Kasagi Yumi with Haku and Karin, and Neji used his Byakugan to study Shinji and notice Karin’s immense Chakra.
• Shinji and Neji’s teams reached the third round, where Shinji knocked out Rock Lee and Tenten while Neji tried to eliminate Haku and Karin.
• Haku dodged Neji’s attack, Karin evaded him, and Shinji’s team’s two teammates stood back as Shinji faced Neji one-on-one.
• Shinji used his Breathing Technique and Killing Intent Perception to counter Neji’s Gentle Fist, then kicked him away and won the final match.

After defeating Neji, Shinji watched Sasuke challenge Kimimaro, who overwhelmed Sasuke’s team by revealing the strength of his Shikotsumyaku. Kimimaro’s unexplained resilience left Shinji considering whether the Hyuga and Kaguya clans might both descend from Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s younger brother.

• Shinji defeated Neji in taijutsu, leaving Neji stunned by the loss.
• Sasuke’s team faced Kimimaro’s team, and Sasuke used his Sharingan to keep pace with Kimimaro’s taijutsu.
• Sasuke copied Shinji’s wire-and-kunai maneuver and set a steel-wire net over Kimimaro behind a screen of flames.
• Kimimaro charged through Sasuke’s Fire Release, seized him, kicked Naruto off the field, and secured his team’s victory after Sakura surrendered.
• Shinji concluded that Kimimaro’s Shikotsumyaku involved exceptional bodily control and healing, then wondered whether the Hyuga and Kaguya clans were Sage Eye and Sage Body counterparts.

Shinji considered combining Neji’s Hyuga bloodline with Kimimaro’s Kaguya cells, then led his team into a class competition against Sasuke’s class. The match between their teams began with Haku and Karin accidentally humiliating Sasuke, leaving him sprawled on the ground in confusion.

• Shinji wondered whether combining Neji’s and Kimimaro’s bloodlines could produce a Tenseigan, and decided the class competition might give him a chance to obtain Kimimaro’s cells.
• Shinji’s class advanced to face Sasuke’s class, while the other teams’ matches revealed that Sasuke’s class had far greater overall strength.
• Mizuki announced the match between Sasuke’s team and Shinji’s team, and Kakashi and the Advisor Elder Council watched from nearby rooftops.
• Sasuke charged at Haku and Karin, but they each grabbed one of his arms and struck him in the face, stunning everyone watching.
• Sasuke attacked again in anger, but Haku caught his sweeping leg while Karin kicked out his other leg, leaving him sprawled on the field.

Shinji’s team won the decisive match against Kimimaro’s team, after Shinji and Kimimaro fell out of the arena together while Haku and Karin remained inside. Sasuke blamed himself for weakening Kimimaro in their earlier fight.

• Shinji persuaded Sasuke that his earlier losses were caused by lingering injuries, then defeated him and his teammates to advance the match.
• Kimimaro defeated Neji after his bone membrane blocked Neji’s Gentle Fist, then Shinji realized how Shikotsumyaku protected Kimimaro’s body.
• Shinji’s team faced Kimimaro’s team, and Karin and Haku eliminated Kurama Yakumo and Shion.
• Shinji coordinated with Haku and Karin to conceal the field with steam and attack Kimimaro; he cut off a small piece of Kimimaro’s flesh as they both tumbled out of the arena.
• Haku and Karin remained in the arena, securing the victory for their class, while Sasuke blamed himself for Kimimaro’s defeat.

Shinji's class won the Ninja Academy final exam, and Shinji secretly kept a piece of Kimimaro's flesh for his research. At a celebratory meal, Sasuke invited Shinji to train with him during the break, but Shinji declined because he had other plans.

• Shinji apologized to Kimimaro after their match, then returned the kunai carrying a piece of Kimimaro's flesh to his weapon pouch while the mist hid his actions.
• Neji acknowledged Shinji's victory and vowed to become stronger, while Kakashi judged that all the top students had failed the team-work test.
• The Third and the Advisor Elder Council left after the matches involving the geniuses, and Shinji sensed Danzo's killing intent fade.
• Shinji's class won the final exam, earning every student a higher term grade and giving Shinji's team S-rank grades.
• Tenten invited the students to celebrate at a yakiniku restaurant, where Shikamaru warned that their families would likely make the break difficult after their poor performances.
• Sasuke invited Shinji to train together and offered to teach him about awakening the Sharingan, but Shinji declined and thought about analyzing Kimimaro's cells and preparing to awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

Shinji confirmed that Karin’s restored right eye could regain its Mangekyō Sharingan and learned that its Dojutsu reduced Susanoo’s consumption. He planned another eye-transplant surgery for the next night, telling Karin he would give her another pair of Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Sasuke tried to persuade Shinji to focus on awakening his Sharingan, but Naruto and Sakura interrupted their exchange.
• Shinji decided to check Karin’s recovering right eye and plan another transplant after nearly two weeks of healing.
• Karin told Shinji that her right eye had gradually regained sight, and he confirmed that it had returned to its normal ink-black color.
• Shinji used genjutsu and his Dojutsu to awaken Karin’s right Mangekyō, then learned that it reduced Susanoo’s consumption.
• Shinji told Karin he would arrange another eye-transplant surgery the next night and give her another pair of Mangekyō Sharingan.

Shinji prepared to have Karin restore Chiri Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan and wondered whether restored eyes might become connected to her by blood, potentially allowing her to evolve them. After a day of medical work in Konoha, he began transplanting Chiri’s eyes into Karin, whose wounds healed unusually fast.

• Shinji replaced the Mangekyō he was using with Chiri Uchiha’s right eye and placed his grandmother’s Mangekyō in a nutrient tank.
• Shinji considered whether eyes restored by Karin might become hers and give her the potential to develop an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and eventually the Rinnegan.
• Shinji measured Kimimaro’s cell samples, treated patients at Konoha Hospital with Kaoru Kusa, and saw Rock Lee, Neji, Tenten, and Naruto around the village on his way home.
• Near midnight, Shinji went to Karin’s apartment and prepared to transplant Chiri Uchiha’s Mangekyō into her.
• Shinji began the operation and noticed that Karin’s wounds stopped bleeding and healed so quickly that they threatened to close before he could work.

Shinji monitored Karin’s transplanted Mangekyō Sharingan while researching Medical Ninjutsu and Kimimaro’s highly rejecting cellular tissue. When Karin’s left eye regained sight after seven days, Shinji decided to perform another operation the following night.

• Shinji stored the removed Mangekyō in a nutrient container and told Karin to protect her new eyes and avoid fighting or activating the Sharingan.
• Shinji spent his days researching Kimimaro’s cells and treating patients, while studying Medical Ninjutsu and checking Karin’s eye at night.
• Kaoru Kusa comforted Shinji, believing he was upset about not awakening the Sharingan, and Shinji realized others might misread his focus on medicine.
• Shinji found that Kimimaro’s cellular tissue rejected his own, Karin’s, and White Zetsu’s cells, so he considered testing Hyuga cellular tissue and sought Neji’s and Hinata’s.
• Seven days after the transplant, Karin told Shinji that her left eye had regained clear vision, and he decided they would perform an operation the next night.

Shion agreed to return to the Land of Demons after her attendants warned her about threats to the country, but her friends all declined her invitations to come along. Shinji then replaced Karin’s eyes with his grandmother Chiri Uchiha’s fully recovered Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving Karin with new eyes and himself with her original ones for possible future use.

• Shion agreed to return to the Land of Demons and invite her friends to join her.
• Kurama Yakumo, Kimimaro, Sasuke, Tenten, and Neji each declined Shion’s invitation for personal reasons.
• Shinji visited Karin and found that her transplanted left eye had recovered its sight.
• Shinji offered Karin her original eyes or Chiri Uchiha’s recovered Mangekyō Sharingan, and Karin chose the Mangekyō.
• Shinji replaced Karin’s eyes and stored Chiri Uchiha’s restored Mangekyō Sharingan in a nutrient jar.

Shinji fused his grandmother Chiri Uchiha’s Mangekyō with his own, restoring Magatsu and beginning the process of creating an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. The fusion continued inside his Susanoo, but a sudden surge of Yin Release Chakra left him worried that his eyes might be exposed if someone was nearby.

• Shinji entered the Forest of Death and replaced Fugaku Uchiha’s Mangekyō with Chiri Uchiha’s eyes.
• Shinji restored Magatsu and learned that it could draw Chakra from people connected to him through Naobi.
• Shinji used Susanoo Lamp to fuse the two pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan, and the fusion began within his Susanoo.
• Shinji confirmed that his vision had returned and that the fusion continued even after he deactivated Susanoo.
• Shinji’s eyes throbbed and released a powerful surge of Yin Release Chakra, greatly increasing his Dojutsu power and raising his fear of being discovered.

Shinji’s eyes began acting up during the fusion process, so he welcomed Shion’s invitation to leave Konoha for the Land of Demons. The Third Hokage approved the trip and assigned Asuma to escort the Miko, and Shinji set out with Shion the next morning.

• Shinji realized his rising Dojutsu could cause suspicious eye agitation and Chakra leakage, but he had no way to leave Konoha until Shion invited him to the Land of Demons.
• Shion told Shinji that everyone else had rejected her invitation, and he eagerly agreed to go with her the next day.
• Iruka delivered the travel notice to the Third Hokage, who approved the trip despite Shinji Uchiha’s sensitive identity and ordered Asuma to escort the Miko.
• Shinji arrived at the Land of Demons residence with his travel pack and learned that Konoha ninjas had been hired to escort Shion.

Shinji set out with Shion for the Land of Demons, but Sasuke, Kimimaro, and Neji joined the escort, prompting the Third Hokage to involve Kakashi. Meanwhile, Konan assigned Akatsuki members to recruit new candidates, and Obito arrived at the Yellow Springs Cult’s hideout.

• Asuma arrived to lead the mission escorting Shion back to the Land of Demons.
• Sasuke, Kimimaro, and Neji changed their minds and joined Shion’s group, frustrating Shinji and Asuma.
• The Third Hokage approved Sasuke’s trip as an opportunity to gather intelligence on the Akatsuki Organization and summoned Kakashi.
• Konan told Nagato that Raiga Kurosuki, Hiruko, and Shinnō were her candidates for recruitment, and Nagato approved her plan.
• Obito arrived at the Yellow Springs Cult’s hideout in the Land of Demons with Zetsu.

Danzo ordered Root to abduct Sasuke and kill Shinji, while Obito and Zetsu recruited the Yellow Springs Cult leader by revealing the Sealed Land’s location. The cult leader’s followers attacked the guards outside the Sealed Land, and one wounded guard was prevented from sending a signal flare.

• Danzo learned that Sasuke Uchiha and Shinji Uchiha had left the village and ordered Root to disguise themselves as Yellow Springs Cult rogue ninja, abduct Sasuke, and kill Shinji.
• Obito and Zetsu offered the Yellow Springs Cult leader help finding the Sealed Land, and he agreed to join the Akatsuki Organization.
• Zetsu revealed that the Land of Demons Miko had sealed her evil thoughts there, which had transformed into Moryo’s soul.
• Obito and Zetsu headed to the Sealed Land to see what happened when the seal was broken.
• Yellow Springs Cult followers attacked the guards outside the Sealed Land, killing three and crushing the wounded guard’s signal flare before he could launch it.

The Yellow Springs Cult leader broke the seal on Moryo’s soul, revealing a powerful chakra that impressed Obito. Meanwhile, Shion foresaw the deaths of everyone around her, and the Land of Demons guards admitted they believed the group was doomed.

• The Yellow Springs Cult leader entered the underground palace and chanted to weaken the seal on Moryo’s soul while Obito and Zetsu watched.
• Moryo’s seal broke, and Huang Quan offered his body as a temporary host so Moryo could return.
• Moryo’s chakra overwhelmed White Zetsu’s expectations, while Obito considered how powerful Moryo might become after reuniting with his body and the Miko.
• Shion cried out from her carriage and told Shinji and the others that she had foreseen everyone around her dying soon.
• The Land of Demons guards dismissed the danger as unavoidable, and one admitted to Neji that they were doomed, making Asuma stumble.

Shinji realized Shion’s prophecy pointed to a future threat and planned to buy time for his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan to finish merging. When Root attackers ambushed the team, Shinji drew one into the forest and revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving the fight unresolved after the Root ninja discovered his signal flare was still at his waist.

• Shinji reasoned that Shion had foreseen one possible future in which a powerful enemy soon killed him, and he needed time for his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan to finish merging.
• Shion passed Shinji her bell-shaped talisman, while Neji, Sasuke, and Kimimaro discussed the prophecy and resolved to face their fate.
• Four attackers ambushed the team; Asuma pursued one, and Sasuke, Neji, and Kimimaro engaged another as Shinji watched the fight.
• Shinji recognized that the attackers’ coordinated assault did not match Shion’s prophecy, then fled into the forest after one killed a Konoha Chunin and pursued him.
• The pursuer revealed himself as a Root ninja, and Shinji’s Mangekyō Sharingan and dense Yin Release Chakra startled him into identifying Shinji as the one who had infiltrated Root and subdued the Nine-Tails.
• The Root ninja admitted that Shinji and Sasuke were targets, but when he claimed to have sent a signal flare, Shinji pointed out that it was still hanging at his waist.

Shinji trapped a Root ninja in a realistic dream genjutsu and defeated him while the convoy faced a coordinated attack. Sasuke, Kimimaro, and Neji helped turn the fight around, and the chapter ended with Shinji and Sasuke each claiming to have taken down an enemy.

• The Root ninja believed he had fired his signal flare, but Shinji revealed that he had been trapped in a dream genjutsu since landing.
• Shinji strengthened his Dojutsu, then used Spider Silk to kill the Root ninja while Asuma remained occupied fighting another attacker.
• Kimimaro wounded a Root ninja, and Sasuke used a Shadow Clone and Explosive Tags to defeat him after being grabbed.
• The second Root ninja struck Sasuke and tried to escape with him, but Shinji intervened and Kimimaro pierced the attacker’s heart.
• The dying Root ninja detonated Explosive Tags on himself, and Shinji, Sasuke, Kimimaro, and Neji avoided the blast.

After a deadly attack on the caravan, Asuma suspected Konoha’s Root was responsible, while Shinji kept his knowledge of the attackers’ identities to himself. The group resumed its journey after reinforcements arrived, but news that the Sealed Land had been attacked revived the threat of Shion’s prophecy.

• Asuma returned to find heavy casualties and learned that Shion was unharmed, while he suspected Shinji or Sasuke had been the attackers’ real target.
• Sasuke, Neji, and Shinji found no useful clues at the battlefield, and Shinji treated the wounded with Medical Ninjutsu.
• Sasuke argued that the group had changed its fate by surviving the attack, though Shinji privately believed the prophesied calamity was still ahead.
• Asuma found only blood where Shinji had killed an attacker and decided to handle the matter himself, then ordered the group to camp and await reinforcements.
• Kurenai, Aoba Yamashiro, and two Konoha Chunin joined the caravan, which traveled safely out of the Land of Fire over the following days.
• A messenger reported that the Sealed Land had been attacked, and the leader of the Land of Demons urged the group to return Shion quickly.

Asuma’s convoy reached the Land of Bears and was trapped in a canyon ambush by the Yellow Springs Cult, whose leader had released Moryo and gained its enormous Chakra. Shinji and Sasuke faced the cult as the convoy prepared to fight.

• Asuma and the others discussed Moryo, the Yellow Springs Cult, and the strength of Shinji, Sasuke, and their companions while traveling toward the Land of Demons.
• Asuma stopped at a canyon, but the Land of Demons’ leader urged the convoy onward; Shinji asked Neji to scan the cliffs for an ambush.
• Neji spotted Explosive Tags, and Asuma shielded the convoy with an Earth-Style Rampart as explosions sent rocks crashing down and blocked both exits.
• The Yellow Springs Cult’s leader appeared with dozens of followers, and Neji sensed that the leader carried more Chakra than Naruto.
• The cult leader used purple-black tentacles to feed Moryo’s Chakra to his followers, then called for Shion; Shinji challenged the cult, and Sasuke activated his Sharingan.

The Yellow Springs Cult ambushed the convoy, and its leader unleashed Moryo, whose power overwhelmed the canyon with giant tentacles and regenerating stone warriors. Shinji escaped with Shion using her miko-powered artifact, while a pursuing Root ninja was trapped and overwhelmed.

• Asuma led the convoy’s counterattack while Kurenai guarded Shion, Aoba Yamashiro protected Sasuke, and Shinji fought cultists in the canyon.
• The Yellow Springs Cult leader attacked Asuma with regenerating tentacles and inflicted despair on him, but Kakashi arrived and pierced the leader’s chest with Chidori.
• The wounded cult leader transformed as Moryo emerged in enormous tentacles, and stone warriors burst from the canyon walls.
• Shinji carried the terrified Shion out of the canyon with Sasuke, Kimimaro, and Neji, while Kurenai and Aoba Yamashiro covered their escape.
• A black-robed Root ninja confronted Shinji in the woods, but Shinji left him behind when stone warriors surrounded them and used Shion’s bell-shaped artifact to cut a path toward her.
• The artifact’s power prevented the stone warriors from regenerating, but the Root ninja’s attacks failed to stop them, and they swallowed him.

Shinji’s real body returned after completing the fusion of his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and saved Sasuke from the Yellow Springs Cult leader. Shion’s sealed memories resurfaced, and she recognized that the Shinji with the group was a Shadow Clone.

• Shinji reached the clearing and treated Sasuke’s severe abdominal wound while Neji and Kimimaro defended the group.
• A dark-purple tentacle struck Shinji, but Shion’s bell artifact shielded him; the attack awakened Sasuke’s Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• The Yellow Springs Cult leader appeared, shrugged off Konoha’s explosive attack, and declared that everyone would die.
• Sasuke charged the cult leader, but Shinji’s real body arrived and used Susanoo to tear off the tentacle threatening him.
• Sasuke recognized Shinji’s Mangekyo Sharingan, while Shion’s sealed memories returned and revealed that she knew the group’s Shinji was a Shadow Clone.

Shinji fought the Yellow Springs Cult leader with his Susanoo and used Izanagi to glimpse possible outcomes, learning that the enemy was fused with Moryo and could not be killed by ordinary attacks. He engulfed the leader and Moryo’s tentacles in Amaterasu, but the chapter ended before the flames’ effect was known.

• Shion recognized Shinji’s Shadow Clone and silently promised to keep his identity secret.
• The Yellow Springs Cult leader unleashed countless dark-purple tentacles, forcing Kakashi and the others to retreat while Shinji’s Susanoo battled them.
• Shinji’s Susanoo grew armor and a golden sword, and he used Izanagi to learn that the leader had merged with Moryo and would survive being smashed apart.
• Shinji discovered that ordinary genjutsu could not stop the leader and that Amaterasu could burn Moryo’s tentacles without killing it.
• Shinji activated Amaterasu, engulfing the Yellow Springs Cult leader and his tentacles in Black Flame.