Recaps

Uzumaki Shixia defeated Kisame and rescued Mei Terumi, Chojuro, Ao, and Gonbei, then revealed that all four were listed on bounty commissions. The chapter ended with the four Kirigakure shinobi realizing Shixia might take them in for their combined 53-million-ryo bounty.

• Kisame used Samehada to absorb part of Shixia’s Thunder Dragon, but Shixia struck him with Four-Finger Nukite and left him defeated.
• Mei Terumi freed Chojuro from the Water Prison Technique, and she, Chojuro, Ao, and Gonbei thanked Shixia for saving them.
• Mei recognized Shixia from intelligence reports as a powerful Amegakure Black Market mission operative who had defeated numerous S-rank missing-nin.
• Shixia checked his commission sheets and identified Mei Terumi, Gonbei, Ao, and Chojuro, whose listed bounties totaled 53 million ryo.
• Shixia said he was pleased with their combined bounty, making Ao, Gonbei, Mei, and Chojuro fear that he intended to capture them.

Mei Terumi tried to stop Uzumaki Shixia from threatening Kirigakure by hiring him to capture Kisame, but Shixia demanded more money after claiming Kisame was his trusted partner. He weighed the payment against the risk of angering the Akatsuki and the future profits of capturing tailed beasts, leaving Kisame’s fate undecided.

• Mei Terumi warned Gonbei, Chojuro, and Ao not to attack Uzumaki Shixia and told them about his flawless record as a mission-taking ninja.
• Ao urged Mei Terumi to retreat while he, Gonbei, and Chojuro held Shixia off, but Mei Terumi offered Shixia eight million ryo to capture Kisame.
• Shixia accepted the commission in principle but protested that eight million was too little because Kisame was his trusted partner.
• Mei Terumi agreed to increase the payment, and Shixia seriously considered handing Kisame over despite Kisame’s objections about the Akatsuki.
• Shixia weighed the increased payment against the danger of provoking the Akatsuki and the profits he might earn from future tailed beast missions.

Sixia failed to sell Kisame and instead negotiated a long-term commission from Mei Terumi to suppress Kirigakure’s Blood Mist remnants. He accepted ten million ryo per month for a year, along with permission to take Kirigakure missions, and looked forward to steady work.

• Mei Terumi hired Sixia to recover Samehada for five million ryo, but Kisame refused to hand over the sword.
• After Mei Terumi explained Kirigakure’s instability, Sixia offered to suppress the Blood Mist remnants for one hundred million ryo.
• Mei Terumi said Kirigakure could not afford the fee, and Sixia threatened to take missions from the opposing faction.
• Mei Terumi offered installments of ten million ryo per month for a year and permission for Sixia to accept Kirigakure missions.
• Sixia accepted Mei Terumi’s long-term commission and welcomed the steady income and access to more missions.

Uzumaki Shixia accepted Kirigakure’s commission to help Mei Terumi suppress the Blood Mist faction and proposed using the four officials as bait to locate its leaders. After demonstrating that he could hide as lightning inside Mei Terumi’s ring, he won their reluctant agreement and prepared to head to the black market with Kisame.

• Mei Terumi paid Shixia ten million ryo, and the system confirmed Kirigakure’s commission to help suppress destabilizing elements.
• Mei Terumi and Ao proposed that Shixia confront the Blood Mist faction, but they admitted they lacked intelligence about where its leaders were hiding.
• Shixia proposed capturing Mei Terumi, Gonbei, Ao, and Chojuro and letting the Blood Mist take them so he could follow them to its leaders.
• When Chojuro objected, Shixia transformed into lightning and concealed himself inside Mei Terumi’s ring to show he could follow them safely.
• Mei Terumi and the others agreed to the plan, and Shixia created Wood Clones to guard them while he went to fetch Kisame.
• Shixia found Kisame and told him they had another mission before they headed to the black market.

Sixia dragged Kakuzu and Kisame into a mission to deliver Mei Terumi and her companions to the Blood Mist, while secretly sensing the operation’s surroundings. After the Blood Mist leaders received the prisoners at their base, Karatachi Takiichi asked to see them.

• Sixia woke Kakuzu and recruited him and Kisame for a mission, then led the group to the Kirigakure Black Market with Karin asleep on his back.
• The Black Market manager paid Sixia to deliver Mei Terumi and three others, whose chakra had been sealed, to a valley outside Kirigakure.
• Sixia sensed the Blood Mist operatives in the valley but followed their instructions, and Kakuzu collected the mission payment from Kondo Takashi.
• Kondo Takashi brought Mei Terumi and the others to the Blood Mist base, where Karatachi Takiichi and Hozuki Mugetsu were waiting.
• Kondo Takashi reported that the prisoners were verified and their chakra sealed, and Karatachi Takiichi ordered him to bring them in.

Mei Terumi and her allies confronted Karatachi Takiichi and Hozuki Mugetsu, who revealed their plan to seize power and kill Genji’s supporters. Uzumaki Shixia intervened to free the captives, then denied any connection to Kakuzu’s mission.

• Karatachi Takiichi and Hozuki Mugetsu defended restoring the Blood Mist, while Mei Terumi argued that Genji’s reforms were improving Kirigakure.
• Hozuki Mugetsu demanded that Mei Terumi and the others choose between submission and death, but Mei Terumi and Gonbei refused to betray Genji.
• Hozuki Mugetsu ordered Kondo Takashi to kill Gonbei, but Uzumaki Shixia struck Kondo Takashi away before he could attack.
• Uzumaki Shixia freed Mei Terumi, Gonbei, Ao, and Chojuro from their restraints and restored their chakra.
• Uzumaki Shixia claimed that Kakuzu had accepted the bounty mission and denied having any arrangement with Karatachi Takiichi and Hozuki Mugetsu.

Uzumaki Shixia overwhelmed the Blood Mist faction in Kirigakure and helped Mei Terumi secure their promise to restrain their followers. After returning to Kirigakure, he accepted Mei Terumi’s banquet invitation but was reminded that his group still had business to attend to.

• Hozuki Mugetsu ordered Kondo Takashi and the other Blood Mist ninja to attack Uzumaki Shixia, who defeated them with ease.
• Hozuki Mugetsu and Karatachi Takiichi pleaded for their lives, and Mei Terumi offered to spare them if they kept their followers from harming the village.
• Hozuki Mugetsu and Karatachi Takiichi agreed to restrain their subordinates while maintaining their commitment to the Fourth Mizukage’s will.
• Mei Terumi and her companions returned to Kirigakure with Uzumaki Shixia, who had completed his mission to suppress the Blood Mist faction.
• Mei Terumi invited Uzumaki Shixia and his friends to a banquet, but Kisame reminded him that their tailed-beast-related business remained unfinished.

Uzumaki Shixia discovered Kondo Yano’s plan to provoke the Three-Tails and followed the Blood Mist ninja to the lake. After Isobu rampaged, Mei Terumi hired Shixia to defeat it and protect Kirigakure, while the village’s ninja struggled to slow the beast.

• Kondo Yano planned to provoke the Three-Tails into rampaging so the Blood Mist ninja could control it and regain influence in Kirigakure.
• Shixia overheard the plan, led Kisame and Mei Terumi’s group to the lake, and revealed what Kondo Yano intended to do.
• Kondo Yano and his companions used a secret technique to enrage Isobu, which emerged from the lake and threatened the village.
• Mei Terumi hired Shixia for ten million ryo to defeat Isobu and return it to the lake, then ordered Kirigakure’s ninja to retreat and evacuate villagers.
• Some Kirigakure ninja stayed and attacked Isobu with Water Release: Water Shockwave, but their waves barely affected it, so Mei Terumi and Gonbei urged them to flee.

Uzumaki Shixia confronted the rampaging Three-Tails, Isobu, while Kirigakure’s leaders and the Blood Mist faction watched. Shixia overwhelmed the beast with his strength and Lightning Release Armor, then hurled it into the lake; Isobu surfaced and prepared a powerful Water Release attack.

• Isobu’s waves swept Kirigakure shinobi, boulders, and trees away as Mei Terumi and Gonbei urged the survivors to retreat.
• Mei Terumi told Genji that the Blood Mist had provoked Isobu and that she had hired a powerful shinobi to handle him.
• Kondo Yano admitted he had caused Isobu’s rampage, and Hozuki Mugetsu and Karatachi Takiichi approved of his actions.
• Uzumaki Shixia pushed Isobu from the shore back into the lake with one hand and endured the beast’s claw strike using Lightning Release Armor.
• Shixia caught Isobu’s claw, swung the beast around, and hurled him into the lake, stunning the watching shinobi.
• Isobu emerged and formed a chakra-charged Iron Cannonball in his mouth.

Uzumaki Shixia defeated the Three-Tails, forced it into a summoning contract, and sent it back to the lake. Kirigakure’s leaders praised Mei Terumi for hiring him and discussed using commission missions to work with him, while Shixia remained unwilling to join the village.

• Sixia overwhelmed the Three-Tails’ Iron Cannonball and Shadow Fear with his Thunder Beast and Lightning Release: Lariat.
• When the Three-Tails fired a Tailed Beast Bomb, Sixia countered with 200 Million Volts: Thunder Dragon, blasted it into the forest, and won the fight.
• Sixia imposed a Summoning Contract Formula on the Three-Tails and beat it until it obeyed his command to return to the lake.
• Genji and Kirigakure’s senior officials praised Mei Terumi for preventing a disaster and asked whether Sixia would join the village.
• Mei Terumi suggested working with Sixia through commission missions, since he reliably accepted and completed official assignments.

Mei Terumi brought Uzumaki Shixia to confront the Blood Mist elders over the Three-Tails incident, and Shixia intimidated them into backing off. He collected his ten-million-ryo payment from Genji and promoted his services to Kirigakure’s leaders, then eyed Mei Terumi’s money as they left.

• Mei Terumi accused Hozuki Mugetsu, Karatachi Takiichi, and the Blood Mist faction of causing the Three-Tails rampage, but they denied responsibility and argued over who should guard the beast.
• Kondo Yano challenged Mei Terumi’s authority to oversee the Three-Tails, and Shixia warned the Blood Mist elders that anyone undermining Kirigakure would become his enemy.
• Shixia asked Mei Terumi whether his commission was complete, and she took him to Genji to collect his payment.
• Shixia pitched his mercenary services to Genji and Kirigakure’s senior officials, and Genji paid him ten million ryo for completing the Three-Tails mission.
• As Shixia left with Mei Terumi, he asked whether anything was troubling her and eyed the money she carried.

Sixia finished clearing out Kirigakure’s black-market missions and left the village with Karin, Kakuzu, and Kisame. Though Kakuzu and Kisame thought the Three-Tails mission remained unfinished, Sixia insisted it was complete and kept his secret Summoning Contract with the beast hidden.

• Sixia rejected Mei Terumi’s offer to hire her as a guide, then reassured Karin that he had never planned to use her as a tailed-beast vessel.
• Sixia left Kakuzu and Kisame uncertain about the Three-Tails mission while the Blood Mist members gathered to discuss stopping him.
• Sixia and Kakuzu took nearly all the Kirigakure Black Market’s missions, then announced that Sixia would leave the next day.
• Sixia, Karin, Kakuzu, and Kisame left Kirigakure, and Sixia claimed the Three-Tails mission was already complete.
• Kisame boarded the carriage with Sixia, while Kakuzu remained skeptical about how they would explain the mission to Pain.

Sixia brought the Three-Tails to Amegakure, revealed that he had made Isobu his summon, and set out for Kusagakure to complete Mui’s commission. After Mui prepared to use the Box of Ultimate Bliss, Sixia warned him that it would bring destruction rather than grant his wish.

• Kisame told Pain and Konan that the mission had failed because Sixia defeated Isobu but let him return to the lake.
• Sixia summoned Isobu before Pain and Konan, then dismissed him and said he needed to use the Three-Tails before handing him over.
• Pain agreed to wait while Sixia traveled to Kusagakure with Kakuzu and Karin.
• Sixia told Mui he had completed the tailed-beast commission, and Mui led him to the prepared site for the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
• Sixia warned Mui that opening the Box of Ultimate Bliss would bring destruction and fear, not grant a wish.

Uzumaki Shixia helped Mui use the Three-Tails’ Chakra to open the Box of Ultimate Bliss and wish for his son’s resurrection. Muku emerged, but Karin sensed that he was not truly Mui’s son, and Shixia stopped Mui from rushing toward him.

• Shixia summoned the Three-Tails into Mui’s sealing formula, where it was bound and drained of Chakra.
• Shixia intimidated the struggling Three-Tails into cooperating, while Mui channeled its Chakra into the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
• As the box neared activation, Shixia assured Kakuzu that he would handle whatever happened.
• Mui opened the box and wished for his son Muku to be resurrected.
• Karin sensed that the figure emerging from the box was not truly Muku, but Mui ignored her warning.
• Shixia stopped Mui from embracing the figure and told him to look closely at whether it was really his son.

Sixia defeated Gō after the Box of Ultimate Bliss transformed Muku, then persuaded Mui and Kusagakure’s elders to let him take the dangerous tool. After completing his mission and returning to Amegakure, Sixia presented the emaciated Three-Tails Isobu to the gathered Akatsuki members.

• Gō emerged from the Box of Ultimate Bliss in Muku’s form, and Sixia overwhelmed it with lightning attacks until it fled back inside.
• Mui and Kusagakure’s elders agreed to leave the Box of Ultimate Bliss in Sixia’s custody, and Mui paid him twenty million ryō for the completed mission.
• Sixia stored the Box of Ultimate Bliss, dismissed the Three-Tails, and left Kusagakure with Kakuzu and Karin.
• Sixia returned to Amegakure and presented Three-Tails Isobu to Pain and the other Akatsuki members.
• Konan and the Akatsuki members reacted with bewilderment to Isobu’s drastically shrunken, emaciated appearance.

Uzumaki Shixia received his reward for capturing the Three-Tails, then gained a Sage Body and powerful system rewards through draws. After giving Karin the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, he agreed to stroll around Amegakure with her while Kakuzu refused to join.

• Pain paid Uzumaki Shixia ten million ryō and praised his strength and intelligence after he captured the Three-Tails; Shixia mentioned a Tailed Beast in Takigakure before Obito arrived to speak with Pain.
• Uzumaki Shixia returned home with Karin and used his commission points to draw a Sage Body, then spent 100,000 points upgrading the prize pool.
• Uzumaki Shixia drew an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and a Pure Kāma, activated the Kāma, and gave the Sharingan to Karin.
• Karin cried as she thanked Uzumaki Shixia for the gift, and he promised to help her learn to use the Sharingan.
• Uzumaki Shixia invited Karin to explore Amegakure and asked Kakuzu to come along, but Kakuzu declined and told him to get lost.

Amegakure flourished after opening up and cooperating with Kusagakure, inspiring Sixia to consider uniting other small villages. He asked Kakuzu whether he wanted to become the Takikage, leaving Kakuzu's answer unknown.

• Nagataki and Ibuse Tajima praised the changes in Amegakure and credited Sixia, Nagato, and Konan for the village's new prosperity.
• Karin, Sixia, Yoshikawa, Yoshiko, and Yuko ate ramen as Yoshikawa described how new trade had improved access to food and daily necessities.
• Kakuzu told Sixia that Kusagakure's cooperation had brought Amegakure shinobi more missions, cheaper ninja tools, and access to ninjutsu scrolls.
• Sixia realized that uniting more small and medium-sized villages could help them prosper and generate more missions for him.
• Sixia asked Kakuzu what he thought of Takigakure, then asked whether he wanted to become the Takikage.

Sixia offered to help Kakuzu become Takikage, then discussed a possible Shinobi Alliance with Konan and Nagato in Amegakure. He left Karin to practice cooking, where she unexpectedly used Susanoo to protect herself from splattering oil.

• Sixia offered Kakuzu three days to consider becoming Takikage, arguing that Takigakure’s jinchūriki would not be a problem.
• Sixia took Karin to Amegakure, where Konan confronted them and listened as he proposed uniting small and medium-sized ninja villages.
• Konan discussed Sixia’s proposal with Nagato, who considered it useful for protecting villages and supporting the Akatsuki’s plans.
• Karin asked to learn cooking, returned with ingredients, and burned her first attempt before using Susanoo to shield herself while frying meatballs.
• Karin ate her blackened meatballs, and Sixia used Kāma to take her back to their lodgings.

Sixia tried to recruit Kakuzu for a mission to subjugate Takigakure, but Nagato refused because the Akatsuki was not ready to provoke the Land of Fire. Afterward, Orochimaru brought Sixia a new long-term mission commission at his research base.

• Sixia tried to persuade Kakuzu to help him take revenge on Takigakure, but Kakuzu worried the mission was a trap and pointed out the village's strength and political risks.
• Sixia took Kakuzu and Karin to Amegakure Tower and proposed that the Akatsuki bring Takigakure under its control for its hidden location, Hero Water, strong shinobi, and jinchūriki.
• Pain Deva Path refused Sixia's proposal, explaining that Takigakure's ties to the Land of Fire could draw Konoha and the daimyo into a conflict before the Akatsuki was prepared.
• Orochimaru visited Sixia with a Long-Term Mission Commission and complained that Sixia had provided only two drops of blood and two strands of hair for their research agreement.
• Sixia teleported himself, Karin, and Orochimaru to Orochimaru's research base, where Orochimaru brought out a scroll for a new mission commission.

Sixia completed an upgraded lottery draw and then helped Orochimaru study his chakra, before learning that Orochimaru wanted a living Uchiha with awakened Sharingan as a vessel. Sixia revealed Obito’s missing eye was held by a powerful Konoha jonin, leaving Orochimaru weighing the cost and risks of pursuing it.

• Sixia spent 10,000 commission points on an intermediate draw and received a pair of Sharingan, Shikotsumyaku, chakra and strength rewards, and several unusual items.
• Orochimaru measured Sixia’s chakra and was stunned by its enormous reserves, improved quality, and Sixia’s Lightning Release talent.
• Orochimaru asked Sixia to find him a living Uchiha with awakened Sharingan, and Sixia explained that only Obito Uchiha, Uchiha Itachi, and Sasuke Uchiha remained.
• Orochimaru chose to consider Obito, but Sixia warned that a single Sharingan could not provide the full range of abilities and that mismatched eyes would not solve the problem.
• Sixia revealed he knew where Obito’s other Sharingan was, and said recovering it would cost at least a hundred million ryo because its holder was a powerful Konoha jonin and Obito worked with Nagato.
• Orochimaru was shocked by the revelation and began considering whether to pursue Obito or use Karin as a vessel instead.

Orochimaru considered hiring Sixia to capture Obito, while Sixia and Karin sampled delicious Surprise Apples. Obito then ambushed Sixia and sent him to the Kamui Dimension, where Sixia remained calm.

• Orochimaru questioned Sixia about the living Uchiha and Sharingan before saying he needed time to consider the capture job and its price.
• Sixia left Orochimaru's base with Karin and gave her a level 80 Surprise Apple, which she found delicious.
• Obito appeared on the Shaded Path and pretended to hire Sixia before suddenly attacking him.
• Sixia let Obito place a hand on his shoulder and transport him into the Kamui Dimension.
• Obito believed his surprise attack had worked because Sixia was weaker than reports claimed, while Sixia stayed composed inside the dimension.

Sixia exposed Obito’s identity inside the Kamui Dimension and waited to learn why he had been brought there. Elsewhere, Itachi defeated Orochimaru with a genjutsu, but Orochimaru remained determined to make Itachi his vessel.

• Sixia explored the Kamui Dimension, then confronted Obito by name and asked why he had brought him there.
• Itachi asked Kisame Hoshigaki whether Sixia had fought seriously in their battle, and Kisame described how Sixia had overwhelmed him.
• Orochimaru stopped Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki and proposed a spar, secretly intending to capture Itachi and use him as a vessel.
• Itachi trapped Orochimaru in Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique and defeated him before Orochimaru could attack.
• After Itachi released the genjutsu, Orochimaru collapsed, but he still believed an Uchiha body could help him resist Sixia.

Itachi defeated Orochimaru with genjutsu while Obito questioned Sixia inside the Kamui Dimension about his identity and motives. Sixia escaped using his own space-time ninjutsu, followed Obito between dimensions, and left Obito fleeing into hiding.

• Itachi defeated Orochimaru with genjutsu and walked away, leaving Orochimaru to reconsider hiring Sixia to capture a living Uchiha.
• Obito interrogated Sixia in the Kamui Dimension, but Sixia insisted he had joined Akatsuki for missions and offered to help Obito capture the tailed beasts for a fee.
• Obito refused to pay Sixia and left him imprisoned in the Kamui Dimension, expecting him to eventually cooperate.
• Obito emerged from the Kamui Dimension and found Sixia waiting outside, then saw Sixia open a portal and follow him back inside.
• Sixia explained that Obito had revealed the dimension's spatial coordinates by bringing him there, and Obito fled using Kamui.
• Sixia followed Obito out but found that he had escaped, then used Mantra to search the area as Karin asked what had happened.

Sixia accepted Orochimaru’s S-Rank commission to capture Obito and retrieve his other Sharingan, agreeing to deliver a living Uchiha with both eyes intact within three months. He and Karin prepared to travel to Konoha, while Orochimaru sought the fee from Danzō and Sixia went to fetch Kakuzu.

• Orochimaru returned and agreed to pay Sixia one hundred million ryō to capture Obito and retrieve his other Sharingan.
• Sixia accepted the mission after its commission notification appeared, and promised Orochimaru he would bring back a living Uchiha within three months.
• Orochimaru left to obtain the fee from Shimura Danzō, who unknowingly faced an indirect loss of one hundred million ryō.
• Sixia told Karin dubious tales about Konoha’s dangers and oddities, then used Kāma’s space-time ability to return with her to their room.
• Karin packed their belongings, and Sixia kicked open Kakuzu’s door, finding him calmly waiting on his bed.

Sixia tried to recruit Kakuzu and Kisame Hoshigaki for a mission to Konoha, but both refused, so he set out with Karin. Along the way, Sixia trained Karin, established his reputation through Wood Release clones, and built them a villa for the night.

• Sixia invited Kakuzu to join his mission to Konoha, but Kakuzu refused because the Akatsuki had assigned him to recruit a new member.
• Sixia asked Kisame Hoshigaki to join him, but Kisame refused, so Karin volunteered to go with Sixia.
• Sixia failed to find a merchant caravan escort mission and decided to send Wood Release clones to work at black markets along the route and build his reputation.
• Sixia and Karin sparred, and Karin used Susanoo while Sixia trained her in combat for thirty rounds.
• Sixia built a luxurious wooden villa and told Karin they would stay there for the night.