Chapter Summaries

Uzumaki Shixia negotiated a 200,000-ryo commission from Shuinaihao to rescue his subordinates from Kakuzu, then confronted the legendary missing-nin. Shixia destroyed Kakuzu’s Fire Release and Wind Release masks, while the battle remained underway.

• Kakuzu ambushed Shuinaihao’s caravan and slaughtered its guards and hired ninja with Earth Grudge Fear.
• Uzumaki Shixia refused to intervene until Shuinaihao agreed to pay 200,000 ryo, triggering a new commission mission.
• Shixia accepted the mission and struck Kakuzu with Lightning Release: Lariat, driving him backward.
• Kakuzu unleashed Earth Grudge Fear and attacked Shixia with combined fire and wind techniques, but Shixia escaped with a substitution.
• Shixia destroyed Kakuzu’s Fire Release mask and then cut through his Wind Release mask with Lightning Blade.

Uzumaki Shixia defeated Kakuzu but let him leave, then collected his mercenary fee from Shuinaihao. As the caravan continued toward the Land of Fire, Shuinaihao waited for his secret Konoha contact, and a group of Konoha ninja appeared ahead.

• Uzumaki Shixia stopped fighting Kakuzu and let him leave after offering to work with him in the future.
• Shuinaihao protested that Kakuzu had escaped, but paid Uzumaki Shixia the two-hundred-thousand fee, completing the mercenary mission.
• Uzumaki Shixia offered to capture Kakuzu for additional fees, while masked watchers reported that Lord Danzo's backup plan should begin.
• Shuinaihao continued toward the Land of Fire, where he planned to contact Konoha and trade people with special talents for citizenship.
• Uzumaki Shixia tried to persuade Shuinaihao to hire him again as the caravan traveled, and a group of Konoha ninja appeared ahead.

Sixia discovered that Shuinaihao had delivered Karin to Root and planned to hand him over to Danzo as well. When Root and the caravan guards attacked, Sixia swiftly incapacitated two Root ninja, leaving the fight underway.

• Sixia watched Shuinaihao present a red-haired girl, later recognized as Karin, to Root as Danzo's requested cargo.
• Shuinaihao revealed Sixia's Uzumaki heritage and asked Root to help him become a citizen of the Land of Fire.
• Root's leader accepted Shuinaihao's request for consideration and ordered his squad to seize Sixia.
• Shuinaihao offered the caravan guards ten thousand ryo each to help capture Sixia, and they joined the attack.
• Sixia dodged Root's explosive-tag shuriken, struck one ninja with a lightning-enhanced punch, then used a clone to evade a Yamanaka ninja's Mind Body Switch Technique and knock him down.

Sixia killed the Root ninja and caravan guards, collected his payment, and took Karin Uzumaki with him. Kakuzu and Orochimaru arrived afterward to find the caravan wiped out and Sixia gone.

• Sixia defeated and killed the Root ninja, Shuinaihao’s hired shinobi, and the caravan guards.
• Sixia collected the promised three hundred thousand ryo and completed his mercenary mission.
• Sixia found Karin Uzumaki in a crate, decided to take her, and carried her away into the woods.
• Kakuzu returned with Orochimaru, intending to confront Sixia and seize the caravan’s cargo.
• Kakuzu and Orochimaru found the caravan’s wagons surrounded by dead guards and Root ninja, while Sixia was nowhere to be seen.

Uzumaki Shixia took the rescued Karin through the forest toward Amegakure and made a campsite, using his ninja skills to build a cabin and catch fish with Lightning Release. Karin remained wary but accepted his food and argued that he should take care of her since she had no money to repay him.

• Uzumaki Shixia used a ten-pull on his system and received supplies, increased chakra, and Lightning Release: Lightning Burial.
• Uzumaki Shixia discovered Karin was awake, set her down, and continued toward Amegakure with her following behind.
• Uzumaki Shixia built a two-room wooden cabin beside a stream, impressing Karin with his survival skills.
• Uzumaki Shixia used Lightning Release: Earth Flow to shock fish in the stream, then cooked them over a campfire for himself and Karin.
• Karin accepted a grilled fish and told Uzumaki Shixia that he would have to take care of her because she had no money.
• Uzumaki Shixia laughed that Karin was saying this because she could not pay him, and Karin blushed in embarrassment.

Sixia brought Karin to Amegakure to find work and prepare her to become his assistant. At the black market, Kakuzu and Orochimaru confronted them over Karin, but Sixia greeted Kakuzu cheerfully and asked him for a job.

• Karin introduced herself to Sixia and promised to earn money to repay him, then spent the night worrying he would leave her.
• Sixia took Karin toward Amegakure and bought her fried meatballs and a light purple outfit before replenishing his ninja tools.
• Sixia decided Karin could train to become his assistant and brought her to the black market.
• Kakuzu recognized Karin as the employer's target and alerted Orochimaru, then blocked Sixia and Karin's path.
• Sixia greeted Kakuzu warmly and repeatedly asked him for work, confusing both Kakuzu and Orochimaru.
• Kakuzu denied that he was there to hire Sixia.

Uzumaki Shixia refused Kakuzu’s invitation to join the Akatsuki, but a system commission offering a Super Draw and doubled commission points made him immediately change his mind. Kakuzu agreed to take him to meet the leader, while Shixia led Karin toward the Amegakure Tower, astonishing Kakuzu and intriguing Orochimaru with how much he knew about the Akatsuki.

• Uzumaki Shixia confronted Kakuzu and Orochimaru when he learned they had no mission to hire him for, then prepared to defend Karin when Kakuzu declared she was his target.
• Kakuzu recognized Shixia’s strength and invited him to join the Akatsuki, offering a substantial monthly payment for completing assigned missions.
• Uzumaki Shixia initially rejected the offer, but the system presented a long-term commission with a Super Draw and doubled commission points, so he eagerly asked Kakuzu to let him join.
• Kakuzu accepted Shixia and said he would take him to meet the Akatsuki’s leader, while Orochimaru offered no objection.
• Uzumaki Shixia led Karin toward the Amegakure Tower, leaving Kakuzu baffled by his knowledge of the Akatsuki and Orochimaru intrigued.

Uzumaki Shixia joined Akatsuki on a trial basis after negotiating unusual conditions, including pay, commission-only work, and bringing Karin along. His first system reward was an SSS-rank Rumble-Rumble Fruit, leaving Nagato concerned about the eccentric newcomer.

• Kakuzu recommended Uzumaki Shixia to Nagato, citing his perfect black-market mission record and the two hearts he had destroyed from Kakuzu.
• Nagato agreed to let Uzumaki Shixia join Akatsuki under observation with Kakuzu, but Shixia demanded mercenary status, monthly pay, commission-only assignments, and permission for Karin to accompany him.
• Nagato rejected Shixia's conditions, but Kakuzu advocated for him, so Nagato allowed him to work alongside Kakuzu on a trial basis.
• The system recognized Shixia's Akatsuki membership and long-term commission, then awarded him an SSS-rank Rumble-Rumble Fruit adapted for the Shinobi World.
• Shixia gleefully inspected his new abilities while the Akatsuki members watched, and Nagato worried that the team was becoming harder to lead.

Uzumaki Shixia joined the Akatsuki and used his lightning powers and Mantra to help Kakuzu complete missions at an exhausting pace. After two weeks of nonstop work, Shixia tried to rouse Kakuzu before dawn, while his status panel showed 225 commission points and SSS-Rank chakra and physical strength.

• Kakuzu gave Uzumaki Shixia and Karin a suite and Black Sky, Red Clouds Robes, and told Shixia he could begin missions the next day.
• Shixia tested the Rumble-Rumble Fruit on the tower rooftop, shocking the Akatsuki with his powerful Lightning Release abilities.
• At the black market, Shixia refused to take bounty missions directly, then arranged for Kakuzu to hire him as an assistant and triggered a system commission.
• Shixia and Kakuzu completed missions together with exceptional speed, earning Shixia commission points until the black market began running short of work.
• After two weeks of relentless missions, Shixia pounded on Kakuzu's door before dawn, but the exhausted Kakuzu ignored him and chose to rest.
• Shixia checked his status panel, which listed 225 commission points, SSS-Rank lightning chakra nature, and SSS-Rank total chakra and physical strength.

Uzumaki Shixia rejected Orochimaru’s offer to buy Karin and refused a commission to capture children with kekkei genkai. After Orochimaru left, Shixia offered himself as a research subject instead.

• Uzumaki Shixia welcomed Orochimaru, then refused to sell Karin when Orochimaru said he wanted to buy her.
• Karin worried Shixia might sell her, but he reassured her that she was not for sale.
• Orochimaru offered Shixia 200,000 ryo per child with kekkei genkai he captured, and Shixia refused the mission.
• Orochimaru decided to leave rather than fight Shixia for Karin.
• Uzumaki Shixia stopped Orochimaru and offered himself as a research subject, citing his Uzumaki heritage and healing abilities.

Uzumaki Shixia demonstrated his lightning-body abilities to Orochimaru and fought him to prove his strength, earning an offer to assist with research. Shixia rejected the short-term commission and began laying out conditions before telling Orochimaru he knew why he had joined the Akatsuki.

• Orochimaru became fascinated when Uzumaki Shixia transformed into lightning and invited him to demonstrate his abilities.
• Orochimaru attacked Shixia, who countered with Lightning Release techniques and used Mantra to locate Orochimaru's real body.
• Shixia's Thunder Beast broke through Orochimaru's Triple Rashomon, and Orochimaru ended the test, impressed by Shixia's powers.
• Orochimaru offered Shixia an A-rank research commission for 200,000 ryo, but Shixia refused the short-term arrangement and demanded long-term employment with conditions.
• Shixia told Orochimaru that he knew why Orochimaru had joined the Akatsuki.

Uzumaki Shixia secured a long-term research commission from Orochimaru and used his reward to unlock the rare attribute world affinity. After Orochimaru sensed a familiar aura and witnessed Shixia make a cash box vanish, he brought Shixia and Karin to his laboratory to study his chakra and cells.

• Orochimaru tested Shixia's intelligence by asking about Shisui Uchiha's eyes, and Shixia revealed that one was in Shimura Danzō's possession.
• Orochimaru hired Shixia for 500,000 ryō per month to help research ninjutsu and technology, then paid him one million ryō upfront.
• Shixia accepted the long-term commission and used its Super Draw to unlock world affinity, which began at C rank.
• Orochimaru sensed a presence resembling the First's aura from Shixia and watched in shock as Shixia stored the cash box in System Space without detectable signs of ninjutsu.
• Orochimaru led Shixia and Karin to his nearby base, where he prepared a formula and asked Shixia to sit inside it so he could examine his chakra and cells.

Uzumaki Shixia let Orochimaru examine him, then continued accepting missions with Kakuzu while secretly growing stronger through system draws. After unlocking Wood Release, he wondered if his Villa Technique was within reach, but the chapter left him dragging an exhausted Kakuzu back to work.

• Orochimaru examined Uzumaki Shixia with his Research-Assistance Formula, coveted his body as a future vessel, and decided against making a move for now.
• Karin warned Shixia that Orochimaru had bad intentions, but Shixia reassured her and left the hideout with her.
• Shixia and Kakuzu completed fifty commission missions in one day, and Kakuzu demanded a day off while Shixia refused to stop.
• Shixia spent 10,000 commission points on system draws, reached C-rank shinobi world affinity, unlocked Wood Release, and learned three Wood Release techniques.
• At dawn, Shixia carried the reluctant Kakuzu to the Amegakure Black Market to accept more missions.

Uzumaki Shixia and Kakuzu became so popular in Amegakure's black market that they were swamped with commissions, and Shixia accepted nearly all of them, using Wood Clones for easy work. As Shixia planned to clear the market's missions several times a day, an exhausted Kakuzu tried once more to negotiate regular time off.

• Uzumaki Shixia and Kakuzu entered Amegakure's black market, where employers crowded around them to offer commissions.
• Shixia organized the employers into lines and used a Wood Clone to handle an easy tutoring mission so the pair could take on harder work.
• Shixia accepted a huge stack of commissions, including jobs Kakuzu rejected, and eagerly declared they should grind through them all.
• When Kakuzu said they could not keep working this way, Shixia misunderstood and proposed clearing the black market's missions three times a day.
• Shixia and Karin counted their earnings while Kakuzu, exhausted by their relentless workload, asked Shixia to agree to weekly time off.

Uzumaki Shixia and Kakuzu arrived late to Akatsuki’s monthly meeting, where Pain announced that Nagato would lead the organization from behind the scenes. Shixia’s survival and strength impressed the members, while Kakuzu arrived looking completely exhausted.

• Kakuzu’s request for a weekly day off was rejected as Shixia insisted that their missions and training had benefited them, and Karin fell asleep against Shixia’s shoulder.
• At Akatsuki’s meeting in Amegakure, Konan explained that Nagato would remain behind the scenes and that the members should call his controlled body Pain.
• Pain reaffirmed Akatsuki’s goals of gathering money, capturing the tailed beasts, and creating a Tailed Beast Weapon.
• Zetsu noticed Kakuzu and the newcomer were missing, but Shixia and Karin soon arrived with Kakuzu trailing behind them after completing missions on the way.
• Akatsuki members reassessed Shixia after learning he had survived a month paired with Kakuzu, and Itachi judged him a powerful potential threat.
• Kakuzu entered the meeting hall looking drained, with dark circles under his eyes, and the members stared at his changed appearance.

Uzumaki Shixia and Kakuzu’s relentless missions boosted the Akatsuki’s income tenfold but left Amegakure’s lower- and mid-ranking ninja without work. After the Akatsuki discovered Shixia could use Wood Release, Kakuzu’s request for a new partner was denied, leaving him stuck working with Shixia.

• Pain told the Akatsuki that Kakuzu and Uzumaki Shixia’s missions had increased the organization’s income tenfold, while Amegakure’s lower- and mid-ranking ninja struggled to find work.
• Pain explained that Shixia and Kakuzu had taken most black market missions, completing as many as 171 in a day with help from Shixia’s clones.
• Uzumaki Shixia brought out a huge stack of mission slips and created a Wood Clone to carry out another mission, astonishing Orochimaru and the other members.
• Kakuzu asked Pain and Konan to assign Shixia a different partner because the workload had exhausted him.
• Konan refused Kakuzu’s request, saying he and Shixia were the most suitable team and their earnings could let the Akatsuki act ahead of schedule.

Pain assigned Uzumaki Shixia an S-Rank mission to stop Kusagakure from harming Amegakure, while Kakuzu dreaded continuing to partner with him. Shixia proposed capturing Kusagakure’s shinobi or bringing the village under Akatsuki control, leaving Pain baffled by the idea of recruiting more weak shinobi.

• Kakuzu privately hoped to change partners, but Konan and Pain kept him teamed with Uzumaki Shixia and adjusted Amegakure’s mission system to give Shixia more freedom.
• Shixia objected to losing access to low-difficulty missions until Pain offered him a one-million-ryo S-Rank mission to deal with Kusagakure’s hostility.
• Pain told Shixia to prevent Kusagakure’s shinobi from damaging Amegakure and let him choose how to handle the threat.
• Shixia proposed killing the Kusagakure shinobi, capturing them as Akatsuki peripheral members, or subjugating Kusagakure and bringing it under Akatsuki control.
• Pain questioned why he would want Kusagakure’s shinobi when Amegakure’s own weak shinobi were already a burden.

Uzumaki Shixia persuaded Pain to expand Akatsuki by subjugating or allying with smaller villages, then negotiated a higher fee for taking Kusagakure. Pain agreed to pay Shixia and Kakuzu thirty-six million ryo, matching Master Chiriku’s bounty.

• Uzumaki Shixia argued that Akatsuki should unite smaller villages against the Five Great Shinobi Villages and build a larger force of trained ninja.
• Shixia explained that controlling Kusagakure would bring Amegakure more missions, wealth, and potential recruits, and Pain decided to subjugate it.
• Shixia demanded extra payment for the Kusagakure mission, citing its feuding factions, hostile ninja, stolen ninjutsu, and rumored ancient tools.
• Pain offered Shixia and Kakuzu ten million ryo, but Shixia asked for the amount of Master Chiriku’s bounty instead.
• Kakuzu named Chiriku’s bounty as thirty-six million ryo, and Pain considered whether he should kill Chiriku to recover the expense.

Nagato hired Uzumaki Shixia to bring Kusagakure under Akatsuki control for 36 million ryō, and Shixia set out with Karin and Kakuzu. After Karin recalled the village’s abuse of her and her mother, Shixia promised revenge, then killed an ambush party as the remaining Kusagakure ninja withdrew to warn the village.

• Nagato offered Uzumaki Shixia 36 million ryō to bring Kusagakure under Akatsuki control, earning him 36,000 commission points.
• Uzumaki Shixia left with Karin and Kakuzu, and promised Karin he would avenge her and her mother for Kusagakure’s abuse.
• Uzumaki Shixia told Kakuzu they would approach Kusagakure’s leaders, win over those they could, and kill those who refused.
• Karin and Uzumaki Shixia sensed ninja waiting in ambush on the road to Kusagakure.
• Uzumaki Shixia and Kakuzu evaded the shuriken attack, and Shixia killed the ambushing Kusagakure ninja with lightning.
• Karin reported that the ninja hidden ahead had withdrawn, possibly to warn Kusagakure.

Uzumaki Shixia entered Kusagakure with Karin and defeated the village’s forces, then summoned its leaders to make three demands. Chenye faced Shixia’s ultimatum as Shixia also asked to speak with Mui about a business deal.

• Uzumaki Shixia explained that he had let Kusagakure’s scouts escape so its leaders would gather in one place.
• Chenye and Kusagakure’s leaders learned that Uzumaki Shixia had killed twenty-two of their ninja, but they ordered Hatta Shinichi and elite forces to intercept him.
• Uzumaki Shixia entered Kusagakure with Karin, who returned to her old home to pack her belongings while Kakuzu stayed outside with Shixia.
• Kakuzu killed six Kusagakure ninja with three kunai, and Uzumaki Shixia electrocuted most of the attackers, including Hatta Shinichi.
• Uzumaki Shixia ordered the Anbu commander to summon Kusagakure’s leaders, then demanded justice for Karin’s mother, Kusagakure’s submission as an Amegakure vassal, and a meeting with Mui.
• Chenye angrily protested Uzumaki Shixia’s demands.