Chapter Summaries

Shinji escorted Hozuki Mangetsu and Danzo’s group toward Konoha while watching for trouble, but the journey passed peacefully. On the seventh day, Shinji successfully used the [Thirsty One's Stomach] to create poisonous blood he could control with Blood Manipulation.

• Mei Terumi assigned Shinji to accompany Hozuki Mangetsu to Konoha and complain about the Konoha delegation’s failure to help Kirigakure.
• Shinji discovered that Danzo, Aburame Torune, and Yamanaka Fū were the Konoha representatives he would be escorting, and suspected Hiruzen Sarutobi had a hidden motive for sending Danzo.
• Shinji, Hozuki Mangetsu, and the others boarded a ship for Konoha, while Shinji resolved to kill Danzo if he threatened their group.
• Tobi called Danzo a dead guy and suggested having Hidan chop him up, leaving Shinji speechless.
• Several days into the voyage, Shinji filled the [Thirsty One's Stomach] with his blood for the seventh consecutive day and successfully created poisonous blood that responded to Blood Manipulation.

Shinji, Hozuki Mangetsu, and Danzo’s group were ambushed by masked attackers while traveling to Konoha. Shinji’s defense left the group unharmed, but the attackers killed themselves before they could reveal who sent them.

• Danzo’s guards killed nearby cursed spirits while Hozuki Mangetsu showed his displeasure by refusing to help.
• Shinji considered gathering chakra from the Yamanaka Clan in Konoha as the group continued its journey.
• Masked assailants attacked with explosive weapons and Fire Release, but Shinji’s Blood-red Hexagonal Crystal shattered and killed three of them.
• Shinji used an invisible force to drag back a fleeing attacker, while Hozuki Mangetsu extinguished the flames and the group emerged unharmed.
• Yamanaka Fū and Aburame Torune found that the captured attackers had died by poison, and Danzo ordered the bodies examined for clues.

Danzo returned to Konoha after an attack on the road and faced criticism from Hiruzen Sarutobi over his conduct in the Land of Water. He revealed the attackers’ Anbu masks and accused Konoha of trying to kill him, leaving Hiruzen shocked and demanding an explanation.

• Danzo examined the failed ambush and concluded that the attackers had planted Anbu masks to sow suspicion between Konoha and Kirigakure.
• Hozuki Mangetsu complained about Danzo’s conduct, but the group reached Konoha safely the next morning.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reviewed Danzo’s mission report and Mei Terumi’s letter, then promised that Danzo and his men would be punished for their conduct.
• After Hozuki Mangetsu left, Danzo challenged Hiruzen about the punishment and accused him of sending people to intercept and kill him.
• Danzo tossed bloodstained animal masks onto Hiruzen’s desk, and Hiruzen recognized them as Anbu masks and asked what had happened.

Shinji, Tobi, and Hidan explored Konoha, where they encountered Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke outside Ichiraku Ramen. After Danzo secured concessions from Hiruzen Sarutobi, Hiruzen gave Kakashi a top-secret mission to investigate the ambush on Danzo's party and find out how its route was leaked.

• Hidan insulted Konoha and nearly attacked villagers until Tobi restrained him and Shinji distracted him with fried pork cutlets.
• Shinji, Tobi, and Hidan stopped at Ichiraku Ramen and saw Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke leave the shop.
• Danzo left the Hokage's office pleased that Hiruzen Sarutobi had approved his demands, while Kakashi entered to report on his mission.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Kakashi a top-secret mission to investigate who had leaked the information used to ambush Danzo and his companions.

Shinji opened a chakra shop in Konoha, offering high prices to gather the chakra he needed. Three injured chunin noticed his advertisement and entered the shop, where Shinji asked what chakra natures they had.

• Shinji arranged for Hidan and Tobi to escort Hozuki Mangetsu partway home, warning that Mangetsu could be targeted.
• Shinji rented a storefront near the Hokage Building and used his Wealth-Generating Mist Shell fortune to fund his new Chakra Shop.
• Three chunin, including the recently discharged Tsuchida Hisao, passed the shop and noticed its offer to buy chakra at premium prices.
• The chunin entered the shop to investigate, and Shinji asked which chakra natures they possessed.

Shinji opened a shop that paid Konoha ninja for chakra, using a concealed modification scroll to absorb it and fill its progress bars. As customers flocked in, Ino Yamanaka’s chakra advanced the earth, yin, and yang natures, revealing her unusually valuable combination.

• Shinji offered Tsuchida Hisao and his two companions money for their chakra, doubled Hisao’s first payment, and collected chakra through the concealed scroll.
• Hisao and his companions left delighted with their earnings, while Shinji explained that he was limiting each session to about one percent of a nature’s progress.
• Satisfied customers spread word of the Chakra Shop, and Shinji became busy paying visitors for their chakra, though most had Fire Release.
• Shinji noticed that a customer’s earth chakra was also advancing the yin and yang progress bars and recognized her as Ino Yamanaka.
• Shinji stopped Ino’s session when she began to sway and realized she had earth, yin, yang, and water chakra natures.

Shinji paid Ino 200,000 ryo for her earth and yin chakra attributes and asked her to promote his shop. After spending much of the money on gifts and new clothes, Ino ran into Sakura and bragged about earning enough to support her family, leaving Sakura furious.

• Shinji paid Ino 200,000 ryo for her earth and yin chakra attributes, then asked her to recommend his shop to others.
• Ino went shopping, buying new clothes and accessories for herself as well as gifts for her mother, Asuma-sensei, Shikamaru, Choji, and Sasuke.
• Ino encountered Sakura and showed off her new outfit, which Sakura recognized as the dress she had admired.
• Ino told Sakura she had earned 200,000 ryo and bought Sasuke a present, then taunted Sakura for relying on her parents.
• Sakura lost her composure and shook with anger at Ino's remarks.

After Sakura and Ino reconciled through a hair ribbon and a note, Sakura decided to investigate Ino’s claim about earning two hundred thousand ryo. She arranged to go with Naruto, but he arrived late, and they set off with Sakura still annoyed.

• Sakura shoved Ino away and ran off after their argument, then practiced shuriken alone at night.
• Ino sent Sasuke to find Sakura and gave him a pink hair ribbon and a note to pass along; Sasuke delivered them and left.
• Sakura read Ino’s note, understood her attempt to make peace, and memorized the address where she could learn about earning two hundred thousand ryo.
• Sakura asked Naruto to accompany her the next day, hoping to investigate the address and earn money for a gift for Sasuke.
• Naruto overslept and rushed to meet Sakura; she was angry at his lateness but told him to hurry along.

Sakura and Naruto visited Shinji’s Chakra Shop, where Shinji established his authority by swiftly beating a customer who tried to cheat him. Naruto then began the chakra test, and Shinji discovered that Naruto had unusually large reserves and was filling progress bars for five chakra natures.

• Sakura and Naruto found a long line of ninja waiting outside the Chakra Shop and learned that customers could sell chakra only once per day.
• Sakura pulled Naruto into line after seeing that the shop’s offer might suit their chakra natures, then whispered a plan to him.
• Shinji knocked a customer unconscious after the man denied having water-release chakra and threatened the shop.
• Sakura decided to stay with Naruto after seeing Shinji defeat the customer with a single blow.
• Naruto placed his hand on the black box and began feeding it chakra, causing five nature progress bars to rise as Shinji let the test continue.

Shinji stopped buying chakra from Naruto after confirming his Wind and Yang Release, then warned the crowd that he would only buy what he chose. When the Konoha Enforcement Squad arrived over an accusation of fraud and assault, Shinji demanded that ANBU handle the matter, and an ANBU member appeared to take over.

• Shinji paid Naruto 200,000 ryo for his Wind and Yang Release chakra, and Naruto celebrated with Sakura.
• Sakura asked why Shinji would not buy Water Release chakra, and Shinji explained that he already had enough of it for his experiments.
• Shinji announced he would stop buying chakra natures once he had enough experimental material and told the crowd to follow his rules.
• Sakura apologized for provoking the crowd, and Shinji asked her to spread the word as she left with Naruto.
• The Konoha Enforcement Squad arrived after a man accused Shinji of fraud and assault, but Shinji said they had no authority over him and called for ANBU.
• An ANBU member appeared and ordered everyone uninvolved to leave while ANBU took over the case.

After Aoki Tetsuji confessed to extorting Shinji, the ANBU told Shinji that Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted him to stop collecting chakra and leave Konoha. Hiruzen then considered Shinji’s offer to cooperate and donate money, weighing the uncertain risks against the potential benefits.

• The ANBU arrived to stop the confrontation, and the Enforcement Squad members dispersed.
• The ANBU identified Aoki Tetsuji as a suspect and threatened to send him to Ibiki Morino for questioning, prompting Aoki to confess and leave to turn himself in.
• The ANBU told Shinji that Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted him to cease his activities and leave Konoha, but Shinji challenged the order and offered to cooperate.
• An ANBU operative reported Shinji’s offer to Hiruzen Sarutobi and assessed his claims as partly true but his motives as unclear.
• Hiruzen considered the hospital examinations showing no harm from chakra sales and weighed driving Shinji out against gaining benefits from his business.

Shinji tried to strike a deal with Konoha to take over his project, then decided to sneak into the abandoned Uchiha compound and retrieve a treasure. The chest released an unstable ghost and presented him with a choice involving Sasuke or the ghost’s wishes.

• Shinji considered outsourcing his project to Konoha and closed his shop while negotiations remained unresolved.
• After locating the treasure site in the Uchiha compound, Shinji used a blood clone and Cursed Speech to evade ANBU surveillance.
• Shinji entered the compound, found Sasuke studying, and put him to sleep with Cursed Speech.
• Shinji used the treasure map to summon a black chest from the floor and opened it.
• An unstable ghost emerged, and a special event offered Shinji the choice to kill Sasuke or hear the ghost’s wishes.

Shinji entered a memory of the Uchiha Clan massacre and discovered that he could intervene in its events. He arrived as Itachi confronted Sasuke, leaving Shinji to decide what to change.

• Shinji chose to spare Sasuke and touched the Uchiha Wraith, which transported him to the night of the Uchiha Clan massacre.
• Shinji found the compound filled with recently murdered Uchiha and realized he was inside a memory where he might be able to act.
• Shinji rushed to find the two survivors, Itachi and Sasuke, and reached them as Itachi repeated his parting words to his brother.
• Shinji caught Sasuke as he nearly fainted, and Itachi demanded to know who the unfamiliar intruder was.

Akagi Shinji confronted Itachi during a recreated memory sequence and challenged his choices while protecting Sasuke. Itachi knocked Sasuke unconscious and prepared to kill Shinji before he could reveal what he knew.

• Shinji introduced himself as a follower of Lord Jashin and accused Itachi of being pushed onto a path that others had arranged for the Uchiha Clan.
• Itachi attacked Shinji with kunai, and Shinji moved Sasuke to a safer spot on the rooftop.
• Sasuke asked whether Itachi had been used, while Shinji tried to explain and taunted Itachi during their fight.
• Itachi attacked with the Great Fireball Technique, but Shinji blocked it with a wall of Blood Crystal.
• Itachi used genjutsu to make Sasuke collapse, then questioned Shinji about his identity, objectives, and knowledge.
• Shinji claimed to know everything and threatened to tell Sasuke the truth, so Itachi activated his Mangekyō and declared that Shinji would not leave alive.

Shinji fought Uchiha Itachi while Sasuke watched, using his new Genjutsu Immunity to withstand Tsukuyomi and attack Susanoo. Itachi unleashed his full power and trapped Shinji in an explosive-tag blast, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Shinji awakened Sasuke with Cursed Speech and gained Genjutsu Immunity while Sasuke remained conscious.
• Shinji cut through Itachi's kunai and wounded him after Tsukuyomi failed and his slash breached Itachi's Susanoo shell.
• Itachi summoned his incomplete Susanoo and attacked Shinji with its fists, genjutsu, and a fire technique loaded with shuriken.
• Shinji charged through the flames behind blood crystal armor and used Ratio Technique to cut through Susanoo.
• Itachi escaped Susanoo and detonated a trap of explosive tags as Shinji shouted, "Death!"

Shinji defeated Itachi in his domain after surviving Itachi’s death curse, then returned to the room and received the Sharingan Wraith Soul as his reward. The cursed object could strengthen the Sharingan and counter several Uchiha abilities, though it attracted cursed spirits.

• Itachi survived Shinji’s death curse, while Shinji healed himself with Mummy’s Bandages and revived at full health.
• Shinji trapped Itachi and Sasuke in Blood-Red Doomsday, where Itachi failed to escape the domain’s Jujutsu.
• Itachi used Amaterasu, but Shinji drained all the blood from his body and defeated him.
• Shinji returned to the room with Sasuke, who remained asleep, and received the Sharingan Wraith Soul from the system.
• Shinji examined the cursed object’s abilities and welcomed its side effect of attracting cursed spirits.

Shinji considered the strange powers of the [Cursed Object], while Sasuke woke from a troubling dream he could barely remember. Tobi explained how he and Hidan had been attacked and pursued, leaving Shinji to wonder if Sand Wraith Saibote had followed them to Konoha.

• Shinji guessed the [Cursed Object]’s abilities had appeared because Itachi had failed to kill him with Tsukuyomi, Susanoo, and Amaterasu, and put the artifact away.
• Sasuke woke after dreaming that Akagi, an Evil God, had turned Konoha into a blood-soaked scene and killed the person Sasuke had sworn to kill.
• Tobi explained that he and Hidan had defeated a Kumogakure team while escorting Hozuki Mangetsu, who then safely boarded a ship.
• After Hozuki Mangetsu departed, Hidan tried to recruit followers, and Sand Wraith Saibote attacked him and Tobi while seeking his weapon.
• Tobi escaped with Hidan, but Sand Wraith Saibote pursued them and sliced Hidan into chunks before Tobi saved him with Kamui.
• Shinji asked whether Sand Wraith Saibote had followed Tobi and Hidan all the way to Konoha, and Tobi gave a dry laugh.

Shinji and Tobi reassembled Hidan after his fight with the sand-transforming enemy and discussed how to counter the enemy’s Sandification. The repair left Hidan furious when they discovered his missing kidney and a piece of toe, while Shinji calmly suggested there might be other spare parts.

• Shinji told Tobi that water stopped the enemy’s Sandification and explained that they had taken the Golden Snake Sword that once let him dry up water sources.
• Shinji stitched Hidan’s head back onto his body while Tobi helped, and Hidan checked the repair in a mirror.
• Tobi found Hidan’s kidney beneath the table, and he and Shinji inspected it while Hidan shouted at them to return it.
• Tobi dropped the kidney, then stumbled down the stairs and left a piece of toe beside Hidan.
• Shinji set the toe beside Hidan and asked him to check whether any other parts were missing.

Shinji negotiated a paid cooperation deal with Hiruzen Sarutobi and laid plans to use Konoha's resources against Saibote. Saibote entered Konoha to reclaim his Golden Snake Sword, then attacked the Hokage Building with a quicksand technique.

• Shinji left Tobi with Hidan and met Hiruzen Sarutobi to discuss their cooperation proposal.
• Shinji offered fifteen million ryo for the deal, and Hiruzen accepted after Shinji threatened to walk away.
• Shinji paid the deposit, signed a contract, scattered cursed-energy sand inside the Hokage Building, and sent a letter addressed to Mei Terumi through Konoha's channels.
• Saibote entered Konoha using a stolen letter of introduction and headed to the Hokage Building to find his Treasure Sand and recover his Golden Snake Sword.
• Saibote used Sand Curse Transformation: Great Desert Quicksand, causing the Hokage Building to sink as ANBU members attacked him.

Saibote attacked Konoha, sinking the Hokage Building while demanding Shinji Naruto and Hidan Sasuke. Hiruzen Sarutobi’s forces failed to stop him, and Saibote unleashed a massive Sandstorm Rampage as more Konoha Ninja arrived.

• Saibote’s sand swallowed the Hokage Building, and Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Enma to confront him.
• Saibote demanded Shinji Naruto and Hidan Sasuke, and Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the Konoha Ninja to take him down.
• Saibote used giant sand blades to injure and kill attackers, so Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered ranged ninjutsu instead of close combat.
• Saibote transformed the ground into sand and turned the incoming fire, wind, and lightning into fuel for his Sandstorm Rampage.
• Guy, Asuma, and Kurenai arrived, noticed the Hokage Building had been destroyed, and prepared to attack Saibote.