Chapter Summaries

Shinji, Itachi, and Kisame agreed not to fight one another while facing Moqian, but Shinji refused to form a team. Moqian unleashed her fourth tail and a volcanic attack, and the chapter ended with Itachi remarking that her powers resembled something as the battle paused.

• Itachi proposed setting aside personal grievances against Moqian, and Shinji rejected a partnership while agreeing not to attack each other.
• Moqian manifested a fourth tail and used magma to raise a volcano beneath her.
• Moqian's volcanic eruption sent lava and rocks raining down, while Kisame and Shinji defended themselves and Itachi sheltered behind Shinji's blood crystals.
• The white fox and its rider fled as Moqian's eruption scorched the area and battered Shinji's defenses.
• After the eruption stopped, Itachi emerged from behind Shinji's crystals and said Moqian's abilities resembled something, prompting Shinji to threaten to leave.

Shinji, Itachi, and Kisame struggled to stop Moqian as her steam-powered strength and shifting tailed-beast abilities overwhelmed their attacks. Itachi trapped her with Tsukuyomi and struck her with Amaterasu, but Moqian used Severed Tail Rebirth to escape the flames by sacrificing her newly grown octopus tail.

• Moqian charged at the group, sending Kisame flying, while Itachi used his Mangekyō Sharingan to make her crash before she recovered and kicked apart his crow substitute.
• Kisame and Shinji each tried to stop Moqian and were knocked away, so Shinji agreed to lure her into range while Itachi prepared Tsukuyomi.
• Shinji used Cursed Speech to bind Moqian, and Itachi cast Tsukuyomi, but Moqian woke and changed her face into a slug's before spraying corrosive acid.
• Itachi raised Susanoo to shield himself and Shinji, but Moqian's acid corroded it, forcing Itachi to use Amaterasu.
• Moqian endured the Amaterasu flames, grew an octopus tail, and used Severed Tail Rebirth to sever it as she changed into an ox-faced form.

Moqian survived Amaterasu by transforming from her severed tail, then tried to escape while invisible. Shinji struck Gentleman Man with Cursed Speech as he rescued Moqian, but a stitched hand dragged him through a spatial portal before Shinji could trap him.

• Itachi stopped using his Mangekyō Sharingan after repeated Amaterasu attacks left him in pain and unable to risk further strain.
• Kisame and Shinji searched for the vanished Moqian, then exposed her hiding in the sky with water sharks and blood bullets.
• Moqian revealed her new eighth tail and butterfly wings, then accepted Gentleman Man’s offer to take her away.
• Shinji used Cursed Speech to make Gentleman Man collapse, but a stitched hand pulled him and Moqian through a closing spatial hole.
• Shinji revived, regretted that Gentleman Man had escaped, and used Reverse Cursed Technique to heal his injuries.

Moqian rejected Gentleman Man’s attempt to recruit her and unleashed a devastating attack that destroyed a mountain. After the mission, Itachi and Kisame departed, while Shinji tried to recruit Kisame into the Jashin Cult and tasked him with delivering a detailed sales pitch.

• Moqian accused Gentleman Man of engineering her capture and rescue to make her join his cause, and he admitted to the scheme.
• When Gentleman Man trapped Moqian in sand and tried to force her to stay, she used the Nine-Jade Curse and leveled the mountain.
• Shinji and the others saw the distant explosion, while Itachi ended the mission and prepared to leave with Kisame.
• Shinji offered Kisame a better-paying job in the Jashin Cult, but Kisame and Itachi refused to switch sides.
• Shinji threatened Itachi and ordered Kisame to recite the Cult’s recruitment pitch at the next Akatsuki meeting, prompting Itachi to say, “Itachi, you’ve changed.”

Tobi worried that Shinji was drawing Akatsuki members away and schemed to make the Jashin Cult a common enemy. Sasuke woke from a coma and was dragged into a disastrous card game that put his hair at stake.

• Tobi concluded that Shinji had resisted Itachi's Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu, then planned to make the Jashin Cult the Shinobi World's common enemy.
• Sasuke woke after several days unconscious and found Shinji, Hidan, and Tobi playing cards beside him.
• Shinji made Sasuke the wager in a card game, and Hidan demanded that Sasuke shave his head if he lost.
• Sasuke raised the stakes, promising to shave his whole body if he lost, and agreed to play against Hidan with Shinji as his partner.
• Hidan crushed Sasuke's first hand with a series of bombs and a rocket before Sasuke could play.
• Tobi bombed Shinji's opening card in the next hand, and Shinji and Sasuke lost again.

After Sasuke was shaved bald as punishment, Shinji, Hidan, and Tobi mocked him until he ran out of Chakra. Tobi brought back a red-marked fox, and when its white companion attacked the group, Shinji punched it with Black Flash and watched it turn into a young girl.

• Sasuke had his hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes shaved after his team lost, and Shinji, Hidan, and Tobi teased him until he chased them with Chidori and exhausted his Chakra.
• Tobi returned from hunting with a chicken and a large fox bearing a red crescent mark on its forehead.
• Shinji went hunting and returned with rabbits and a wild boar as Hidan fought a large white fox that had followed the group.
• Shinji stopped Hidan from killing the white fox, but it attacked again after his Cursed Speech wore off.
• Shinji struck the white fox with Black Flash, and it transformed into a young girl.

Shinji and Hidan confronted three Kumogakure ninja who were taking a woman and an unconscious white fox, and Hidan fought them. After Hidan killed Yugito and survived a pair of lethal stabs, the two remaining ninja were left shocked by his apparent immortality.

• A Kumogakure woman tried to surrender herself to Hidan, but three Kumogakure ninja arrived and ordered Shinji's group to leave while seizing her and the white fox.
• Shinji told Hidan to leave one enemy alive, and Hidan charged the three ninja.
• Hidan overpowered the ninja's Cloud Style attacks and killed Dark-skinned Number Three, whom the others called Yugito.
• Dark-skinned Number Two paralyzed Hidan with lightning and distracted him while Dark-skinned Number One stabbed him through the lung and heart.
• Hidan survived, held Dark-skinned Number One's blade in place, and swung his scythe at him as the remaining ninja stared in shock.

Hidan used his immortality to defeat two Cloud-style swordsmen while Shinji and Tobi watched. Tobi tempted Sasuke with the possibility of gaining immortality, but Shinji revealed the ritual’s deadly odds, leaving Sasuke to abandon the idea.

• Hidan began the Jashin ritual after being stabbed, and Dark-Skin One and Dark-Skin Two attacked him together.
• Hidan’s wounds mirrored onto Dark-Skin One, who died, while Dark-Skin Two frantically attacked Hidan.
• Hidan pinned Dark-Skin Two to a tree and stopped before killing him, leaving him for Shinji.
• Tobi told Sasuke that Hidan and Shinji were immortal and claimed the Jashin ritual could grant the same ability.
• Shinji revealed that only two in thirty thousand people survived the ritual and that every attempt since his and Hidan’s had failed.
• Hidan explained that the failures had died, and Sasuke abandoned the idea of undergoing the ritual.

Shinji questioned Makai about Kumogakure’s pursuit of the girl and learned she was a survivor of the Land of Beasts. After the girl killed Makai and escaped with Bright Moon, more Kumogakure ninjas arrived to continue the hunt.

• Shinji tortured Makai until he explained that Kumogakure had been sent to capture a girl identified by the Red Crescent Mark on Bright Moon, a white fox.
• The girl broke free when Bright Moon chewed through her ropes and slashed Makai’s throat with her beast claws.
• The girl freed Bright Moon and tried to flee, while Shinji and his companions ignored them and prepared food.
• The girl and Bright Moon escaped after realizing Shinji was not pursuing them, though the girl still feared for their safety.
• Three more Kumogakure ninjas arrived, noticed the trail was confusing, and split up to search for the girl.

Tobi plotted to pit the Jashin Cult against the Five Great Nations, but Shinji’s warning made him focus on avoiding suspicion. After Shinji killed a Kumogakure attacker and rescued Sasuke, Tobi decided to let a future enemy escape so Kumogakure would learn about their group.

• Shinji warned Tobi not to bring back any more strange things, so Tobi played dumb and held off on exposing the Kumogakure bodies.
• Sasuke wandered into the woods after eating undercooked rabbit, and Shinji went looking for him when he failed to return.
• A Kumogakure ninja ambushed Shinji, but Shinji blocked the attack with a Blood Crystal Wall, pinned the attacker with blood spears, and killed him.
• Shinji used Blood Mist Trail to find Sasuke unconscious inside a dead tree, then woke him with Cursed Speech.
• Sasuke explained that he had been attacked while trying to relieve himself, and the group returned to camp.
• Tobi realized Kumogakure might already know about their group and decided to let one of its ninja escape if they met again.

Toroi led a Kumogakure team to capture a surviving girl from the Land of Beasts, hoping to obtain the Tamamo Clan’s beast-breeding methods and secret techniques. After discovering their comrades had been killed, the team pursued the attackers, unaware that Shinji and the white fox were waiting nearby.

• Toroi explained Kumogakure’s interest in the girl and the lost techniques of the Land of Beasts’ great clans.
• Toroi learned that Worui had gone silent and received a message saying Makai and two others had been killed.
• Toroi gathered his team and followed Worui’s trail, where they found Worui beheaded.
• The Kumogakure ninjas found three more bodies at the attackers’ recent campsite and vowed to avenge their comrades.
• Shinji hid nearby with the white fox, smiling as the Kumogakure team searched for him.

Shinji’s blood trap killed or poisoned most of Toroi’s Kumogakure squad, and Sasuke and Tobi joined Hidan in attacking the survivors. Toroi recognized that the masked Tobi could not be struck normally and launched a counterattack while preparing a scroll.

• Shinji detonated poisonous blood hidden in the bodies, killing several Kumogakure ninja and leaving others wounded.
• Toroi warned the survivors to take antidote pills, but one injured ninja died before the antidote could work.
• Hidan attacked Toroi with his Bloody March Scythe while Tobi appeared beside the unconscious girl to use Kamui.
• A wounded Kumogakure ninja charged Tobi with Cloud Style: Flying Blade Slash, but Sasuke struck through Tobi with Chidori and killed the attacker.
• Toroi mourned Sadingyi, realized Tobi had avoided the attacks, and threw his square Shuriken at Tobi and Sasuke before charging Hidan with a scroll between his teeth.

Toroi used Magnet Release to launch repeated attacks against Hidan and Shinji, but Shinji stopped his shuriken and used strange powers to turn Toroi’s weapons against him. Toroi lost both hands, leaving him badly injured.

• Toroi used Magnet Release to redirect his Diamond Shuriken toward Hidan, but Shinji knocked them away and sealed Hidan in a Hexagonal Blood Crystal.
• Toroi launched three magnetized Diamond Shuriken at Shinji, increasing their speed each time he pulled them back and hurled them again.
• Shinji realized how Toroi was accelerating the shuriken and used “Sleep!” to make Toroi drowsy as one of the weapons sliced off his arm.
• Shinji threw a Diamond Shuriken at Toroi, then used “Daze!” to distract him, allowing the weapon to slice off his other hand.

Shinji killed the Kumogakure ninja and rescued Tamamo Hotaru, who offered him the Bear King Order as collateral for the ten million ryo she owed him. When he touched it, his system revealed it was a powerful Cursed Object formed from the Heipi Clan’s deaths, leaving him to wonder whether mass deaths among a bloodline could create such objects.

• Toroi unleashed his Diamond Shuriken in a lightning dragon attack, but Shinji appeared behind him and killed him while Bright Moon killed the fleeing Kumogakure ninja.
• Bright Moon woke Tamamo Hotaru, who recognized Shinji and thanked him for saving her.
• Shinji demanded ten million ryo for rescuing Tamamo twice, and Tamamo admitted she had no money to pay him.
• Tamamo gave Shinji the Bear King Order as collateral and promised to redeem it once she had gathered the money.
• Shinji’s system identified the Bear King Order as a Cursed Object that could empower Ninja Bears and revealed it had formed from the Heipi Clan’s resentment after their massacre.

Shinji learned how Kumogakure and Iwagakure destroyed the Land of Beasts, then offered to escort Tamamo Hotaru to the Land of Vegetables as a mercenary. Tamamo agreed to pay him, while Shinji kept eyeing the item she had hidden in her chest.

• Shinji questioned Tamamo Hotaru about Kumogakure and the destruction of the Land of Beasts.
• Tamamo Hotaru explained how negotiations over the four clans collapsed and Kumogakure and Iwagakure independently attacked the Tamamo and Heipi Clans.
• Tamamo Hotaru recounted how the Fenglie Clan joined the fighting, the three clans were nearly wiped out, and their legacies were burned before survivors concealed the truth.
• Shinji introduced himself as Akagi Shinji, a Jashin Cult rogue ninja and mercenary, and offered to take on missions against Kumogakure for a price.
• Tamamo Hotaru asked Shinji to escort her to the Land of Vegetables, and agreed to pay when he warned her it would be expensive.

Shinji agreed to escort Tamamo Hotaru to the Land of Vegetables in exchange for her jade tokens, while Tobi secretly sent a message to Kumogakure. Meanwhile, the Fourth Raikage fought a lightning-wielding Cursed Spirit alone and forbade anyone from intervening.

• Shinji clarified that he wanted Tamamo Hotaru's [Bear King Order], not what she had feared, and learned she had another token hidden in the Land of Vegetables.
• Tamamo Hotaru agreed to give Shinji another jade token as payment for safely escorting her there.
• Tobi dropped a mouse carrying a note, and it later reached a group of Kumogakure ninja.
• The Fourth Raikage battled a Cursed Spirit with a deer's body and lightning-charged lance while Kumogakure ninja watched from afar.
• The Fourth Raikage stopped Killer B and the others from helping, declaring that their duel would continue until one of them could no longer fight.

The Fourth Raikage and Kongni clashed again after years of battles that had pushed the lightning-born Special Grade Cursed Spirit to grow stronger. Their latest collision left the Raikage wounded in a crater while Kongni shot into the clouds, and the outcome remained unclear.

• Kongni repeatedly escaped the Fourth Raikage’s attempts to kill her, growing stronger and attacking Kumogakure with lightning raids.
• Kumogakure lured Kongni into a prepared trap, but she awakened her domain, fought Eight-Tails, and escaped.
• Kongni later challenged the Fourth Raikage in repeated battles, gradually improving until their fights became evenly matched.
• Kongni gathered lightning into the Knight's Lance and dove at the Fourth Raikage as he launched himself upward with Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
• The fighters collided in a blast that destroyed nearby buildings, leaving the Fourth Raikage in a crater with his left arm badly injured while Kongni flew into the clouds.

Shinji and his companions traveled through a small country, where Tamamo Hotaru drew stares but Shinji and Tobi each arrogantly assumed the attention was for them. After Shinji explained his own arrogance, an official’s servant invited the group to a banquet on his master’s behalf.

• Tamamo Hotaru enjoyed the attention her beauty drew from passersby, while Hidan asked if he could kill them for staring.
• Shinji, Tobi, and Hidan argued over who was attracting the stares, and Sasuke said he was used to being admired in Konoha.
• Shinji teased Sasuke about arrogance and claimed that his strength let him act however he pleased because his enemies ended up dead.
• Hidan chased Tobi with his scythe after Tobi mocked him, while Shinji laughed at the people watching them.
• An official’s sedan chair blocked the group’s path, and the official’s servant invited them to a banquet.

Shinji and Sasuke tried to leave Tamamo Hotaru behind after the Daimyō of the Land of Salt invited her to dinner, but she was abducted by a strange man who emerged from underground. Shinji suspected the Daimyō and headed for his residence, where the Daimyō prepared to take advantage of Tamamo Hotaru while his accomplice warned him about Shinji.

• An official invited Tamamo Hotaru to dine with the Daimyō of the Land of Salt, but she declined and followed Shinji and Sasuke instead.
• Tamamo Hotaru was suddenly dragged underground after throwing the White Fox toward Shinji, and Shinji's [Greedy Eyeball] found no trace of a Cursed Spirit.
• Shinji picked up the White Fox, reassured it, and took Sasuke toward the Daimyō's residence, suspecting the Daimyō had arranged the abduction.
• A deformed man delivered the unconscious Tamamo Hotaru to the Daimyō in exchange for a box of rocks, which he happily ate.
• The deformed man warned the Daimyō that Shinji was dangerous and offered to rescue him for a higher price, but the Daimyō dismissed the warning.

Shinji and Sasuke stormed the Daimyō of the Land of Salt’s residence, where Bright Moon led Shinji to the captive Tamamo Hotaru. After Shinji freed her, explosions and the sound of Sasuke’s Chidori suggested a formidable enemy had appeared above.

• Shinji and Sasuke broke into the Daimyō of the Land of Salt’s residence, and Sasuke beat down the guards and officials.
• Bright Moon recognized her master’s scent on the Daimyō of the Land of Salt and led Shinji toward the hidden chamber.
• The Daimyō of the Land of Salt smashed a glowing black stone, while Sasuke knocked him down without noticing the stone’s liquid seep into the ground.
• Shinji and Bright Moon demolished concealed passages and found Tamamo Hotaru chained and gagged underground.
• Shinji freed Tamamo Hotaru, who said someone had dragged her underground and knocked her unconscious.
• Shinji heard explosions and Sasuke’s Chidori from upstairs, realizing a powerful enemy might have arrived.