Chapter Summaries

Shinji defeated Okamoto with blood-based attacks and poisoned him so he would agree to lead Shinji to Gato. Hidan killed the last enemy, leaving Shinji and Okamoto alive.

• Okamoto used Earth Release to crush the bound burly man, revealing himself as a Chunin-level ninja.
• Shinji entered his Flowing Red Scale state and attacked Okamoto with Convergence: Piercing Blood.
• Okamoto defended himself with Earth Release barriers, but Shinji circled behind him and pierced his abdomen with a blood dagger.
• Okamoto tried to escape with Smoke Bombs but collapsed after the poisoned blood inside him took effect.
• Shinji threatened to kill Okamoto unless he led him to Gato, and Okamoto blinked twice to agree.
• Shinji shot a distant enemy dead while Hidan protested that the man had been his target.

Gato ordered two captured ninjas killed and brought to his manor, where he tried to force them to choose which one would survive. Shinji confirmed Gato’s identity, and as Gato ordered his men to attack, Shinji told Hidan to begin.

• Gato spared the chef’s family from death but enslaved them, then ordered Okamoto to bring the captured ninjas to his manor.
• The butler coached Okamoto to impress Gato, who disliked being contradicted, and Okamoto agreed to follow his instructions.
• Gato offered to spare one of the prisoners if they chose which one would live, planning to kill the survivor afterward.
• Shinji compared Gato to a photograph and confirmed that he was their target.
• Gato ordered his men to kill them, while Shinji told Hidan to begin and Hidan declared that he would sacrifice everyone to Lord Jashin.

Shinji and Hidan slaughtered Gato’s guards and killed Gato, with Shinji taking his head as proof of the job. Afterward, Hidan considered what weapons to use next, while Shinji questioned his choice of machetes.

• Two of Gato’s Chunin guards attacked Hidan, who beat one down while Shinji killed the other guards with blood projectiles.
• Hidan smashed the remaining Chunin’s head and charged outside to slaughter the reinforcements.
• Gato crawled out from beneath his desk and offered Shinji wealth and power, but Shinji cut off his head.
• Hidan killed every armed man guarding Gato and pulled weapons from his body after the fighting ended.
• Hidan said machetes were convenient for killing, and Shinji advised him to choose a weapon that could draw blood easily.

After the Jashin Cult killed Gato, Mira Peng woke to find Gato’s severed head in his hands and realized his family’s nightmares were over, though the cult’s power also frightened him. Gato’s death triggered the collapse of his company, leaving Mira Peng poised to take over while maintaining his alliance with the Jashin Cult.

• Mira Peng woke from a nightmare holding Gato’s severed head and understood that the Jashin Cult had killed him.
• Mira Peng ordered a lavish banquet and had Gato’s head hung from a courtyard flagpole as a warning and a memorial for his daughter.
• News of Gato’s murder spread, and people largely viewed Mira Peng’s actions as revenge for Gato’s attacks on his family.
• Gato’s subordinates turned on one another while villagers stormed the company’s businesses, causing the Gato Company to collapse.
• Mira Peng planned to take over what remained of Gato’s resources and strengthen his mutually beneficial relationship with the Jashin Cult.

Zabuza and Haku arrived in the Land of Waves to find their employer dead and their assassination job canceled. As Shinji pursued an attacker targeting Mira Peng, Zabuza launched a bloody assault on Mira Peng’s guards under cover of fog.

• Haku learned that Gato had been killed and his organization had collapsed, leaving Zabuza and Haku without an employer or payment.
• Zabuza decided to leave the country after killing a few people, while Shinji and Hidan helped Mira Peng’s company load supplies for the Jashin Cult.
• An attacker fired Senbon at Mira Peng, and Shinji threw Hidan in front of him before chasing the fleeing attacker.
• Zabuza appeared in the fog and silently beheaded three guards, then continued killing Mira Peng’s men as they tried to escape.

Shinji defeated Haku after the masked boy tried to draw him away from Mira Peng, then carried him back toward the fight between Hidan and Zabuza. Shinji left Haku unconscious and worried that Hidan might be in trouble.

• Haku attacked Shinji with senbon, but Shinji blocked them with solidified blood and struck back with a poisoned Blood Manipulation technique.
• Haku shielded himself with Ice Release: Ice Rock Dome, but several Blood Bullets wounded and poisoned him.
• Shinji recognized Haku and suspected Zabuza had gone to attack Mira Peng while Hidan confronted him.
• Shinji activated Flowing Red Scale, overwhelmed Haku at close range, and forced him to use Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals.
• Shinji shattered Haku's ice mirrors, knocked him unconscious, and carried him back toward the fight with Hidan and Zabuza.

Hidan fought Zabuza while protecting Mira Peng, and after drawing Zabuza’s blood, he began his Death Controlling Possessed Blood ritual. Zabuza sensed that killing Hidan could put his own life at risk and stopped his attack, recalling the events that had driven him from Kirigakure.

• Hidan fought Zabuza in the mist while Mira Peng survived under his protection.
• Zabuza trapped Hidan with a water clone and severed one of his arms with the Kubikiribōchō.
• Hidan cut Zabuza’s face, licked his blood from his blade, and began his ritual by drawing a triangle inside a circle.
• Zabuza used the Hidden Mist Technique and Silent Killing Technique to attack Hidan from behind.
• Zabuza stopped his killing blow after sensing that striking Hidan would lead to his own death, and he remembered fleeing Kirigakure.

Zabuza discovered that Hidan’s ritual ability reflected injuries onto him, then used a water dragon attack to break Hidan’s connection to the ritual circle. Shinji arrived carrying the gravely wounded Haku and offered to trade Haku’s life for Zabuza’s Kubikiribōchō, and Zabuza threw the sword into the air.

• Zabuza cut Hidan and suffered an identical wound, then realized Hidan could transfer injuries to him.
• Hidan stabbed his own legs and chest, while Zabuza guessed the ability depended on Hidan staying inside his ritual circle.
• Zabuza struck Hidan with a Water Dragon Bullet Technique, knocking him away and breaking the injury transfer.
• Shinji arrived carrying the poisoned and gravely wounded Haku as Zabuza and Hidan prepared to fight again.
• Shinji offered to return Haku in exchange for the Kubikiribōchō, and Zabuza abruptly threw the sword into the air.

Shinji took Kubikiribōchō out of the fight, and Zabuza battled Hidan with a series of attacks that ended with both of them mortally wounded. Haku died beside Zabuza, while Hidan survived and the senbon in Haku's hand vanished.

• Shinji caught Kubikiribōchō and learned that converting it into a cursed tool required 5,000 cursed soul points, then withdrew from the fight.
• Zabuza armed himself with two samurai swords and fought Hidan, whose immortality let him withstand Zabuza's attacks.
• Zabuza trapped Hidan in a Water Prison Technique, but an explosive tag detonated inside and injured them both.
• Zabuza used the smoke to attack Hidan with a kunai, while Hidan stepped into the ritual symbol and caused Zabuza to suffer the same chest wound.
• Haku rushed to Zabuza and died beside him; Hidan found that neither had a heartbeat, ended the ritual, and lay down to rest.
• The senbon in Haku's hand vanished without anyone noticing.

After Shinji and Hidan survived an assassination attempt, Mira Peng offered them help at his Manor, including treatment for Hidan. Shinji supported the injured Hidan on the way there, and their banter left Hidan angry despite the bond points he gained.

• Mira Peng asked who had sent the attackers, and Shinji guessed they were still pursuing an uncanceled mission Gato had commissioned before his death.
• Mira Peng offered to take Shinji and Hidan to his Manor for treatment and help check for active assassination missions, and Shinji asked him to arrange for Hidan's severed arm to be sewn back on.
• Shinji retrieved Hidan's arm, offered to help him up, and supported him after Hidan fell when Shinji let go.
• Hidan asked about Shinji's sword, and Shinji explained that it was Kubikiribōchō, a weapon of Kirigakure's Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
• Shinji praised Hidan's ability to kill an opponent when given the chance, then added that Hidan could not kill him, prompting Hidan to threaten him.

Shinji counted his gains after returning Hidan to Mira Peng’s estate, then learned that the two killers’ bodies had vanished. After Hidan recovered, Shinji and Hidan left by ship, while Zabuza and the boy caring for him remained hidden in the Land of Waves and vowed revenge.

• Shinji’s Bond Points with Hidan rose to 401, and he considered converting Kubikiribōchō into a Cursed Tool but lacked enough Cursed Soul Points.
• Mira Peng told Shinji that the two killers’ bodies had disappeared during transport, and Shinji said he would handle it.
• Shinji spent the next days helping Hidan recover, but the tailor did not dare sew Hidan’s mouth shut.
• Shinji proposed leaving, and Mira Peng let him and Hidan depart on a fully laden ship.
• In a remote Land of Waves cabin, the boy fed medicine to the recovering Zabuza, who rejected the idea of living under new identities and vowed revenge on Hidan and the Jashin Cult.

Twenty days after returning from the Land of Waves, Shinji secured permission to use the Jashin Cult’s materials to forge a weapon while Cult Leader Takihata grew wary of Hidan’s devotion. Shinji later inspected a completed Bloody Triple-Bladed Scythe intended for Hidan, but the system gave no sign it could be converted into a Cursed Tool.

• Shinji and Hidan returned to the Jashin Cult, where Cult Leader Takihata praised their mission and offered them a reward.
• Hidan demanded better sacrifices, and Cult Leader Takihata promised him first claim on the next ten high-quality captives and permission to capture sacrifices himself.
• Shinji asked Cult Leader Takihata to let him have a weapon forged, and Takihata allowed him to use materials from the cult’s treasury.
• After returning to his routine, Shinji avoided Hidan, who eventually grew angry and went to pick a fight with him.
• Shinji examined a newly forged Bloody Triple-Bladed Scythe meant for Hidan, but the system showed no response to it.

Shinji accidentally impaled Hidan with his newly made scythe, then dragged him through the base while joking and blaming him for the mess. After the Tailor stitched Hidan up, the group realized the scissors were missing and looked toward Hidan’s newly sewn belly.

• Shinji tested his Bloody Triple-Bladed Scythe and impaled Hidan when he sprang from the bushes.
• Shinji blamed Hidan for startling him, then dragged him through the base while cultists mocked Hidan and complained about his blood on the floor.
• Shinji brought Hidan to the infirmary, where the doctor called for a Tailor to repair his injuries.
• The Tailor stitched Hidan’s wounds and asked for scissors to cut the thread.
• The room fell silent as everyone realized the scissors appeared to be inside Hidan, whose gaze turned murderous.

After surgery to remove the scissors from his belly, Hidan feared he could not get revenge on Shinji, who visited with a scythe and ended up giving it to him. Hidan accepted the gift, completing the second stage of their bond quest, while Shinji eagerly considered the newly unlocked third stage and its Domain Construction Scroll reward.

• Doctors removed the scissors from Hidan’s belly and stitched him up, and Hidan began plotting revenge despite knowing he could not beat Shinji.
• Shinji entered Hidan’s room carrying the Bloody Triple-Bladed Scythe, startling him and making him suspect Shinji had come to attack him.
• Shinji explained that the weapon was custom-made for Hidan and gave it to him, and Hidan excitedly tried swinging it.
• Hidan gained bond points, completing stage two of the New Undying Duo quest and unlocking stage three for Shinji.
• Shinji received 5,000 cursed soul points and a Jujutsu Enhancement Scroll, then left eager to pursue the next stage and its Domain Construction Scroll.

Shinji spent most of his cursed soul points turning the Kubikiribōchō into a cursed tool, then used a Jujutsu Enhancement Scroll to absorb extensive training experience with Blood Manipulation. The chapter ended with him recognizing the scroll as a major opportunity to develop his jujutsu and potentially create his own domain.

• Shinji made one draw with 1,000 cursed soul points and received a single-use card that made its target trip on flat ground.
• Shinji spent 5,000 cursed soul points to convert the Kubikiribōchō into a cursed tool with Soul Imprisonment and Cloak-Breaking Strike abilities.
• Shinji opened the Jujutsu Enhancement Scroll and experienced another person's training and use of Blood Manipulation.
• Shinji absorbed the experience and concluded that another scroll could help him comprehend and construct his own domain.

Shinji used his years of Blood Manipulation experience to master the technique in his own body and develop his combat strength. He and Hidan set out to investigate missing sacrifices near the Land of Rain, and Shinji left Hidan behind to test his blade against attackers surrounding a princess’s sedan chair.

• Shinji practiced Blood Manipulation in a secret room, then concealed the evidence before leaving.
• Cult Leader Takihata sent Shinji and Hidan to find sacrifices and escorts who had vanished near the border of the Land of Rivers and the Land of Rain.
• Shinji and Hidan traveled toward the disappearance site while Shinji hunted animals to test the Kubikiribōchō’s Seven Kill Lamps, but none lit up.
• When they heard a battle ahead, Shinji went to test his blade while Hidan stayed behind.
• Shinji found bandit samurai and rogue nomads attacking guards who were defending a princess’s sedan chair.

Shinji tested the Kubikiribōchō’s Seven Kill Lamps by slaughtering the bandits attacking a group of guards. After using [Cloak-Breaking Strike] to cut down their leader, he pursued and killed the fleeing survivors.

• Shinji killed two bandits and confirmed that killing people lit the Seven Kill Lamps.
• The bandits surrounded Shinji, but he cut down their attackers with the Kubikiribōchō.
• After all seven lamps lit, Shinji used [Cloak-Breaking Strike] to appear behind the bandit leader and kill him.
• The surviving bandits fled, and Shinji activated Flowing Red Scale to catch and slaughter them all.

Shinji tested Kubikiribōchō’s new cursed abilities, then spared a princess and her guards after finishing his test-cutting. Back with Hidan, he reminded him who was boss by beating him into submission.

• Shinji reviewed Kubikiribōchō’s Soul Imprisonment limits and observed that the blade regenerated after taking damage.
• The princess ordered her guards to lower their weapons and offered Shinji a reward for saving them.
• Shinji said the guards should thank the corpses, then left without harming the survivors.
• The princess realized Shinji had come to test-cut with his blade and feared that she and the guards might have been his next targets.
• Hidan challenged Shinji, who punched him and declared, “Now, I'm the boss!”

Shinji and Hidan investigated a ruined town where the Jashin Cult’s sacrifices had disappeared and found no one alive aboveground. They rescued an old man hiding in a cellar, who told them a man-eating monster had driven the survivors underground.

• Shinji and Hidan reached the ruined town and noticed a strong smell of blood and no living people in sight.
• Shinji searched the ruined houses and found a cellar entrance beneath scattered straw.
• Hidan went into the cellar and discovered an old man close to death, and Shinji revived him with water.
• The old man said a man-eating monster had killed many townspeople and forced the survivors to hide in cellars.
• The old man explained that the survivors had cast him out as bait because they had little food.

Shinji and Hidan waited for a man-eating monster, then killed a Human-Faced Centipede that the system identified as a Grade 3 Cursed Spirit. Shinji realized that his arrival had changed the Naruto world and left worried that cursed spirits could spread and disrupt society.

• Shinji and Hidan waited in the abandoned town for the monster but found no sign of it before sunset.
• Hidan went to confront the old man, but returned alone after discovering that the man had fled.
• Shinji and Hidan rested in a dilapidated house while a Human-Faced Centipede watched them from the rafters.
• The Human-Faced Centipede attacked, and Shinji and Hidan killed it together with their weapons.
• Shinji received 200 cursed soul points and realized the centipede was a Grade 3 Cursed Spirit.
• Shinji connected the cursed spirits to the Curse of the World's Will and worried that they could spread throughout the world.