Chapter Summaries

Hudi fought Five-Tails Kokuō, overpowering it with punches that disrupted its strength and shattering its Tailed Beast Bomb. Han took control of the body and faced Hudi, who revealed that he intended to destroy the Land of Earth; the chapter ended with Han preparing to fight.

• Hudi challenged Five-Tails Kokuō to become his mount and flipped it onto its back, then repeatedly punched it whenever it tried to rise.
• Five-Tails gathered a Tailed Beast Bomb, but Hudi shattered it with his Spirit-Shaking Curse Technique: Void Orb.
• Sasori identified Hudi as a cursed spirit, and he and Deidara discussed killing him before capturing Five-Tails.
• Five-Tails released scalding steam, but Hudi regenerated after his flesh melted and kept beating it.
• Han persuaded Five-Tails to yield control, returned the body to human form, and asked Hudi about his target.
• Hudi said he planned to destroy the country and demanded his mount, while Han's body released steam in anger.

Shinji's group arrived as Deidara and Sasori fought Han and Hudi over the Five-Tails, and Shinji proposed joining forces against Hudi. The groups faced off over whether to cooperate, until Han was hurled into the ground.

• Shinji's group saw the Five-Tails fall and vanish, then found Deidara and Sasori at the scene.
• Shinji greeted Deidara as an old friend, making Sasori suspect that Deidara had revealed the mission.
• Han and Hudi began fighting while Shinji asked Deidara what had happened.
• After hearing the situation, Shinji offered to help kill Hudi but said he would not interfere with what Deidara and Sasori did to Han.
• Sasori rejected the offer, and Shinji threatened to expose his true body as the groups prepared to fight.
• Han slammed into the ground, badly battered, interrupting their standoff.

Hudi attacked the group, prompting Deidara and Sasori to join forces against him. He endured their explosives, puppets, iron sand, and corrosive poison, then recovered from every attack and mocked them.

• Hudi slammed into the group, smashed the ground with his spiked club, and scattered both sides.
• Deidara attacked Hudi with explosive clay, but Hudi emerged uninjured and mocked him.
• Sasori unleashed his Red-Clothed Puppets and targeted Hudi’s vulnerable areas.
• Sasori trapped Hudi with iron sand and blasted him with Corrosive Stream, but Hudi regenerated and shook off the attack.
• Hudi mocked Deidara and Sasori, asking Sasori to heat the corrosive water before spraying him again.

Shinji used the Eye of the Heavens to uncover how Hudi’s vibrations worked, then revealed that Limitless kept Hudi from touching him. The fight continued as the onlookers struggled to understand Shinji’s ability and Han remained behind, hoping to help eliminate Hudi.

• Shinji observed Hudi’s cursed energy and realized Hudi used vibrations to redirect incoming force into the ground.
• Hudi attacked Shinji, but his spiked club stopped a centimeter from Shinji’s head.
• Shinji explained that Limitless had stretched the distance between them to infinity and prevented Hudi from landing a hit.
• Hudi’s club rebounded into his forehead after Shinji flicked a finger.
• The onlookers, including Tobi, wondered how Shinji’s ability worked, while Han stayed to take advantage of the chance to defeat Hudi.

Shinji used his spatial techniques and Cursed Technique Reversal: Red against Hudi, then uncovered how Hudi’s vibration defense and earth-based healing worked. Hudi decided that fighting Shinji was not worth the risk, though their grudge was now firmly established.

• Hudi backed away and threatened to kill the people nearby, but Shinji explained that he could teleport by compressing the space between them.
• Shinji fired Red at Hudi, who took the explosion head-on and appeared unharmed.
• Using the Eye of the Heavens, Shinji figured out that Hudi used vibrations to defend himself and drew healing energy from the earth.
• Shinji prepared to attack again as Hudi considered fleeing or using his domain, then judged that continuing the fight would bring him little benefit.

Shinji combined Blue and Red to unleash Hollow Technique: Purple, erasing Hudi and punching through a mountain. The observers reeled at Shinji’s power, while Tobi worried it could threaten his plans involving Madara.

• Shinji combined Blue and Red into an imaginary mass and fired Limitless: Purple at the fleeing Hudi.
• Hudi used Reversal Shock Spirit: Gaia, but Purple broke through his defense and erased most of his body before his life-saving Jujutsu teleported away the remaining piece of his head.
• Purple continued onward and punched through a distant mountain, leaving Sasuke and the others stunned by Shinji’s strength.
• Sasuke doubted he could ever surpass Shinji, Deidara considered switching sides, and Sasori imagined turning Shinji into a Human Puppet.
• Tobi suspected Shinji might have been hiding his true strength and feared Purple could disrupt his plans involving Madara.
• Shinji shook his head, dissatisfied that his first attempt at Hollow Technique had allowed Hudi a chance to escape.

Shinji watched Deidara and Sasori defeat Han, then healed Deidara’s broken arm and openly invited him to join the Jashin Cult. Deidara thanked Shinji and considered bringing Sasori along if the Akatsuki’s plan failed, while Tobi could only listen to the recruitment pitch.

• After Shinji declined to help capture Han, Deidara and Sasori resumed their fight against him while Shinji and the others watched from a distance.
• Han’s taijutsu and steam gave Deidara and Sasori trouble, but poison needles and Deidara’s Clay Bombs eventually left Han unconscious.
• Shinji returned and used Reverse Cursed Technique-Healing to repair Deidara’s broken left arm.
• Shinji urged Deidara to call him Big Brother Shinji and offered to make him a guardian in the Jashin Cult if he left the Akatsuki.
• Tobi silently endured Shinji’s open recruitment pitch, while Deidara considered bringing Sasori with him if the Akatsuki’s plan failed.

Kurotsuchi investigated the devastated battlefield where Han had been taken and pursued the group she suspected was responsible. She surrounded Shinji and his companions, who explained that they were Rogue Ninja headed to a mission, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Kurotsuchi found red armor fragments and traces of a powerful battle, then sent Wu Ya to report to the village while she led a pursuit.
• Kurotsuchi spotted six travelers but could not see Han among them, so she ordered her squads to surround the group.
• Shinji detected the Iwagakure Ninja following them and told his companions they were being blamed for Han's abduction by Deidara and Sasori.
• Kurotsuchi confronted the travelers and asked who they were and where they had come from.
• Shinji claimed they were Rogue Ninja on their way to eliminate Cursed Spirits, and Moqian angrily objected when Kurotsuchi called them children.

Akagi Shinji sold Kurotsuchi an account of Han’s defeat and descriptions of the attackers, leading her to suspect a plot against Iwagakure. Kurotsuchi sent the intelligence back to the village as Shinji prepared to leave.

• Kurotsuchi questioned Akagi Shinji about strange people and events, and Shinji demanded payment before sharing what he knew.
• Shinji described Han being defeated by a group of attackers and said Han had warned that they would not get away with their scheme.
• Kurotsuchi considered whether Shinji’s story was true or planted to mislead investigators, then grew concerned that the enemy might target the village again.
• Kurotsuchi paid Shinji again, and he described Mr. Enemy and the other special-grade Cursed Spirits while her companion took notes.
• Kurotsuchi ordered the intelligence sent back immediately, and Shinji asked to leave.

Kurotsuchi realized Akagi Shinji and his companions had been suspiciously composed, but two of her subordinates returned to confront them before she could investigate. Sasuke killed Jushi and Shuiguang with Amaterasu, leaving Kurotsuchi and her team to discover their charred bodies.

• Kurotsuchi recognized that Shinji and his companions had shown no fear and suspected they were hiding something.
• Kurotsuchi learned Jushi and Shuiguang had secretly gone back to confront the group, then rushed after them with her team.
• Jushi and Shuiguang threatened Shinji’s companions and demanded money, while Shinji told Sasuke to deal with them.
• Sasuke used Amaterasu to burn Jushi and Shuiguang to death.
• Kurotsuchi and her team arrived to find the two charred corpses and realized they had failed to stop the killings.

Kurotsuchi ordered Shinji captured after he killed two Iwagakure ninja, forcing him to fight her and the others inside his Blood-Red Doomsday domain. Shinji killed the remaining ninja and defeated Kurotsuchi, leaving her stunned and wondering whether she would die too.

• Kurotsuchi decided she had to hold Shinji accountable for killing Jushi and Shuiguang, despite understanding why he had acted.
• Shinji trapped Kurotsuchi and the Sunagakure ninja in his Blood-Red Doomsday domain and demonstrated his control over their blood by killing two ninja.
• Kurotsuchi rallied the others and attacked Shinji with Lava Release, but he blocked her technique and killed another ninja.
• Kurotsuchi broke Shinji's blood crystal wall with her rock-enhanced punch, but Shinji reversed the flow of blood in her body and caught her as she fell.
• Shinji killed the last three ninja while Kurotsuchi watched, leaving her shocked and uncertain whether he would kill her next.

Shinji broke Kurotsuchi’s defenses, kidnapped her, and planned to ransom her to her grandfather, the Tsuchikage. He sent Tobi to deliver the ransom letter while Tamamo Hotaru tied Kurotsuchi up.

• Shinji used his domain and repeated accusations to make Kurotsuchi believe she was responsible for her comrades’ deaths.
• Shinji told Kurotsuchi she was kidnapped because he wanted to ransom the Tsuchikage’s granddaughter rather than risk killing her.
• Tobi volunteered to take the ransom demand to Ōnoki, hoping the kidnapping would make Shinji and the Jashin Cult enemies of the Five Great Nations.
• Shinji wrote a ransom letter on a piece of Kurotsuchi’s skirt and gave it to Tobi, who warped away with it.
• Tamamo Hotaru struggled to tie up the unresponsive Kurotsuchi, using a technique taught to her by Tortoiseshell.

Ōnoki learned that Han had been captured and organized a search, then grew worried that Kurotsuchi might encounter the powerful enemy. Meanwhile, Tobi attacked Iwagakure to provoke a war, and Ōnoki began to suspect that the intruder was stronger than expected.

• Ōnoki received reports that an unknown force had captured the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, Han, and ordered a search based on Kurotsuchi's intelligence.
• Ōnoki worried that Kurotsuchi might run into the enemy and sent reinforcements to find her and relay orders to suspend her operation.
• Tobi entered Iwagakure and killed a patrolling ninja with Wood Release: Cutting Technique.
• Tobi attacked the village to inflame the conflict, and Iwagakure erupted into turmoil.
• Ōnoki ordered Kitsuchi to capture and kill the intruder, then grew concerned as the commotion continued.

Tobi attacked Iwagakure, killing dozens of ninja before Kitsuchi’s powerful Earth Release attacks failed to stop him. Tobi revealed that Kurotsuchi had been kidnapped and offered a ransom demand, leaving Kitsuchi to face the threat to his daughter.

• Tobi escaped Iwagakure’s encirclement and used Wood Release to kill dozens of ninja, while Kitsuchi escaped with an injured arm.
• Kitsuchi unleashed several Earth Release attacks, but Tobi emerged unharmed and killed the ninja who approached to investigate.
• Kitsuchi questioned Tobi about his identity and purpose rather than attacking again.
• Tobi claimed he belonged to the Jashin Cult and had come to deliver a ransom demand for Kurotsuchi, whom he said had been kidnapped.
• Kitsuchi concealed that Kurotsuchi was his daughter and challenged Tobi’s claim that he had come merely to deliver a letter.
• Tobi admitted he had come to pick a fight and showed Kitsuchi a blood-written letter on the hem of Kurotsuchi’s skirt.

Tobi held Iwagakure at bay while using Kurotsuchi’s life and the letter written on her dress to provoke Ōnoki. As Ōnoki ordered the village to test Tobi’s defenses, Tobi created an opening to escape and left Kurotsuchi’s fate in their hands.

• Tobi dodged Iwagakure’s attacks while carrying the letter on Kurotsuchi’s dress, and Kitsuchi told Ōnoki that Kurotsuchi had been captured.
• Ōnoki threatened Tobi, who claimed Shinji had tortured Kurotsuchi and threatened to kill her, provoking Ōnoki into attacking.
• Ōnoki’s Dust Release, Rock Clone, Rock Fist, and other attacks passed through Tobi without harming him.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure Ninja to chain their ninjutsu together, and Tobi threw the letter into their path.
• Kitsuchi blocked his allies’ attacks to save the dress hem, giving Tobi time to begin his space-time transfer and warn them that Kurotsuchi’s life depended on their choice.

After Tobi’s attack left Iwagakure scrambling to rescue Kurotsuchi, Mr. Enemy’s group waited for Hudi to appear. When Hudi failed to show after two days, Mr. Enemy launched a plan to draw him out by striking several locations at once.

• Kitsuchi read the message demanding twenty cursed objects for Kurotsuchi, and Ōnoki angrily blamed the Jashin Cult before leaving.
• Mr. Enemy’s group learned that a human had caused trouble in Sunagakure, but Saibote confirmed it was not Hudi.
• Mr. Enemy decided to wait two more days for Hudi, then force him out if he still did not appear.
• After Hudi remained missing, Mr. Enemy split the group up to attack different locations and divide the humans’ forces.

Tobi returned from Iwagakure claiming that Ōnoki refused to pay the ransom and threatened the kidnappers, leaving Shinji to decide Kurotsuchi’s fate. Tamamo Hotaru persuaded Shinji to keep Kurotsuchi alive under her watch, while Ōnoki considered whether to abandon the rescue and seek revenge.

• Tobi told Shinji and the others that Ōnoki had refused to ransom Kurotsuchi and threatened to hunt them down, then Hidan comforted him and vowed revenge.
• Shinji considered killing Kurotsuchi, but Tamamo Hotaru asked him to spare her and offered to take responsibility for guarding her.
• Shinji agreed to let Kurotsuchi live for now and warned Tamamo Hotaru that she would answer for any escape or trouble.
• Tobi resented Tamamo Hotaru for disrupting his plans to provoke a war between Iwagakure and the Jashin Cult, but decided not to expose himself by killing her.
• Ōnoki shut himself in his office after a meeting, weighing the costs of paying the ransom while ordering a search for Kurotsuchi and her kidnappers.

Mr. Enemy’s cursed spirits massacred several villages in the Land of Earth to draw Hudi out, while Ōnoki mobilized Iwagakure and sought outside help. The chapter left Ōnoki unaware that the Akatsuki he chose to cooperate with had captured Han.

• Snow Demon Nana froze villagers into ice sculptures and shattered some of them, while Shanhu erupted a volcano that burned a village to the ground.
• Mahito transformed villagers into monsters and manipulated survivors into killing one another before leaving the ruined village.
• Mr. Enemy watched the destruction and left for Iwagakure, hoping the attacks would force Hudi to appear.
• Ōnoki received reports that cursed spirits had simultaneously destroyed five villages in the Land of Earth and suspected the attackers were connected to Han’s capture and Kurotsuchi’s kidnapping.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to search for the enemy and prepare for further attacks, then sent letters requesting help from Konoha and Kumogakure.
• Ōnoki decided to resume cooperation with the Akatsuki without knowing its members had captured Han.

Hudi recovered from his defeat and plotted revenge, while Shinji went to negotiate with Ōnoki for Kurotsuchi’s release. Ōnoki suspected the Jashin Cult had a larger plan, but Shinji insisted he only wanted the goods listed in his letter.

• Hudi repaired his body with ocher energy, vowed to kill every human, and considered recruiting others before seeking revenge.
• Shinji chose to meet Ōnoki himself and took Kurotsuchi’s gloves and a torn sleeve to deliver his demands.
• Shinji subdued an Iwagakure patrol and had them carry his letter and the items to the village.
• Ōnoki arrived alone and accused the Jashin Cult of kidnapping his granddaughter, while Shinji told him to stop posturing and accept the exchange.
• Ōnoki asked what the Jashin Cult really wanted, but Shinji repeated that he would return Kurotsuchi unharmed in exchange for the goods listed in his letter.

Shinji and Ōnoki’s planned exchange turned into a trap, but Shinji had anticipated the betrayal and prepared disguises. As the two sides began fighting, Hudi attacked Iwagakure with a powerful earthquake technique, leaving the village in ruins and its people struggling to survive.

• Shinji and Ōnoki agreed to exchange Kurotsuchi for cursed objects at a mountain three days later, with limits on how many people each side could bring.
• Ōnoki arrived with Kitsuchi and Akatsuchi, while Shinji came with Hidan, Tamamo Hotaru, and a bound Kurotsuchi.
• Shinji discovered that Ōnoki’s chest contained junk, and Ōnoki ordered Akatsuchi to trap him while hidden Iwagakure ninja surrounded the group.
• Shinji’s allies revealed that the bound Kurotsuchi and the second Tamamo Hotaru were disguises, and Shinji cut his way out of the earthen trap.
• Ōnoki’s ninja attacked Shinji’s group, and Hidan and Shinji charged into the fight.
• Hudi used Vibration Spirit Curse Technique: Sunken Ruins outside Iwagakure, splitting the earth and collapsing buildings and mountains as the villagers scrambled to escape and rescue people.