Chapter Summaries

Shinji persuaded Tsunade to join his rebuilt Jashin Cult by presenting it as an organization dedicated to eliminating monsters, and Tsunade signed its contract. The scroll’s magic took effect immediately, leaving Tsunade shocked that she had been scammed.

• Tsunade agreed to consider joining Shinji’s cult but demanded extra payment, and Shinji presented her with an Organization Contract Scroll.
• Tsunade signed a fake name on the scroll, but Shinji refused to accept it and challenged her deception.
• Shinji told Tsunade and Shizune that he and Hidan had survived the Jashin Cult’s experiments and rebuilt the organization to eliminate monsters.
• Tsunade doubted Shinji’s story but eventually crossed out her fake name and signed her real name.
• The scroll shattered and its magic marked Tsunade with the Jashin Cult emblem, making her realize she had been scammed.

Tsunade confronted Shinji over an irremovable mark, but Pain’s attack destroyed the inn and forced Shinji to fuse with Kongni to fight back. As Shinji and the remaining Paths of Pain pursued each other away from the village, Shizune went to find Hidan, who was already armed and asking where the enemy was.

• Tsunade demanded an explanation for the mark Shinji had tricked her into accepting, and she crushed a wooden door in anger.
• Pain and the other Paths of Pain surrounded the ruined inn, and Shinji emerged from the rubble with Tsunade and the unconscious Shizune.
• Pain attacked Shinji with Banshō Ten'in, so Shinji used the Snakeskin Sword and fused with the Special Grade Cursed Spirit-Kongni.
• Shinji used Lightning Dragon Flash to injure Pain Animal Path and draw the remaining Paths of Pain away from the fleeing residents.
• Shizune woke and left to find Hidan after Tsunade told her to get help, but Hidan met her on the way and demanded to know where the enemy was.

Shinji destroyed Pain’s Animal Path and rejected Nagato’s renewed offer to join the Akatsuki, then reunited with Hidan as the remaining Pains prepared to fight. Shinji explained how Pain’s bodies worked and set a five-minute limit for their battle.

• Shinji used the Thunderclap Cursed Technique to kill the Animal Path and reduce its body to dust.
• Nagato invited Shinji to join the Akatsuki again, but Shinji offered a contract requiring the Akatsuki to merge into the Jashin Cult, and Pain destroyed it.
• Hidan ambushed the Preta Path and reunited with Shinji, who explained that the Pains were corpses controlled from afar.
• Shinji told Hidan that destroying the Black Receivers would disable the Pain bodies, and the two prepared to fight the remaining five Pains within five minutes.

Akagi Shinji and Hidan fought the Paths of Pain, destroying the Human Path and Asura Path while struggling against the others. Shinji prepared to use the Snakeskin Sword against the remaining Paths, but they turned toward an unexpected disturbance.

• Shinji unleashed the Five Thunder Diagram, striking the Human Path while the Asura Path attacked him with rockets.
• Shinji used Black Flash to repel the Asura Path and redirected lightning toward the Naraka Path, but the Deva Path pulled Naraka Path to safety.
• Hidan attacked the Preta Path and drew the Deva Path's attention, giving Shinji room to batter the Asura Path with lightning-charged punches.
• The Asura Path blasted through Hidan's stomach, allowing the Preta Path and Naraka Path to knock him down as the Deva Path targeted Shinji.
• Shinji escaped Banshō Ten'in and used Cloak-Breaking Strike to kill the Asura Path, then the final lightning bolt burned away its body.
• Shinji drew the Snakeskin Sword and prepared to use Golden Serpent Frenzy, but the three remaining Paths of Pain turned toward an unexpected disturbance.

Obito, posing as Madara, became fascinated by Akagi Shinji’s Cursed Spirit power and decided to abduct him for research. Meanwhile, Tsunade chased the masked man who abducted Shizune and discovered Konan protecting Nagato in a paper house.

• Obito told Zetsu he wanted to investigate how Akagi Shinji had unleashed a Cursed Spirit’s power, then decided to act without Nagato’s knowledge.
• Shizune treated Tsunade’s superficial wounds while the townspeople reacted to the distant explosions.
• A black-robed man abducted Shizune, and Tsunade pursued him despite her attacks passing through his intangible body.
• Tsunade used Heavenly Foot of Pain to smash the paper house where the masked man had stopped.
• Konan concealed Nagato with the Dance of the Shikigami, and Tsunade recognized her clothing as matching that of Akagi Shinji’s enemies.

Tsunade confronted Konan while Obito persuaded Nagato to withdraw before Konoha reinforcements arrived. Before leaving, Nagato launched Chibaku Tensei at Shinji, who answered with a blood-and-lightning spear that pierced its core.

• Tsunade realized the black-robed figure had lured her to the hideout, though she did not recognize Konan.
• Obito told Nagato that Konoha ninja were approaching, and convinced him to withdraw to avoid provoking a wider conflict.
• Nagato launched Chibaku Tensei at Shinji before leaving, while Shinji’s golden serpent bit Deva Path and spread petrification through its body.
• Deva Path collapsed despite the other Paths’ attempts to save it, and Preta Path and Naraka Path withdrew as the black sphere began pulling everything into the sky.
• Shinji fused compressed blood with lightning to create Blood Lightning Curse Art: Dark Firefly, then fired the dark-red spear through Chibaku Tensei’s core.

Tsunade rescued Shizune and abandoned her pursuit of Konan, then returned to the battlefield to collect the debt she believed Akagi Shinji owed her. Several kilometers away, Shinji survived repeated deaths after escaping with Hidan and discovered that his system had rewarded him with a spectacular rating.

• Konan withdrew on Madara Uchiha’s order, and Tsunade stopped pursuing her when Shizune appeared safe.
• Tsunade decided she and Shizune would return to collect the money she was owed, but they found only the wreckage of the battle.
• Tsunade crushed a piece of the Asura Path and vowed to settle her debt with Akagi Shinji and the Jashin Cult.
• Shinji and Hidan escaped several kilometers from the battlefield, with Shinji barely surviving his injuries, exhaustion, and blood loss through repeated deaths.
• Shinji received a spectacular rating from [System's Curse], then used [Mummy's Bandages] and briefly died before recovering, leaving Hidan bewildered.

After escaping Nagato’s attack, Shinji and Hidan abandoned their plan to establish the New Jashin Cult in the Land of Grass and headed by ship toward the Land of Waves. A zombie-like outbreak erupted aboard, and Shinji discovered that Cursed Spirits were behind it.

• Shinji told Hidan they would travel to the Land of Waves and then the Land of Water to establish the New Jashin Cult, while postponing their plans to target the Akatsuki.
• Obito watched Shinji escape Nagato’s technique and decided to approach him to learn the secret behind his apparent recovery.
• Days later, Shinji and Hidan boarded a passenger ship for the Land of Waves in matching black trench coats, and Hidan angrily threw away the toothpick Shinji had told him to hold in his mouth.
• A blood-covered woman turned into a walking corpse and attacked a crewman, after which more corpses swarmed the deck and began biting passengers.
• Hidan drew his Bloody Triple-Bladed Scythe and fought off attackers while Shinji used the [Greedy Eyeball] to scout the ship and detect Cursed Spirit signatures.
• Shinji saw a deep-blue jellyfish crawl from a shriveled skull and stomped it, identifying it as the cause of the zombie outbreak.

Shinji investigated the infested ship while the Masked Man—whom he recognized as Obito—followed him and Hidan. The chapter left Shinji facing the Jellyfish Cursed Spirit’s enormous main body, still uncertain about Obito’s objective.

• Shinji received no Cursed Soul Points for exorcising a Grade 1 Cursed Spirit offspring, then entered the cabin with Hidan to investigate.
• The Masked Man ran from the cabin and followed Shinji and Hidan as Shinji cleared out the infested passengers.
• Hidan threatened and attacked the Masked Man, but Shinji saw the scythe pass through him and identified his Kamui Intangibility as Obito’s.
• Hidan chased Obito toward the lower level, and Shinji followed to keep him safe.
• Shinji found Hidan and Obito beside the Jellyfish Cursed Spirit’s enormous main body, with the ship’s previous passengers gathered nearby.

Shinji and Hidan destroyed the Pink Jellyfish Cursed Spirit and discovered that the masked man, Tobi, wanted to join the Jashin Cult. Hidan welcomed the request after learning Tobi had admired Lord Jashin and secretly taken his necklace.

• Hidan fought the parasitized humans while Shinji destroyed the blue jellyfish trying to infect him.
• Hidan reached the Pink Jellyfish Cursed Spirit and killed its main body, causing the parasitized hosts to collapse.
• Shinji used the Greedy Eyeball to find a surviving host, then destroyed the jellyfish that emerged from him with Black Flash.
• Shinji and Hidan confronted the masked man, who identified himself as Tobi and said he wanted to join them.
• Tobi returned Hidan's stolen Jashin Cult necklace and explained that he had searched for the vanished cult; Hidan eagerly accepted his interest.

Hidan welcomed Tobi into the Jashin Cult, while Shinji bound the secretly identified Obito as an orange-level Bonds character and received two missions. Obito agreed to join but signed the contract as Tobi, leaving Shinji unable to complete the infiltration mission.

• Hidan declared himself the current Cult Leader and welcomed Tobi, while Shinji revealed that the Jashin Cult had only three members left.
• Shinji used a Bonds Binding Coupon on Tobi and discovered that the target was Obito, an orange-level Bonds character.
• Shinji accepted two missions tied to Obito: earning Bond Points by interacting with Tobi and getting Tobi to join the cult by signing its contract.
• Shinji offered Obito the Organization Contract Scroll, and Obito secretly inspected it before signing the name Tobi.
• Shinji realized the contract required a real name and suspected Obito would not sign as Obito Uchiha in front of them.

Shinji recruited Obito into the Jashin Cult after Obito signed the contract using his real name, then traveled with Hidan and Obito to the Land of Waves to look for Zabuza. They found that Zabuza and Haku had left their former village, and Shinji prompted Hidan to reconsider whether Zabuza had really died.

• Obito wrote his real name on the contract, causing it to turn into white light and leave a Jashin Cult mark on his hand.
• Obito pretended to be Tobi and told Shinji and Hidan that the contract had activated; Shinji confirmed the mark and accepted him into the cult.
• Shinji, Hidan, and Obito boarded another boat and reached the Land of Waves without further trouble.
• Shinji led the group to the remote village where Zabuza and Haku had recovered, but learned they had moved away.
• Hidan remembered fighting Zabuza and insisted he had killed him, so Shinji asked him to think about what Haku had done at the end.

Shinji went to Mira Peng’s manor to find Zabuza, only to learn that Zabuza was away handling a monster incident. He reunited with Haku, who explained how he and Zabuza came to work for Mira Peng, and Shinji told Haku he planned to rebuild the Jashin Cult and wanted them to join.

• Shinji and his companions reached Mira Peng’s manor, where Shinji defeated the guards and fought off the men sent to capture them.
• Haku attacked Shinji with Senbon, recognized him by Kubikiribōchō, and explained that Mira Peng had treated Zabuza and hired them as bodyguards.
• Haku told Shinji that Zabuza had gone to investigate a passenger ship where people had gone mad and attacked others.
• Shinji told Haku that he had killed the old Jashin Cult and intended to rebuild it with Zabuza and Haku’s help.
• Haku agreed to persuade Zabuza to join, and Shinji said they could remain at the manor until he needed them.

Shinji secured Mira Peng’s support for rebuilding the Jashin Cult, then defeated Zabuza almost instantly when Zabuza challenged him. The chapter ended with Haku taking the unconscious Zabuza for treatment and receiving a contract for him to sign, along with Shinji’s demand for a detailed report on Kirigakure.

• Shinji and Hidan persuaded Mira Peng to help rebuild the Jashin Cult in exchange for its protection and intervention when needed.
• Zabuza returned and attacked Shinji and Hidan with the Hidden Mist Technique.
• Shinji stopped Hidan from fighting and used Blood Manipulation to locate Zabuza through the mist.
• Shinji’s Blood Deception made Zabuza vomit blood, and Shinji knocked him unconscious with a Black Flash.
• Shinji gave Haku an Organization Contract Scroll for Zabuza to sign and ordered a detailed report on Kirigakure.

Shinji gathered Zabuza’s intelligence and decided to travel to the Land of Water, where Kirigakure’s Cursed Spirit crisis and political turmoil offered opportunities to hunt spirits and recruit talent. He arrived by ship with Hidan and Obito, leaving Zabuza and Haku behind in the Land of Waves.

• Shinji had Zabuza sign the Organization Contract Scroll and record intelligence about Kirigakure while he recovered.
• Shinji learned that Kirigakure was isolated amid the escalating Cursed Spirit crisis and decided to exploit the situation for Cursed Soul Points and potential recruits.
• Shinji arranged for Zabuza and Haku to stay in the Land of Waves, then sailed toward the Land of Water with Hidan and Obito.
• During the voyage, Hidan wrestled with and beat Obito until Shinji told him to stop as they arrived.

Shinji and his companions arrived in the Land of Water, where disorder and fear had spread amid the Cursed Spirit crisis. After an official mistook their prepared credentials for proof they were available to help, Shinji accepted a mission to investigate a reported ghost in a cave.

• Hidan bristled at hostile locals while Tobi egged him on, drawing a crowd around the group.
• A Land of Water official dispersed the crowd and checked Shinji and his companions' credentials for completed missions in the Land of Waves.
• The official offered the rogue ninja an urgent, well-paid mission to investigate a ghost reportedly heard inside a cave near a village nine kilometers east.
• Shinji agreed to investigate the cave, hoping to find Cursed Spirits and use the Land of Water's intelligence network.

Shinji investigated a supposedly haunted cave and followed clues to a second cave, where he found a wine jar that spoke from within. The chapter ended with Shinji asking the voice what it was.

• Shinji, Hidan, and Tobi reached the village and searched its haunted cave, where Tobi pranked Hidan into stepping in animal droppings.
• Shinji found claw marks, coarse black fur, and other clues suggesting that a person had taken over a large animal's cave.
• Shinji led Hidan and Tobi farther into the area and discovered the corpse of a black bear, then split up with them to investigate.
• Shinji found several dead predators and a second cave beside a stream, but no one was inside.
• Shinji picked up a wine jar in the cave, and a voice inside demanded to be let out.

Shinji discovered Hozuki Suigetsu trapped inside a wine jar and freed him by burning it, then learned Suigetsu was Orochimaru’s test subject. Orochimaru attacked Shinji, who cut down his snakes, setting up their confrontation.

• Shinji heard a voice from a wine jar and burned it, causing the jar to burst and revealing a white-haired boy.
• The boy threatened Shinji, but Shinji subdued him and identified his Hydrification Technique as a Hozuki Clan ability.
• The boy tried to reach a stream but was paralyzed by venomous snakes sent by Orochimaru, who revealed that the boy was his test subject.
• Shinji recognized Orochimaru and invited him to join the Jashin Cult, offering to let him take the boy away.
• Orochimaru attacked with Multiple Hidden Shadow Snake Hands, and Shinji cut the snakes apart with Kubikiribōchō.

Shinji fought Orochimaru, using the Kubikiribōchō and blood-manipulation techniques to counter his snakes and evasive transformations. After Orochimaru impaled him with the Kusanagi Sword and tried to capture him for research, Shinji trapped the blade and sent a blood tiger after him underground.

• Suigetsu recognized the Kubikiribōchō and excitedly watched Shinji wield it against Orochimaru’s summoned snakes.
• Orochimaru detonated giant snakes with chakra, but Shinji protected himself with a Blood Crystal Wall and retaliated with Piercing Blood.
• Shinji used Supernova and Aerial Blood Scythe to attack Orochimaru, who evaded the blood strikes and stabbed Shinji with the Kusanagi Sword from underground.
• Orochimaru tried to cut through Shinji’s heart and take him away for dissection, but Shinji locked the sword in place with his blood.
• Shinji unleashed Tiger Bite, sending a blood tiger after Orochimaru as he fled underground.

Shinji fought Orochimaru and his giant summon Manda in the Land of Water, using his blood techniques and weapons to turn the battle against them. The chapter ended with Shinji unleashing the Snakeskin Sword’s Petrification Curse on Manda as Orochimaru tried to send him back to Ryūchi Cave.

• Shinji sealed Orochimaru’s Kusanagi Sword in crystallized blood after pulling it from his back.
• Orochimaru summoned Manda and promised him a hundred human sacrifices in exchange for killing Shinji.
• Shinji dodged Manda’s attacks, endured his fear-inducing sonic roar, and used the Kubikiribōchō’s Cloak-Breaking Strike to split Orochimaru’s body.
• Shinji attacked Manda with the Kubikiribōchō and Snakeskin Sword, draining Manda’s chakra as Orochimaru tried to help.
• Manda begged Orochimaru to send him back to Ryūchi Cave, but Shinji activated the Snakeskin Sword and infected him with its Petrification Curse.