Chapter Summaries

Shinji and his allies drove Orochimaru to flee, but Tobi tracked him down and attacked him. The chapter ended with Tobi impaling Orochimaru with Wood Release.

• Manda was sent back to Ryūchi Cave as the Petrification Curse threatened to turn him to stone, and Hidan and Tobi arrived to reinforce Shinji.
• Orochimaru used snakes to cover his escape, recovered the paralyzed white-haired boy, and fled into the stream while leaving the Kusanagi Sword behind.
• Shinji collected the Kusanagi Sword and realized Tobi had disappeared, suspecting he had gone after Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru escaped downstream and changed his appearance, but Tobi tracked him down and confronted him alone.
• Orochimaru attacked Tobi, but his snakes passed through Tobi, who then impaled Orochimaru with Wood Release branches.

Shinji, Tobi, and Hidan continued deeper into the Land of Water, where they later rescued a village from a horde of cursed spirits. They defeated the crowned Fishman Cursed Spirit, which was left petrified by the end of the battle.

• Tobi returned with a ridiculous story about being surrounded by wolves while using the bathroom, and Hidan played along.
• Shinji abandoned the mission and led the group farther into the Land of Water, while Kirigakure dispatched ninja to investigate Manda's appearance.
• Several days later, Shinji arrived at a village under attack by a crowned Fishman Cursed Spirit and dozens of lesser cursed spirits.
• Shinji shredded the lesser curses as Tobi distracted the Fishman Cursed Spirit and managed to wound him with a bloodstained kunai.
• Hidan used the Fishman Cursed Spirit's blood to perform his ritual and fatally wounded it through his own body.
• A golden snake injected the dying Fishman Cursed Spirit with the Petrification Curse, turning it into a statue.

Shinji defeated the Ugly Fish and discovered that his system had unlocked recycling and exchange after he obtained its Temperament Crown. He sold the crown and Sadako's Videotape for cursed soul points, then prepared to draw cursed objects while still 110 points short of thirty thousand.

• Shinji exorcised the Ugly Fish, gained 2,000 cursed soul points, and reached a total of 26,890.
• Hidan scolded Tobi for nearly ruining their blood-collecting plan, while Shinji considered combining Tobi's Kamui Intangibility, Hidan's technique, and his Snakeskin Sword.
• The village chief gave Shinji the Ugly Fish's Temperament Crown, and the system identified it as a cursed object with a narcissism-inducing side effect.
• The system unlocked recycling and exchange, allowing Shinji to sell cursed objects for points or trade three for one random cursed object.
• Shinji sold Sadako's Videotape and the Temperament Crown for 3,000 points, leaving him 110 points short of thirty thousand.
• Shinji instructed Hidan and Tobi to wait, then went somewhere quiet to begin two ten-pulls.

Shinji used his gacha rewards, doubled his Cursed Energy by eating King of Curses' Ace Pickled Pepper Chicken Feet, and obtained the Innate Jujutsu Cursed Speech. He decided to test the newly acquired power on the next lucky person he met.

• Shinji reviewed the rewards from his pulls, including a Giant of Light Cursed Corpse, an Unfortunate Microphone, and a Cursed Treasure Map.
• Shinji ate the pickled pepper chicken feet and doubled his Cursed Energy.
• Shinji kept the Unfortunate Microphone and set aside the Giant of Light Cursed Corpse because it needed 1,200 hours of sunlight to recharge.
• Shinji tore open the Random Innate Jujutsu Scroll and obtained Cursed Speech.
• Shinji considered Cursed Speech's backlash harmless because his Immortality would let him recover, then vowed to use it to terrorize others with his words.

Shinji used the Jujutsu Enhancement Scroll on Cursed Speech, gaining extensive knowledge of its use and a powerful Maximum Technique. He then deceived Hidan into believing Lord Jashin had named him Cult Leader and First Follower, leaving Tobi watching Hidan boast.

• Shinji decided to use the Jujutsu Enhancement Scroll on Cursed Speech rather than risk wasting it on Blood Manipulation.
• The scroll gave Shinji experience with Cursed Speech, including how commands affected Cursed Energy costs and backlash, and taught him a unique Maximum Technique.
• Shinji realized the Unfortunate Microphone might amplify Cursed Speech and planned to test it.
• After Hidan and Tobi made peace, Shinji told them Lord Jashin had given him a new Jujutsu.
• Shinji falsely told Hidan that Lord Jashin had appointed him Cult Leader and First Follower, then claimed the new Jujutsu was compensation for bearing the burden of passing along Jashin's instructions.
• Hidan believed Shinji and smugly offered him the chance to become the Second Follower, while Tobi looked at Hidan with concern.

Shinji tested his new Cursed Speech on five Kirigakure Ninja who pursued him and his companions to steal a special item and claim credit. He left them crippled and screaming in the woods.

• After Shinji and his companions left, the Kirigakure leader learned they had taken a crown from beneath a Cursed Spirit's corpse and decided to kill them for the item and credit.
• The five Kirigakure Ninja caught up with Shinji's group, accused them of being spies, and threatened to arrest them.
• Shinji used Cursed Speech to force the Kirigakure Ninja to kneel and kowtow.
• Shinji commanded them to break, twisting all five men's limbs and leaving them in agony.

Shinji tested the limits of his new [Cursed Speech], killing five Kirigakure ninja but suffering a throat injury from the backlash. Meanwhile, the village chief sent a warning about the Kirigakure ninja’s plans, and a young Kirigakure ninja arrived looking for his missing younger brother and agreed to handle the villagers’ trouble.

• Shinji used [Cursed Speech] to kill a Special Jōnin and four Chunin, then coughed up blood from the backlash.
• Tobi grew wary of Shinji’s power, then used Kamui to dispose of the bodies in his alternate dimension.
• The village chief wrote a letter warning others about the Kirigakure ninja’s suspected plans and sent a young villager to deliver it.
• The young villager returned with a white-haired Kirigakure ninja, who asked whether anyone had seen his missing younger brother.
• After the villagers had no information, the Kirigakure ninja said he would handle their trouble and left.

Shinji and his companions encountered Hozuki Mangetsu, who was searching for his missing younger brother, Hozuki Suigetsu. Shinji recognized Suigetsu as the boy Orochimaru had abducted and told Mangetsu that a snake-wielding attacker had taken him away again.

• Shinji used Cursed Speech to immobilize a flying bat cursed spirit, then killed it with the Kubikiribōchō.
• Hozuki Mangetsu confronted Shinji and Hidan about missing Kirigakure ninja, but accepted their explanation that the men had left alive.
• Mangetsu asked whether Shinji had seen his white-haired, sharp-toothed younger brother, Hozuki Suigetsu.
• Shinji said he had rescued a boy matching Suigetsu's description from a wine jar before a mysterious attacker using venomous snakes abducted him.
• Mangetsu recognized the boy as Suigetsu and set out to rescue him.

Shinji fought Hozuki Mangetsu, who demanded the Kubikiribōchō and wanted to find his brother Suigetsu. Shinji overwhelmed him with cursed abilities, leaving him paralyzed but alive as Shinji coughed blood from the backlash.

• Hozuki Mangetsu mistook Shinji’s offer to help find Suigetsu and demanded that Shinji tell him where his brother was, then attacked him with Hiramekarei.
• Shinji drew the Kubikiribōchō, and Hozuki Mangetsu recognized it as Kirigakure’s blade and demanded it back while Shinji’s companions watched.
• Hozuki Mangetsu used the Great Water Arm Technique, but Shinji boosted his strength with Flowing Scarlet Scales and matched him in a contest of strength.
• Shinji used Cursed Speech to weaken Hozuki Mangetsu, who avoided the resulting impact with the Hydrification Technique and released Hiramekarei’s power.
• Shinji immobilized Hozuki Mangetsu and slashed his neck, but Mangetsu survived by hydrating his body.
• Shinji used Electric Shock to break Mangetsu’s Hydrification Technique and paralyze him, then coughed blood from the backlash.

Shinji pressured Hozuki Mangetsu to join the Jashin Cult, then brought him along to search for his younger brother, Suigetsu. Their search found signs of Orochimaru’s escape route, while Tobi hid what he knew about Suigetsu’s fate.

• Shinji threatened Hozuki Mangetsu with a blood needle, then offered him a chance to live if he signed the Jashin Cult’s contract.
• Hozuki Mangetsu refused to betray Kirigakure, but agreed to consider joining after Shinji claimed the cult did not require him to abandon his village.
• Shinji offered to help Hozuki Mangetsu find Suigetsu, and Tobi led the group back to where they had fought Orochimaru.
• The group followed the stream and found a rotting snake carcass and dried blood, then Hidan discovered small footprints nearby.
• Shinji guessed that Suigetsu might have escaped, while Tobi privately knew that Obito had killed Orochimaru and Suigetsu had gotten away.

Shinji and his companions followed clues to a strange village while searching for Suigetsu, but the village chief and villagers raised Shinji’s suspicions. The group stayed the night to learn what happened to Suigetsu, leaving Shinji ready to punish Hidan and Tobi after they spilled tea on him.

• Hozuki Mangetsu tried to lead Shinji, Hidan, and Tobi astray, but they kept him surrounded as they tracked Suigetsu’s clues.
• Shinji and the others entered a village where a distressed woman warned them to leave before villagers took her away.
• Chief Matsusaka Ichirō claimed the woman had gone mad after monsters killed her family and invited the group to stay overnight.
• Shinji noticed the villagers’ strange behavior and questioned Matsusaka about a white-haired boy; Matsusaka said the boy had left the next day.
• Hozuki Mangetsu threatened anyone involved if Suigetsu had been harmed, while Shinji chose to wait and see what the villagers would do.
• Hidan and Tobi crashed into Shinji during their wrestling, spilling tea on his trousers, and Shinji drew the Snakeskin Sword to chase them.

Shinji and the others ate dinner in Matsuzaka Village, where Nanako tried to lure him with a hallucination before attacking him. After Shinji killed her, a thread-covered creature ambushed him, and he recognized the threat as Painted Skin.

• Hidan complained that dinner lacked fried pork cutlets, and the village chief sent Nanako to entertain the guests.
• Nanako poured wine for the men, but none of them paid her much attention until the fried pork cutlets arrived.
• That night, Nanako appeared to Shinji as his former teacher, but Shinji saw through the disguise and stabbed her with the Snakeskin Sword.
• Shinji found a sachet that caused hallucinations, then realized Nanako's body had vanished and went to warn the others.
• An empty human skin fell before Shinji as a thread-covered creature trapped him and lunged, and Shinji recognized it as Painted Skin.

Shinji, Tobi, Hidan, and Hozuki Mangetsu fought their way through a hidden underground domain and discovered a spider Cursed Spirit feeding on people trapped in cocoons. They pinned her down together, and Shinji began his finishing strike.

• Tobi, Hidan, and Hozuki Mangetsu killed the human-skin puppets that had disturbed them, while Shinji found a hidden entrance beneath the courtyard.
• Shinji descended through the underground passages, cutting through the spider Cursed Spirit’s thread attacks until he reached her lair.
• Shinji discovered hundreds of drained human corpses and living people trapped in cocoons hanging from a tree of threads.
• Tobi, Hidan, and Hozuki Mangetsu arrived and realized the spider Cursed Spirit had intended to turn them into food.
• Tobi pierced the spider Cursed Spirit’s neck, Hidan hooked her with his scythe, and Hozuki Mangetsu immobilized her legs with Hiramekarei.
• Shinji leaped down and brought the Kubikiribōchō down in a finishing slash.

The spider woman used her newly awakened jujutsu to trap Shinji, Hidan, Hozuki Mangetsu, and Obito in an illusion built from confessions and repeated deaths. Shinji and the others broke free, and Shinji struck the spider woman with a Black Flash.

• The spider woman regenerated after her body was split and activated her jujutsu, trapping everyone who met her eyes in an illusion.
• Shinji endured repeated visions of women he had known confessing to him and dying, then stopped reacting to the trials.
• Hidan treated the women’s deaths as fascinating, while Hozuki Mangetsu endured the illusion without much difficulty.
• Obito relived Rin confessing to him and dying repeatedly, leaving him overwhelmed by grief.
• Shinji and the others broke free after only seconds had passed in reality, and Shinji hit the still-laughing spider woman with a Black Flash.

Shinji and the others fought the Spider Woman Cursed Spirit while Shinji tried to free Tobi from a Jujutsu that trapped him in his anguish. Shinji’s amplified Cursed Speech woke Tobi but badly injured Shinji, and Obito’s heart began to heal as he realized the group had protected him.

• The Spider Woman Cursed Spirit attacked with threads, and Shinji charged in to rescue the immobilized Tobi while Hidan covered him.
• Hozuki Mangetsu blasted apart the threads surrounding Shinji and Tobi, and the group held off the Spider Woman’s continued attacks.
• Shinji tried twice to wake Tobi with Cursed Speech, but Tobi’s resistance caused both of them serious harm.
• Shinji used the Unfortunate Microphone to amplify his Cursed Speech, and Tobi woke as Shinji suffered severe backlash.
• Tobi realized Shinji, Hidan, and Hozuki Mangetsu had stayed to protect him, and Shinji stood between him and the Spider Woman as Obito felt a faint spark of healing.

Obito unleashed his rage on Spider Woman after she used Rin to torment him, and Shinji joined in to ensure she suffered. Spider Woman died after her mind and body were destroyed, while Hozuki Mangetsu was left shocked by the group’s power.

• Obito ordered Hidan and the others to stand back, then burned Spider Woman’s webs with Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance.
• Obito used Wood Release: Hellish Rampage to seize and crush Spider Woman, then trapped her in an illusion where she repeatedly died.
• Hidan praised Obito’s strength, while Hozuki Mangetsu was stunned that Tobi used Wood Release.
• Shinji used Cursed Speech to intensify and delay Spider Woman’s pain, then attacked her with Blood Manipulation: Blood Slicer.
• Spider Woman’s mind collapsed under the accumulated pain, and blood blades sliced her body apart before she could use Reverse Cursed Technique: Healing.

After defeating Spider Woman, Shinji escaped the collapsing pseudo-domain with Hozuki Mangetsu, Hidan, and Tobi, who rescued the cocoons and survivors. Hozuki Mangetsu found Suigetsu and joined Shinji’s organization, while Shinji realized the villagers had been feeding outsiders to Spider Woman.

• Shinji exorcised the special grade cursed spirit and collected the rewards, including a strange cursed object tied to Obito and Rin.
• As the pseudo-domain collapsed, Hozuki Mangetsu searched the cocoons for Suigetsu, and Shinji and Hidan helped him.
• Tobi used Kamui to move the cocoons and unconscious survivors into his alternate dimension, allowing the group to escape before the underground space collapsed.
• Tobi returned the rescued people outside and left alone, still shaken by what he had experienced.
• Hozuki Mangetsu found Suigetsu alive, and Shinji realized the villagers had colluded with Spider Woman by luring outsiders to her.
• Hozuki Mangetsu signed Shinji’s Organization Contract Scroll and joined the group.

Shinji confronted Matsusaka Ichirō and the villagers after revealing that Spider Woman had been killed, exposing how they had persecuted outsiders to feed her. When Hozuki Mangetsu rejected Matsusaka’s offer to cover up their crimes, Hidan killed Matsusaka and offered to clear out the villagers.

• Shinji told the gathered villagers that Spider Woman was dead, and Matsusaka Ichirō reacted with panic.
• Matsusaka Ichirō rushed into the courtyard, found the underground cellar empty, and realized the villagers might turn against him.
• Matsusaka Ichirō urged the villagers to kill Shinji and the others, then offered to trade the unconscious outsiders for their silence.
• Shinji asked Hozuki Mangetsu to decide, and Mangetsu refused to spare the villagers, saying they did not deserve to be citizens of the Land of Water.
• Hidan cut off Matsusaka Ichirō’s head and asked whether he should kill the remaining villagers.

Hozuki Mangetsu and his allies stopped the villagers who had helped Cursed Spirits, and Kirigakure took over the investigation. Mangetsu returned to the village with Suigetsu while Shinji and the others continued on, with Tobi enduring Hidan’s reprimand.

• Hozuki Mangetsu told the villagers to stay home, then cut down those who tried to flee after throwing away their weapons.
• Suigetsu woke up and recognized Shinji, and Shinji said there had been a misunderstanding.
• Kirigakure Ninja arrived, questioned the survivors, and took control of the village before reporting to Lord Genji.
• Shinji insisted that he and his companions be left out of the official account so Hozuki Mangetsu could receive the credit.
• Hozuki Mangetsu left with Suigetsu and promised not to reveal Shinji’s Kubikiribōchō or Wood Release.
• Hidan choked Tobi for showing off, while Shinji considered beating Tobi to gain another Bond Point but decided against it.

Shinji blamed the [Unfortunate Microphone] for a delayed streak of bad luck that left him with a cold, while Hidan and Tobi mocked and avoided him. He got revenge by cutting off Hidan’s head and playing soccer with it, then continued traveling with the bickering pair.

• Shinji recalled how a fall down a slope and into a river had followed his use of the [Unfortunate Microphone], and decided its delayed side effects had caused his injuries and cold.
• Shinji threatened Hidan and Tobi, but Tobi quickly sided with him and left Hidan to face the Kubikiribōchō.
• Shinji cut off Hidan’s head, and Tobi and Shinji kicked it around like a soccer ball while Hidan shouted at them.
• A nearby boy found Hidan’s head and ran away crying after it threatened to eat him.
• Hidan sewed his head back on and chased Tobi with his scythe, while Shinji kept him in check by pretending to draw his sword.