Recaps

Shihui Aburame welcomed Honoka to Konoha, assigned Yamato to train Moegi Kazamatsuri, and received new Gu rewards as Team 7 returned from the Island of Oblivion. Meanwhile, Nagato began the Eye of the Moon Plan by targeting Sunagakure and sending Sasori and Deidara.

• Shihui Aburame learned that Moegi Kazamatsuri had distant Senju Clan ancestry and arranged for Yamato to become her teacher.
• Jiraiya and Team 7 defeated the evolving Ultimate Summoning Beast on the Island of Oblivion, rescued Honoka, and brought her back to Konoha.
• Shihui Aburame received Rivers Flow Down by Day Gu and Great Light Gu, completing the Gu needed for Heavenly Waterfall Light River.
• Shihui Aburame welcomed Honoka to Konoha and sent Shikamaru Nara and Shino to Sunagakure to watch for Akatsuki activity.
• Nagato ordered Konan to begin the Eye of the Moon Plan with an attack on Sunagakure, assigning Sasori and Deidara.

Shihui Aburame planned new policies for Konoha while preparing to intercept Akatsuki’s attack on Sunagakure. He reached the village as Gaara and Shino Aburame fought Deidara, while Sasori entered Sunagakure unaware that Shihui was watching him.

• Shihui read reports from Shikamaru Nara and Shino Aburame, then considered making himself daimyo and establishing a gold jewelry trade with Sunagakure.
• Shihui proposed fixed salaries for ninja working in the Hokage building, and Uzuki Yugao supported the plan.
• Shihui secretly bathed with Tsunade, then narrowly concealed the evidence from Shizune.
• Shino reported that Yura was guiding Sasori and Deidara into Sunagakure, so Shihui sent Kakashi Hatake, Sasuke Uchiha, and Naruto Uzumaki after Uchiha Itachi while he traveled ahead.
• Gaara and Shino fought Deidara above Sunagakure, and Deidara survived Shino’s explosive insect attack.
• Sasori entered Sunagakure to assist Deidara while Shihui watched him from behind.

Shihui Aburame defeated Sasori and the Third Kazekage, then protected Sunagakure when Deidara self-destructed. The village survived, and Shihui gained several Gu rewards as the Akatsuki attack ended.

• Shino Aburame battled Deidara in the sky, while Shihui Aburame arrived unseen and Sasori attacked Sunagakure from the ground.
• Sasori defeated Kankuro’s puppets and poisoned the surrounding shinobi, but Shihui Aburame appeared and destroyed Hiruko, revealing Sasori’s identity.
• Shihui Aburame fought Sasori and the Third Kazekage, destroyed the Third Kazekage puppet, and captured Sasori by removing his Regeneration Core.
• Shihui Aburame neutralized the poison and advanced to the middle stage of Rank Five after receiving a Gu reward, while Gaara crushed Deidara’s arm.
• Deidara used C0: Self-Destruction, but Gaara’s sand shield and Shihui Aburame’s Water Curtain Skyflower Gu protected Sunagakure from the blast.

After Shihui Aburame defeated Sasori and Deidara, he watched Kakashi Hatake's team clash with Akatsuki members Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki, and gained new Gu rewards. Pain learned of the losses and ordered the Akatsuki to avoid Konoha and Sunagakure for now while pursuing the other Tailed Beasts.

• Gaara thanked Shihui Aburame for Konoha's support, while Shihui rested in Sunagakure and received the River-Swallowing Toad Gu after unlocking the "Xu Xian of the Shinobi World" achievement.
• White Zetsu told Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki that Shihui had killed Sasori and forced Deidara to self-destruct, so they abandoned their mission and prepared to return to the Land of Rivers.
• Sasuke Uchiha fought Uchiha Itachi's Shapeshifting body and defeated it, while Naruto Uzumaki opened the Sixth Gate and killed Kisame Hoshigaki's Shapeshifting body.
• Shihui arrived after Karin sensed him and received the Drifting and Wandering Gu for completing Uchiha Itachi's "My foolish little brother" achievement.
• Konan told Deva Path Pain that Sasori and Deidara had died, and Pain ordered the Akatsuki to leave Sunagakure and Konoha alone for now and capture the remaining Tailed Beasts.

After Shihui Aburame helped Sunagakure defeat the Akatsuki, he negotiated a water trade and secured three years of free service from its Puppet Brigade in exchange for Sasori’s Regeneration Core. The chapter ended with Ōnoki and Kurotsuchi learning that Deidara had died and blaming Shihui, while considering revenge against Konoha.

• Shiki Aburame reunited with Karin in Sunagakure, discussed her Yin Seal training, and wondered how the Akatsuki would respond to its losses.
• Baki told Chiyo and Ebizo that Sasori had attacked Sunagakure with the Akatsuki and that Shihui Aburame had defeated him, prompting Chiyo to hope Sasori’s Regeneration Core could restore him.
• Shihui Aburame spoke with Ichikishimahime, learned she could teach Sage Mode but lacked the needed training substance, and brought her back to his room.
• At the Kazekage Building, Shihui told Gaara and the others that the Akatsuki had targeted Shukaku, then negotiated a water-for-gold trade with Sunagakure.
• Shihui offered Sasori’s Regeneration Core in exchange for three years of free service from Sunagakure’s Puppet Brigade, and Gaara and Chiyo accepted after Shihui promised Konoha’s protection and allowed Chiyo to visit Sasori.
• Ōnoki and Kurotsuchi learned that Deidara had died during the attack on Sunagakure and blamed Shihui, while Kurotsuchi questioned why Deidara had gone there.

Shihui Aburame brought Sunagakure’s Puppet Brigade to Konoha and began reorganizing the village around a salary system, trade, and other new departments. After securing a water-for-gold deal and arranging protection for Takigakure’s Jinchūriki, he left the next steps underway as Uchiha Izumi demonstrated Konoha’s water-transporting summoning beast in Sunagakure.

• Shihui Aburame returned to Konoha with four hundred members of Sunagakure’s Puppet Brigade, assigned them to Root’s former base, and announced they would work for Konoha for free for three years.
• Shihui Aburame showed Tsunade his plans to restructure Konoha, and they agreed that she would marry him if he achieved peace in the Shinobi World.
• Shihui Aburame established the Marketing and Finance Departments, put Shizune in charge of Finance and Uchiha Izumi in charge of Marketing, and recruited Guren as her deputy.
• Shizune reported that the Akatsuki had captured Roshi, Utakata, and Han, and Shibuki agreed to send Takigakure’s Jinchūriki to Konoha for protection after Shihui Aburame warned him about Kakuzu.
• Shihui Aburame sent Kakashi Hatake and Team 7 to protect Fujikaze Yukie and retrieve technology from the Land of Snow, then chose Team 8 to accompany him to Takigakure.
• Uchiha Izumi and Guren brought the River-Swallowing Toad to Sunagakure, where it filled Gaara’s reservoir with water in less than five minutes as Temari watched.

Shihui Aburame sent Neji Hyuga to investigate the Land of Fire’s Daimyo and brought Tsunade a vast supply of gold from Sunagakure. He then led a team to Takigakure to meet its Seven-Tails Jinchūriki, but found the village under attack by the rogue ninja Suien.

• Shihui Aburame assigned Neji Hyuga to investigate the Daimyo and his family, promising that research into the Caged Bird Seal was progressing.
• Shihui Aburame revealed the gold from Sunagakure to Tsunade and told her he planned to turn it into jewelry for the Land of Fire’s nobles.
• Shihui Aburame set out for Takigakure with Yamato, Hinata Hyuga, Shino Aburame, and Kiba Inuzuka, while Tsunade and Shizune saw him off.
• Shihui Aburame’s team found dead Takigakure ninja at the village entrance and entered through a hidden passage behind a waterfall.
• Kakuzu and Hidan watched from a distance as Shihui Aburame’s team entered Takigakure, and Kakuzu warned Hidan against confronting him.
• Shihui Aburame found Suien attacking Takigakure and ordered Yamato to help the village’s defenders.

Shihui Aburame’s team helped Takigakure repel Suien’s rogue ninja, then escorted Fū toward Konoha after learning the Akatsuki had targeted her. Hidan attacked Shihui and was turned to gold, while Kakuzu reported the failure to Pain; three days earlier, Team 7’s escort mission had brought them to the Land of Snow, where Kakashi agreed to help Kazahana Koyuki reclaim her country and they reached the mine.

• Suien’s rogue ninja attacked Takigakure, but Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, Hinata Hyuga, and Fū defeated them while Yamato restrained Suien.
• Shihui Aburame learned that the Akatsuki had targeted Fū, and Shibuki agreed to send her to Konoha and gave Shihui a bottle of Hero Water.
• Hinata Hyuga found no sign of Kakuzu or Hidan inside Takigakure, but Hidan confronted Shihui at the waterfall exit and Shihui turned him into gold with the Gold Touch Gu.
• Kakuzu told Deva Path Pain that the capture attempt had failed and Hidan had been eliminated, and Pain ordered Kakuzu to go after the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails with Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki.
• Three days earlier, Sasuke Uchiha and Team 7 escorted Kazahana Koyuki to the Land of Snow, where Sasuke defeated three of Kazahana Dōtō’s ninja and Kakashi Hatake agreed to continue the mission after reading Shihui Aburame’s instructions.
• Kakashi Hatake’s team reached a mine in the Land of Snow and found Kazahana Sōsetsu’s former retainers gathered there.

Kakashi Hatake's team defeated Kazahana Dōtō, while Shihui Aburame arranged for Fū to attend Konoha's Ninja Academy and gained two Gu rewards. After learning that Konan was in the Land of Fire Metropolis recruiting Kazuma, Shihui went there to meet her and left considering how to prove his approach to peace was better.

• Kakashi Hatake's team stormed the Land of Snow palace, where Sasuke Uchiha killed Kazahana Dōtō and Kakashi took control of the airship's ninja.
• Shihui Aburame welcomed Fū to Konoha, arranged her enrollment in Hanabi's class, and received a Ten-Year Lifespan Gu and an Azure Sky Well Gu from achievements.
• Shihui Aburame learned that Konan had approached Kazuma and decided to visit the Land of Fire Metropolis, where he planned to control the daimyo rather than replace him outright.
• Shihui Aburame asked Neji Hyuga to investigate the Land of Fire's history and questioned why ninja should protect the daimyo.
• Shihui Aburame met Konan at an izakaya, reminded her of their past meeting in Kusagakure, and discussed the Akatsuki's plan to capture the Tailed Beasts.

Shihui Aburame struck a bet with Konan over the coming war between Akatsuki and Konoha, then returned to Konoha and reunited with Shizune and Tsunade. He later led Team 7 and Orochimaru to release and reunite the Yin and Yang Nine-Tails, leaving Naruto Uzumaki with the complete beast and Shihui with several new Gu rewards.

• Shihui Aburame bet Konan that Konoha would win the war, offering to cure Nagato if Akatsuki won and asking Konan to become the Hokage's secretary if Konoha won.
• Shihui Aburame returned home and spent the night with Shizune, then reunited with Tsunade the next morning.
• Shihui Aburame ordered Shizune to establish a transportation station and told her that the Transportation Department would begin by building roads.
• Orochimaru asked Shihui Aburame to help him use the Reaper Death Seal to recover his hands, and Shihui agreed to accompany him in a few days.
• Shihui Aburame led Team 7 to the Mask Storage Temple, where Orochimaru released the Yin Nine-Tails and Karin, Naruto Uzumaki, and Sasuke Uchiha subdued it.
• Naruto Uzumaki reunited the Yin and Yang Nine-Tails, while Shihui Aburame received the Nightmare Corpse Gu and Malicious Thought Gu as achievement rewards.

Shihui Aburame expanded Konoha’s transport plans, rejected Kumogakure’s proposed alliance, and strengthened Tsunade with lifespan and Hero Water Gu. The chapter ended with the Akatsuki preparing to capture the Three-Tails while Uchiha Itachi considered returning to Konoha and advancing his plan for Sasuke Uchiha.

• Shihui Aburame inspected Konoha’s new transport station and ordered the Anbu to find Shinnō and Soragakure’s former location.
• Shizune received Mabui’s letter proposing an alliance against the Akatsuki, but Shihui Aburame refused because he believed Kumogakure could not help Konoha.
• Shihui Aburame rewrote the Will of Fire and later gave Tsunade lifespan Gu and Hero Water, increasing her lifespan and chakra capacity.
• Shihui Aburame and Tsunade spent the night together after Shizune went to bathe and then returned to her room.
• The Fourth Raikage raged over Shihui Aburame’s rejection and decided to seek help from Iwagakure and Kirigakure while Kumogakure searched for the Akatsuki.
• Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki brought Yugito Nii to Amegakure, where Konan introduced Kazuma and assigned them to capture the Three-Tails.

Shihui Aburame launched the Land of Fire’s first train service, learned of new Akatsuki-related developments, and gave Hinata Hyuga a chakra boost and a lifespan remedy. After Hinata recovered from fainting, Shihui received word that Uchiha Itachi wanted to meet at the Fire Temple and began preparing to intervene there.

• En Shigenobu and Shihui Aburame demonstrated the train to the Land of Fire’s merchants, who were impressed by its speed, comfort, capacity, and free security guarantee.
• Shizune told Shihui that Killer B had escaped capture and that Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure planned to form an alliance.
• Shihui gave Hinata Hyuga Hero Water that greatly increased her chakra, then restored the lifespan it cost her with a Lifespan Gu; Hinata fainted after he kissed her cheek but later woke and practiced staying composed.
• Shihui met Hanabi Hyuga and Fū at the Hyuga compound, then learned from Shizune that Uchiha Itachi had requested a meeting at the Fire Temple because Kazuma and Kakuzu planned to kill Chiriku.
• Shihui decided to go to the Fire Temple the next day, considered involving Sasuke Uchiha and the Land of Fire’s daimyo, and reviewed reports about the transport station and Soragakure’s former site.

Shihui Aburame managed Konoha’s work and met with Uchiha Itachi, asking him to assassinate the Land of Fire’s daimyo in Akatsuki’s name. Itachi agreed after reading Shihui’s book, and they also arranged for Sasuke to confront him when the Three-Tails revived.

• Shihui Aburame returned home, checked on Karin and her mother’s training, and gave Tsunade money after she came home angry.
• Shihui Aburame inspected the new lounge in the Hokage’s office and left Shizune with documents before traveling to the Fire Temple.
• Uchiha Itachi told Shihui that Kazuma and Kakuzu had delayed their arrival at the Fire Temple while pursuing a bounty.
• Shihui asked Uchiha Itachi to kill the Land of Fire’s daimyo in Akatsuki’s name and gave him Will of Fire: A New Edition to explain his reasons.
• Uchiha Itachi agreed to help after reading the book, and asked Shihui to let Sasuke confront him when the Three-Tails revived at Mirror Lake.
• Shihui agreed to keep Konoha and Akatsuki from interfering and proposed killing the daimyo before the Three-Tails revived.

Shihui Aburame captured Sora and three of Kazuma’s subordinates, then killed Kazuma and Kakuzu in battle and gained Earth Strength Gu. After returning to Konoha, he reunited with Tsunade, while Konan informed Pain of Kakuzu and Kazuma’s deaths.

• Shihui Aburame and Uchiha Itachi entered the Fire Temple, where Itachi used his Mangekyō Sharingan to subdue Sora, Fudō, Fūka, and Fuen.
• Shihui Aburame sent Sora to Konoha’s Sealing Squad and assigned Fudō, Fūka, and Fuen to Orochimaru before waiting for Kazuma and Kakuzu.
• Shihui Aburame confronted Kazuma and Kakuzu on the plain, overwhelmed their attacks, and killed Kazuma with Heavenly Waterfall Light River.
• Shihui Aburame crushed Kakuzu’s heart with Dragon Elephant Great Strength Gu, earned Earth Strength Gu, and returned to Konoha as White Zetsu escaped to warn the Akatsuki.
• Shihui Aburame returned home and embraced Tsunade, while Konan told Deva Path Pain that Kakuzu and Kazuma had died and Pain vowed to go to Konoha after capturing the Three-Tails.

Shihui Aburame spent a day out with Tsunade, taking her on an airship ride, shopping, and to a barbecue restaurant, where he shared his plans for using ninjutsu to improve life. They returned to the Senju Ancestral Residence, where Tsunade changed into a qipao and joined him in the bath; the chapter ended as she launched an intimate assault.

• Shihui Aburame hugged Tsunade, ate the ramen she cooked, and invited her to spend the day with him.
• Shihui Aburame and Tsunade visited the transport station, where Tokuma Hyuga reported that Konoha Jewelry had sold out its first batch in the Land of Fire.
• Shihui Aburame took Tsunade on an airship ride around Konoha, then persuaded her to buy twenty-three outfits while disguised with the Transformation Technique.
• At the barbecue restaurant, Shihui Aburame described using Wood Release to build houses and grow crops, and Tsunade said she believed he was the Child of Prophecy.
• Shihui Aburame and Tsunade returned to the Senju Ancestral Residence, where Tsunade changed into a qipao and joined him in the bath before launching her assault.

Shihui Aburame promoted his New Edition of the Will of Fire, recruited Shizune into Heavenly Drive, and investigated new research and mission leads. Tsunade read his ideas and began to reconsider the shinobi and daimyo system, while Shihui prepared to take Team 10 on a mission to find Shinnō.

• After Shihui and Tsunade spent the afternoon together, Shizune returned home and read his New Edition of the Will of Fire while Tsunade concealed what had happened.
• Tsunade asked Shizune whether she liked someone, and Shizune avoided naming Shihui; Tsunade later asked Shihui to find out who it was.
• Shihui visited Orochimaru, who reported studying Fūka’s Yin Release-charged hair and developing a way to strengthen bodies for Cursed Seal experiments using White Zetsu and Hashirama Cells.
• Shizune praised the New Edition of the Will of Fire, joined Shihui’s new organization Heavenly Drive, and agreed to prepare a list of potential members; Shihui learned that Shinnō had been located near Soragakure’s ruins.
• Shihui arranged for Shikamaru Nara, Choji Akimichi, and Ino Yamanaka to join him on a mission the next morning, then visited Ino and promised her a future department to lead.
• Tsunade read the New Edition of the Will of Fire and reflected that daimyo and shinobi had helped prevent peace in the Shinobi World.

Shihui Aburame won Tsunade’s support for his plan to challenge the Land of Fire’s rulers, then led an Anbu division and the new Ino-Shika-Cho to Soragakure’s ruins. After confronting Shinnō in the Angkor Fortress, Shihui revealed himself as Konoha’s Sixth Hokage and faced Shinnō’s fully opened Eight Gates.

• Tsunade read Shihui Aburame’s revised Will of Fire and agreed to support his plan against the Land of Fire’s rulers.
• Shihui Aburame gathered an Anbu division and the new Ino-Shika-Cho, then traveled by train toward Soragakure’s ruins.
• Ino Yamanaka sensed a fortress beneath the rainforest, and Shihui’s group uncovered its entrance and subdued the Sky Ninja guarding it.
• Shihui Aburame’s team reached the power room, where an Anbu used Sharingan genjutsu to learn that only Shinnō could open the entrance below.
• Shinnō arrived and fought Shihui Aburame, then opened the Eighth Gate and forced Shihui to move them into a separate battle space.
• Shihui Aburame blocked Shinnō’s attack and identified himself as Konoha’s Sixth Hokage.

Shihui Aburame defeated Shinnō, captured the Angkor Fortress, and brought it back to Konoha, where he planned to convert it into the Konoha Fortress. After learning that Uchiha Itachi would kill the daimyo in three days, Shihui looked ahead to the Three-Tails’ revival and spent the night with Tsunade.

• Shihui Aburame overpowered Shinnō, then healed and captured him before ordering the Anbu to seize the fortress and its remaining Sky Ninja.
• Shihui Aburame used Moryo’s Yin Release chakra to power Zero-Tails and raise the Angkor Fortress from underground, then ordered it flown back to Konoha.
• Shihui Aburame brought the fortress to the Forest of Death, received Shinnō’s forbidden medical techniques, and planned to rename and modify the fortress for Konoha.
• Shihui Aburame arranged for Amaru to study medical ninjutsu and join Hanabi Hyuga and Fū as a team, while the captured Shinnō and others were imprisoned as power sources.
• Uzuki Yugao delivered Uchiha Itachi’s encrypted letter, and Shihui Aburame learned that the daimyo would be killed in three days, likely preceding the Three-Tails’ revival.
• Tsunade arrived wearing the nun’s habit Shihui Aburame had requested, and he began their promised private encounter.

Shizune discovered Shihui Aburame and Tsunade together, then agreed to consider a relationship with him while he prepared to depart for the Land of Water. Shihui led Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki, and Karin to confront Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki over the Three-Tails, and his battle with Kisame began.

• Shizune sensed Shihui Aburame and Tsunade inside the bathroom barrier and realized they were together.
• Shizui told Shizune he wanted to be with her and Tsunade, and Shizune said she would think about it before kissing him.
• Shihui assigned Team 7 to a mission involving the Three-Tails and left for the Land of Water with Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki, and Karin.
• Shihui's team reached Mirror Lake, where Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki were waiting near the Three-Tails.
• Sasuke Uchiha pursued Uchiha Itachi while Shihui sent Naruto Uzumaki and Karin to capture the Three-Tails and faced Kisame Hoshigaki.
• Kisame Hoshigaki merged with Samehada and attacked Shihui, who blocked his blade-like fins and sent him crashing into the water.

Shihui Aburame defeated Kisame Hoshigaki, claimed Samehada’s loyalty, and watched Naruto Uzumaki force the Three-Tails into submission. Uchiha Itachi and Sasuke Uchiha then fought, and the chapter ended as Itachi manifested Susanoo.

• Kisame Hoshigaki used water clones and massive water attacks against Shihui Aburame, but Shihui defeated him with a strength-amplified punch.
• Samehada abandoned Kisame Hoshigaki for Shihui Aburame’s primeval essence, and Shihui gained the Water Strength Gu and White Form Immortal Snake Gu.
• Naruto Uzumaki battered the Three-Tails with Karin’s Adamantine Sealing Chains and the Eight Gates Released Formation until it surrendered, earning Shihui the Five Elements Bear Skin Gu.
• Sasuke Uchiha pursued Uchiha Itachi, fought him with his Lightning Fire Sword, broke free of Tsukuyomi, and used his Yomotsu ocular jutsu to attack him.
• Uchiha Itachi countered Sasuke Uchiha’s attack with Amaterasu, then summoned Susanoo as Sasuke prepared to continue fighting.

Sasuke Uchiha defeated and killed Uchiha Itachi, then returned to Konoha with Shihui Aburame, Naruto Uzumaki, and Karin after Shihui captured Kisame Hoshigaki and sent the Three-Tails to Shikkotsu Forest. Shihui planned to exploit the Land of Fire’s succession crisis and transform the Ninja Academy into a comprehensive school.

• Sasuke Uchiha used Lightning Release: Lightning Burial to shatter Uchiha Itachi’s Susanoo, then killed him and asked Shihui Aburame how to obtain the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Shihui Aburame gained a Purple Crystal Relic Gu and advanced to the upper stage of Rank Five; he stored Uchiha Itachi’s body and transported the Three-Tails to Shikkotsu Forest with Katsuyu’s help.
• White Zetsu reported Akatsuki’s losses to Nagato, Konan, Obito Uchiha, and Zetsu, and Nagato declared that he would attack Konoha himself.
• Shihui Aburame returned to Konoha with Kisame Hoshigaki as a prisoner and arranged Sasuke Uchiha’s eye-transplant surgery for the next morning.
• Shihui Aburame ordered Uzuki Yugao to contact the defeated second prince about taking the daimyo’s position, while he considered using Akatsuki to destabilize the Land of Fire.
• Shihui Aburame told Shizune he wanted to build a city powered by a Tailed Beast and proposed expanding the Ninja Academy into a comprehensive school.

Shihui Aburame planned reforms for the Ninja Academy and appointed Umino Iruka as its principal while growing closer to Shizune. After Shizune confessed to Tsunade that she liked Shihui, Tsunade confronted him and struggled with whether to accept their relationship.

• Shihui Aburame outlined a Ninja Academy survey and reforms that would sort students by chakra nature and into civil or martial schools.
• Shizune appointed Umino Iruka as principal, then led a meeting to explain the academy reforms to its teachers.
• Shizune returned home and confessed to Tsunade that she liked Shihui Aburame.
• Tsunade confronted Shihui about his relationship with Shizune, and he admitted he had long considered being with her.
• Tsunade hesitated to break up Shihui and Shizune, and Shihui offered to speak with Shizune.

Shihui Aburame secured Tsunade and Shizune’s agreement to share a relationship with him, then began planning an assault on the moon and a covert intervention in the Land of Fire’s succession struggle. The chapter ended with the second prince stabbing Maruichi Kyū during his birthday banquet.

• Tsunade accepted Shizune’s relationship with Shihui Aburame and arranged for him to spend the night with each of them.
• Shihui Aburame spent the night with Shizune and Tsunade, and Shizune saw Tsunade with him the following morning.
• Shihui Aburame decided to locate the passage to the moon and ordered Uzuki Yugao’s Anbu to search for it.
• Shihui Aburame sent Uchiha Mikoto to help the second prince, planning to disguise the killings of his rivals as the work of wandering shinobi.
• At Maruichi Kyū’s birthday banquet, the second prince approached him and stabbed him through the heart.

Shihui Aburame received news that the daimyo and his heirs had died, then ordered Konoha to prepare for the Land of Fire’s growing instability and expand the Ninja Academy. Jiraiya returned to Konoha, met Naruto Uzumaki and learned that Shino Aburame’s kikaichū could use Sage Mode; he took Naruto to Mount Myōboku for training while keeping his concerns about the Aburame Clan to himself.

• Shihui Aburame received the Blood Curtain Heavenly Flower Gu achievement reward and learned that Maruichi Kyū and the others had died, leaving the Land of Fire divided among three factions led by generals.
• Shihui Aburame ordered Uzuki Yugao to monitor the Land of Fire and keep the Uchiha Clan’s Jonin in Konoha, then told Umino Iruka to expand and divide the Ninja Academy.
• Jiraiya returned to Konoha to help defend against the Akatsuki and went to find Naruto Uzumaki after learning Naruto was away from home.
• Jiraiya watched Naruto Uzumaki spar with Sasuke Uchiha, then learned that Shino Aburame’s kikaichū could use Sage Mode.
• Jiraiya observed Shino Aburame training with Hinata Hyuga, confirmed Naruto’s account, and took Naruto to Mount Myōboku to learn Sage Mode.
• Jiraiya withheld his suspicions about the Kikaichū and the Aburame Clan from Sage Fukasaku.

Shihui Aburame prepared to take control of the Land of Fire as its generals’ war drove refugees into Konoha. After Uchiha ninja subdued Takeda Shingen’s army and entered the capital, Shihui ordered Sasuke to alter the officials’ memories so they would obey Konoha.

• Jiraiya told Shihui that he had sent Naruto to Mount Myōboku, and they discussed the Aburame Clan’s Kikaichū Sage Mode and the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy.
• Shihui went home with Shizune, then admitted to Tsunade that he had arranged the attack at Maruichi Kyū’s birthday banquet and discussed the risks of governing the Land of Fire.
• After the three generals’ negotiations failed and war spread through the Land of Fire, Shihui assembled thirty-four Uchiha ninja to protect the railways and seize the capital.
• Shihui led the Uchiha force by train toward the Land of Fire Metropolis, where Takeda Shingen’s army stopped them at the destroyed railway.
• The Uchiha ninja used their Sharingan to subdue the soldiers, and Shihui hypnotized Takeda Shingen into welcoming them into the city.
• Shihui entered the royal palace and told Sasuke to reshape the officials’ memories so they would become obedient to Konoha.