Chapter Summaries

Shinsei accepted a mission to investigate Killer B’s disappearance in the Land of Fire, with research funding offered as a reward. Before leaving, he visited Minato Namikaze’s family and joined Karin’s birthday celebration, where Naruto pulled a prank that earned him a punch from Kushina Uzumaki.

• Tsunade told Shinsei that Killer B had disappeared in the Land of Fire and that the Raikage would pay for help finding him; Shinsei agreed to go with Kakashi and Team 7.
• Shinsei left Ino his notes and requirements for the mental shielding network before setting out to prepare for the mission.
• Shinsei visited Minato Namikaze’s home and learned that the family was celebrating Karin’s birthday.
• Naruto ambushed Shinsei with a cake prank and used Multiple Sexy Jutsu to distract him before smacking cake against his forehead.
• Kushina Uzumaki punched Naruto for using the jutsu, while Minato Namikaze secretly admitted that he had also been distracted.

Shinsei assembled Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi for an S-rank mission, reassuring Kushina and Minato that the team could handle it. The group left Konoha without learning the mission’s objective, while Naruto bickered with Shinsei and asked Kakashi questions.

• Shinsei told Naruto that he was joining an urgent S-rank mission, and Kushina and Minato voiced concerns about his safety.
• Naruto packed his backpack, and Shinsei explained that Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura would accompany them.
• Naruto and Shinsei met Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura at Konoha’s main gate, where Sakura fussed over Sasuke and brushed off Naruto.
• Naruto tried to start a Team 7 send-off ritual, but Sasuke and Shinsei teased him before the group left the village.
• Naruto asked Kakashi about the mission, but Kakashi refused to reveal its objective before they reached the mission site.

Team 7 traveled to the Land of Demons to investigate the disappearance of Kumogakure's Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and met their contact near a mountain cave. Darui asked them to hurry and treat his companion.

• Kakashi told Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Shinsei that their mission was to find the missing Eight-Tails Jinchuriki in the Land of Demons.
• Kakashi summoned his ninja dogs, and Pakkun helped search for Kumogakure ninja nearby.
• Sakura handed out food and water while Team 7 waited for the search results.
• A ninja dog led the team through the forest to a cave, where Darui introduced himself and asked them to treat his companion.

Sakura treated Samui after she and Darui were attacked while tracking Killer B, who was captured by their enemies. Samui identified the attackers as including the reanimated Third Hokage and a young Konoha ninja, while Darui revealed that Madara Uchiha had injured the Raikage.

• Sakura rushed into the cave and used the Mystical Palm Technique to treat Samui’s abdominal wound.
• Darui told Kakashi that Killer B had been captured while protecting him and Samui from powerful enemies.
• Samui regained consciousness and identified one attacker as Hiruzen Sarutobi, then said a young man from Konoha had also been among the six attackers.
• Darui revealed that the Raikage’s injury was a closely guarded secret and named Madara Uchiha as the one who had injured him.

Shinsei and Kakashi suspected Danzo had revived Hiruzen Sarutobi through Impure World Reincarnation and set out with Naruto, Sasuke, and Darui to find the captured Killer B. At the battle site, Pakkun detected ten other people, including two who smelled like the dead, and Kakashi ordered the ninja dogs to track them.

• Shinsei warned that the Raikage could not safely challenge Madara, while Naruto urged the group to rescue Killer B before it was too late.
• Kakashi asked Sakura to tend the wounded, then followed Darui toward the battlefield; Shinsei gave Sakura a Flying Thunder God-marked kunai in case she needed help.
• Shinsei and Kakashi independently identified Danzo as their likely suspect for using Impure World Reincarnation to control Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Kakashi reassured Naruto that Hiruzen would be acting under an enemy's control, and Naruto resolved to save him; Sasuke and Shinsei showed little attachment to the Third Hokage.
• The group reached the forest battlefield and found extensive destruction and traces left by Gyuki; Pakkun detected ten other scents, two of them like dead people, and Kakashi told him to track them.

Shinsei and Kakashi’s team followed the Ninja Dogs’ trail while searching for the group that had attacked Killer B, then agreed to meet the Land of Demons’ priestess for information. Shinsei detected no unusual chakra nearby and teleported away briefly, returning with Sakura Haruno and Samui.

• Pakkun led the group through the forest and identified an ink-marked claw track, which Shinsei recognized as a possible sign of Sai accompanying Danzo.
• The Ninja Dogs lost the trail, and Shinsei suggested the targets had flown away.
• The Ninja Dogs found Taruho, who introduced himself as the priestess Shion’s assistant and offered to take the group to her.
• Sasuke held Taruho at knifepoint until Kakashi signaled him to lower his Lightning Release: Lightning Sword.
• Naruto protested that they should keep searching for the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, but Kakashi persuaded him to follow Taruho for clues.
• Shinsei sensed no unusual chakra nearby, then teleported away and returned with Sakura Haruno and Samui.

Shinsei and the others traveled with Taruho to the Land of Demons’ capital to meet its priestess and ask about the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki. The priestess predicted the deaths of Naruto, Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura, but could not see Shinsei’s fate and asked his name instead.

• Shinsei used Flying Thunder God and Xingchen’s chakra to transport the group toward the Land of Demons’ capital.
• Taruho led the group through the capital to the shrine, where the priestess agreed to receive them.
• Naruto demanded information about the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, and the priestess said they would all die soon because of her prophecies.
• The priestess predicted that Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura would die as well, but she could not see Shinsei’s fate.
• Taruho identified Shinsei, and the priestess acknowledged him by name.

Shion told Kakashi’s group that a demon planned to destroy the world and that her prophecy foretold their deaths, but Shinjō argued that the future could still change. When Kusuna, Banna, Shizuku, and Setsuna revealed they had taken Killer B and targeted Naruto, Naruto and Sasuke charged to fight them.

• Shion told Kakashi’s group that a demon sealed in the Land of Demons had joined forces with outsiders and that they had captured Killer B.
• Shion said her prophecy showed the group dying, but she could not see Shinjō’s future, and Shinjō insisted their mission could still succeed.
• Naruto demanded to know where the demon was sealed, and Shion said the enemy would eventually go there.
• Kusuna, Banna, Shizuku, and Setsuna broke into the courtyard and revealed that they planned to use Killer B’s Eight-Tails chakra and capture Naruto for Lord Yomi.
• Naruto and Sasuke charged at the four enemies while Shinjō and the others stayed back.

Naruto and Sasuke fought four strange enemies while Shinjō protected Shion and Taruho with a Water Formation Wall. Naruto summoned a crowd of clones and Sasuke used Lightning Release to break through the enemies’ defenses, ending with him striking at a man trapped inside shattered stone.

• Naruto and Sasuke fought the four opponents while Shinjō blocked the battle’s shock waves and reassured Taruho and Shion.
• A woman attacked Shinjō with Water Severing Wave, but Shinjō’s Water Formation Wall stopped her repeated water strikes.
• Taruho apologized for neglecting his guests and asked a maid to bring tea and pastries.
• Naruto created countless clones and charged the opponents, while Sasuke formed a Lightning Sword and cut through a man’s lengthened stone arm.
• Sasuke dodged the enemies’ fire and wind attacks, blasted apart a stone defense with lightning, and thrust his charged left hand toward the exposed man.

Shinsei and the others encountered the reincarnated Shisui Uchiha, who attacked them while under someone’s control. After Shinsei broke free of a powerful genjutsu, he realized the attackers had escaped with the priestess.

• Shisui Uchiha appeared and attacked Sasuke, and Shinsei recognized him as the reincarnated Shisui.
• Sasuke and Shinsei fought Shisui, who used a powerful Body Flicker Technique to escape with the other attackers.
• Shinsei activated Sage Mode and struck Shisui, then sealed him after Shisui thanked him for preventing him from making more mistakes.
• Shinsei noticed that the fight around him seemed unnatural and released himself from a genjutsu affecting him and the others.
• The attackers fled on an ink bird and launched fireballs at the shrine, so Shinsei raised a water wall to protect the people there.
• Shinsei stopped Naruto from pursuing and concluded that the attackers had come to capture the priestess.

Shinsei reflected on Shisui Uchiha's genjutsu and joined the others for a meal at the shrine. Shion revealed that Moryo had possessed Yomi and that Killer B had escaped, while Shinsei proposed finding and sealing the demon before it attacked again.

• Shinsei reconsidered his dismissive attitude toward genjutsu after Shisui Uchiha easily caught him with it.
• Taruho led Shinsei and the others to a hall for food, where Naruto and Shinsei began eating after their exhausting journey and battle.
• Shion told Shinsei that Killer B had not fallen into Moryo's hands, though the Eight-Tails' chakra had helped the demon.
• Shion explained that Moryo was possessing Yomi, who had served the demon during its previous revival.
• Shinsei suggested that they find Moryo and seal it away instead of waiting for the enemy to attack.

Shion agreed to help Shinsei’s group seal the monster, and they prepared to travel to the Land of Swamps. Meanwhile, Danzo and Yomi tried to use Killer B’s chakra to strengthen Yomi’s Undead Army, but discovered they had been tricked with a tentacle.

• Shion agreed to accompany Shinsei’s group to seal the monster, and Kakashi led them toward the Land of Swamps.
• Hiruzen urged Danzo to return to Konoha, but Danzo blamed him for stopping an earlier attempt to kill Shinsei.
• Yomi and Danzo prepared a seal to drain the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and empower Yomi’s Undead Army.
• The man on the seal turned out to be an octopus tentacle, and Yomi angrily confronted Danzo.
• Danzo realized that the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki had fooled him.

Shinsei and the others struggled to travel to the Land of Swamps because Priestess Shion could not keep pace and refused Naruto’s offer to carry her. After learning that Shion kept her distance because she foresaw the deaths of people close to her, Shinsei carried her instead, and the group continued toward their destination before making camp for the night.

• Naruto offered to carry Shion, but she refused and moved away from him.
• Taruho explained that Shion foresaw the deaths of people who grew close to her, so she tried to protect them by keeping her distance.
• Naruto told Shion that people could change their fate, but she warned him that she had foreseen his death.
• Shion said she could not foresee Shinsei’s fate, and she accepted his offer to carry her.
• Shion asked Shinsei whether fate could be changed, and he described how hard work had exceeded his grandfather’s prediction for his Chakra.
• The group traveled until nightfall and set up a comfortable camp using supplies from Shinsei’s storage scroll.

Shinsei met Shisui Uchiha in the forest, where Shisui asked him to undo Impure World Reincarnation. Shisui revealed that Danzo controlled him and that fighting would alert Danzo, leaving Shinsei to ask what he should do instead.

• Sasuke used chakra to heat the group's dinner while Shinsei encouraged Shion to smile and thanked her for adapting to the group.
• After sensing a humanoid chakra signature nearby, Shinsei left Kakashi on watch and went to investigate alone.
• Shinsei found Shisui Uchiha, who said he had been looking for him and asked him for a favor.
• Shinsei began forming hand seals to seal Shisui, but Shisui escaped to a tree and said he could not disobey Danzo's orders.
• Shisui explained that fighting would alert Danzo and tighten his control, so Shinsei asked what he needed to do.

Shisui asked Shinsei to help him use Dragon Vein chakra and a sealing formation to strengthen his Mangekyō and overwrite Danzo’s orders. As they traveled to the formation, Shinsei was impressed by Shisui’s Body Flicker Technique and asked him to teach it.

• Shisui told Shinsei that Danzo had captured only one of the Eight-Tails’ tentacles and explained his plan to use Shinsei’s Dragon Vein chakra to break Danzo’s control.
• Shisui warned that Danzo could flee with the Third Hokage if Shinsei tried to defeat and seal him, so Shinsei agreed to help while keeping their trip secret.
• Shinsei and Shisui discussed genjutsu training, and Shinsei used a Transformation Technique to hide his conspicuous Sage Mode glow.
• Shisui explained that he had developed his Body Flicker Technique after he could not learn Flying Thunder God.
• Shinsei watched Shisui’s swift, flexible movement and asked him to teach him the Body Flicker Technique.

Shisui Uchiha taught Shinsei the basics of his special Body Flicker Technique as they traveled to the valley where Danzo had set up a sealing formation. They arrived at the cave entrance, and Shisui went in first to help break free of Danzo’s control and save Lord Third.

• Shisui Uchiha agreed to teach Shinsei his special Body Flicker Technique and explained how he used a distinct method of exerting force.
• Shinsei studied Shisui’s movements with his Sharingan and quickly learned the basics, leaving afterimages as he ran.
• Shisui explained that he and Uchiha Itachi had kept their distance from Shinsei to avoid provoking suspicion toward the Uchiha Clan.
• After traveling for about two hours, Shisui pointed out the valley where Danzo had established the sealing formation and explained how the Dragon Vein’s power could strengthen his eye.
• Shisui said he had deepened Danzo’s sleep through Genjutsu, then jumped into the ravine as Shinsei followed him into the valley.

Shinsei and Shisui Uchiha entered a cave to use Dragon Vein energy, but Danzo revealed he had rewritten Shisui’s will and trapped Shinsei in a seal that suppressed his Flying Thunder God and speed. Danzo summoned Sarutobi Hiruzen and another reanimated fighter, leaving Shinsei facing a growing group of opponents.

• Shinsei agreed to channel Dragon Vein energy into the cave’s sealing formation while Shisui Uchiha promised to handle the rest.
• Danzo appeared and revealed that he had used Shisui’s Sharingan to rewrite his will and make him obedient.
• Danzo activated the formation’s special seal, preventing Shinsei from using Flying Thunder God and slowing his movements.
• Shisui Uchiha attacked Shinsei with his Mangekyō Sharingan and sword, but Shinsei resisted the mind control and defended himself with Chakra Armor.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen emerged from a coffin and pulled Shisui away from Shinsei’s punch, while Danzo raised another coffin.
• A middle-aged man in a green bodysuit stepped from the second coffin.

Shinsei faced Danzo’s Impure World Reincarnation fighters, including Might Duy, while trying to keep them from fighting for Danzo. Enma refused to attack Shinsei and vanished, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi to continue the battle.

• Shinsei recognized Might Duy and warned him that Danzo had betrayed Konoha, but Duy remained under Danzo’s control.
• Danzo claimed his stolen chakra was Dragon Vein energy, and Shinsei revealed that it was his own sage chakra, though Danzo refused to believe him.
• Danzo ordered Might Duy, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Shisui Uchiha to attack Shinsei, and Duy opened several gates while Shinsei evaded their strikes.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Enma, but after Shinsei told him that Danzo had betrayed Konoha, Enma refused to fight and disappeared.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed with relief and began forming hand seals as Shinsei faced him.

Shinsei escaped Danzo and Might Duy by using a Shadow Clone, then trapped them inside the Four Violet Flames Formation with help from Konoha’s Sealing Squad. As the group prepared to confront Danzo, Shinsei warned Sasuke and Kakashi not to face the Eight Gates Released Formation head-on.

• Danzo, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Might Duy attacked Shinsei inside the cavern, and Might Duy opened more gates before unleashing Evening Elephant.
• Danzo realized the Shinsei they had fought was a Shadow Clone and ordered the others to retreat.
• Shinsei revealed that his real body had used Flying Thunder God to bring Naruto and the others away from the cavern.
• Katsuyu reported that the team was ready, and Shinsei’s allies raised the Four Violet Flames Formation around the area to trap Danzo.
• Shinsei told Naruto that Danzo was controlling Hiruzen Sarutobi and warned Sasuke and Kakashi not to take the Eight Gates Released Formation’s attacks head-on.

Danzo, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Shisui Uchiha, and Might Duy emerged after the underground cavern was destroyed, forcing Kakashi, Shinsei, Naruto, and Sasuke to face them. The two sides chose their opponents, and Danzo declared his intention to seize the Nine-Tails and become Hokage.

• Danzo's group appeared under the moonlight after an explosion destroyed the hillside, and Might Duy recognized Kakashi.
• Might Duy warned Kakashi that he might open the Gate of Death, while Shinsei reasoned that Impure World Reincarnation weakened the Eight Gates' power.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi urged Kakashi to defeat him, while Naruto called on him to resist Danzo's control.
• Sasuke confronted Shisui Uchiha and vowed to free him, and Shinsei mocked Danzo for using Kotoamatsukami to make Shisui praise him.
• Kakashi assigned Naruto to fight Shisui, Sasuke to fight Danzo, himself to fight Hiruzen, and Shinsei to fight Might Duy.
• Danzo declared that he would take the Nine-Tails and the Hokage position, while Hiruzen condemned his extreme thinking.