Chapter Summaries

Mimi caught Jiraiya peeping at the women’s bathhouse and arranged to have him arrested, while also securing his promise to take her to Mount Myōboku in exchange for canceling his debt. The chapter left Jiraiya surrounded by the Konoha Military Police Force as the bathhouse patrons cheered his arrest.

• Tsunade prepared hundreds of blood samples for Nawaki’s assignment, then flicked him through a Paper Door when he reached for the box.
• Mimi found Jiraiya peeping into the women’s bathhouse and asked him to take her to Mount Myōboku to study its biodiversity and Sage Techniques.
• Mimi canceled Jiraiya’s debt in return for his promise to take her to Mount Myōboku in three days.
• Mimi summoned the Konoha Military Police Force, who arrested Jiraiya for peeping into the women’s bathhouse.
• The bathhouse patrons condemned Jiraiya and thanked the Military Police Force as he surrendered.

Chiri received a report from Butterfly and sent a reply to Kaya, then left the Konoha Military Police Force. Hitomi finished burying a batch of Chakra-conducting logs in the Hidden Passage and headed to the village for Tsunade’s Jonin examination, where she was the main force behind a cheating operation.

• Chiri questioned Butterfly about the Ninja Cat clan’s members, and Butterfly reported that everyone had been well-behaved.
• Chiri gave Butterfly Silkworm Tea and Rainbow Candy and asked her to pass along greetings to Kaya, who had asked whether Chiri would sell the candy.
• Chiri left the Konoha Military Police Force after seeing White Fang scratch his itchy, shaved head beneath his wig.
• Hitomi used the Gentle Fist Mountain Shattering Strike to dig pits and bury the final logs in the Hidden Passage.
• Hitomi met her Ninja Eagle Kyoumaru and walked toward the village for Tsunade’s Jonin examination.

Mimi helped Tsunade cheat during the written first round of the Jonin Exam using Nano Kikaichu, while Chiri and Hitomi supplied answers from outside. Tsunade answered the exam as cheaters were exposed around her, and the chapter ended with her sweating under the examiner’s scrutiny.

• Mimi secretly transferred Nano Kikaichu to Tsunade, then went to watch the exam with Chiri and Hitomi.
• Tsunade entered the written exam while Mimi, Chiri, and Hitomi remained outside because they were not ninja.
• Tsunade’s hand began writing answers against her will as Mimi and the others helped provide answers.
• The chief examiner disqualified examinees caught cheating, including an Uchiha using Sharingan and an uncle hiding a cheat sheet.
• After the chief examiner called out a young man for wetting himself, Tsunade grew nervous and began sweating.

During the Chunin promotion exam’s lunch break, Mimi, Tsunade, Hitomi, and Chiri experimented with ways to fly. Hitomi finally managed a midair double jump just as the afternoon team battle was about to begin.

• Tsunade tested whether she could fly by releasing Chakra from her feet, then concluded that the air gave her nothing to push against.
• Mimi used Barrier platforms to walk into the air and advised Tsunade on constructing Chakra wings.
• Tsunade tried Chakra wings and a bamboo-copter, but the latter sent her spinning before she fell and vomited.
• Chiri demonstrated flight through lightning nature transformation, while Mimi suggested gliding as a simpler option for Hitomi.
• Hitomi kept practicing her Power Double Jump and finally propelled herself several meters higher in midair.
• The afternoon team battle was scheduled to take place at the Seventh Training Ground with thirty-two teams competing.

Tsunade and her teammates entered the three-day survival exam and split up to deal with rival teams. Tsunade crushed an ambush with a massive lightning-charged mallet, while the Third Hokage watched another team get captured by Genjutsu and steel wire.

• Mimi, Tsunade, Chiri, and Hitomi entered the training forest and planned to attack the teams pursuing and ambushing them.
• Tsunade charged ahead while Chiri and Hitomi turned back to intercept the pursuers, and Mimi took a supporting position.
• Tsunade crashed through an Exploding Tag trap and blasted the ambushing ninjas with her enormous Thunderclap Eight Trigrams mallet.
• The Third Hokage watched Tsunade's devastating attack and praised her progress while cautioning against pride.
• The Third Hokage saw eight ninjas immobilized in transparent steel wire and Genjutsu on another monitor.

Mimi unleashed a vast swarm of explosive dragonflies across the examination forest, overwhelming the surveillance team and driving the Third Hokage to trust her judgment rather than stop the test. Danzo watched uneasily as the chaos threatened Root’s plan to prevent Tsunade from becoming a Jonin.

• Hinata Hitomi disabled eight ninjas with precise Gentle Fist strikes, snapping their steel wires and dropping them to the ground.
• Mimi sent coordinated dragonflies into the forest, and the surveillance team discovered they were part of a vast swarm carrying Exploding Tags.
• The swarm raced toward explosions across the examination grounds, while the observers realized it could hunt down isolated ninjas and destroy a Sensory Barrier.
• The Third Hokage refused to stop the examination, saying Mimi was a Medical Ninja who could control herself and urging the examiners to trust their village’s ninjas.
• Danzo watched the destruction and worried that the chaos would undermine Root’s plan to prevent Tsunade from becoming a Jonin.

Mimi’s Summer Red Soldiers swept through the examination grounds, forcing examinees to flee, hide, or fight. The Inuzuka family and their dogs fought to the last just over ten kilometers from Mimi, while the swarm continued its hunt.

• Mimi sent the Summer Red Soldiers across the grounds, eliminating fleeing examinees while a Hayate Clan ninja hid with the Invisibility Technique.
• Hiruko’s Root team tried to hide behind a Barrier and search for Tsunade, but the insects surrounded them; Hiruko and the others escaped, leaving the Barrier user to be consumed.
• Four people and eight dogs used their mimicry techniques to advance through the swarm and find Mimi, but exhaustion stopped them.
• Big Sis complained about the impossible exam, but Dad ordered the family to keep fighting as the Summer Red Soldiers attacked again.
• The Inuzuka family and all eight dogs fell scorched and exhausted without retreating, just over ten kilometers from Mimi.

Tsunade charged through an Electric Net and defeated the Uchiha squad with her overwhelming strength and Thunderclap Eight Trigrams. She left Kagami unconscious and the other three Uchiha falling into a lake, while the watching ninjas and Third Hokage looked on in shock.

• Tsunade raced through the forest in Mitotic Regeneration Mode, smashing trees and breaking the Uchiha's Electric Net as she charged toward them.
• The Uchiha attacked Tsunade with Fire Release, but she burst through the flames unharmed and struck one of them into the sky with Thunderclap Eight Trigrams.
• Tsunade changed direction and knocked two more Uchiha unconscious, sending them flying across the forest.
• Kagami Uchiha summoned Susanoo, but Tsunade struck through its armor and sent him crashing into trees, where he passed out.
• The three Uchiha fell into a lake, while the ninjas watching on monitors were stunned and the Third Hokage wondered if Kagami was pretending to be unconscious.

Mimi’s Summer Red Soldiers struggled against the Ino-Shika-Cho Battle Formation’s Human Bullet Tank, which located her and forced her to retreat underground. Hitomi intercepted the tank, but its shadow-based defenses and attacks kept her under pressure.

• Mimi found that the Summer Red Soldiers could not easily damage the Akimichi Clan’s Human Bullet Tank, which kept rolling through explosions.
• The tank used Shadow Imitation Technique spikes to redirect its charge, then headed toward Mimi after the Yamanaka Clan transmitted her location to nearby squads.
• Mimi realized Root had coordinated the detection through Mind Transmission Technique and moved underground toward the surface.
• Hitomi swooped down with her sword, but the tank used a shadow slope to evade her strike and covered itself in Chakra spikes.
• Hitomi’s Blue Tip clashed with the tank’s rotating defenses, and she was forced to retreat as another Shadow Imitation Technique attack rose from the ground.

Hitomi unleashed her Seven Gates and used her newly developed Secret Sword: Pigeon Play to tear through Ino-Shika-Cho’s Human Bullet Tank. The attack overwhelmed their giant transformation, leaving Flower toppled and the observers stunned.

• Hitomi opened the Seven Gates and challenged Ino-Shika-Cho as the Human Bullet Tank charged at her.
• Hitomi launched herself into a rapid midair spin and attacked with Secret Sword: Pigeon Play, carving deep wounds into the Human Bullet Tank.
• After the formation broke apart, Butterfly used Super Multi Size Technique to become a giant and tried to stop Hitomi’s spinning blade.
• Hitomi’s blade cut through the giant’s arm and struck Flower in the face, bringing the giant down.
• Hitomi landed with her bloodstained sword while the ninja watching the monitors praised her technique in shock.

Hitomi defeated the remaining members of an Ino-Shika-Cho squad with her sword techniques and left the forest. Elsewhere, Uchiha Chiri took down another squad with Genjutsu while examiners debated how dangerous she was.

• Hitomi used rapid sword slashes to deflect the Nara brothers’ black ribbons, then pierced the pineapple-headed man and disrupted his chakra.
• Hitomi threw a chakra sword into the other Deer’s chest and killed the Pig with a close-range strike before walking away.
• A ninja left alone after his teammates fell heard a woman’s voice and collapsed unconscious after pain struck his neck.
• The examiners discussed Uchiha Chiri’s Genjutsu, flying abilities, and battlefield tactics while warning themselves not to speak carelessly around the Insect Princess.

Tsunade crushed an ambush of twenty ninjas while the Third Hokage considered how to defeat her. Mimi trapped five attackers, including Hiruko, inside a Barrier and began suffocating them as the forest team signaled an attack.

• Tsunade defeated twenty ninjas with Thunderclap Eight Trigrams and healed from their attacks.
• The Third Hokage assessed Tsunade's strength and identified Sealing Technique as a possible way to defeat her.
• Mimi waited in a tree with Hiruko hanging below her as five ninjas burst from underground to attack.
• Mimi enclosed the five attackers and Hiruko inside a Barrier, explaining how its structure and air supply worked.
• Mimi revealed that the Barrier was suffocating everyone inside, and one ninja lost consciousness.
• Someone in the forest signaled an attack.

Mimi demonstrated the Hexagonal Snowflake Barrier, a finely structured defense that resisted the ninjas’ attacks while restricting their oxygen. She left the trapped ninjas struggling to recover as the observers considered how to counter her Barrier.

• Mimi explained how Chakra Particles could be arranged into threads and layered into a durable, breathable Barrier called the Hexagonal Snowflake.
• Mimi opened air holes after six people inside the Barrier lost consciousness from oxygen deprivation.
• Five more ninjas emerged from underground and fruitlessly attacked the Barrier with Fire Release while holding their breath.
• Mimi explained that Sealing Technique or attacks on the Barrier’s nodes and anchor points could defeat it, prompting debate among the watching ninjas.
• The five ninjas recovered their breath, drew their weapons, and one shouted at Mimi before his companion covered his mouth.

Mimi used a combination of poisonous insects and hand-seal-free Earth Release to trap and overwhelm five Konoha ninjas. The Third Hokage realized the true form of her Centipede Dance and resolved to learn the Earth Release technique himself.

• Mimi confronted Maruboshi Kosuke and drew her sword, declaring that she would show her opponents her terror without relying on the Aburame clan’s insects.
• Mimi covered herself in a purple aura, deflected a barrage of kunai with its tendrils, and slipped underground using Earth Release without hand seals.
• As the five ninjas scattered through the air, Summer Red Soldiers exploded against them, leaving them burned and vulnerable to Mimi’s underground attacks.
• Mimi impaled one ninja from below and struck down another when he began forming hand seals, leaving the remaining three trapped and afraid to escape.
• The ninjas and observers discussed how Mimi’s underground tactics made her nearly impossible to counter, while the Third Hokage recognized Centipede Dance’s true form and decided to learn Earth Release: Opening Earth Rising Excavation.

Mimi hunted down the hidden ninjas beneath the ground and eliminated the remaining opponents, ending the exam in two hours. The last three surrendered, and the examiners judged Tsunade capable of becoming a Jonin.

• Mimi revealed herself to a concealed Yamanaka ninja and incapacitated him with her sword.
• Mimi's insects swarmed a cramped underground cave and overwhelmed four hidden ninjas.
• Mimi's insects exposed and defeated a Hayate Family ninja hiding in the forest, leaving only three opponents inside the Barrier.
• The Third Hokage and the examiners discussed Mimi's tactics and Tsunade's combat abilities, and several examiners proposed that Tsunade qualified to become a Jonin.
• Mimi asked the last three opponents whether they still wanted to fight, and they surrendered, including Maruboshi Kosuke.
• Mimi dispelled the Barrier and left as the examiners entered the field to clean up.

After the second exam, the Third Hokage appointed Tsunade a Jonin and made her his assistant, positioning her as Konoha’s likely next leader. Mimi questioned the village’s ideals and left, while the Third Hokage recognized that only Tsunade might keep her in check.

• The Third Hokage appointed Tsunade a Konoha Jonin and urged her to lead and protect the village.
• The Third Hokage assigned Tsunade to work as his assistant in the Hokage Building, and Tsunade reluctantly accepted.
• The crowd celebrated Tsunade’s appointment while Mimi reflected that the Third Hokage had avoided a direct contest and delayed the transition of power.
• The Third Hokage teased Mimi about not being a Genin, and Mimi challenged him over Danzo’s contributions and described protecting children as her own contribution.
• Mimi warned that children knew not to play with fire, then left; the Third Hokage watched her go and thought Tsunade was the only one who could keep her in check.

Madara watched Konoha and decided the Uchiha clan still had value, then broke into the prison to steal Sharingan and stir up trouble. He freed Uchiha Setsuna and tried to recruit Uchiha Ken, who refused to leave but promised to seek Madara out later.

• Madara watched Konoha from Hokage Rock and resolved to set his plans in motion.
• Mimi took Hitomi outside the village while her Nano Kikaichu disabled the Root ninja monitoring them.
• Madara killed the Pro-War Faction prisoners in one cell and took their eyes as strategic resources.
• Madara released Uchiha Setsuna from his seals and urged him to escape Konoha; Setsuna fled as a defector.
• Madara invited Uchiha Ken to leave prison, but Ken refused to abandon the Uchiha clan and said he would seek Madara's guidance later.

After Madara attacked the prison to steal Sharingan, Mimi led Tsunade, Hitomi, and Chiri to confront him at the Valley of the End and drive him away. Madara opened the fight by summoning a gigantic meteor, and Mimi dismissed the attack as boring.

• A prison alarm alerted the guards after Madara attacked the interrogation center, killed several people, and took Sharingan.
• Mimi gathered Tsunade, Hitomi, and Chiri and explained that their mission was to drive Madara away without exposing what they knew about him.
• The four reached the Valley of the End, where Madara taunted them and challenged them to attack.
• Madara formed hand seals and summoned a gigantic meteor with Tengai Shinsei, while Mimi called the attack boring.

Tsunade, Hitomi, Chiri, and Mimi unleashed their powers to confront Madara after he summoned a giant meteor. Their coordinated attacks tested Madara’s Rinnegan abilities, and the fight continued as Mimi prepared another insect assault.

• The four women powered up, and Chiri used Flying Thunder God to make the falling meteor vanish.
• Mimi met Madara’s Great Fire Annihilation with her insect technique, but Madara used the Rinnegan’s repulsive force to scatter both attacks.
• Tsunade and Hitomi charged Madara while Chiri attacked from above with lightning-fast Kunai.
• Madara absorbed Hitomi’s Chakra-based sword technique, but she evaded his counterattack and slashed at him as he retreated.
• Tsunade smashed the statue beneath Madara, and Chiri’s Fire Meteor dived toward him as Mimi descended and released a swarm of insects.

Madara battled Tsunade, Hitomi, Chiri, and Mimi across the air and lake, surviving a powerful strike before escaping Mimi’s vacuum Barrier with Wood Release. Mimi ordered the others to scatter as the expanding trees surged toward them.

• Madara caught Chiri’s sword and flung her away, but Tsunade used Hitomi’s sword as a foothold to land Thunderclap Eight Trigrams on him.
• Madara’s Limbo clone struck Tsunade, while Madara crashed into the lake with a shattered body and began healing.
• Hitomi watched Madara from the lake as Tsunade recovered, and Madara challenged them to continue fighting.
• Mimi trapped Madara in Winter Storm Chariot Dance: Vacuum Prison, but Madara used Wood Release to burst the Barrier apart.
• Mimi emerged from the water and told Tsunade, Chiri, and Hitomi to scatter from the advancing wooden branches.