Chapter Summaries

Mimi reflected on the suffering and corruption she had witnessed across the world before returning to a lively conversation with her companions about building a flower bed and raising animals. The group remained together, joking over Minato’s fish-care lesson as Mimi considered making a practical garden.

• Mimi watched scenes of poverty, exploitation, violence, and religious hypocrisy across the world, while an Insect passed through as a witness.
• Tsunade scolded Minato as he struggled to treat a sick ornamental fish, and Mimi told him to change its water.
• Chiri asked Mimi why she had been distracted, and Mimi said she was thinking about building a flower bed.
• Hitomi suggested raising free-flying birds, while Tsunade wanted a pet pig and Chiri joked about raising pigs for food.
• Mimi smiled at the group’s bickering and said a Vegetable Garden would be practical and give everyone food.

Orochimaru fought the Third Raikage, whose speed and durability overwhelmed his attacks and killed him repeatedly. Unable to win head-on, Orochimaru changed tactics and disappeared underground while the Third Raikage waited warily.

• Orochimaru used Sage Techniques to attack the Third Raikage, but the Raikage broke through them and struck him down repeatedly.
• Orochimaru considered the Yotsuki Clan and Hidden Cloud's power while searching for a way to stop the Raikage.
• The Third Raikage taunted Orochimaru, who retaliated with a barrage of wind attacks and Chakra-absorbing Little White Snakes.
• Orochimaru lunged with Serpent Absorption Evil Birth, but the Third Raikage destroyed his head and burned the snakes with his Lightning Armor.
• Mimi watched as Orochimaru recovered, then Orochimaru retreated underground and the Third Raikage guarded against another attack.

Yui and Mimi fought the future Third Kazekage, whose Magnet Release trapped Yui in a field of black sand that disintegrated everything within it. Mimi’s vibration attack rescued Yui and badly wounded the Kazekage, but he survived, destroyed the Spring Thunder Cannon, and prepared to strike again.

• The future Third Kazekage unleashed a black sandstorm that immobilized Yui and began eroding her armor and everything around her.
• An Autumn Tiger Elephant summoned Yui out of the sandstorm while the Spring Thunder Cannon and Mimi’s vibration attack shattered the desert and damaged the Iron Sand Serpent.
• The Kazekage endured the vibrations inside an Iron Sand sphere, though the attack left him gravely wounded.
• The Kazekage rose again, used Iron Sand to kill the Spring Thunder Cannon, and warned that the same trick would not work twice.

Amegakure’s surprise attack destroyed Takigakure, and Fuma Kotaro sealed the Seven-Tails and absorbed its power. Hanzo left with the village’s treasures and Hero Water, while Amegakure prepared for Konoha’s response.

• Amegakure’s forces overwhelmed Takigakure, killing its defenders and villagers as the village burned.
• Fuma Kotaro trapped the Seven-Tails, Chomei, in her Curse Restraint Mandala Barrier and absorbed its power.
• An Insect Princess watched through a Fuma clan spy and questioned him about obtaining the clan’s secret technique.
• Hanzo’s ninjas seized Takigakure’s Hero Water and discovered its secret technique vault contained Grudge Earth Offering.
• Hanzo ordered his forces back to Amegakure after confirming Takigakure had been purged, and the village was left stripped and destroyed.
• Takigakure was declared extinct, with only a few ninjas away on missions surviving as wandering ninjas.

The Third Hokage mobilized Konoha after learning Amegakure had attacked Takigakure, setting other villages in motion as they prepared to exploit the coming war. While a Ninja Bee swarm attacked Konoha, Mimi and Chiri left Tsunade to defend the village, and a masked figure led Konoha shinobi toward Sandun Hidden Village.

• The Third Hokage sent Jiraiya and a large force toward the Land of Rain after hearing that Amegakure had ambushed Takigakure.
• Ōnoki moved Hidden Rock forces through Grass Country, while Hidden Mist attacked coastal nations, Hidden Cloud waited, and Sand Hidden Village reinforced its border.
• A Ninja Bee swarm attacked Konoha, and the Third Hokage ordered the Aburame clan to find its source.
• Mimi left Tsunade in charge of the village and departed with Chiri, while Tsunade summoned slugs to treat the wounded and burned back the bees with High-Density Phosphorus Fire.
• A masked figure led Konoha shinobi out of tubes in the desert and ordered them to raid Sandun Hidden Village.

Mimi developed the Tunneling Insect as a fungus-based tool for connecting living things through nature’s underground networks. She envisioned a world where people could understand one another, but recognized that achieving it would take time and much more work.

• Mimi distinguished White Zetsu's Spore Technique from Wood Release and designated her largest insect the Tunneling Insect, a gardener and decomposer.
• Mimi reasoned that her Eve Swarm were consumers dependent on fungal farms, while decomposers were essential to the ecosystem’s cycles.
• Mimi designed the Tunneling Insect, also called the Nature Modifier, to physically infect organisms and influence them through symbiosis.
• Mimi discovered a radiation-feeding mushroom near the Valley of the End and examined fungi’s ability to survive harsh conditions and extract nutrients from rocks.
• Mimi found that underground fungal networks connected tree roots and let the forest exchange resources and signals as a collective system.
• Mimi imagined using the Sacred Kara to connect people so they could understand one another, while acknowledging that the goal remained distant.

Mimi used Kara to build a vast underground fungal network and advanced her plan to green the Wind Country by attacking Sunagakure while its forces were stretched thin. Her army breached the village’s fortress at dawn, and the swarm faced Sunagakure’s defenders as the battle began.

• Kara spread beneath the Land of Fire, connecting to plant roots, recycling nutrients, and producing mushrooms and fungi that could let creatures connect to Mimi’s Zerg network.
• Mimi chose the Wind Country’s deserts as her main greening target and planned to attack Sunagakure while its troops were deployed elsewhere.
• Mimi’s forces traveled underground from beneath Konoha, then raced across the desert and reached Sunagakure at dawn.
• The Whirlpool Country fortress fell after less than twelve hours, while the three nations’ forces divided its remaining wealth and battles gathered across the Shinobi World.
• Mimi ordered the Senju to use Earth Release: Rock Lodging Destruction, collapsing Sunagakure’s fortress wall and opening a breach.
• Mimi sent the Konoha Ninja into Sunagakure to annihilate resistance, as Summer Red Soldiers filled the sky above the village.

Mimi used the Summer Red Soldiers to bomb Sunagakure and drive civilians into underground shelters while targeting the village's command system. As the Sunagakure ninja advanced, the swarm scattered explosive spiders, and the two forces met among the ruins.

• Mimi sent the Summer Red Soldiers over Sunagakure, where their explosions alerted civilians to flee and seek shelter.
• A Summer Red Soldier detected basements beneath the homes, so Mimi used the swarm's attacks mainly to frighten people without causing casualties.
• Sunagakure ninja assembled into squads and advanced toward the swarm, while Mimi sent Summer Red Soldiers deeper into the village to target its command system.
• Mimi released tiny explosive spiders over the approaching ninja, creating hazards across the streets.
• The Sunagakure squad met the arriving Konoha Ninja among the ruins, and its squad leader ordered his ninja to prepare for battle.

Konoha’s forces advanced on the Sand Hidden Village, while Mimi organized the Aburame insect swarms under Aburame Ryoma and the Hyuga prepared to reveal their strength. The chapter left the opposing forces facing the Konoha vanguard as the battle was about to begin.

• Konoha’s forces split into seven squads and advanced toward the Sand Hidden Village’s defenses.
• The Sand Hidden Village gathered a small vanguard to block Konoha while Chiyo organized defensive lines behind them.
• Mimi prepared the Aburame insect jars and appointed Aburame Ryoma to command the swarms, guarded by twelve Autumn Tiger Elephants.
• The Sand Hidden leader confronted Ryoma as enormous Insect Spheres and swarms gathered before him.
• The Hyuga faced a Sand Hidden squad and revealed their willingness to charge head-on using the Gate of Death.

Five years after the Valley of the End Incident, Mimi observed how it had triggered widespread bloodline awakenings and changes among Konoha's clans, while people across the Five Great Nations developed Chakra after being treated in Konoha. A new Kekkei Genkai appeared within the Sarutobi Clan, but its bearer suddenly died.

• Mimi noted that Uchiha and Senju had awakened Sharingan, while some Senju children had received new identities within the Uchiha clan.
• People across the Land of Fire and other nations gained Chakra after visiting Konoha and receiving treatment, and the Four Great Villages turned their attention toward Konoha.
• The Hyuga secretly tracked increased Eye Power and Shikotsumyaku awakenings, while the Aburame clan eagerly cultivated mutated Kikaichū.
• An Aburame child presented Mimi with a Two-Headed Kikaichu, and Mimi scalded it to death with boiling tea water.
• A new Kekkei Genkai appeared in the Sarutobi Clan, and its bearer suddenly died.

Mimi investigated Sarutobi Sasuke’s death and discovered that the Sarutobi Clan had been experimenting with fusing all seven Chakra attributes, a process that poisoned him. She also observed bloodline changes in other clans and ended with the Inuzuka Clan celebrating a wild young man as their Dog King.

• Mimi connected Sarutobi Sasuke’s secretive death and the Sarutobi Clan’s suspicious funeral with their experiments in Chakra attributes.
• Mimi examined Sarutobi Sasuke’s hidden corpse and found that his transformed seven-attribute Chakra had poisoned him.
• Mimi noticed that Jubei had gained two Chakra attributes, and the Third Hokage was pleased by the apparent rise in Sarutobi Clan geniuses.
• Mimi observed the Kurama Clan’s worsening illness and the Ino-Shika-Cho secret techniques manifesting as distinct Kekkei Genkai.
• Mimi saw that Inuzuka Clan members and their dogs showed no obvious positive changes, while the village dogs gathered and howled in groups.
• Mimi learned that the Inuzuka Clan regarded a wild young man as their Dog King.

Mimi’s swarm advanced through Sunagakure, laying mines and dandelions that trapped residents and cut off the village’s streets while its defenders prepared an aerial counterattack they could not carry out. At the Kazekage Building, Second Kazekage Shamon gathered with Chiyo and Monzaemon Chikamatsu as Sunagakure prepared to defend its desert homeland.

• Mimi’s Summer Red Soldiers flew past Sunagakure’s defenses, while her mines and dandelions injured residents and blocked movement through the streets.
• Sunagakure’s ninjas deployed ballistae, Exploding Tags, and homemade bombs around a plaza, but Mimi’s swarm stayed out of reach.
• Mimi decided to capture a high-ranking official willing to surrender so she could end the surprise attack quickly.
• Second Kazekage Shamon asked Chiyo about the situation at the Kazekage Building, where Monzaemon Chikamatsu was also present.
• The chapter described Shamon’s role in developing Magnet Release and the Puppet Technique, and Chiyo’s work on Human Puppets and poisons.

Mimi attacked the Kazekage Building with her insect forces, but the Second Kazekage countered with Iron Sand and held off her initial assaults. Mimi escalated the attack with Alien Insects, whose howls shattered his Iron Sand and left the defenders disoriented as they charged the building.

• Chiyo identified Mimi as the leader of the attackers, and the Second Kazekage ordered the meeting room’s occupants to prepare for battle.
• The Second Kazekage raised a vast Iron Sand curtain around the Kazekage Building, and it withstood the Summer Red Soldiers’ explosions.
• Mimi sent stronger waves of insects through gaps in the defense, while the Second Kazekage used Iron Sand serpents to capture the Alien Insects.
• The Alien Insects’ howls shattered the Iron Sand serpents and deafened and disoriented the defenders.
• The Alien Insects charged up the Kazekage Building, and the Sand Hidden Village guards moved to protect the Kazekage.

Mimi’s Autumn Tiger Elephants attacked the Kazekage Building, but Chikamatsu deployed his dancer puppets to challenge them. Their battle began with the puppets cutting down several of the attackers, while the remaining Autumn Tiger Elephants faced a barrage of water jets.

• Mimi’s Autumn Tiger Elephants climbed toward the Kazekage Building, and their poisonous mist killed or incapacitated Sand Hidden Village ninja who tried to stop them.
• Chikamatsu told the nearby ninja to retreat and summoned seven dancer puppets with his Puppet Performance: Joruri: Maidens of Heavenly Dance.
• Chikamatsu praised Mimi’s control of the Autumn Tiger Elephants and asked to exchange Puppet Techniques, but Mimi did not respond.
• Chikamatsu’s dancer puppets attacked the Autumn Tiger Elephants with fire and water techniques, severing the first three in midair.

Mimi confronted the Second Kazekage and Chikamatsu after her Autumn Tiger Elephants battled their puppets. She unleashed the Death Soul Butterfly, whose swarm ignored attacks and killed anyone it touched, leaving the Sand Hidden shinobi fleeing in terror.

• Mimi’s Autumn Tiger Elephants endured the dancing-woman puppets’ acid rain, gale, blades, and suction while attacking with sound waves and piercing tongues.
• The puppets overwhelmed the Autumn Tiger Elephants, and Mimi appeared on the battlefield to challenge the Second Kazekage.
• Mimi’s Autumn Tiger Elephants collapsed, releasing glowing butterflies from their corpses.
• Chikamatsu’s puppets failed to stop the butterflies, which passed through flames, water, and wind without harm.
• The butterflies passed through Sand Hidden shinobi, killing them, and the Second Kazekage warned everyone not to touch them.

Mimi’s insect swarm devastated the Sand Hidden Village and destroyed the Kazekage Building, but the Second Kazekage continued fighting from the sky. Unable to defeat him herself and unwilling to use the uncontrollable Destruction Mushroom, Mimi summoned Chiri for help.

• The Second Kazekage withdrew his Iron Sand curtain to evade the butterflies, allowing the Summer Red Soldiers to destroy the Kazekage Building.
• Sand Hidden shinobi fled the swarms and attacked Mimi, but her Barrier deflected their kunai and kept them at bay.
• The Second Kazekage attacked Mimi with Lightning Release, but she grounded the current through her Faraday Cage Barrier.
• Mimi considered using the Destruction Mushroom, then rejected it because she could not control its destructive power.
• Mimi threw a Kunai and summoned Chiri to help her deal with the Second Kazekage.

Senju and Hyuga forces pressed their attacks through Sunagakure, using coordinated techniques to overwhelm resisting ninja while advancing under orders to show no weakness. The Hyuga finished their battle and moved deeper into the village, leaving civilians and surrendered fighters unharmed.

• Senju ninjas raised earthen walls, bombarded Sunagakure fighters with Earth Dragon Bullet, then buried the district in a mudslide with Earth Flow Great River.
• A Senju veteran told the inexperienced youths to steel themselves for the Shinobi War as the formation advanced through the ruins.
• Wounded Sunagakure ninjas launched a suicidal charge, and dozens of Senju overwhelmed them and continued forward.
• Hyuga forces defeated their opponents, and their leader, Old Fellow Defu, confirmed they had suffered no losses.
• The Hyuga treated their own injuries and advanced into Sunagakure to eliminate armed resistance, sparing civilians and surrendered ninja.

Ryoma’s Kikaichū swarm annihilated a Sand Hidden squad, while Uchiha slaughtered another group caught in their genjutsu. As the Sand Hidden gathered behind a tight defensive perimeter, the Skeleton Undead Squad watched from afar and waited for Insect Princess’s command.

• Ryoma used his Kikaichū swarm to overwhelm and kill the Sand Hidden squad, then headed toward another battlefield.
• Uchiha trapped a Sand Hidden group in genjutsu and decapitated them as they stood dazed.
• The Sand Hidden formed a dispersed, mutually supporting defensive line against Konoha’s advancing squads.
• The Skeleton Undead Squad assessed the Sand Hidden defenses and decided to wait for Insect Princess’s command.

Chiri ambushed the Second Kazekage, whose Iron Sand kept him alive despite her devastating sword strike. As Mimi warned Chiri about the Kazekage’s heavy-metal poisoning and possible uranium, she ordered Konoha’s forces to assault the Sand Hidden Village’s defenses.

• Chiri used Mimi’s biological Kunai and her lightning sword to slash the Second Kazekage’s neck, but he stopped her blade and counterattacked with Iron Sand spikes.
• The Second Kazekage survived by using Iron Sand to reconnect his damaged windpipe and blood vessels, while Chiri sensed that his body was being kept functioning artificially.
• Mimi told Chiri that the Second Kazekage showed poisoning from multiple heavy metals and might have discovered uranium, warning her to be careful.
• Mimi withdrew the Summer Red Soldier restraining the Second Kazekage and ordered the Konoha army to attack along the entire front.
• Konoha troops charged the Sand Hidden Village’s defensive line as Summer Red Soldiers descended on the Sand Hidden shinobi.

Kushina explored Konoha’s Underground Shelter after the Kamizuru Clan’s attack, while the village mourned its dead and the displaced Uzumaki discussed their future. She encountered three Academy boys who insulted her red hair and asked her to become their subordinate, leaving her angry.

• Konoha’s ninja gathered the dead and surveyed the destruction caused by the Ninja Bees and the Kamizuru Clan’s poison.
• The Uzumaki refugees debated whether to remain in Konoha or establish a new country, but an elder postponed the decision until more clansmen arrived.
• Kushina left the Underground Shelter to explore after her mother told her not to go too far.
• Kushina visited Tsunade, who was developing an antidote, and then passed through the treatment area and wandered around the shelter.
• Three Academy boys called Kushina a tomato, asked her to become their subordinate, and said they wanted to be friends with her, making her angry.