Chapter Summaries

Mimi’s army marched toward the front while she expanded the Tunneling Insect into an underground transport and surveillance network across the Land of Fire. The chapter explained the network’s ecological and military functions, while noting that the daughter colony beneath Iwagakure was developing slowly and the Swarm had shifted to wartime production.

• Mimi’s army began marching along the Land of Fire’s roads, taking at least another week to reach the nearest city.
• Mimi launched the Planetary Underground Logistics Tunnel Project, using the Tunneling Insect to build a nationwide underground transport network.
• Mimi’s Tunneling Insect spread a mycelial network beneath Konoha Forest, drawing nutrients from trees and supporting the forest’s ecology.
• Mimi used the shallow network to monitor the forest, making it difficult for White Zetsu to move undetected through her territory.
• The daughter colony beneath Iwagakure continued developing slowly because of scarce resources, while the Swarm reduced spending and began wartime production.

Mimi built a mental network that recorded a squirrel’s life and simulated a peaceful afterlife, while her experiments began producing small creatures that crossed from illusion into reality. Chiri observed Mimi’s expanding underground Chakra network and teased her as the invisible fairy told her to shut up.

• Mimi used parasitic insects and the mycelial network to record a squirrel’s experiences and guide it through its life.
• After the squirrel died, Mimi’s system reconstructed its consciousness in a peaceful garden, but she concluded that the experiment had failed to recreate the real squirrel.
• A child in Konoha glimpsed a group of floating, fairy-like creatures in the forest, which vanished when he looked again.
• Mimi traveled with the army and made the forest’s birds sing together through the network.
• Chiri sensed a small creature that had crossed into physical reality and stroked it, then commented on Mimi’s vast underground Chakra roots.
• The invisible little fairy beside Chiri told her to shut up after she teased Mimi for burrowing underground.

Mimi showed Chiri the Gaia Garden System, a vast virtual world built around the Spirit Tree that could simulate reality and might eventually let the dead live again. She asked Chiri to help model its dream-accessible spaces, while Chiri grew wary of Mimi’s mention of a failsafe device and strange activity in the Shinobi World.

• Mimi brought Chiri into a white virtual space and explained that users could connect and interact there, then showed her a simulated forest powered by the Spirit Tree.
• Mimi explained that she had failed to capture souls after death, but had created the Other Shore Garden and a Burning Hell where living captives’ brains supplied experimental data.
• Mimi told Chiri that the project could preserve the dead’s knowledge and eventually support an eternal kingdom, and suggested that Chiri might meet her grandfather there.
• Mimi asked Chiri to model scenes for the virtual world and described plans to let villagers and shinobi test it through dreams, with a failsafe to sever dangerous connections.
• Chiri asked whether Hitomi or Tsunade could participate, learned they could not, and offered to help if Mimi wanted someone cut down after sensing something strange in the Shinobi World.

Mimi expanded the Tunneling Insect’s underground network through reproduction, specialized drilling, and secret tunnels that supported military movement and resource extraction. She was now extending routes into the Rain Country’s waterways and claimed the oil fields as her own.

• Mimi’s Tunneling Insect dug beneath Konoha, stabilizing the soil while extending its network beyond the village through spores and offspring that split from the main body.
• Mimi developed a muscular drill rotor and a rotating Barrier drill to break through rock, and one such weapon chased Uchiha underground.
• Mimi used hidden tunnels to move the Insect swarm and heavy units, and she began connecting routes to the Rain Country’s waterways to deploy the giant crocodile Gustav and disrupt Amegakure’s transport network.
• Mimi used underground resources for electricity and household income, and she discovered anaerobic archaea that could consume petroleum.
• Mimi declared that all oil fields were her vegetable gardens and threatened anyone who tried to claim a share.

Mimi developed an underground mining and transport network, then used humus to support her plans for improving the Wind Country’s desert. As Konoha adjusted to its recent changes, Tsunade was assigned Kushina Uzumaki as a disciple and clashed with Mimi over a test of the City Environmental Sanitation System.

• Mimi used Tunneling Insects to locate and mine underground deposits, transport resources through tunnels, and collect humus for soil improvement.
• Konoha’s residents and the Sand Hidden Village’s ninjas adapted to life in the village as missions declined and Tsunade presided over a memorial ceremony for war heroes.
• Mito told Tsunade to meet Kushina Uzumaki and take her as a disciple, and Tsunade reluctantly agreed before leaving work early.
• Tsunade saw fish swimming through the sky and called Mimi, who explained that they were testing the City Environmental Sanitation System.
• Mimi teased Tsunade about being afraid of fish and salted fish, then hung up, leaving Tsunade furious.

Mimi tested antigravity technology on flying fish and the insect swarm, while the Third Hokage and Konoha villagers watched the fish clean the streets. In the Nest, the Eve Swarm adapted to weightlessness and began building elevated bridges for movement.

• Schools of flying fish circled the village, and the Third Hokage watched villagers fail to catch them with fishing rods.
• Mimi explained that she had modified native carp to live in the air using the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique, while Angkor Fortress floated above Konoha using magnetic levitation.
• Mimi activated an antigravity field in the Nest, and the Eve Swarm formed insect bridges to rescue workers and move through the weightless space.
• The Eves adjusted their work patterns, allowing individual workers to carry enormous supplies and improving the swarm’s efficiency.
• The Eve Swarm began rebuilding the Nest with three-dimensional elevated bridges, and Mimi directed the Tunneling Insects to expand the network.

Mimi expanded her influence through underground insect networks and introduced new transportation, education, and healthcare plans in Konoha. As the village prepared to enroll far more academy students, its children faced a broader curriculum and more homework.

• Mimi spread Tunneling Insect spores from Konoha Forest toward neighboring regions and established a protected oasis in the Wind Country that could carry her insects to travelers.
• Konoha created a Post Magistrate department and began raising Mimi's grass-eating Flightless Birds as future transport and food.
• Tsunade's village began expanding its hospitals and academy to support plans for free medical care and a tenfold increase in students.
• Konoha added subjects including medicine, mathematics, biology, and puppetry to the academy curriculum, with Orochimaru writing the basic biology textbook.

Orochimaru warned Tsunade that Mimi intended to keep her in the Hokage position indefinitely, but Mimi reassured Tsunade that she could eventually delegate the work and retire into a symbolic role. Tsunade realized Mimi was speaking through an Insect Clone and followed her, leaving Kushina wondering why her teacher had forgotten her.

• Orochimaru refused Nawaki's request to accompany him to the battlefield, and Tsunade scolded Nawaki when she learned what he wanted.
• Tsunade demanded to know whether Mimi had returned, then complained that Mimi had shut down the casino without consulting her.
• Orochimaru warned Tsunade that Mimi could keep her working as Hokage for centuries and that the growing workload would make the position difficult to leave.
• Mimi's Insect Clone told Tsunade she could delegate the work to a general, replace the general periodically, and eventually serve as a mascot.
• Tsunade realized she was speaking to an Insect Clone and walked off with Mimi, while Kushina watched and wondered what had happened to their promised outing.

Tsunade and Mimi walked through Konoha as villagers praised Tsunade but kept their distance from Mimi. At the hospital, Tsunade worried that Mimi’s achievements were being overlooked and asked whether Mimi would remain by her side; Mimi reassured her, and Tsunade knocked down a wall in embarrassment.

• Tsunade and Mimi strolled through the village while villagers crowded around Tsunade and avoided Mimi.
• Mimi noticed White Fang being escorted by a Senju girl and reflected on the escaped nobles, the Gold Exchange, and enemy ninja rescue efforts.
• At the hospital, Tsunade said it seemed unfair that Mimi’s contributions were ignored and feared they might grow apart like Sarutobi Sensei and Danzo.
• Mimi promised to stay by Tsunade’s side and said she would never deceive Mito.
• Tsunade kicked a pebble into a wall, collapsing it, while Kushina watched brightly and Nawaki ran off.

Tsunade returned to work with renewed determination while teasing her young disciple Kushina. In the Rain Country, Jiraiya’s camp learned that Sunagakure had entered the war, as Mimi forced open the Box of Paradise and her insect creation began devouring Gō’s Chakra.

• Mito watched Tsunade regain her spirits, and Tsunade resumed working with Kushina while arguing with her about becoming Hokage.
• Tsunade threatened to train Kushina harshly, and Mito urged her to act with more dignity toward her disciple.
• Jiraiya endured the rain, heat, and Amegakure’s irregular attacks as Konoha’s forces remained in a stalemate.
• A patrol reported that Sunagakure’s Puppet Corps had appeared nearby and killed several Konoha ninja, prompting the Squad Leader to send out scouts.
• Mimi sensed trouble as she traveled, then used her insects to force open the Box of Paradise in her laboratory.
• The insect girl inside the box woke, grew by consuming Chakra, and bit Gō’s head as insects began gnawing at him.

Mimi discovered that Gō’s digestion had produced Hachama, a new independent being made of Chakra who joined her swarm. Hachama’s destructive appetite and mind-reading powers made her dangerous, and Mimi decided she would need to discipline her as Eve reacted with hostility.

• Mimi learned from Gō’s memories that her soul had resisted digestion, grown inside him, and formed a new individual that completely consumed him.
• Mimi named the newly born creature Hachama and discovered that she could read minds by relaying the Grass Hidden shinobi’s fearful thoughts.
• Hachama clung to Mimi and devoured the flesh of Kikaichū, making Eve wary and hostile toward her new sister.
• Mimi recognized Hachama as a stable Chakra life form akin to a Tailed Beast, created through the process she had developed using the Spirit Transformation Technique.
• Mimi thanked the Sage of Six Paths for the Tailed Beast as the Box of Paradise lay destroyed nearby.

Mimi tested Hachama’s abilities and discovered that the Box of Paradise had absorbed souls and transformed life into spiritual bodies, though its inhabitants had been consumed by Gō and Hachama. After Hachama returned to Mimi, Mimi fed her an insect carrying Nine-Tails Chakra, while Eve watched sadly.

• Mimi tested Hachama’s flight, transformations, soul-draining ability, and capacity to absorb Chakra and Natural Energy.
• Mimi concluded that Hachama needed limits so she would not overconsume Natural Energy and damage the environment.
• Mimi reasoned that the Sage of Six Paths’ rules for the Tailed Beasts had loopholes and that the Box of Paradise might have been a prototype linked to his experiments.
• Mimi found that the Box of Paradise was not an Underworld, but it could absorb souls and provide them with a place to reside before Gō and Hachama consumed them.
• Mimi examined the Box of Paradise’s Sealing Jutsu and decided to copy and recreate it.
• Hachama transferred into Mimi’s body and emerged from her fingertip, then ate an insect carrying Nine-Tails Chakra as Eve lamented that it had been hers.

Mito and Mimi organized an emergency rescue force after the five-country alliance surrounded Konoha’s troops in the Rain Country. The chapter ended with Mito calling on the assembled ninjas, including the newly joined clans, to volunteer for three regiments bound for the front line.

• A courier delivered news to Mito that the five-country alliance had surrounded Konoha’s forces in the Rain Country and demanded immediate reinforcements.
• Mimi warned that the alliance might be divided in purpose but had greater top-tier combat power, including seven Tailed Beasts.
• Mito and Mimi decided to send three regiments, totaling twelve thousand ninjas, and Mimi recommended the Third Hokage and Chiri to lead them.
• Mito rejected Tsunade’s request to join the rescue force because the enemy was likely targeting the Jinchuriki.
• Mito ordered an emergency assembly and told Konoha’s ninjas that three regiments would leave to support the surrounded troops, asking newcomers to volunteer.

Mimi's forces escaped an apparent encirclement without resistance, then advanced to besiege a fortified city. As the cannons proved too weak to breach its walls, Mimi brought out a luminous jellyfish insect.

• Madara sent Zetsu to carry out the plan to eliminate Mimi and discussed using Impure World Reincarnation as a backup.
• Konoha's support forces helped the trapped troops break out of the Rain Country, and the combined forces withdrew without encountering resistance.
• Jiraiya and the Third Hokage questioned why the enemy forces had vanished, while Chiri suggested probing the Rainforest.
• After two peaceful days, Mimi's forces reached a fortified city and began preparing a siege.
• The army's cannons failed to make much impact on the city walls, so Mimi released a glowing insect based on a microscopic deep-sea jellyfish.

Mimi unleashed the Queen of Light’s stored energy in a devastating beam that destroyed part of the city wall and terrified its defenders. As the city’s forces fell into chaos, the Ninja Magistrate’s army resumed its assault.

• Mimi formed the Queen of Light into a vast ring, charged its Light-Storage Cells, and used a Barrier prism to direct its attack.
• Mimi fired a beam of light that melted the city wall, boiled the moat, and left a huge crater.
• The defending soldiers panicked and fled, while the daimyō ordered them to fight to the death.
• Little France recognized Mimi’s attack as a threat to his clan, then vanished rather than stay with Jigen.
• The Ninja Magistrate’s forces cheered and charged through the breach in the city wall.

Mimi’s forces took the first city, overcoming scattered resistance and crushing the traditional samurai and Warrior Monks. By dawn, the siege was ending, while Mimi had taken an interest in the monks’ alternate hand-seal systems.

• Mimi blasted open the city gates with one shot, and her forces took the city after four hours of fighting.
• Konoha Ninja intercepted thirty-four fleeing ninjas, while Missing-nin with especially dirty records resisted and were killed.
• Ninja Samurai broke through the traditional samurai ranks, and their Nano Kikaichu virus zone killed charging Warrior Monks.
• Mimi observed that the Warrior Monks used Nine Syllable Incantation Seals instead of the Twelve Earthly Branches Seals and considered the value of expanding Ninjutsu’s hand-seal system.
• The Warrior Monks fell into a disadvantage against Mimi’s battle-hardened forces, and the first siege drew to a close at dawn.

Mimi's army continued reclaiming cities while the Five Great Shinobi Countries launched a massive assault on Konoha using a civilian army armed with guns. After the civilians endured Konoha's first attack and shot back, they began to see the ninjas as killable targets, leaving Mimi to question whether the allied forces could control the beast they had unleashed.

• Mimi's army reclaimed more than twenty cities in a month as residents surrendered and its forces grew.
• The Five Great Shinobi Countries sent over a hundred thousand civilians armed with guns and other weapons to the Rain Country–Land of Fire border to wear down Konoha's ninjas.
• Mimi recognized that the allied forces wanted her to commit her insect swarm forces to the battlefield.
• Konoha's ninjas killed many civilians with a volley of Kunai, but the survivors took their places and fired at the ninjas.
• The civilian army saw that ninjas could be wounded and killed, grew bloodthirsty, and charged forward while Mimi questioned whether the allied forces could control them.

Konoha struggled against the Allied Forces’ guns and Crane Wing Formation until Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta, who crushed enemy troops but was driven off by artillery. Jiraiya was left surrounded, while the allied samurai commander taught Mifune about using every available weapon.

• The Allied Forces used guns, explosives, and a Crane Wing Formation to push Konoha’s outnumbered troops back, while Mimi recognized the formation’s strengths and weaknesses.
• The Third Hokage sent Jiraiya into battle, and Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta to attack the enemy formations.
• Gamabunta crushed soldiers with a leap, but artillery fire wounded him and forced him to retreat to Mount Myōboku, leaving Jiraiya inside the enemy lines.
• The Third Hokage and Chiri judged that rescuing Jiraiya would risk their own formation, while noting that his presence had halted the attack on the left wing.
• The samurai commander praised the battle strategy to Mifune and urged him to arm himself with every available weapon.

Mimi watched the Ninja Allied Forces use advanced weapons and coordinated tactics to overwhelm Konoha’s troops, leaving Jiraiya trapped and struggling to fight back. The battle revealed major technological advances across the shinobi nations, including Sand Hidden Village’s autonomous puppets.

• The Ninja Allied Forces used Clay Bombs, artillery, and a pincer formation to break apart the Konoha Ninja defenses.
• Jiraiya struggled to activate Sage Mode while gunfire and Hidden Cloud fighters kept him pinned down.
• Mimi recognized how effectively the allied forces coordinated their ninja and conventional troops, and realized she had underestimated the Land of Lightning’s technological foundation.
• Hidden Cloud ninja used Lightning Release Chakra Mode in large numbers as the other nations rapidly adapted to Konoha’s technological progress.
• Mimi noticed Sand Hidden Village’s autonomous puppets fighting without visible Puppet strings, while Konoha’s troops failed to locate their Puppet Masters.

After Konoha’s defeat, Chiri and the Third Hokage assessed the Ninja Allied Forces and debated how to counter their ordinary soldiers. Mimi explained that industrial production, logistics, and vast populations could let the allied army grow to millions, leaving the Third Hokage unsure how Konoha could respond.

• After six hours of fighting, the Third Hokage ordered Konoha’s troops to retreat into the forests, and the Ninja Allied Forces did not pursue them.
• Chiri rescued Jiraiya, and the Third Hokage sent a request for reinforcements after reorganizing the defensive line.
• Chiri warned the command tent that the allied soldiers’ weapons and short training period could let them field far more combatants than Konoha expected.
• The Third Hokage argued that weapon shortages, logistics, and slow movement limited the enemy, but Chiri said production and supply were expanding.
• Mimi explained that the Land of Fire alone had over four hundred million people and that millions could be mobilized, while artillery and gunfire made large-scale Combined Ninjutsu dangerous to use.
• The Third Hokage drew on his cigarette and felt at a loss about how Konoha could face the changing era.