Chapter Summaries

After Konoha’s victory, Mimi and Tsunade discussed harsh peace terms as the village mourned its dead and celebrated the end of the war. The chapter ended with Jiraiya meeting Nagato, Mito confronting her declining health, and Mimi, Chiri, and Hitomi watching fireworks together.

• Tsunade and Mimi discussed the stalled peace negotiations, with Mimi arguing that Konoha should demand the Rain Country to prolong the Allied Forces’ recovery and secure a future victory.
• Tsunade presided over Konoha’s memorial ceremony, while Mimi mourned the Aburame clan’s dead and received Orochimaru’s completed Human Genome research.
• Orochimaru spoke about his ambition to master all Ninjutsu and the world’s truths, and Mimi warned him to consider his next step carefully.
• Jiraiya, feeling overshadowed and directionless, refused Nagato’s request to become his disciple, but Nagato declared himself Jiraiya’s apprentice anyway.
• Mito left the Hokage Building after coughing blood and entrusted Mimi, Tsunade, and the village to the future, while Tsunade slept at her desk amid her working clones.
• Mimi, Chiri, and Hitomi watched the fireworks and playfully argued about whether the village should restrict them.

Mimi captured Isshiki and the Ten-Tails, then secretly extracted the Tailed Beasts from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to obtain the Rinnegan. Tsunade caught her in the cavern and took the eyes, while Mimi and Chiri planned to reclaim them later.

• Isshiki returned to the Ten-Tails’ ruins to recover Chakra, but Mimi used Hachama to immobilize him and captured him with the Kikaichū.
• Mimi took control of the Ten-Tails, refused to let it eat Isshiki, and sealed Isshiki away before beginning to separate and contain the Ten-Tails.
• Mimi returned to Konoha, moved the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path underground, and secretly took the imprisoned Jinchuriki to extract their Tailed Beasts.
• After the extraction killed the seven Jinchuriki and awakened Mimi’s Rinnegan, Tsunade and the Third Hokage arrived with Konoha Ninja.
• Tsunade demanded the Rinnegan, and Mimi handed over both eyes before Tsunade led the group away with the corpses.
• Chiri offered to steal the Rinnegan back, and Mimi agreed they could take them when Tsunade was not paying attention.

As Konoha consolidated control of the Land of Fire, Mimi expanded the Swarm Network, virtual education, and biological research while society adapted to new systems of work and training. With winter arriving, Mimi’s researchers began pursuing agricultural improvements, and they waited for the rice to grow.

• Konoha and the Allied Shinobi Forces settled into a prolonged lull as their societies developed in sharply different ways.
• Tsunade oversaw Konoha’s recovery, vocational training, and expansion of the ninja ranks while Mimi helped provide virtual schools through the Swarm Network.
• Mimi expanded the network with social spaces, websites, content controls, and a popular Ninja Simulation Battle Game used by Tsunade and Hitomi.
• Mimi recruited and trained researchers, authorized them to conduct genetic modification, and established an Agricultural Magistrate and research institute to improve food production.
• Winter arrived as Konoha’s reforms and research proceeded, leaving Mimi’s team waiting for the rice to grow.

Orochimaru escaped Mimi’s control after confronting her at the Insect Nest, but he felt no happiness after severing their bond. He limped away into the snow, promising they would meet again.

• Orochimaru kept the Third Kazekage alive using Head Transplant Chimera Surgery and said he wanted to borrow his head.
• Autumn Tiger Elephant and the insect swarm attacked and cleared snakes from the Insect Nest’s tunnels.
• Orochimaru told Mimi he had decided to leave and refused her offer of an independent laboratory and authority.
• Mimi beat Orochimaru and let him go after he declared that surpassing and defeating her was his Ninja Way.
• Orochimaru realized his plan had succeeded, but he felt unhappy about breaking his bond with Mimi and walked away through the snow.

Leaders and nobles from several nations discussed how to strengthen their alliance and fund the war against Konoha, while famine threatened Rain Country. The meeting ended with Danzo and Chiyo proposing ways to turn death into military strength as Kitsuchi searched for a way out of Hidden Rock Village’s weakness.

• The Uchiha Mask urged the gathered leaders to form a closely integrated alliance, and Terumi Homura pressured Kitsuchi to remain despite his objections.
• After debating military production and compensation, the nobles proposed printing money, while Chiyo said she could help establish a stable government in Wind Country within three to five years.
• Salamander Hanzo warned that war had caused a labor shortage and threatened famine, and a noble suggested letting commoners die for food.
• Danzo proposed using an invincible Impure World Reincarnation army, while Hiruko offered his Chimera Technique; Uchiha Kama learned that the Uchiha Mask had used White Zetsu clones to fake his death.
• Chiyo proposed turning dead civilians into Human Puppets, the nobles approved, and famine broke out at winter’s coldest point.

As the Allied Shinobi Forces exploited a famine-stricken region, a woman in a red-cloud robe secretly trained the young Yahiko to awaken and lead a violent rebellion. She taught him patience and resistance while he struggled to balance lessons with factory work, and she left a hidden piece in place.

• The Allied Shinobi Forces accepted Konoha's offer of food aid and resumed trade, while children in Rain Country factories labored to produce military goods.
• Yahiko returned from work to his shelter, showed his teacher that he had refined Chakra, and asked her to teach him how to save his country.
• The woman told Yahiko to grow, prepare for battle, and learn patience rather than act on emotion.
• The woman taught Yahiko that changing the world required understanding the justice and necessity of violent rebellion and awakening other people.
• The woman slapped Yahiko to demonstrate that begging would not bring peace, and told him that he had no choice but to resist.
• After Yahiko rushed to work at dawn, the woman transformed into black insects and hid them throughout his shelter.

After Mito’s funeral, Tsunade sought comfort from Mimi while grieving and worrying about her future, and Kushina mourned her grandmother alongside them. Mimi reflected on Konoha’s growing prosperity and the next generation as the story moved forward to Konoha’s forty-sixth year.

• Tsunade and Mimi walked to Hokage Rock after Mito’s funeral, where Tsunade admitted she felt alone and asked Mimi whether she would ever leave.
• Tsunade comforted Kushina, who mourned Mito; Mimi noticed Kushina’s transplanted Rinnegan and resolved to bring Mito back someday.
• Mimi observed the young generation as Jiraiya trained Nagato, the Third Hokage pressured Asuma, and Kakashi and Might Guy dreamed of becoming ninjas.
• Obito fled from his mother, while Mikoto and Fugaku watched; Rin’s Senju parents warned her that fools were contagious.
• Konoha’s forty-sixth year arrived, with Mimi, Chiri, Hitomi, and Tsunade nearing forty and the younger generation growing up.

At Konoha’s council meeting, Tsunade and Mimi handled village affairs as the Third Hokage pressed them to confront the Allied Shinobi Forces. The Third’s demand went unresolved as Mimi defended the Ninja Magistrate’s authority and argued against rushing into conflict.

• Tsunade transformed the conference hall into a council chamber and invited Konoha’s core members to discuss matters.
• Mimi declined to raise any issues until she asked Tsunade for more funding for the Lower Ninja Corps’ equipment replacements, which Tsunade refused.
• The Third Hokage urged Tsunade to resolve the threat posed by the Allied Shinobi Forces while they remained weakened.
• Mimi told Minister Sarutobi that the Allied Shinobi Forces were the Ninja Magistrate’s responsibility and that he should focus on his own portfolio.
• The Third argued that border clashes and Konoha’s losses made continued restraint dangerous, and some council members agreed.

Mimi discussed the undead ninja threat and Konoha’s approach to the Allied Shinobi Forces, then outlined a plan to cripple them by cutting off aid and food. The chapter left Konoha preparing for a war that Mimi believed was unavoidable, with the goal of exploiting the resulting collapse to absorb the region.

• The Third Hokage questioned Mimi about reports of undead ninja and Danzo, and Mimi explained that the fighters were autonomous puppets that could be stopped by destroying them.
• Mimi warned that the Sand Hidden Village might possess more puppets, while the Third Hokage urged Konoha to resolve the conflict with the Allied Shinobi Forces quickly.
• Mimi refused to provoke a war through underhanded tactics and argued that Konoha could fight openly without losing its standing or strength.
• Mimi warned that the Third Ninja World War could kill millions and explained that the Allied Shinobi Forces’ armed population and internal class conflicts made a clash inevitable.
• Mimi told Tsunade to cut off aid and food to the Allied Shinobi Forces, predicting that the people would either attack Konoha or turn on one another.
• Mimi said Konoha would intervene under the guise of humanitarian aid after the region descended into chaos, then incorporate it into Konoha’s territory.

Mimi continued overseeing the laboratory while researching the nature of Chakra and considering the construction of a Chakra Collider. The chapter ended as Minato arrived after she called for him.

• Mimi managed the laboratory through Nonō and its subordinate teams while the Ninja Magistrate promoted its former junior secretary to senior secretary.
• Mimi's Ten-Tails research led her to conclude that Chakra was a form of matter, but she could not uncover its deeper structure with her available methods.
• Mimi decided that a Chakra Collider could reveal smaller units inside Chakra Particles, though its cost and the laboratory's other projects made her reluctant to begin.
• Mimi settled on the practical need for more tool people and summoned Minato.
• Minato entered Mimi's office and said he had heard she was looking for him.

Mimi tested Minato and passed him, then assigned him a mission in the Rain Country to work with Yahiko’s Akatsuki and undermine the Allied Shinobi Forces’ defensive network from within. Minato accepted the mission, mistaking it at first for an assassination.

• Mimi took Minato to the underground arena and tested his abilities with a sparring match.
• Mimi declared that Minato had passed his graduation exam despite defeating him easily.
• Mimi explained that the Allied Shinobi Forces’ fortified line made a direct attack too costly, but could be bypassed.
• Mimi showed Minato a portrait of Yahiko and ordered him to join Akatsuki, help overthrow Hanzo, and foment unrest to disrupt the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Minato accepted the mission and saluted Mimi.

Fugaku brought Itachi to Chiri and asked her to take him as her disciple, but she initially refused, judging him too young and unsuited. When Kagami arrived with Shisui to make the same request, Chiri agreed to train both boys, telling them to report the next day.

• Fugaku brought three-year-old Itachi to visit his teacher, Chiri, and asked her to accept him as a disciple.
• Chiri refused, saying Itachi was too young, that genius alone was not enough, and that his personality did not suit her needs.
• Kagami arrived with his grandson Shisui and praised the boy's school rank and improved Body Flicker Technique.
• Kagami asked Chiri to take Shisui as her disciple, and Chiri agreed to train both Shisui and Itachi starting the next day.

Obito wandered through Konoha after another poor test, then offered leftovers to the clan’s foolish old man, Second Pillar, and confided his worries to him. His mother caught him avoiding his report card and chased him off, while a masked woman watched Second Pillar and vanished.

• Obito rode home through Konoha’s dazzling city and aerial traffic while worrying about his grades and his mother’s bamboo stick.
• Obito found Second Pillar sitting alone and shared his leftover lunch with him.
• Obito rambled to Second Pillar about his mother, Rin, and how he could beat Kakashi.
• Obito’s mother arrived and demanded his report card, so he ran away and she chased him.
• A masked woman appeared from the shadows, watched Second Pillar, and vanished; Second Pillar collapsed in terror and crawled away.

At the Konoha Ninja Academy, Lizard signed yearbooks as his students prepared for graduation, while Kakashi and Asuma discussed the difficult exam and the expectations placed on them. The chapter left Asuma worried about meeting his father’s demand for excellence, while Kai remained confident he could pass through physical training.

• Kurenai asked Lizard to sign her yearbook, and he wished her luck while advising her to improve her Taijutsu.
• The girls crowded around Lizard for yearbook signatures as Kakashi and Asuma watched from their desks.
• Asuma asked whether Kakashi could beat Shisui for the top grade, and Kakashi said he would do his best and leave the result to fate.
• Kakashi reflected on the Ninja Magistrate ranks and the pressure of being the son of the renowned Assault Ninja White Fang.
• Asuma complained that the graduation exam had become harder than the old Three Body Technique test, and Kakashi told him he could retake it next year.
• Kai declared that he could pass by excelling in the physical test, while Asuma worried that his father expected more than a passing score.

Obito and his classmates took the written and Ninjutsu graduation assessments, with Obito excelling at Ninjutsu while Kai struggled. Rin studied medical texts as the class prepared for the exhausting Taijutsu assessment, where Obito and Kai faced off.

• Obito worried about his written exam while Kai confidently accepted his result.
• Obito performed well in the Ninjutsu assessment, Kakashi took first place, and Kai lamented his poor score.
• Rin studied an unsettling book about poisoning, and Anko warned her not to get caught committing crimes.
• After the written and Ninjutsu assessments, the students rested before beginning the Taijutsu assessment.
• Kai challenged Obito to a fight, and Obito insisted the outcome was uncertain.

More than twenty thousand graduating students began Konoha’s twenty-four-hour Ninja Triathlon, racing through the first checkpoints as the hosts and spectators watched. Uchiha Shisui won the opening sprint, while the dangerous shortcut drew more racers, including Obito.

• A teacher started the joint exam, ordering the students to follow the route and finish the 1,300-kilometer course within twenty-four hours.
• An Inuzuka boy named Nobutsugu led the opening sprint, using four-legged running and Cell Activation to charge through the first checkpoint.
• Shisui and Kakashi caught up using Body Flicker and Lightning Release to boost their speed, and Shisui crossed the line first.
• Shisui and Kakashi chose a fast, dangerous tree-jumping shortcut, while Nobutsugu took a longer, safer route around the trees.
• The Watermelon Peel boy leaped onto the shortcut, and Obito followed him.

Obito struggled to keep pace through the canopy, then chose a familiar forest route where he expected his skills to give him an advantage. The other examinees began forming groups to navigate the forest safely, though none took the marked safe route.

• Obito watched a girl rappel down with a rope and a Byakugan boy use double jumps, then risked a painful descent through the branches himself.
• Obito reached the city gate still near the leading group and chose a forest path he knew well.
• Obito charged into the shadowy forest, confident that the terrain was his home field.
• The remaining examinees split among the forest routes, and many clustered around Aburame and Kamizuru students to detect dangers.
• The exam commentators noted that the examinees had started cooperating, but not one had chosen the safe route.

Ninja Academy students raced through Konoha in a grueling physical exam, using rooftops, crowded bridges, and traffic to find shortcuts. Rin avoided the bridge bottleneck by leaping onto car roofs, while another examinee lost his footing and dangled in midair.

• Uncle watched the students parkour through the city and complained that they no longer used the Ninja Run, while his son explained modern running and combat practices.
• Spectators cheered as students raced across rooftops, and several examinees fell into a heap after losing their footing.
• Rin passed the fallen students and ran through the Shopping Street, conserving her stamina as she approached the crowded sky bridges.
• Examinees tried ropes, bridge sides, and other routes to get across the jammed sky bridges.
• Rin jumped from the roadside onto car roofs and sprinted across the stopped traffic, prompting a child to cheer for her safety shorts.
• A boy distracted by the child’s shout slipped and was left hanging in midair as he struggled to move forward.

The examinees struggled through the exhausting wilderness run as their stamina failed and obstacles slowed them down. Rin aided her fellow students and rescued Obito after he was attacked by bees, then fed him so he could continue.

• After hours of running, Obito, Kakashi, Shisui, and Kai pushed themselves through exhaustion, with Kakashi and Shisui spurring each other onward despite repeatedly vomiting.
• Rin gathered water, fruit, and medicinal herbs, shared supplies with nearby female students, and helped exhausted examinees continue as comrades.
• A Horned Rhinoceros chased Obito after his Fire Release angered it, and his search for food led him to provoke a swarm of Ninja Bees.
• Rin found the unconscious, swollen Obito, treated him with medicinal herbs, and made him eat fruit before urging him to run again.

Might Guy, Uchiha Shisui, and Hatake Kakashi endured an eleven-hour, 1,300-kilometer assessment, with Guy crawling across the finish line first to become Rookie King. After the exhausted boys were taken for medical care and Guy gave an interview, Hitomi, Chiri, Tsunade, and Nami watched the broadcast and celebrated over drinks.

• Might Guy, Uchiha Shisui, and Hatake Kakashi reached their limits near the finish, then crawled forward together as spectators cheered them on.
• Might Guy crossed the finish line first and was named Rookie King, while the medical team carried away all three exhausted boys.
• Might Guy told reporters that hard work could let even a hopeless idiot defeat a genius, inspiring ordinary children watching him.
• Hitomi celebrated her victory in a bet, while Chiri teased Tsunade for betting on Shisui.
• Nami joined Hitomi, Chiri, and Tsunade for drinks, and the three women hurriedly denied anything was wrong after the wine bottle exploded.