Chapter Summaries

In Konoha, Kushina tricked Naruto down from a streetlamp with Little Bear Biscuits and spanked him at home. Meanwhile, Itachi left Sasuke in Izumi’s care, where she continued treating him like her child.

• Kushina tried to coax Naruto down from a streetlamp, but he refused and climbed higher while neighbors watched.
• Kushina offered Naruto Little Bear Biscuits, and he jumped down to catch them.
• Kushina took Naruto home and spanked him while he clutched the biscuits and protested.
• Itachi left Sasuke with Izumi before heading to work, and Sasuke silently resented his brother for abandoning him.
• Izumi played house with Sasuke, made him call her mama, and kissed him as he endured it resentfully.

Mimi and Chiri went shopping together while Mimi divided her attention among several ongoing projects. Their outing was interrupted by news that a virus leak at a laboratory registered under Mimi had wiped out a town of 120,000, prompting Tsunade to begin an investigation.

• Mimi watched Kai's training videos and ignored Chiri's complaints while Hinata ate her fill at their home.
• Chiri dragged Mimi out shopping, and the two argued playfully over whether Mimi would try on a dress.
• An Anbu ninja told Tsunade that a small town of 120,000 had been wiped out in a possible laboratory accident.
• Tsunade learned that the laboratory belonged to an institution under Insect Princess-sama and began investigating.
• Mimi told Chiri that people had hidden an arrogant act from her, then continued their shopping while concealing her killing intent.

Tsunade’s investigation uncovered that Mimi’s Shikotsumyaku research used prisoners as human test subjects, and she ordered the inquiry to continue while summoning the laboratory’s director. At Konoha First Prison, Uchiha Kama arranged for the director to die after a mysterious voice claiming to be Insect Princess confronted him, leaving investigators to examine the apparent suicide.

• Tsunade reviewed evidence that a laboratory accident had killed people with rapidly hardening bones and discovered that prisoners had been secretly supplied as human test subjects.
• Tsunade ordered the Special Investigation Team to follow the evidence and bring in the laboratory director, while keeping the matter under wraps.
• Uchiha Kama told the imprisoned director that Insect Princess-sama had ordered him to die and left him a dagger.
• A voice claiming to be Insect Princess condemned the director for his incompetence, and he died in his cell as the investigation leader watched.
• The prison sealed its entrances and exits, and the warden insisted the director had killed himself while the investigator demanded surveillance footage.

Tsunade investigated a prisoner's suspicious death and found that Mimi had hidden the truth, but she chose to end the inquiry. As Tsunade remained troubled by Mimi's secrecy, a figure activated the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

• Tsunade reviewed footage of a prisoner apparently stabbing himself and learned that Mimi's surveillance system was the only record of the event.
• Tsunade asked Mito to check whether the prisoner had arrived among the resurrected, but Mito found no one matching him.
• Tsunade considered investigating the prison, hospital, and laboratories, then ordered the inquiry to end.
• Mimi quietly allowed the laboratory incident to be reported as an accident and kept the prisoner erased from the resurrection system.
• Kushina noticed Tsunade's distraction and suggested a vacation, but Tsunade refused and wondered what Mimi was hiding.
• A figure watched Tsunade and Kushina, then activated the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Tsunade witnessed the Sage of Six Paths’ memories of Kaguya’s tyranny and his rebellion, then argued with him about whether a benevolent god could rule humanity. The Sage challenged Tsunade’s claim that she loved everyone by suggesting she would still weigh some lives against others.

• Tsunade watched a vision of Kaguya ruling humanity in peace while regarding people with cold indifference.
• Tsunade witnessed Kaguya kill a human woman loved by her son, prompting him to challenge his mother and her rule.
• The Sage of Six Paths fought Kaguya, sealed her away, and later founded the Ninjutsu Sect as the Senju and Uchiha emerged.
• Tsunade questioned whether the Sage’s rebellion was worth the wars that followed, and he explained that humans should rule themselves rather than replace Kaguya with another eternal god.
• Tsunade insisted that she loved everyone, but the Sage argued that she would value some lives over others and reminded her that Kaguya had loved him as her child.

Tsunade investigated Mimi’s suspected illegal cloning operation, but Mimi’s forces destroyed the facility before Tsunade arrived. The person in charge escaped, leaving Tsunade with few answers and the realization that Mimi had outmaneuvered her again.

• Troubled by her suspicions, Tsunade ordered a mission and personally led troops toward the facility.
• Mimi inspected the cloning center, exposed its manager, and ordered Aburame Ryoma to kill him.
• Mimi’s forces killed the facility’s staff and burned the cloning tanks and evidence.
• Tsunade arrived as the facility burned and ordered her troops to put out the fire.
• Investigators reported thirty-two dead staff members and said the manager had escaped, while the remaining workers claimed they knew nothing.
• Tsunade smashed her desk in frustration and admitted she had never beaten Mimi.

Tsunade investigated the laboratory fire and the illegal activity in Konoha’s research institutions, but realized Mimi had deliberately exposed the corruption to keep her occupied. The investigation continued as Tsunade understood Mimi had made her the instrument of a broader purge.

• At dinner, Tsunade and Mimi spoke indirectly about Tsunade’s work while the news reported that the Animal Breeding Center fire had been ruled accidental.
• Acting on an order signed by the Fourth Hokage, inspectors searched Yakushi Nonō’s laboratory, and Nonō prepared to destroy its experimental animals after they left.
• Mimi stopped Nonō from destroying the animals and told her to keep the laboratory operating normally so it would not look suspicious.
• Over the next two months, repeated inspections uncovered embezzlement, academic fraud, and illegal trading across Konoha’s laboratories, but Tsunade found no direct link to Mimi.
• Tsunade realized Mimi had deliberately exposed the wrongdoing and used Tsunade’s investigation to purge corrupt personnel, leaving Tsunade furious and occupied for a while.

Tsunade’s year-long crackdown uprooted corruption throughout Konoha, while Mimi and Tsunade quietly maintained their rivalry. Later, Jiraiya secretly asked Orochimaru about the Aburame clan and Tsunade, and Orochimaru agreed to help.

• Anbu arrested a senior physician for secretly cultivating and selling blood, exposing a wider web of misconduct across Konoha.
• Tsunade punished offenders across the village’s systems, including members of the Senju, and reorganized Konoha until the crackdown ended a year later.
• Mimi finished reading Jiraiya’s embellished book about Tsunade, warned against digging too deeply, and wished the sleeping Tsunade good night.
• Orochimaru met Jiraiya at a café after Jiraiya summoned him, and the two exchanged concealed messages about the Aburame clan and Tsunade.
• Orochimaru realized Tsunade had asked Jiraiya for help, became excited, accidentally licked Jiraiya, and agreed to hear the request.

Orochimaru and Jiraiya secretly discussed how to communicate under Mimi’s surveillance, then staged a public breakup to hide their meeting. Later, Orochimaru received a delivery and used a bathroom break to find privacy, but Tobirama dragged him back to work.

• Orochimaru told Jiraiya to avoid mentioning Mimi or relying on their summoning communication systems, and instructed him to arrange a communication device through Konoha’s courier system.
• Orochimaru slapped Jiraiya and left while Jiraiya loudly pretended to end their relationship, concealing their secret conversation from onlookers.
• After receiving a delivery, Orochimaru asked Tobirama to use the bathroom and spent four hours doing nothing in the women’s bathroom.
• Tobirama kicked open the women’s bathroom door, dragged Orochimaru out, and ordered him to work overtime while Mimi watched the commotion.

In Konoha Year 57, Tsunade secretly recruited Uchiha Shisui to investigate his teacher, Uchiha Chiri, and placed a slug in his body to let him contact her. Shisui agreed to follow Konoha’s laws if he uncovered wrongdoing, then lost consciousness as Tsunade’s procedure continued.

• Tsunade reflected on her distance from Mimi and decided she needed to understand what Mimi was thinking.
• Tsunade summoned Uchiha Shisui and asked whether he loved Konoha and would die for it.
• Tsunade ordered Shisui to secretly investigate Uchiha Chiri, and Shisui reluctantly accepted so he could clear his teacher’s name.
• Shisui promised to handle anything he uncovered according to Konoha’s laws rather than personal feelings.
• Tsunade placed a slug connected to Shisui’s nervous system and told him he could contact her by silently repeating her name three times.
• Tsunade said she had not been talking about Jiraiya, and Shisui’s head began to ache before he lost consciousness.

Shisui secretly watched Mimi for three months on Tsunade’s orders but found no abnormalities. Tsunade then questioned Orochimaru, who confirmed Mimi was far more dangerous than she seemed but offered no evidence or clues, leaving Tsunade to investigate on her own.

• Tsunade warned Shisui that Mimi’s influence over Konoha and the Shinobi World made her a potential threat, and ordered him to investigate while prioritizing his safety.
• Shisui used Ninja Cats and crows to monitor Mimi, whose routine appeared calm and ordinary throughout three months of surveillance.
• Shisui reported that he had found no abnormalities, and Tsunade concluded that ordinary surveillance would not expose Mimi.
• Orochimaru called Tsunade and demanded a private laboratory and resources in exchange for speaking with her.
• Orochimaru told Tsunade that Mimi was vastly more terrifying than the person she remembered and described her as Konoha’s hidden darkness.
• Tsunade demanded evidence and clues, but Orochimaru said he had none and told her she would have to find a way herself.

Shisui investigated rumors that homeless people were disappearing from Konoha’s Aid Stations and found that official records showed they had been helped into better lives. Tsunade sent him to verify those records, and the chapter ended with Shisui still listening to one grateful woman’s long story.

• Rikimaru told Shisui that people disappeared from the Aid Stations, so Shisui secretly examined their records and found no irregularities.
• Shisui reported his findings to Tsunade, who searched Konoha’s database and found records of Aid Stations helping people in need.
• Tsunade gave Shisui a folder of cases to verify, and he visited the people named in the files.
• A formerly homeless man told Shisui he had a job, a family, and was happy, despite arguing with his wife during the interview.
• An elderly woman described how Konoha had sheltered her and helped her raise her children, then kept Shisui listening until he begged her to let him return to work.

Shisui completed his investigation for Tsunade and learned that the Uchiha blind date he had been avoiding was real. Meanwhile, Mimi began teaching the unruly Naruto a lesson by challenging him to fight without using insects, as Hinata watched.

• Itachi confronted Shisui about his exhausted appearance and revealed that the clan had arranged a blind date for him.
• Shisui reported his findings to Tsunade, who confirmed the investigation was complete and sent him to rest.
• Mimi explained that revealing Shisui's charity work had protected him from suspicion and watched him return home.
• Minato sent Naruto to Mimi for discipline, and she surrounded him with insects after he admitted he had moved his hand against his mother.
• Naruto boasted about being the top student in his class and accepted Mimi's challenge to fight with both hands while she used no insects.

Mimi enjoyed the peaceful life in the world she had created, where people from former rival villages lived and played together. During a spring outing, Naruto envied Gaara for having siblings, and Mimi offered to make Naruto a kite.

• Mimi strolled through the streets with Chiri and watched people enjoy their peaceful daily lives.
• Mimi saw former enemies from the Five Great Villages living together, including Hashirama losing at shogi and couples relaxing in the park.
• Naruto noticed Gaara playing with Temari and Kankuro and envied him for having an older brother.
• Mimi teased Naruto about his envy and asked whether he wanted a kite.
• Naruto eagerly agreed when Mimi offered to make him one.

Mimi terrorized Naruto by sending him soaring on a giant moth kite while Tsunade watched, then Tsunade discussed the stalled investigation into Mimi with Nawaki. That night, Shisui questioned Itachi about strange rumors in the Konoha Military Police Force, and Itachi recalled a drunken girl claiming to rule Konoha.

• Mimi tied Naruto to a giant moth and launched him into the sky as Chiri and Hitomi laughed and Hinata looked on sympathetically.
• Tsunade watched Naruto's flight through a Crystal Ball, laughed, and warned herself that no one should provoke Mimi.
• Tsunade asked Nawaki about the investigation into Mimi, but he reported that they still had no evidence.
• Tsunade told Nawaki to give up his struggle over Mimi and urged him to accept a blind date before their family arranged a marriage for him.
• Shisui met Itachi for drinks and asked about strange incidents in the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Itachi told Shisui that a drunk young girl had once shouted at the station that she was the boss of all Konoha.

Shisui questioned Itachi about Konoha’s hidden operations and discovered a secret, independent squad that hunted dangerous criminals. Itachi agreed to help him investigate, but the next morning he realized Shisui had once again led him astray from the blind-date mission.

• Shisui asked Itachi about the clan archives, and Itachi explained that the Anbu might hold records about Konoha’s hidden darkness.
• Shisui realized that Insect Princess-sama had former subordinates across Konoha’s institutions, making the investigation resemble investigating herself.
• Itachi told Shisui about a skilled squad that independently tracked and killed dangerous criminals, sharing little information with the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Shisui excitedly asked Itachi to help investigate the squad, and Itachi agreed after Shisui appealed to the Uchiha clan’s honor.
• The next morning, Itachi remembered agreeing to help and realized Shisui had diverted him from bringing Shisui home for a blind date.

Itachi spent his shifts researching Ghouls and training new recruit Xiao Gang during routine patrols. When the patrol vehicle stopped beside a bar, Itachi left Xiao Gang in the car and went inside.

• Nagato teased Itachi about his face, and Itachi continued his work at the police squad office.
• Itachi searched the squad archives for several days to investigate traces of Ghouls.
• Asuma assigned new recruit Xiao Gang, a member of the Yuki Clan, to Itachi for training on the night shift.
• Itachi taught Xiao Gang patrol procedures and professional basics, waking him when he fell asleep during a routine patrol.
• After a week of uneventful patrols, Itachi told Xiao Gang to stay in the car while he stepped away beside a bar.

Shisui found no useful leads in the documents about the Ghoul Corps, so he decided to investigate its headquarters covertly. After preparing old equipment and awakening his Mangekyo Sharingan, he set out to begin his operation.

• Itachi delivered documents to Shisui and warned him to consider his family before acting.
• Shisui found nothing suspicious in the records and decided to use covert methods to investigate the Ghoul Corps headquarters.
• Shisui returned to his apartment, greeted his neighbor, and cleaned up after his crows.
• The next day, Shisui prepared his grandfather's old ninja equipment and discarded unusable Exploding Tags.
• Shisui awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan and invoked Kotoamatsukami as he prepared to begin his operation.

Shisui observed the heavily guarded Ghoul Headquarters, while Tsunade weighed Nawaki’s proposal to infiltrate Mimi’s vast underground base. At the Ghoul Corps headquarters, Obito and Kakashi played cards amid the lively lounge, where faint cries came from the corridor.

• Shisui studied the Ghoul Headquarters’ defenses and concluded that infiltrating it would reveal something.
• Nawaki showed Tsunade part of Mimi’s underground base map and argued that he needed to investigate before his mission ended.
• Tsunade hesitated over whether to let Nawaki take the risk of infiltrating the base.
• Obito lost a card game to Hizashi and Kakashi, then struck Kakashi with a bottle when Kakashi lost, but Kakashi pretended it did not hurt.
• Ninjas relaxed in the Ghoul Corps lounge while a woman complained that her companion’s bloodied uniform stank, and faint cries sounded from the corridor.

Mimi’s Ghoul Corps carried out a lethal arrest operation against a Designated Ninja Corps gang in Konoha’s former Land of Lightning territory. The gang was wiped out, and the chief ordered his men to plant drugs as evidence and leave the bodies for the local Military Police Force.

• A gang armed with underground-market weapons laughed off a Military Police Force inspection and claimed its leader belonged to a Designated Ninja Corps.
• Mimi’s countermeasures against dangerous ninja organizations included the Ghoul Corps, which bypassed normal procedures to arrest targets directly.
• After evacuating nearby civilians, the chief ordered the Ghoul Corps to storm the gang’s farmhouse and arrest its members.
• The gang fought back, but the ninjas killed several men and pinned the wounded leader to the ground.
• The leader shouted that Konoha was killing its citizens, and the chief ordered a ninja to shoot him.
• The chief instructed his men to plant drugs as evidence and notify the local Military Police Force to collect the bodies.