Arc 15Worlds Under Neji’s Control

Neji conquered Big Mom’s territory, launched a game in the Infinite Tsukuyomi World, and helped Najenda overthrow the Empire. He left the Revolutionary Army in control and entered a new world, where he encountered Kamijou Touma and Misaka Mikoto.

  • Neji killed Big Mom, took her soul and body as puppet materials, and forced the Big Mom Pirates to submit before leaving Cake Island under Izumi’s supervision.
  • Neji returned to the Naruto World, merged the Ten-Tails’ power into the Giant Tenseigan, and created an app that drew players into the Infinite Tsukuyomi World.
  • Deidara tested Neji’s Battle Royale game while Neji, Izumi, and Karin monitored the players’ deaths and mental health.
  • Neji entered the world of Esdeath and Najenda, defeated Esdeath, and agreed to help Najenda overthrow the Empire.
  • Neji and Najenda arranged a meteor assault on the Imperial Capital, where the Little Emperor and General Bud fought off the first two meteorites before a third struck the city.
  • Neji restored the capital and its citizens, reshaped the meteorites into border cities, and left Najenda and the Revolutionary Army to take control.
  • Neji entered the world of A Certain Magical Index, spotted Accelerator, and watched Kamijou Touma erase Misaka Mikoto’s lightning with his right hand.
Chapters 356–380 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 356Chaos!

Pudding broke down after Sanji praised her third eye, while Big Mom’s plan to have him shot failed. Luffy and the others burst out of the Wedding Cake, triggering Big Mom’s rage and her Soul-Soul Fruit attack.

  • Pudding remembered how Charlotte Linlin and the people of Cake Island had mocked her third eye, then shouted that she would kill Sanji.
  • Big Mom signaled the priest to shoot Sanji, but Katakuri struck the priest with a jelly bean and Sanji avoided the gunfire.
  • Katakuri warned Big Mom that an unexpected event was about to happen and that he could not stop it.
  • Luffy and the others burst out of the Wedding Cake, which began to collapse, and Big Mom flew into a rage over the cake being eaten.
  • Big Mom demanded a new cake or someone’s life and seized the souls of the frightened chefs around her.

Ch. 357The Straw Hat Pirates Crash the Party!

The Straw Hat Pirates used Brulee’s powers to infiltrate Big Mom’s Tea Party and tried to destroy Mother Carmel’s photo, but Katakuri stopped Luffy. Jinbe rescued Luffy and openly declared that he was leaving Big Mom’s crew to join the Straw Hat Pirates, prompting Big Mom to threaten him with her departure roulette.

  • The Straw Hat Pirates used Brulee’s Mirror-Mirror Fruit to enter the venue and sent disguised animals into the Tea Party to cause chaos.
  • Luffy lunged for Mother Carmel’s photo, but Katakuri struck him with a Mochi Whip Foot and trapped his limbs in mochi.
  • Katakuri exposed the animal disguises and told Big Mom that Luffy had targeted Mother Carmel’s photo.
  • Jinbe used a spear of black tea to soften Katakuri’s mochi and free Luffy.
  • Jinbe told Big Mom he was leaving her crew and joining the Straw Hat Pirates, and Morgans announced the news.
  • Big Mom accused Jinbe of rebellion and threatened to make him settle his departure through her roulette.

Ch. 358A Mere Emperor of the Sea!

Jinbe defied Big Mom, formally left her crew, and was saved from her attack by Luffy. Brook then destroyed Mother Carmel’s photo, triggering Big Mom’s growing frenzy, while Charlotte Daifuku turned on Pudding over her failure to kill Sanji.

  • Jinbe refused to fear Big Mom, returned the sake cup, and declared that he was leaving her pirates.
  • Big Mom smashed Jinbe’s cup and attacked him, but Luffy shoved him out of the way.
  • Brook revealed himself and broke Mother Carmel’s photo, causing Big Mom to lose control as her children panicked.
  • Pudding argued with Sanji and failed to shoot him, so Charlotte Daifuku attacked her with his genie.
  • Charlotte Daifuku slapped Pudding and blamed her failure, while Sanji cried out for her.

Ch. 359A Monstrous Screech!

Big Mom's wedding plot erupted into a battle as Judge realized Big Mom had betrayed Germa 66. When Luffy presented Mother Carmel's shattered photo, Big Mom unleashed a devastating screech, and Sanji used the chaos to free the Vinsmoke Family.

  • Sanji attacked the demon with a Haki-coated kick but was sent flying, while Big Mom's children restrained Germa 66 and Judge accused Big Mom of betraying him.
  • Perospero mocked Judge as Reiju watched her father break down, and Sanji prepared to act when the Vinsmokes faced execution.
  • Katakuri foresaw disaster as Vito and his allies attacked the Big Mom Pirates, while Luffy placed Mother Carmel's broken photo before Big Mom.
  • Big Mom screamed and unleashed Conqueror's Haki, incapacitating those without earplugs and cracking Neji's Nen Barrier before she collapsed to her knees with wounds.
  • Sanji shattered the candy imprisoning Judge and the others, freeing the Vinsmoke Family.

Ch. 360Slaying Big Mom, a New Subpage!

Neji killed Big Mom, gained her Soul-Soul Fruit and unlocked the Puppeteer subpage. After taking control of Totto Land, he began creating a puppet and found he could choose a young Charlotte Linlin’s appearance for it.

  • Vito’s rockets exploded in midair when Big Mom’s shriek stopped them, and Vito declared the operation had failed.
  • Neji pierced Big Mom’s heart with a lightning-wrapped spear, killing her as Katakuri and her children watched in horror.
  • Neji raised the Ultimate Nen Barrier over Cake Castle, paralyzing Big Mom’s children and healing Luffy and the others while souls poured out of Homies across Totto Land.
  • Neji obtained the Soul-Soul Fruit and unlocked the Puppeteer subpage, then captured Charlotte Linlin’s soul and collected her body as puppet materials.
  • Izumi had Luffy, Vito, and the others restrain Big Mom’s children while Neji sent puppets through the Gate of Time and Space to take over the Whole Cake Island sea territory.
  • Neji synthesized a puppet with a one-hundred-percent success rate and saw an option to give it the appearance of a young Charlotte Linlin.

Ch. 361Handling the Aftermath!

Neji took control of Cake Island after defeating Charlotte Linlin and dealt with the underground world leaders, killing Stussy after discovering she was a CP0 agent. As Morgans prepared to report the events, Neji corrected him: Charlotte Linlin was not dead.

  • Neji let Luffy and the others leave with Sanji, and allowed the Vinsmoke Family to go with them.
  • After Izumi spoke to him, Neji confronted Stussy and killed her while uncovering her CP0 identity and memories of the slave trade and secret training of orphans.
  • Neji intimidated the underground world emperors, who offered their resources and cooperation, and had puppets take them away.
  • Morgans identified Neji and recounted what he knew about the incident, including Charlotte Linlin's supposed death.
  • Neji told Morgans that Charlotte Linlin was not dead.

Ch. 362Because They Were Pirates!

Neji transformed Big Mom into a youthful, powerful doll and made clear that Charlotte Linlin was still alive. He then turned Doflamingo’s subordinates and the defiant Daifuku and Oven into dolls, while Katakuri and the other Charlotte children faced the loss of their family members.

  • Neji revealed a youthful Charlotte Linlin doll, and Perospero recognized her while Katakuri warned that she was not the same as before.
  • Charlotte Linlin summoned Zeus and covered Cake Island with dark storm clouds, leaving Big Mom’s children horrified and helpless in their Seastone cuffs.
  • Neji told Morgans that Charlotte Linlin was alive, and Morgans agreed to report that she had regained her youth while the Straw Hat Pirates escaped.
  • Neji killed Pica, Vergo, Monet, and Diamante, turning them into dolls that retained their powers and could travel to other worlds without consuming Sands of Time.
  • Neji urged Big Mom’s children to become his power, and Katakuri offered their surrender, but Daifuku and Oven refused.
  • Neji transformed Daifuku and Oven into dolls despite Katakuri’s protests.

Ch. 363The Reason!

Katakuri submitted to Neji to protect his siblings, and Neji left Izumi to oversee Cake Island while Big Mom’s children began taking control under the young Charlotte Linlin. On Punk Hazard, Neji questioned Head Chef Long Ring Long Land about what happened to Mother Carmel and the children at the Lamb’s House.

  • Katakuri struck his head against the ground and declared that the Big Mom Pirates submitted, while Brulee cried beside him.
  • The young Charlotte Linlin challenged Katakuri’s siblings to defeat her before they could challenge Neji.
  • Neji ordered Izumi to make preliminary arrangements on Cake Island and opened the Gate of Time and Space for his faction to travel between the island and Punk Hazard.
  • Neji released the Big Mom children from their Seastone handcuffs, and Katakuri stopped several of them from attacking Neji.
  • Izumi escorted Head Chef Long Ring Long Land through the gate, and Neji later asked him what he had witnessed at Mother Carmel’s Lamb’s House.

Ch. 364Something Fun!

Neji took Long Ring Long Land’s and Brulee’s abilities, recruited Judge to resume researching human enhancement drugs, and returned with Izumi to the Naruto World. There, he prepared to use the Giant Tenseigan and the Ten-Tails to create an Infinite Tsukuyomi world projected through software.

  • Neji learned the truth about Mother Carmel’s fate, took Long Ring Long Land’s ability, and then stripped Brulee of hers.
  • Neji visited Judge with Izumi, and Judge agreed to develop human enhancement drugs while heeding Neji’s warning about the Forbidden Zone of Life.
  • Neji returned to the Naruto World and learned that technological advances and the rivalry between Sasori and Orochimaru had stirred unrest among the smaller nations.
  • Neji confirmed that Karin had taken over the underground exchange and proposed using the Infinite Tsukuyomi to fulfill people’s dreams through software.
  • Neji brought Karin and Izumi to the Giant Tenseigan and began merging the Ten-Tails’ power into it.

Ch. 365A Survivor Snatched a Spot!

Neji transformed the Giant Tenseigan with Ten-Tails power and built an Infinite Tsukuyomi game to test through the Underground Exchange. After all 1,000 testing slots were claimed, Deidara continued his life as a bounty hunter.

  • Neji injected a small Ten-Tails into the Giant Tenseigan, causing it to grow and its petals to transform into six tomoe.
  • Neji asked Izumi and Karin what kind of world they would enjoy, but both said they wanted a world where he was present.
  • Neji used the Giant Tenseigan to create imagined worlds and made an app that drew users into Infinite Tsukuyomi.
  • Neji posted a one-month game-testing mission on the Underground Exchange, and wandering shinobi claimed all 1,000 slots.
  • Deidara, an Akatsuki survivor with a bounty on his head, used the Underground Exchange app to work as a bounty hunter.

Ch. 366Deidara's First Experience!

Deidara entered the mysterious game and found himself trapped in the Infinite Tsukuyomi World, where a Black Earth avatar explained its rules. After learning that a random world would be selected for him, Deidara asked for one where he could make art.

  • Deidara visited the cliff where he believed Sasori had died, then decided to try the dangerous game on his phone.
  • Deidara flew to a safe place, signed the game's secrecy contract, and activated the moon app.
  • The app's image revealed a Rinnegan-like eye, and Deidara found himself inside the Infinite Tsukuyomi World.
  • Deidara tried to disrupt his Chakra to escape, but the illusion did not break, and the phone transformed into a Black Earth avatar.
  • Black Earth explained that players could explore randomly selected worlds and trigger missions and storylines, so Deidara asked for a world where he could create art.

Ch. 367A Hundred People Surviving on a Deserted Island?

Deidara woke in a survival game aboard an aircraft and parachuted onto a deserted island, where he began collecting supplies. He learned that the game standardized participants’ appearances and abilities, and Neji had designed its inventory rules to distinguish Tsukuyomi from reality.

  • Deidara woke strapped into an aircraft as a broadcast explained that he had to survive on a deserted island and eliminate his enemies.
  • Deidara studied the map and jumped from the aircraft, then steered his parachute toward an area with buildings and supplies.
  • Deidara noticed that the game had restricted his physical abilities and standardized his appearance and strength.
  • Deidara landed inside a building, picked up a grenade, and learned that he could summon items from his backpack by thinking of them.
  • Neji’s deliberate game settings distinguished the Tsukuyomi world from reality.

Ch. 368Deidara Gets Fired Up!

Deidara explored the Battle Royale World, testing its weapons and killing other players while Neji, Izumi, and Karin monitored him from the Land of Waves base. Neji decided he would need to add ordinary people and casual worlds to balance future instances, while Karin waited for him to test the effects of dying in the game.

  • Deidara tested a grenade and an Impact Gun Generation 1, then used the gun to kill a player and discovered that kills appeared in a shared feed.
  • Deidara looted the dead player’s box, finding a Basic Talisman, and learned that gunshots caused pain without visible injuries or impaired movement.
  • Deidara wandered through the corridors searching for more grenades.
  • Neji, Izumi, and Karin watched Deidara’s actions on a screen at the Land of Waves base.
  • Neji refused to let Karin enter the game until he tested the effects players experienced after dying, and Karin continued gathering information on dead players with Izumi.

Ch. 369Play with You Properly!

Neji monitored the mental effects on players who died in the Tsukuyomi World and adjusted the recovery rules to prevent lasting trauma. Meanwhile, Deidara survived an attack in the Battle Royale and suspected that players were teaming up, so he prepared to fight back.

  • Karin reported that ten participants had died in the Tsukuyomi World, and Neji ordered their condition and recovery data displayed.
  • Neji had Karin monitor the players’ mental health, restore anyone who needed it, and erase the game memories of a participant who abandoned the mission.
  • Neji studied the dead players’ aftereffects and began setting a recovery period before they could return to the Tsukuyomi World.
  • Deidara explored the Battle Royale, relied on mines and other explosives, and eliminated a player as the match dwindled to twelve survivors.
  • An opponent ambushed Deidara with a Submachine Gun Generation 4, but his grenade killed the attacker; Deidara suspected the opponent had been part of a team and vowed to fight them properly.

Ch. 370Testing Was More or Less Complete!

Deidara wiped out three opponents in the Battle Royale World with traps and explosives while Neji monitored the test from the Land of Waves base. The test continued as Neji considered adding stronger worlds and gambling for a Golden Legend.

  • Deidara ambushed three opponents in an unfinished building, killing them with grenades, traps, flashbangs, and fire.
  • The safe zone shrank, leaving nine players as Deidara prepared a surprise for a sniper in a distant building.
  • Neji watched Deidara's performance and learned from Izumi that the players' death reactions and mental damage had lessened.
  • Karin reported that no one had died in the real world, though some participants had suffered mental damage and fallen into a groggy sleep.
  • Neji considered adding perspectives from the main world and decided to gamble for more worlds, hoping to draw a Golden Legend.

Ch. 371Akame ga Kill World!

Neji entered the world of Akame ga Kill and appeared between Esdeath and Najenda as Esdeath was about to kill the defecting general. Najenda mistook Neji for someone connected to her Revolutionary Army, while Neji revealed that he belonged to a different one.

  • Najenda fled the Empire, but Esdeath intercepted her and offered to let her return.
  • Najenda refused, and Esdeath drew her sword and attacked her.
  • A golden Gate of Time and Space appeared between the two women, forcing them to pause their fight.
  • Neji stepped through the gate and recognized Esdeath and Najenda.
  • Najenda asked whether Neji was from the Revolutionary Army, and he said he belonged to one in another world.

Ch. 372Fists Make People Talk Reasonably with Me!

Neji tried to persuade Esdeath and Najenda to take him to the Empire, but Esdeath attacked and he defeated her. He left Najenda with him and learned that she wanted Esdeath spared because her absence could leave the northern border vulnerable.

  • Neji suggested that Esdeath and Najenda take him to the Empire, but Esdeath attacked him with ice.
  • Neji deflected Esdeath’s attacks and used repulsive force to send her enormous ice meteor crashing away from them.
  • Neji pulled Esdeath toward him and struck her repeatedly until she lost consciousness.
  • Neji told Najenda not to leave and suggested she bring Esdeath over so they could make her appear to have fled with Najenda.
  • Najenda asked Neji to spare Esdeath, explaining that the northern tribes could invade if she were gone.

Ch. 373Imperial Capital!

Neji spared and healed Esdeath at Najenda’s request, then traveled with Najenda to the Imperial Capital. There, Najenda explained that she wanted to overthrow the corrupt Empire and rebuild the country, and Neji asked whether she planned to rely on the Revolutionary Army.

  • Neji restored the battlefield with Tempo Arc and healed Esdeath with Medical Ninjutsu.
  • Najenda explained that she had asked Neji to spare Esdeath so she could continue guarding the northern border, and Esdeath accepted that responsibility despite threatening to pursue Neji.
  • Neji and Najenda flew to the Imperial Capital, where Neji reflected on the Empire’s decay and the Minister’s control over it.
  • Neji asked Najenda whether she wanted to save the country, and she said she intended to overthrow the Empire and rebuild it.
  • Neji asked Najenda whether she planned to achieve that through the Revolutionary Army she had contacted.

Ch. 374Twilight!

Neji offered to help Najenda kill the minister, but she insisted the Empire had to be overthrown, so he urged the Revolutionary Army to move on the Imperial Capital that night. After exploring the city and seeing its corruption, Neji waited on the western wall for midnight as the Revolutionary Army prepared its forces.

  • Najenda told Neji she could not travel with him because she was a wanted criminal, but Neji stopped her by offering to help kill the minister.
  • Najenda decided the Empire still had to be overthrown, and Neji told her to bring the Revolutionary Army to the Imperial Capital that night.
  • Neji entered the Imperial Capital unseen by its guards and walked through its crowded streets, where he sensed pickpockets and violence in the alleys.
  • Najenda informed the Revolutionary Army of Neji's offer, and its leaders sent Imperial Arms users, nearby troops, and hidden operatives toward the capital.
  • At dusk, Neji sat on the western city wall with a cup of wine, having finished his preparations and waiting for midnight.

Ch. 375Midnight Descends!

Najenda and her forces gathered in Dewdrop Forest, waiting for a man to break through the Imperial Capital’s defenses, when a terrifying meteor appeared over the city. The young emperor sought help from General Bud, who admitted he could not stop the meteor but vowed to protect him.

  • Najenda led her forces to the breach in Dewdrop Forest and prepared to enter the Imperial Capital once the promised breakthrough began.
  • A streak of light appeared in the sky, and its growing oppressive presence alarmed the Imperial Capital’s residents and soldiers.
  • A little boy and his mother looked up at the meteor as the city brightened around them.
  • The young emperor asked whether Heaven was destroying the Empire, and General Bud descended outside his bedchamber to defend him.
  • The minister arrived and urged General Bud to stop the meteor, but General Bud said he could not deal with it and promised to protect the young emperor.
  • The minister realized General Bud could not guarantee his safety and looked toward the young emperor with renewed hope.

Ch. 376The First and Strongest Imperial Arms!

The young emperor activated the Imperial Armor Supreme Throne to destroy a meteor threatening the Imperial Capital, while General Bud used his Imperial Arm to shatter the falling debris. As the emperor weakened and the minister plotted to profit from the damage, a second meteor appeared.

  • The minister urged the young emperor to activate the Supreme Imperial Arm, and General Bud carried him to the palace hall.
  • The young emperor awakened Supreme Throne with his blood as the palace shook and civilians across the capital began disappearing.
  • Supreme Throne fired a crimson beam that shattered the meteor, scattering enormous fragments over the city.
  • General Bud used the Wrath of the Thunder God Adramelech to blast the meteor debris apart with lightning.
  • The minister praised the emperor while planning to make the surviving commoners pay to rebuild the palace, and Supreme Throne drained the emperor's strength.
  • The young emperor spotted a second meteor and fired another beam from Supreme Throne.

Ch. 377Everyone Beneath the Meteorite!

The Little Emperor and General Bud exhausted themselves destroying a second meteorite, leaving the Minister convinced that no one could oppose his planned takeover. A third meteorite then appeared over the Imperial Capital, shattering his confidence.

  • General Bud told the Little Emperor he could no longer fight after using his lightning to destroy the first meteorite's fragments.
  • The Minister urged the Little Emperor to protect the Imperial Capital, and the Little Emperor used the Imperial Armor Supreme Throne to destroy the second meteorite's fragments.
  • The Little Emperor collapsed, and the Minister believed he was dead and began celebrating his chance to seize control of the Empire.
  • General Bud confronted the Minister about his plans, but collapsed before he could stop him.
  • The Minister gloated over General Bud's apparent defeat until a third meteorite appeared above the Imperial Capital.

Ch. 378Woman, You Seem to Have Underestimated Me?

Najenda watched three meteorites destroy the Imperial Capital and blamed herself for the deaths of its people. Neji stopped her attack and revealed that she had misunderstood what happened to the city’s inhabitants.

  • Najenda watched the meteorites descend and regretted having helped bring about the attack.
  • The Minister raged atop the Imperial Armor, and General Bud seized him and burned him as the third meteorite fell.
  • The meteorite struck the Imperial Capital, while an orange barrier contained most of the blast and Neji’s threads kept the Revolutionary Army from being swept away.
  • Najenda mourned the city’s presumed dead until Neji told her none of them were innocent and caught her punch.
  • Neji dispelled the Nen Barrier, froze the spreading smoke, and activated Tempo Arc.

Ch. 379The Power of Time!

Neji reversed the destruction of the Imperial Capital, reshaped the meteorites into cities across the Empire, and handed the restored capital to the Revolutionary Army. After Najenda apologized, Neji left a Gate of Time and Space in the palace and departed, telling the army to handle the rest and to send Esdeath to find him there.

  • Neji restored the Imperial Capital and the three meteorites, then reshaped them into vast stone cities and sent them to the Empire's borders.
  • Neji summoned the Revolutionary Army, and Najenda led its commanders into the Imperial Capital to take control.
  • Neji restored the citizens killed beneath the meteorites, while guards, nobles, and certain merchants remained dead.
  • Najenda apologized to Neji for misunderstanding him, and the citizens submitted to the new rule as the Revolutionary Army secured the capital.
  • Neji told Najenda the Revolutionary Army could handle the rest, left a door in the palace for Esdeath to find him, and stepped through the Gate of Time and Space.

Ch. 380Academy City!

Neji entered Academy City and watched a confrontation between Misaka Mikoto and Kamijou Touma, discovering that Touma’s right hand could erase supernatural power. He recognized the ability as a serious unknown and left himself unsure how much of the world’s power he could handle.

  • Neji reflected on his wish to travel through peaceful worlds, then used a grain of Sands of Time to enter a new world.
  • Neji arrived on a futuristic bridge in Academy City and used the Tenseigan to spot Accelerator inside a heavily protected building.
  • Neji recognized the world as A Certain Magical Index and noticed Kamijou Touma running toward Misaka Mikoto.
  • Misaka Mikoto demonstrated her Railgun for Touma and explained that she had dealt with the delinquents who had been bothering her.
  • Misaka Mikoto attacked Touma with lightning, but his right hand erased it, and Neji realized he could not understand the ability’s power.
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