Chapter Summaries

Shimizu fought Doma and used the pressure of the battle to approach the Transparent World, but Shinobu Kocho and Mitsuri Kanroji arrived and disrupted the fight. Shinobu stayed to face Doma while telling Shimizu and Mitsuri to protect the swordsmiths from another Upper Rank Demon.

• Shimizu countered Doma's ice attacks with Separation Breathing, Yoriichi Type One, and a temporary Crimson Blade while seeking enough pressure to awaken the Transparent World.
• Doma unleashed Crystal Child and Freezing White Princess, forcing Shimizu and Yoriichi Type One to retreat and defend themselves.
• Shinobu Kocho and Mitsuri Kanroji arrived and attacked Doma, easing the pressure on Shimizu.
• Shimizu told Shinobu and Mitsuri to protect the swordsmiths from another Upper Rank Demon, but Shinobu insisted that she would keep Doma occupied while they went to the village.

Shimizu held off Doma so Shinobu Kocho and Mitsuri Kanroji could go defend Swordsmith Village, where a signal flare showed the defenders were under attack. Doma unleashed his Water Lily Bodhisattva, and Shimizu prepared to risk his life against the Upper Rank Two demon.

• Shimizu told Shinobu Kocho and Mitsuri Kanroji to leave the battle against Doma and protect the swordsmiths, explaining that his Tortoise Breath Technique let him resist Doma's Blood Demon Art.
• Shinobu Kocho and Mitsuri Kanroji saw a Hikari flare from Swordsmith Village, then set off to deal with the other demon while Shimizu stayed to fight Doma.
• Doma sent frost vines after the departing women, but Shimizu cut them apart and taunted him.
• Doma unleashed Blood Demon Art: Mist-Ice: Water Lily Bodhisattva, forcing Shimizu to retreat and clear the ice mist.
• Shinobu Kocho and Mitsuri Kanroji saw the giant Bodhisattva from afar, while Shimizu removed Ice Crystals from his lungs and drew his Nichirin Blade again.

Shimizu awakened the Transparent World while fighting Doma, gaining precise awareness of his surroundings and adapting to Doma’s attacks. After exchanging his worn Nichirin Blade for Yoriichi Type One’s spare, he used Lightning Release to turn his blade crimson and destroyed the Water Lily Bodhisattva as he advanced on Doma.

• Shimizu and Yoriichi Type One used coordinated attacks and gunfire to create an opening, but Shimizu failed to cut through Doma’s neck before retreating from his counterattack.
• Under pressure from Doma, Shimizu awakened the Transparent World and began using it to perceive attacks and movements in minute detail.
• Shimizu spotted cracks inside his Nichirin Blade and exchanged it with Yoriichi Type One for a matching shadow-forged blade.
• Shimizu stimulated his muscles with Lightning Release Chakra, moved at great speed, and slashed the Water Lily Bodhisattva apart.
• Shimizu forcibly turned his crimson blade using his grip strength and walked toward Doma.

Shimizu killed Doma, collected his blood, and reached Swordsmith Village after treating his injuries. He received a newly forged Nichirin Blade and headed to help Shinobu Kocho and Mitsuri Kanroji, who were still fighting Gyokko.

• Shimizu cleaved Doma's Water Lily Bodhisattva, beheaded him, and collected his Demon Blood before treating his wounds.
• Shinobu Kocho and Mitsuri Kanroji fought Gyokko while Yoriichi Type Zero's remains lay nearby and Kagawahara Tetsujin led the rescued swordsmiths away.
• Shimizu arrived at the village entrance and learned that Shinobu Kocho and Mitsuri Kanroji were battling Upper Rank Five.
• Kagawahara Tetsujin gave Shimizu the Nichirin Blade he had forged, and Shimizu told the swordsmiths they could rest before leaving the next day.
• Mitsuri Kanroji and Shinobu Kocho realized Gyokko had shed his skin rather than been defeated.

Shimizu joined Shinobu Kocho and Mitsuri Kanroji in their fight against Gyokko and quickly decapitated Upper Rank Five with a newly developed Separation Breathing technique. Shinobu’s wisteria poison stopped Gyokko’s regeneration, and after his death Shimizu revealed that he had also killed Upper Rank Two, leaving Shinobu stunned.

• Gyokko transformed and boasted to Shinobu Kocho and Mitsuri Kanroji before Shimizu arrived and mocked his appearance and pottery.
• Enraged, Gyokko attacked at high speed with Blood Demon Art: Fish Scale Formation Kill, while Shimizu told the two Pillars to stay back.
• Shimizu used Separation Breathing: Sixth Form: Dragon Night Dance of Separation to cut through Gyokko’s neck with a Crimson Blade.
• Gyokko began regenerating, but Shinobu Kocho pierced his head with her wisteria-poisoned blade, and he dissolved into ash.
• Mitsuri Kanroji celebrated Gyokko’s defeat, and Shimizu told Shinobu Kocho that he had killed Upper Rank Two, leaving her speechless.

In Sunagakure, Shimizu trained Puppeteers to develop equipment for canal and reservoir construction using Puppet Technique. Sasori presented test results on materials for Shimizu’s effort to adapt industrial technology to the ninja world.

• Shinobu Kocho grieved that Doma’s death had avenged her sister, while Mitsuri Kanroji comforted her and Shinobu led Mitsuri and Shimizu inside to treat their injuries.
• Swordsmiths returned to Swordsmith Village after the battle and began putting everything away.
• Shimizu taught Puppeteers how to design sluice-gate equipment, monitoring puppets, and automated defenses, and asked them to submit three plans within a month.
• Sasori gave Shimizu a report identifying materials suitable for puppet construction and describing one-use diodes and Chakra capacitors he had made with Sealing Technique.

Shimizu and Sasori tested Chakra-powered diodes and capacitors and discussed building programmable puppet-control systems. They joined Sunagakure’s New Year victory celebration, where Sasori met Pakura and learned that she had few friends beyond Shimizu.

• Sasori showed Shimizu his Chakra diodes and capacitors, and Shimizu confirmed that they could direct, store, and release Chakra.
• Shimizu outlined a plan to improve Sealing Technique and build logic circuits for programmable puppet control, and Sasori agreed to pursue it.
• Miyaki called Shimizu and Sasori to the victory celebration, where the Third Kazekage planned to honor the war effort, hold the Chunin Exams’ final round, and announce Sunagakure’s postwar development plan.
• Shimizu and Sasori joined Pakura at the celebration while Baki guarded the daimyo’s party and Captain Qianlan served as chief referee.
• Pakura introduced herself to Sasori and explained that she had few surviving friends, and Sasori apologized before she reassured him.

After the Third Kazekage appointed Shimizu deputy leader of Sunagakure’s canal construction group, Shimizu joined an envoy heading to the Land of Rain to negotiate with Hanzo and begin preliminary work. The group departed with Ebizo as chief envoy and Shimizu as his deputy.

• Sasori left the victory banquet early, while Shimizu and Pakura stayed to receive commendations from the Third Kazekage.
• The Third Kazekage announced that the Wind-Rain Nations Waterway System Construction would begin after the new year and appointed himself group leader and Shimizu deputy group leader.
• After the banquet, ninjas and Land of Wind nobles approached Shimizu to build ties with him.
• The Third Kazekage gave Shimizu’s envoy group a budget of 1.6 billion ryo and discussed seeking funds from Hanzo or investors if needed.
• The Third Kazekage sent Ebizo as chief envoy and Shimizu as deputy envoy to negotiate with Hanzo and select the canal’s starting point in the Land of Rain.

Shimizu and Ebizo negotiated with Hanzo to survey White Sea Lake as the starting point for a canal between the Land of Rain and the Land of Wind. After collecting data on the lake, Shimizu sent it to hydraulic engineering experts in the DC World to design the canal, then prepared to meet another guest.

• Hanzo showed Shimizu and Ebizo White Sea Lake and agreed to provide Amegakure's terrain records if Rain Hidden Ninja could supervise the construction work.
• Ebizo accepted Hanzo's condition, and Shimizu took charge of coordinating the canal survey.
• An intelligence shinobi reported that White Sea Lake received water from rainfall, the Takitsubo River, and mountain snowmelt, and contained more than five trillion cubic meters of water.
• Shimizu reviewed the survey data and sent information about the lake and surrounding terrain to his avatar in the DC World.
• Shimizu hired Professor Jeff and other hydraulic engineering experts, who promised to complete a canal proposal within twenty days.
• Shimizu dismissed the experts and turned to a League of Assassins bodyguard before meeting his next guest.

Shimizu negotiated with Jason Todd, agreeing to provide him with manpower, weapons, and funds in exchange for help against Cobblepot. In the Demon Slayer World, Shimizu learned that Gyomei and Kyojuro had also fought Twelve Kizuki, and the chapter ended with Tengen asking Kyojuro about his battle.

• Jason Todd told Shimizu that he knew about the plan to support Hamilton’s mayoral campaign and seize control of Gotham City Hall.
• Shimizu and Jason agreed that Jason would help him in exchange for manpower, weapons, and funds, and Shimizu sent Rattlesnake to prepare the resources.
• Shimizu reflected that Jason would be a useful ally and noted that his fortune progress had reached 94.8%.
• At a Hashira meeting, Shimizu learned that Gyomei had defeated Lower Rank One Enmu, whose eye-contact hypnosis was useless against the blind Stone Hashira.
• Tengen asked Kyojuro about his encounter with a Twelve Kizuki demon.

After Shimizu killed Upper Rank Two and Upper Rank Five, the Demon Slayer Corps celebrated an unprecedented victory and considered him the strongest Pillar in three hundred years. Ubuyashiki Kagaya asked whether the other Pillars could learn the Transparent World, and Gyomei began explaining the technique.

• Kyojuro Rengoku told Uzui Tengen that he had killed Lower Rank Two Rokuro after learning Sun Breathing.
• The Pillars marveled that Shimizu had killed Upper Rank Two and Upper Rank Five in one night, and credited his success to the Transparent World.
• Ubuyashiki Kagaya arrived, thanked the Pillars, and celebrated the unprecedented number of Twelve Kizuki slain.
• Shinobu Kocho and Mitsuri Kanroji praised Shimizu for killing Upper Rank Five with a single sword strike.
• Ubuyashiki Kagaya asked Shimizu and Gyomei Himejima whether the other Pillars could master the Transparent World.
• Gyomei Himejima began explaining how the Transparent World improved perception, movement, prediction, and the ability to see an enemy's weaknesses.

The Hashira planned to strengthen themselves and prepare for Muzan’s retaliation after suffering heavy losses among the Twelve Kizuki. Shimizu and Shinobu Kocho later trained together on Mt. Kumotori, where Shinobu showed progress with the Musical Score but had not awakened the Transparent World.

• Uzui Tengen introduced the Hashira to the Musical Score, a method that could improve their combat strength and was easier to learn than the Transparent World.
• Ubuyashiki Kagaya warned that Muzan would retaliate and assigned Shimizu, Gyomei Himejima, and Uzui Tengen to organize Hashira training, while requiring future missions to pair two Hashira together.
• Ubuyashiki Kagaya paired Shimizu with Shinobu Kocho, hoping they would form stronger bonds with the Demon Slayer Corps.
• Half a month later, Shimizu watched Shinobu battle a Shadow Demon on Mt. Kumotori without intervening.
• Shinobu waited for sunrise before piercing the Shadow Demon’s head and injecting wisteria poison, then lamented that she had not awakened the Transparent World.
• Shimizu told Shinobu that the demon had moved too slowly to trigger her instincts but that she had begun to grasp the Musical Score.

On the summer solstice, Shimizu found the rare Blue Spider Lily near Tanjiro’s home and gathered the flowers with Shinobu Kocho. They brought them to a Fuji House, where Tanjiro arrived after passing the final selection at Mt. Fujikasane, under circumstances that differed from the original timeline.

• Shinobu Kocho suggested resting at a nearby Fuji House during the Natsuhi Festival, and Shimizu went searching for flowers using directions Tanjiro had given him.
• Shimizu found Blue Spider Lilies blooming on a slope and dug one up with its roots and soil intact.
• Shinobu Kocho mistook the flower for a gift, then took charge of caring for it because she had learned to grow flowers from her sister.
• Shimizu and Shinobu Kocho gathered the flowers, bought vases and a carriage, and delivered them to the Fuji House in town.
• Tanjiro arrived at the Fuji House after passing the final selection at Mt. Fujikasane, with his next steps differing from the original timeline.

Tanjiro passed Final Selection after training under Rengoku Kyojuro and helped Shinobu Kocho and Shimizu investigate blue spider lilies with a newly built daylight lamp. A swordsmith’s discovery of Scarlet Iron in the flowerpot soil led Shimizu to connect the metal with solar energy, while his DC World incarnation attended Hamilton’s mayoral inauguration.

• Tanjiro passed Final Selection after a year of training with Rengoku Kyojuro and stayed at a Fuji House while waiting for his Nichirin Blade.
• Shinobu Kocho told Tanjiro that she and Shimizu had found blue spider lilies near his home and brought them to cultivate.
• Shimizu assembled a daylight lamp from materials ordered through Uesugi Sakai and illuminated a room with white light.
• A swordsmith arrived to deliver Tanjiro’s blade, tasted the red soil in the flowerpots, and identified it as Scarlet Iron.
• Shimizu connected the Scarlet Iron with solar energy and the daylight lamp.
• In the DC World, Shimizu applauded as Hamilton took the mayoral oath.

Shimizu celebrated Hamilton’s inauguration as Gotham’s new mayor while consolidating his political and criminal influence, and he discussed the growing danger to those trying to control Gotham’s underworld with Bruce Wayne and Commissioner Gordon. The banquet ended with Bruce leaving to act as Batman and Shimizu departing under heavy guard.

• Shimizu learned that Penguin was dead, Iceberg Lounge had fallen, and Rattlesnake was delivering Penguin’s head to him.
• At Hamilton’s inaugural banquet, Shimizu spoke with Bruce Wayne, who accused him of being behind Penguin’s death and warned that powerful people would oppose his efforts to control Gotham’s darkness.
• Shimizu offered Bruce a business partnership involving a new TSL New Energy Vehicle, but Commissioner Gordon interrupted to question Bruce about police weapons sponsored by Wayne Enterprises.
• Shimizu secretly overheard Bruce and Gordon discussing unidentified people making moves, possible targets, and plans to warn or protect them.
• Bruce left the banquet early, and Shimizu later departed Gotham’s dangerous streets in a bulletproof vehicle with bodyguards and the White Warrior construct in the trunk.

Shimizu survived an assassination attempt by a Talon and decided to find a way to expose the Court of Owls. Elsewhere, Jason Todd encountered a child cornered by criminals, and a black shadow dropped into the alley before he could intervene.

• Shimizu spotted a sniper’s attack with the Transparent World and pursued the shooter to a rooftop.
• Shimizu captured a Talon, and the metal warrior froze the assassin while Shimizu considered how to uncover the Court of Owls.
• Shimizu resolved to investigate the Court’s hidden leadership and wipe out the organization.
• Jason Todd wandered Gotham, uncertain of his future and still conflicted about Batman’s influence.
• Jewonni threatened three criminals with a gun he did not know how to use, and a black shadow dropped into the alley before Jason could take the weapon.

Jason intervened in a robbery with Jewonni and discovered that the Batman who appeared was not Bruce Wayne, but a tentacled creature. Meanwhile, Shimizu met Lex Luthor in Metropolis to discuss Wade Group’s new energy vehicles and secure medical equipment for Nora.

• Jason guided Jewonni in using a pistol, and Jewonni shot the shark-masked criminal.
• Jason confronted a Batman-like figure, which said it was doing the same thing as him and revealed the fox and vulture masks.
• Shimizu traveled to Metropolis with Victor and his wife to discuss Wade Group’s new energy vehicle project.
• Shimizu met Lex Luthor, who praised the vehicles and provided medical equipment to help maintain Nora’s health.
• Shimizu, Victor, and LexCorp tested two concept cars, which performed well but lagged behind traditional cars in launch speed and top speed.

Shimizu returned to Gotham after forming TSL New Energy Company with Lex Luthor, Victor, and Cisco, where Harvey Dent warned him that a force from another world was about to bring darkness to theirs. The chapter left the threat mysterious as Arnold Wesker and Scarface appeared terrified in Gotham.

• Shimizu, Lex Luthor, Victor, and Cisco agreed to establish TSL New Energy Company, with Shimizu as chairman and Victor leading research and development in Metropolis.
• Barry took Cisco back to Central City, and Shimizu returned to Gotham, where he learned the city had experienced a small earthquake and a partial sewer collapse.
• Harvey Dent arrived to see Shimizu and angrily argued with his reflection about being unable to find Batman.
• Harvey told Shimizu that another version of himself from a dark, nearly destroyed world had warned that a door between their worlds had opened and the force that consumed that world was coming for theirs.
• Arnold Wesker sat terrified beside the remains of Scarface, the puppet that shared his identity as the Ventriloquist.

Batman, Shimizu, and Harvey Dent connected the Court of Owls’ reopened dark gate to the danger spreading between worlds. Batman planned to confront the Court alone and asked Shimizu to protect Gotham if he failed.

• Batman told Barbara that Jason may have gone with the Batman from another world, and Barbara found Harvey Dent entering Wade Tower.
• Shimizu heard Harvey Dent explain that the other world’s heroes and villains had been wiped out, and agreed that Batman needed to be involved.
• Batman entered Wade Tower after Shimizu spotted his rooftop approach, and he revealed that he had learned about the Court of Owls’ secret.
• Batman explained that the Court had reopened a dark gate, reviving its influence and causing a split within the organization.
• Batman said he would face the Court alone because Shimizu might not restrain himself from killing, and asked Shimizu to take over protecting Gotham if he did not return.

Shimizu learned that a Batman from another world had opened a door that was consuming his world, and prepared to join Batman in stopping it. He called Barry for help and left the crisis’s outcome unresolved.

• Batman left Shimizu with Harvey Dent and advised him to reset the breaker before departing.
• Harvey Dent recounted how Thomas Wayne’s grief led him to open a door, return Bruce as a terrifying Batman, and plunge their world into darkness.
• Harvey told Shimizu that Batman had found the door in the sewers beneath central Gotham but could not close it.
• Shimizu prepared the White Warrior armor, gave Harvey a pistol, and called Barry to join them.
• Barry left his date with Alice after Shimizu warned him that the world’s survival was at stake.