Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary

Plot Points and Events

• Simu awakens in a strange realm filled with black-purple mist and terrifying negative energy. Assuming he is in hell, he calmly searches for mythical landmarks such as the Bridge of Helheim and Meng Po.
• The mist forms a gigantic, grotesque entity with scarlet eyes and bizarre manifestations of Simu’s own body. After briefly transforming Simu into a horrifying mass of misplaced body parts, the entity restores him to normal.
• The entity reveals that two people have arrived in the realm and hints that the seal imprisoning it—created centuries ago by the Otsutsuki—is weakening.
• Simu deduces that he may not truly be dead, that someone else arrived before him, and that the creature is an ancient being sealed by the Otsutsuki.
• The creature identifies itself as Lord Jashin and asks whether Simu will become a believer, perform blood sacrifices, and help break the seal so Jashin can return to the Shinobi World.
• A system interface appears, offering Simu the ability [Womb of the Creator] if he chooses to worship Jashin. Although initially hesitant, Simu enthusiastically pledges to offer the entire Shinobi World to Jashin.
• Pleased by Simu’s grand promise and obedient attitude, Jashin grants him the Immortal Body and begins transferring the Jashin Ritual. However, the ritual transfer stops prematurely, leaving Simu with only the Immortal Body for now.
• Simu is sent away with instructions to return and help free Jashin. Afterward, Jashin privately praises him as an ideal subordinate and compares him favorably with Hidan.

Character Developments

• Simu is established as calm, shamelessly opportunistic, and highly adaptable. Rather than fear Jashin, he studies the situation and manipulates the creature through exaggerated respect and empty promises.
• His willingness to pledge the entire Shinobi World demonstrates his cunning and lack of moral hesitation when rewards are involved.
• Simu gains a major power-up through Jashin’s gift of the Immortal Body, while the Jashin Ritual remains incomplete.
• Lord Jashin is portrayed as terrifying in appearance but childish, vain, gullible, and eager for praise. He is easily flattered by Simu and views him as a promising servant.
• Jashin’s comments reveal resentment toward the Otsutsuki and familiarity with Hidan, suggesting a broader connection to the established Naruto world.

Significant Themes

• Manipulation and deception: Simu survives by telling Jashin exactly what he wants to hear, showing that rhetoric can be as valuable as strength.
• Power through allegiance: Both the system and Jashin reward Simu for submitting to a powerful figure, linking loyalty with supernatural advancement.
• Dark humor and grotesque imagery: The chapter combines horror elements—body distortion, hellish mist, and Jashin’s monstrous form—with absurd jokes and exaggerated dialogue.
• Moral flexibility: Simu embraces the role of a potential villain without hesitation, treating the promise to destroy or conquer the Shinobi World as a convenient bargaining tool.
• Subversion of expectations: Although Jashin appears terrifying, his vanity and gullibility make him less intimidating, while Simu’s calm manipulation gives him unexpected control over the encounter.

Character Interactions

• Simu and Jashin form an immediate dynamic of false devotion and delighted exploitation.
• Simu uses respectful titles and theatrical worship to flatter Jashin, while Jashin rewards him with power and assumes his promises are sincere.
• Jashin contrasts Simu with the previously arrived “wooden-headed idiot,” later identified indirectly as Hidan, making Simu appear especially intelligent and loyal by comparison.
• Their relationship is established as mutually beneficial but unstable: Jashin wants a servant to free him, while Simu intends to exploit Jashin’s generosity for personal power.

Plot Points and Events

• The Jashin Cult holds an annual festival in an underground hall, offering sacrifices to their god, Jashin.
• Hidan, a trainee, sneaks into the blood pool and emerges as the first recipient of Jashin's blessing.
• Another figure, Simu, also emerges from the blood pool, claiming to be the chief representative of Jashin.
• Hidan and Simu clash, with Hidan demonstrating his ability to reflect damage onto others using the Jashin Ritual.
• Simu remains unharmed, dismissing Hidan's attacks as weak. Hidan is beheaded by an unknown assailant.

Character Developments

• Hidan: Proves himself to be a loyal and powerful follower of Jashin, but is arrogant and underestimates Simu.
• Simu: Shows calm and composure in the face of Hidan's attacks, revealing himself to be a formidable opponent.

Significant Themes

• Loyalty and devotion to Jashin.
• The power of the Jashin Ritual and its reflection of damage.
• The danger of underestimating one's opponents.

Character Interactions

• Hidan vs. Simu: Hidan initially underestimates Simu but pays the price for his arrogance.
• The High Priest: Observes the events with a calm demeanor, recognizing the power of Hidan and Simu.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Simu defeats Hidan in the Jashin Cult’s hall, pinning his head beneath his foot and mocking him relentlessly.
• Hidan attempts a surprise attack with his headless body, but Simu manifests two sharp, insect-like limbs and severs Hidan’s arms.
• Simu carries Hidan’s severed head under his arm while following the Cult Leader, treating Hidan more like an object or pet than a person.
• The Cult Leader orders the other members to reassemble and stitch Hidan’s body back together.
• Simu considers assassinating the Cult Leader but decides against it.
• The chapter reveals Simu’s true nature: he has reincarnated as the Blood Pool beneath Jashin’s statue. His humanoid body is merely an avatar created from the pool’s life energy.
• Simu’s system grants him the ability to absorb living creatures, analyze their genes and abilities, combine them, and create new races under his control.
• His insect-based weapons, including the mantis-like limbs, were created using this power.
• Simu realizes that Hidan’s immortality could allow him to repeatedly harvest Hidan’s blood and body parts for genetic research, particularly to analyze the mysterious “Jashin Gene.”
• The Cult Leader officially declares Simu and Hidan to be “God Children” of the Jashin Cult.
• Simu promises to help the Jashin Cult grow stronger, while Hidan remains focused on correcting Simu’s deliberately inaccurate statements about an elderly neighbor’s cat.

2. Character Developments

• Simu: Becomes increasingly confident, ruthless, and detached from human morality. He embraces his nonhuman identity and views his avatar as expendable. His humor and cruelty become more pronounced, especially in his treatment of Hidan. He also begins planning how to exploit Hidan’s immortality for experimentation.
• Hidan: Despite being decapitated and dismembered, he remains conscious and aggressive because of his immortality. However, Simu’s physical dominance and constant mockery leave him unusually frustrated and temporarily speechless.
• The Cult Leader: Initially authoritative, he quickly becomes exhausted and irritated by Simu and Hidan’s behavior. His attempts to impose order are repeatedly undermined, and by the end he appears emotionally worn down.
• Jashin Cultists: They are disturbed by Hidan’s living dismembered body and by Simu’s bizarre behavior, but they obey the Cult Leader and begin repairing Hidan.

3. Significant Themes

• Transformation and loss of humanity: Simu’s reincarnation as a Blood Pool separates him from ordinary human identity and morality.
• Creation through mutation and biology: The system’s power centers on consuming life, analyzing genes, and manufacturing new organisms, introducing themes of evolution, experimentation, and artificial creation.
• Immortality and exploitation: Hidan’s immortality protects him from death but leaves him vulnerable to being repeatedly dismembered or used as experimental material.
• Power and control: Simu can create beings that are naturally loyal to him, while the Cult Leader attempts to control both Simu and Hidan through religious authority.
• Comedy amid horror: Graphic violence, decapitation, and genetic experimentation are treated humorously, especially through Simu’s absurd cat comparisons and Hidan’s angry reactions.
• Religious ambition: Simu agrees to help expand the Jashin Cult, potentially aligning his personal growth and biological experiments with the cult’s larger goals.

4. Character Interactions

• Simu dominates Hidan physically and verbally, mocking his threats, comparing his screams to an old cat, and silencing him with threats of even more humiliating treatment.
• Hidan repeatedly curses Simu but is unable to overcome him, creating an antagonistic and comedic dynamic.
• The Cult Leader acts as an exasperated mediator, interrupting their arguments and trying to establish authority.
• The Cult Leader recognizes Simu and Hidan as blessed by Jashin and attempts to recruit them formally as God Children.
• Simu respectfully agrees to serve the cult, though his private thoughts reveal that his ambitions and methods are far more extreme than the Cult Leader understands.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Cult Leader returns to his room furious and removes his Jashin necklace, revealing his unstable and tyrannical side. He angrily questions why Jashin has not blessed him despite his years of service and sacrifices, while Hidan and Simu—especially the outsider Simu—have received greater recognition.
• His despair quickly turns into delusional hope. He convinces himself that Jashin is testing him and intends for him to steal the mysterious power from Simu and Hidan.
• Meanwhile, Simu carries Hidan’s severed head back to the main hall, where Hidan’s body is being repaired.
• Hidan initially complains about how Simu is carrying his head, but after Simu suggests killing all witnesses, Hidan realizes he could erase the incident by murdering the cultists. He briefly praises Simu’s intelligence and even offers to make him Deputy Cult Leader.
• Simu mocks Hidan by comparing him to excrement, provoking another furious threat from Hidan.
• For amusement—and partly to advance his research into the Jashin Gene—Simu kicks Hidan’s head into the Blood Pool. The chapter notes that this increases the analysis progress of the Jashin Gene to 0.004%.
• The frightened cultists retrieve Hidan’s head and obey Simu’s orders without resistance.
• Simu uses his newly demonstrated spider-silk ability, Koukaku: Spider, to stitch Hidan’s head back onto his body. However, because Hidan is lying face down, Simu accidentally attaches the head backward.
• Hidan erupts in rage, but Simu simply has his head cut off again, ending the chapter with Hidan’s horrified frustration.

Character Developments

• The Cult Leader: His public image as a revered spiritual leader contrasts sharply with his true personality: jealous, violent, unstable, and desperate for Jashin’s approval. His obsession with surpassing Hidan and Simu leads him to rationalize his rejection as a divine test.
• Simu: Remains calm, detached, and casually cruel. He treats Hidan’s severed head as a toy and experiments with his abilities without concern for Hidan’s dignity or anger. His use of spider silk for surgery demonstrates his growing mastery of his powers.
• Hidan: Despite his usual arrogance and aggression, he becomes more helpless and reactive while separated from his body. He attempts to regain control by offering Simu a position and threatening him, but his complaints gradually shift from objecting to decapitation to merely objecting to having his head kicked around.

Significant Themes

• Religious jealousy and fanaticism: The Cult Leader’s devotion to Jashin is revealed as self-serving, driven by a desire for recognition and power rather than genuine faith.
• Power and humiliation: Simu’s casual treatment of Hidan emphasizes the reversal of their power dynamic and repeatedly strips Hidan of his pride.
• Absurdity and dark comedy: Decapitation, resurrection, body stitching, and religious fanaticism are presented through slapstick humor, especially Hidan’s increasingly desperate reactions.
• The instability of identity and authority: The Cult Leader’s revered public persona hides a monstrous private self, while Hidan’s status as a feared immortal warrior is reduced to that of a helpless talking head.

Character Interactions

• The Cult Leader mentally addresses Jashin, expressing jealousy toward Hidan and Simu before convincing himself that his rejection is intentional.
• Hidan and Simu exchange sarcastic insults and threats, with Hidan repeatedly promising to kill Simu while remaining physically helpless.
• Simu intimidates the cultists into obeying him, and they assist in retrieving and repairing Hidan.
• Simu’s mistaken backward stitching creates the chapter’s final comic confrontation, ending with Hidan’s head being severed yet again.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Kamizuki Simu wakes up and is tasked to go to the laboratory but heads to the cafeteria instead.
• Hidan attempts to assassinate Kamizuki Simu for the fourth time, but his head is chopped off and taken by Kamizuki Simu.
• Kamizuki Simu takes Hidan's head to the cafeteria, causing fear and avoidance among the cultists.
• Kamizuki Simu feeds Hidan and enjoys his meal, while Hidan expresses his resentment.

Character Developments

• Kamizuki Simu shows indifference to Hidan's threats and continues his daily activities, revealing his powerful abilities and lack of fear.
• Hidan's reckless and impulsive nature is further emphasized, as he continues to attempt assassinations despite repeated failures.

Significant Themes

• Power dynamics: Kamizuki Simu's power and indifference contrast with Hidan's weakness and desperation.
• Fear and respect: The cultists fear Hidan but also respect Kamizuki Simu's ability to handle him.
• Masochism and respectability: The cultists and their deity, Jashin, are portrayed as not being entirely respectable.

Character Interactions

• Kamizuki Simu and Hidan: Kamizuki Simu treats Hidan like a pet, while Hidan is enraged by this treatment and vows revenge.
• Kamizuki Simu and the Cultists: The cultists fear Kamizuki Simu and avoid him due to his association with Hidan.
• Hidan and the Cultists: The cultists fear Hidan and avoid him, but also express admiration for his connection to Jashin.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Hidan is brought to the laboratory by Simu after a meal.
• The Cult Leader questions Hidan and Simu about their abilities granted by Jashin.
• Hidan demonstrates his immortality and curse power, the Jashin Ritual, which allows him to transfer damage to his enemies.
• Simu demonstrates his ability to heal Hidan's body.
• Hidan performs a ritual using his own blood to curse a bandit, causing him to deflate and die.

Character Developments

• Hidan: Reveals his immortality and curse power, showcasing his reckless and arrogant personality. He also displays a desire for revenge against Simu.
• Simu: Shows no reaction to Hidan's threats, indicating his calm and collected demeanor. He also demonstrates his healing ability.
• The Cult Leader: Feels jealous and resentful of Hidan's abilities, questioning why Jashin blessed Hidan over him. He oversees the experiments on Hidan.

Significant Themes

• Power dynamics and jealousy within the Jashin Cult.
• The consequences of Hidan's immortality and curse power.
• The contrast between Hidan's reckless behavior and Simu's calm demeanor.

Character Interactions

• Hidan and Simu: Their interactions are hostile, with Hidan threatening Simu and Simu showing no fear.
• Hidan and The Cult Leader: The Cult Leader feels jealous of Hidan's abilities and oversees the experiments on him.
• Hidan and the Bandit: Hidan curses the bandit, causing him to die, showcasing the power of his Jashin Ritual.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• In the Jashin Cult’s laboratory, Hidan performs a ritual sacrifice on a captured bandit. He repeatedly injures himself—first in the chest, then the thigh, and finally through the heart—causing the same wounds to appear on the bandit through the Jashin ritual.
• The bandit attempts to escape but collapses after Hidan pierces his own thigh. Hidan’s final self-inflicted heart wound kills the bandit, demonstrating his Immortal Body and the ritual’s lethal link.
• Simu dismisses the ritual as “boring,” provoking Hidan to attack him. Simu effortlessly dodges and decapitates Hidan, once again proving his superiority in combat.
• Simu teases Hidan by suggesting he might sacrifice Hidan to Lord Jashin, causing Hidan to panic because he believes he must continue killing in Jashin’s name.
• At the Cult Leader’s request, Simu reveals his own powers. He claims to have inherited portions of Lord Jashin’s body, manifested as three monstrous Kagune:
  • Centipede, emerging from his spine
  • Mantis, forming from his ribs and resembling scythes
  • Spider, producing eight limbs and silk used to stitch wounds
• Simu declares his ambition to sacrifice the entire Shinobi World to Lord Jashin. Hidan enthusiastically supports the idea, while the Cult Leader secretly resolves to acquire both of their abilities and become the one who offers the world to Jashin.

Character Developments

• Hidan is shown as fanatically devoted, sadistic, and fearless toward his own death. However, Simu’s threat to sacrifice him reveals that he does possess fear when his ability to continue serving Jashin is endangered.
• Simu displays overwhelming combat ability, emotional control, and a disturbing level of ambition. He presents his Kagune as fragments of Jashin’s body and positions himself as someone capable of pursuing a grander mission than Hidan’s simple bloodlust.
• The Cult Leader becomes increasingly envious and ambitious. Rather than merely worshipping Jashin, he begins plotting to obtain the others’ powers and claim the glory of sacrificing the entire world himself.

Significant Themes

• Fanaticism and religious devotion: Hidan and Simu interpret their powers as divine gifts and willingly commit horrific acts in Jashin’s name.
• Competition for divine favor: Although the characters worship the same deity, they compete over who is the most favored and loyal servant.
• Power and ambition: The chapter contrasts Hidan’s immediate obsession with killing against Simu’s world-scale goal and the Cult Leader’s desire to surpass them both.
• Immortality and bodily violence: Hidan’s regenerative immortality and Simu’s grotesque transformations emphasize the disturbing physical nature of Jashin’s power.
• The meaning of loyalty: Each character claims devotion to Jashin, but the final narration suggests the Cult Leader views loyalty as ownership and supremacy—he alone wants to be “Lord Jashin’s most loyal dog.”

Character Interactions

• Hidan and the bandit: Hidan terrorizes and sacrifices the bandit, treating his fear and suffering as an ideal offering.
• Hidan and Simu: Their relationship combines hostility, rivalry, and unusual mutual interest. Hidan attacks Simu when insulted, yet remains eager to see Simu’s powers. Simu repeatedly defeats and mocks him but appears to regard him as a useful fellow servant of Jashin.
• Simu and the Cult Leader: Simu calmly explains his abilities while the Cult Leader observes and evaluates him. The Cult Leader recognizes Simu as more powerful than Hidan but secretly intends to claim both powers.
• Hidan and the Cult Leader: Hidan’s fanaticism impresses the Cult Leader, but the Leader also views him as an obstacle and potential source of power rather than merely a fellow believer.

Summary of “Knowledge Is Power”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Jashin Cult Leader praises Simu and Hidan for receiving Lord Jashin’s blessings and urges them to help spread the cult’s influence.
• Hidan says he wants to kill everyone and sacrifice them to Jashin, while Simu argues that sacrificing the entire Shinobi World is the proper goal. Their argument nearly escalates until Simu threatens to sew Hidan’s head onto a giant pig.
• The Cult Leader explains that their blessings are powerful but not yet fully developed. He draws blood from both of them to study their abilities and discover how to unlock their greater potential.
• Hidan shows an unexpected aversion to needles, despite his usual fearlessness toward blood and self-mutilation.
• Because Simu’s Kagune is too hard for an ordinary needle to pierce, the Cult Leader uses a chakra-enhanced kunai to cut it and collect additional samples.
• Simu learns that the mysterious energy used by the Cult Leader is chakra, a combination of spiritual and physical energy that enables ninjutsu and defines the power of shinobi.
• Rather than immediately teaching Simu ninjutsu, the Cult Leader advises him to first master the abilities granted by Jashin.
• After leaving the laboratory, Simu decides to study the Jashin Cult’s historical records so he can better understand the world and its power system. He forces Hidan to guide him by threatening to attach Hidan’s body to a giant boar’s head.

Character Developments

• Simu is revealed to be highly cautious, analytical, and motivated by knowledge. He deliberately avoids acting before understanding the Shinobi World’s power structure and recognizes chakra as an important source of strength.
• Hidan remains impulsive, violent, and fanatically devoted to Jashin, but his reaction to the syringe reveals a comedic weakness: he is repulsed by needles. He is also easily intimidated by Simu’s threats.
• The Cult Leader is both condescending and increasingly impressed by Simu. He sees Simu as potentially useful and even considers sparing him in the future. He also believes he must endure the difficult personalities of his followers as part of Jashin’s test.

Significant Themes

• Knowledge as power: Simu understands that information about chakra, ninjutsu, and the Shinobi World is essential before making strategic decisions.
• Power and cultivation: The characters possess great abilities but must learn how to develop and control them fully.
• Caution versus recklessness: Simu’s careful planning contrasts sharply with Hidan’s thoughtless enthusiasm for killing.
• Dark humor and absurdity: Threats involving sewing bodies onto animals, Hidan’s needle aversion, and his imaginary violence create a grotesque comedic tone.
• Fanaticism: Both Hidan and Simu frame their ambitions as acts of devotion to Jashin, though Simu approaches this devotion in a calculated and strategic way.

Character Interactions

• Hidan and Simu repeatedly clash over their interpretations of serving Jashin, with Simu overpowering Hidan through intimidation rather than argument.
• The Cult Leader treats Simu as a potential asset while regarding Hidan as irritating and unintelligent.
• Simu carefully questions the Cult Leader about chakra, establishing a teacher-student dynamic, though Simu remains focused on gathering knowledge for his own purposes.
• At the chapter’s end, Simu again controls Hidan through threats, compelling him to lead the way to the cult’s historical records.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Simu and Hidan arrive at the Jashin Cult's archive room, which is in disarray and neglected.
• Simu discovers a book titled "Ancient Deities," detailing various gods and their powers, including Jashin, the God of Death, and the Sage of Six Paths.
• Simu learns about the Shinobi World's history, including the Five Great Nations, the Kage system, and the transition from tribal societies to national regimes.
• He finds limited information about the period between the Age of Gods and the Warring States Period, and the establishment of the first hidden village by Senju Hashirama.

Character Developments

• Simu demonstrates his intelligence and curiosity, becoming intrigued by the Shinobi World's secrets.
• Hidan shows his lack of intelligence and understanding, being proud of Simu's backhanded compliment.

Significant Themes

• The power dynamics and political systems of the Shinobi World.
• The existence and disappearance of ancient deities and the Sage of Six Paths.
• The curiosity and desire for knowledge, as exemplified by Simu.

Character Interactions

• Simu and Hidan's dynamic continues, with Simu showing frustration and Hidan remaining oblivious.
• The Jashin Cult members fear Simu and Hidan, treating them with extreme respect and caution.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Simu, after reading for a day, ignores Hidan's hunger until Hidan decides to prove his immortal body's greatness by not eating.
• Simu orders food for Hidan and eaves him eat it, then sews Hidan's head back on and goes to sleep.
• Hidan, starving, sneaks out to eat and finds a scroll in his pork cutlet with a message from Simu.
• The blood pool in the temple starts boiling, forming the character 'Ji', indicating Lord Jashin's manifestation.
• The Cult Leader orders increased sacrifices to Lord Jashin, benefiting Simu's energy replenishment.

Character Developments

• Hidan: Starts off hungry and irritated, then becomes determined to prove his immortal body's greatness by not eating. He later sneaks out to eat, showing his weakness despite his resolve.
• Simu: Shows indifference to Hidan's hunger, then uses food to taunt Hidan. He manipulates the situation to benefit his own energy replenishment.

Significant Themes

• Manipulation: Simu manipulates Hidan and the Jashin Cult for his own benefit.
• Immortal Body vs. Hunger: Hidan's resolve to prove his immortal body's greatness is challenged by his hunger.
• Lord Jashin's Manifestation: The blood pool's boiling and the formation of the character 'Ji' indicate Lord Jashin's active presence.

Character Interactions

• Simu and Hidan: Their interaction revolves around Hidan's hunger and Simu's manipulation of the situation.
• The Cult Leader and the Cultists: They interact in response to Lord Jashin's manifestation, increasing sacrifices to please him.

Chapter Summary: “Three Months, Hidan Loses His Cool”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Over the course of three months, the Jashin Cult gathers enormous quantities of animals, purchased creatures, and slaves to use as sacrificial offerings.
• The sacrifices are made in the Blood Pool beneath Jashin’s statue, unknowingly feeding Simu, whose body has transmigrated into the pool.
• Simu absorbs vast amounts of life energy and genetic material. Using the Womb of the Primordial Creator, he continually creates and upgrades new Jashin Race creatures.
• Lord Jashin also benefits from the sacrifices. His connection to the Divine Statue grows stronger, and he believes he may escape his imprisonment within two or three years.
• However, the cult’s finances are nearly exhausted because of the massive cost of maintaining the sacrifices.
• Kikuchi Miura, the cult’s chief steward and former second-ranking member, returns with a request from Sakamoto Trading Company: eliminate Gato, a shipping magnate from the Land of Waves who threatens Sakamoto’s business interests.
• The Cult Leader initially hesitates, but accepts after learning that Sakamoto will increase his annual financial support to fifty million ryo.
• Before the matter can proceed, an explosion interrupts the meeting: Hidan and Simu are fighting again.

Character Developments

• Simu grows increasingly powerful by absorbing life energy and collecting genetic traits. His experiments and creations expand rapidly, making him an even more dangerous opponent.
• Lord Jashin becomes more optimistic and confident as his physical manifestation through the Divine Statue strengthens. He credits Simu more than Hidan for the cult’s progress.
• The Cult Leader becomes visibly exhausted and stressed from managing the cult’s financial crisis and the constant conflict between the two God Children. Despite this, he remains practical and immediately agrees to profitable work.
• Kikuchi Miura is established as a highly capable and important figure responsible for the cult’s finances, external operations, assassinations, extortion, and other criminal activities.
• Hidan has dramatically improved his taijutsu through repeated life-threatening battles with Simu. Nevertheless, he has still never defeated Simu, causing his pride and temper to deteriorate.

Character Interactions

• Lord Jashin privately evaluates Simu and Hidan, concluding that Simu is the true source of the cult’s success while mocking Hidan as unintelligent.
• Kikuchi Miura notices the Cult Leader’s deteriorated appearance and expresses concern, though the leader refuses to explain the situation.
• The Cult Leader and Miura negotiate the mission involving Gato, with the increased payment persuading the leader to accept.
• Hidan attacks Simu with a spear, but Simu effortlessly counters him using his Kagune and a burrowing centipede-like creature.
• Simu taunts Hidan by implying that his anger is powerless, worsening Hidan’s humiliation and rage.
• Driven to desperation, Hidan reveals that he has covered himself with explosive tags and threatens to kill both himself and Simu.

Significant Themes

• Power through sacrifice and exploitation: The cult’s growing strength depends on consuming living beings, while its financial survival depends on criminal work and wealthy patrons.
• The contrast between intelligence and brute force: Simu’s creativity and biological abilities allow him to dominate Hidan despite Hidan’s relentless physical training.
• Pride and frustration: Hidan’s repeated defeats transform his training into an obsession, making him increasingly reckless.
• Faith and manipulation: The cult’s religious devotion is intertwined with money, political influence, and violence, while Jashin benefits from the followers’ sacrifices without directly intervening.
• Escalating danger: Simu’s experiments, Jashin’s approaching release, and Hidan’s willingness to use mass explosives all suggest that the cult’s activities are moving toward a larger crisis.

Chapter Summary: Mom Never Has to Worry About Me Getting Beheaded Again

Key Plot Points and Events

• Hidan launches another explosive attack against Simu in the Jashin Cult’s cafeteria, destroying the building and nearly killing the surrounding cult members.
• Hidan survives being buried and badly burned, but Simu emerges unharmed thanks to his newly developed [Koukaku: Ant-Man], a hardened exoskeleton capable of resisting blades and explosions.
• Simu beheads Hidan again, demonstrating that Hidan’s attack was dangerous but ultimately unsuccessful.
• The frustrated Cult Leader orders Simu and Hidan to leave headquarters and undertake a mission: assassinate the wealthy criminal Gato.
• Senior cult member Kikuchi Miura is assigned to guide them. His sarcastic comment about needing “brains” provokes Hidan, though Simu explains that Miura was insulting Hidan’s intelligence rather than his faith.
• Before departing, Simu takes Hidan to the Blood Pool and performs a biological enhancement experiment.
• Simu implants a custom Kagune, [Koukaku: Parasitic Spider], into Hidan’s body. The parasite’s enhanced silk can reconnect severed body parts, allowing Hidan to recover even if he is chopped apart.
• Hidan reacts with excitement and triumph, proudly declaring that his repeated beheadings will no longer be a problem.

Character Developments

• Simu continues expanding his abilities and proves increasingly inventive and difficult to defeat. His development of the Ant-Man exoskeleton shows his adaptability after Hidan’s previous attacks.
• Simu also demonstrates growing control over the environment around the Shrine, using underground insect tunnels, blood vessels, and Army Ants to monitor and exploit a ten-kilometer area.
• Hidan remains reckless, violent, and incapable of learning through ordinary punishment. His immortality makes him fearless, but his rivalry with Simu repeatedly causes destruction for the cult.
• Hidan’s new Parasitic Spider Kagune strengthens his immortality and turns his tendency to be decapitated into an even less meaningful weakness.
• The Cult Leader becomes increasingly exhausted and desperate to remove Simu and Hidan from headquarters before they destroy more of the Shrine.
• Kikuchi Miura is introduced as a disciplined, faith-driven senior member who is expected to supervise the chaotic pair.

Significant Themes

• Escalating power and adaptation: Simu continually develops new biological weapons and defenses in response to threats.
• Immortality and bodily transformation: Hidan’s regeneration is enhanced through grotesque experimentation, blurring the line between human, parasite, and weapon.
• Chaos versus control: Hidan embodies reckless destruction, while Simu remains calculating and methodical—even when manipulating Hidan.
• Faith and intelligence: The chapter humorously contrasts Hidan’s unquestioning religious devotion with his lack of common sense.
• Weaponization of allies: The Cult Leader sends Simu and Hidan on a mission not only to fulfill the cult’s goals but also to keep them away from headquarters.

Character Interactions

• Simu and Hidan maintain a hostile but familiar partnership. Hidan repeatedly challenges Simu, while Simu casually defeats and manipulates him.
• The Cult Leader treats them as dangerous liabilities, using the mission to force them into productive service.
• Miura attempts to establish authority, but Hidan immediately takes offense at his remark. Simu mediates the misunderstanding while subtly reinforcing the insult.
• Simu’s “major makeover” of Hidan reveals their unusual dynamic: Simu acts as both rival and experimenter, while Hidan reluctantly becomes the test subject.

Chapter Summary: “I Knew It Was You, Hidan!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After three months of experimentation, Simu completes a major upgrade of the Jashin races under his control and creates several new species.
• The Jashin Cult’s reputation rises to 771, though it still needs to reach 2,000 for Simu’s next level.
• Simu improves the original Kagune races:
  • Weihe: Centipede gains a ten-meter attack range, steel-like armor, and lethal venom.
  • Koukaku: Spider evolves into Hidan’s Parasitic Spider, allowing spider silk to be produced from any part of the body.
  • Rinkaku: Mantis becomes faster, sharper, and more efficient in combat.
  • Koukaku: Ant-Man is newly created, granting its host a protective exoskeleton.
• He also creates:
  • Ravens, which share their vision with Simu and function as scouts or distractions.
  • Black Beetles, which can sense their surroundings, store energy, tear apart prey, and transport bodies.
• Simu secretly replaces the crows near the Jashin Cult’s headquarters with his ravens and fills the surrounding environment with black beetles. Through them, he gains near-total surveillance of the Shrine and its surroundings.
• Wanting even more resources and intelligence, Simu uses the Womb of the Primordial Creator on a massive scale. He produces countless black beetles and begins incubating more than a hundred Kagune.
• The process drains all of Simu’s stored energy and begins consuming his life force. Because of Jashin’s blessing and his Immortal Body, Simu can survive the expenditure.
• This enormous use of life force causes Lord Jashin’s accumulated energy to be rapidly drained. Jashin detects the source through the Divine Statue and sees Simu floating in the Blood Pool, appearing to enjoy the process.
• Mistaking Simu for Hidan, Jashin angrily concludes: “I knew it was you, Hidan!”

Character Developments

• Kamizuki Simu becomes increasingly powerful, resourceful, and ambitious. He expands from creating individual combat organisms to building an entire biological surveillance and support network.
• Simu demonstrates a willingness to exploit both his Immortal Body and Lord Jashin’s resources without hesitation. His calm manipulation of Jashin shows growing confidence and cunning.
• Lord Jashin is revealed to be highly protective of its accumulated energy and easily angered when that energy is consumed. Its misunderstanding of Simu’s identity provides the chapter’s comedic twist.
• Hidan remains important indirectly through the Parasitic Spider and Jashin’s mistaken accusation, though he does not actively appear.

Significant Themes

• Expansion of power and control: Simu’s creations allow him to monitor, influence, and eventually dominate his surroundings.
• Resource exploitation: The chapter emphasizes the tension between Simu’s endless ambition and the limited energy available to him and Jashin.
• Immortality as a tool: Simu’s Immortal Body is not merely defensive; he uses it as fuel for experimentation and mass production.
• Faith and reputation: The Jashin Cult’s growing reputation determines Simu’s progression, linking religious influence to tangible power.
• Comedy through misunderstanding: Jashin’s fury at being drained is undercut by its mistaken belief that Hidan is responsible.

Character Interactions

• Simu indirectly pressures Lord Jashin by arguing that the cult needs energy to spread its faith, effectively manipulating his patron into supporting further production.
• Simu’s creations function as extensions of his will, giving him an ongoing connection to the cult’s headquarters and surrounding area.
• Lord Jashin observes Simu through the Divine Statue but misidentifies him as Hidan, creating the chapter’s final joke and setting up possible conflict between Jashin, Simu, and Hidan.

Chapter Summary: “Hidan’s Solution”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After bathing in the Blood Pool, Hidan provokes Simu by calling him useless. Simu responds by beheading him with a blood shadow.
• Hidan uses spider silk and his Immortal Body to reconnect his head and body, becoming convinced that the Kagune implanted in him makes him nearly unbeatable.
• He challenges Simu, claiming he can now defeat him. Simu effortlessly overwhelms him with a blood-colored storm, cutting him into eight pieces.
• Hidan attempts to regenerate, but Simu reveals that he personally created the Kagune and can control the parasitic spiders inside Hidan. Hidan is therefore unable to reassemble himself.
• Simu explains that although the Kagune cannot help Hidan defeat him, it may serve as a useful weapon against other enemies. Hidan angrily rejects the idea and vows revenge.
• Simu gathers numerous Kakuhou from the Blood Pool, intending to use them during the upcoming mission to spread the reputation of Jashin-sama and help the Jashin Cult’s Raising Mini-game level up.
• Simu and Hidan meet Kikuchi Miura and two other cult members, who are assigned to supervise them and prevent Hidan from causing excessive trouble.
• The group begins traveling through the forest toward Shuiyu Village. Their mission is to contact an informant named Sakamoto, gather information on Gato, and assassinate Gato at the headquarters of his shipping company.
• Hidan dismisses the need for intelligence gathering, arguing that only weak people need preparation and that the strong should simply kill their enemies immediately.

Character Developments

• Hidan: His confidence becomes even more exaggerated after discovering that the Kagune can help him reconnect his body. However, Simu’s control over the Kagune exposes Hidan’s dependence on him and humiliates him. Despite repeatedly being defeated, Hidan remains defiant, aggressive, and determined to seek revenge.
• Simu: He demonstrates complete superiority over Hidan and establishes that the Kagune is not an independent power but something he can control at will. Simu also shows his practical and opportunistic nature by collecting Kakuhou to promote Jashin-sama and advance the cult’s interests.
• Kikuchi Miura: He acts as the responsible mission supervisor, emphasizing planning and intelligence. His irritation with Hidan contrasts with Hidan’s reckless attitude.
• The two assistants: Their fear of Hidan and Simu highlights the reputation and intimidating status of the “God Children” within the Jashin Cult.

Significant Themes

• Power versus confidence: Hidan’s belief in his own invincibility repeatedly clashes with Simu’s actual, overwhelming control.
• Dependence disguised as strength: The Kagune appears to make Hidan stronger, but Simu’s ability to deactivate it proves that Hidan’s new power is ultimately dependent on someone else.
• Recklessness versus preparation: Hidan favors direct violence, while Kikuchi Miura insists on gathering intelligence before an assassination.
• Fanaticism and religious ambition: Simu treats the mission as an opportunity not only to kill for Jashin-sama but also to expand the cult’s reputation and resources.
• Dark comedy: Hidan’s repeated dismemberment, his enthusiastic masochism, and his boastful threats create a grotesque comedic contrast with the otherwise serious mission.

Character Interactions

• Simu repeatedly humiliates Hidan by cutting him apart and calmly explaining the limits of the Kagune.
• Hidan responds with insults, threats, and boasts, refusing to acknowledge Simu’s superiority even after being defeated.
• Kikuchi Miura attempts to impose discipline and explain the mission, but Hidan openly mocks his cautious approach.
• The other cult members remain silent and intimidated, reinforcing the fear surrounding Hidan and Simu.

Chapter Summary: The Real Shinobi World

Plot points and events

Hidan, Simu, Kikuchi Miura, and two Jashin Cult followers arrive at a small town. Hidan is distracted by the smell of tonkatsu, and he and Simu devour dozens of plates without realizing—or caring—that they must pay. When the shop owner asks for payment, Hidan summons Miura using an emergency Jashin Cult signal flare. Miura is furious that the signal was used for such a trivial reason. When Hidan and Simu casually announce that they intend to visit the hot springs, Miura attempts to assert authority by killing the shopkeeper in one swift strike and declaring that members of the Jashin Cult must obey him. Rather than being intimidated, Hidan and Simu openly challenge him, creating an imminent confrontation.

Character developments

• Hidan is shown as gluttonous, impulsive, disrespectful, and genuinely ignorant of ordinary social customs such as paying for food. His casual, almost playful attitude persists even in the face of Miura’s violence.
• Simu remains calm, detached, and physically abnormal, possessing an enormous capacity to consume food by converting it rapidly into energy. Though usually indifferent, he supports Hidan when Miura attempts to dominate them.
• Kikuchi Miura emerges as authoritarian, short-tempered, and ruthless. His killing of the shopkeeper is a calculated attempt to intimidate Hidan and Simu, but his strategy backfires and exposes his insecurity about maintaining control.
• The two other cult followers are cautious and fearful, aware of the danger posed by both Miura and the God Children.

Character interactions

Hidan and Simu share a teasing, irreverent relationship, joking about their appetites and treating their mission casually. Hidan relies on Miura to resolve the payment problem, unintentionally humiliating him. Miura responds by murdering the shopkeeper and ordering the pair to obey him. Hidan asks Simu for permission to kill Miura, and Simu’s approval demonstrates their mutual understanding and alliance against Miura’s authority.

Significant themes

The chapter emphasizes the brutality and moral lawlessness of the shinobi world. Human life is treated as insignificant, as Miura kills an innocent shopkeeper over a minor dispute and the surrounding family’s grief is ignored. It also explores power, hierarchy, and the struggle for dominance within the Jashin Cult. Miura tries to enforce authority through fear, but Hidan and Simu’s disregard for conventional power makes intimidation ineffective. The final confrontation suggests that the cult’s internal divisions may be as dangerous as its enemies.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Kikuchi Miura orders two Jashin Cult members to teach Hidan and Simu a lesson.
• Hidan and the cultists engage in a fight. Hidan, despite being wounded, displays immense speed and strength, surprising Kikuchi Miura.
• Hidan kills one cultist by impaling both himself and the cultist on his spear, expressing his devotion to Jashin.
• Hidan challenges Kikuchi Miura next.

Character Developments

• Hidan: Shows significant improvement in taijutsu under Simu's training, demonstrating increased speed, strength, and ferocity. His devotion to Jashin is further emphasized.
• Kikuchi Miura: Realizes that Hidan's strength has grown beyond his expectations, making the situation more challenging.

Significant Themes

• Faith and Devotion: Hidan's actions highlight his unwavering faith and devotion to Jashin, contrasting with the other cultists' lack of devotion.
• Power and Fear: Hidan's display of power instills fear in the cultists and Kikuchi Miura, illustrating the relationship between power and respect in the Jashin Cult.

Character Interactions

• Hidan vs. Jashin Cult Members: Hidan's fight with the cultists showcases his improved skills and fanatical devotion, striking fear into his opponents.
• Kikuchi Miura and Hidan: Kikuchi Miura underestimates Hidan initially but becomes concerned when he witnesses Hidan's growth, setting up a potential conflict between them.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Hidan easily defeats two of Kikuchi Miura's subordinates.
• Kikuchi Miura faces off against Hidan and Simu.
• Kikuchi Miura uses a powerful Water Release ninjutsu, "Water Wave Technique," which Hidan struggles to withstand.
• Hidan is swept away and slammed into ruins, but his immortal body quickly recovers.
• Kikuchi Miura uses paper bombs to attack Hidan, but Hidan enjoys the burning sensation.
• Hidan charges at Kikuchi Miura, who turns himself into water to explode and trap Hidan.
• Kikuchi Miura uses the "Underwater Decapitation Technique" to behead Hidan again.

Character Developments

• Kikuchi Miura demonstrates his confidence and skill in battle, using various ninjutsu and strategies to counter Hidan's immortal body.
• Hidan shows his reckless and arrogant nature, underestimating his opponents and enjoying the sensation of pain.
• Simu observes the battle, learning about ninjutsu and analyzing the combatants' strategies.

Significant Themes

• The power and limitations of immortal bodies.
• The use of ninjutsu and its versatility in battle.
• The contrast between Hidan's reckless behavior and Kikuchi Miura's strategic approach.

Character Interactions

• Hidan and Kikuchi Miura engage in a fierce battle, with Hidan underestimating his opponent and Kikuchi Miura using his knowledge of ninjutsu to counter Hidan's immortal body.
• Simu observes the battle, learning from it and occasionally commenting on the events unfolding.
• There is no significant interaction between Simu and the other characters in this chapter.

Chapter Summary: “Hidan: Kagune Smelled Amazing!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Kikuchi Miura initially defeats Hidan through a carefully planned combination of Water Release techniques, explosive tags, a Water Clone, and Water Prison. He pins Hidan’s head into the ground and assumes the supposedly powerful “God Child” has been easily beaten.
• Simu praises Miura’s tactics but points out that Miura has already exhausted much of his Chakra. Angered by Simu’s confidence, Miura attacks him with the Body Flicker Technique.
• Just as Miura attempts to strike Simu, Hidan reveals that he is still active. Using the Parasitic Spider ability, Hidan launches a black spear attached to threads from his severed neck and forces Miura to abandon his attack.
• Hidan restores his head, breaks free of the water binding, and obtains Miura’s blood from the wound on his cheek. He begins his Jashin ritual by transforming his appearance, drawing the Jashin symbol, and injuring himself.
• Miura tries to interrupt the ritual with Water Release, but Hidan stabs himself through the mouth with the spear, disrupting Miura’s Chakra and preventing him from completing the technique.
• Hidan taunts Miura and deliberately allows him to stab him through the heart. Because of Hidan’s ritual, the injury is transferred to Miura, who suffers a fatal wound and collapses.
• After killing Miura, Hidan savors the blood and the pain as an act of devotion to Jashin. Simu teases him about secretly improving his Parasitic Spider technique, prompting Hidan to defensively deny it.
• Once Simu and Hidan leave, the villagers emerge and reflect on their helplessness in a world where ordinary people have no means of opposing ninja violence.
• A massive flock of Ravens arrives, devours the three bodies, and carries the remains back to the Jashin Cult headquarters. Simu uses the flesh and blood to reconstruct and analyze Miura’s body.
• Simu begins researching Miura’s Water Release abilities, recording progress in analyzing the genetic traits associated with a “[Water Release Ninja]” and studying the relationship between ninja physiology, Chakra, and ninjutsu.

Character Developments

• Hidan: Demonstrates that his apparent defeat was part of his opponent’s miscalculation. He makes increasingly effective use of the Parasitic Spider ability and displays his characteristic sadism, religious fanaticism, and enjoyment of self-inflicted pain. His ritual killing of Miura reinforces his confidence and devotion to Jashin.
• Kikuchi Miura: Begins as a tactically skilled and confident ninja who takes pride in defeating Hidan. His arrogance grows after the initial victory, but his lack of Chakra and underestimation of Hidan leave him vulnerable. Once Hidan’s ritual begins, Miura becomes desperate and ultimately loses control, attacking recklessly and causing his own death.
• Simu: Remains calm, observant, and intellectually curious throughout the battle. He analyzes Miura’s tactics and limitations, subtly provokes him, and later treats the defeated ninja as valuable research material rather than simply an enemy.
• The villagers: Their reaction emphasizes their powerlessness. Rather than seeking revenge for the destruction around them, they feel relief that the battle has ended and accept their vulnerability to ninja conflicts.

Significant Themes

• Arrogance and misjudgment: Miura’s confidence after defeating Hidan blinds him to Hidan’s immortality and hidden abilities.
• Faith and fanaticism: Hidan interprets pain, blood, and death as sacred offerings to Jashin, turning combat into a religious ritual.
• Powerlessness of ordinary people: The villagers’ fear and resignation highlight the enormous divide between ninjas and civilians.
• Adaptation and strategy: The battle contrasts Miura’s sophisticated ninjutsu combinations with Hidan’s unconventional use of immortality and the Parasitic Spider.
• Scientific curiosity and exploitation: Simu views Miura’s remains as an opportunity to investigate Water Release genetics and the Chakra system, treating combat as a source of knowledge.
• Destruction as routine: The ruined village and bodies left behind demonstrate how ninja battles devastate civilians while the combatants pursue personal goals.

Character Interactions

• Simu and Miura: Simu’s polite praise quickly becomes subtle provocation when he notes Miura’s dwindling Chakra. Miura interprets Simu’s composure as arrogance and attacks him.
• Hidan and Miura: Their confrontation shifts from Miura’s apparent dominance to Hidan’s ritualistic revenge. Hidan repeatedly taunts Miura, while Miura’s fear and desperation grow until he blindly attacks.
• Simu and Hidan: After the battle, Simu lightly mocks Hidan’s improved use of the Parasitic Spider. Hidan’s exaggerated denial creates a humorous contrast with the gruesome ritual that preceded it.
• Simu and the villagers: Although Simu does not directly engage with the residents, his actions—and his later experimentation on the bodies—illustrate the detached perspective of powerful beings toward ordinary people and fallen enemies.

Chapter Summary: “Human or Pig?”

Key Plot Points and Events

• In a poor fishing village in the Land of Rivers, young Shiraishi Mori cares for his little sister, Rin, while they wait for their parents to return from fishing. Their parents have actually been taken away, likely because of the powerful Sakamoto Trading Company.
• The village is unnaturally silent, and a huge flock of crows arrives at dusk, creating an ominous atmosphere. Mori’s grandfather warns that an excess of crows is a bad omen.
• Two dangerous-looking men, Hidan and Simu, arrive at the family home. Hidan is loud, arrogant, and hungry, while Simu is restrained and polite but clearly intimidating.
• The grandfather allows them into the house and agrees to prepare food. Mori hides Rin beneath the bed to keep her safe.
• Hidan demands fried pork cutlets. Since the family has only one remaining piglet, the grandfather kills it and prepares it for the visitors.
• The grandfather identifies Hidan and Simu as members of the Jashin Cult, a group known for blood sacrifices and for massacring a neighboring village years earlier.
• He suspects their arrival is connected to the Sakamoto Trading Company, which has already taken Mori and Rin’s parents.
• Mori becomes angry and distressed, wanting to know why his parents were taken and whether the family is simply expected to submit. His grandfather insists that ordinary villagers cannot fight such powerful forces.
• As Mori watches the piglet being roasted, he realizes that his own situation is similar: like the pig tied to the rack, he and his family are powerless victims being controlled and sacrificed by stronger people.

Character Developments

• Shiraishi Mori: Revealed as protective, observant, and emotionally burdened. He hides his fear from Rin, resents the disappearance of his parents, and shows growing anger toward the Sakamoto Trading Company. His comparison between himself and the slaughtered pig expresses his developing awareness of his family’s helplessness.
• Shiraishi Rin: Innocent and dependent on Mori, she trusts his reassurance that their parents will return. Her presence emphasizes Mori’s protective role.
• The grandfather: Frail but experienced and cautious. He recognizes the danger posed by Hidan and Simu and prioritizes survival, even at the cost of sacrificing the family’s last pig. His knowledge of the Jashin Cult reveals the region’s history of violence.
• Hidan: Irreverent, crude, and self-centered. He treats the impoverished family as servants and focuses primarily on satisfying his hunger. His casual brutality makes him threatening.
• Simu: More controlled and courteous than Hidan, but still dangerous. His calm attitude and implied willingness to kill make him an unsettling contrast to Hidan’s overtly obnoxious behavior.

Significant Themes

• Powerlessness and oppression: The villagers are trapped between the Sakamoto Trading Company and violent outsiders such as the Jashin Cult.
• Sacrifice and survival: The piglet is sacrificed to appease the visitors, mirroring the possible sacrifice of Mori’s family and the villagers’ inability to resist.
• Innocence amid violence: Rin’s childlike faith contrasts with the harsh reality of missing parents, murder, and exploitation.
• Fear and submission: The grandfather’s obedience reflects how ordinary people survive by yielding to stronger forces.
• Humanity versus dehumanization: Mori’s final comparison of himself to the pig suggests that oppressive systems reduce people to disposable objects.

Important Character Interactions

• Mori reassures Rin about their parents, concealing his own grief.
• The grandfather orders the children inside when the mysterious men approach, showing his instinct to protect them.
• Hidan rudely commands the grandfather to cook, while Simu’s relative politeness creates a tense contrast.
• The grandfather explains the Jashin Cult and Sakamoto Trading Company to Mori, revealing the larger dangers surrounding the family.
• Mori challenges his grandfather’s acceptance of their situation, exposing the conflict between resistance and pragmatic survival.

Chapter Summary: “Sakamoto Trading Company”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Hidan and Simu visit Shuiyu Village and are hosted by an elderly fisherman, who serves them a grilled pork chop from the family’s only suckling pig.
• Hidan behaves arrogantly and threatens the family, while Simu remains outwardly polite and restrains him.
• Simu gives pork chops to the old man’s grandchildren, Shiraishi Mori and Shiraishi Rin, who eagerly eat the meat because their family has been impoverished since Sakamoto Trading Company detained their parents.
• Simu asks why the village has so few young people. After Hidan intimidates him, the old fisherman explains that Sakamoto Trading Company plans to build an offshore gambling city and has forbidden the villagers from fishing in the surrounding waters.
• With farming impossible and fishing prohibited, Mori’s parents led the villagers in protest. Sakamoto Trading Company arrested them and has held them for more than half a month, with their fate unknown.
• Simu recognizes that the large cruise ship spotted by his Raven flock is likely Sakamoto Trading Company’s base and reveals that he and Hidan intend to meet Sakamoto.
• The two leave the village at night. Later, Mori discovers that they accidentally left behind a crimson necklace bearing the Jashin Cult’s symbol.
• Motivated by his desire to rescue his parents and comfort his sister, Mori takes the necklace and secretly leaves home, hoping to use it to infiltrate Sakamoto Trading Company.

Character Developments

• Simu is established as the calm leader of the pair. He combines politeness with an underlying menace and shows compassion by sharing the family’s food with the children.
• Hidan remains violent, crude, and impatient, threatening the old fisherman when he hesitates. However, he obeys Simu’s authority when reprimanded.
• Shiraishi Mori develops from a cautious, obedient child into someone willing to take a dangerous risk. His concern for his imprisoned parents and sister drives him to act independently.
• Shiraishi Rin is portrayed as timid and perceptive, silently judging the contrasting personalities of Simu and Hidan while depending on her brother.
• Grandpa is fearful but protective. He sacrifices the family’s food to appease the visitors and cautiously reveals the truth about Sakamoto Trading Company.

Significant Themes

• Oppression and exploitation: Sakamoto Trading Company’s commercial ambitions deprive the villagers of their traditional livelihood and imprison those who resist.
• Desperation and survival: The villagers face starvation or death if they cannot fish, while the Shiraishi family sacrifices its limited food to survive and avoid conflict.
• Appearance versus reality: Simu appears courteous and compassionate, but his calm references to killing reveal his danger. Hidan is openly brutal, making Simu seem even more controlled by comparison.
• Family and courage: Mori’s love for his missing parents and concern for Rin overcome his fear, prompting him to embark on a dangerous rescue attempt.
• Power and fear: The villagers’ interactions with Simu and Hidan demonstrate how powerless ordinary people are before violent organizations such as the Jashin Cult and Sakamoto Trading Company.

Character Interactions

• Hidan intimidates the Shiraishi family, while Simu balances his threats with reassuring words and commands.
• Simu shares the pork with Mori and Rin, creating a brief moment of kindness amid the family’s fear.
• Grandpa carefully tests whether Simu and Hidan are connected to Sakamoto Trading Company before explaining the village’s plight.
• Simu and Hidan’s contrasting behavior establishes Simu’s authority over Hidan.
• Mori’s final decision to take the Jashin Cult necklace connects him directly to Simu and Hidan’s mission and sets up his attempted infiltration of Sakamoto Trading Company.