Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary

• Simu reveals he survived, shocking Hidan, who had believed him dead and reacted by killing the Jashin Cult’s leader and destroying the cult. Hidan initially shows relief and excitement, but this quickly turns to fury when he realizes Simu had deceived him.
• Simu mocks Hidan for appearing emotionally devastated by his supposed death, teasing him as though he were a grieving spouse. Hidan vehemently denies destroying the cult because of Simu, insisting he had already grown tired of it. Simu’s imitation of Hidan’s earlier dramatic declaration humiliates him, causing Hidan to lose his temper.
• Hidan attempts to reclaim his body using the Parasitic Spider technique, but discovers that Simu has taken control of it. Simu reminds him that the technique was created by him and easily overpowers Hidan. He throws Hidan’s body and head into the Blood Pool, declaring that Hidan is too weak and needs a thorough “upgrade” or “makeover.”
• Simu leaves the shrine and surveys the ruined Jashin Cult headquarters, now filled with corpses, rivers of blood, and circling Ravens. He remains calm and emotionless, showing his detached attitude toward the massacre.
• Suspecting that the cult leader’s body-stealing technique originated from Orochimaru’s Living Corpse Reincarnation Technique, Simu calls out the hidden observer. Orochimaru emerges from the ground using an Earth Release technique.
• Orochimaru introduces himself and explains that he taught the cult leader an incomplete version of the body-transfer technique. The cult leader was merely an experimental subject whose success or failure meant little to Orochimaru. His goal was to learn from the experiment and eventually perfect the technique.
• Simu and Orochimaru recognize a disturbing similarity in one another: both view people as tools and experiments rather than as ordinary human beings. Orochimaru becomes fascinated by Simu’s body and admits that, had he known how exceptional Simu was, he would not have worked with the cult leader.
• When Orochimaru implies that he wants Simu’s body, Simu responds with a mocking remark about Orochimaru’s feminine appearance, briefly disrupting Orochimaru’s composure. Orochimaru then turns threatening, making it clear that refusal will lead to conflict.
• The chapter ends as Simu calmly rejects Orochimaru, summoning thousands of Ravens that swarm toward him.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Simu remains confident, cruelly playful, and emotionally detached. He easily manipulates and humiliates Hidan, treats him as an unfinished experiment, and shows no fear when confronting Orochimaru.
• Hidan is exposed as volatile and easily embarrassed. His apparent grief over Simu’s death reveals emotional attachment or dependence, though he angrily denies it. His inability to control the Parasitic Spider reinforces his weakness compared with Simu.
• Orochimaru is introduced as a calculating, sinister experimenter driven by curiosity and greed. He views bodies and individuals as resources, and his interest in Simu quickly shifts from observation to predatory desire.
• The interactions between Simu and Hidan combine domination, mockery, and humiliation, while Simu and Orochimaru share a more dangerous intellectual affinity. Their similar disregard for human life creates mutual interest, but their desire to control one another makes conflict inevitable.

Significant Themes

• Social humiliation and emotional denial: Hidan’s embarrassment stems from Simu exposing the depth of his reaction to Simu’s supposed death.
• Power and control: Simu controls Hidan’s technique and body, while Orochimaru seeks to possess Simu’s body through experimentation.
• Dehumanization through experimentation: Both Simu and Orochimaru treat living beings as test subjects, suggesting a dark parallel between them.
• False death and transformation: Simu’s return overturns Hidan’s assumptions, while Hidan’s immersion in the Blood Pool hints at an impending enhancement or metamorphosis.
• Mutual recognition between dangerous figures: Simu and Orochimaru quickly identify one another as unusually powerful and morally detached, setting up a confrontation between two similar but competing personalities.

Chapter Summary: “Orochimaru: I Want Simu”

Plot Points and Events

• Orochimaru attacks Simu with a massive flock of controlled crows, testing Simu’s abilities.
• Orochimaru counters with Manyandara no Jin, summoning countless snakes from his mouth. The snakes are individually stronger, but Simu’s flying crows are more agile, resulting in a stalemate.
• Dissatisfied with the lack of a decisive advantage, Orochimaru closes the distance and declares his intention to take Simu’s body.
• Simu’s eyes transform, and eight scarlet Rinkaku tentacles emerge from his back, blocking Orochimaru’s attack and forcing him away.
• Orochimaru continues attacking with Sen’ei Tajashu, summoning snakes from his sleeves, followed by Wind Release: Great Breakthrough and Wind Release: Wind Cutter Technique.
• The wind techniques send Simu flying and damage his defensive exoskeleton, but they fail to reach his flesh. Simu’s powerful regeneration heals a deep wound within seconds.
• Fascinated by Simu’s regenerative ability and believing it may help him achieve immortality, Orochimaru intensifies his assault.
• Orochimaru uses an enormous swarm of snakes as a distraction, then transforms his body into a giant snake and coils around Simu, attempting to restrain and abduct him.
• Simu refuses and reveals a new creation: Ukaku: Sword Raven. Metallic black feathers shaped like blades erupt from his back and sever Orochimaru’s snake body, leaving Orochimaru shocked.

Character Developments

• Simu demonstrates a wide range of abilities: crow control, Rinkaku tentacles, Koukaku armor, rapid regeneration, and his newly developed Sword Raven wings.
• Simu remains calm and sarcastic despite Orochimaru’s persistent attempts to capture him. His humor serves as a way to maintain control during the battle.
• Simu also shows intellectual curiosity, expressing interest in Orochimaru’s unfamiliar Wind Release techniques.
• Orochimaru reveals his interest in Simu is not merely combat-related. He wants to make Simu a test subject and potentially use his body or regenerative properties to pursue immortality.
• Orochimaru grows increasingly excited and obsessive as he observes Simu’s unusual biology and recovery abilities.
• Despite using multiple powerful techniques, Orochimaru has not yet displayed his full strength and remains confident that he can eventually overwhelm Simu.

Significant Themes

• Scientific curiosity versus personal autonomy: Orochimaru views Simu as a specimen and potential vessel, while Simu firmly resists being possessed or experimented on.
• Adaptation and evolution: Simu’s numerous biological weapons and newly created Sword Raven ability emphasize his continual development during battle.
• Regeneration and immortality: Simu’s healing ability becomes the central object of Orochimaru’s fascination, connecting the fight to Orochimaru’s long-standing pursuit of eternal life.
• Predator and prey dynamics: Orochimaru repeatedly attempts to trap and claim Simu, but Simu’s versatility allows him to reverse the situation.
• Humor amid danger: Simu’s sarcastic remarks contrast with Orochimaru’s unsettling threats, giving the confrontation a playful but hostile tone.

Character Interactions

• Orochimaru repeatedly addresses Simu as though he is already a future possession or experiment, while Simu rejects the idea with politeness and mockery.
• Their verbal exchange highlights their opposing personalities: Orochimaru is predatory, fascinated, and calculating; Simu is observant, irreverent, and defiant.
• Orochimaru’s declaration that he will “take” Simu’s body prompts Simu to joke about the ambiguity of Orochimaru’s species and gender.
• The chapter ends with Simu surprising Orochimaru by cutting through his transformed body, shifting the immediate momentum of the battle in Simu’s favor.

Chapter Summary: “Awakening”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After defeating Orochimaru’s apparent body, Simu realizes it was likely a clone because Orochimaru’s soul was absent. Orochimaru’s final words—“Simu, I’ll come back for you”—confirm that he survived elsewhere.
• Simu recognizes the danger of being targeted by Orochimaru but is also intrigued by Orochimaru’s techniques, especially the Fushi Tensei jutsu. He uses his Ravens and Black Beetles to search the area, then recycles Orochimaru’s giant-snake clone into the Blood Pool for analysis.
• In a valley between the Land of Fire and Land of Earth, the real Orochimaru senses the clone’s death. Fascinated by Simu, he declares that he will possess him and then enters an operating room, where horrifying screams soon follow.
• In Shuiyu Village, Shiraishi Mori awakens after five days of unconsciousness. He has survived only because Simu provided him with a special nutrient solution, though his body remains severely emaciated from repeatedly losing control to his Kagune.
• Mori’s younger sister, Shiraishi Rin, visits him in a wheelchair. She explains that her legs were crushed during the village’s destruction but reassures Mori that they were fortunate to survive.
• Rin recounts how the surviving villagers and escaped Ghouls formed a community aboard the cruise ship. Because Mori killed the Yunin ninjas and Sakamoto, the villagers view him as a hero, even though his berserk rampage also destroyed much of the village.
• Uncle Yasho, whose child died in the disaster, confronts Mori in anger. Now a Ghoul himself, he attacks Mori with a purple Centipede Weihe, seeking revenge.
• Mori protects Rin and effortlessly suppresses Yasho through the sheer force of his awakened Ghoul presence. He orders the others to bring Yasho with him, signaling that he intends to address the conflict directly.

Character Developments

• Simu: Becomes more cautious after realizing Orochimaru may still be alive, but his scientific curiosity outweighs his fear. He salvages Orochimaru’s clone for experimentation and analysis.
• Orochimaru: Reveals a strong obsession with Simu, apparently desiring to acquire his body or abilities. His fascination emphasizes his predatory, experimental nature.
• Shiraishi Mori: Awakens physically weakened but mentally changed by his transformation and recent violence. He rejects the title of “hero,” recognizing the destruction caused by his berserk state. Nevertheless, he demonstrates remarkable control and authority by subduing Yasho instantly.
• Shiraishi Rin: Despite her injuries and dependence on a wheelchair, Rin remains emotionally supportive and protective of Mori. She admires him as a hero and attempts to shield him when Yasho attacks.
• Uncle Yasho: Embodies the villagers’ grief and resentment. His transformation into a Ghoul reflects how the disaster has affected everyone, not just Mori.

Significant Themes

• Survival and transformation: Mori and the villagers survive physically, but their suffering transforms them into Ghouls or fundamentally changes their identities.
• Heroism versus destruction: Mori is praised as a hero for defeating the Yunin and Sakamoto, yet he feels unworthy because his uncontrollable power also devastated the village.
• Grief and revenge: Yasho’s attack shows that the villagers’ trauma has not disappeared simply because their enemies were defeated.
• Power and obsession: Orochimaru’s interest in Simu reflects the dangers of coveting another person’s abilities, while Simu’s scientific curiosity treats even enemies as sources of knowledge.
• Family and loyalty: Rin’s support and willingness to protect Mori contrast with the villagers’ anger, highlighting the strength of their sibling bond.

Character Interactions

• Simu examines Orochimaru’s remains and indirectly begins a conflict with the surviving Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru privately vows to claim Simu, establishing a dangerous rivalry.
• Rin comforts Mori and gives him an account of the village’s aftermath, reinforcing their close relationship.
• Yasho confronts Mori over the death of his child and attacks him, but Mori overpowers him without physical effort.
• Mori’s command to bring Yasho with him suggests he intends to confront the villagers’ resentment rather than simply respond with violence.

Chapter Summary: “Let This World Feel Pain!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Shiraishi Mori gathers all the Ghouls on the cruise ship’s deck to address the group’s future.
• He introduces himself as the strongest Ghoul present and announces his intention to unite everyone against Yugakure.
• Mori warns that Yugakure will likely retaliate for the deaths and destruction caused during the earlier conflict. He also declares that he intends to pursue revenge regardless.
• Uncle Yasho, who recently attempted to assassinate Mori, is brought before the group. The gathering exposes the group’s internal divisions between former slaves, villagers, Mori’s supporters, and those seeking revenge against him.
• Rather than executing Yasho or simply punishing him, Mori publicly accepts responsibility for the villagers he accidentally killed during his rampage. He cuts off his own arm and gives it to Yasho as an act of self-punishment.
• Mori declares that the matter is closed and warns that anyone who attacks a companion again will be killed without mercy.
• He gives everyone the opportunity to leave if they do not wish to fight Yugakure. More than a dozen Ghouls withdraw, while the rest choose to remain.
• Yasho kneels before Mori and formally asks him to lead them in driving evil from the world. The remaining Ghouls echo the declaration.
• Mori accepts their loyalty and ends the chapter with the ominous vow: “Let this world feel… Pain!”

Character Developments

• Shiraishi Mori establishes himself not only as the group’s strongest fighter but also as its potential political and moral leader. His willingness to sacrifice his own arm demonstrates accountability, discipline, and a calculated understanding of leadership.
• Mori’s act transforms him in the eyes of the others. Instead of ruling solely through fear, he earns loyalty by acknowledging his guilt and sharing the consequences of his actions.
• Shiraishi Rin is deeply moved by Mori’s actions and becomes visibly distressed when she realizes he intends to mutilate himself.
• Uncle Yasho changes from an enemy and would-be assassin into a devoted follower. Mori’s self-sacrifice overwhelms his anger and inspires him to publicly accept Mori’s leadership.
• The remaining Ghouls become more committed to Mori’s cause, while those unwilling to oppose the ninjas choose to leave.

Significant Themes

• Leadership and authority: Mori consolidates power through a combination of strength, sacrifice, honesty, and clear rules.
• Accountability and atonement: Although Mori did not intend to kill the villagers, he believes responsibility must still be accepted. His self-amputation symbolizes personal punishment and an attempt to restore trust.
• Unity versus internal division: The Ghouls are divided by differing histories and loyalties, but shared danger and Mori’s leadership begin to unite them.
• Revenge and resistance: The group’s survival becomes tied to opposition against Yugakure and the broader ninja-controlled order.
• Sacrifice and loyalty: Mori’s sacrifice inspires Yasho and the others to commit themselves to a dangerous common cause.
• The birth of a revolutionary movement: The final chant and Mori’s vow suggest that the Ghouls are evolving from a frightened, unstable group into an organized force determined to make the world acknowledge their suffering.

Important Character Interactions

• Mori addresses the entire group with confidence, forcing them to recognize his authority.
• He invokes his childhood memories with Yasho, softening the villagers before confronting the conflict between them.
• Mori and Yasho’s confrontation shifts from attempted assassination to reconciliation through Mori’s self-inflicted punishment.
• Rin reacts emotionally and anxiously to Mori’s decision, revealing her concern for him.
• Yasho’s kneeling declaration publicly confirms Mori as leader, while the crowd’s repeated chant turns his personal revenge into a collective mission.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Simu receives Raven’s intelligence while observing the Blood Pool, including the imprisoned Hidan, and realizes that his research has produced major breakthroughs.
• His updated ability panel shows:
  • His level remains at 2, with 8,431 Jashin Reputation toward the next level.
  • The Womb of the Primordial Creator has expanded its gene bank and analysis capabilities.
  • Fully analyzed materials now include human, insect, and several ninja-related genes.
  • Ongoing research includes the Jashin Gene, general Ninja Gene, Orochimaru’s genes, and Shiraishi Mori’s nearly completed RC Cell Gene.
  • New creatable races include elemental-release ninjas, Black Beetles, Raven, Evil-Faced Ghost Snakes, Explosive Bugs, Insectoid Kagune, and RC Kakuhou.
• Simu’s analysis of ninja corpses allows him to recreate ninja bodies and reproduce elemental ninjutsu. Earth and Water Release are well understood, while Fire and Lightning Release remain incomplete.
• Orochimaru’s Snake Clone unexpectedly provides valuable information about Wind Release, as well as several useful snake genes.
• Simu’s investigation into Kagune produces three major findings:
  1. Ordinary first-generation Kagune are parasitic organisms that live symbiotically within human bodies.
  2. Sakamoto is no longer truly human, but a shell containing countless Kagune.
  3. Shiraishi Mori’s Kagune mutated into RC Cells due to intense emotions such as grief, rage, and resentment. These cells fused permanently with his body and function like organs rather than parasites.
• Fascinated by the discovery, Simu incorporates RC Cells into his own body. They form new Kakuhou and generate massive black, steel-like feather greatswords from his back.
• He concludes that once Kagune become RC Cells, their final form is influenced by the host’s brain and desires.

Character Developments

• Simu demonstrates immense intellectual growth and scientific achievement. His altered existence as a Blood Pool gives him extraordinary memory and analytical ability.
• His former materialist worldview has been thoroughly undermined by supernatural events, including reincarnation, Jashin, and the influence of souls and emotions on biology.
• Simu becomes visibly excited by the RC Cell discovery, revealing that scientific curiosity is one of the few things capable of breaking through his usual emotional detachment.
• He continues transforming himself biologically, using research findings not only to create new species but also to upgrade his own body.
• Orochimaru, though not directly present, is shown to have contributed important genetic and ninjutsu data through his clone.
• Shiraishi Mori’s emotional suffering becomes a crucial factor in the evolution of Kagune, demonstrating the power of human will and extreme emotion.

Significant Themes

• Science versus the supernatural: Simu applies rigorous biological analysis to phenomena involving gods, souls, reincarnation, and spiritual power.
• The influence of emotion on biology: Shiraishi Mori’s grief, anger, and unwillingness cause Kagune to evolve into a new cellular form, suggesting that the mind can directly reshape the body.
• Humanity and transformation: The chapter questions what remains of a person when the body becomes a collection of parasites, cells, or engineered organisms.
• Creation and experimentation: Simu increasingly resembles a creator, designing new races and modifying living bodies while investigating the limits of life.
• Adaptation and self-improvement: Simu immediately incorporates his discoveries into himself, treating his own body as another experimental platform.
• Limits of rationality: Even Simu acknowledges that subjective will and spiritual forces can produce results that pure calculation cannot predict.

Character Interactions

• Simu and Raven: Raven’s intelligence report gives Simu the information that prompts his review of the latest research.
• Simu and Hidan: Hidan remains among the objects floating in the Blood Pool, implying that Simu continues to keep him as a research subject or prisoner.
• Simu and Orochimaru: Although they do not interact directly in the chapter, Orochimaru’s clone has become an important source of genetic and ninjutsu data, particularly for Wind Release and snake traits.
• Simu and Shiraishi Mori: Shiraishi’s altered body serves as Simu’s most significant experiment, with his emotional trauma producing the revolutionary RC Cells that Simu then studies and adopts.
• Simu and Jashin: Jashin’s blessing continues to grant Simu immortality, while the system reflects Simu’s growing role as a creator working toward Jashin’s imagined world.

Chapter Summary: “You Again, Hidan!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Simu concludes that RC Genes are highly adaptable and can mutate according to a subject’s mental state. This allows him to create increasingly diverse types of Ghouls, furthering his pursuit of the world’s “truth.”
• His research into ninjas reveals how Chakra works:
  • Ordinary Chakra exists naturally in everyone.
  • Elemental Chakra depends on genetic traits.
  • Hand seals help guide Chakra through specific circuits to produce ninjutsu.
• Simu successfully isolates and modifies the genes responsible for Chakra attributes. He implants them into Hidan, whose Immortal Body allows him to survive the dangerous experiments.
• Hidan is conditioned to use all five elemental Chakra natures and has Simu’s known ninjutsu effectively “pre-programmed” into his body. Because Hidan is illiterate and unable to study scrolls, this allows him to perform techniques instinctively once he awakens.
• Seeking more resources, Simu exploits the Jashin Cult’s accumulated offerings and reputation. He uses Lord Jashin’s energy as a substitute for his own depleted life force.
• Through the [Womb of the Primordial Creator], Simu creates the Evil-Faced Ghost Snake, a fifty-meter-long creature combining ninja, Ghoul, and snake genetics. It possesses:
  • Powerful Koukaku armor
  • Ukaku weapons concealed beneath its armor
  • A ghost mask capable of firing Rinkaku
  • The ability to use Earth, Water, Wind, Fire, and Lightning Release
• Simu judges the creature to be extremely powerful, likely capable of defeating dozens of Chunin from a weaker ninja village. He considers further mutations, such as two-headed snakes or hydras.
• He then creates Explosive Bugs, tiny insects capable of producing blasts stronger than Kibaku Fuda, and evolves his Black Beetles into smaller, steel-hard forms. Both are stored inside his body.
• Lord Jashin is horrified as Simu drains away the energy he had recently accumulated. He projects his awareness into the Divine Statue and sees Simu’s satisfied face.
• The chapter ends with Lord Jashin exclaiming in frustration: “You again, Hidan!”

Character Developments

• Simu grows more confident and ambitious as a researcher and creator. His experiments advance from modifying individual beings to producing powerful artificial life-forms and biological weapons.
• He displays a pragmatic but darkly humorous personality, treating Lord Jashin as a “health potion” and justifying his exploitation as reasonable compensation for the offerings he generated.
• Simu also shows a considerate side toward Hidan, preparing him to use ninjutsu without requiring him to read or formally study.
• Hidan remains unconscious in the Blood Pool, but his body is transformed into a much more versatile combatant, capable of using all five elemental Chakra natures and numerous ninjutsu.
• Lord Jashin suffers another setback. His hopes of recovering his strength and escaping are ruined when Simu consumes his newly accumulated energy, intensifying their antagonistic relationship.

Significant Themes

• Biological adaptation and the pursuit of knowledge: Simu views genetic mutation as a path toward understanding the world’s fundamental truth.
• The fusion of science and supernatural power: RC Cells, Kagune, Chakra, genetic modification, and divine energy are combined into new forms of life and weaponry.
• Exploitation and power imbalance: Simu freely uses Hidan’s body and Lord Jashin’s energy for experimentation, while both are largely unable to resist him.
• Creation versus destruction: Simu’s scientific progress produces both living creatures and weapons, blurring the line between research and warfare.
• Dark comedy: The grim experiments are undercut by Simu’s casual self-praise and Lord Jashin’s exasperated reaction to being drained yet again.

Character Interactions

• Simu’s relationship with Hidan is one-sided and exploitative but also strangely paternal: he experiments on Hidan while taking pains to make his future abilities easier to use.
• Simu and Lord Jashin function as unwilling partners. The Jashin Cult provides energy and offerings, but Simu repeatedly appropriates those resources without permission.
• Lord Jashin’s final reaction highlights the recurring frustration between them: every time he begins to recover, Simu appears and consumes his power.

Chapter Summary: My Lord Hidan’s Strength Soared!

Key Plot Points and Events

• Hidan successfully uses ninjutsu for the first time, performing Fire Style: Flame Bullet. He is secretly thrilled but pretends to accept the techniques reluctantly because of his pride and usual dislike of studying.
• Simu teases Hidan by offering to remove the ninjutsu knowledge. When Hidan panics and admits he will keep it, Simu launches an attack of black feathers from his wings.
• Hidan counters with Earth Style: Earth Wall, using it as a distraction before burrowing underground with Earth-Style: Hiding in Earth Technique. He ambushes Simu from below.
• Hidan transforms his crimson Kagune into a huge Three-Moon Scythe and attempts to overpower Simu. However, Simu protects himself with a black Koukaku armor, easily blocking the attack.
• Simu mocks Hidan by comparing the scythe strikes to a massage. Enraged, Hidan tries Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, but Simu disperses the attack with a giant sword formed from his Ukaku feathers.
• Hidan begins preparing another ninjutsu, but Simu interrupts him with a kick and reminds him that ninjutsu should supplement, not replace, his strongest ability: taijutsu.
• After Hidan argues with him, Simu defeats him again, chopping off and carrying away Hidan’s head while continuing to taunt him.
• Simu cryptically suggests that if “that guy” dies, the Jashin Cult will no longer have a reason to exist, hinting at a larger connection between Hidan, the cult, and another important figure.
• Simu leaves the shrine with Hidan’s head, while numerous ravens scatter throughout the area.
• Afterward, the shrine’s Blood Pool drains into underground fissures, where a mysterious Blood Orb pulses like a living heart.

Character Developments

• Hidan gains access to ninjutsu and demonstrates that he can learn and use several elemental techniques despite his illiteracy and dislike of studying.
• He shows increased creativity by combining Earth Release, underground movement, and Kagune manipulation to create an ambush and a giant scythe.
• Despite his new abilities, Hidan remains impulsive, prideful, and easily provoked. His repeated failures reveal that he still relies too much on brute force and emotional outbursts.
• Simu remains overwhelmingly stronger and consistently controls the fight. He acts as both Hidan’s tormentor and teacher, pushing him to improve while ridiculing his mistakes.
• Simu’s comments reveal that he understands Hidan’s natural strengths and wants him to use ninjutsu strategically rather than abandon his superior taijutsu.
• Simu also hints at deeper knowledge of the Jashin Cult and its possible connection to the mysterious entity represented by “that guy.”

Significant Themes

• Power and humiliation: Hidan’s new abilities give him confidence, but Simu repeatedly reminds him that possessing techniques is not the same as mastering them.
• Training through conflict: Their battle functions as a brutal sparring session, with Simu using mockery and overwhelming attacks to expose Hidan’s weaknesses.
• Pride versus growth: Hidan’s pride makes him pretend not to care, yet he eagerly accepts new powers and desperately wants to defeat Simu.
• Using one’s strengths wisely: Simu emphasizes that new skills should complement a fighter’s existing talents rather than replace them.
• Hidden supernatural forces: The draining Blood Pool and pulsing Blood Orb suggest that the shrine contains a deeper power or entity tied to the Jashin Cult.

Character Interactions

• Hidan and Simu maintain a hostile but familiar relationship built on constant insults, challenges, and physical domination.
• Hidan tries repeatedly to impress or overpower Simu, while Simu responds with teasing, effortless counters, and humiliating praise.
• Simu’s “instruction” is unconventional: he grants Hidan useful techniques but forces him to recognize that raw aggression and flashy abilities are not enough.
• Their banter reveals a dynamic resembling that of an exasperated mentor and an unruly student, though Hidan views Simu primarily as an enemy he must eventually defeat.

Chapter Summary: “Don’t Let Me Down, Orochimaru”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Simu and Hidan have spent five days traveling from the Jashin Cult headquarters toward one of Orochimaru’s hidden bases. Hidan grows bored because Simu has not allowed him to kill anyone.
• Simu discovers that Orochimaru’s forces have been secretly following them. When several armored ninjas emerge from the ground and attack, Hidan kills the first attacker with his Three-Moon Blood Scythe.
• Simu destroys a massive tree and the surrounding ground, exposing the hidden entrance to Orochimaru’s underground base. He enters alone, leaving Hidan to deal with the remaining guards.
• Hidan enthusiastically fights Orochimaru’s subordinates. One ninja attempts to use Earth Release to harden his body, but Hidan tears him in half. Hidan revels in the violence and prepares to sacrifice the others to Jashin.
• Inside the base, Simu encounters Xianai, a powerful female test subject who warns him not to antagonize Orochimaru. Simu mocks Orochimaru’s “dogs” and immediately immobilizes her with hidden insects.
• Simu’s Rinkaku pierces Xianai’s limbs while his swarm of black insects prevents her from moving and then invades her body. He subsequently unleashes the insects on the other observers in the passage.
• After eliminating the resistance with ease, Simu proceeds deeper into the facility, disappointed by the apparent weakness of Orochimaru’s experiments. He challenges Orochimaru to provide something worthy of his expectations.

Character Development

• Simu remains calm, analytical, and confident throughout the invasion. He treats Orochimaru’s defenses as an experiment rather than a threat and demonstrates increasingly ruthless use of his Rinkaku and insect abilities.
• Simu’s interest in Orochimaru is revealed to be intellectual as well as confrontational. He respects Orochimaru’s pursuit of truth and has deliberately searched for his bases, hoping to find worthwhile creations.
• Hidan is portrayed as violent, impulsive, and easily bored, but he becomes lively and enthusiastic once combat begins. His immortality and fighting ability allow him to casually overwhelm Orochimaru’s guards.
• Orochimaru does not appear directly, but his reputation and experiments dominate the chapter. The weakness of his subordinates causes Simu to question whether Orochimaru will live up to his reputation.
• Xianai is introduced as one of the strongest test subjects in the base, but her rapid defeat emphasizes the overwhelming difference between Simu and Orochimaru’s current forces.

Significant Themes

• Power and superiority: Simu and Hidan effortlessly destroy the base’s defenders, establishing their dominance.
• Curiosity and scientific ambition: Simu’s invasion is driven by his desire to test the quality of Orochimaru’s research and creations.
• Cruelty and dehumanization: The guards and test subjects are treated as expendable “dogs” or experiments, while Simu uses insects and biological abilities in particularly invasive and horrifying ways.
• Violence as entertainment or devotion: Hidan views killing as amusement and religious sacrifice, contrasting with Simu’s detached, experimental approach to combat.
• Expectation versus disappointment: Simu respects Orochimaru’s pursuit of truth but fears that his actual work may not match his reputation.

Character Interactions

• Hidan repeatedly asks Simu when they will reach their destination, revealing his impatience and desire for violence. Simu reassures him by assigning the guards to him.
• The armored ninjas attempt to defend Orochimaru’s base, but their threats fail to intimidate either intruder.
• Hidan and Simu operate effectively as a team: Simu breaches the base while Hidan prevents the surviving guards from pursuing him.
• Xianai tries to persuade Simu to leave and offers to plead with Orochimaru, but Simu responds with mockery and attacks her before she can act.
• Simu ends the chapter by directly addressing Orochimaru, demanding that the legendary scientist prove himself worthy of Simu’s interest.

Chapter Summary: “Strange Tech Tree”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Simu advances through a dark passage filled with Black Beetles, which consume corpses and convert them into stored energy.
• Because Simu invested in their reproductive abilities, the beetles have evolved into a self-sustaining species capable of spreading and reproducing independently. Their unchecked growth could eventually provoke wars with stronger races, paralleling humanity’s own historical development.
• At a massive steel gate, Simu uses specially bred Explosive Bugs to test their destructive power. His “Great Character Explosion Technique” melts and destroys the gate.
• Beyond the gate lies a large arena surrounded by prison cells, apparently connected to Orochimaru’s laboratory.
• Several enemies attack Simu immediately, but he kills them almost instantly by forming the Black Beetles into a gigantic scythe and using the “Evil Bug Dancing Blade Technique.”
• Hidan arrives too late to participate and complains that Simu killed all the available opponents. Simu dismisses Hidan’s preference for elaborate torture and mocks his devotion to Jashin.
• Simu and Hidan enter Orochimaru’s laboratory, where they discover more than a hundred test tubes containing deformed human subjects of all ages suspended in green nutrient fluid.
• The laboratory contains sophisticated instruments and computers, revealing that the world’s technological development is highly uneven: primitive weapons and ninja combat coexist with advanced scientific equipment.

Character Developments

• Simu: Demonstrates increasing mastery over his insect-based techniques and shows the ability to create specialized organisms for different purposes, including durable Black Beetles and explosive insects. He remains pragmatic and emotionally detached, viewing both the beetles’ evolution and Orochimaru’s experiments analytically rather than morally.
• Hidan: Continues to display his sadistic devotion to Jashin, insisting that killing must involve prolonged suffering to be meaningful. His exchanges with Simu reveal that he is both easily provoked and secretly dependent on Simu’s ability to decapitate him, despite pretending to dislike it.
• Orochimaru: Does not appear directly, but his character is developed through his laboratory. His willingness to conduct extensive experiments on deformed human subjects emphasizes his cruelty, scientific obsession, and advanced knowledge.

Significant Themes

• Evolution and survival: The Black Beetles are no longer simple weapons; they have become a potential species with instincts, reproductive drives, and the capacity to threaten other lifeforms.
• Moral ambiguity: Simu is not disturbed by either the beetles’ predatory nature or Orochimaru’s experiments, highlighting his detached and utilitarian worldview.
• Science versus tradition: The advanced laboratory and computers contrast sharply with the outside world’s reliance on primitive weapons, creating a deliberately distorted technological landscape.
• Power and control: Simu’s ability to direct and modify the beetles allows him to control an entire living weapon system, while Orochimaru seeks control through scientific experimentation.
• Religion and suffering: Hidan’s belief that pain and fear please Jashin contrasts with Simu’s dismissive attitude, creating tension between religious fanaticism and detached rationality.

Character Interactions

• Simu and Hidan argue over what constitutes a proper kill. Hidan values torture and ritual, while Simu favors speed and efficiency.
• Simu deliberately hints that Jashin may someday reappear and refuse to forgive Hidan, frustrating and unsettling him.
• Hidan’s complaints conceal his unusual reliance on Simu’s decapitations, which provide him with a strange sense of comfort.
• Their relationship remains antagonistic and threatening but also familiar, with Simu controlling the conversation—and potentially Hidan—through intimidation and his beetles.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Simu, intrigued by an old computer, finds research data on 127 test subjects, including projects like 'Artificial Alteration of Chakra Natures', 'Fusion of Chakra Natures', and 'Artificial Sage Mode Feasibility Study'.
• Simu discovers Subject Zero, an Uzumaki clan member, in a test tube. Hidan accidentally releases her, causing her to absorb natural energy and transform into a monster.
• Simu engages with the transformed girl, using his Rinkaku to restrain her and Black Beetles to study her natural energy. She screams for ten minutes before Simu severs his petrified hand.

Character Developments

• Simu shows interest in the 'Artificial Sage Mode' project and the concept of natural energy, leading him to study Subject Zero.
• Hidan displays his temper and Jashin Ritual ability but is interrupted by Simu.

Significant Themes

• Power and Control: The research projects aim to control and manipulate power, with 'Artificial Sage Mode' being particularly intriguing. Simu's struggle to control the natural energy he absorbs highlights this theme.
• Consequences of Experimentation: The transformation of Subject Zero into a monster-like creature demonstrates the potential dangers and ethical implications of the experiments conducted in the laboratory.

Character Interactions

• Simu and Hidan have a tense interaction; Hidan releases Subject Zero, causing chaos, while Simu steps in to study and restrain her.
• Simu's interest in Subject Zero and her natural energy leads him to experiment on himself, showing his curiosity and willingness to take risks.

Chapter Summary: “I’m a Good Person”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Simu examines the surviving Zero Test Subject after the Black Beetles have petrified and been absorbed into nature. The girl is barely alive, with her skin stripped away and her muscles exposed, yet she continues breathing.
• Simu is surprised by her extraordinary vitality. According to Orochimaru’s records, ordinary people exposed to natural energy should have been assimilated almost immediately, but this girl resisted the process and even gained immense strength.
• He realizes that the girl’s only notable difference from the other test subjects is her Uzumaki Clan heritage, leading him to suspect that the clan possesses a special constitution.
• Hidan arrives, initially relieved that Simu has survived but quickly mocking him for losing a hand. Simu retaliates by reminding Hidan that he was defeated in a contest of strength by the girl.
• Their exchange becomes a familiar comedic argument, with Hidan imagining an opportunity to overpower Simu and Simu effortlessly reading and ridiculing his thoughts. Simu emphasizes that even severely injured, he could still defeat Hidan.
• The girl unexpectedly begins healing at an astonishing speed, further confirming the unusual power of the Uzumaki bloodline.
• Upon regaining consciousness, she reacts defensively and cautiously surveys Simu, Hidan, and the destroyed laboratory.
• Simu gives her his trench coat to cover herself and reassures her that he and Hidan are not affiliated with Orochimaru. He introduces himself as Kamizuki Simu.
• The girl introduces herself as Uzumaki Rii. After establishing a degree of trust, Simu asks permission to examine her body.

Character Developments

• Simu: His scientific curiosity intensifies as he investigates Rii’s resistance to natural energy and rapid regeneration. He remains calm, confident, and psychologically perceptive, while also showing consideration by protecting Rii’s modesty and reassuring her.
• Hidan: He continues to act violent, arrogant, and immature, but his banter with Simu reveals an established rivalry and unwilling dependence on Simu’s strength. His disdain for kindness contrasts sharply with Simu’s outward gentleness.
• Uzumaki Rii: Rii is introduced as a traumatized but remarkably resilient survivor. She is wary of strangers, yet capable of forming an initial judgment and responding rationally once Simu demonstrates that he is not hostile. Her rapid recovery establishes her extraordinary abilities.

Significant Themes

• Scientific curiosity versus human suffering: Simu views Rii’s condition primarily as a mystery to understand, highlighting his detachment and fascination with experimentation even while he offers practical help.
• The hidden power of the Uzumaki Clan: Rii’s endurance and regenerative ability suggest that her clan possesses unique physical traits.
• Appearance versus reality: Simu looks refined and benevolent despite his dangerous nature, while Hidan looks openly threatening and behaves violently. Rii’s first impressions expose how misleading appearances can be.
• Morality and self-presentation: The title is played ironically through Simu’s claim that he is “not a bad person,” despite his involvement in dangerous experiments and his detached attitude toward Rii’s suffering.
• Rivalry and comedic contrast: Simu’s calm intellect and Hidan’s explosive temper create humorous tension and reinforce their contrasting personalities.

Character Interactions

• Simu and Hidan trade insults over their recent battle, revealing their competitive but familiar relationship.
• Simu casually provokes and controls Hidan, while Hidan responds with exaggerated anger and threats.
• Simu treats Rii with calm courtesy, giving her clothing and explaining that they are not Orochimaru’s allies.
• Rii cautiously evaluates both men, viewing Simu as trustworthy and Hidan as dangerous.
• The chapter ends with Simu asking to examine Rii, leaving their tentative alliance balanced between her need for help and his scientific interest in her body.

Chapter Summary: “Becoming an Experiment Is Fine Too!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Simu examines Uzumaki Rii after rescuing her and confirms that she has largely recovered despite her severe injuries and exposure to Natural Energy. Only a small amount of residual energy remains, which her body should naturally process.
• Rii explains the history of the Uzumaki Clan:
  • They possessed unusually powerful constitutions, advanced sealing techniques, and sensory abilities.
  • They founded the Land of Whirlpools and maintained a close alliance with Konoha.
  • Their strength made them a target, and during the Second Shinobi World War, the Land of Water and Land of Lightning helped destroy their homeland.
  • Afterward, surviving Uzumaki were hunted, exploited, and subjected to experiments because of their valuable abilities.
• Hidan proposes massacring an entire city as an offering to Jashin, but Simu rejects the idea as reckless. He believes the Jashin Cult must first gather intelligence about the Five Great Nations and prepare escape routes and backup plans.
• Simu asks Rii what she intends to do now that she is free. Hidan encourages her to seek revenge, but Rii instead declares that she wants to follow Simu.
• Rii kneels and asks to join him. Simu warns that she is too weak in her current state but offers her the chance to become one of his “experiments.”
• Without hesitation, Rii accepts, valuing the opportunity to remain with Simu over concerns about experimentation or personal revenge.

Character Developments

• Simu remains calm, calculating, and cautious. Although he is interested in expanding the Jashin Cult’s influence, he refuses Hidan’s impulsive plan because he does not yet understand the world’s military capabilities. He is also puzzled by Rii’s intense attachment to him and wonders whether it is caused by Natural Energy or some change in his own body.
• Uzumaki Rii shifts from a traumatized survivor uncertain about her future to someone determined to follow Simu. Her gratitude, admiration, and possible attraction toward him become increasingly apparent. She rejects immediate revenge and willingly accepts becoming an experimental subject.
• Hidan remains violent, fanatical, and impatient. He sees revenge and mass sacrifice as the obvious solutions to Rii’s suffering, but Simu dismisses his recklessness.
• The Uzumaki Clan is given greater historical context, emphasizing their destruction and exploitation as a persecuted people.

Significant Themes

• Trauma and the search for purpose: Rii struggles with what to do after escaping years of abuse and experimentation.
• Revenge versus allegiance: Hidan advocates vengeance, while Rii chooses loyalty to the person who saved her.
• Power and exploitation: The Uzumaki Clan’s abilities made them valuable but also led to their persecution and experimentation.
• Caution versus recklessness: Simu’s strategic restraint contrasts sharply with Hidan’s desire for immediate violence.
• Dependence and devotion: Rii’s rapid emotional attachment to Simu raises questions about gratitude, attraction, manipulation, and the possible influence of Natural Energy.
• Expansion of the Jashin Cult: Simu seeks to build influence carefully while avoiding premature confrontation with powerful nations.

Important Character Interactions

• Rii becomes flustered and emotionally affected during Simu’s physical examination, while Simu remains professional and largely unaware of the depth of her feelings.
• Hidan mocks Simu’s persuasive-sounding words and later pushes Rii toward revenge and mass sacrifice.
• Simu rebukes Hidan’s plans and reveals his more cautious, strategic mindset.
• Rii’s decision to follow Simu culminates in her kneeling before him and accepting his offer to become an experiment, marking her commitment to his cause.

Chapter Summary: Crossing the River by Feeling Snake-chan’s Butt

Key Plot Points and Events

• Simu examines several test tubes containing the drugs Orochimaru used to induce sensitivity to Natural Energy.
• Uzumaki Rii explains that Orochimaru applied the drugs to test subjects, causing Natural Energy to flood their bodies and transform them into uncontrollable monsters. Those who could not survive were petrified, crushed, or subjected to further experiments.
• Rii reveals that all the Uzumaki clansmen who accompanied her died during these experiments. Overwhelmed by her trauma, she breaks down crying.
• Simu comforts Rii and promises that she can choose her own future. However, Rii declares that she only wants to remain at Simu’s side and obey him completely.
• Since Rii is not yet strong enough to accompany him normally, Simu summons the enormous Evil-Faced Ghost Snake and sends her back with it for training.
• The Ghost Snake also carries away Orochimaru’s research data, surviving test subjects, medicines, Natural Energy drugs, and rare animal specimens.
• Simu considers the captured Natural Energy drug especially valuable for understanding Natural Energy and potentially applying it to himself or the Jashin Race.
• After the base is destroyed, Hidan suggests holding a bloody sacrificial festival. Simu rejects the idea, believing indiscriminate slaughter would not meaningfully increase the Jashin Cult’s reputation.
• Simu instead decides to raid Orochimaru’s other bases. He explains that locating and killing Orochimaru directly is too risky because Orochimaru’s main body remains hidden and even his snake clones are powerful.
• Simu intends to preserve Orochimaru as a source of valuable research rather than eliminate him immediately.

Character Development

• Uzumaki Rii: Her traumatic past and emotional instability are revealed. Despite her suffering, she remains devoted to Simu, viewing him as her sole source of safety and hope. Her unquestioning loyalty develops into an almost obsessive attachment.
• Simu: He shows a rare degree of compassion by comforting Rii, but he continues to view her primarily as a potential research subject. His cautious, calculating nature is emphasized: he avoids confronting Orochimaru directly and prefers gathering information and resources first.
• Hidan: He remains impulsive, violent, and obsessed with killing. His enthusiasm for a massacre contrasts sharply with Simu’s strategic restraint.
• Orochi­maru: Though absent, he is portrayed as an extremely cautious and formidable scientist whose experiments have produced important discoveries and dangerous subjects.

Significant Themes

• Trauma and dependency: Rii’s abuse has left her emotionally dependent on the person who rescued her, complicating Simu’s apparent kindness.
• Science versus morality: Orochimaru’s horrific experiments provide Simu with valuable knowledge, but Simu himself also treats people and creatures as research materials.
• Control and transformation: Natural Energy represents both power and danger, mutating bodies and destroying those unable to control it.
• Caution versus recklessness: Simu’s careful planning and surveillance contrast with Hidan’s desire for immediate violence.
• Knowledge as power: Simu prioritizes acquiring research, drugs, specimens, and intelligence over simply killing enemies.

Character Interactions

• Rii confesses her traumatic experiences to Simu, who calms her through physical reassurance and promises of protection.
• Rii openly pledges lifelong obedience and devotion to Simu, surprising and mildly embarrassing him.
• Simu commands the Ghost Snake to transport Rii and the captured materials, demonstrating his authority over it.
• Hidan proposes a sacrificial festival and later questions why Simu will not simply assassinate Orochimaru.
• Simu explains his more pragmatic strategy: destroy Orochimaru’s bases, gather his research, and avoid confronting the hidden main body until the risks are better understood.

Summary: “The Future of Ghouls”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Shiraishi Mori and a group of ghouls are attacked at sea by more than a dozen elite Yugakure ninja.
• The ghouls’ cruise ship is badly damaged by repeated ninjutsu attacks, leaving it close to sinking.
• Shiraishi realizes that using the ship as a base was a strategic mistake. The ghouls are unable to attack effectively from the sea, while the ninja can freely move across the water and bombard them from a distance.
• With land nearby, Shiraishi orders the ship to ram directly into shore so the battle can continue on more favorable ground.
• A Water Release ninja creates a massive whirlpool, preventing the ship from reaching land and threatening to tear it apart.
• Shiraishi transforms, sprouting enormous flesh wings, and flies toward the Water Release user. Despite attacks from several ninja, he reaches and kills the caster, causing the whirlpool to disappear.
• As Shiraishi attempts to retreat, the ninja trap him with a Water Binding Technique. A middle-aged Yugakure ninja uses his fallen comrade as a distraction to prepare a powerful Water Dragon Bullet Technique.
• The water dragon strikes Shiraishi, severely injuring him and destroying his defensive koukaku. He manages to destroy the technique with his rinkaku, but is left exhausted and badly wounded.
• Shiraishi glides toward shore, while the Yugakure ninja pursue him. The middle-aged ninja regrets that the Water Dragon technique requires so many hand seals, implying that a faster version could have killed Shiraishi.

Character Developments

• Shiraishi Mori: Demonstrates strong leadership, tactical adaptability, and tremendous combat power. His authority over the ghouls has grown after months of personally defending them. However, the battle exposes the limits of his abilities: he can defeat individual elite ninja but remains vulnerable to coordinated attacks and traps.
• The ghouls: They obey Shiraishi without hesitation, showing their trust in his leadership. Their dependence on him is also clear, as he must personally handle the most dangerous threats.
• Yugakure ninja: They are portrayed as disciplined, experienced, and willing to sacrifice comrades strategically. Their coordinated tactics allow them to exploit Shiraishi’s weaknesses despite his superior individual power.

Significant Themes

• The importance of intelligence and strategy: Shiraishi admits that poor information about the ninja’s ability to fight at sea led to the ghouls’ disadvantage. Raw strength cannot compensate for a flawed battlefield choice.
• Individual power versus teamwork: Shiraishi is extraordinarily powerful, but the ninja’s coordinated attacks, traps, and timing nearly overwhelm him.
• Leadership and responsibility: Shiraishi personally risks his life to protect the group and create a path to safety.
• Adaptation and survival: Both sides adjust rapidly to changing conditions, using the ship, sea, and ninjutsu to control the battlefield.
• The “future” of the ghouls: The battle suggests that the ghouls must become more strategically sophisticated if they are to survive against organized ninja forces.

Character Interactions

• Shiraishi gives calm, authoritative orders, and the ghouls immediately follow them.
• He directly confronts the Water Release ninja to save the ship and his companions.
• The Yugakure forces coordinate their attacks, with some ninja distracting Shiraishi while others restrain him.
• The middle-aged ninja deliberately uses his companion’s death to create an opening, revealing the ruthless pragmatism of the Yugakure forces.
• Shiraishi and the middle-aged ninja engage in a brief tactical contest: Shiraishi kills the whirlpool caster, while the middle-aged ninja successfully wounds him with a prepared counterattack.

Chapter Summary: “Join Lord Jashin’s Glorious Evolution”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After escaping Yugakure, the Ghoul survivors reach land aboard a speeding cruise ship and hide in a cave. Fewer than one hundred remain from their original population of nearly two hundred.
• Shiraishi Mori is badly wounded, but his evolved RC Cells allow him to regenerate. A new Koukaku Kakuhou has already formed where he severed his left arm, giving him the potential to recreate the limb.
• Mori reflects on the Ghouls’ desperate situation. Over three months, Yugakure has attacked them six times, killing many and forcing others to surrender or flee. Those who surrendered were brutally executed, while those who scattered became even more vulnerable.
• Mori assesses the relative strength of Ghouls and Yugakure’s ninja:
  • Ordinary Ghouls are comparable to Genin.
  • Half-Kakuja, possessing multiple Kakuhou, can fight Chunin.
  • Kakuja such as Mori can battle ordinary Jonin.
• Since Yugakure possesses at least six Jonin, Mori realizes that he cannot achieve revenge alone, even if he loses control and unleashes his full power.
• A subordinate reports that a talking crow has arrived claiming to be Mori’s old friend. Mori recognizes the visitor as connected to the mysterious man he regards as a “Jashin.”
• The crow, calling itself Mr. Crow, claims to have come to help. A giant black snake then emerges, carrying a mass of Kakuhou.
• Mr. Crow explains that transplanting the Kakuhou will allow the surviving Ghouls to gain powers like Mori’s and become “true Ghouls.” He leaves the decision to Mori, presenting the offer as a gift from Lord Jashin and calling it “glorious evolution.”

Character Developments

• Shiraishi Mori: Demonstrates immense regenerative abilities and continues to act as the group’s leader despite severe injuries. His confidence is tempered by anxiety about the Ghouls’ dwindling numbers and Yugakure’s superior military strength. He understands that revenge will require greater power and possibly outside assistance.
• Shiraishi Rin: Shows deep concern for her injured brother. Her willingness to abandon her wheelchair during the escape emphasizes both her determination to survive and the sacrifices made by the group.
• The Ghoul survivors: Their morale has deteriorated under constant attacks. Some surrender or flee, while the remaining members endure increasingly desperate conditions.
• Mr. Crow: Appears as an eerie intermediary for the unknown “Lord Jashin.” His calm, theatrical manner and supernatural abilities suggest that his master’s influence is powerful and dangerous.
• Lord Jashin: Though absent, he becomes more important through the offer of mass evolution, presenting himself as a potential savior—or manipulator—of the Ghouls.

Significant Themes

• Survival and adaptation: The Ghouls must evolve physically and strategically to survive Yugakure’s persecution.
• Power through sacrifice: Half-Kakuja and Kakuja evolution result from extreme suffering, cannibalism, and near-death experiences, suggesting that greater strength comes at a terrible cost.
• Desperation versus autonomy: Mori must decide whether accepting Jashin’s Kakuhou is worth placing the group under an unknown power’s influence.
• Revenge and hatred: The conflict between Yugakure and the Ghouls has become irreconcilable, with surrender offering no real safety.
• Transformation and corruption: The promise to make everyone a “true Ghoul” raises questions about whether evolution is salvation or another form of dehumanization.

Character Interactions

• Rin reassures and worries over Mori, while Mori attempts to conceal the seriousness of his injuries.
• Mori interacts warily with Mr. Crow, recognizing the crow’s connection to the mysterious figure from his past.
• Mr. Crow offers Mori a choice rather than directly forcing him to act, but frames the decision as a sacred opportunity from Lord Jashin.
• The encounter places Mori and the entire Ghoul community at a turning point: accept the Kakuhou and gain the power to resist Yugakure, or reject the dangerous alliance.

Chapter Summary: “Chosen People”

Plot Points and Events

• After Mr. Crow provides the Ghouls with strange new Kakuhou, Shiraishi Mori questions whether they truly have a choice but decides they must use the opportunity to survive the expected Yunin attack.
• He orders two trusted subordinates, Suzuki and Taya, to test the Kakuhou transplantation process.
• The Kakuhou fuse with their existing Kagune, transforming according to the users’ desires rather than producing predetermined Kagune types:
  • Suzuki’s hatred and desire to attack create a blue, spear-like Koukaku.
  • Taya’s wish to protect his comrades produces large, shield-like Ukaku.
• After confirming that the transformation causes no lasting harm, Shiraishi orders half the Ghoul forces to undergo transplantation.
• The newly empowered Ghouls battle the arriving Yunin forces. Their unfamiliar Kagune abilities—including new flying combatants—catch the ninjas off guard.
• Despite being severely injured, Shiraishi leads the charge. After roughly half an hour, the Yunin retreat, leaving around a dozen dead. Their Jonin escapes through a Clone Technique and Body Flicker.
• The victory greatly raises Ghoul morale and leaves them with more than a hundred unused Kakuhou, allowing them to expand their forces.
• Repeated defeats cause deep divisions among Yugakure’s leadership:
  • The hawkish faction demands the Ghouls’ extermination.
  • The dove faction argues that Yugakure should apologize, since its ninjas originally massacred the Ghouls’ village.
• While Yugakure debates, the Ghouls attack and seize a border town in the Land of Rivers. They execute the local noble, distribute his grain to the people in the name of Lord Jashin, and gain new recruits and supplies.
• After consolidating this success, Shiraishi formally names the faction the Chosen People.

Character Development

• Shiraishi Mori emerges as a decisive wartime leader. Though wounded and uncertain about the nature of their “choice,” he prioritizes testing the new power, protecting his people, and acting before the enemy can attack.
• Suzuki is defined by aggression, speed, and hatred of Yunin; his new spear-like Koukaku reflects his desire to strike back.
• Taya reveals a more defensive and protective nature, gaining shield-like Ukaku that embody his concern for his companions.
• The Ghouls evolve from hunted survivors into organized combatants capable of defeating trained ninja forces and expanding their territory.
• Yugakure’s leadership becomes increasingly divided, with both sides reassessing the village’s assumptions about the Ghouls.

Significant Themes

• The illusion of choice: The Ghouls’ supposed decision to accept the new power is effectively forced by the approaching Yunin threat.
• Power shaped by desire: The new Kagune reflect the users’ inner motivations, linking physical transformation to personality and will.
• Transformation and empowerment: The Ghouls’ mutation changes their status from victims to a genuine military and political force.
• War and political division: Yugakure’s debate demonstrates how military failure creates conflict between revenge-driven hawks and pragmatic doves.
• Justice, propaganda, and legitimacy: By executing the noble and redistributing food, the Ghouls present themselves as liberators while invoking Lord Jashin to legitimize their rule.
• The birth of an identity: Naming themselves the “Chosen People” marks the transition from a persecuted group into a unified faction with a collective ideology.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Simu and Hidan finish destroying one of Orochimaru’s hidden bases in the Land of Rivers. They discover and seize numerous ninjutsu scrolls, books, research materials, experimental subjects, and data.
• From Orochimaru’s subordinates, Simu learns Orochimaru’s identity: a former student of the Third Hokage, one of the Legendary Sannin, and a notorious figure known as the “Wind of Calamity.”
• Simu’s system announces that the new race Blood Pool Clone has been successfully analyzed. His Jashin Reputation has risen to 39,416, bringing him closer to Level 3.
• The increase in Jashin’s reputation is largely caused by Shiraishi Mori, who has organized over two hundred ghouls into a faction called the Chosen People.
• Shiraishi’s group presents themselves as humans chosen by Jashin and seeks revenge, survival, and outside support after destroying Yugakure. They perform sacrifices and publicly use Jashin’s symbols in the hope of receiving divine protection.
• Simu realizes that Shiraishi is effectively using the Jashin Cult’s name and reputation to attract aid, but he finds the situation amusing because any resulting trouble will be blamed on Jashin—not on Simu himself.
• Simu explains that he has created two new clone races:
  • Blood Pool Clone, which resembles and functions like his main body.
  • Crow Clone, represented by the raven-like figure previously seen by Shiraishi and containing part of Simu’s mental power.
• Simu has relocated his true main body deep beneath a mountain range, leaving the original Jashin Cult site and blood pool less important and easier to sacrifice if enemies attack.
• He plans to distribute additional blood pool clones throughout the ninja world to expand Jashin’s influence, produce more creatures, and confuse potential enemies.
• Simu regrets that he could not obtain enough information about Orochimaru’s Living Corpse Reincarnation Technique, though his analysis has reached 26.4%. He hopes it may eventually help him understand immortality.

Character Developments

• Kamizuki Simu becomes more cautious after learning Orochimaru’s true identity, recognizing that he is dealing with a powerful and dangerous individual.
• Simu’s strategic and survival-oriented nature becomes clearer. He hides his true body, creates substitute bodies, and plans to use clones as both decoys and agents of expansion.
• His detached, opportunistic attitude is emphasized: he benefits from Shiraishi’s actions while pretending that any consequences belong to Jashin-sama.
• Hidan remains confused and intellectually slow, misunderstanding Simu’s metaphors. Simu becomes increasingly reluctant to converse with him.
• Shiraishi Mori is shown to be pragmatic and desperate. He manipulates religious symbolism and sacrifices to secure Jashin’s support, prioritizing revenge and survival over moral questions.
• Orochimaru gains greater significance as Simu recognizes his reputation, background, and scientific value.

Significant Themes

• Manipulation of religion: Shiraishi uses Jashin’s name, rituals, and symbols to unite his followers and seek protection, while Simu benefits from the resulting increase in reputation.
• Survival through deception: Simu protects himself by hiding his real body, creating clones, and allowing others to take responsibility for his actions.
• Power and reputation: Jashin’s growing reputation directly strengthens Simu, showing how belief and public perception can produce tangible power.
• Scientific pursuit of immortality: Orochimaru’s research and Living Corpse Reincarnation represent the possibility of overcoming death, a goal Simu is beginning to pursue through genetic analysis and cloning.
• Moral detachment: Both Shiraishi and Simu prioritize practical goals—revenge, survival, influence, and power—over whether their methods are good or evil.

Character Interactions

• Simu and Hidan work together at Orochimaru’s destroyed hideout, but their exchange highlights their contrasting intelligence: Simu is analytical and cautious, while Hidan is easily confused.
• Simu indirectly benefits from Shiraishi’s actions, treating Shiraishi as a useful subordinate even though Shiraishi believes he is serving Jashin rather than Simu.
• Simu’s relationship with Orochimaru is primarily indirect, but the discovery of Orochimaru’s identity makes Simu more wary and increases his interest in acquiring Orochimaru’s research.

Chapter Summary: The Body of Lord Simu

Key Plot Points and Events

• Simu’s massive ghost snake transports Uzumaki Rii, numerous test subjects, and research documents to the abandoned headquarters of the Jashin Cult in the Land of Rivers.
• The headquarters is still marked by the destruction and bloodshed of the previous battle. Inside the shrine, Simu creates a Blood Pool Clone, allowing him to use the blood pool as an extension of his body.
• A talking raven—calling itself an ordinary Jashin believer—explains the shrine’s situation to Rii and insists that the cult belongs to Lord Jashin, not Simu.
• Rii willingly agrees to participate in Simu’s experiments because she believes becoming stronger will allow her to remain by his side.
• The raven instructs her to enter the blood pool, explaining that it is part of Simu’s body and will allow him to examine her thoroughly. Rii misunderstands—or enthusiastically embraces—the idea of entering Simu’s body and jumps into the pool.
• Simu becomes distracted and mentally short-circuits upon sensing the situation through the Blood Pool. Hidan notices his reaction and irrationally assumes Rii has done something suspicious.
• Hidan threatens to sacrifice Rii to Jashin, forcing Simu to behead him repeatedly to calm him down.
• The Blood Pool begins dissolving and analyzing Rii’s cells, testing the Uzumaki clan’s genetics, physical constitution, and extraordinary healing ability.
• Tentacles continuously supply Rii with energy so that the experiment can proceed through repeated cycles of injury and recovery without killing her.
• The other captives taken from Orochimaru and his subordinates are subjected to similar genetic experiments involving the dissolution, recombination, and transplantation of genes.
• At the end of the chapter, Xianai, a former subordinate of Orochimaru and the person in charge of his first base, awakens within the sea of blood.

Character Developments

• Uzumaki Rii is introduced as intensely devoted to Simu. Her willingness to undergo painful experiments demonstrates both her determination to grow stronger and her unusual romanticized attachment to him.
• Simu continues developing his biological and experimental abilities through the Blood Pool Clone, but his normally superior mental control is humorously disrupted by Rii’s behavior.
• Hidan shows a brief, unexpected burst of suspicion and intelligence, though his violent, impulsive nature quickly reasserts itself. Simu still relies on decapitation as the most reliable way to control him.
• The talking raven acts as a pragmatic administrator of the shrine. It distinguishes itself from ordinary crows and remains loyal to the identity and interests of Lord Jashin.
• Xianai is introduced as a potentially important surviving figure from Orochimaru’s organization.

Significant Themes

• Devotion and fanaticism: Rii’s willingness to endure pain for Simu parallels the religious fanaticism associated with the Jashin Cult.
• Body, identity, and transformation: Simu’s blood pool is literally part of his body, blurring the boundaries between person, organism, and laboratory.
• Science merged with horror: The chapter presents genetic experimentation through images of blood, dissolving cells, forced regeneration, and biological recombination.
• Comedic absurdity amid violence: Rii’s infatuation, Hidan’s jealousy, and Simu’s repeated use of beheading create dark humor within an otherwise disturbing experimental setting.
• Power and survival: The experiments aim to understand and reproduce unusual traits, especially the Uzumaki clan’s resilience and healing abilities.

Character Interactions

• Rii and the raven establish the shrine’s rules and reveal Rii’s unwavering loyalty to Simu.
• The raven’s explanation of the Blood Pool causes Rii to react with enthusiastic, inappropriate intimacy rather than fear.
• Hidan interprets Simu’s distraction as evidence that Rii has interfered with him and attempts to attack her.
• Simu responds to Hidan’s jealousy by repeatedly beheading him, reinforcing their violent but familiar dynamic.
• The Blood Pool then becomes the central point of interaction between Simu and the test subjects, subjecting them to invasive analysis while sustaining their bodies through energy supplied by its tentacles.
• Xianai’s awakening hints that the experiments may soon reveal new information about Orochimaru’s forces and research.

Chapter Summary: “White Church”

Key Plot Points and Events

• In the perpetually rainy Land of Rain, Hidan and Simu establish a white, pyramid-shaped church on the outskirts of a small town.
• Simu constructs the church using his Black Beetles, which function as extensions of his body and can manipulate building materials. He dedicates the church to Lord Jashin and places a featureless divine statue inside.
• Hidan questions Simu’s plan, believing that Jashin’s faith should be spread through mass killing and fear. Simu argues that fear alone is insufficient and suggests that a broader, more deliberate form of religious influence is necessary.
• The two have spent a week in the town. The locals are wary of them, especially after witnessing Simu’s strange abilities, but no one dares challenge them because of the Land of Rain’s history of war, oppression, and fear of shinobi.
• While waiting for worshippers, Hidan grows impatient and repeatedly proposes killing anyone who refuses to follow Jashin. Simu dismisses his bloodlust and hints that their opportunity will soon arrive.
• An explosion suddenly erupts in the town. Residents cry out that “Libra” has gone berserk, indicating that a dangerous figure is rampaging nearby.
• A powerful orange-haired youth with black markings, a partly gray face, black eyes, and orange pupils bursts through the town and smashes through a wall.
• Hidan eagerly prepares his Three-Moon Blood Scythe, viewing the newcomer as a potentially worthy sacrifice for Jashin—though he is briefly disappointed upon realizing that the opponent is only a young boy.

Character Developments

• Simu is revealed as the more strategic and patient of the pair. He is not interested in spreading Jashin’s faith through indiscriminate violence alone; instead, he plans to create an institution and cultivate a more substantial form of belief. His calm confidence suggests that the church is part of a larger scheme.
• Hidan remains impulsive, violent, and obsessed with killing sacrifices for Lord Jashin. He is bored by inactivity and has little interest in the ideological side of religion. His excitement returns immediately when a powerful opponent appears.
• Their contrasting personalities become clearer: Simu is calculating and philosophical, while Hidan is direct, impatient, and driven by bloodlust.
• The mysterious newcomer, referred to as “Libra,” is introduced as a highly dangerous and unstable figure. His physical transformation and immense strength suggest that he may possess a powerful or supernatural ability.

Significant Themes

• Faith versus fear: The chapter explores whether religion can be built through terror alone or whether it requires deeper influence, ritual, and organization.
• Violence and fanaticism: Hidan embodies violent religious fanaticism, treating murder as both worship and entertainment.
• Powerlessness under war: The people of the Land of Rain have been repeatedly victimized by conflicts between larger nations. Their fear of shinobi explains their passivity toward Simu and Hidan.
• Order amid chaos: Simu’s pristine white church stands in stark contrast to the rain, poverty, violence, and disorder surrounding it, suggesting an attempt to impose a new ideological order.
• The nature of evil: Simu implies that a true evil god requires more than simple slaughter; evil may also involve influence, control, and the creation of devoted followers.

Character Interactions

• Hidan repeatedly challenges Simu’s religious strategy, arguing that killing nonbelievers would be the fastest way to spread Jashin’s name.
• Simu responds with patience and sarcasm, refusing to let Hidan act impulsively and emphasizing that their larger plan is not yet ready.
• Their banter highlights their incompatible approaches: Hidan seeks immediate violence, while Simu prefers careful preparation.
• When the mysterious “Libra” appears, Hidan immediately shifts from boredom to enthusiasm, seeing the newcomer as a valuable sacrifice and potential opponent.

Chapter Summary: “Jugo”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Hidan prepares to attack a powerful, rampaging child, but Simu stops him and intervenes.
• Simu uses a combination of two sound-based techniques—Sound Cry Technique and Demonic Sound Lock Technique—to incapacitate the child. The first produces a devastating sound wave, while the second uses the sound to induce Genjutsu.
• Hidan complains about the technique’s painful volume, prompting Simu to threaten him with grotesque bodily modifications. Their exchange provides dark humor and highlights Hidan’s unusual fear of Simu.
• Simu explains that he acquired the techniques by analyzing one of Orochimaru’s former subordinates, Xianai. He considers adapting the techniques for the Jashin Race, potentially turning speech itself into a subtle, passive hypnotic weapon.
• While examining the unconscious child, Simu absorbs some of his Chakra through the mouth in his palm. His hand petrifies because the child’s Chakra contains Natural Energy, forcing Simu to sever the arm before the petrification spreads further.
• Simu discovers that the child possesses an extraordinary ability to absorb and contain Natural Energy naturally. Unlike Uzumaki Rii and Orochimaru’s other subjects, the child suffers no physical damage from the energy.
• The child awakens and returns to his normal, gentle appearance. He is distressed that he lost control and destroyed part of the town, though no civilians were killed.
• He identifies himself as Jugo, also known as “Libra of Destruction.” He admits that he periodically enters uncontrollable berserk states without understanding why.
• Simu becomes intensely interested in Jugo, recognizing him as an exceptionally valuable and rare specimen.

Character Developments

• Simu demonstrates increasing mastery of experimental ninjutsu and shows his characteristic cruelty, wit, and scientific curiosity. His interest in Jugo is primarily analytical, as he views the boy as a unique biological subject capable of naturally absorbing Natural Energy.
• Hidan remains aggressive and battle-hungry, initially wanting to fight Jugo, but he becomes visibly anxious when Simu threatens to mutilate him. Their interaction reveals that Hidan fears Simu despite his usual confidence.
• Jugo is established as both a destructive force and a gentle, remorseful child. His inability to control his transformations creates an internal conflict between his peaceful personality and his violent berserk state.

Significant Themes

• Science and experimentation: Simu treats supernatural abilities as phenomena to be analyzed, replicated, and weaponized.
• Power without control: Jugo’s immense Natural Energy gives him extraordinary potential but causes destructive episodes he cannot regulate.
• The contrast between appearance and nature: Jugo looks like a small child yet possesses overwhelming destructive power, while his normal personality is timid and compassionate.
• Weaponization of knowledge: Simu considers turning sound-based Genjutsu into an invisible, conversational method of killing.
• Dark humor and intimidation: Simu’s grotesque threats toward Hidan reinforce the brutal, macabre tone of the Jashin Cult.

Character Interactions

• Simu prevents Hidan from attacking Jugo and effortlessly overwhelms the child, establishing Simu’s superior control and authority.
• Hidan’s complaints and Simu’s obscene threats create a hostile but comedic dynamic in which Hidan is repeatedly unnerved.
• Simu questions Jugo after calming him, while Jugo responds with gratitude, guilt, and curiosity about his rescuer.
• Their meeting ends with Simu viewing Jugo less as a person than as a potentially groundbreaking subject for studying Natural Energy.