Recaps

Simu and Hidan traveled to the Land of Waves to carry out the Jashin Cult’s mission against Gato while Simu tested Kagune implantation and pursued new powers. On Sakamoto’s ship, the experiments transformed prisoners, including three who remained sane, and Sakamoto prepared to display them in the arena.

• Simu and Hidan set out to assassinate Gato, with Kikuchi Miura guiding them, and Simu implanted Hidan with a Parasitic Spider Kagune.
• Hidan killed two cultists and defeated Kikuchi Miura, while Simu restored Miura’s body afterward to analyze his Water Release genes.
• In Shuiyu Village, Simu and Hidan learned from Grandpa that Sakamoto Trading Company had detained local fishermen, including Shiraishi Mori and Shiraishi Rin’s parents.
• At Sakamoto’s dock, Hidan killed four thugs who attacked them, and Simu told Mr. Sakamoto they had come to complete his commission.
• Simu showed Sakamoto that people could gain power by eating Kagune, and a server’s transformation into a Ghoul convinced Sakamoto to begin experiments.
• Shiraishi Mori was caught aboard the ship after using Simu’s necklace to enter, and Simu pretended not to know him when Sakamoto asked about other cultists.
• Sakamoto sent Mori’s parents and other prisoners to be tested, killing eleven subjects and leaving six unconscious while Shiraishi Ao, Yanagishima Keiko, and Shimizu Ken survived with their sanity.
• Sakamoto announced a Mutant Showdown in the Octagon Cage arena, and the ship’s dignitaries gathered to watch.

Simu helped Shiraishi Mori gain the strength to avenge his parents and village, then upgraded his own abilities and confronted Orochimaru’s experiments. The arc left Simu studying Natural Energy after rescuing Zero from Hidan’s ritual.

• Simu gave Shiraishi Mori a Kagune, and Mori fought through Sakamoto’s arena to reunite with his parents as Ghouls and ninjas clashed.
• Keiko and Shiraishi Ao died protecting Mori, who took multiple Kagune, defeated Sakamoto, and reached Shuiyu Village too late to stop the attack on his grandfather.
• Mori transformed into a monstrous insect dragon and devastated the village, but Shiraishi Rin’s presence brought him back to himself.
• Mori gathered the surviving Ghouls, took responsibility for the damage he caused, and called on them to drive Yugakure’s nobles and ninjas from the world.
• The Cult Leader took over Simu’s body, but Hidan killed him and slaughtered the cultists before Simu emerged from the Blood Pool and faced Orochimaru.
• Simu fought Orochimaru’s apparent clone, developed new abilities from his research, and modified Hidan before the two set out for Orochimaru’s hidden base.
• Simu and Hidan entered the base, fought its guards, and found a laboratory full of human test subjects, including Test Subject Zero, an Uzumaki girl studied for her ability to withstand Natural Energy.
• Hidan’s mistake released Zero and transformed her into a monster, but Simu stopped his ritual and restrained her before Natural Energy began petrifying Simu’s hand, forcing him to sever it.

Simu built a Jashin church, fought Pain, and joined Akatsuki after negotiating with Nagato. As Simu’s followers and experiments grew, Jugo, Uzumaki Rii, and Xianai carried out a mission against Yugakure’s forces.

• Simu rescued Uzumaki Rii from Orochimaru’s experiments, heard of the Uzumaki Clan’s destruction, and sent her away to recover and grow stronger.
• Shiraishi Mori’s Ghouls adopted new Kakuhou, defeated Yugakure’s forces, captured a border town, and named themselves the Chosen People.
• Simu established a church and granted townspeople’s wishes at a hidden cost, drawing Pain and Konan to investigate and recruit him.
• Simu and Hidan fought Pain, and Simu’s followers transformed into the Apostle of Desire before Simu ended the experiment with a devastating explosion.
• Simu found the real Nagato, agreed to help capture the Tailed Beasts, and proposed provoking the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• Simu and Hidan joined Akatsuki, received rings and research materials, and Simu developed new biological experiments while Nagato assigned him a mission in the Land of Rain.
• Jugo, Uzumaki Rii, and Xianai attacked a Yugakure stronghold, killed its defenders, and left one paralyzed Chunin as Jugo’s Sage Mode faded.

Simu’s attack on Yugakure awakened the Eye of Jashin and drew Jiraiya and Konoha into a growing conflict with Tobi and the cult. As Akatsuki moved against Amegakure, Simu expanded his influence and left Sunagakure facing an explosion linked to the newly marked cultists.

• Linben died after declaring that devotion to the Jashin Lord was the only escape from hell, while Shangyuan tried to suppress the incident and destroy the cult’s symbols.
• Shiraishi Mori and the Ghouls attacked Yugakure, killed Shangyuan, and devastated the village before Kakashi and Konoha’s reinforcements arrived.
• Kakashi defeated Shiraishi Mori, but the Eye of Jashin ensnared the survivors in a vision that drove the settlement’s people to sacrifice themselves.
• Jiraiya confronted Tobi and the Eye of Jashin, then escaped to Mount Myoboku, where the Great Toad Sage identified Jashin as the source of the coming disaster.
• Jiraiya reported Tobi and the Jashin Cult to Hiruzen, who put Tobi on the wanted list and banned the cult in the Land of Fire but refused to commit a Jonin team.
• Simu developed Blood-Spirit Worms and joined Hidan in Akatsuki’s operation against Amegakure, capturing Ibuse while Hidan fought the village’s guards.
• Simu and Hidan ambushed a Sunagakure squad, and Simu forced the survivors to join the Jashin Cult before letting them leave with a cover story blaming Konoha.
• Rasa sent ANBU to check Yuri’s squad’s report, while Kawanishi hesitated over revealing the cult marks and an explosion struck a building in Sunagakure.