Chapter Summaries

Kagami Uchiha joined the Ninja Academy and met Kakashi, Obito, and Rin, teasing them while hiding his knowledge of the future. During Hiruzen Sarutobi’s entrance ceremony speech, Kagami entered his mental space, taunted the sealed Ryomen Sukuna, and took a wisp of his cursed energy before leaving.

• Obito warned Kakashi that a troublesome Uchiha boy had come to the Academy to target him.
• Kagami Uchiha introduced himself, mocked Obito as “Goggles,” and provoked Kakashi with a nickname of his own.
• Kagami’s adoptive grandmother arrived with baby Shisui, while Rin restrained the furious Obito.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi began the entrance ceremony speech, and Kagami let his attention drift into his mental space.
• Kagami taunted the sealed Ryomen Sukuna, swallowed a wisp of black energy that granted him slashing techniques, and left Sukuna raging behind the Seal.

Kagami Uchiha reflected on controlling Sukuna’s power and protecting his clan while keeping his distance from his classmates. After humiliating Asuma in a fight, he left the children wary of him and resolved to hide his deeper ruthlessness.

• Kagami Uchiha judged Sukuna’s cursed energy useful for strengthening his spiritual power but too dangerous to rely on, and considered the strain of awakening the Mangekyo too young.
• Kagami Uchiha weighed the Third Hokage’s strength and the need to prevent the Uchiha Clan’s future destruction, while deciding not to form bonds with his classmates.
• Yuhi Kurenai asked Kagami Uchiha about his curly hair, but he ignored her and went outside to eat his bento.
• Asuma confronted Kagami Uchiha for treating Kurenai dismissively, and Kagami Uchiha provoked him by predicting their future marriage and children.
• Kagami Uchiha defeated Asuma, stomped his hand into the ground, and warned him that on a battlefield he could have killed him.
• Kagami Uchiha left the crowd after the children parted for him, concealing his madness and resolving to control the monster within him.

Kagami Uchiha challenged Kakashi during practical combat training and revealed strength that matched him, drawing attention from both the students and Hiruzen Sarutobi. Danzo urged Hiruzen to let Root secretly train Kagami, but Hiruzen refused, and Danzo left angrily.

• Asuma sought information from Uchiha Obito about Kagami, while Rin Nohara reminded them that Kagami would only demonstrate shuriken throwing that day.
• Kagami asked to replace Obito in a match against Kakashi and revealed a sword and an Exploding Tag before the teacher forbade weapons.
• Kagami and Kakashi fought at close range, and both demonstrated exceptional combat ability in front of the stunned class.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the match through the Telescope Technique and hoped the rivalry could improve relations between the Uchiha and the village.
• Shimura Danzō called Kagami a dangerous Uchiha and asked to train him in Root, but Hiruzen refused, prompting Danzo to leave in anger.

Kagami Uchiha defeated Kakashi in a training-ground battle by revealing his double-tomoe Sharingan, drawing the Hokage’s attention to his dangerous personality. While secretly working on the Rasengan, Kagami argued with Sukuna inside his mental prison and vowed to open the Seal and collar him.

• Kagami Uchiha shattered Kakashi’s earth wall with a Great Fireball, escaped with the Substitution Technique, and resumed their taijutsu fight.
• Kagami trapped Kakashi in a Sharingan genjutsu infused with Sukuna’s Cursed Energy, and the teacher stopped the match and declared Kagami the winner.
• Kagami revealed his double-tomoe Sharingan, introduced himself to the students, and said he hated Uchiha Obito.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the fight and decided to leave Kagami at the Ninja Academy for now, hoping Minato Namikaze’s influence might help him.
• Kagami practiced the Rasengan’s maintenance stage in his mental space, while Sukuna sensed the outside world and warned him about its dangers.
• Kagami dismissed Sukuna’s caution and vowed that one day he would open the Seal and put a dog collar on him.

Kagami Uchiha turned down Uchiha Shinka’s political ambitions for him and accepted Shinka’s offer to teach him ninjutsu. After seeing how warmly the clan welcomed him, Kagami resolved to protect the Uchiha and prevent them from losing what they loved.

• Hatake Sakumo explained to Kakashi that Kagami’s Sharingan may have awakened through pain, and Kakashi asked his father to teach him swordsmanship.
• Kagami met Uchiha Shinka, who praised his conduct and proposed that the Uchiha pursue the Fifth Hokage position.
• Kagami criticized Shinka for waiting for future chances to claim power and declared he had no interest in becoming Hokage.
• Shinka offered to teach Kagami all of his ninjutsu, and Kagami agreed to meet him at the Training Ground the next day.
• Kagami greeted the Uchiha clansmen warmly on his way home and resolved to protect the clan and keep it from losing anyone.

Kagami Uchiha learned the Great Dragon Fire Technique from Shinka, then demonstrated his swordsmanship and the invisible slash Dismantle. After Shinka agreed to arrange a medicinal bath to strengthen Kagami’s frail body, Kagami chose to remain in training rather than graduate early.

• Shinka taught Kagami Uchiha the Great Dragon Fire Technique, and Kagami quickly performed it successfully.
• Kagami asked Shinka to train him in swordsmanship and attacked him with Sode no Shirayuki.
• Kagami used Dismantle, an invisible slash that wounded Shinka before Kagami collapsed from exhaustion.
• Shinka warned Kagami to keep Dismantle as a hidden trump card and praised its potential to kill a Special Jonin.
• Kagami asked for medicinal baths, and Shinka agreed on the condition that Kagami train for at least two years without graduating early.

After Hatake Sakumo abandoned a mission to save his comrades, Kakashi sought Kagami’s view on whether missions or comrades mattered more. Kagami warned Kakashi that his father might take his own life, then continued using Obito as a means to eventually contact Uchiha Madara.

• News spread through Konoha that Hatake Sakumo had abandoned a mission to save his comrades, leaving Kakashi distressed about his father’s condition.
• Kakashi asked Kagami whether a mission or comrades mattered more, and Kagami called Sakumo wrong for letting his beliefs collapse instead of confronting those responsible.
• Kagami warned Kakashi that Sakumo wanted to kill himself, and Kakashi rushed home to check on him.
• Obito said he would protect his clansmen, Rin said she would sacrifice herself for a mission, and Kagami said he would kill whoever issued a mission that demanded such a sacrifice.
• Kagami knocked Obito unconscious with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and continued slowly placing ocular force into him through a Transcription Seal to prepare for meeting Uchiha Madara.

Kagami Uchiha visited Hatake Sakumo, who was contemplating suicide after the village condemned his choice to save comrades over completing a mission. Kagami exposed the political motives behind the Third Hokage’s inaction and urged Sakumo to stand by his decision, leaving Sakumo to recognize that Kagami expected the village to choose the Uchiha’s side.

• Kakashi asked Kagami Uchiha to visit his father, Hatake Sakumo.
• Kagami told Hatake Sakumo that Danzo had leaked the mission details and that the Third Hokage had let the scandal unfold for political reasons.
• Kagami explained that Sakumo’s stained reputation made him less of a threat to the Fourth Hokage succession and could lead the village to use him against the Uchiha.
• After Kagami reminded him that Kakashi would be left without a father, Hatake Sakumo asked for advice.
• Kagami urged Hatake Sakumo to stand by his choice and confront those who condemned him, even violently.
• Hatake Sakumo observed that Kagami had chosen the Uchiha’s side, and Kagami replied that the side that chose him would become the victor.

Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Shimura Danzō’s demand to take charge of Kagami Uchiha and arranged for Jiraiya to train him, while Danzō was told to stop interfering in Sakumo’s matter. Kagami accepted an invitation to Uchiha Itachi’s Seven-Day Celebration, then trained in his mental space as he continued probing Sukuna’s power and experimenting with Fire Release.

• Shimura Danzō urged Hiruzen Sarutobi and the advisors to seize control of Kagami Uchiha, but Hiruzen assigned Jiraiya to train him and ordered Danzō to stop interfering in Sakumo’s matter.
• Fugaku invited Kagami Uchiha to Uchiha Itachi’s Seven-Day Celebration, and Kagami agreed to attend.
• Kagami Uchiha reflected that Itachi’s birth began the countdown to the Uchiha clan’s destruction.
• Kagami Uchiha told Sukuna that stronger people existed in Konoha and swallowed black mist drawn from the Seal, expecting to gain better control of Dismantle.
• Kagami Uchiha blocked out Sukuna’s complaints and tried infusing a chakra sphere with Fire Release, causing an explosion.

At Uchiha Itachi’s seven-day celebration, Kagami Uchiha challenged Fugaku to a fight, declaring that he wanted to test his own strength rather than claim the clan leadership immediately. Fugaku accepted the confrontation, and the two began to face off outside the residence.

• Kagami Uchiha attended the celebration with Shisui and discussed Itachi’s potential with Uchiha Shinka.
• Kagami Uchiha told Shinka that he intended to challenge Fugaku and later take the clan leadership when the Third Shinobi World War began.
• During Fugaku’s toast, Kagami Uchiha openly challenged him in front of the assembled clansmen.
• Kagami Uchiha revealed his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and released powerful chakra as he waited for Fugaku outside.
• Fugaku offered to help Kagami take over the clan smoothly, but Kagami said he only wanted to test his capacity and attacked with a sharp invisible blade.
• Fugaku dodged the attack, awakened his Sharingan, and prepared to treat the fight as an educational exercise for Itachi.

Kagami Uchiha fought Fugaku in a sparring match, revealing his invisible slashes and powerful techniques, including Thousand Blade Flowing Scenery Severity and the Rasengan. After Kagami badly wounded Fugaku, Shinka stepped in to stop the fight before either man was killed.

• Kagami Uchiha and Fugaku clashed with their weapons, and Kagami used invisible slashes to break Fugaku's kunai and cut his neck.
• Fugaku attacked with Fire Release, but Kagami countered with the Great Dragon Fire Technique and pressed forward with his secret slashing technique, Dismantle.
• Fugaku's Great Fire Annihilation engulfed the battlefield, but Kagami rose into the air and unleashed Ninja Art: Slash—Thousand Blade Flowing Scenery Severity, destroying the flames.
• Fugaku used three fire dragons to withstand Kagami's blade streams, but Kagami struck his chest with a Rasengan and blasted him into a crater.
• As Kagami approached the badly injured Fugaku, Shinka stepped between them and ended the sparring match.

Kagami Uchiha tested his strength against Fugaku and refused Sukuna’s offer to teach him forbidden power in exchange for a chance to kill Konoha’s leaders. Hatake Sakumo chose to leave Konoha after reassuring Kakashi, then defeated Root ninjas who tried to stop him and warned Danzo not to harm his son.

• Kagami Uchiha ended his fight with Fugaku, and Shinka ordered the Uchiha to keep the clash secret.
• Sukuna offered to teach Kagami Uchiha Domain Expansion and the Ten Shadows Technique if Kagami let him out once a year, but Kagami refused.
• Hatake Sakumo told Kakashi he would follow his own will, leave the village, and continue supporting him.
• Hatake Sakumo departed Konoha and warned the Root ninjas to tell Danzo that he would kill him if he harmed Kakashi.
• Hatake Sakumo killed several Root ninjas who attacked him and continued on as a ronin.

Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzō’s demand to hunt Hatake Sakumo and proposed that Jiraiya and Minato train Kagami Uchiha and Kakashi. At the training ground, Minato completed a new chakra technique, and Jiraiya said he would bring the two boys to meet him.

• Shimura Danzō urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to declare Hatake Sakumo a missing-nin and kill him, but Hiruzen refused to pursue him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi proposed that Jiraiya and Minato train Kagami Uchiha and Kakashi, while Shimura Danzō objected to Jiraiya teaching Kagami.
• Jiraiya helped Minato Namikaze practice controlling a spinning ball of chakra and offered him half a Twin Popsicle.
• Minato Namikaze used the idea of either side being fine to stabilize the chakra ball and named the technique Light Wheel Popsicle-Inspired Whorl-Haired Jiraiya Twin-Style Ball.
• Jiraiya told Minato Namikaze that he would bring Kagami Uchiha and Kakashi to meet him after speaking with Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Kagami Uchiha and Kakashi to train under Jiraiya, who tested them by racing ahead. Kagami caught up with Kakashi, but Jiraiya suddenly sped away, and Kagami sensed the Nine-Tails’ violent chakra.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Kagami Uchiha and Kakashi that they would graduate early and train under Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya arrived through the Hokage Office window, greeted the boys, and joked that he could call Kagami his nephew because Kagami was the grandson of his old companion.
• Jiraiya challenged Kagami and Kakashi to catch up with him as their first test.
• Kagami used a Body Flicker to overtake Kakashi and widen the gap between them.
• Jiraiya suddenly accelerated out of sight, and Kagami activated his Sharingan and sensed the Nine-Tails’ chakra.

Kagami Uchiha joined Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki in resisting the Nine-Tails as it broke free during the sealing. He used his ocular power to weaken and distract the beast, helping Minato bind it again while leaving it sealed inside Kushina.

• Sukuna urged Kagami Uchiha to let him fight the Nine-Tails, but Kagami blocked his perception to avoid drawing the beast's attention.
• Kagami observed Minato Namikaze's sealing technique as Jiraiya waited outside, unable to intervene safely.
• The Nine-Tails broke through Kushina's restraint, pierced Minato's abdomen, and threatened to escape.
• Kagami entered the mental space and helped Minato and Kushina resist the Nine-Tails, secretly gathering some of its chakra.
• Kagami used his ocular power to provoke and weaken the Nine-Tails, which mistook him for Madara before Minato knocked it down and sealed it again.

After Kagami Uchiha helped stop the Nine-Tails, Tsunade confronted him over his power and his attitude toward killing, while Jiraiya explained her prejudice against the Uchiha and offered to teach him. Kagami accepted Jiraiya’s invitation, despite believing the conflict between Konoha and the Uchiha could only end in one side’s defeat.

• Tsunade questioned Kagami Uchiha about awakening the Three-Tomoe Sharingan and killing Mountain Bandits, while Kushina thanked him for helping protect Minato and Konoha.
• Tsunade challenged Kagami’s lack of reverence for the lives of enemies, and Kagami retorted that she had no right to judge him.
• Tsunade released her chakra and confronted Kagami, who activated his Sharingan and reached for his sword, until Jiraiya ordered them to stop.
• After Tsunade and Kushina left, Jiraiya told Kagami that Tsunade resented the Uchiha because her grandfather, the First Hokage, had died because of Uchiha Madara.
• Jiraiya acknowledged the prejudice between Konoha and the Uchiha and asked Kagami to become his disciple; Kagami accepted and called him Teacher Jiraiya.

Jiraiya explained the Nine-Tails and the secret of Jinchuriki to Kagami Uchiha and Kakashi after Minato Namikaze began to recover. Kagami invited a lonely Kakashi home for dinner, where Kakashi saw his kindness toward his family and began to understand him better.

• Jiraiya told Kagami Uchiha and Kakashi that the monster was the Nine-Tails, explained Tailed Beasts and Jinchuriki, and warned them to keep its identity secret.
• Kagashi realized he had no one waiting at home, so Kagami Uchiha invited him to dinner despite insisting he owed Kagami nothing. [sic].
• Kagami Uchiha returned home, where Kakashi saw Shisui practicing chakra refinement and Kagami urging his injured grandmother to rest.
• Kakashi helped clean fish and cooked alongside Kagami Uchiha, who said Obito lived nearby and admitted he disliked him.
• Kakashi called Kagami Uchiha a warm person, and Kagami warned him not to make advances toward him.

Hatake Sakumo fought Sasori, who revealed he had turned himself and the Third Kazekage into puppets, while Minato Namikaze, Kagami Uchiha, and Kakashi arrived at Orochimaru’s border command. Orochimaru assigned them a mission against Sunagakure forces, and Kagami threatened him after noticing his greedy stare at the Sharingan.

• Hatake Sakumo dodged Sasori’s poisoned senbon and faced the young puppeteer, who said he wanted to turn him into Eternal Art.
• Sasori attacked with dozens of puppets, but Hatake Sakumo cut their chakra threads and destroyed them.
• Sasori revealed his puppet body and the Third Kazekage as a Human Puppet, then attacked Hatake Sakumo with Iron Sand World Method.
• Minato Namikaze, Kagami Uchiha, and Kakashi arrived at Orochimaru’s command post as reinforcements.
• Orochimaru assigned the three a mission against a Sunagakure team led by the Kekkei Genkai ninja Yekura.
• Kagami Uchiha noticed Orochimaru’s greedy gaze at his Sharingan and warned him he would gouge out his eyes if he looked at him that way again.

Kagami Uchiha used his sword technique, Mirror Flower Water Moon, to trap Orochimaru in a genjutsu, then explained the technique to Minato Namikaze and Kakashi. After learning that a squad of sand ninja was nearby, Kagami set out to confront them and pursue his ambitions for the Uchiha Clan.

• Kagami Uchiha used a flash of blade light to cast a genjutsu on Orochimaru and left the command room with Minato Namikaze and Kakashi.
• Orochimaru realized he had been trapped by Kagami's genjutsu, broke free, and became fascinated by Kagami's ocular power.
• Kagami told Kakashi and Minato that his sword-based genjutsu was called Mirror Flower Water Moon.
• Minato Namikaze recalled that they had come out to deal with a squad of sand ninja, and Kagami insisted that knowing the enemy's location was enough.
• Kagami Uchiha headed toward the enemy, determined to change the Uchiha Clan's standing in the war.

Kagami Uchiha, Minato Namikaze, and Kakashi ambushed Pakura’s squad as it crossed into the Land of Fire. Kagami demonstrated a new Sharingan-powered sword technique and defeated Pakura, while Sukuna watched from within the Seal and feared Kagami’s growing strength.

• Pakura led a squad of Sunagakure ninja into the Land of Fire to create chaos and search for the missing Third Kazekage.
• Kagami Uchiha intercepted the squad, and Pakura attacked him with Scorch Release before he used a shuriken technique to cover their vision.
• Kakashi and Minato Namikaze killed Pakura’s subordinates while Kagami drew Pakura’s attention.
• Pakura charged Kagami to force Minato to retreat, but Kagami used his Sharingan and Sode no Shirayuki to overwhelm her with his new technique, Cicada’s Lament.
• Sukuna watched through the Seal and recognized Kagami’s new technique, worrying that Kagami’s growing strength would prevent his escape.