Chapter Summaries

Kagami Uchiha killed Pakura with a soul-targeting technique and returned to the command room, where his clash with Orochimaru nearly escalated into a threat to Konoha’s stability. Orochimaru offered to groom Kagami as a future Hokage, while Minato remained confident he would claim the role himself.

• Kagami Uchiha used a powerful Yin Release technique to kill Pakura, then explained to Minato Namikaze that he had developed it as a defense against Sukuna.
• Minato praised Kagami and Kakashi for their battlefield performance and reminded them that their safety came first.
• At the command room, Orochimaru recognized Pakura’s corpse and confronted Kagami about using genjutsu against her and himself.
• Kagami threatened to defect with hundreds of Uchiha if Orochimaru persecuted him, and Orochimaru responded by offering to groom him as the next Hokage.
• Kagami said Minato was more likely to become Hokage, while Minato admitted he had prepared to help Kagami kill Orochimaru if their confrontation turned serious.

Orochimaru investigated Kagami Uchiha’s abilities before Hatake Sakumo arrived with news that Sasori had killed the Third Kazekage. Sakumo refused to return to Konoha and left Kakashi in Minato and Kagami’s care, while Orochimaru decided to exploit Sunagakure’s leadership crisis by attacking.

• Orochimaru questioned Kagami about his killing technique and learned it could kill an unprepared elite jonin.
• Hatake Sakumo arrived wounded, reunited with Kakashi, and revealed that Sasori of the Red Sands had assassinated the Third Kazekage and turned him into a Human Puppet.
• Orochimaru, Minato, and Kagami explained that Sunagakure would likely blame Konoha rather than turn against Sasori if told the truth.
• Sakumo declined Orochimaru’s offer to return to Konoha and asked Minato and Kagami to look after Kakashi before leaving to draw Sasori away.
• Orochimaru decided to exploit Sunagakure’s leaderless state and strike hard.

Orochimaru proposed invading the Land of Wind and assigned Minato and Kagami Uchiha to hold off Iwagakure’s two Jinchuriki. Sarutobi Shinnosuke objected to risking children, but Kagami accepted the deployment and secured Orochimaru’s agreement to bring Uchiha reinforcements.

• Orochimaru explained that Konoha would counterattack the Land of Wind to force Sunagakure to withdraw from the Land of Fire.
• A Nara jonin warned that the offensive would leave Konoha’s borders vulnerable to Iwagakure, and Minato said he could hold off one Jinchuriki but noted they usually fought together.
• Orochimaru assigned Minato and Kagami Uchiha to face Iwagakure’s two Jinchuriki while other ninja dealt with its ordinary forces.
• Sarutobi Shinnosuke condemned the plan and urged Kagami and Kakashi to return to the village, but Kagami said he would obey Orochimaru’s orders.
• Kagami asked for Uchiha reinforcements, and Orochimaru agreed to request them and let Kagami choose which Uchiha would join the battlefield.

Uchiha Madara ordered White Zetsu to investigate Uchiha Obito and keep Kagami Uchiha as a backup, while Konoha prepared for a possible Third Shinobi World War. Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Uchiha forces to the western front and pressured Uchiha Fugaku to make Kagami more loyal to the village.

• White Zetsu told Uchiha Madara that Konoha and Sunagakure had gone to war at the border, and Madara reviewed intelligence on young Uchiha.
• Uchiha Madara judged Kagami Uchiha unsuitable as his main successor, ordered White Zetsu to investigate what Uchiha Obito cared about, and told him to contact Kagami as a backup.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi considered sending the Uchiha to the front and chose a mix of hardline and moderate clan members, including Uchiha Fugaku.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Fugaku and questioned him about Kagami's loyalty to the village.
• Fugaku promised Hiruzen Sarutobi that he would change Kagami's thinking and help him form strong bonds with Konoha's shinobi.

Uchiha Fugaku arrived with fifty Uchiha ninja, but Kagami Uchiha’s followers stood apart from the clan head, exposing the clan’s divisions. After Minato Namikaze helped settle their command dispute, his group traveled to Kannabi Bridge to prepare for an expected Iwagakure advance, while Kagami wondered whether Uchiha Madara might be nearby.

• Uchiha Fugaku arrived with fifty ninja, and dozens of them gathered behind Kagami Uchiha instead of their clan head.
• Kagami rejected Fugaku’s claim to command him, and Minato Namikaze eased the dispute by urging them to adapt their arrangements to battlefield conditions.
• Minato identified Kannabi Bridge as a key route for Iwagakure’s main force and planned to defend it while using Flying Thunder God marks to intercept enemies elsewhere.
• Kagami considered whether Uchiha Madara might be in the Land of Grass, but could only speculate based on incomplete information.
• Minato, Kagami, and Fugaku led five jonin-level fighters to Kannabi Bridge while Sarutobi Shinnosuke and the other ninja watched the border.
• The disguised group crossed the Land of Grass and reached Kannabi Bridge, expecting the conflict to intensify once news of Orochimaru’s fighting in the Land of Wind reached the Land of Earth.

Minato Namikaze led a Konoha squad to intercept an approaching Iwagakure advance force, determined to keep it from discovering the western front’s weak defenses. Kagami Uchiha and Shinkwa launched a surprise attack, ending with Kagami summoning a pack of Sharingan-eyed wolves that charged through the enemy’s earthen defenses.

• Minato sensed an Iwagakure squad approaching and ordered the Konoha ninja to surround and eliminate them.
• Minato explained that the enemy must not learn the western front was weak or move the main battlefield into the Land of Fire.
• Kagami and Shinkwa raced ahead and trapped much of the Iwagakure squad in a vast Swamp of the Underworld.
• The Iwagakure ninja built earthen defenses and began rescuing their trapped comrades while Shinkwa attacked with Great Fire Annihilation.
• Kagami unleashed Yin Release: Day-Chasing Fierce Wolves, summoning a pack of Sharingan-eyed wolves that smashed through the earthen wall and charged at the Iwagakure squad.

Kagami Uchiha used his new Yin Release wolves and a giant eagle to overwhelm an Iwagakure team while Minato Namikaze’s group watched. As a fleeing Jonin escaped underground, Kagami pursued him and unleashed a Black Flash.

• Kagami Uchiha trapped Iwagakure ninja with slow-moving soul-tearing wolves, forcing their Jonin to stay and defend their companions.
• Kagami summoned a giant eagle and carried himself and his companion beyond the range of the Iwagakure ninja’s attacks.
• Minato Namikaze’s group arrived, and Fugaku recognized Kagami’s growing skill and feared what he might become after awakening the Mangekyo.
• Kagami accused the Iwagakure team of spying on the Land of Fire and taunted them about Ōnoki and Uchiha Madara.
• The leading Jonin tried to hold off Kagami while a female Jonin fled underground, but Kagami predicted her route and struck with Black Flash.

Kagami Uchiha unleashed a devastating chakra-powered Black Flash to kill an Iwagakure jonin, then argued with Sukuna about strength and freedom before collapsing from the strain. Minato Namikaze carried him from the battlefield as the surviving Iwagakure ninja were defeated, and the group returned to seek treatment.

• Kagami Uchiha used Black Flash to obliterate an Iwagakure jonin, leaving a massive crater and stunning the surrounding ninja.
• Sukuna praised Kagami Uchiha’s talent and urged him to abandon his clan for freedom, but Kagami rejected his idea of freedom and sealed him away.
• Minato Namikaze caught the exhausted Kagami Uchiha and learned that he had named his technique Black Flash.
• Fugaku and the others finished off the remaining Iwagakure ninja, while Choza Akimichi marveled at Kagami’s strength.
• Minato Namikaze chastised Kagami Uchiha and Fugaku for killing enemies instead of using the Sharingan to gather intelligence, then used Flying Thunder God to take Kagami for treatment.

Orochimaru’s forces fought Sunagakure to a stalemate, and he left to infiltrate the village and spread news about the Third Kazekage’s death. At Kannabi Bridge, Kagami Uchiha prepared to face the Four-Tails’ Jinchuriki, hoping to use its chakra to develop Lava Release.

• Chiyo’s hesitation after Orochimaru accused Sasori of killing the Third Kazekage let Orochimaru sever one of her arms.
• Sand shinobi protected the wounded Chiyo, and Sunagakure retreated while Konoha’s poisoned forces were too weakened to pursue.
• Orochimaru decided to infiltrate Sunagakure, investigate Chiyo and Rasa, and spread word that Sasori had assassinated the Third Kazekage.
• At Kannabi Bridge, Fugaku learned that Ōnoki had sent a Jinchuriki toward the battlefield, and Kagami said he hoped it was the Four-Tails.
• The Four-Tails’ Jinchuriki attacked with the Scorching Stream Rock Technique, and Kagami answered with Severance Release: Thousand Blade Flowing Scenery Severity.

Kagami Uchiha fought Roshi after Roshi entered Tailed Beast Transformation, then used Severance Release to enter the Four-Tails' sealed spiritual space. The chapter left Kagami confronting the chained Four-Tails, whom he criticized for being called Son Goku.

• Minato identified Kagami's Severance Release and sent Shibi and Shinkwa to assist him while leading the others to intercept Han and his group.
• Roshi entered Tailed Beast Transformation and aimed a Tailed Beast Ball at Kagami's giant eagle.
• Kagami had Shinkwa unleash Great Fire Annihilation and combined it with Yin Release to strike Roshi with Yin Dragon Fire Prison, but Roshi emerged unharmed.
• Kagami vanished from the eagle and used One Blade: Cicada's Lament, freezing Roshi and entering the Four-Tails' spiritual space.
• Kagami faced the chained Four-Tails and said it was insulting for a creature like it to be called Son Goku.

Kagami Uchiha entered Roshi’s mental space and brutally suppressed the Four-Tails, extracting its chakra and learning from its Lava Release. He returned to the battlefield with the Four-Tails weakened and charged Roshi, who avoided his Sharingan gaze.

• Kagami Uchiha overpowered the chained Four-Tails with a giant Windmill Shuriken and began extracting its chakra.
• Kagami reflected on his ocular power, the Mangekyo Sharingan’s physical toll, and possible ways to overcome its drawbacks.
• The Four-Tails tried to eject Kagami from the mental space, and Kagami left after mocking its name.
• Kagami reappeared atop the giant eagle, and Shibi Aburame recognized his technique as the Spirit Transformation Technique.
• Kagami drew his blade and charged Roshi while Shibi watched, and Roshi lowered his head to avoid looking into Kagami’s Sharingan.

Kagami Uchiha defeated Roshi after using the Four-Tails’ chakra to cloak himself, leaving Roshi alive as a valuable captive. The Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki arrived with Iwagakure forces, and Minato and Kagami faced the threat without enough chakra to teleport everyone to safety.

• Kagami Uchiha used Mirror Flower Water Moon to break Roshi’s genjutsu, but Roshi kicked him away before the attack could land.
• Kagami Uchiha revealed a Tailed Beast chakra cloak, and Roshi mistook him for the Nine-Tails’ Jinchuriki.
• Kagami Uchiha overwhelmed Roshi with enhanced attacks and left him unconscious, choosing to keep him alive.
• Shibi Aburame spotted Ōnoki approaching and warned Kagami Uchiha to retreat.
• Minato arrived with his teammates, while Kagami Uchiha held the unconscious Roshi and prepared to face Ōnoki’s arrival.

Kagami Uchiha confronted Ōnoki over Roshi and demanded that Iwagakure stay out of the Land of Fire for half a year. When Ōnoki attacked with Dust Release, Kagami unleashed Black Flash and shattered the technique, leaving Ōnoki injured and overwhelmed.

• Kagami Uchiha taunted Ōnoki and refused to release Roshi without a guarantee that Iwagakure would not cross the Land of Fire's borders for half a year.
• Ōnoki rejected Kagami's terms, while Minato stood beside Kagami and prepared to use the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Kagami rallied the Konoha ninja by declaring they would die protecting the Land of Fire from invaders, and Ōnoki suppressed his anger.
• Ōnoki fired Dust Release at Kagami and the Konoha group, but Kagami threw Roshi down and transformed using the Four-Tails' chakra.
• Kagami unleashed Black Flash against the Dust Release beam, and the clash ended with Ōnoki's waist cracking as Kagami's lightning crushed the beam.

Kagami Uchiha forced Ōnoki to withdraw by threatening to unleash the Nine-Tails, then returned Roshi in exchange for a temporary promise of peace. As Kagami recovered, he told Minato that Danzo was targeting him and declared he would kill Danzo; Minato chose to stay and protect him.

• Kagami used the threat of releasing the Nine-Tails to make Ōnoki promise Iwagakure would not invade the Land of Fire for half a year, and Ōnoki agreed to withdraw after Roshi was returned alive.
• Ōnoki told Kitsuchi to spread Kagami's name, then received word that the Third Raikage had invaded the Land of Earth and rushed back to defend Iwagakure.
• At the Land of Fire border, a medical ninja treated Kagami's severe injuries, and Minato told him that Roshi had been handed back to the Iwa shinobi.
• Minato revealed that Danzo had ordered him to support the fighting in the Land of Wind, and Kagami said Danzo had arranged the danger and was targeting him.
• Kagami said he would kill Shimura Danzō, and Minato chose to stay with him until he recovered and protect him.

Minato asked Kagami Uchiha about his plans for the Tailed Beasts, and Kagami explained his dream of making the Uchiha Clan a lasting restraint on war. After Minato left, Kagami severed Sukuna’s arm to take its power and sealed Sukuna in darkness.

• Minato asked Kagami Uchiha how he would handle the Tailed Beasts, and Kagami argued that the Uchiha Clan could restrain the ninja world through a powerful leader and a lasting legacy.
• Minato warned that Kagami’s successors might seek power and that bearing the world’s malice would be painful, but Kagami said he would consider a successor when the time came.
• Minato thanked Kagami for explaining his ideals and said he would support him.
• Kagami spoke with Sukuna, who admitted that he wanted to eat Kagami, and Kagami mocked Sukuna for misunderstanding human malice.
• Kagami dragged Sukuna’s arm through the Seal, severed it with a flaming blade, and suppressed the severed limb with ocular power.
• Kagami sealed Sukuna in darkness until he finished using the arm, leaving Sukuna roaring in the sealed space.

Orochimaru sent Kagami Uchiha a chakra-based healing technique and arranged for Minato Namikaze to take him back to the village. Minato also decided to bring Kakashi home, leaving the two junior brothers to bicker as they prepared to depart.

• Orochimaru read reports of Kagami's feats, burned Danzo's letter, and sent Kagami a personal note with a chakra activation technique.
• Kagami studied Orochimaru's technique and resolved to find a way to kill Shimura Danzō during the war.
• Minato Namikaze and Kakashi visited Kagami, who learned that Iwagakure had dubbed him “Crimson Eyes.”
• Minato explained that Orochimaru had asked him to escort Kagami to the village and that he was bringing Kakashi back as well.
• Kakashi objected to leaving the battlefield, but Kagami teased him, and Minato told them to get ready for the trip.

Minato spent his day off with Kushina while Kagami returned home with Kakashi and worried over his declining grandmother. Meanwhile, Hiruzen weighed Kagami’s growing power and Minato’s belief that Kagami might be the prophesied savior, leaving him uncertain what to do.

• Minato left Kakashi and Kagami to visit Kushina, while Kakashi followed Kagami home and agreed to buy groceries and cook.
• Kakashi distracted Shisui during water-walking practice, and Kagami sent Shisui to change after he fell into the pond.
• Kagami found his grandmother’s health had worsened and promised to care for himself and Shisui, while accepting that she might eventually wish to die.
• Kushina leaped from her window into Minato’s arms after he called to her with a bouquet of red flowers.
• Hiruzen read reports about Kagami taking the Four-Tails’ chakra and considered whether Kagami could also control the Nine-Tails.
• Hiruzen reread Minato’s letter calling Kagami a possible Child of Prophecy and wondered what he should do.

With the western front temporarily quiet, Kagami Uchiha’s reputation spread through Konoha as his clan praised his victory. He rejected Mikoto’s appeal to restrain the Uchiha and left Shisui with a question about the clan’s relationship with the village’s upper ranks.

• The Land of Wind’s defensive strategy stalled Orochimaru, while Ōnoki and the Third Raikage, A, fought in the royal capital, bringing a pause to the western front.
• Uchiha clan members spread stories of Kagami Uchiha’s victory over the Four-Tails and his stand against Ōnoki, boosting his reputation in Konoha.
• Mikoto visited Kagami and asked him and Elder Shinka to restrain clan members, arguing that the Uchiha should work toward reconciliation with the village.
• Kagami told Mikoto she had no right to represent the Uchiha, threatened her, and ordered her not to raise the subject again.
• After Mikoto left with Itachi, Kagami asked Shisui what he thought of the relationship between the Uchiha Clan and the village’s upper ranks.

Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to let Kushina Uzumaki leave the village on missions with Minato Namikaze and Kagami Uchiha, hoping the three would build bonds and ease Kagami’s rift with Konoha. He assigned Maruboshi Kosuke to join and guide the squad, especially Kagami.

• Shisui told his brother he would support any decision, and his brother ordered him to master water-walking within three days.
• Kushina and Minato asked Hiruzen to let Kushina take missions outside the village, and Hiruzen warned that Konoha depended on her as the Nine-Tails’ Jinchuriki.
• Hiruzen approved a three-person squad of Kushina, Minato, and Kagami once Kagami recovered, with an experienced shinobi accompanying them.
• Kushina dragged Minato away to check on Kagami, while Hiruzen considered the danger Kagami might pose if his rift with the village deepened.
• Hiruzen summoned Maruboshi Kosuke and asked him to join the squad, guide the three shinobi, and serve as a bridge between Kagami and Konoha.
• Kosuke accepted Hiruzen’s mission.

Jiraiya confronted Dodai and Kumogakure’s A-B combo after they attacked Konoha’s northern front and demanded Uchiha clan members. He discovered that Blue B was the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, sent a warning to headquarters, and the battle continued as Blue B took on Gamabunta.

• A sensory ninja warned Jiraiya that an immense chakra presence had appeared at the front, so Jiraiya headed to the border.
• Jiraiya found Konoha’s forces badly damaged and faced Dodai, A, and B, who demanded Uchiha with awakened Sharingan, including Kagami Uchiha.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta, and they attacked Kumogakure with the Toad Oil Flame Bullet.
• Dodai tried to shield the group with a Rubber Wall, but Blue B’s Tailed Beast cloak and chakra claw reversed the flames.
• Jiraiya recognized Blue B as the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and sent a coded warning to headquarters.
• A and B split the fight, with Blue B facing Gamabunta while A and the others targeted Jiraiya.