Chapter Summaries

Kagami, Kushina, and Minato arrived just in time to save Jiraiya from Blue B’s Tailed Beast Ball. With Kumogakure’s forces facing the Konoha group, Kagami advanced toward them and began attacking A.

• Blue B fired a Tailed Beast Ball at Jiraiya, who dismissed Gamabunta and tried to protect himself with earth walls and Needle Jizo.
• Kushina and Kagami arrived with Minato, and Kushina deflected the Tailed Beast Ball with the Nine-Tails’ power.
• Jiraiya reunited with Minato, Kagami, Kushina, and Kosuke as the Cloud Ninja gathered across the battlefield.
• Kumogakure recognized Kagami as the Crimson Eyes and weighed the danger of confronting Konoha’s Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Minato asked Jiraiya if he could still fight, while Kagami walked toward the Cloud Ninja camp and told A to get lost.
• A stepped out to confront Kagami, who unleashed a torrent of slashes.

Kagami Uchiha overwhelmed A and turned his attack toward the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Blue B. Meanwhile, the Nine-Tails warned Kushina that Kagami was Madara reincarnated, but she refused to believe it and sealed the beast back down.

• A used Lightning Release Chakra Mode to break through Kagami Uchiha’s slashes, but Kagami blocked his punch and struck his left chest with Black Flash, sending him crashing through boulders.
• Blue B ordered the others to retreat while he held Kagami off, and Kagami leaped toward him, revealing that the Eight-Tails had been his target all along.
• Jiraiya explained that he trusted Kagami’s ability against a Jinchuriki, while Kushina’s Nine-Tails chakra briefly surged and Minato sealed it back under control.
• The Nine-Tails told Kushina that Kagami was Madara reincarnated and urged her to kill him, but Kushina dismissed the warning and tightened her chains around the beast.

Kagami Uchiha manipulated Blue B’s failing mental state to provoke the Eight-Tails, Gyuki, while secretly reinforcing the seal to keep it from escaping. He then unleashed his ultimate slash, leaving a crack between the horns of Blue B’s half-Tailed Beast form.

• Kagami Uchiha taunted Blue B and used his words to deepen a genjutsu as the Eight-Tails’ Chakra consumed Blue B’s consciousness.
• Kagami Uchiha urged Gyuki to break free and die alongside Blue B, but Gyuki refused to trust humans and struck Kagami away.
• Kagami Uchiha revealed that he had secretly reinforced the Iron Armor Seal, keeping Gyuki trapped and Blue B unconscious.
• Kagami Uchiha severed one of Gyuki’s Chakra tails with One Blade: Cicada’s Lament.
• Kagami Uchiha unleashed Severance Release: Worlds Apart, splitting the air, time, and space and cracking the area between Blue B’s horns.

Kagami Uchiha killed Blue B, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, and absorbed the Tailed Beast Chakra, while Minato insisted Kumogakure’s attack on Konoha’s comrades demanded a response. After the group relaxed and shared a meal, Kagami’s medicinal-food bento left his companions wondering why he pursued power so desperately.

• Kagami Uchiha killed Blue B with a single slash and absorbed the Chakra remaining in his corpse.
• Jiraiya criticized Kagami for killing the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, but Minato argued that Kumogakure had attacked Konoha first and should be confronted.
• Kagami explained that the Nine-Tails was exceptional, then Kushina punched him after he mocked Jiraiya and demanded he call her Big Sister Kushina.
• Jiraiya quietly asked Minato how far things had gone with Kushina, while Maruboshi Kosuke offered to cook for the group.
• Kagami ate a bento made of medicinal ingredients, and Kushina discovered it tasted worse than Soldier Pills.
• Minato and Jiraiya recognized Kagami’s dedication to his medicinal regimen but wondered why he wanted power so desperately.

After Kagami Uchiha killed the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Kumogakure and Iwagakure joined forces to invade the Land of Fire, and Sunagakure declared war on Konoha as well. Hiruzen Sarutobi formally declared war on all three nations, beginning the Third Shinobi World War.

• The Third Raikage condemned A and Dodai over Blue B’s death, then ordered A to live and wash away his shame by defeating their enemies.
• Shimura Danzō raged that Kagami Uchiha’s actions had ruined his plan to make Kumogakure and Iwagakure weaken each other.
• Kumogakure and Iwagakure invaded the Land of Fire, while Rasa declared war on Konoha and forced Orochimaru to withdraw from the Land of Wind.
• Minato and Kushina fought on the western front, where Minato earned the name Konoha’s Yellow Flash by killing seven jōnin-level puppet masters.
• Shikaku Nara organized the eastern front with Shinka’s Uchiha and the Hyuga Main Family, while Jiraiya and Kagami Uchiha watched Konoha’s northern border for the Third Raikage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi declared war on the nations of Wind, Earth, and Lightning, marking the beginning of the Third Shinobi World War.

Kakashi, Obito, and Rin were ambushed by Kumogakure shinobi while transporting supplies, and elite jonin Toroi threatened the team with Magnet Release. Kagami arrived just as Obito was on the verge of awakening his Sharingan, and told the Kumogakure shinobi they could start running.

• Jiraiya gave Kagami a prototype scroll as a tenth-birthday present, and Kagami reflected that he and his teacher were destined to follow different paths.
• Obito traveled with Kakashi and Rin toward the front lines, boasting that he would awaken his Sharingan and surpass Kagami.
• Kakashi killed one Kumogakure attacker and fought off the others, while Toroi appeared and revealed that his Magnet Release shuriken had marked Obito and Rin.
• Toroi launched a giant shuriken toward Obito and Rin, and Obito stood in front of Rin as his Sharingan began to awaken.
• An invisible force sliced the shuriken apart, and Kagami appeared, declaring that the Kumogakure shinobi could start running.

Kagami Uchiha saved Kakashi, Rin, and Obito from Kumogakure before using Obito to make contact with Uchiha Madara through White Zetsu. Kagami rejected Madara’s offer to become his successor and declared that he would decide the shinobi world’s future himself.

• Kagami Uchiha killed Toroi and the other Kumogakure shinobi who had cornered Kakashi, Rin, and Obito.
• Kagami criticized Kakashi for being weak, and Kakashi, Rin, and Obito thanked him for saving them.
• Kagami sent Kakashi and Rin away, then used Obito as a conduit to reach Uchiha Madara through a White Zetsu clone.
• Kagami and Uchiha Madara tested each other’s ocular power, and Madara said he wanted peace in the shinobi world and offered Kagami the role of successor.
• Kagami rejected Madara’s offer and declared himself the protagonist who would decide the future of the shinobi world.

Kagami Uchiha acknowledged Uchiha Madara’s challenge and decided to meet him in the Land of Grass, while resisting his Sharingan’s evolution until he could prepare its perfect awakening. After leaving Obito, Kakashi, and Rin, Kagami headed out to pursue his plans and confront the legendary ninja.

• Uchiha Madara recognized Kagami Uchiha’s will, invited him to the Land of Grass, and promised to show him the Uchiha Clan’s power.
• Kagami told Sukuna he intended to seek out Madara, admitted he needed Sukuna’s power, and ordered him to stay quiet and obey.
• Kagami knocked out Obito with a Sharingan genjutsu, then left as Kakashi and Rin wondered about his hostility toward Obito.
• Kagami explained his departure to Jiraiya after the war’s fronts stabilized and set out to verify his strength and prepare his Mangekyo’s evolution.
• Kagami reaffirmed his plan to develop the Sharingan beyond the Rinnegan and eagerly anticipated meeting Madara.

In the Land of Grass, Kagami Uchiha challenged Uchiha Madara with powerful Fire and Earth Release techniques, then fought him at close range while questioning his past. Madara dismissed Kagami’s beliefs but welcomed the battle, and the two prepared to begin in earnest.

• Kagami Uchiha greeted Uchiha Madara with a combined Fire and Earth Release attack called Dragon Star Swarm.
• Uchiha Madara countered the falling flames and rocks with Great Fire Destruction, then blocked Kagami’s sword with his kusarigama.
• Kagami Uchiha attacked with invisible slashes and asked Madara why he had believed Hashirama Senju would commit suicide.
• Uchiha Madara said Hashirama would have killed himself without Madara’s intervention and insisted that Hashirama, not Madara, should regret what happened.
• Kagami Uchiha declared that victory determined whose beliefs prevailed, and Madara praised his rationality before calling for their warm-up to begin.

Kagami Uchiha drew on Sukuna’s Cursed Energy while battling Uchiha Madara, who challenged him in a genjutsu clash after learning Kagami had not awakened the Mangekyo. Kagami summoned a massive nine-tailed beast against Madara’s Susanoo, leaving their duel poised to continue.

• Kagami Uchiha covered Sukuna’s Cursed Energy with his chakra and used it as a power source while fighting Uchiha Madara.
• Uchiha Madara recognized the evil energy within Kagami and questioned why an Uchiha would borrow it, but Kagami said he could master it.
• Uchiha Madara trapped Kagami in a powerful genjutsu, and Kagami countered the attack with a chariot that blocked the ocular power.
• Kagami revealed that he had not awakened the Mangekyo because he did not want to hurt his brother, and said he sought Madara’s help to obtain inexhaustible ocular power.
• Kagami summoned waves of Nue Beasts, which Uchiha Madara cut down with his Susanoo.
• Kagami gathered the defeated Nue Beasts and battlefield phantoms into a massive nine-tailed beast, while Uchiha Madara formed a deep-blue Susanoo to face it.

Kagami Uchiha and Uchiha Madara escalated their battle, with Kagami using genjutsu and the Dark Nine-Tails before unleashing his full power. As Madara summoned Complete Body Susanoo, Kagami drew on Sukuna’s Cursed Energy, and both fighters unleashed devastating slashes that engulfed the world in light.

• Kagami Uchiha used black-red droplets to attack Uchiha Madara’s will with genjutsu, but Madara recognized the tactic and cut through the illusion’s assault.
• Kagami Uchiha trapped Madara in the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, and the Dark Nine-Tails attacked Susanoo while Madara fought blind and tore down the barrier.
• Kagami Uchiha descended in a chariot with an army of black skeletons, but Madara shattered them with Susanoo’s slash.
• Uchiha Madara transformed Susanoo into its Complete Body form as Kagami Uchiha crossed Narukami and Sode no Shirayuki before him.
• Kagami Uchiha drew in Cursed Energy as Sukuna unleashed Severance Release - Black Slash against his prison, while Kagami struck with the same technique.
• Uchiha Madara’s Susanoo and Kagami Uchiha’s blades unleashed their strongest slashes, and light engulfed the world.

Kagami Uchiha confronted Sukuna inside his mental space and revealed that the Seal had been restraining both of them while gathering their power. He used that power to pin Sukuna between the two realms, leaving Sukuna imprisoned but eagerly anticipating Kagami’s eventual return.

• Uchiha Madara shattered the Illusion World and moved to slash Kagami Uchiha, but a mouth and an eerie eye appeared on Kagami’s face.
• Sukuna emerged through the Gate of Sealing and tried to overwhelm Kagami with his malice, memories, and proposal to fuse into one being.
• Kagami told Sukuna that the Seal had absorbed their power and that they had opened it together according to his plan.
• Kagami summoned a spear made of sealing characters and pierced Sukuna’s chest, pinning him between the two realms.
• Sukuna laughed and said he looked forward to Kagami releasing him, while Kagami vowed to put a chain around his neck.

Kagami Uchiha met with Uchiha Madara, discussed how to prevent Mangekyo blindness through balancing Yin and Yang, and learned Madara had deliberately left him a White Zetsu for research. Kagami left after accepting Madara’s plan to test Uchiha Obito, while Madara predicted they would meet again.

• Kagami Uchiha saw through Madara’s borrowed White Zetsu body and took a dead White Zetsu despite its companion’s protest.
• Kagami met Uchiha Madara beneath the land, where Madara explained that transplanting White Zetsu could provide Yang Release and help protect Mangekyo users from blindness.
• Kagami explained that blindness came from an imbalance of Yin and Yang and described balancing them or fusing closely related Mangekyo as ways to prevent it.
• Madara offered Kagami more White Zetsu and said he planned to test Uchiha Obito to awaken his Mangekyo, warning Kagami not to interfere when Konoha shinobi died.
• Kagami said he did not care whether Kakashi or other outsiders lived, then left and wished Madara a peaceful death.
• Madara watched Kagami depart and murmured that they would meet again.

Kagami Uchiha traveled toward the Ancient Kingdom of Roran to obtain the Dragon Vein for his Perfect Mangekyo plan. After defeating Kakuzu, he began dragging the bounty hunter along to find his hidden money.

• Kagami Uchiha reviewed his plans to obtain White Zetsu and the Dragon Vein, while keeping the details of his Mangekyo research to himself.
• Kagami Uchiha refused to pay Cat Granny’s increased price for ninja tools and told Revolver to offer the original price.
• Kagami Uchiha spotted Kakuzu’s Exploding Tag formation and confronted the bounty hunter, who mistook him for an easy target.
• Kagami Uchiha defeated Kakuzu, demanded to know where he had hidden his money, and tied him to Revolver to drag him along.

Kagami Uchiha spared Kakuzu after extracting the password to his bankbook, then traveled into the desert and encountered Sasori. He forced Sasori to accompany him to the Ancient Kingdom of Roran and found their destination.

• Kagami Uchiha tortured Kakuzu until he revealed his bankbook password, then let him go and gave the bankbook to Revolver.
• Kagami Uchiha searched the barren desert with his chakra senses and detected Sasori.
• Sasori prepared to summon the Third Kazekage Human Puppet, but Kagami Uchiha cut its chakra threads and threatened Sasori's core.
• Kagami Uchiha ordered Sasori to accompany him to the Ancient Kingdom of Roran, and Sasori agreed.
• Kagami Uchiha sensed the Ancient Kingdom of Roran beneath the desert and announced that he had found it.

Kagami Uchiha and Sasori watched Roran’s festival as Kagami tested whether Naruto from the future would appear. When the queen fell from a collapsing tower, Kagami saved her and revealed his excitement at the uncertain future.

• Sasori told Kagami Uchiha that his father came from Roran’s royal family and explained the royal duty to guard the Dragon Vein.
• Kagami Uchiha allowed Sasori to pursue revenge against Hatake Sakumo and planned to wait for Roran’s festival to see whether Naruto appeared.
• Kagami Uchiha and Sasori watched Roran’s festival and discovered that the townspeople were puppets working with the queen.
• Kagami Uchiha sensed no Naruto as the crimson-haired queen approached the tower balcony, making him conclude that the future had changed or this was an independent world.
• The balcony broke, and Kagami Uchiha fired a kunai to pin the queen’s clothing and stop her fall.
• Kagami Uchiha told Sasori that he had hoped for an uncertain future and that Sasori had witnessed the fate of the entire world.

Kagami Uchiha and Sasori arrived in Roran, where they confronted Mukade, who had harnessed the Dragon Vein and transformed into a colossal puppet. Kagami unleashed his Flame Release - Crimson Lotus Hell Song, leaving Mukade engulfed in scarlet fire as Sasori fled with Sara.

• Sara introduced herself as Roran's queen and thanked Kagami Uchiha and Sasori for saving her.
• Kagami recognized Anrokuzan as Mukade, a rogue ninja and Sasori's former junior disciple who had come from the future, then cut him in half.
• Mukade reassembled as a gigantic centipede puppet empowered by the Dragon Vein and attacked Kagami with blue-violet flames.
• Kagami formed a blazing Rasengan infused with dark crimson flames, while Sasori dragged Sara away from the battle.
• Kagami unleashed Flame Release - Crimson Lotus Hell Song, and scarlet fire consumed Mukade and everything around him.

Kagami Uchiha defeated Mukade, brought Sara to the Dragon Vein, and drew its immense energy into the Gate of Sealing in his mental space. With the Dragon Vein contained and his preparations complete, he was ready to begin his Perfect Mangekyo plan.

• Kagami Uchiha destroyed Mukade with crimson flames, then used genjutsu to make Sara lead him and Sasori to the Dragon Vein.
• Kagami Uchiha and Sasori entered a tower where enslaved residents of Roran were forced to forge puppet weapons.
• Sara activated the seal with her bloodline, opening the Dragon Vein and triggering tremors that began collapsing the town.
• Kagami Uchiha reached into the Dragon Vein's energy and redirected its torrent into the Gate of Sealing in his mental space.
• The Dragon Vein's energy formed a colossal, unconscious dragon inside the gate, pressing Sukuna down as Kagami Uchiha prepared to start his Perfect Mangekyo plan.

Kagami Uchiha absorbed the Dragon Vein, causing the City of a Thousand Towers to collapse and disturbing sealed threats across the world. He left the ruins after Sasori declined his offer to become a subordinate, and headed toward the coming peak of the Third Shinobi World War.

• Kagami Uchiha absorbed the Dragon Vein, the City of a Thousand Towers began collapsing, and sealed Evil Beings stirred across the ninja world.
• Priestess Miroku felt Moryo's power surge as the demon announced that the earth's suppression had vanished and its Seal would soon break.
• The Sage of Six Paths sensed Kagami Uchiha's actions but chose not to intervene, trusting Gamamaru's prophecy.
• Kagami Uchiha left the ruins of Roran after Sasori refused to become his subordinate and said he wished to travel alone.
• Kagami Uchiha summoned a giant eagle and flew toward the approaching peak of the Third Shinobi World War.

Kagami Uchiha returned to the Northern Front and confronted Kakashi over Obito’s death before learning that Fugaku had been assigned to replace him. Away from camp, Kagami revealed that he knew Fugaku had awakened the Mangekyo and challenged him to fight.

• Kagami Uchiha returned to camp as deputy commander of the Northern Front and was urgently summoned by Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya told Kagami that Obito had died, and Kagami harshly rebuked Kakashi for despairing and blaming himself.
• Jiraiya explained that Fugaku had come from the Iwagakure front to fill Kagami’s vacancy and that Kagami was being sent home to rest.
• Kagami took Fugaku away from camp and revealed that he knew Fugaku had awakened the Mangekyo.
• Fugaku said he had seen a future in which an Uchiha armed rebellion ended badly and urged compromise; Kagami dismissed his vision and challenged him to fight.