Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Kagura, a transmigrator who trained to survive the Uchiha Clan’s future, had become the academy’s feared prodigy while befriending Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru. The system issued him its first mission: kiss one of the three.

• Kagura recalled crossing over into the body of a three-year-old Uchiha after the child fell into a river.
• Kagura described five years of relentless training and his current Sharingan, taijutsu, and chakra progress.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru approached Kagura at the academy, continuing their familiar banter with him.
• Kagura remembered how his repeated victories over classmates had earned him the nickname Uchiha “Monster.”
• Kagura received his first system mission, which instructed him to kiss one of the “Sannin.”

Kagura received a mission to kiss one of the Sannin, then accidentally kissed Jiraiya when another student shoved him into her. She went home afterward and met the young Uchiha Fugaku.

• Kagura received a mission to kiss one of the Sannin, which excited and angered her because she had tried to keep her distance from Tsunade and the others.
• Tsunade invited Kagura to dinner after their School Graduation Day, but Kagura declined.
• Jiraiya confronted Kagura about rejecting the invitation, then was accidentally shoved forward by another student and kissed her.
• Tsunade punched Jiraiya, and the girls in the classroom joined in beating him until the Teacher returned.
• Kagura walked home through the Uchiha settlement and greeted Clan Members along the way.
• Uchiha Fugaku called out to Kagura, who crouched to speak with him and involuntarily tightened her hand in his hair.

Kagura graduated from the Ninja Academy as its youngest top student and received his Konoha Headband, then spent the day with friends and classmates. The chapter ended with Tsunade threatening to tell her grandmother that Kagura bullied her unless he accepted her invitation.

• Kagura made breakfast and went to the Ninja Academy for the graduation ceremony, where Hiruzen Sarutobi gave a speech and the graduates received Konoha Headbands.
• Kagura spoke with Orochimaru about their class assignments, though Kagura had not asked who his teammates would be.
• Hatake Sakumo and Might Dai greeted Kagura and joked about surpassing him, while Kagura noted that Might Dai had not graduated.
• Uzumaki Mito praised Kagura and told Tsunade to spend time with her friends before leaving with Tsunade's promise not to return home too late.
• Tsunade asked Kagura whether he had reconsidered her invitation, then threatened to tell Uzumaki Mito that he bullied her if he refused.

Jiraiya, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Kagura struggled to find somewhere to gather because none of them had much money. Kagura took them to his home and cooked a meal, leaving Tsunade eager to try more dishes.

• Jiraiya questioned Kagura for coming after saying he would not, and Tsunade defended Kagura and urged everyone to leave.
• Tsunade suggested they eat out, but Kagura and Orochimaru had little money, Jiraiya had spent his allowance, and Tsunade had none because her family feared she would gamble it away.
• Kagura collected their money and led the group to the vegetable market to buy ingredients.
• Kagura brought everyone to his tidy home, where Tsunade tried to help but accidentally chopped his cutting board in half.
• Kagura cooked four dishes and a soup, and Tsunade eagerly tasted his twice-cooked pork and mapo tofu.

Hiruzen Sarutobi revealed that Kagura had been added to Team 7 and began testing the four Genin by challenging them to take three bells from him. Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru were quickly defeated, while the test continued with Kagura still unaccounted for.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that Kagura had joined Team 7 and that he would serve as its Jonin instructor until he became Hokage.
• Hiruzen began the bell test, requiring the Genin to take one of his three bells before the incense burned down.
• Jiraiya tried to ambush Hiruzen, but a snare caught him and Hiruzen criticized his approach.
• Tsunade attacked Hiruzen with a powerful kick and punch, but he dodged her strikes and threw her into a tree.
• Orochimaru hit a wooden dummy with his Kunai, realized Hiruzen had used the Substitution Technique, and was knocked unconscious from behind.

Kagura revealed his Two-Tomoe Sharingan and fought Hiruzen Sarutobi, using shadow clones and a surprise attack to win the bell test. He claimed the three bells, though his victory left Hiruzen unconscious and promised possible consequences.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi noticed Kagura watching and recognized his awakened Two-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Kagura fought Hiruzen Sarutobi with taijutsu and ninjutsu, impressing Tsunade and Orochimaru with his skill.
• Kagura used shadow clones, Fire Release, and Shadow Shuriken to distract Hiruzen Sarutobi while hiding underground.
• Kagura emerged beneath Hiruzen Sarutobi and struck him with Thousand Years of Death, knocking him unconscious.
• Kagura searched Hiruzen Sarutobi and raised the three bells after completing the test.

Kagura passed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s assessment after defeating him with a trick, while Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru reacted to the gap in their abilities. On his way home, Kagura claimed his system reward, discovered a sleeping white Shukaku inside him, and sensed an enemy watching nearby.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi declared Kagura, Tsunade, and Orochimaru passed the assessment and left Jiraiya tied up for the night.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi encouraged Jiraiya, who regained confidence by boasting about his bathhouse peeping techniques, and asked his teacher to join him next time.
• Kagura claimed his system reward and saw his Sharingan, Taijutsu, and Chakra progress increase, with One-Tails fusion at 1%.
• Kagura found a small, pure-white Shukaku sleeping inside his body and decided to set aside his questions and draw a ninjutsu instead.
• Kagura sensed an enemy watching him from nearby and stopped walking.

Kagura realized that Root was monitoring him after he revealed his strength, then used his newly acquired Kotoamatsukami to redirect Watanabe Tsuyoshi toward watching Hiruzen Sarutobi. He left for home hoping his message to his teacher would be understood.

• Watanabe Tsuyoshi recalled joining Root and began following Danzo's order to monitor Kagura.
• Kagura noticed the surveillance, deduced that Danzo had sent a Root operative, and decided to use Kotoamatsukami rather than attack or flee.
• Kagura lured Watanabe Tsuyoshi into a secluded area and caught him in his Two-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Kagura used Kotoamatsukami to make Watanabe Tsuyoshi believe Danzo had ordered him to stop monitoring Kagura and observe Hiruzen Sarutobi instead.
• Kagura sent Watanabe Tsuyoshi away and headed home, hoping Hiruzen Sarutobi would understand the message he had conveyed.

Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Danzo after discovering that a Root operative had been monitoring Uchiha Kagura and warned him to stop. Later, Tsunade visited Hiruzen to ask about training, but he misunderstood her interest in Kagura as rivalry rather than affection.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi knocked Watanabe Tsuyoshi unconscious after catching him watching the Hokage Office Building and sent him to Root.
• Danzo admitted to Hiruzen that he had ordered Watanabe Tsuyoshi to monitor Uchiha Kagura, not Hiruzen.
• Hiruzen told Danzo that Kagura had detected the surveillance and warned him to stop before pushing the boy against Konoha.
• Danzo tacitly accepted Hiruzen's decision and left, while Hiruzen reflected on the burden of becoming Hokage.
• Tsunade visited Hiruzen to ask for advice about training, then eagerly asked what trouble Kagura had caused.
• Tsunade denied liking Kagura and claimed she only wanted to surpass him, leaving Hiruzen convinced she was merely competitive.

Team 7 completed a lost-cat mission, and Kagura explained that Jiraiya had been training at Mount Myōboku. There, the Great Toad Sage recognized Jiraiya from a prophecy but discovered that the Wheel of Fate had changed.

• Kagura led Team 7 in capturing a lost cat, and the team returned it to its owner to complete their D-rank mission.
• Tsunade suggested a dinner at Kagura's home, but Jiraiya left early, prompting Kagura to explain that he had been training after reaching Mount Myōboku.
• Jiraiya struggled to learn Fire Release: Flame Bullet while training with the toads.
• A toad brought Jiraiya before the Great Toad Sage, who said a prophecy had identified him as a chosen human destined to become a traveling author and take a disciple.
• The Great Toad Sage abruptly realized that the Wheel of Fate had changed.

Uchiha Kagura trained with the White One-Tails Shukaku and considered how to protect the Uchiha Clan from its eventual destruction. The next morning, Team 7 received a B-Rank mission outside the village, with Hiruzen Sarutobi announcing that he would lead them.

• Jiraiya left the Toad Sage's palace confused by the sage's cryptic remarks and headed back to train.
• Kagura strengthened his Chakra and increased his One-Tails fusion by feeding Chakra to and comforting Shukaku.
• Kagura resolved that changing the schemes behind the Uchiha Clan's discrimination and planned destruction could avert the clan's fate.
• The members of Team 7 went to the Hokage Office Building after learning Hiruzen Sarutobi had personally summoned them.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Team 7 a B-Rank mission outside the village and said he would lead the team.

Uchiha Kagura joined Hiruzen Sarutobi’s team on a B-Rank escort mission to the Land of Whirlpools, where Hiruzen planned a diplomatic visit before becoming Hokage. As the team traveled beyond Konoha and saw the hardship of ordinary villagers, Kagura spotted enemies waiting in a forest and signaled the others to protect Fuchuan.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that he was traveling to the Land of Whirlpools before taking office as Hokage, and Jiraiya misunderstood his reason.
• The team gathered at Konoha’s gates, met the merchant Fuchuan, and set out on the escort mission.
• Kagura received a system mission to complete a B-Rank Mission in exchange for a random ninjutsu.
• The team traveled through impoverished settlements, and Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that the First Shinobi World War had ended the brief peace.
• At dusk, Kagura spotted enemies in the forest and signaled Tsunade and the others to form a protective formation around Fuchuan.

Kagura and his companions were ambushed by a band of Rogue Ninjas, and Hiruzen Sarutobi let them handle the fight themselves. Kagura used Sharingan genjutsu to freeze most of the attackers and killed them, while Jiraiya and Orochimaru defeated enemies on the flanks.

• Kagura ordered Orochimaru and Jiraiya to attack the flanks and told Tsunade to protect Mr. Fukawa while he faced the enemies ahead.
• Jiraiya used Fire Release: Flame Bullet and Needle Jizo to defeat the ninjas pursuing him.
• Orochimaru used Wind Release: Great Breakthrough and Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique to strike down the enemies on his side.
• Tsunade crushed attackers who tried to sneak up on her while guarding Fuchuan.
• Kagura's Sharingan genjutsu immobilized the leader and his subordinates, allowing him to kill the frozen ninjas one by one.
• The leader briefly broke free enough to recognize the genjutsu, but Kagura slashed his throat and killed him.

After defeating the rogue ninja, Kagura and his companions camped with Hiruzen Sarutobi, who taught them the Summoning Technique. Tsunade and Orochimaru summoned their first beasts, and Kagura’s attempt ended with a surprising creature emerging from the smoke.

• Kagura’s display helped end the battle, and the group dealt with the fallen rogue ninja before leaving the forest.
• Tsunade vomited after seeing the corpses, and Hiruzen Sarutobi led the group to a campsite as night approached.
• Kagura cooked a pot of beef stew that the group enjoyed around the campfire.
• Orochimaru asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to teach them the Summoning Technique, and Hiruzen demonstrated by summoning his monkey companion.
• Tsunade summoned a tiny Katsuyu and Orochimaru summoned a small white snake.
• Kagura performed the Summoning Technique, and everyone was shocked by the creature that appeared.

Kagura’s summoning produced a powerful but unhatched egg, while Jiraiya’s attempt to summon a great toad brought him a tiny messenger instead. After the group reached the Land of Whirlpools and completed their mission, Kagura and Tsunade set off to explore the village together, and Tsunade wondered if they were on a date.

• Kagura summoned a glowing egg containing energy comparable to Shukaku, then dismissed it when he could not use it yet.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamahiro, who delivered Bunta’s warning and left, prompting Tsunade and Orochimaru to laugh at Jiraiya.
• After two uneventful days of travel, Hiruzen Sarutobi’s party crossed by boat to the Land of Whirlpools and received the mission payment from Fuchuan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi took Orochimaru to meet the Uzumaki clan head, while Jiraiya went to look for books.
• Kagura suggested that he and Tsunade explore Hidden Whirlpool Village, and Tsunade wondered whether their walk together counted as a date.

Tsunade reflected on how she had fallen for Kagura, and the two spent their holiday sightseeing and eating together. Their outing ended when Kagura recognized a red-haired girl as Uzumaki Fusou and hurried to speak to her.

• Tsunade recalled how her rivalry with Kagura at the academy had turned into affection and how she had accepted his leadership on their team.
• Kagura noticed Tsunade's flushed face and decided to take her around the village without pressing her about her feelings.
• Kagura bought Tsunade gifts and snacks, and she relaxed enough to tell him she liked his cooking best.
• Tsunade quietly wished Kagura would cook only for her, but denied saying anything when he asked.
• Kagura heard someone call out to Fusou, recognized the red-haired girl as Uzumaki Fusou, and caught up to ask her name.
• Uzumaki Fusou confirmed who she was and asked Kagura who he was.

Kagura recognized Uzumaki Fusou and urged her to seek Konohagakure’s protection, hoping to prevent the tragedy that would leave her son Nagato an orphan. After Tsunade misunderstood his words as a confession, Kagura could not explain himself, and later he discussed Orochimaru’s pursuit of ninjutsu and eternal life.

• Kagura introduced himself to Fusou and promised that Konohagakure would protect her and her child if they ever faced danger.
• Tsunade mistook Kagura’s warning to Fusou for a confession, became furious, and ran back to the inn.
• Kagura followed Tsunade and tried to explain, but he could not reveal his knowledge of Fusou’s future, so Tsunade sent him away.
• Orochimaru returned from studying the Uzumaki Clan’s sealing techniques and told Kagura about his interest in ninjutsu and eternal life.
• Kagura told Orochimaru that human life was fragile but that the spirit could endure, and Orochimaru watched him leave in thought.

After returning from the Land of Whirlpools, Kagura and Team 7 stopped to rest near Konohagakure, where the System gave Kagura an emergency mission involving Kinkaku. A terrifying presence emerged from the forest and addressed the group as acquaintances.

• Kagura offered Tsunade his last piece of pastry, but she angrily refused it.
• While resting, Kagura received a mission to either escape from Kinkaku or kill him for a ninjutsu reward.
• Kagura recalled Kinkaku’s immense strength and feared that Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others could not defeat him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sensed danger in the forest, and the group took defensive positions as a violent pressure swept over them.
• A hoarse voice came from the dark forest and said that it had run into an acquaintance.

Kinkaku ambushed Hiruzen Sarutobi and his students, overpowering them as they tried to escape. Just as Kinkaku was about to strike the immobilized Tsunade, someone familiar appeared between them.

• Kinkaku confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi and threatened to kill both the Second and Third Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi signaled Kagura and the others to flee, but Kinkaku pursued them with clones.
• Kagura used Kotoamatsukami and explosive-tagged shuriken against Kinkaku, but the attack failed to stop him.
• Kinkaku knocked Jiraiya and Orochimaru unconscious and left Tsunade barely able to stand.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi burned three Kinkaku clones with his Great Flame Technique, but another Kinkaku attacked Tsunade from behind.
• As Kinkaku swung at Tsunade, a familiar figure appeared in front of her.

Kagura saved Tsunade and moved her, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya away from the battlefield while Hiruzen Sarutobi fought Kinkaku. The battle escalated when Kinkaku entered a Nine-Tails Tailed Beast Cloak, leaving Hiruzen in grave danger as Kagura considered what had brought Kinkaku there.

• Kagura intercepted Kinkaku's attack on Tsunade, but Kinkaku's punch broke Kagura's right hand and sent them crashing into a boulder.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi attacked Kinkaku with Earth Dragon Flame Stream, but struck a Clone before the real Kinkaku countered with five energy dragons.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Enma blocked Kinkaku's attack with an Earth Wall and Adamantine Cage, then Hiruzen unleashed a Five Elements: Great Combined Technique with four Shadow Clones.
• Kagura carried Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya several kilometers from the battle and wondered whether his arrival had changed events and where Ginkaku was.
• Kagura saw an orange-red figure with several tails emerge in the distance and recognized Kinkaku's Nine-Tails Tailed Beast Cloak state.