Chapter Summaries

Minato and Hiashi investigated a distorted version of Konoha where familiar people had radically different personalities and roles. They reunited at sunset, convinced Uchiha Madara’s genjutsu had trapped them in an insane world.

• Minato and Hiashi agreed to gather information separately and meet at the Konohagakure Main Gate at sunset.
• Minato encountered drunken Hiruzen Sarutobi and Mitokado Homura outside Kabukicho Street and learned that Danzo was Konoha’s Hokage.
• Hiashi visited the Hyuga estate and found his parents dancing and kissing, while Hizashi eagerly asked him to practice Gentle Fist.
• Minato and Hiashi met at the Konoha Gate and concluded that the strange world was likely part of Uchiha Madara’s genjutsu.

Minato and Hiashi discussed the strange opposite personalities in the world created by Madara and wondered where Kagura had gone. Kagura awoke in his former life’s world, savored its familiar food and comforts, then realized it was unreal and activated his Sharingan.

• Minato told Hiashi about seeing Hiruzen drunk, Danzo teaching children as Hokage, and Fugaku rejecting the Uchiha Clan.
• Hiashi recalled his younger brother Hizashi’s former affection and agreed that people in this world seemed opposite to their real-world selves.
• Minato and Hiashi wondered where Kagura had gone after the three of them confronted Uchiha Madara.
• Kagura awoke in his old Blue Star home, saw his phone and game, and realized Madara’s Infinite Tsukuyomi had recreated his previous life.
• Kagura played a game, bought barbecue, beer, and cola, and enjoyed the familiar tastes before admitting the world was not real.
• Kagura’s eyes turned crimson and filled with strange patterns.

Kagura broke free from Madara’s flawed Infinite Tsukuyomi by remembering that people in this world were waiting for him to come home. Madara retreated after completing his experiment, and Sakumo awoke with a terrifying account of the dream world.

• Kagura rejected the illusory world and shattered it, explaining that people in this world were waiting for him to return home.
• Madara approached the immobilized Kagura with a kunai, but Kagura regained consciousness and pointed out flaws in the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Kagura challenged Madara to give up Senju Tobirama’s body, but Madara said he had achieved his purpose and sank into the ground.
• Kagura let Madara escape, wary that attacking him might draw in Madara’s other Six Paths, and the Infinite Tsukuyomi ended.
• Kagura woke Sakumo and the others, and Sakumo tearfully said Madara’s dream world had subjected him to years of domestic abuse by his wife.

Kagura and the others woke from Uchiha Madara’s illusion and began withdrawing after Minato revealed that he had exposed Kushina’s identity as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. They returned to Konoha, where Sakumo slowly recovered from the dream’s effects, while Kagura hurried home to his wife and child.

• Sakumo and the others woke after experiencing years of different lives in Uchiha Madara’s illusion.
• Minato told Kagura that he had revealed Kushina was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki during the dream, and Kagura reassured him that Akatsuki might have learned this anyway.
• Kagura suspected that Uchiha Madara knew about the Five-Tails and Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and that their next real confrontation might be near.
• Kagura led the recovered group out of the Land of Earth, and they returned to Konoha five days later.
• Sakumo avoided his wife for a month because of the dream until her kindness helped him recover and the family regained its happiness.
• Kagura set off home to see his wife and child after nearly a week away.

Kagura returned from his mission and told Tsunade about Uchiha Madara’s Topsy-turvy World, then escaped her question about which version of her he preferred. At dinner, Qianyu sent his parents off to try for a little sister, and Tsunade realized Jiraiya may have taught him that idea.

• Kagura came home and reunited with Tsunade and Qianyu.
• Kagura told Tsunade how Uchiha Madara had pulled the mission team into a Topsy-turvy World and made Sakumo suffer through an imagined marriage.
• Tsunade asked whether Kagura preferred her alternate-world self or the real her, but Qianyu interrupted by saying he was hungry.
• At dinner, Kagura and Tsunade hinted that they would spend the evening together after Qianyu fell asleep.
• Qianyu announced that he would sleep in his own room and urged his parents to try for a little sister.
• Tsunade remembered that Jiraiya had once watched Qianyu and vowed to beat him for teaching their son that idea.

After completing the mission to rescue Hatake Sakumo, Kagura used its reward to bring his Dōjutsu to 100%, awakening the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. The system began evolving it into the Rinnegan, but the process would take thirty years, leaving Kagura hoping future missions could shorten the wait.

• Kagura checked his attributes after the system marked the Hatake Sakumo rescue mission complete, noting his progress in Dōjutsu, taijutsu, Chakra, and Five-Tails fusion.
• Kagura spent the mission reward on Dōjutsu, raising its progress from 70.1% to 100% and reaching the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• The system announced that Kagura's Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and Wood Release Kekkei Genkai met the conditions to evolve into the Rinnegan.
• Kagura learned that the Rinnegan's fusion evolution would take thirty years and worried that the final battle could happen before then.
• Kagura accepted the delay and resolved to hope that future system missions would provide rewards that reduced the evolution time.

Kagura visited Orochimaru with Qianyu and noticed that his old friend seemed unusually peaceful. Orochimaru revealed that his latest research had found a way to achieve Eternal Life.

• Kagura took Qianyu out to explore Konoha during their time off from missions.
• Kagura visited Orochimaru and met Mitaraishi Anko, Orochimaru’s young student and assistant.
• Kagura reflected that Tsunade had also taken Dan Katō’s niece, Shizune, as a disciple because of her talent for Medical Ninjutsu.
• Orochimaru joined Kagura and Qianyu, who shrank fearfully into his father’s embrace when he saw him.
• Kagura noticed Orochimaru’s newfound peaceful demeanor and asked whether his research had made a breakthrough.
• Orochimaru told Kagura that he had found a way to achieve Eternal Life.

Orochimaru told Kagura that he had developed Living Corpse Reincarnation and offered to teach it to him, but Kagura refused, believing eternal life was a curse. Orochimaru explained his plan to avoid the technique’s side effects by creating compatible Artificial Human bodies, while Kagura began connecting the revelation to Uchiha Madara’s words about meeting again.

• Orochimaru told Kagura he had created Living Corpse Reincarnation and offered to share the technique.
• Kagura struggled with the temptation of eternal life, then refused and reminded Orochimaru that he believed immortality was a curse.
• Kagura warned Orochimaru to keep the technique secret, especially from Teacher Sarutobi, and Orochimaru agreed.
• Kagura asked about the technique’s side effects and the need for a suitable body, and Orochimaru said he planned to create compatible Artificial Human bodies using his own cells and Hashirama Cells.
• Kagura recalled Uchiha Madara’s words about a real meeting in the near future and felt he had understood something.

Kagura visited Uchiha Fugaku’s home for the one-month celebration of Fugaku’s son and learned the baby was named Uchiha Itachi. As he left, Kagura worried about Itachi’s future but resolved to intervene if necessary.

• Saiken emerged from Kagura after reaching 100% Fusion Degree, and Kagura’s Fusion Degree with the Six-Tails reached 43% over the following year.
• Jiraiya took Yamato traveling between countries, though Yamato still visited Kagura’s home when Jiraiya returned to Konoha.
• Kagura brought a gift to Fugaku’s home for his son’s one-month celebration and greeted Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto.
• Fugaku introduced his sleeping son as Uchiha Itachi, who grabbed Kagura’s finger.
• Kagura left while considering how to prevent Itachi from harming the Uchiha Clan, even contemplating using Kotoamatsukami.

Kagura began teaching his three-and-a-half-year-old son Qianyu how to throw shuriken and kunai in the courtyard. After Qianyu accidentally hit One-Tails with his first throw, he awakened the Sharingan and struck the target’s center with his next shuriken, leaving Kagura stunned.

• Kagura explained the basics of throwing shuriken and kunai to Qianyu, while the Tailed Beasts watched.
• Kagura demonstrated a shuriken throw that hit the center of a target.
• Qianyu threw his first shuriken wide, and it lodged in One-Tails’s fur.
• Qianyu said he wanted to try with different eyes, then awakened the Sharingan.
• Qianyu used the Sharingan to hit the target’s center, and Kagura realized his son had awakened it.

Qianyu awakened his Sharingan at around three years old and copied Kagura’s ninjutsu, but overusing his small chakra reserves left him unconscious and his fireballs burned down the garden. Tsunade returned to find the damage and confronted Kagura and Qianyu, ending with Kagura facing her punch.

• Kagura learned from Qianyu and the Tailed Beasts that Qianyu had awakened his Sharingan half a year earlier while playing with Xiao Yi and Xiao Er.
• Kagura demonstrated Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, and Qianyu used his Sharingan to copy the hand signs and produce a small fireball.
• Kagura taught Qianyu more ninjutsu, but Qianyu collapsed after casting his third technique because his chakra reserves were too small.
• Qianyu’s fireballs burned down a bamboo grove and flowerbed, and Kagura worried about Tsunade’s reaction.
• Tsunade returned, demanded an explanation from Kagura and Qianyu, and punched Kagura before he could finish speaking.

Kagura and Jiraiya discussed the strange events surrounding Sunagakure after the Third Kazekage disappeared, while Kagura suspected Sasori had killed him and defected. Jiraiya warned that tensions across the countries were rising and feared another war.

• Jiraiya teased Kagura about the bruise Tsunade had given him after she found their burned garden, then asked why Konoha had fewer missions.
• Jiraiya said the Third Kazekage had not appeared for three months and that Sunagakure Ninja were searching for something, clashing with Yahiko's people in the Land of Rain.
• Kagura asked whether Jiraiya had seen Chiyo's grandson Sasori in Sunagakure, then privately suspected Sasori had killed the Third Kazekage and joined Akatsuki.
• Kagura and Jiraiya discussed how Yahiko's Amegakure had gained recognition and diplomatic relations with Konoha and the other great nations.
• Jiraiya said the Third Kazekage's disappearance had unsettled the Land of Rain and other countries, and he hoped the rising tensions would not start another war.

Kagura learned that Kumogakure's envoys would soon arrive in Konoha with possible ulterior motives and was ordered to monitor them. Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Kagura to receive the envoys, leaving him to hide the bruise Tsunade had given him.

• Jiraiya warned Kagura that Kumogakure's upcoming envoys might have ill intentions, and Kagura suspected they could target Kushina.
• Kagura spent the night at home with Tsunade and Qianyu after Jiraiya and Yamato left early.
• Kagura warned Qianyu to keep his awakened Sharingan secret, then went to the Hokage Office Building.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Kagura to monitor the arriving Kumogakure envoys and avoid taking other missions.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed Kagura to receive the envoys and teased him about hiding the bruise on his face.

Kagura met her disciples Minato and Hiashi, then joined Konoha’s welcoming delegation for the Kumogakure envoys. She greeted Washinoichi with carefully matched enthusiasm as both groups entered Konoha together.

• Kagura threatened Minato when he asked about her eyes, then learned that he and Hiashi had come to report on the arrangements for Kumogakure’s visit.
• Kagura recognized that Hiruzen and Konoha’s leaders were giving Minato responsibility to develop his abilities.
• Two days later, Kagura, Minato, and Hiashi waited at Konoha’s gate for Washinoichi and the Kumogakure envoys.
• Washinoichi greeted Kagura enthusiastically, and Kagura responded with equal warmth before the delegations entered Konoha together.

Konoha welcomed Washinoichi and the Kumogakure envoys ahead of the Peace Accord signing, while Hiruzen Sarutobi kept Uzumaki Kushina hidden for her protection. Kagura warned Washinoichi to keep his people inside overnight, but remained suspicious of their true objective.

• Konoha villagers warmly welcomed Washinoichi and the five other Kumogakure envoys as they arrived to sign the Peace Accord.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi had Anbu move Kushina to a secluded location, unknown even to Kagura.
• Minato led the envoys on a tour of selected Konoha sights, then hosted a dinner at their inn.
• Washinoichi told Kagura that Dodai had sent his regards and claimed the Kumogakure party meant no harm.
• Kagura said he would guard the inn overnight and warned the envoys not to leave; Washinoichi promised they would stay inside.
• After Washinoichi left, Kagura wondered what other objective the envoys had.

Kagura watched the Kumogakure delegation sign a peace accord with Konoha, but grew suspicious of a hooded Jonin as the group hurried away. Minato then revealed that Hiashi had gone missing, leaving Kagura to suspect Kumogakure’s real target was connected to the Byakugan.

• Kagura kept watch over the Kumogakure delegation through the night but saw nothing unusual.
• Washinoichi and Hiruzen Sarutobi signed the peace accord before a crowd of Konoha villagers.
• Washinoichi thanked Kagura and quickly departed Konoha with his group, including a Jonin in a black robe who seemed more bloated than before.
• Minato told Kagura that Hiashi had disappeared and that he could not find him at home or elsewhere.
• Kagura connected Kumogakure, Hiashi, and the Byakugan and suspected Hiashi had been Washinoichi’s target.

Hiashi woke drugged and imprisoned in a Puppet while Washinoichi and his Kumogakure team fled Konoha with him to steal his Byakugan. He broke free in the forest and confronted his captors, accusing them of being human traffickers.

• Hiashi woke inside a cramped container, activated his Byakugan, and recognized Washinoichi among the people carrying him away.
• Washinoichi’s group raced toward the Land of Lightning after drugging Hiashi and hiding him inside a disguised Puppet during the diplomatic visit.
• Washinoichi believed Konoha would avoid retaliation if the group reached Kumogakure with Hiashi before the abduction was discovered.
• Hiashi regained control of his body and exploded out of the Puppet, landing on a giant tree before the fleeing group.
• Hiashi took the Hyuga Clan’s opening stance and accused the people of Kumogakure of being human traffickers.

Hiashi woke early during his abduction and fought off the Kumogakure shinobi pursuing him, using Heavenly Spin and Body Blow to counter their attacks. He charged their leader, Washinoichi, and struck him directly in the heart, leaving Hiashi stunned when Washinoichi did not dodge.

• Washinoichi ordered the four Kumogakure shinobi to attack Hiashi together after realizing he had woken early.
• The shinobi coordinated Puppet, Fire, and Wind attacks, but Hiashi deflected them with Eight Trigrams Palms Heavenly Spin.
• The Puppet Master abandoned his Puppets and tried to stab Hiashi from behind, but Hiashi blasted him away with Gentle Fist: Body Blow.
• Hiashi used the recoil to charge Washinoichi and struck his chest with Eight Trigrams: Mountain Breaker.
• Washinoichi spat blood after taking the hit, and Hiashi stared at him in disbelief.

Hiashi killed Washinoichi with a single Gentle Fist strike while Washinoichi was trapped in Kagura’s illusion. Kagura arrived, took responsibility for the death, and challenged the Kumogakure Jonin as tensions threatened the recently signed peace.

• Hiashi struck Washinoichi’s heart with Mountain Breaker, and Washinoichi regained focus before collapsing and dying.
• Hiashi froze in shock as the Kumogakure Jonin charged him, fearing his actions would restart the war.
• Kagura appeared and stopped the Jonin, then scolded Hiashi for freezing during the attack.
• Kagura told Hiashi that he had killed Washinoichi, explaining that he had arrived earlier and trapped Washinoichi in an Illusionary Realm.
• Kagura faced the Kumogakure Jonin and declared that he had killed Washinoichi, daring them to do something about it.

Kagura killed the Kumogakure envoys who demanded Hiashi hand over the Byakugan user, then spared one injured survivor to carry the Peace Accord back to Kumogakure. Weeks later, the Raikage condemned Konoha but kept the peace agreement in place, and Kagura explained that Konoha’s strength had forced Kumogakure to accept the loss.

• Kagura offered to let the Kumogakure Jonin take him as the culprit, but the Puppet Master demanded Hiashi instead.
• Kagura threatened to kill the witnesses, and several of his Tailed Beasts killed the Kumogakure Jonin while Four-Tails restrained the injured Puppet Master.
• Hiashi reminded Kagura that someone had to return the Peace Accord, so Kagura let the Puppet Master take it to Kumogakure and blame him.
• Weeks later, the Raikage condemned Konoha but confirmed that Kumogakure would honor the Peace Accord.
• Kagura told Hiashi that Kumogakure had accepted the outcome because Konoha was stronger than it had been in the past.