Chapter Summaries

Kagura brought the Stone Tablet bearing the text about the Ten-Tails and the Infinite Tsukuyomi to Minato's office. He arranged for the Konoha Intelligence Division to project what he saw so the others could read the inscription.

• Kagura carried the Stone Tablet into the Hokage Office and startled Minato, Hyuga Hiashi, and Uchiha Fugaku.
• Kagura asked Minato to summon the Intelligence Division and have them bring their equipment.
• Morino Ibiki arrived with the Intelligence Division and machine, and Kagura asked him to project what Kagura saw.
• Ibiki and the other Intelligence Division members connected Kagura to the machine, and the Stone Tablet's inscription appeared before everyone.

After the Stone Tablet revealed Uchiha Madara’s plan to use the Ten-Tails and Infinite Tsukuyomi, Kagura explained that he expected to awaken the Rinnegan soon. He called on Minato to organize another Five Kage Summit so the nations could unite against Madara.

• Kagura showed the Stone Tablet’s full contents, and Fugaku, Minato, and Hiashi learned of the Ten-Tails and Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Minato and Hiashi recognized the illusionary world they had encountered with Kagura as a possible instance of Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Fugaku asked whether Kagura had awakened the Rinnegan, and Kagura said he remained at the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan stage but expected to advance soon.
• Kagura ended Ibiki’s Mind Reading Jutsu and told Minato they needed allies to oppose Uchiha Madara.
• Kagura instructed Minato to send out summons and organize another Five Kage Summit.

After showing the stone tablet to Minato, Kagura left the Five Kage Summit preparations to others and focused on strengthening himself while waiting for Madara to resurface. He trained in a heavy outfit made by Orochimaru, pushing his taijutsu further.

• Kagura left Minato's office after presenting the stone tablet and decided the difficult work of arranging a Five Kage Summit was not his concern.
• Kagura stopped taking ordinary missions and devoted his free time to improving his strength, especially his taijutsu.
• Kagura asked Orochimaru to make him weighted gear from special materials.
• Kagura trained among wooden dummies in the forest wearing the heavy outfit, then collapsed after half an hour of movement.

After exhausting himself with weighted dodge training, Kagura received lunch from Qianyu and Little Kiku and asked Qianyu about his recent lessons with Jiraiya. Qianyu answered by revealing that he had learned Sage Mode, leaving Kagura stunned.

• Kagura finished half an hour of dodge training in heavy iron clothing and collapsed from exhaustion.
• Qianyu and Little Kiku brought Kagura lunch, and he ate while spending a brief rest with his children.
• Kagura learned that Jiraiya had been training his disciples in the village instead of sending them on missions.
• Kagura asked Qianyu what he had learned from Jiraiya, and Qianyu transformed to reveal his Sage Mode.

Kagura learned that Qianyu had mastered Sage Mode after only two weeks of training with Jiraiya, while Kagura’s own taijutsu training stalled at 41.5%. Realizing he needed time to recover and his family had a rare stretch of free time, Kagura decided to plan a family outing.

• Kagura was stunned when Qianyu said he had learned Sage Mode and could maintain it for up to three minutes, while Yamato was also close to learning it.
• Qianyu explained that Jiraiya had given him a long vacation after seeing him master Sage Mode, and Kagura reflected that he had little left to teach his son.
• Kagura checked his System and saw that his taijutsu progress had reached 41.5% but had stopped increasing as his body neared its limits.
• Kagura decided to rest from training and make a family outing plan while Qianyu, Little Kiku, and Tsunade also had time to spare.

Kagura took Tsunade, their children, and their pets on a spring picnic in a flower-filled clearing near Konoha. As the children and Tailed Beasts played by the lake, Kagura reflected on Tsunade’s years of support and kissed her forehead.

• Kagura and Tsunade agreed to go on a picnic and prepared for the outing with their children.
• Kagura led the family and six pets to a forest clearing beside a small lake near Konoha.
• Little Kiku raced into the flowers, and Qianyu joined her and the Tailed Beasts after Tsunade encouraged him.
• Kagura and Tsunade watched the children play, and Kagura thought about how much Tsunade had done for their family.
• Kagura leaned down and kissed Tsunade on the forehead.

Kagura and Tsunade watched their children play, and were stunned when one-year-old Little Kiku displayed immense strength by lifting a boulder. Later, Qianyu used ninjutsu to help prepare their campsite, leaving Kagura impressed by its practical uses.

• Kagura teased Tsunade about her age, but she threatened him until he distracted her by pointing out Little Kiku lifting a huge boulder.
• Tsunade and Kagura realized Little Kiku had not been taught Monster Strength and marveled at her natural power.
• Little Kiku fell asleep surrounded by the Tailed Beasts, while Kagura wondered how strong she would become as she grew up.
• Kagura had Qianyu gather firewood and use a small Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique to light the campfire.
• Qianyu used a miniature tornado to catch more than a dozen fish, and Kagura reflected that this was the true use of ninjutsu.

Kagura and Tsunade spent a peaceful evening camping with their children and the Tailed Beasts, while Kagura kept Qianyu away from the cooking. After putting the sleepy children to bed in a wooden cottage, Kagura teased Tsunade, who reminded him that the children were next door.

• Little Kiku woke at sunset and ran to Kagura and Tsunade, eager for food.
• Qianyu offered to help Kagura cook, but Kagura sent him away because his dishes always ended up poisonous.
• Kagura served dinner to his family and the Tailed Beasts beside the lake, and they enjoyed the evening together.
• Kagura built a wooden cottage with Wood Release and settled Qianyu, Little Kiku, and the Tailed Beasts in one room.
• Kagura joined Tsunade in the other room and began teasing her, despite her warning that the children were next door.

After returning to Konoha, Kagura visited Orochimaru and found him struggling with a problem in his Impure World Reincarnation experiment. Kagura offered to help, and Orochimaru accepted.

• Kagura returned to Konoha with Tsunade and Qianyu, while Tsunade went back to the hospital and Qianyu stayed home to care for his younger sister.
• Kagura visited Orochimaru's residence, where Anko welcomed him and let him proceed to the laboratory.
• Kagura found Orochimaru studying experimental data that showed a time limit for his cultivated reincarnated bodies.
• Kagura asked whether Orochimaru needed help with the Impure World Reincarnation bottleneck, and Orochimaru nodded.

Kagura helped Orochimaru identify why his Artificial Humans could not withstand the powerful Chakra needed for their experiments. He proposed using White Zetsu cells to improve them and told Orochimaru he knew where to find White Zetsu.

• Orochimaru acknowledged Kagura as the only person able to offer useful advice on his research.
• Kagura realized Orochimaru's Artificial Humans collapsed because their bodies could not endure the large amount of Chakra they carried.
• Kagura suggested that the Artificial Humans' overly uniform cellular material might be causing their instability.
• Orochimaru explained that Hashirama Cells overwhelmed other cells, making it difficult to create a more durable hybrid.
• Kagura proposed using White Zetsu, whose vitality rivaled Hashirama Cells, and said he knew where to find one.

Kagura proposed using White Zetsu cells to help Orochimaru's artificial humans endure Hashirama's power, and identified Kumogakure as the likely source of White Zetsu corpses. He obtained Kumogakure's invitation to the Five Kage Summit and told Orochimaru they would travel there together.

• Kagura suggested that White Zetsu cells might make Orochimaru's artificial humans more durable, and reasoned that Kumogakure had collected White Zetsu corpses during its war with Uchiha Madara.
• Orochimaru noted that Kumogakure would not willingly hand over the valuable specimens, and Kagura left to find a solution.
• Kagura returned with Kumogakure's invitation to the Five Kage Summit, which Minato was preparing to host.
• Kagura told Orochimaru to get ready because they would leave for Kumogakure together.

Kagura and Orochimaru set out from Konoha for Kumogakure, traveling on summoned snakes. On the way, Orochimaru revealed that he had killed his former Summoned Beast Manshe and used its genes to create Little White.

• Kagura and Orochimaru left Konoha for Kumogakure and summoned beasts to carry them through the forest.
• Kagura asked Orochimaru whether he had a Summoned Beast named Manshe.
• Orochimaru explained that Manshe had once refused his summons unless he met its demands.
• Orochimaru told Kagura that he had used traps and outside help to kill Manshe after deciding it was too dangerous to leave uncontrolled.
• Orochimaru revealed that he had preserved Manshe's genes and combined them with his own cells to create Little White, which regarded him as its father.

Kagura and Orochimaru arrived in Kumogakure to deliver Konoha’s invitation, where the Fourth Raikage warmly welcomed them. After receiving the invitation, the Raikage asked what else Konoha wanted from Kumogakure.

• Kagura and Orochimaru reached Kumogakure after five days of travel and found the Fourth Raikage waiting with a group of Jonin.
• The Fourth Raikage greeted Kagura with a bear hug and led him and Orochimaru into the village.
• Kagura reflected that Konoha’s strength and his influence there explained the Raikage’s unusually warm welcome.
• The Fourth Raikage led Kagura and Orochimaru to the Raikage Building, where Kagura handed him Konoha’s invitation.
• After reading and putting away the invitation, the Fourth Raikage asked what other requests Konoha had.

Kagura and Orochimaru asked the Fourth Raikage for a White Zetsu corpse so Konohagakure could study it and prepare to fight Uchiha Madara. The Raikage, wary of strengthening Konohagakure and uncertain whether he could safely refuse, was left weighing the request.

• Kagura told the Fourth Raikage that Konohagakure wanted a White Zetsu corpse for experiments and offered to meet Kumogakure's requests in return.
• The Fourth Raikage recalled Minato's warning about the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and Infinite Tsukuyomi, and concluded that Madara might be targeting Killer B.
• The Fourth Raikage considered how Kumogakure had already studied White Zetsu corpses and made preliminary research progress.
• The Fourth Raikage worried that Orochimaru could quickly surpass Kumogakure's research and that refusing Kagura might provoke dangerous consequences.

Kagura negotiated with the Fourth Raikage for a White Zetsu corpse, agreeing to share limited research data in exchange. The Raikage also challenged Kagura to a nintaijutsu duel, and the two began fighting in Kumogakure’s training ground.

• The Fourth Raikage agreed to give Kagura a White Zetsu corpse if Konohagakure shared its White Zetsu research data and Kagura accepted a second request.
• Orochimaru agreed to share White Zetsu experimental data and results, excluding his other experiments and later applications.
• The Fourth Raikage asked Kagura to duel using only nintaijutsu, and Kagura accepted.
• The Fourth Raikage explained that he wanted to compare their nintaijutsu because he and Kagura were the only living ninjas he knew who had mastered it.
• Kagura and the Fourth Raikage activated their nintaijutsu and exchanged a rapid series of blows while Orochimaru watched.

Kagura defeated the Fourth Raikage in a punishing physical duel, helping him demonstrate his strength, and then joined him and Dodai for drinks. As the Raikage tried to beat Kagura at drinking, Kagura asked where Killer B was.

• Kagura and the Fourth Raikage fought for nearly an hour, and Kagura won by outlasting him as their battle wrecked the Training Ground.
• The Fourth Raikage gave Orochimaru White Zetsu's corpse, and Orochimaru hurried to Kumogakure's laboratory to study it.
• The Fourth Raikage invited Kagura to drink with him, and Dodai joined them after finishing his work.
• The Fourth Raikage and Dodai kept challenging Kagura to drink, leaving him dizzy.
• Kagura asked the Fourth Raikage whether his younger brother, Killer B, was away from Kumogakure.

Kagura asked the Fourth Raikage about Killer B, and the Raikage revealed that B was hidden on Turtle Island and agreed to let Kagura visit him. The Raikage hoped Kagura could help B master the Eight-Tails, while Kagura left their conversation convinced the Raikage might be attracted to him.

• Kagura asked whether Killer B was in Kumogakure, and the Raikage had Dodai send away the Anbu guards before answering.
• The Fourth Raikage told Kagura that Killer B was hiding on Turtle Island and hoped Kagura could help him control the Eight-Tails.
• Kagura asked to visit Killer B the next day, and the Raikage immediately agreed.
• Kagura planned to leave a marked Kunai with Killer B so he could reach him quickly if needed.
• Kagura misread the Raikage's friendliness as romantic interest and nervously shifted away from him.

Kagura traveled with Dodai to Turtle Island to meet Killer B, using a teleportation formation hidden in a cave. They found B returning from the forest, and he greeted Dodai while Kagura reacted to his unusual speech.

• Kagura met Dodai at Kumogakure's gate and learned Orochimaru had stayed behind to research White Zetsu.
• Dodai led Kagura to a hidden cave and used a formation to teleport them to the coast near Turtle Island.
• Kagura recognized the island as the giant turtle from the original story and waited by Killer B's Wooden House with Dodai.
• Killer B returned from the Dense Forest with two small shadows, initially took a defensive stance, then relaxed when he saw Dodai.
• Killer B greeted Dodai in his characteristic rapping style, leaving Kagura stunned.

Kagura met Killer B on Turtle Island and discovered that Kumogakure had brought her there to teach him how to control his Tailed Beast. She revealed the six Tailed Beasts inside her, but realized she had no idea how to teach him.

• Kagura watched Killer B receive a singing lesson from Teacher Kogane, whom the Raikage had hired to teach him enka.
• Dodai told Kagura that the Raikage wanted her to teach Killer B how to control a Tailed Beast, then left them alone together.
• Killer B tried to rap for Kagura, but she told him to speak normally and asked why she had been brought to the island.
• Kagura released six Tailed Beasts around herself, astonishing Killer B, who recognized them and counted them.
• Kagura understood Kumogakure's motive and accepted the value of helping Killer B, but admitted to herself that she did not know how to teach him.

Kagura advised Killer B that he needed to accept the Eight-Tails as a living companion and earn its recognition rather than simply try to control it. After three days in Kumogakure, Kagura pulled Orochimaru away from his research, and they left for Konohagakure with White Zetsu's corpse.

• Killer B asked Kagura how he had controlled six Tailed Beasts, and Kagura privately wondered why they would need to be subdued when they were gentle with him.
• Kagura asked Killer B what he thought of the Eight-Tails, and Killer B said Tailed Beasts were pitiful creatures forced into becoming Jinchuriki by humans.
• Kagura told Killer B to accept the Eight-Tails as a living being, earn its recognition, and become its closest companion.
• Kagura left Killer B alone to reflect, and the next day Dodai found him sitting silently in thought.
• After three days in Kumogakure, Kagura dragged Orochimaru out of the laboratory, took White Zetsu's corpse, and departed with him for Konohagakure.