Chapter Summaries

After returning to Konoha, Kagura watched the village prepare for Uchiha Madara’s Infinite Tsukuyomi plan as Minato organized the Five Kage Summit and the shinobi trained or pursued research. The chapter ended with Jiraiya arriving at Mount Myōboku alongside Kagura.

• Kagura gave Killer B a teleportation-sealed kunai, then returned to Konoha with Dodai and Orochimaru.
• Minato and the advisors informed trusted Konoha shinobi about Madara’s plan while arranging the Five Kage Summit.
• Hyuga Hiashi and Fugaku began training, and Fugaku asked Kagura how to grow stronger; Kagura wondered if Fugaku wanted his eyes.
• Hatake Sakumo trained Kakashi, Obito, Guy, Asuma Sarutobi, and Nawaki in a forest outside Konoha.
• Orochimaru researched a way to help fight Madara, while Tsunade trained in taijutsu and Jiraiya prepared his students.
• Jiraiya went to Mount Myōboku with Kagura.

Kagura went to Mount Myōboku with Jiraiya to ask the Great Toad Sage for permission to learn Sage Art. After meeting the toad sages, Kagura faced the Great Toad Sage, who seemed not to recognize him.

• Kagura decided to learn Sage Art at Mount Myōboku after realizing his system would not provide it and asked Jiraiya to take him there.
• Gamatatsu returned with the Great Toad Sage’s approval, on the condition that Kagura meet him immediately.
• Because Kagura lacked a summoning contract, Bunta carried him to Mount Myōboku inside his mouth.
• Kagura followed Bunta and Jiraiya to the Great Toad Sage’s palace, where he recognized Fukasaku and Shima.
• The Great Toad Sage looked at Kagura and asked who had arrived.

Kagura met the Great Toad Sage, who revealed that he knew Kagura came from another world and called him the Child of Prophecy destined to save the world. The Great Toad Sage promised to be Kagura’s companion but refused to explain how Kagura would defeat the enemy, saying Kagura would understand when he faced an important choice.

• The Great Toad Sage asked Kagura whether he was the Child of Prophecy, while Fukasaku pointed out that he had met Kagura before and was repeating his usual routine.
• The Great Toad Sage revealed that Kagura’s soul did not originally belong to this world and that his arrival had changed the course of fate.
• Kagura feared the Great Toad Sage might attack him, but the sage reassured him that he accepted the changes and would be his companion, not his enemy.
• Kagura asked how he would defeat the enemy, but the Great Toad Sage said he could not tell him and that Kagura would understand when he faced a choice.

Kagura asked the Great Toad Sage to let him stay at Mount Myōboku and learn Sage Art, but the sage refused, saying it would waste his time and urging him to complete the tasks given by his system. As Kagura and Jiraiya left, the sage explained that Kagura had his own difficult path as a Child of Prophecy.

• The Great Toad Sage told Kagura that his fate had been unclear until they met and hinted that something unusual existed behind him.
• Kagura asked permission to stay at Mount Myōboku and train in Sage Art.
• The Great Toad Sage rejected Kagura's request and told him to focus on completing the system's tasks to grow stronger.
• Kagura and Jiraiya bowed and left the palace after the Great Toad Sage ended the discussion.
• The Great Toad Sage told Fukasaku and Shima that Kagura had his own difficult path as a Child of Prophecy, then fell asleep.

After the Great Toad Sage warned Kagura against learning Sage Art, Kagura reassured Jiraiya that he was still the same companion, and Jiraiya vowed to keep training beside him. In Konoha Year 50, Minato left for the Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron, with Kagura accompanying him after Kushina sent them off.

• Jiraiya suggested Kagura give up on Sage Art, and Kagura agreed.
• Kagura told Jiraiya he could not explain his secrets but remained the same person, and Jiraiya accepted his answer and promised to work harder.
• Kagura reflected on the support of his friends and wife as Konoha passed the spring of Year 50.
• The Five Kage agreed to hold their summit in the neutral Land of Iron, a country protected by Samurai rather than Ninja.
• Kushina fussed over Minato at Konoha's main gate before his departure for the summit.
• Kagura dragged Minato away from Kushina and left Konoha with him for the Land of Iron.

Kagura accompanied Minato to the Five Kage Summit, hoping to secure an alliance against Uchiha Madara and complete the System mission. On their leisurely journey, Kagura saw how much the Land of Fire had changed, and the pair arrived in the Land of Iron as the summit approached.

• Kagura decided to accompany Minato to the Five Kage Summit, where he would help explain the Stone Tablet and seek an alliance against Uchiha Madara.
• Minato eagerly set out with Kagura, who teased him about acting like a child on a spring outing.
• Kagura and Minato traveled slowly toward the Land of Iron, staying at inns and sampling local food along the way.
• Kagura saw that the Land of Fire's civilians now lived with hope and dignity, unlike the impoverished people he remembered from decades earlier.
• Kagura and Minato arrived in the Land of Iron shortly before the Five Kage Summit began.

Minato and Kagura arrived in the Land of Iron for the Five Kage Summit, where leaders from several nations gathered to discuss confronting Uchiha Madara. As they waited for the Mizukage, Ōnoki and A started a heated argument, leaving Kagura doubtful about the mission.

• Mifune welcomed Minato and Kagura to the Land of Iron and told them the summit would begin at two o'clock, after the Mizukage arrived.
• Minato and Kagura entered the Council Hall and found Rasa, A, Ōnoki, and Yahiko gathered around the table.
• Minato sat beside Yahiko while Kagura observed the leaders' guards, including Nagato, Dodai, Kitsuchi, and Baki.
• Mifune announced that the Mizukage's journey had been delayed, and Ōnoki criticized the young Mizukage.
• A mocked Ōnoki's age, and the two began shouting at each other while Kagura worried about the mission.

Kagura watched the Five Kage Summit nearly collapse into a fight between Ōnoki and A before Terumi Mei arrived and the meeting began. Terumi Mei nervously took her place as Mizukage, while the chapter explained how Kirigakure’s losses had forced the young leader into the role.

• Ōnoki and A prepared to fight, and their guards struggled to restrain them while Kagura considered intervening.
• Terumi Mei arrived with Ao, interrupting the confrontation, and Ao calmly guided her to the last empty seat.
• Mifune began the summit after Ōnoki and A returned to their seats, while Terumi Mei anxiously wondered how to act as Mizukage.
• Kagura observed that Terumi Mei was only about sixteen and was too distracted to follow the meeting.
• Kirigakure’s younger generation had been devastated by Kagura and Uchiha Madara, Karatachi Yagura had died early, and the village’s elders had appointed Terumi Mei as Mizukage for lack of a suitable successor.

Minato proposed that the nations form an Allied Forces to stop Uchiha Madara from gathering the Tailed Beasts and casting the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Yahiko and Raikage A supported him, but Ōnoki, Rasa, and Terumi Mei questioned whether Konohagakure’s evidence was genuine and whether the alliance served its own interests.

• Mifune opened the meeting and asked Minato to explain the information about Uchiha Madara’s plan.
• Minato warned that Madara had gathered eight Tailed Beasts and intended to use the Infinite Tsukuyomi to control everyone.
• Minato proposed an Allied Forces, and Yahiko and Raikage A agreed to join.
• Ōnoki questioned the Stone Tablet’s authenticity, so Kagura produced it and offered to reveal its contents.
• Rasa argued that Kagura could deceive them with his Sharingan, while Terumi Mei questioned whether Konohagakure wanted to use the alliance to eliminate its own enemy.

Minato defended the plan to oppose Uchiha Madara by confronting the Tsuchikage, Mizukage, and Kazekage with the losses their villages had suffered. He left all three silent as Kagura realized his disciple had become far more capable than he had imagined.

• Kagura considered using Kotoamatsukami or genjutsu against the three Kage, but Minato offered to handle their objections and Kagura stepped aside.
• Minato reminded Ōnoki that Hiruzen had respected him as a leader, then challenged him over Iwa’s failure to seek justice for Han and Roshi.
• Minato invoked the Third Mizukage’s suffering under Uchiha Madara, leaving Terumi Mei silent and visibly affected.
• Rasa said Suna held little resentment toward Madara for taking the One-Tails, but Minato revealed that Akatsuki member Sasori had killed the Third Kazekage after meeting Madara.
• Kagura watched Minato silence the three Kage and silently praised his disciple’s ability.

At the Five Kage Summit, Minato used evidence of Uchiha Madara’s crimes and the Third Kazekage’s death to turn the other leaders against Madara. Just as Ōnoki challenged the truth of the Stone Tablet’s warning, an unknown voice offered to prove it.

• Kagura reflected on Minato’s skill as Minato explained why bargaining away benefits would weaken the alliance against Uchiha Madara.
• Rasa questioned Minato’s claim that Sasori had killed the Third Kazekage, and Minato urged him to investigate Sasori’s movements and the evidence left behind.
• Rasa considered Minato’s claim credible, while the narration revealed that Kagura had told Minato about Sasori and his Third Kazekage Puppet.
• Ōnoki demanded proof that the Stone Tablet’s account of Uchiha Madara’s plot was true.
• An unfamiliar voice from above the crowd declared that it could prove the account, startling everyone.

Uchiha Madara appeared at the Five Kage gathering, confirmed his plan to obtain the Eight-Tails, and proposed a decisive battle against the Allied Forces. The Kages faced the prospect of fighting Madara and his Akatsuki in the Land of Rice one month later.

• Uchiha Madara appeared above the gathered Kages, and Mifune charged him but had his katana shattered.
• Madara asked Kagura how he had learned the Stone Tablet's final contents, but Kagura remained silent.
• Madara demanded that Raikage A reveal the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki's location, and A said the Jinchuriki had left Kumogakure.
• Madara proposed that the Kages form Allied Forces and fight his Akatsuki in the Land of Rice one month later.
• Raikage A refused to hand over the Eight-Tails even if Madara won, and Madara pointed out that victory would leave him in control regardless.

Uchiha Madara gave the gathered leaders two months to prepare for a final battle in the Land of Rice, and Kagura negotiated the longer deadline. After Madara left, the leaders overcame their fear and began planning the Allied Forces.

• Ōnoki considered attacking Uchiha Madara but lowered his hands after recognizing the vast difference in their strength.
• Kagura asked Uchiha Madara to extend the deadline to two months, and he agreed to a final battle in the Land of Rice.
• Uchiha Madara vanished, leaving Terumi Mei and the other leaders shaken by his presence.
• Ōnoki urged the leaders to discuss their responsibilities in the coming battle, and they returned to the conference table.
• Ao helped Terumi Mei stand, and Mifune restarted the Allied Forces conference.

The Five Kage and their allies spent hours planning an army to face Uchiha Madara while Kagura’s mission reward completed the Eight-Tails’ fusion and brought his Rinnegan evolution within 50 days. Kagura’s two-month delay would let him enter the decisive battle with the Rinnegan and the power to create his own Six Paths.

• The Five Kage and the other factions discussed how to organize, command, and supply their allied forces for the coming battle.
• Kagura ignored much of the discussion as he considered why he had asked Uchiha Madara to delay the decisive battle by two months.
• Kagura’s completed mission raised the Eight-Tails’ fusion degree to 29% and reduced his Rinnegan evolution timer to 50 days.
• Kagura planned to use the delay to gain the Rinnegan, overcome Madara’s ocular advantage, and obtain the power to create his own Six Paths.

After the leaders reached a preliminary alliance agreement, Rasa proposed a future marriage tie between his family and Minato’s, then settled for suggesting Naruto and Gaara become friends. Kagura reflected on how different Gaara might grow up in this worldline as the leaders departed for their villages.

• The leaders finalized a preliminary alliance agreement and hurried back to their villages to prepare for the coming battle.
• Rasa told Minato that he had opposed the alliance out of concern for Sunagakure, then suggested their children could become in-laws.
• Minato politely rejected arranging a childhood betrothal and said the children should choose their own futures.
• Rasa proposed that Naruto and Gaara become friends, and Minato agreed to bring Naruto to visit if they won.
• After Minato and Rasa parted, Kagura wondered how Gaara would turn out with his mother and siblings alive and without One-Tails.

Kagura returned to Konoha as the Seven Nations Allied Forces prepared for war against Uchiha Madara. Orochimaru revealed that he had perfected stronger Impure World Reincarnation vessels, and Kagura asked him to prepare six bodies for her Kagura Six Paths.

• Kagura and Minato hurried back to Konoha after Minato sent word of Uchiha Madara and the alliance.
• Konoha began preparing for war after the nations disclosed information about the threat and their joint response.
• Kagura saw Hatake Sakumo and Kakashi before heading to Orochimaru's house.
• Orochimaru told Kagura that his new Artificial Humans had no time limit and could restore reincarnated people to 95 percent of their living strength.
• Kagura asked Orochimaru to prepare six bodies for her Kagura Six Paths.

Kagura told Orochimaru that his eyes would soon evolve into the Rinnegan and asked him to prepare for the Six Paths before the decisive battle. Orochimaru had already made imitation Black Iron Rods, leaving them to choose six bodies as candidates.

• Orochimaru grabbed Kagura and eagerly asked whether he had already awakened the Rinnegan.
• Kagura said his eyes were evolving and would likely finish evolving before the decisive battle, but he needed Six Paths candidates in advance.
• Kagura warned Orochimaru to focus on preparing the Six Paths rather than obsessing over his eyes.
• Orochimaru explained that he had analyzed Kagura's collected Black Iron Rods and made a batch of imitations, though he could not test them.
• Kagura said the remaining task was to choose candidates for his Six Paths.

Kagura and Orochimaru planned to gather materials for Artificial Humans and Impure World Reincarnation to prepare for a future battle against Madara. They recruited Jiraiya as their guide and set out together as the original Team 7.

• Kagura proposed using Artificial Humans modeled on Hashirama and Tobirama as two of his Six Paths, and said he had leads on four more candidates outside Konohagakure.
• Orochimaru agreed to help gather materials for the Six Paths and an Impure World Reincarnation army.
• Kagura and Orochimaru instructed Anko to watch the laboratory and went to Jiraiya’s house.
• Jiraiya agreed to guide them while taking a break from his stalled Sage Art training.
• Jiraiya finished his cup noodles and declared that the original Team 7 was setting out together again.

Kagura returned home before leaving with Jiraiya and Orochimaru, but Tsunade insisted on joining their journey to search for the legacies of powerful figures. After leaving Little Kiku with Hiruzen Sarutobi, the group set out from Konoha, with Jiraiya grumbling about Tsunade coming along.

• Kagura brought Jiraiya and Orochimaru home and told Tsunade he would be leaving with them for a while.
• Tsunade announced that she was coming too, and Kagura struggled to object before giving in.
• Tsunade suggested leaving Little Kiku with Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Little Kiku agreed to stay at her grandfather's house.
• Kagura left a message for Qianyu and Yamato before Tsunade dropped Little Kiku off at Hiruzen's home.
• Kagura, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru left Konoha, while Jiraiya grumbled about Tsunade joining them.

Kagura, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya reached a prosperous town on their journey, where Jiraiya tried to borrow money to visit a brothel. Tsunade took Kagura into the inn, and Jiraiya was left without money or company.

• Tsunade had joined the journey to keep Jiraiya from pursuing women, while the group traveled at an easy pace toward a town near Konoha.
• The four arrived in the town at night and walked past its busy shops and a scantily dressed woman.
• Jiraiya stared at the woman but did not enter the establishment while Tsunade was with him.
• At the inn, Jiraiya asked Kagura for money and claimed he wanted to meet an informant, but Tsunade accused him of wanting to visit the shop.
• Tsunade led Kagura inside and warned him to stay away from Jiraiya, while Orochimaru refused to lend Jiraiya money, leaving him dejected.