Chapter Summaries

Kagami Uchiha revealed to Madara Uchiha that Kaguya Ōtsutsuki came from the Ōtsutsuki Clan and that Black Zetsu had manipulated him to revive her. When Black Zetsu returned and reacted with panic to Kaguya’s name, Madara realized Kagami’s claims were true and erupted in fury.

• Kagami Uchiha told Madara Uchiha about Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, and the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s plan to harvest the Shinobi World’s life force.
• Kagami Uchiha revealed that Black Zetsu was Kaguya’s third child, had altered the Uchiha stone tablet, and had used Madara to prepare for Kaguya’s revival.
• Madara Uchiha demanded evidence, and Kagami Uchiha said Black Zetsu would soon return to the cavern.
• Black Zetsu arrived and warned Madara Uchiha that Kagami Uchiha’s complete-body Susanoo made him a threat to their plan.
• Madara Uchiha questioned Black Zetsu about Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, and Black Zetsu’s panicked reaction confirmed Kagami Uchiha’s account.
• Madara Uchiha recognized that Black Zetsu had manipulated him and shouted in fury.

Madara Uchiha learned that Black Zetsu had manipulated his plans and nearly killed him, but Kagami Uchiha intervened to question Black Zetsu. Kagami revealed that he knew Kaguya’s secrets and hinted that he could identify the enemy she created White Zetsu to fight, leaving Black Zetsu eager for an answer while secretly considering escape.

• Madara Uchiha attacked Black Zetsu with Susanoo after learning his plans had been manipulated, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Kagami Uchiha stopped Madara from delivering another blow and asked to speak with Black Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu recovered enough to challenge Kagami Uchiha about how he knew of the Ōtsutsuki.
• Kagami Uchiha said he knew Kaguya’s origins, why she planted the God Tree, and why Black Zetsu had tricked Madara into creating White Zetsu.
• Kagami Uchiha asked Black Zetsu whether he knew the identity of Kaguya’s enemy, and Black Zetsu demanded an answer while contemplating escape.

Kagami Uchiha told Black Zetsu that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki still threatened Kaguya and offered to help save her in exchange for Black Zetsu’s service. After taking some of Black Zetsu’s Ōtsutsuki bloodline origin to advance his eye toward the Rinnegan, Kagami left Madara eager to hear his plan for bringing peace to the Shinobi World.

• Kagami Uchiha revealed that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had survived inside Jigen and warned Black Zetsu that Isshiki could threaten Kaguya when she returned.
• Black Zetsu knelt before Kagami Uchiha and pledged to serve him if he would help save Kaguya, while Madara Uchiha warned Kagami not to trust him.
• Kagami Uchiha agreed to help according to his plan and used Ame-no-Minaka to absorb a small portion of Black Zetsu’s Ōtsutsuki bloodline origin.
• Black Zetsu collapsed from the extraction but accepted the injury for Kaguya’s sake, and Madara recognized that Kagami’s eye was nearing the Rinnegan.
• Kagami Uchiha spoke of bringing peace to the Shinobi World, prompting Madara Uchiha to eagerly offer his help and ask about the plan.

Kagami Uchiha laid out his vision for unifying the Shinobi World and eventually exploring the stars, then warned Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and the wider Ōtsutsuki Clan threatened them. He proposed weakening the Five Great Nations while preparing to develop his Rinnegan, and Madara agreed to confront Ōnoki if he demanded the Four-Tails back.

• Kagami Uchiha proposed unifying the Shinobi World, protecting its people through strict laws, and joining together to resist extraterrestrial enemies.
• Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu were astonished by Kagami's vision of traveling through the stars.
• Kagami Uchiha warned that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki could unleash overwhelming power and that more members of the Ōtsutsuki Clan might arrive.
• Kagami Uchiha said he would develop his Rinnegan and weaken the Five Great Nations rather than conquer them immediately.
• Kagami Uchiha planned to keep the Four-Tails in Konoha, and Madara Uchiha agreed to face Ōnoki if he came to reclaim it.

Kagami Uchiha assigned Black Zetsu to spy on Jigen, then discussed using White Zetsu as sacrifices to resurrect powerful shinobi with Madara Uchiha. Madara proposed retrieving the Rinnegan from Nagato, but the chapter left their plan unsettled over whether Hashirama Senju would support it.

• Kagami Uchiha outlined plans to punish Kumogakure and Kirigakure and take the Two-Tails as compensation.
• Kagami Uchiha ordered Black Zetsu to monitor Jigen, who housed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, at the Fire Temple.
• Madara Uchiha explained that Rinne Rebirth could be used repeatedly with different casters, and suggested sacrificing Uzumaki or Senju members to resurrect Hashirama and others.
• Kagami Uchiha refused to sacrifice his subordinates and pointed out that Madara's White Zetsu army could serve as casters instead.
• Madara Uchiha proposed retrieving the Rinnegan from Nagato, while Kagami Uchiha worried that Hashirama might oppose their plan.
• Madara Uchiha said Hashirama would defend Konoha against the Ōtsutsuki, but vowed to kill him himself if he stood in their way.

Kagami Uchiha left Madara and Black Zetsu and traveled to the Land of Rain to meet Kakuzu, whose Akatsuki had grown stronger after Hanzō’s surrender. Kakuzu secretly left his base to meet Kagami, who greeted him as the Akatsuki’s leader.

• Kagami told Black Zetsu to recover before continuing his mission, then left the cavern while Madara mocked Black Zetsu and became furious at being called a brat.
• Kagami headed to the Land of Rain, where disillusioned Amegakure ninja had been joining Kakuzu’s Akatsuki after Hanzō surrendered to Konoha.
• Kakuzu received intelligence that Hanzō had shut himself away while Amegakure ninja spied on Akatsuki, and he ordered his people to leave Hanzō alone unless he threatened them.
• A Ninja Hawk arrived, and Kakuzu put Sakamoto in charge, changed into plain clothes, and secretly left the Akatsuki base.
• Kakuzu met Kagami at a cliffside and greeted him respectfully; Kagami acknowledged him as the Akatsuki’s leader.

Kagami Uchiha met with Kakuzu, who feared he had lost his mentor’s trust and broke down pleading his loyalty. Kagami reassured him, then revealed that he had allied with Madara Uchiha but could not yet let Madara reclaim Nagato’s Rinnegan.

• Kakuzu mistook Kagami Uchiha’s distant greeting for evidence that someone had turned him against Kakuzu and suspected Hatake Sakumo of speaking ill of him.
• Kakuzu knelt and tearfully recounted how Kagami had spared and mentored him, insisting that he had remained loyal.
• Kagami helped Kakuzu up and explained that he had only been distracted, not displeased with him.
• Kagami told Kakuzu that Nagato’s Rinnegan and the plan for Akatsuki had changed after Kagami met its original owner, Madara Uchiha.
• Kagami said he and Madara had formed an alliance, but Madara could not reclaim the Rinnegan yet.

Kagami Uchiha found Matatabi in the Land of Lightning after she fought off Kumogakure ninja and asked her to become his Summoning Beast. Matatabi refused, leaving their encounter unresolved.

• Kagami Uchiha traveled to the Land of Lightning and sensed Matatabi’s chakra in a canyon.
• Matatabi drove off a Kumogakure team that had attacked her before the Raikage arrived.
• Kagami Uchiha approached Matatabi, who recognized his Mangekyō Sharingan and grew wary.
• Kagami Uchiha greeted Matatabi and asked her to sign a Summoning Contract with him.
• Matatabi refused, saying she loved telling people who thought too highly of themselves no.

Kagami Uchiha forced Matatabi to accept becoming his Summoning Beast by threatening her with his Complete Body Susanoo, then calmed her by petting her. The Third Raikage A arrived with Kumogakure forces and confronted Kagami, who recalled their earlier meeting in Konoha.

• Matatabi rejected Kagami Uchiha's offer and feared he would control her like Madara Uchiha had controlled Tailed Beasts.
• Kagami Uchiha summoned his Complete Body Susanoo and threatened Matatabi until she agreed to become his Summoning Beast.
• Matatabi submitted, meowed, and rubbed against Susanoo, while Kagami Uchiha stroked her and she began to enjoy the attention.
• Kagami Uchiha sensed A and other Chakra signatures approaching the canyon.
• The Third Raikage A arrived and found Matatabi docile beside Kagami Uchiha, then confronted him.
• Kagami Uchiha reminded A that they had first met in Konoha during Kumogakure's visit to sign the Konoha Peace Treaty.

Kagami Uchiha threatened the Third Raikage and took Matatabi, the Two-Tails, to Konoha as compensation for Kumogakure’s role in the Land of Whirlpools. After Kagami departed, A learned of the Chinoike Clan’s grudge with the Uchiha and saw a possible way to retaliate.

• A argued that Kumogakure had already paid for its part in the Land of Whirlpools, but Kagami rejected his explanation and said the Two-Tails had never belonged to Kumogakure.
• Kagami demonstrated Susanoo’s strength by cutting the top off a mountain, frightening Matatabi and the Kumogakure shinobi.
• Kagami warned A not to choose the wrong allies again, declared Matatabi compensation, and flew toward Konoha with her.
• After Kagami left, a Kumogakure Jonin told A that the Chinoike Clan had once rivaled the Uchiha in ocular techniques and had been exiled to Hell Valley.
• A welcomed the information and vowed that his feud with Kagami was not over.

Uchiha Kagami returned to Konoha after the war with the subdued Two-Tails, Matatabi, as his Summoning Beast. He reunited with his Shadow Guard and entered the village to a jubilant welcome.

• Uchiha Kagami arrived at Konoha with Matatabi, who said she liked the village and would fight for him.
• Uchiha Tsukiyama, Shizuya Hyuga, Genichi Senju, and Hayama Shirakumo met Kagami at the gate and reproached themselves for not accompanying him to battle.
• Kagami reassured his Shadow Guard, promised to take them along next time, and stopped Hayama from attempting seppuku.
• Kagami introduced Matatabi as the Two-Tails and said she would be part of Konoha as his Summoning Beast.
• Kagami and his companions entered the village amid cheers and praise for his victories, then headed toward the Hokage Building.

Kagami Uchiha returned to Konoha with Matatabi, causing the Nine-Tails sealed inside Kushina to stir. After Minato and Kushina asked Kagami about it, he reassured them and left Kurama cowering in fear.

• Kushina sensed the Nine-Tails stirring during training with Minato, while Kurama and Matatabi separately sensed each other in Konoha.
• Minato and Kushina hurried to the Hokage Building after hearing that Kagami Uchiha had returned victorious.
• Minato told Kagami that the Nine-Tails had stirred, and Kagami looked into Kushina's sealing space, frightening Kurama into silence.
• Kagami told Minato and Kushina that Kurama had become excited after encountering an old friend, then reassured them that all was well.
• Matatabi noticed Kurama's fear and congratulated herself for pledging allegiance to Kagami.

Kagami Uchiha returned to Konoha and told High Command that he had subdued Kumogakure’s Two-Tails, which would live freely in the village as his summoning beast. When Homura warned that taking the tailed beast could provoke war, Kagami and his allies dismissed the threat, leaving Homura worried that Konoha’s leaders were too eager for conflict.

• Shimura Danzō greeted Kagami Uchiha at the Hokage Building, and Kagami entered the Meeting Room with Minato, Kushina, the Shadow Guard, and Matatabi.
• Kagami told Konoha High Command that he had subdued the Two-Tails and declared that she would belong to Konoha, live freely as his summoning beast, and receive a dedicated habitat.
• Shikata Nara accepted Kagami’s order to arrange a habitat for the Two-Tails, while the assembled leaders reacted with astonishment.
• Mitokado Homura warned that Kumogakure might retaliate, but Shimura Danzō, Hatake Sakumo, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru voiced their readiness for war.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi calmed the argument and asked whether Kumogakure had tried to stop Kagami; Kagami said the Third Raikage had led the force and declared that he was no match for him.
• Konoha’s younger leaders praised Kagami, while Mitokado Homura worried that the Hokage’s forcefulness could lead the village into war.

At Konoha’s meeting, Kagami Uchiha rejected Shimura Danzō’s proposal to claim the One-Tail and Four-Tails and proposed letting the Shinobi World judge them instead. He announced plans to host a second Five Kage Summit in Konoha, inviting the small nations as well as the great ones.

• Utatane Koharu asked Kagami Uchiha how Konoha would handle the captured Jinchūriki of the One-Tail and Four-Tails.
• Shimura Danzō urged Konoha to extract the Tailed Beasts and place them in new vessels, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tokuma Hyuga warned that doing so could provoke more war.
• Tokuma Hyuga’s remarks about respecting Hashirama’s distribution of the Tailed Beasts angered Uchiha Setsuna, Hatake Sakumo, Hiruko, Orochimaru, and Tsunade.
• Kagami Uchiha said the Shinobi World should judge the One-Tail and Four-Tails, then called on Konoha to focus on its economy and scientific research.
• Kagami Uchiha proposed holding the second Five Kage Summit in Konoha and requiring the small nations to attend alongside the Five Great Nations.

Kagami Uchiha declared that he would propose public trials for Shukaku and Son Goku and oversight of jinchūriki at the Five Kage Summit. After Danzo revealed Kagami’s overwhelming strength, the meeting shifted toward conquering the other villages, with Hiruzen Sarutobi proposing a surprise attack on their Kage.

• Orochimaru realized Kagami Uchiha planned to raise the One-Tail and Four-Tails’ crimes at the Five Kage Summit, and Kagami confirmed he wanted them publicly tried.
• Kagami said he would also call for education and oversight of jinchūriki, while Matatabi feared the consequences for tailed beasts.
• Shikata Nara warned that the other villages would resist Konoha’s proposal and that negotiations could trigger a major war.
• Shimura Danzō urged the meeting to trust Kagami’s strength, revealing that Kagami had defeated the One-Tail and Four-Tails with a single strike.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi supported Kagami and proposed killing the other villages’ Kage when they arrived in Konoha, then conquering their villages.

Kagami Uchiha organized Konoha’s preparations for an All-Shinobi World Conference and assigned key roles to Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō. He then forced Tokuma Hyuga to retire and appointed Branch Family member Shizuya Hyuga in his place, leaving Tokuma alarmed about the Hyuga clan’s future.

• Jiraiya mistook Hiruzen Sarutobi for an impostor until Hiruzen identified himself and threatened to publicize Jiraiya’s exploits.
• Kagami Uchiha ordered Shimura Danzō to invite the nations and Ninja Villages to an All-Shinobi World Conference in Konoha three months later, while Hiruzen handled its organization.
• Kagami named Shikata Nara Hiruzen’s deputy and formed a Conference Planning Group with the assembled leaders and elders.
• Kagami dismissed the meeting and told Tokuma Hyuga to stay behind, then challenged Tokuma’s age and urged him to retire from leadership.
• Tokuma asked Kagami to choose his successor, but Kagami appointed Shizuya Hyuga, a former Shadow Guard member from the Branch Family, prompting Tokuma to realize the change had been arranged in advance.

Konoha issued an ultimatum inviting the Shinobi World’s leaders to a Five Kage Summit in three months, where it planned to address postwar borders, peace, and Tailed Beast crimes. Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure resented Konoha’s demands but recognized they could not challenge its strength, while smaller villages viewed the summit as a show of power.

• Konoha sent a notice summoning the Four Great Ninja Villages, national Daimyo, and smaller village leaders to a summit in September of the thirty-seventh year of Konoha, warning that absences would provoke consequences.
• Third Kazekage Sajie raged that Kagami Uchiha had taken Shukaku and intended to judge Tailed Beast crimes, but Niuji urged him to restrain himself and Sajie decided Sunagakure had to attend.
• Ōnoki condemned Konoha’s ultimatum and Kagami Uchiha’s power, then decided Iwagakure would attend and seek to recover its Tailed Beast, possibly by joining with other villages to pressure Konoha.
• Third Raikage A smashed his desk in anger over Kagami Uchiha capturing Kumogakure’s Two-Tails, while his officials acknowledged that Kumogakure could not confront Konoha directly.
• Leaders of Kirigakure and the smaller villages received the notice, and the smaller villages suspected Konoha would use the summit to dictate the Shinobi World’s future.

The Third Mizukage refused Konoha’s invitation to the Five Kage Summit, determined to keep Kirigakure out of the dispute over the captured Tailed Beasts. After reading Kagami Uchiha’s proposal, the Land of Fire’s Daimyo embraced the summit as a chance to expand his dominion, agreed to attend, and ordered generous support for Kagami.

• The Third Mizukage rejected Kirigakure’s invitation to the summit, arguing that Kagami Uchiha’s conflict with Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure did not involve Kirigakure.
• Genji warned the Third Mizukage that Kagami’s power might surpass Madara Uchiha’s, but the Mizukage insisted Kirigakure should stay neutral and focus on the Blood Mist Policy.
• The Land of Fire’s Daimyo read Kagami Uchiha’s letter proposing a Five Kage Summit in Konoha to establish rules for the Shinobi World.
• The Daimyo decided the summit could help the Land of Fire dominate the other nations and ordered letters inviting their Daimyo to attend.
• The Daimyo arranged to travel to Konoha himself, cover the summit’s expenses, and give Kagami five hundred million ryo as a personal gift.

Kakuzu explained why Konoha had invited the Akatsuki to the Five Kage Summit and declared that the Akatsuki should rule the Land of Rain. In private, Nagato accepted that the Rinnegan had been implanted in him and decided to return the eyes after the summit, leaving him resolved to train and protect his companions.

• Kakuzu praised the Hokage’s notice of the Five Kage Summit and argued that Konoha recognized the Akatsuki as an independent power.
• Kakuzu declared that the Akatsuki, rather than Hanzō’s Amegakure, was the rightful authority in the Land of Rain and said they would settle the issue at the summit.
• Kakuzu sent Yahiko and Konan away so he could speak privately with Nagato, who said the Rinnegan had never belonged to him.
• Nagato decided to return the Rinnegan to the person behind the scheme after the Akatsuki returned from Konoha.
• Kakuzu warned Nagato that the eyes endangered him and the Akatsuki, then urged him to rely on his own talent; Nagato resolved to train hard and protect everyone.

Kagami Uchiha and Shimura Danzō discussed using the Five Kage Summit to establish Konoha’s authority through rules rather than immediate conquest, while preparing to watch for threats. Around them, Konoha’s younger generation and their families enjoyed a peaceful gathering, leaving the village prosperous and confident in its future.

• Shimura Danzō praised Konoha’s young talents and proposed killing the other villages’ Kage at the upcoming Five Kage Summit before launching a campaign.
• Kagami Uchiha told Danzō that Konoha should use the summit to establish rules and a just cause, and said they would bring the Shinobi World under Konoha’s authority gradually.
• Kagami assigned Danzō to oversee external campaigns and unrest, and ordered him to monitor the summit arrangements Hiruzen was handling.
• Hatake Sakumo stood beside Uchiha Yukiho as she held baby Kakashi, and Tsunade teased her about having a child of her own.
• Jiraiya offered to train Kakashi, while Orochimaru mocked him and Jiraiya angrily retorted.
• Minato and Hiruko discussed training and research as the gathering continued peacefully.