Chapter Summaries

Madara Uchiha discovered that Black Zetsu had manipulated him into resurrecting Kaguya Otsutsuki, then watched Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki defeat her before his soul faded. He awoke reborn as Uchiha Itachi and eventually realized he was Fugaku and Mikoto's son on the eve of the Third Shinobi World War.

• Black Zetsu pierced Madara Uchiha's heart and revealed that he had deceived him to resurrect Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Madara Uchiha learned that the Infinite Tsukuyomi and the Sage of Six Paths' stone tablet had been part of Black Zetsu's plan.
• Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki defeated Kaguya Otsutsuki, released humanity from the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and formed the Seal of Reconciliation.
• Madara Uchiha's soul faded, and he awoke as a baby in Mikoto's arms while Fugaku named him Uchiha Itachi.
• After growing to four years old, Uchiha Itachi realized he was Fugaku's son and that the era was the eve of the Third Shinobi World War.

Madara Uchiha, reborn as four-year-old Uchiha Itachi, enjoyed a peaceful life with Uchiha Mikoto and Uchiha Fugaku in Konoha. Fugaku returned with news that the Third Kazekage had disappeared and that Konoha might face attacks, leaving Madara to reflect on the coming war.

• Uchiha Mikoto called Madara Uchiha to breakfast, and he reflected on how well she and Uchiha Fugaku had cared for him.
• A Uchiha Clan member summoned Uchiha Fugaku to meet the Third, so Fugaku left Madara with Uchiha Mikoto.
• Madara recognized the urgent summons as a sign that the Third Shinobi World War was approaching and felt little concern about the conflict.
• Uchiha Mikoto gently told Madara not to frown, and he promised to stop.
• Uchiha Fugaku returned and told Uchiha Mikoto that the Third Kazekage had disappeared, leaving Sunagakure vulnerable and raising fears that the Land of Lightning and Iwagakure would attack Konoha.

Madara Uchiha, reborn in the body of four-year-old Itachi, prepared for possible war while reflecting on the Uchiha Clan’s growing isolation from Konoha. In the woods, he met Shisui Uchiha and tested his skill, ending by accepting him as a potential follower.

• Uchiha Fugaku warned Mikoto that Itachi might have to fight if war broke out, while Itachi calmly left to train.
• Madara Uchiha walked through the Uchiha district and Konoha, noting the village’s distrust of the Uchiha Clan and considering the danger of future conflict.
• Madara Uchiha reached his usual training spot and called out the person hiding nearby.
• Shisui Uchiha introduced himself and asked Itachi to spar with him.
• Madara Uchiha attacked Shisui with a rapid shuriken barrage, and Shisui activated his Sharingan to evade it.
• Madara Uchiha declared that Shisui was qualified to be his follower.

Madara Uchiha taught Shisui Uchiha sword techniques, though Shisui treated him like a child rather than a leader. As war spread across the Land of Fire’s borders and Konoha sent even young people to fight, Madara watched the departing ninja and hated the war.

• Madara Uchiha corrected Shisui Uchiha’s sword stances, and Shisui found his slashes became much faster.
• Shisui accepted Madara as a follower and, after training, carried the exhausted four-year-old on his back.
• Madara realized Shisui humored him like a little brother, but he tolerated the treatment and resolved to make Shisui his subordinate when he grew older.
• Uchiha Fugaku told his family that Kumogakure and Iwagakure were attacking, forcing Konoha to send troops to its borders.
• As the war worsened, Konoha sent Academy children to the battlefield, and Madara watched them leave while his hatred of war grew.

As the Third Shinobi World War claimed Uchiha lives and left Uchiha Mikoto grieving, Uchiha Fugaku returned home and announced he would take four-year-old Itachi to the battlefield. Mikoto reluctantly agreed after Itachi volunteered, and Fugaku set out with him.

• Madara Uchiha reflected on the deaths in the Uchiha Clan, his family's separation, and his hope of achieving lasting peace.
• Uchiha Fugaku returned home and told Uchiha Mikoto that the Land of Fire had gained an advantage against the Land of Earth thanks to Minato Namikaze.
• Uchiha Mikoto angrily objected when Fugaku said he wanted to take Itachi to the battlefield, but Fugaku argued that Itachi should learn about war and prepare to protect the clan and village.
• Itachi volunteered to go with Fugaku, and Mikoto reluctantly accepted after making Fugaku promise that they would both return alive.
• Uchiha Fugaku departed for the battlefield with Madara Uchiha after Mikoto's tearful farewell.

Uchiha Fugaku led Madara Uchiha and eight Uchiha fighters into a battlefield, where they encountered an Iwagakure ambush. Fugaku’s group engaged the enemy while Madara watched from hiding, suppressing his urge to fight and deciding to conceal his strength until he was stronger.

• Uchiha Fugaku led Madara Uchiha and eight Uchiha Clan members through the woods toward a rocky wasteland.
• Uchiha Aren used his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to detect about fifteen concealed Iwagakure shinobi ahead.
• Fugaku told Madara to hide, then led the Uchiha fighters toward the ambush.
• The Iwagakure shinobi discovered the approaching Uchiha and retreated as Fugaku’s group charged with their Sharingan activated.
• Fugaku killed a short-haired Iwagakure woman with a shuriken while Madara watched and restrained his battle lust.

Uchiha Fugaku’s squad defeated an Iwagakure ambush, and four-year-old Madara Uchiha killed a wounded enemy shinobi. Madara questioned whether uniting everyone under one country could end war, while Fugaku called the idea impossible and said he wanted to keep his family safe.

• Uchiha Fugaku’s squad overwhelmed the fifteen Iwagakure shinobi, and Fugaku killed their jōnin leader after dodging his attack.
• Madara Uchiha killed the wounded Iwagakure jōnin with a shuriken after the man begged for water.
• Fugaku returned and asked Madara whether he had killed the shinobi, and Madara explained that enemies would show him no mercy either.
• Madara asked whether bringing everyone under one country could reduce meaningless slaughter.
• Fugaku said uniting the nations was impossible and told Madara that he had brought him to witness war’s cruelty and understand the value of peace.

Madara Uchiha assessed the Uchiha Clan’s growing isolation in Konoha and considered how to change its course while traveling with Fugaku toward the front lines. Shisui Uchiha arrived as Aren tried to recruit Madara to the Bloodline Faction’s view of Uchiha superiority.

• Fugaku’s elite unit rescued a mixed Konoha team led by Hinata Ichiro and drove back their enemies.
• Aren boasted that the Uchiha Clan was stronger than the other clans, and Fugaku rebuked him before leading the group onward.
• Madara observed that the Uchiha’s Police Force duties and Bloodline Faction had made the clan isolated and disliked, and he considered whether to support Fugaku or purge the faction.
• Aren criticized Fugaku for defending the Hyuga Clan, and Fugaku explained the value of their Byakugan and contributions to Konoha.
• Aren asked Madara to agree that the Uchiha were Konoha’s strongest clan, but Shisui arrived and challenged Aren to prove his claim by fighting Lord Minato.

Shisui Uchiha announced that the war had ended after the Third Hokage and Fourth Kazekage made an agreement, and Madara Uchiha returned to Konoha with Uchiha Fugaku. At a memorial for the fallen, Madara dismissed Uchiha Shan’s political schemes and approached Orochimaru, intrigued by his ideas about death.

• Shisui Uchiha told Uchiha Fugaku and the others that the war was over because the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind had joined forces, prompting the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth to back down.
• Madara Uchiha returned to the village with Uchiha Fugaku as news of the war’s end spread across the Five Great Nations.
• At the Memorial Monument, Uchiha Shan urged Fugaku to pursue the Hokage position and claim Kakashi Hatake’s Sharingan, but Fugaku rejected his suggestions.
• Madara Uchiha spotted Orochimaru standing apart from the mourners and approached him after hearing him say that death’s meaning lay in how it could be used.

Madara Uchiha learned that Uchiha Mikoto was expecting another child and promised himself he would protect the sibling he had lost in his previous life. When the baby was born and named Sasuke Uchiha, Madara recognized him as the future rival who had once stood against him and decided to raise him as a powerful ally.

• Orochimaru left after Madara Uchiha questioned him, still troubled by the deaths he had seen in the war.
• Uchiha Mikoto told Madara Uchiha she was pregnant and asked whether he wanted a brother or sister; he chose a brother and vowed to protect the child.
• Ten months later, Uchiha Mikoto gave birth to a boy, and Madara Uchiha gently touched his newborn brother's cheek.
• Uchiha Fugaku named the baby Sasuke Uchiha, and Madara Uchiha realized his little brother was the Sasuke who had opposed him in his previous life.
• Madara Uchiha decided that training Sasuke Uchiha would give him a powerful ally in pursuing his goals.

Madara Uchiha cared for infant Sasuke as the Nine-Tails attacked Konoha, and he realized Obito Uchiha was controlling the beast. The Uchiha Clan was barred from fighting and assigned to protect civilians, leaving Madara disgusted with Konoha's leaders as he took Sasuke to shelter.

• Madara Uchiha grew fond of caring for Sasuke and learned that Minato Namikaze's child would soon be born.
• During the Nine-Tails' attack, Madara Uchiha carried Sasuke toward safety and recognized the Sharingan in the beast's eyes.
• Madara Uchiha deduced that Obito Uchiha had orchestrated the attack and endangered the Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Madara Uchiha that Konoha's orders barred the clan from fighting the Nine-Tails and assigned them to protect noncombatants.
• Madara Uchiha condemned Konoha's leadership and took Sasuke to a shelter.

After the Uchiha Clan was ordered to relocate to Konoha’s outskirts, Madara Uchiha showed Uchiha Fugaku that the new settlement was designed to be watched and trapped. He urged his father to accept that Konoha’s leadership would not change its view of the clan and proposed building influence within both the clan and the village.

• Uchiha Fugaku announced the relocation to the clan while Madara Uchiha watched their anger.
• Madara Uchiha led Uchiha Fugaku to the new settlement and pointed out its watchtowers and surrounding clans, revealing its defensible weaknesses and how easily the Uchiha could be monitored.
• Uchiha Fugaku warned Madara Uchiha to keep his discovery secret, and Madara agreed.
• Madara Uchiha argued that the Third and Danzo had already formed fixed opinions of the Uchiha Clan and advised Fugaku to restrain the clan’s young members.
• Madara Uchiha asked Uchiha Fugaku to help him build standing within the clan while he joined Konoha’s shinobi system, so he could bind the two sides together.

Madara Uchiha, living as Uchiha Itachi, trained under Uchiha Fugaku and began building influence among the Uchiha Clan’s younger generation. After defeating four clan children in a wager, he met Shisui Uchiha at the training ground.

• Uchiha Fugaku agreed to teach Madara Uchiha ninjutsu and resolved to hold him to stricter standards.
• Madara Uchiha quickly mastered the techniques Uchiha Fugaku demonstrated and rejected a girl’s invitation to play so he could train.
• Madara Uchiha challenged four Uchiha children to fight him together, defeating them in one exchange.
• Madara Uchiha ordered the four children to throw shuriken a hundred times and run ten laps, and they accepted the terms of their bet.
• Madara Uchiha met Shisui Uchiha at the training ground while Uchiha Taro and the others began their laps.

Madara Uchiha tested Shisui's resolve during a sparring match and questioned whether he valued Konoha or the Uchiha Clan more. Shisui gave Madara a Short Sword as an enrollment gift, while Madara left him with questions about the clan, Konoha, and Naruto Uzumaki's future.

• Madara Uchiha sparred with Shisui and asked how he viewed his future after serving in ANBU, and whether the village or clan mattered more.
• Shisui hesitated at Madara's question, allowing Madara to trap him with thread-bound Shuriken before sparing him and warning him to keep his mind clear in battle.
• Shisui admitted that he felt Madara guided him more than a little brother should, then gave him a Short Sword as an enrollment gift.
• Madara accepted the sword and said he did not expect to stay at the Ninja Academy for long.
• Madara told Shisui to observe how Konoha treated the Uchiha Clan and Naruto Uzumaki before answering the question years later.

Madara Uchiha planted doubts in Shisui’s mind about the tension between the village and the Uchiha clan, then began the Ninja Academy and stunned everyone with his skill. His talent drew Hiruzen Sarutobi’s attention, while Danzo questioned whether he might become a threat to the village.

• Madara Uchiha asked Shisui whether the village or the clan mattered more, deepening Shisui’s uncertainty, then asked him to look after Sasuke.
• Mikoto brought Madara Uchiha to the Ninja Academy entrance ceremony, where he began his student life under Hiruzen Sarutobi’s tenure as Hokage.
• Madara Uchiha amazed his instructor and classmates with a shuriken trick, then dominated the Academy’s lessons and became its top student.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Shisui what kind of person Madara Uchiha was, and Shisui praised his talent and potential to become Hokage.
• Danzo questioned Madara Uchiha’s loyalty to the village, and Shisui told him and Hiruzen that he had seen no dissatisfaction from the child.

Shisui accepted Danzo and the Third Hokage’s order to spy on the Uchiha Clan, but their treatment of the clan made him question whether the village mattered more than his people. At the Ninja Academy, Madara challenged the teacher’s lesson plan by offering to use a more powerful clone technique instead.

• Danzo ordered Shisui to monitor the Uchiha Clan’s mood and keep watch on Madara Uchiha, while the Third Hokage defended the assignment as a way to manage relations with the clan.
• Shisui recognized the Third Hokage’s tacit approval of the Uchiha Clan’s relocation and felt his faith in the village leadership collapse.
• Shisui left the Hokage’s office torn by Madara Uchiha’s question about whether the clan or the village mattered more.
• At the Ninja Academy, the teacher demonstrated the Clone Technique and asked Madara Uchiha to try it.
• Madara told the teacher he knew a more powerful ninjutsu that could create damaging clones and asked to skip the Clone Technique.

Madara Uchiha graduated from the Ninja Academy after two days and discussed his future with Shisui, while warning him about the cost of serving in the ANBU. Shisui began to question his role and wanted to gain enough influence to protect ordinary Uchiha if Konoha turned against the clan.

• Madara Uchiha demonstrated the Shadow Clone Technique and graduated after teachers judged his abilities far beyond the academy’s standards.
• Shisui praised Madara Uchiha’s early graduation and asked whether he would join the Police Force, but Madara said he would follow the normal ninja path and hoped to become the Uchiha Clan’s first Hokage.
• Madara Uchiha rejected the ANBU and advised Shisui to leave, arguing that ANBU members served as the Hokage’s tools and would leave little behind.
• Shisui reconsidered his pride in being an ANBU member and resolved to gain enough influence to help protect ordinary Uchiha if Konoha abandoned the clan.

Madara Uchiha reassured Shisui Uchiha after learning that Shisui had been ordered to test him, then continued training with him. The Third Hokage and Danzo reviewed Shisui’s report as a new wave of disappearances in Konoha pointed toward Orochimaru.

• Shisui Uchiha confessed that the Hokage and Danzo had assigned him to sound out Madara Uchiha and warned him to be cautious.
• Madara Uchiha accepted Shisui’s confession without anger, disarmed him in a sparring match, and invited him to train again the next day.
• Danzo mocked Madara Uchiha’s ambition to become Hokage, while the Third Hokage considered whether supporting him could ease tensions with the Uchiha Clan.
• Danzo left the Hokage’s office, and the Third Hokage worried that he could no longer keep Danzo’s ambition in check.
• A report arrived that more ninja had gone missing in Konoha, and the Third Hokage feared Orochimaru was responsible.

After a year away from school, Madara Uchiha joined the graduating Genin and was assigned to a team with Hayato Hyuga and Sōsuke Aburame under Kazuhiko Sarutobi. The team met for introductions, and Kazuhiko announced they still had to pass his assessment to become Genin.

• Madara Uchiha spent a peaceful year out of school while Orochimaru was expelled from Konoha for conducting Human Experimentation on villagers.
• At the graduates' briefing, instructors announced that the new Genin would form three-man squads led by Jōnin.
• Madara Uchiha was assigned to a squad with Hayato Hyuga and Sōsuke Aburame under Kazuhiko Sarutobi, and suspected the team had been arranged to watch him.
• At the training ground, Sōsuke Aburame introduced himself briefly, while Hayato Hyuga questioned whether Madara Uchiha could keep up.
• Kazuhiko Sarutobi told the squad that they had to pass his assessment to become Genin or return to school.

Madara Uchiha, Hayato Hyuga, and Sōsuke Aburame faced Kazuhiko Sarutobi in a bell test and worked together to attack him. Madara overwhelmed Kazuhiko with shuriken and ninjutsu, then struck him with a Short Sword, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Kazuhiko Sarutobi explained that the three boys had to work together to take one of his three bells, while Hayato Hyuga threatened Madara Uchiha not to make him fail.
• Hayato activated his Byakugan and discovered that Madara had roughly twice his chakra reserves, while Sōsuke Aburame released his insects.
• Madara launched a shuriken barrage, and Hayato called out Kazuhiko’s position so Madara could keep him under pressure.
• Madara directed Hayato to track Kazuhiko and Sōsuke to prepare an ambush, then broke through Kazuhiko’s Earth-Style Wall with a Great Fireball Technique.
• Madara appeared beside Kazuhiko and struck his kunai away with a Short Sword, cleaving into him.