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A bored deity chose the worlds of Jujutsu Kaisen and Naruto and the Madara Uchiha template for a game, then extracted a young man to play it. The young man accepted the name Madara Uchiha and a blank identity before the deity sent him into the world, changed to look about fifteen.

• A deity rolled dice and selected Jujutsu Kaisen, Naruto, and Madara Uchiha as the game's worlds and character template.
• The deity explained that the young man had been extracted from his original timeline and would disappear when the game ended.
• The young man accepted that fate and decided to enjoy the game, while the deity chose to delete Naruto's setting from the world.
• The young man chose Madara Uchiha as his name and agreed to have no family or background.
• The deity changed the young man's appearance to about fifteen and sent him into the world, where he fell unconscious.

Madara Uchiha woke in the body of an ordinary fifteen-year-old boy in Tokyo in 2018 and confirmed that his inherited power had been converted into cursed energy. After sensing a curse attack hit the apartment above him, he rushed upstairs to protect his landlady and his home.

• Madara absorbed the original owner's memories and Madara Uchiha's memories, then tested his power and found cursed energy flowing through him.
• Madara checked the date, realized Suguru Geto's Night Parade of a Hundred Demons had already happened, and decided to make his own choices in this world.
• Madara discovered that he had inherited Madara Uchiha's abilities and combat knowledge but still had an ordinary fifteen-year-old body.
• Madara sensed a hostile curse approaching the apartment building and raised a cursed-energy defense, but the attack struck the ceiling from above.
• Madara recognized the upstairs apartment as landlady Nakamura's room and hurried up the stairs to investigate.

Madara entered the apartment and killed the cursed spirit that had murdered the landlady, then waited as Yuta Okkotsu and Maki Zenin approached. After they sensed powerful cursed energy and an unidentified presence in the building, a crash from the third floor sent them rushing inside.

• Madara tore the apartment door from its frame and found the landlady dead while a cursed spirit fed beside her.
• Madara summoned a skeletal arm of Susanoo and crushed the cursed spirit, then closed the landlady’s eyes and waited for the approaching sorcerers.
• Kiyotaka Ijichi cast a Curtain over the neighborhood as Yuta Okkotsu and Maki Zenin entered to investigate the curse attack.
• Maki Zenin and Yuta Okkotsu sensed a powerful burst of cursed energy and another presence in the apartment building, which they suspected might be a curse user.
• A crash erupted from the third floor, and Maki Zenin and Yuta Okkotsu rushed into the building with their weapons ready.

Madara met Yuta Okkotsu and Maki Zenin after exorcising a powerful cursed spirit, and agreed to accompany them to Jujutsu High. Gojo instructed them to keep Madara's arrival hidden from the higher-ups until he returned.

• Madara told Yuta Okkotsu and Maki Zenin that he lived in the building, had no living parents, and had killed the cursed spirit.
• Yuta Okkotsu and Maki Zenin discussed Madara's unusual strength and called Satoru Gojo and Mr. Ijichi for guidance and assistance.
• Satoru Gojo told Yuta Okkotsu to take Madara to Jujutsu High, explain matters to Principal Yaga, and keep the situation from the higher-ups.
• Madara agreed to go to Jujutsu High, and he followed Yuta Okkotsu and Maki Zenin away from the scene.

Madara Uchiha arrived at Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu High after exorcising a semi-grade 1 cursed spirit, leaving Maki and the others uncertain about his unexplained strength. Principal Masamichi Yaga began a private conversation with Madara after the others left with the sleeping dog.

• Ijichi introduced himself to Madara during the drive to Jujutsu High, and Madara said he had no family or training and had supported himself with part-time jobs.
• Maki questioned how Madara had exorcised a semi-grade 1 cursed spirit, while Ijichi and Yuta suggested his abilities might have awakened instinctively in a crisis.
• Ijichi drove the group to Jujutsu High, where Madara saw Panda and asked whether pandas were protected animals.
• Maki led Madara and Yuta to Principal Masamichi Yaga, who asked them to find the dog a suitable home.
• Maki and Yuta left with the dog, and Yaga offered Madara tea before beginning to speak with him alone.

Madara told Masamichi Yaga he wanted to become a Jujutsu Sorcerer and find meaning in his new existence. After Yaga had Panda show him around Jujutsu High, Madara met the students, chose a dorm room, and began settling into his new daily life.

• Madara told Yaga he no longer wanted to remain ordinary and wanted to find meaning in his existence, and Yaga tested his cursed energy control with a cursed corpse teddy bear.
• Yaga told Madara to wait for Gojo's decision and assigned Panda to show him around Jujutsu High.
• Panda introduced Madara to Yuta Okkotsu, Toge Inumaki, and Maki Zenin, who had been caught eavesdropping outside Yaga's office.
• Panda and Inumaki showed Madara an empty dorm room, while Madara repeatedly asked why Panda was a talking panda.
• Madara watched the others head toward the training grounds, reflected on his memories and unfamiliar identity, and accepted that his new daily life had begun.

Madara agreed to become a Jujutsu Sorcerer after Satoru Gojo warned him about the dangers and costs of the path. Gojo and the students held a welcome party for Madara, where he relaxed enough to laugh as his life as a Jujutsu High student began.

• Madara rested in his dorm room and woke to find Satoru Gojo sitting in a chair nearby.
• Satoru Gojo asked Madara to consider carefully whether he wanted to become a Jujutsu Sorcerer, and Madara confirmed that he had already decided.
• Satoru Gojo called the students together and turned Madara's dorm room into a welcome party.
• Panda, Yuta Okkotsu, Toge Inumaki, and Maki shared food and banter with Madara, who gradually joined in.
• Madara laughed at the lively gathering, and everyone raised their drinks in a toast to their new classmate.

Satoru Gojo put Madara Uchiha and Yuta Okkotsu through a potentially lethal test, forcing Yuta to fight seriously and Madara to reveal his Sharingan. The chapter left them armed and ready to continue their duel.

• Satoru Gojo ordered Yuta Okkotsu to fight Madara Uchiha without restrictions, warning them that the test could end in death.
• Yuta initially held back, but Satoru Gojo explained that sparing Madara would leave him unprepared for real fights, so Yuta resolved to take the test seriously.
• Yuta struck Madara with a cursed-energy-powered punch, and Madara activated his Sharingan to read and redirect Yuta's follow-up attack.
• Satoru Gojo explained that the test also measured Yuta's control over his power and whether he could fight without being held back by his past.
• Yuta drew his sword, and Maki Zenin tossed Madara a short Cursed Tool; Madara caught it and prepared to continue fighting.

Madara fought Yuta Okkotsu in the Training Ground, using his Sharingan to read and counter Yuta’s attacks despite his untrained body. When Yuta unleashed his full power and threatened to land a decisive strike, Madara awakened Susanoo and blocked it, leaving everyone stunned.

• Madara used the Sharingan to anticipate Yuta Okkotsu’s attacks and traded blows with him, though his body struggled to keep pace.
• Madara read Yuta’s movements, dodged a charging slash, and struck him in the chest after using a dropped blade to create an opening.
• Yuta acknowledged Madara’s unusual perception and released a torrent of cursed energy, prompting Maki Zenin, Panda, and Toge Inumaki to worry about the test escalating.
• Yuta’s faster attacks grazed Madara’s shoulder and forced him to block a rising slash with Maki’s cursed shortsword, which broke under the impact.
• Madara’s Sharingan transformed into a kaleidoscopic pattern, and he summoned Susanoo’s blue ribs to block Yuta’s full-force strike.

After Madara’s battle with Yuta, Gojo and Maki questioned the strange blue skeleton Madara had summoned, which Gojo identified as an unusually powerful, incomplete shikigami. Shoko healed Madara’s shoulder, and Gojo began a private talk with him in the Infirmary.

• Gojo stopped the fight, and Madara dismissed the blue skeleton after it had protected him from Yuta’s attack.
• Madara apologized to Maki for breaking her dagger, while Gojo called the skeleton an incomplete shikigami and asked Madara about possible side effects.
• Gojo sent Yuta to take Madara to the Infirmary, then told Maki the shikigami could become powerful enough to challenge “that.”
• Shoko examined Madara’s shoulder and healed it with Reverse Cursed Technique after Yuta left to change.
• Shoko left the Infirmary, and Gojo began a private conversation with Madara.

In the infirmary, Satoru Gojo questioned Madara about his powers and explained that a sorcerer’s choices, not their abilities, determined how they used their power. Madara decided to embrace his role in this world and play the game to its end.

• Satoru Gojo removed his blindfold and asked Madara how using his power had felt, then reassured him that the sensation was normal.
• Madara cautiously told Satoru Gojo that he knew little about his Cursed Technique and concealed that he might have other abilities.
• Satoru Gojo explained that power was neither good nor evil and gave Madara a chance to prove himself through his choices.
• Satoru Gojo told Madara to rest before classes, training, and missions began the next day.
• Madara reflected on his knowledge of the world and decided to play his role to his heart’s content.

After a week of training at Jujutsu High, Madara received a Grade 3 sorcerer identification and was assigned his first solo mission: investigating a curse at an abandoned shrine in Suginami Ward. With Yoshino waiting outside behind a Curtain, Madara began climbing toward the shrine, where his cursed energy perception had detected something faint.

• Madara received a Grade 3 identification from Masamichi Yaga, who explained that the higher-ups were wary of his unknown background and that a promotion assessment could come later.
• Yaga assigned Madara a solo mission to investigate and exorcise a suspected Grade 3 curse at an abandoned shrine, warning him to retreat if anything exceeded the report.
• Satoru Gojo told Madara that the mission would test whether he was worth trusting, then said he would not accompany him.
• Yoshino drove Madara to the shrine, gave him breakfast, and warned him about a Grade 2 sorcerer who had died after underestimating a Grade 3 curse.
• Yoshino raised a Curtain around the hill and gave Madara a walkie-talkie; Madara then started up the shrine steps.

Madara investigated a cursed Shinto shrine and found evidence of a terrified victim and powerful curses inside its main hall. He faced a featureless woman and a sinister stuffed rabbit as the hall plunged into darkness, and drew his Tanto to fight.

• Madara followed traces of Cursed Energy up the mountain path to the dilapidated Shinto shrine.
• Madara found a blood-marked Ema covered in desperate pleas for help and warnings that someone was watching.
• Madara entered the main hall, followed fresh footprints to the Shintai, and discovered human teeth scattered near it.
• Madara found a woman in a bridal kimono crouching behind the Shintai with a stuffed rabbit in her arms.
• The rabbit spoke, the woman's blank face split open into a tooth-filled mouth, and countless red eyes appeared as the hall went dark.
• Madara took a combat stance and drew his Cursed Energy-infused Tanto.

Madara ignored instructions to retreat when he discovered the shrine curses were stronger than reported, and destroyed them with his second-stage Susanoo. He returned safely with the mission complete, leaving Yoshino stunned by the wreckage and planning to pass responsibility for it to Gojo.

• Madara saw that the shrine contained multiple curses and used his second-stage Susanoo to destroy them and flatten the building.
• Madara contacted Yoshino and asked him to lift the Curtain after exorcising the curses.
• Yoshino heard the explosion, feared Madara had been killed, and then learned over the radio that the curses were gone.
• Madara reported that the curses had been at least Grade 2 and possibly symbiotic, then returned to the car with Yoshino.
• Madara asked Yoshino to help with his self-criticism for demolishing the shrine, then decided to leave the matter to Gojo-sensei.

Madara returned to Jujutsu High and trained with Maki, discovering that his body could not keep pace with her skill and speed without relying on his Sharingan. After she defeated him, Maki spoke briefly about the Zenin Clan’s efforts to hold her back, and Madara left to rest while she continued training.

• Madara returned to Jujutsu High and found Panda, Toge Inumaki, and Maki training while Yuta was abroad on an urgent assignment.
• Maki checked that Madara had not broken her cursed tool, then challenged him to spar and improve his skills.
• Madara fought without activating his Sharingan, but Maki’s speed and strength overwhelmed him despite his growing combat instincts.
• Maki said the Zenin Clan had been interfering with her standing, but she believed they would not hold her back much longer.
• Madara went to the Dormitory to rest as Maki, Panda, and Inumaki returned to training.

Madara Uchiha continued to improve at Jujutsu High and began to feel that he belonged there, while wondering what resolve he needed to reach a true domain. Gojo and Nanami discussed Madara’s rapid growth and the risk of him going astray; Gojo then renewed his push for Madara’s Grade 1 assessment.

• Madara asked Maki why he could not learn Reverse Cursed Technique or Domain Expansion, and she explained the skill and resolve each required.
• Madara found Panda and Inumaki trying to repair Maki’s water-damaged training log, so he offered to distract her while they worked.
• Gojo asked Nanami about Madara, and Nanami praised the boy’s talent, composure, and character while Gojo worried that his rapid growth could lead him toward a fall like Geto’s.
• Nanami told Gojo that Madara seemed different from Geto and that there was no need to worry for now.
• Gojo called the principal to pursue Madara’s Grade 1 assessment again and said he would vouch for him as a Special Grade Sorcerer.

Satoru Gojo interrupted Madara Uchiha and Maki Zenin’s sparring to challenge Madara, offering advice about his impatience and rapid pursuit of strength along the way. The group reached a clearing behind Jujutsu High, where Gojo prepared to test Madara’s current abilities.

• Satoru Gojo found Panda and Toge Inumaki trying to dry Maki’s wet training notebook, then learned that Madara was sparring with Maki.
• Madara adapted to Maki’s attacks, impressed her, and accepted her challenge to fight with real weapons.
• Satoru Gojo stopped Madara and Maki before their weapon match began and asked Madara to spar with him instead; Madara agreed.
• Satoru Gojo led Madara, Maki, Panda, and Inumaki to a clearing, explaining that Madara seemed impatient about learning Reverse Cursed Technique and using his domain.
• Satoru Gojo warned Madara not to let his pursuit of strength make him lose sight of himself, and Madara said he understood.
• Satoru Gojo faced Madara in the clearing and asked to see how strong he had become.

Madara fought Gojo, testing Susanoo and Domain Amplification against Gojo’s Limitless. Gojo knocked Madara down but urged him to get back up, leaving their battle unfinished.

• Madara activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and summoned Susanoo, whose swords could not reach Gojo through Limitless.
• Gojo struck Susanoo with Blue, damaging its armor, and deduced that Madara could not move while using it.
• Madara attacked the ground around Gojo with Yasaka Magatama, then dismissed Susanoo and deactivated his Sharingan to use Domain Amplification.
• Madara rushed Gojo, but Gojo dropped Limitless, caught his wrist, and countered his attacks before Madara could form Susanoo.
• Gojo struck Madara in the abdomen, shattered the forming Susanoo bones, and sent him crashing to the ground before telling him to get up.

Madara pushed past his limits during training with Satoru Gojo, triggering five consecutive Black Flashes and awakening his Rinnegan and Domain Expansion. His incomplete domain collapsed soon afterward, and he passed out from exhaustion in Gojo’s arms.

• After being injured by Gojo’s palm strike, Madara resolved to develop Reverse Cursed Technique and Domain Expansion and entered a state of intense concentration.
• Gojo recognized Madara’s focus as the precursor to Black Flash and gave him room to attack; Madara landed five consecutive Black Flashes with Susanoo.
• Madara’s Rinnegan awakened, and he expanded an incomplete domain called Heavenly Imperial Pillars, enclosing himself and Gojo in a white world of stone pillars.
• Madara’s domain collapsed when he ran out of energy, and Gojo caught him as he passed out.
• Panda, Inumaki, and Maki rushed over, and Gojo reassured them that Madara was exhausted but fine.

Madara and his companions began their spring break with a trip to Tokyo, planning to buy gifts for Panda, who could not safely go out in public. As they headed to a dessert shop in Shinjuku, Madara felt a growing sense of belonging with his friends.

• Madara accepted his friends' advice to rest during spring break and joined Okkotsu, Maki, and Inumaki for a day in Tokyo.
• The group decided to buy items from Panda's long shopping list because he could not accompany them outside Jujutsu High.
• Madara, Okkotsu, Maki, and Inumaki rode a train to Shinjuku, where Madara reflected on how much more at home he felt than when he first arrived in this world.
• Okkotsu said he would likely travel overseas for work after the break, and he and Maki discussed the responsibility of being jujutsu sorcerers.
• Inumaki pointed out a dessert shop, and the group headed there to eat and pick up gifts for Panda.

Madara spent a day in Tokyo with Maki, Okkotsu, and Inumaki, shopping for Panda’s requested souvenirs and enjoying an amusement park. After returning to Jujutsu High, he saw Panda delighted with the gifts and resolved to protect the peaceful everyday life he had enjoyed.

• Madara, Maki, Okkotsu, and Inumaki shared desserts in Shinjuku before heading to Harajuku to buy Panda a giant plush toy and other panda merchandise.
• The group bought curry buns in Shibuya, where Madara memorized places that would become battlefields and vowed to prevent the coming disaster.
• In Akihabara, they found Panda’s requested headband and picked out a few personal items before leaving the crowded district for an amusement park.
• Madara rode a roller coaster with the others, panicked at the heights, then joined them on other rides and watched Tokyo’s lights from the Ferris wheel.
• Back at Jujutsu High, Panda happily opened the souvenirs, and Madara returned to his room determined to protect the ordinary life he valued.

Madara spent his holiday wandering alone and impulsively watched a superhero movie, where he unexpectedly met Kento Nanami. After enjoying the film, Madara parted ways with Nanami, who returned to work.

• Madara went for a walk, passed a movie theater, and bought a ticket to a superhero movie.
• Madara discovered Kento Nanami was seated beside him and awkwardly greeted him.
• Nanami watched Madara react excitedly to the film and reflected that he was still a child who could enjoy ordinary things.
• Madara praised the movie’s climactic scene, and Nanami reminded him not to consume too much sugar.
• Nanami wished Madara a restful holiday and left for work.

On his vacation, Madara went to an abandoned school to practice his Domain Expansion and defeated a special grade cursed spirit inside his completed Heavenly Imperial Pillars. Satoru Gojo and Kiyotaka Ijichi arrived afterward, and Gojo invited Madara to celebrate over a meal.

• Madara went to an abandoned school on Tokyo’s outskirts to practice his domain and found a special grade cursed spirit in an incomplete open domain.
• Madara used Susanoo to block the cursed spirit’s attack, then expanded Heavenly Imperial Pillars and trapped it in his white domain.
• Madara recognized that his cursed technique embodied his entire existence as Madara Uchiha and exorcised the cursed spirit.
• Satoru Gojo and Kiyotaka Ijichi arrived after receiving a report of special grade cursed energy, but Gojo realized Madara had already handled it.
• Madara told Gojo that testing his domain had been too easy, and Gojo invited him to celebrate his first solo special grade exorcism over a meal.

Madara Uchiha welcomed new first-year Megumi Fushiguro to Jujutsu High and took him on his first official mission. When a Grade 1 cursed spirit emerged in the sewers, Madara destroyed it with Susanoo, leaving Megumi newly aware of his senior’s strength as they headed back to report.

• Satoru Gojo introduced Megumi Fushiguro to the students, and Madara Uchiha welcomed him as a fellow jujutsu sorcerer.
• Satoru Gojo assigned Madara to lead Megumi on a sewer mission to investigate suspected Grade 2 cursed energy.
• Megumi summoned his Divine Dogs and exorcised a Grade 2 cursed spirit while Madara watched and supported him.
• A Grade 1 cursed spirit emerged from the remains, and Madara told Megumi to step back instead of calling for backup.
• Madara manifested Susanoo and crushed the Grade 1 cursed spirit in seconds, astonishing Megumi.
• Madara and Megumi returned to the surface and set off to report the mission, with Madara offering to buy ramen.

In June 2018, Madara watched Megumi Fushiguro leave for Sendai to investigate a Special Grade Cursed Object and prepared for Yuji Itadori’s arrival. He sent a Wood Clone to handle his own mission and recorded his plan to ensure Yuji survived, while waiting for events to begin.

• Megumi Fushiguro told Madara he was heading to Sendai to investigate unusual cursed energy and a possible unregistered cursed object.
• Madara let Megumi leave without warning him about Yuji Itadori or Sukuna’s Finger, then sent a Wood Clone to exorcise a Grade 2 Cursed Spirit at an abandoned hospital.
• Madara considered becoming Sukuna’s vessel but rejected the idea because he could not risk Sukuna taking over his body.
• Madara updated his diary with a plan to ensure Yuji Itadori survived and waited for Megumi to return with news.