Recaps

Hyuga Kagami united the villages against the Ōtsutsuki, defeated Isshiki, Urashiki, and Momoshiki, and imprisoned the survivors. He then stepped down as Hokage to study Ōtsutsuki technology, leaving Kakashi and Itachi to compete for the office.

• Hyuga Kagami used Urashiki’s artifacts to help pursue Hyuga Rin’s Tenseigan, warned Konoha’s leaders that at least four Ōtsutsuki threatened the Ninja World, and arranged for Obito to regain Madara Uchiha’s Rinnegan.
• Hyuga Kagami restored the Ten-Tails with Gaara’s One-Tail and made himself its Jinchuriki, while Isshiki and Urashiki investigated Kagami and recruited Obito into their plan to kill him.
• Isshiki, Urashiki, Momoshiki, and Kinshiki gathered in their hidden dimension, where Hyuga Kagami arrived through a spatial gate and defeated Kinshiki, Momoshiki, and Urashiki before confronting Isshiki.
• Hyuga Kagami countered Isshiki’s shrinking and space-time abilities, defeated and sealed him, then helped Naruto and the Shadow Guard capture Urashiki before reading both prisoners’ memories.
• Hyuga Kagami stepped down as Hokage to research Ōtsutsuki technology, and the village began an election tournament among Kakashi, Itachi, Asuma, and Guy.
• Kakashi defeated Guy with the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Itachi defeated Asuma with a delayed substitution and genjutsu, setting up the final match between Kakashi and Itachi.
• Itachi refused Sasuke’s offer of the Rinnegan and chose to face Kakashi with his own abilities, while Kakashi worried that his single use of the Gate of Wonder might not secure victory.