Chapter Summaries

Orochimaru tried to persuade Kanami to become his vessel by offering immortality, but Kanami revealed how much he knew about Living Corpse Reincarnation. Orochimaru grew convinced that the red-haired Kanami might be an ancient possessor rather than the teenager he appeared to be, and demanded to know who he really was.

• Orochimaru recognized Kanami’s Hashirama Cells and Sharingan and decided he was the finest vessel he had ever seen.
• Kanami rejected Orochimaru’s offer of power, and Orochimaru offered immortality through Living Corpse Reincarnation instead.
• Kanami described the flaws of Living Corpse Reincarnation and explained that its success depended on spiritual power and the target’s resistance.
• Orochimaru became alarmed when Kanami correctly described details of the forbidden technique and wondered if someone had used it before he developed it.
• Orochimaru suspected Kanami was an ancient possessor hiding inside a young body and asked, “Red-Hair, who are you, really?!”

Kanami warned Orochimaru that Akatsuki would soon approach him about cooperating against Konoha, then offered him a chance to return to the village and continue his immortality experiments. Orochimaru considered the offer, and the chapter ended with Kanami asking whether he would return to Konoha.

• Orochimaru assumed Kanami was also a user of Living Corpse Reincarnation, but Kanami denied it and said he had come for another reason.
• Kanami warned Orochimaru that Akatsuki would likely seek him out to discuss cooperating on another plan to destroy Konoha.
• Orochimaru said he was interested in attacking Konoha, but Kanami pointed out that the village had three Tailed Beasts and would remain well defended.
• Kanami explained that he wanted Akatsuki to stop bothering Konoha and asked Orochimaru whether he wanted to return there.
• Kanami offered to let Orochimaru continue his Immortality Experiment in Konoha without being held accountable for his past, then asked if he would return.

Kanami tried to persuade Orochimaru to return to Konoha, explaining that Akatsuki wanted his help with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu. The chapter ended with Orochimaru asking whether Akatsuki planned to sacrifice all of Kumogakure to supply the jutsu’s living sacrifices.

• Orochimaru doubted Kanami could make good on his promises because Kanami was only a Genin.
• Kanami told Orochimaru that Hinata Hyuga was his wife and that she controlled the Two-Tails, Matatabi.
• Orochimaru questioned why Kanami wanted him back, and Kanami revealed that Akatsuki wanted to use the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to invade Konoha.
• Orochimaru asked where Akatsuki would find enough living sacrifices and wondered if they intended to sacrifice the entire village of Kumogakure.

Kanami told Orochimaru that Akatsuki had nearly ten thousand human vessels for the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and claimed he could see the future. He predicted that a masked man calling himself Madara Uchiha would soon approach Orochimaru to discuss the jutsu, then left Orochimaru wondering whether Kanami had told the truth.

• Kanami rejected Orochimaru’s idea of sacrificing Kumogakure and asked why Akatsuki had sought him out to discuss the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
• Kanami said Akatsuki had nearly ten thousand human vessels, leaving Orochimaru astonished and questioning how Akatsuki had kept them secret.
• When Orochimaru asked how Kanami knew, Kanami claimed he could see the future and told him Akatsuki would soon send a masked man calling himself Madara Uchiha to discuss cooperation.
• Kanami vanished using the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Orochimaru sensed the area before returning to his underground chamber and wondering why Kanami had visited.

Orochimaru sent Kabuto Yakushi to seek out Ryūchi Cave as a potential future vessel, while reflecting on Kanami’s predictions about Tobi. Kanami returned to Konoha with Guren’s corpse, where Matatabi mistook her for his mistress before realizing she was dead.

• Orochimaru told Kabuto Yakushi that Guren was dead and ordered him to find another vessel.
• Orochimaru sent Kabuto Yakushi to Ryūchi Cave to seek his true self and possibly become a sage body.
• Orochimaru hoped Kabuto Yakushi would become a suitable vessel, since the White Snake Sage would not accept Orochimaru for long-term Senjutsu training.
• Kanami returned to Konoha carrying Guren’s corpse so Obito Uchiha would not collect her Kekkei Genkai.
• Matatabi saw Guren in Kanami’s bedroom, suspected he had brought home a mistress, and then realized she was dead.

Kanami explained to Matatabi that he had brought Guren, Orochimaru’s dead vessel, home because her Kekkei Genkai might prove useful in future research. Matatabi revealed that Hinata’s memories of erotic storybooks had influenced her speech, and the chapter ended with Matatabi telling Hinata that Kanami had brought a dead woman to the bedroom.

• Kanami questioned Matatabi about her changed manner, and she traced it to seeing Hinata’s memories while inside her deep consciousness world.
• Matatabi described the storybooks she had seen in Hinata’s memories, and Kanami realized they were erotic novels and asked her to keep the secret from Hinata.
• Kanami told Matatabi that the dead woman was Guren, Orochimaru’s former vessel, and said he had brought her back because her Kekkei Genkai might be useful later.
• Matatabi left the room after eyeing Kanami suspiciously, and Kanami wondered where to put Guren’s corpse.
• When Hinata returned, Matatabi announced that Kanami had brought a dead woman to the second-floor bedroom.

Kanami’s return with Guren’s corpse led Matatabi to make Hinata believe he had brought home another woman, and Hinata confronted him in tears. After Kanami explained that Guren was Orochimaru’s dead vessel, Hinata confirmed it with her Byakugan, and she began explaining why she had been away from home.

• Matatabi told Hinata that Kanami had brought home a dead woman, and Hinata went upstairs to confront him.
• Kanami admitted he had brought a dead woman home, making Hinata cry and suspect he had brought home a woman of the night.
• Kanami clarified that the woman was a corpse and Orochimaru’s vessel, and that he had accidentally killed her.
• Hinata used her Byakugan to see Guren’s corpse and apologized to Kanami for misunderstanding.
• Kanami teased Hinata about being jealous of a corpse, then asked why she had been away; Hinata said Hanabi had visited after Kanami left.

Kanami asked Hinata to use her Tenseigan to open a transportation passage from Earth to the Moon so he could leave Guren’s corpse there. Hinata opened the passage, and Kanami confirmed it worked by sending a Shadow Clone through it.

• Hinata told Kanami she had turned down Hanabi’s invitation to stay at the Hyuga Estate because she wanted to be home when he returned.
• Kanami asked whether Hinata could use the Tenseigan to open a passage between Earth and the Moon, explaining that he wanted to take Guren’s corpse there.
• Hinata activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode and spent nearly half her chakra forming a Moon Passage.
• Hinata warned Kanami to test the passage with a Shadow Clone before entering it himself.
• Kanami sent a Shadow Clone through the passage, sensed that it remained connected to him, and told Hinata that the test had worked.

Kanami and Hinata visited the moon, where he left Guren's corpse with Otsutsuki Toneri before they explored together. Meanwhile, Akatsuki expanded its ranks in Kumogakure, and Obito Uchiha slipped away to find Nagato, leaving the Black Ghost Ninjas convinced he had used a concealment technique.

• Kanami and Hinata arrived on the moon, and Kanami handed Guren's corpse to Otsutsuki Toneri to place in the rebuilt palace.
• Hinata and Kanami discussed Otsutsuki Toneri's altered loyalty and Shisui Uchiha's despair before setting off to admire the moon.
• Kanami and Hinata walked across the moon, saw the craters left by his Buddha on the Top, and agreed to return when they grew tired.
• Akatsuki recruited more than fifty Kumogakure natives as reserve fighters, while Obito Uchiha ignored Black Ghost Ninjas asking when they would attack Konoha Shinobi Village.
• Obito Uchiha used Kamui to enter the Kamui Dimension and seek Nagato, and the Black Ghost Ninjas mistook his disappearance for concealment ninjutsu.

Obito Uchiha confronted Nagato and Konan, asked about Nagato’s talks with Ōnoki, and learned that Akatsuki would attack Konoha in three days. After Obito left, Nagato reaffirmed his resolve to use the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path if necessary, despite the danger to his body.

• Obito Uchiha found Nagato and Konan in their hidden refuge and demanded to know when they would attack Konoha.
• Nagato told Obito that the attack was set for three days later, while Obito privately resolved to use everyone as pawns in his plan to activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Obito threatened Konan with killing intent, then withdrew into the Kamui Dimension after promising to provide information when it mattered most.
• Konan asked Nagato what Obito would tell them, and Nagato dismissed Obito’s help as unnecessary.
• Nagato told Konan he would use the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path if needed, insisting that neither she nor death could stop him.

Obito Uchiha tried to recruit Orochimaru into the plan to attack Konoha by promising him immortality, while Itachi Uchiha decided to pass the Akatsuki’s plans to Konoha. Orochimaru remained wary of Obito but asked how many sacrifices he could provide for the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.

• Obito Uchiha headed to the Hidden Sound Village, worried that Nagato and Ōnoki’s assault on Konoha would fail and cost the Akatsuki too many forces.
• Itachi Uchiha wrestled with whether to inform Konoha about the planned assault, then decided to act despite his guilt and exhaustion.
• Obito Uchiha met Orochimaru in a secret base and asked him to rejoin the Akatsuki and help attack Konoha with Ōnoki and Iwagakure.
• Orochimaru questioned Obito Uchiha’s identity and motives, while privately recalling Kanami’s warnings about a real and fake Madara Uchiha.
• Obito Uchiha offered Orochimaru the Eye of the Moon as a path to immortality, and Orochimaru asked how many living sacrifices Obito could provide for the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.

Obito Uchiha recruited Orochimaru to help prepare the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu for an imminent assault on Konoha, while Orochimaru began to suspect that Obito was not truly Madara Uchiha. Back in Kumogakure, Obito revealed that he planned to use White Zetsu as sacrifices, shocking Black Zetsu.

• Obito Uchiha offered Orochimaru nearly a hundred thousand bodies for experiments in exchange for his help improving the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and agreed to provide him with a research facility in Kumogakure.
• Orochimaru agreed to move his equipment and data within a day, and told Obito that he still had parts of the First and Second Hokage's bodies.
• After Obito left, Orochimaru reasoned that the masked man was likely impersonating Madara Uchiha and hurried to pack up his secret base.
• In Kumogakure, Black Zetsu questioned Obito about meeting Orochimaru, and Obito rejected Black Zetsu's authority and resolved to remove the curse seal from his heart.
• Obito told Black Zetsu that White Zetsu would be used as sacrifices for the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, leaving Black Zetsu stunned.

Obito Uchiha proposed using White Zetsu as sacrifices for the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, then withdrew into the Kamui Dimension to visit Rin’s preserved body. Back in Konoha, Kanami and Hinata Hyuga went to investigate Hyuga Hiashi’s strange eye sensations, which Kanami suspected might signal the Tenseigan stirring.

• Obito Uchiha suggested using White Zetsu sacrifices to revive powerful figures, and Black Zetsu approved the plan.
• Obito entered the Kamui Dimension and watched over Rin’s body, vowing to give her a happy life in his envisioned world.
• Black Zetsu realized Obito had withdrawn into the Kamui Dimension, insulted him, and vanished with the Mayfly Technique.
• Hanabi Hyuga told Hinata Hyuga and Kanami that Hyuga Hiashi felt a foreign sensation in his eyes and sometimes thought his eyeballs moved on their own.
• Kanami used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Hinata and Hanabi to the Hyuga Estate, suspecting that the Tenseigan might be stirring.

Kanami suspected Hyuga Hiashi’s restless eyes were showing signs of Tenseigan fetal movement, potentially heralding the legendary eye’s awakening. The conversation ended with Hinata realizing her father planned to tear down her old room.

• Hinata and Kanami visited Hyuga Hiashi, who complained that they had returned over a minor matter and teased them about starting a family.
• Kanami asked about Hiashi’s eyes, and Hiashi described them trembling during sleep and feeling as though they were not his own.
• Kanami said the eye movements were likely fetal movement preceding a Tenseigan awakening, and Hiashi asked how Kanami knew about it.
• When Kanami said he learned more about the Tenseigan afterward, Hinata mistook his meaning for their intimacy before he clarified that he meant after defeating Otsutsuki Toneri.
• Hiashi noticed Hinata blushing and told her to rest in her room, which had not been torn down yet; Hinata was startled that he planned to demolish it.

Kanami told Hyuga Hiashi that he possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan and explained how he had obtained it. Hinata revealed that Kanami could defeat Susanoo and use it himself, though he preferred his Wood Man Technique.

• Kanami showed Hyuga Hiashi his Mangekyō Sharingan and said he had obtained the eyes after the battle on the moon.
• Kanami clarified that he had not killed the eyes’ original owner, leaving Hyuga Hiashi to wonder who had defeated that Uchiha.
• Hyuga Hiashi worried that Kanami’s Wood Man could not withstand Susanoo’s sword.
• Hinata told Hyuga Hiashi that Kanami could defeat Susanoo and could also activate it himself.
• Kanami confirmed he had used Susanoo before but found his Wood Man Technique more useful.

Kanami explained Susanoo, Wood Release, and Shisui Uchiha’s Mangekyō to Hyuga Hiashi while discussing the strange changes in Hiashi’s eyes. The conversation ended with Kanami revealing that Hinata Hyuga had already awakened the Tenseigan, shocking Hiashi.

• Kanami argued that the First’s Wood Man Technique could match or surpass Susanoo, and Hyuga Hiashi accepted that Kanami’s admiration for Hashirama might shape his view.
• Kanami revealed that his eyes had belonged to Shisui Uchiha and said he used their power to learn about the Tenseigan from Otsutsuki Toneri.
• Hyuga Hiashi worried that Toneri might reclaim his eyes, but Kanami promised to bring them back if they returned to him.
• Hyuga Hiashi joked that the Hyuga Clan could become Konoha’s strongest if he awakened the Tenseigan, and Kanami said they were already the strongest.
• Kanami revealed that Hinata Hyuga had awakened the Tenseigan, leaving Hyuga Hiashi stunned.

Hinata revealed her Tenseigan to Hyuga Hiashi, who celebrated her awakening and decided to inform Lord Hokage. As Hiashi left, Kanami gave Hanabi a misleading explanation that made her wonder whether their father was going to mutate.

• Hyuga Hiashi asked Hinata whether she had awakened the Tenseigan, and Hinata confirmed it.
• Hinata activated the Tenseigan, and Hyuga Hiashi praised her and told her he was proud of her.
• Kanami interrupted the father-daughter moment and left with Hinata.
• Hyuga Hiashi decided to tell Lord Hokage about Hinata's Tenseigan and left for the Hokage Office Building.
• Hanabi asked what Hiashi had said, and Kanami claimed he was going to ask whether the Byakugan might mutate.
• Hanabi widened her eyes and asked whether Dad was going to mutate.

Kanami and Hinata joked with Hanabi before preparing to leave, but Hanabi tried to exploit Kanami's Flying Thunder God Technique by grabbing his pant leg. Kanami teleported away with Hinata while Hanabi stayed behind, baffled by how his pants had gone with him.

• Hanabi pretended to cry to trick Kanami, then teased him while Hinata laughed along.
• Kanami and Hinata said goodbye to Hanabi and prepared to return home together.
• Hanabi grabbed Kanami's pant leg, convinced the Flying Thunder God Technique would take her along.
• Kanami teleported away with Hinata, leaving Hanabi behind with his pants gone.
• Hanabi failed to understand what happened, then went to Natsu Hyuga's room to ask for food.

Hyuga Hiashi told Tsunade that Hinata had awakened the Tenseigan, and Tsunade ordered him to keep the news secret. The next day, Obito and Black Zetsu wondered where Orochimaru was, while Orochimaru arrived at Konoha and asked to see Kanami.

• Hyuga Hiashi told Tsunade that Hinata had awakened the Tenseigan and said that only he, Hinata, Kanami, and possibly Hanabi knew.
• Tsunade ordered Hiashi to keep the news secret, then told Elephant not to reveal what he had heard.
• Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu discussed their planned surprise attack on Konoha and wondered why Orochimaru had not appeared.
• Orochimaru arrived at Konoha's entrance disguised in wrappings and asked Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki to find Kanami.
• Orochimaru revealed his identity, and Izumo told Kotetsu to notify Tsunade while Orochimaru asked that Kanami be brought too.

Tsunade learned that Orochimaru had come to Konoha looking for Kanami and brought Kanami and Hinata to meet him. Orochimaru revealed that he had come to deliver intelligence about a planned attack on the village.

• Kotetsu Hagane warned Tsunade that Orochimaru had returned to Konoha and was asking for Kanami.
• Tsunade went to Kanami's home, where Hinata guessed Orochimaru wanted the Kusanagi Sword he had lost to Kanami during the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Kanami took Hinata and Tsunade to the village entrance, where Orochimaru said he had come to deliver intelligence about who planned to attack Konoha and when.
• Tsunade reacted with alarm when Orochimaru revealed that someone intended to launch a surprise attack on the village.