Chapter Summaries

Kakashi brought Obito Uchiha back to Konoha, where Tsunade took him into custody and Kakashi visited Rin’s grave. Kanami confronted Kabuto Yakushi and remained unharmed after Kabuto unleashed Sage Art: White Rage Jutsu.

• Kakashi told Obito that he still considered him a friend and had Kanami teleport them to Konoha.
• Kanami attacked Black Zetsu after detecting his Mayfly Technique, then returned to Kakashi and Obito.
• Kanami brought Obito to the interrogation room, where Kakashi identified him as the masked Akatsuki mastermind and the man behind the Nine-Tails’ Rampage.
• Tsunade knocked Obito unconscious, ordered the Sealing Team to seal him, and Kakashi left to place flowers at Rin’s grave.
• Kanami and his wood clone cornered Kabuto, who used Sage Art: White Rage Jutsu, but Kanami appeared unharmed after the clone vanished.

Kanami defeated Kabuto Yakushi’s attacks and confronted him as he summoned Madara Uchiha with Impure World Reincarnation. Madara recognized Kanami’s Rinnegan and Mangekyō Sharingan, then turned on Kabuto when he tried to control him.

• Kanami used the Flying Thunder God Technique, Banshō Ten'in, and a Rasengan to pursue and injure Kabuto Yakushi as he fled.
• Kabuto summoned a coffin with Impure World Reincarnation, and Kanami guessed that it contained Madara Uchiha.
• Madara stepped out of the coffin and questioned Kabuto and Kanami about his summoning.
• Kanami struck Kabuto with another Rasengan while Madara watched, then introduced himself.
• Madara recognized Kanami’s Rinnegan and Mangekyō Sharingan and asked where the Rinnegan came from.
• Kabuto tried to command Madara to attack Kanami, but Madara resisted and confronted him.

Kanami confronted the reanimated Madara Uchiha, who questioned him about the Rinnegan and Obito Uchiha’s death before attacking. After Kanami countered Madara’s techniques, he floated above him and challenged him to fight.

• Madara Uchiha learned from Kanami that his Rinnegan was now in Kanami’s possession and asked what had happened to Obito Uchiha and the others.
• Kanami said they were dead and attacked Kabuto Yakushi, but Madara blocked the kunai with his Uchiha Gunbai.
• Madara mistook Kanami’s Flying Thunder God Technique for a connection to Tobirama Senju and attacked him with the Dragon Flame Release Song Technique.
• Kanami evaded Madara’s flames with the Flying Thunder God Technique, then returned and struck Madara with a Rasengan.
• Madara trapped Kanami with the Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique, but Kanami enlarged his Rasengan and destroyed the dragon’s front half.
• Kanami used his Rinnegan to float above Madara and asked whether he wanted to fight.

Kanami resisted Madara Uchiha’s attempts to control and recruit him, insisting that his immediate goal was to kill Kabuto Yakushi and that he could protect his wife while traveling the Ninja World. The chapter ended with Kanami rejecting Madara’s hypothetical doubts with absolute confidence.

• Kanami tried to control Madara Uchiha with Kotoamatsukami, but Madara transformed his Sharingan into the Rinnegan and broke free.
• Madara warned Kanami not to kill Kabuto Yakushi, but Kanami attacked anyway, prompting Madara to use Susanoo.
• Kanami revealed his own Susanoo, which reached the half-bodied form clad in Crow Tengu Armor and matched Madara’s power.
• Impressed by Kanami’s strength, Madara proposed they cooperate, but Kanami said he wanted to kill Kabuto Yakushi.
• Madara questioned whether Kanami could keep his wife safe while traveling, and Kanami replied that there was no what-if because he would never let anything happen to her.

Kanami stopped Madara Uchiha from killing Kabuto Yakushi, then used Wood Release to block Madara’s complete Susanoo. Kabuto escaped during their fight, and Madara demanded to know how Kanami had gained Wood Release.

• Kanami told Madara Uchiha to move aside so he could kill Kabuto Yakushi, but Madara refused because he needed Kabuto alive to maintain his body.
• Madara Uchiha summoned his complete Susanoo, while Kabuto recovered, transformed into a White Snake, and fled.
• Kanami dispelled his half-bodied Susanoo and used Wood Release: Hōbi Technique and Wood Release: Hotei Technique to block Madara’s sword.
• Madara Uchiha mistook Kanami for a descendant of Hashirama Senju and grew furious at the thought of Hashirama having a family.
• Kanami noted that Kabuto Yakushi had escaped, and Madara questioned how he could use Wood Release; Kanami replied that his ability was not exactly an innate Kekkei Genkai.

Kanami confronted Uchiha Madara, revealed that he knew about the Eye of the Moon Plan, and criticized Madara’s manipulation of Obito Uchiha. Madara learned that Obito had attacked his teacher Minato Namikaze and unleashed the Nine-Tails on Konoha because he blamed Minato for Rin’s death.

• Kanami used Mind's Eye of the Kagura to sense the area, prompting Uchiha Madara to attack him with Great Fire Destruction.
• Kanami dodged with the Flying Thunder God Technique and said he had used only about three percent of his chakra.
• Kanami asked Uchiha Madara about cooperating, then accused him of deceiving Obito Uchiha and using him as a pawn in the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Kanami told Uchiha Madara that he was the only person beyond Madara's known associates who knew about the plan.
• Kanami explained that Obito had attacked Minato Namikaze during the Nine-Tails' attack on Konoha because he blamed Minato for failing to save Rin.
• Uchiha Madara was shocked that Obito had let the Nine-Tails rampage through Konoha instead of taking it.

Kanami confronted Madara Uchiha about Black Zetsu’s origins and revealed that he could sense him hiding nearby. The chapter ended with Kanami preparing to explain a truth that could overturn Madara’s beliefs.

• Kanami questioned whether Black Zetsu was truly the manifestation of Madara Uchiha’s will, but Madara rejected the claim that Black Zetsu was a higher-dimensional life-form.
• Kanami vanished and struck the ground with a Rasengan, forcing Black Zetsu to flee using the Mayfly Technique.
• Kanami told Madara that Black Zetsu had been eavesdropping, and Madara eventually realized Kanami had identified him as the listener.
• Kanami explained that his sensory abilities had let him detect Black Zetsu’s hidden chakra, while Madara remained unconvinced that Black Zetsu was not his will.
• Kanami warned that his next explanation would overturn Madara’s long-held beliefs, and Madara told him to continue.

Kanami brought Madara Uchiha to the Kamui Dimension and explained that Black Zetsu was Kaguya Otsutsuki’s will, pursuing her resurrection through the Eye of the Moon Plan. Madara accepted that Black Zetsu had manipulated him but still intended to carry out the plan himself, and Kanami told him he had not understood the truth.

• Kanami replaced his right Mangekyō Sharingan with Obito Uchiha’s and used Kamui to take himself and Madara Uchiha to the Kamui Dimension.
• Kanami told Madara Uchiha that Black Zetsu was Kaguya Otsutsuki’s incarnation and described his thousand-year effort to revive her.
• Kanami explained that Black Zetsu planned to use the Ten-Tails, the Rinnegan, and Infinite Tsukuyomi to restore Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Madara Uchiha considered Kanami’s account, then concluded that Black Zetsu had manipulated him and said he would eliminate Black Zetsu before carrying out the Eye of the Moon Plan himself.
• Kanami told Madara Uchiha that he still had not understood the situation thoroughly.

Kanami warned Madara Uchiha that pursuing the Infinite Tsukuyomi would fulfill Black Zetsu’s plan, then left him to investigate the Ninja World. After returning to Konoha, Kanami found Hinata Hyuga worried about him, while Hanabi Hyuga embarrassed her by revealing too much.

• Kanami told Madara Uchiha that activating the Infinite Tsukuyomi would resurrect Kaguya Otsutsuki, but Madara doubted him and lowered his fighting stance.
• Kanami returned to the outside world with Madara, advised him to come to Konoha, and left using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Black Zetsu returned to his secret base, worried that Kanami’s strength and the disappearance or capture of his allies had jeopardized his plan to save Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Black Zetsu decided to find Madara Uchiha and learn whether he believed Kanami, then sank into the ground and left Spiral White Zetsu behind.
• Kanami returned to the Hyuga Estate, where Hinata Hyuga admitted she had seen him with her Byakugan and Hanabi Hyuga embarrassed her by hinting at her feelings for him.

Kanami told Hinata and Matatabi that Madara Uchiha had been revived and confirmed the truth about Kaguya Otsutsuki and the Ten-Tails. Hinata learned that Madara planned to cast a massive illusion over the ninja world and was left struggling to believe it.

• Hinata and Kanami left Hanabi with their fathers and returned to their residence, where Matatabi emerged from Kanami's body.
• Matatabi explained that she had accompanied Kanami but had been forgotten while he encountered Obito Uchiha, Kabuto Yakushi, and Madara Uchiha.
• Kanami confirmed that Madara Uchiha had been revived through the Impure World Reincarnation and that his strength was formidable.
• Matatabi asked whether Kaguya Otsutsuki and the Tailed Beasts' role in resurrecting her were real, and Kanami confirmed they were.
• Kanami explained the revelations to Hinata, who learned that Kaguya was the Ten-Tails and that Madara planned to trap the ninja world in a massive illusion; Hinata asked if it was really true.

Kanami explained to Hinata that Black Zetsu intended to resurrect Kaguya, and Hinata went to warn Tsunade while Kanami headed to the moon. Meanwhile, Kabuto and Black Zetsu led Madara toward Nagato to recover his Rinnegan.

• Kanami and Matatabi said killing Black Zetsu was the safest way to stop Kaguya's resurrection, while Kanami doubted they could easily capture him.
• Hinata decided to tell Tsunade about Kaguya and Black Zetsu, and Kanami sent her there with a Shadow Clone before traveling to the moon.
• Kabuto met Madara in an unknown small country and proposed joining forces to attack Konoha; Madara agreed to return to Konoha after reclaiming his Rinnegan.
• Kabuto told Madara that Nagato still possessed his right-eye Rinnegan and that he had tracked Nagato's location.
• Black Zetsu emerged and led Madara and Kabuto toward Nagato using the Mayfly Technique.

Nagato and Konan began rebuilding their peace-seeking organization, Dusk, but Madara Uchiha attacked them and demanded Nagato's Rinnegan. Kanami rescued the injured Konan and confronted Madara as Nagato's body was left weakened by the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

• Nagato and Konan discussed building Dusk and carrying on the peace they had once pursued with Yahiko.
• Madara Uchiha attacked them with his blue Susanoo and demanded that Nagato return the Rinnegan.
• Konan released Nagato from Madara's grip, but Madara crushed her while Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Nagato used Kanami's Flying Thunder God Kunai to call for help as Madara stabbed the statue and threw Konan aside.
• The Demonic Statue drained Nagato's chakra until his red hair turned white, while Kanami caught Konan before she hit the ground.
• Kanami sent a Wood Clone to treat and protect Konan, then appeared before Madara and challenged him over attacking his friend.

Kanami arrived to protect Nagato and fought Madara Uchiha while Kabuto Yakushi and Black Zetsu tried to capture Nagato. Kanami knocked Madara out of Susanoo and turned his attention to Kabuto, who summoned powerful Impure World Reincarnations to attack him.

• Kanami rescued Nagato from Madara Uchiha’s Susanoo and told him to dismiss the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Black Zetsu and Kabuto Yakushi attacked Nagato, but Nagato summoned the Six Paths of Pain and escaped with the Naraka Path.
• Kanami tricked Madara into striking at the wrong Flying Thunder God mark, then hit him with a Rasengan and knocked him out of Susanoo.
• Kabuto and white snakes interrupted Kanami’s attempt to seal Madara, so Kanami attacked Kabuto with the Ghost Lantern Technique.
• Kanami used Adamantine Chains to free Rōshi, Han, Utakata, and Hozuki Gengetsu from Kabuto’s control, prompting Kabuto to send Kinkaku, Ginkaku, Mū, Ay, and A against him.

Kanami fought Kabuto Yakushi’s Impure World Reincarnation forces, killing or sealing several revived ninja and driving Kabuto to flee. Mū revealed where he had hidden the secrets of Dust Release, but Kanami then sealed him again, saying Ōnoki would soon join him.

• Ōnoki’s Dust Release killed Third Raikage Ay, while Kanami escaped and continued fighting with Adamantine Sealing Chains and a Wood Clone.
• Kanami pierced Fourth Raikage Ay with a Kusanagi Sword and used Yin-Yang Power to seal his soul, leaving Kabuto unable to revive or control him.
• Kanami dodged Mū’s Dust Release, struck Madara Uchiha’s head with a Rasengan, and used Wood Release to overwhelm the battlefield as Kabuto fled.
• Kanami sealed Mū, Kinkaku, and Ginkaku with Adamantine Sealing Chains, ending their Impure World Reincarnation.
• Mū told Kanami that the secrets of Dust Release were hidden beneath a mountain in Iwagakure and explained that the technique combined wind, fire, and earth chakra transformations.
• Kanami told Mū that Ōnoki would join him within a month to half a year, then sealed Mū again because they were enemies.

Kanami confronted the revived Madara Uchiha after Kabuto Yakushi fled, hoping to use Madara’s resurrection to bring Yakushi Nonō back. Madara summoned an eyeless Susanoo and battled Kanami’s enormous Wood Man, ending as Kanami’s extended Kusanagi Sword cracked the Susanoo.

• Kanami caused Mū and the nearby Impure World Reincarnation shinobi to disappear, while Madara Uchiha broke free of the technique and returned to life without his eyes.
• Kabuto Yakushi realized Madara’s revival might let him resurrect Yakushi Nonō, then fled without pursuing Madara or Black Zetsu.
• Madara told Kanami that no one could harm his body and summoned an eyeless Susanoo, though he could not advance it beyond its initial stage.
• Kanami summoned a Wood Man over two hundred meters tall, startling Madara, who mistook the technique for Hashirama Senju’s.
• Madara attacked Kanami with his Susanoo’s greatsword, and Kanami extended his Kusanagi Sword to over a hundred meters and cracked the Susanoo.

Kanami overwhelmed Madara Uchiha with his Wood Man while Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain drove Black Zetsu off. Black Zetsu abandoned Madara and decided to seek the Box of Bliss in the Land of Grass, believing it could give him the power to defeat Kanami.

• Madara Uchiha attacked Kanami with Susanoo, but Kanami countered with his Wood Man and dismissed Madara’s claim that stronger Susanoo armor would have changed the fight.
• Nagato surrounded Black Zetsu with the Six Paths of Pain, but Black Zetsu sacrificed White Zetsu as a decoy and escaped underground.
• Black Zetsu withdrew to watch Kanami and Madara Uchiha fight as Kabuto Yakushi slipped away.
• Kanami and Madara Uchiha exchanged blows until Susanoo broke apart and Madara fell from the sky.
• Black Zetsu abandoned Madara Uchiha and set out to find the Box of Bliss in the Land of Grass.

Kanami defeated Madara Uchiha but saved him from the fall and brought him to Nagato and Konan. He explained that Madara's Infinite Tsukuyomi would revive Kaguya Otsutsuki and end all human civilization, leaving everyone shaken.

• As Madara Uchiha fell, Kanami used Wood Release to cushion his landing and save his life.
• Kanami marked Madara Uchiha with the Flying Thunder God Technique and took him to Nagato, who declined to return to Konoha and planned to help war orphans with Konan.
• Konan asked what Kanami would do with Madara Uchiha, and Madara asked Kanami to kill him after accepting his defeat.
• Kanami told Madara Uchiha that he agreed with his dream of peace but rejected his method and called it a form of running away.
• Kanami explained that Infinite Tsukuyomi would revive Kaguya Otsutsuki and end all human civilization, shocking Madara Uchiha, Nagato, and Konan.

Kanami convinced Madara Uchiha that Black Zetsu was not truly his will and brought him back to Konoha. There, Hinata Hyuga met Madara Uchiha and wondered what Kanami would bring home next.

• Kanami argued that Black Zetsu’s actions contradicted being Madara Uchiha’s will, and Madara Uchiha agreed to return with him without volunteering his Infinite Tsukuyomi plans.
• Nagato gave Kanami his right Rinnegan, explaining that it had brought danger and burdened him, while Madara Uchiha protested that the eye belonged to him.
• Kanami and Madara Uchiha teleported away, and Konan carried Nagato off to find somewhere to rest as he sensed power awakening in him.
• Kanami and Madara Uchiha returned to his home, where Hinata Hyuga greeted Kanami and noticed the unfamiliar man with the Uchiha Clan Crest.
• Kanami introduced Madara Uchiha, and Hinata Hyuga worried that Kanami had become addicted to bringing people home; Madara Uchiha bristled when Kanami called him well-behaved.

Madara Uchiha sensed Hinata Hyuga’s Tenseigan and asked to see its power, then demanded that Kanami return his Rinnegan. Kanami refused unless Madara proved he was no threat and offered something valuable, and Madara swore he would not cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi again.

• Madara Uchiha sensed Hinata Hyuga’s power and learned that her eyes were the Tenseigan, the Byakugan’s final evolution.
• Hinata Hyuga entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode, and Madara recoiled from the strength of her chakra.
• Madara Uchiha asked Kanami to return the Rinnegan, but Kanami said it had been a gift from Nagato and refused to give it back without an exchange.
• Kanami demanded that Madara prove he was no threat, and Madara swore he would not cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi again because he knew it could destroy humanity.

Kanami traded the promise of one Rinnegan for Madara Uchiha's instruction in Yin–Yang Release. While they trained, Madara learned that Obito Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha had destroyed the Uchiha clan, and Kanami began learning how to use Yin–Yang Release.

• Kanami asked Madara Uchiha to teach him Yin–Yang Release in exchange for returning one Rinnegan, and Madara agreed.
• Kanami and Madara Uchiha used the Flying Thunder God Technique to travel to a forest, where Kanami revealed that Sasuke Uchiha was his disciple and Madara's descendant.
• Kanami told Madara Uchiha that Obito Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha had slaughtered the Uchiha clan, leaving Sasuke Uchiha as the sole survivor.
• Madara Uchiha learned that Obito Uchiha was imprisoned in the Konoha Interrogation Unit for causing the Nine-Tails' Rampage, which killed Minato and his wife.
• Madara Uchiha explained Yin–Yang Release's principles and applications, then began teaching Kanami how to use it.