Chapter Summaries

Kanami told Minato how Naruto had been mistreated despite Hiruzen’s attempt to protect him, leaving Minato furious with the Third Hokage. When Hiruzen began attacking Kanami, Minato severed his arm with a Rasengan and demanded an explanation.

• Kanami recounted Naruto’s lonely childhood and mistreatment to Minato, who was horrified and blamed himself for what his son had endured.
• Minato confronted Hiruzen, who said he had concealed Naruto’s parentage to protect him as a Jinchuriki.
• Hashirama urged Minato and Hiruzen to make amends, but Kanami challenged Hiruzen’s claim that his secrecy had protected Naruto.
• Hiruzen angrily called Kanami a disrespectful junior and began forming hand seals to attack him.
• Minato severed Hiruzen’s arm with a Rasengan and demanded to know why Naruto had suffered as Kanami described.

Minato Namikaze confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi over concealing Naruto's parentage and repeatedly destroyed Hiruzen's head with Rasengans. After Minato finally calmed down, Tsunade proposed returning to Konoha to address the Otsutsuki offensive, while Minato left to see Naruto.

• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju questioned Hiruzen Sarutobi's decision to hide that Naruto was Minato Namikaze's son, and Hiruzen defended it as necessary to protect Konoha's prestige.
• Minato Namikaze tried to attack Hiruzen Sarutobi, but Hashirama Senju restrained his right wrist as Hiruzen admitted his mistake and told Minato to kill him.
• Minato formed a Rasengan with his left hand and blew Hiruzen's head apart, then repeatedly destroyed it as Hiruzen's Impure World Reincarnation body regenerated.
• Hashirama Senju stopped trying to restrain Minato, and Minato eventually calmed down after attacking Hiruzen more than a hundred times.
• Tsunade suggested returning to Konoha to deal with the Otsutsuki offensive, while Minato vanished to see Naruto.

Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Hiruzen Sarutobi headed to Konoha to gather the previous Hokage while Kanami brought Tsunade and Orochimaru back to the village. Tsunade entered the Hokage's Office and found the previous Hokage waiting for her.

• Tobirama Senju objected to the Flying Thunder God Technique being associated with Minato Namikaze, and Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju rushed toward Konoha.
• Tsunade asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to tell the previous Hokage to gather at the Hokage's Office, and he hurried to Konoha hoping to see Asuma and Konohamaru.
• Kanami teleported Tsunade and Orochimaru to Konoha, where Orochimaru left for his laboratory.
• Kanami told Tsunade to prepare a battle strategy and said he would bring Madara Uchiha and the others later, especially Tobirama Senju.
• Tsunade entered the Hokage's Office and found the previous Hokage waiting for her.

Tsunade and Kanami brief the resurrected Hokage on the Otsutsuki threat, including Kaguya and Isshiki’s origins and the imminent arrival of Momoshiki and Kinshiki. The Hokage agree to help prepare for the fight, and Minato asks Kanami what he had wanted to discuss with him.

• Tsunade tells Hashirama and the other Hokage that two Otsutsuki are among them and two more will soon arrive from beyond the heavens.
• Kanami arrives with Madara, then explains the histories of Kaguya Otsutsuki and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki to the assembled Hokage.
• Kanami warns that Momoshiki and Kinshiki may arrive in two or three days, and reveals that his servant Otsutsuki Toneri gathered intelligence on the moon.
• Hashirama, Tobirama, Minato, and Hiruzen agree to help fight the Otsutsuki, though Minato tells Hiruzen that he cannot wash away his sins.
• Minato asks Kanami what he had originally wanted to discuss, and Kanami confirms that he has something to tell him.

Kanami obtained the Yin Nine-Tails’ chakra from Minato Namikaze and confronted Tobirama Senju over how to oppose the Otsutsuki. After Tobirama challenged his authority and strength, Kanami fired a beam that Tobirama evaded with Flying Thunder God before counterattacking.

• Kanami used Adamantine Sealing Chains to transfer the Yin Nine-Tails from Minato Namikaze into his own body.
• Minato Namikaze learned that Kanami had been chosen as the group’s temporary leader and agreed to follow him.
• Tobirama Senju objected to Kanami leading them and proposed that Hashirama Senju form the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Kanami argued that the alliance would sacrifice shinobi for political power, demanded the shinobi village system be abolished, and threatened those who opposed him.
• Tobirama Senju challenged Kanami to prove his combat strength, and Hashirama Senju intervened to restrain him.
• Kanami fired a white beam at Tobirama Senju, who dodged it with Flying Thunder God and appeared behind Kanami to strike.

Kanami rejected the leadership role and helped settle the revived Hokage’s plan to confront the Otsutsuki. After returning home, he told Hinata he intended to attempt becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Tobirama Senju failed to hit Kanami with the Flying Thunder God Slash, and Kanami revealed his Intangibility ability.
• Hashirama Senju accepted the leadership role, Tobirama Senju agreed to assist him, and Kanami chose to serve as the main attacker.
• Kanami left the gathering and returned home, where Hinata welcomed him and they prepared dinner together.
• Kanami told Hinata that he was preparing to attempt becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

Kanami prepared to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, leaving Hinata to face the danger of his plan before summoning the Ten-Tails in Amegakure. As he began absorbing it, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki appeared and called on Sanzu Amado.

• Hinata agreed to Kanami's dangerous plan, but urged him to believe he would survive and return.
• Kanami summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and released the Tailed Beasts he had gathered.
• Matatabi voluntarily gave her chakra to the statue, reviving the Ten-Tails, which immediately attacked Kanami.
• Kanami survived the Ten-Tails' blow with Kamui and began absorbing it using the Rinnegan.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki appeared through a projected image and called on Sanzu Amado.

Kanami continued absorbing the Ten-Tails while Ōtsutsuki Isshiki sent a replica through his communication ninjutsu to collect data. Kanami’s clone destroyed the replica, then lost contact with Kanami’s true body as it became enclosed in a milky-white sphere.

• Kanami created a Wood Clone to guard him while he resumed absorbing the Ten-Tails.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki sent his Scientific Ninja Tool replica through the communication ninjutsu, and it attacked Kanami’s true body.
• Kanami’s clone destroyed Isshiki’s projection with Dust Release, while Isshiki and Sanzu Amado confirmed the test subject’s data had been transmitted.
• Isshiki told Sanzu Amado that the Ten-Tails was unimportant because it could no longer bear fruit, and that he had a new Ten-Tails.
• Kanami’s clone observed that the replica relied on instinctive taijutsu, then destroyed it with a massive Rasengan.
• Kanami’s true body became enclosed in a milky-white sphere, and his clone lost contact with him.

Kanami faced Kaguya Otsutsuki inside the milky-white sphere as she invaded his consciousness and tried to take over his body. When Kaguya discovered a hidden presence deeper in his mind, she was shocked, leaving Kanami’s fate unresolved.

• Kanami’s Wood Clone guarded the sphere while the original encountered Kaguya Otsutsuki inside it.
• Kaguya recognized Black Zetsu’s scent on Kanami and used her chakra and speed to overpower him.
• Kaguya read Kanami’s memories and promised to preserve part of the ninja system while keeping Kinshiki Otsutsuki and Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki from leaving.
• Kanami heard Hinata Hyuga’s voice, and Kaguya identified her as a Byakugan user named Hinata Hyuga.
• Kaguya probed deeper into Kanami’s consciousness and widened her eyes in shock at what she found.

Kaguya Otsutsuki broke through a sealed layer in Kanami’s consciousness and saw memories that led her to believe he was a powerful being from beyond her world. As she tried to devour him, she realized Kanami had entered her mental realm and was watching her.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki shattered the black wall in Kanami’s consciousness and found memories of a red-haired boy being mocked and isolated.
• Kaguya watched the boy grow up watching Naruto on television, then saw herself appear in the show and became frightened and confused.
• Kanami entered Kaguya Otsutsuki’s mental realm while she explored his memories, and he continued deeper into her consciousness for clues.
• Kaguya watched Kanami’s memories through his birth and childhood, then concluded that he was a higher life-form from another planet with power over time.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki tried to devour Kanami but sensed someone watching her and realized that Kanami was in her consciousness.

Kanami confronted Kaguya Otsutsuki within her consciousness and discovered that his divided selves could reunite, strengthening his will and power. He resolved to make Kaguya his servant before Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki and Kinshiki arrived and threatened Hinata Hyuga.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki revealed that she was the Ten-Tails itself and warned Kanami that Hinata Hyuga would be in danger when Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki and Kinshiki arrived.
• Kanami discovered that a second version of himself existed alongside his immobilized body and that his body was beginning to recover.
• Kanami realized that becoming Kaguya's Jinchuriki would be equivalent to becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and his body regained its movement.
• The two Kanamis recognized that they were divided versions of one person, then merged their consciousnesses and greatly increased their Yin-Yang Power.
• Kanami rejected Kaguya's warning and declared that he would become her master and make her his maid.

Kanami fought Kaguya Otsutsuki in their shared mental space, overpowering her with Yin-Yang Power and attacking with Shadow Clones and Compressed Rasengans. Kaguya transformed into a giant rabbit, while Kanami prepared a massive sealing Rasengan and vowed to prevent her from reclaiming the Ten-Tails's consciousness.

• Kanami used his superior spiritual power and Yin-Yang Power to overwhelm Kaguya Otsutsuki, who tried to attack him with All-Killing Ash Bones.
• Kanami created thousands of Shadow Clones and launched Yin-Yang-infused Compressed Rasengans at Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki summoned her giant rabbit form and knocked away the Rasengans, then attacked Kanami's Shadow Clones.
• Two-Tails Matatabi explained that Kaguya Otsutsuki had suppressed the Tailed Beasts' consciousnesses, and Kanami resolved to keep her from reclaiming the Ten-Tails's consciousness.
• Kanami formed a Yin-Yang Sealing Rasengan over ten meters wide as the giant rabbit continued attacking his Shadow Clones.

Kanami defeated Kaguya Otsutsuki in the dimension by sealing her with Yin-Yang Sealing Rasengan, then his will took control of the dimension as Kaguya began to fall asleep. Outside, Kanami's Wood Clone prepared for Kaguya to break free of the milky-white sphere, which shattered and restored sensory contact with Kanami's original body.

• Kanami used the power gathered from destroyed Shadow Clones to enlarge his Yin-Yang Sealing Rasengan and overpower Kaguya Otsutsuki's white energy sphere.
• Kanami engulfed Kaguya with the Rasengan, which became sealing formulas that immobilized her and forced her back into her original form.
• Kaguya told Kanami she would soon fall asleep again and questioned why he had used time reversal to come to this world.
• Kanami left Kaguya sealed as his will swallowed the dimension, and the dimension shattered.
• Kanami's Wood Clone entered Sage Mode and prepared to use Buddha on the Top when cracks spread across the milky-white sphere.
• The milky-white sphere shattered, and Kanami's Wood Clone reestablished sensory contact with Kanami's original body.

Kanami returned to Konoha after gaining new power and a more refined Flying Thunder God Technique, then traveled with Hinata to the moon when Momoshiki Otsutsuki and another Ōtsutsuki approached. The chapter left Kanami preparing to meet them with a banquet.

• Kanami returned to Konoha after a day spent fighting Kaguya Otsutsuki for control of his body and said he could now fight Isshiki Otsutsuki.
• Hinata noticed that Kanami's Flying Thunder God arrival had produced no detectable spatial ripples, and Kanami realized the technique had improved.
• Kanami and Hinata spent the night together before Toneri sent a signal the next morning.
• Kanami and Hinata traveled to the moon, where Toneri warned that two Ōtsutsuki would arrive in less than half an hour and had sensed them all.
• Kanami rejected Hinata's suggestion to ambush the Ōtsutsuki and told Toneri to prepare a banquet.

Kanami fought Kinshiki Otsutsuki after Kinshiki arrived on the moon to scout the situation. Kanami wounded him with a Yin–Yang Release Rasengan and prepared nine more attacks, while Momoshiki remained on his way.

• Kinshiki Otsutsuki left Momoshiki to scout the moon and confronted Otsutsuki Toneri, Hinata Hyuga, and Kanami.
• Kinshiki deflected Kanami’s Black Rod with a weapon created by Bōshikijin, then challenged him.
• Kanami used Kamui to evade Kinshiki’s blade and struck him from behind with a Yin–Yang Release Rasengan.
• Kinshiki survived the attack using Shinchoku and climbed out of the crater with a wound on his back.
• Kanami formed nine claws, each holding a Rasengan infused with a different Release, and asked whether Kinshiki could withstand nine attacks.

Kanami and Hinata Hyuga stopped Kinshiki Otsutsuki from escaping, allowing Otsutsuki Toneri to seal him. Kanami shattered the stone statue and killed Kinshiki, just as Momoshiki Otsutsuki approached.

• Kinshiki Otsutsuki recognized the chakra in Kanami's nine Rasengan and tried to escape using Byakugan Intangibility.
• Hinata Hyuga struck Kinshiki with Chakra Prayer Beads, interrupting his teleportation, and Kanami's Rasengan hit him.
• Otsutsuki Toneri sealed the immobilized Kinshiki as a stone statue, but Kanami smashed it and killed him.
• Kanami asked Otsutsuki Toneri to teach him the petrification technique, then learned Momoshiki Otsutsuki was approaching.
• Hinata Hyuga entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode as a white speck rushed toward Kanami, Hinata, and Otsutsuki Toneri.

Kanami confronted Momoshiki Otsutsuki on the moon after revealing that Kinshiki was dead, and attacked him before he could learn more about Earth. Momoshiki survived Kanami’s surprise Rasengan and prepared a counterattack with red pills.

• Momoshiki Otsutsuki arrived above the moon and assumed Kanami, Hinata Hyuga, and Otsutsuki Toneri were there to welcome him.
• Kanami told Momoshiki that Kinshiki was dead, and Momoshiki recognized Kinshiki’s petrified remains among the stones.
• Kanami used Banshō Ten'in to drag Momoshiki down and tear away his veil, then threw kunai and charged.
• Momoshiki dodged the kunai and tried to absorb Kanami’s chakra with the Rinnegan in his palm.
• Kanami teleported behind Momoshiki with Flying Thunder God: Second Step and hit his shoulder with a Rasengan.
• Momoshiki pulled away, condemned Kanami for attacking him, and prepared Kishiki Rendan with two red pills.

Kanami used his Tailed Beast chakra and Kamui to overpower Momoshiki, whose pills had temporarily increased his strength. After Kanami destroyed Momoshiki’s summoned creatures, fear appeared on Momoshiki’s face.

• Momoshiki healed his injuries with two pills and attacked Kanami with strength enhanced by their chakra.
• Kanami called on Sun Wukong and Kokuō to boost his own power, then used Flying Thunder God Kunai to confuse Momoshiki.
• Kanami struck Momoshiki with a Lava Release Rasengan while Kamui Intangibility let him pass through the Chakra Black Rods.
• Kanami dodged Momoshiki’s counterattack with Flying Thunder God and returned to the ground where Kinshiki Otsutsuki had fallen.
• Momoshiki summoned three earth creatures, but Kanami destroyed them with Dust Release, leaving Momoshiki afraid.

Hashirama Senju’s group waited outside Kanami’s home, where Madara Uchiha arrived and clashed with Hashirama over using sensory ninjutsu. The two left to fight while Kanami battled Momoshiki Otsutsuki, who turned his Rinnegan power on Otsutsuki Toneri.

• Hashirama Senju refused to use sensory ninjutsu to check Kanami’s home, and Tsunade kept quiet after Elephant sensed that nobody was inside.
• Madara Uchiha arrived, confirmed the house was empty with sensory ninjutsu, and argued with Hashirama Senju about whether doing so was immoral.
• Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha agreed to meet at their old place and left to fight, while Tsunade worried about the coming Otsutsuki threat and Kanami’s whereabouts.
• Kanami overwhelmed Momoshiki Otsutsuki with varied techniques and Kamui Intangibility, leaving Momoshiki unable to match him.
• Otsutsuki Toneri remarked that the orthodox Otsutsuki were not very powerful, and Momoshiki Otsutsuki attacked him with Banshō Ten'in.

Kanami overpowered Momoshiki Otsutsuki and questioned him about the Otsutsuki Clan, learning that its members sought evolution by devouring planets. After Momoshiki revealed his ambition, Kanami began sealing him, but Momoshiki attempted to break free.

• Hinata Hyuga used her Tenseigan's chakra-absorbing spheres to stop Momoshiki Otsutsuki from pulling in Otsutsuki Toneri.
• Kanami taunted Momoshiki Otsutsuki and asked him about the Otsutsuki Clan, its investigation of anomalous planets, and the origins of the Ten-Tails.
• Momoshiki Otsutsuki refused to reveal the Clan's secrets but declared that its members sought evolution by devouring planets and becoming the God of Otsutsuki.
• Kanami dismissed Momoshiki's goal and attacked him with Six Paths: Yin-Yang Seal after saying he had worked out how Momoshiki planned to report back.
• Momoshiki Otsutsuki tried to absorb the seal and escape, but Kanami struck at him with Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.