The Passage of Time

The Ninja Alliance's shinobi were growing stronger, and Kara's strength naturally had not fallen behind.

In the depths of space.

Countless figures were training.

Bang! Bang!

"Kawaki, with that kind of power, you're still unworthy of becoming Lord Jigen's vessel."

Code slapped Kawaki across the face, sending him flying.

He had not even used any special ninjutsu, defeating Kawaki with nothing but Taijutsu.

Meanwhile, a figure seated in a chair floated in the air above the training ground, watching the battle below.

"Very good. As expected of the most suitable vessel. To have become this strong in such a short time—excellent."

Jigen watched brown tissue erupt from Kawaki's body and block the attack, and he was extremely satisfied.

This child he had bought from the countryside was remarkably well-suited to the power of the Ōtsutsuki Clan's Kāma.

Even more suited than Code's body.

Code was a failed Kāma test subject. For some unknown reason, he had not lost his life after the experiment failed.

He had even awakened a Kāma that Jigen had never seen before—the White Kāma.

A White Kāma that inherited the power of the Ōtsutsuki without becoming an Ōtsutsuki reincarnation vessel.

Soon. Very soon, he would use a better body to become an even stronger Ōtsutsuki.

He could already see his own future resurrection.

"Tch, I don't want to become anyone's vessel. I'm me." Kawaki did not care about Code's words.

He had grown up under his father's beatings and curses, and had even nearly lost his life.

After being bought by Jigen, his mind had already matured considerably, and he trusted no one.

If he could not even trust his father and mother, then who could he trust?

Dr. Amado, the man who had modified his body?

Looking at the hard substance in his hand, he