Chapter Summaries

Kenichi suspected Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s strange feelings came from a flawed attempt to separate her humanity, and he sought Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s knowledge of cultivating after consuming the Chakra Fruit. The Sage of Six Paths could not find Isshiki’s soul in the Pure Land, leaving Kenichi without a clear way to help Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.

• Kenichi reasoned that Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s abnormal state might stem from separating her humanity and considered seeking Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s cultivation knowledge.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki sent the Sage of Six Paths to Kenichi, and the Sage angrily accused Kenichi of trying to become his father.
• Kenichi explained that Kaguya Ōtsutsuki might be suffering from a problem with her cultivation, and the Sage of Six Paths began to suspect that she was indeed in trouble.
• Hidden in her dimension, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki tried to cut away her remaining humanity but stopped when it resisted and threatened to damage her soul.
• Kenichi asked the Sage of Six Paths whether he could find Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s soul, and the Sage said he had searched the Pure Land without finding it and feared Isshiki’s soul had dissipated.

Kenichi decided to preserve the strange organisms in the cave because they supplied energy for the Time Machine, while Kaguya recalled a clan rumor about similar energy-producing worms. The chapter ended with Kenichi puzzling over why the organisms had divided into three groups, and the Sage of Six Paths fretting over Kaguya’s feelings for him.

• Kenichi told the Sage of Six Paths he wanted to use the Time Machine if Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's soul dissipated, and he considered how helping Kaguya Ōtsutsuki grow stronger could benefit his research.
• Kenichi chose to leave the cave’s energy-producing Single-celled Organisms undisturbed and have Shadow Clones collect their energy for the Time Machine.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki appeared and recalled an elder’s story about Sadako Worms on a living planet that produced energy for synthesis.
• Kaguya watched Kenichi with conflicted affection, while the Sage of Six Paths regretted releasing her and worried about her entanglement with Kenichi.
• Kenichi examined the organisms and wondered why they formed three groups with different components despite having identical structures.

Amado Sanzu researched high-yield grain using Otsutsuki Toneri’s clones while Kenichi Amamiya tried to understand why his experiments caused explosions. Kenichi set off to inspect the limestone cave where the mysterious materials had fused, with Kaguya Ōtsutsuki following him.

• Amado Sanzu worked on developing food crops, using Otsutsuki Toneri’s clones and recording the experiments alongside Otsutsuki Toneri himself.
• Kenichi Amamiya cleaned up after an explosion and considered why inserting atoms into the mysterious Things had failed.
• Kenichi Amamiya recalled that he had taken the Things from underground, leaving the Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku to abandon its long slumber and live normally.
• Kenichi Amamiya and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki fought in a cave, with Kaguya evading his lightning attacks and countering with All-Killing Ash Bones.
• Kenichi Amamiya used an instinctive action on Kaguya Ōtsutsuki during the fight, and she blushed before storming off.
• Kenichi Amamiya told Kaguya Ōtsutsuki he planned to inspect the limestone cave to learn why the Things had fused, and she followed him.

Kenichi Amamiya discovered that salt ions caused the Single-celled Organisms to fuse into False God's Blood, then bluntly asked Kaguya Ōtsutsuki to be his girlfriend and wife. Kaguya agreed but fled in embarrassment, and afterward struggled with her feelings and her inability to cut away her humanity.

• Kenichi Amamiya analyzed the merging liquids and suspected that a high-salt environment enabled their fusion.
• Kenichi Amamiya told Kaguya Ōtsutsuki about his discovery and worried that her changed behavior was affecting him.
• Kenichi Amamiya asked Kaguya Ōtsutsuki to be his girlfriend and wife, and she agreed before taking him into another space.
• Kenichi Amamiya returned to his bed, stunned by Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's answer and unsure how to handle their relationship.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki tried to cut away her humanity with a blade of Chakra, felt extreme pain, and decided to search her memories for a solution.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other Kage debated funding and plans for Kenichi Amamiya’s railway network project while A concealed that he had spared his country’s Daimyo. Later, the Sage of Six Paths confronted Kenichi Amamiya about Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s strange condition, but Kenichi admitted he did not know its cause.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Kage discussed uniting the countries through a railway network and argued over how to fund the work.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned A about whether his country had dealt with its Daimyo, and A said he would follow Kenichi Amamiya’s demands while redirecting the discussion to railway planning.
• The Kage debated the railway routes, engineers, manpower, and the money each country would contribute.
• The Sage of Six Paths angrily demanded that Kenichi Amamiya explain what had happened to Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
• Kenichi Amamiya said he did not know why Kaguya Ōtsutsuki had changed, and the Sage of Six Paths fell silent.

Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke struggled through academic lessons after their brief battle, while Hinata Hyuga visited Naruto and Sasuke began reconsidering his love life. Sasuke crossed paths with Sakura Haruno, and Kenichi Amamiya found himself sharing Dango with Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, who treated him as her boyfriend.

• Naruto Uzumaki asked Sasuke why they had to study after their training and battle, and Sasuke said he would do whatever Kenichi Amamiya wanted.
• Hinata Hyuga brought lunch for Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke, and Naruto Uzumaki happily ate with her as Sasuke watched their affectionate exchange.
• Sasuke left the classroom and, while thinking about his future, spotted a pink-haired girl.
• Kenichi Amamiya saw Sasuke Uchiha talking with Sakura Haruno but decided not to interfere in their relationship.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki gave Kenichi Amamiya Dango and took his hand, while he accepted her affection despite feeling uneasy about their relationship.

Kenichi Amamiya took his shy girlfriend, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, on a date to a Konoha movie theater, where they watched a film starring Kazahana Koyuki. Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki spotted them, and Minato recognized Kaguya as an extremely powerful figure.

• After Kaguya Ōtsutsuki awkwardly fed Kenichi Amamiya, he invited her to watch a movie, and she quietly agreed.
• Kenichi Amamiya took Kaguya Ōtsutsuki to the theater and chose Village Ghost Shadow, starring Kazahana Koyuki.
• During the screening, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki rested her head on Kenichi Amamiya's shoulder as the film introduced Kazahana Koyuki as an exorcist in a snowbound town.
• Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki watched from a disguised corner, and Kushina noticed Kenichi Amamiya with Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
• Minato Namikaze recognized Kaguya Ōtsutsuki from the war and told Kushina Uzumaki that she was an extremely powerful figure.

Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki settled into family life while Minato handled the railway project, and Madara Uchiha resolved to grow strong enough to match Kenichi Amamiya. Kenichi struggled to understand the Time Machine’s connection to time and prepared to test it by traveling one week into the past, with Kaguya Ōtsutsuki joining him.

• Kushina Uzumaki rejected Minato Namikaze’s suggestion to name their daughter after a character from Jiraiya’s novels, and the couple left after watching Kenichi Amamiya and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki together.
• Minato Namikaze accepted his railway duties and went with Kushina Uzumaki to prepare for Naruto’s birthday.
• Madara Uchiha argued that Kenichi Amamiya’s military power supported his ideas about peace and vowed to become strong enough to stand alongside him, while Hashirama Senju chose to watch events unfold.
• Kenichi Amamiya concluded that his Time Machine research had stalled because he needed to understand time itself and questioned whether the device traveled to the past or another Timeline.
• Kenichi Amamiya entered the laboratory’s guarded room to use the Time Machine for a one-week jump, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki took his hand and stood beside him.

Kenichi Amamiya and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki traveled by Time Machine to a strange version of Konoha, where Orochimaru was Hokage and the village had escaped Nagato’s Shinra Tensei. After learning how different this world’s history was, Kenichi suspected that traveling with Kaguya had brought them to an altered Timeline.

• Kenichi activated the Time Machine with Kaguya beside him, and they arrived in a desert marked by the aftermath of Shinra Tensei.
• Kenichi recognized that Konoha stood nearby, intact, and entered the village with Kaguya to investigate why the Almighty Push had struck outside it.
• Kenichi discovered that Orochimaru’s face was carved as the Fifth Hokage on Hokage Rock.
• Orochimaru approached the visitors, and Kaguya pinned Jiraiya, Tsunade, and nearby Villagers with Black Receivers when Kenichi questioned Orochimaru’s position.
• Orochimaru explained that he had supported Konoha through research, become its beloved Hokage, trained Naruto, and stopped Nagato from destroying the village.
• Kenichi concluded that he had arrived in a different Timeline, possibly because he had brought Kaguya with him, and wondered whether his travels could let him mass-produce Chakra Fruits.

Kenichi Amamiya took Kaguya Ōtsutsuki to investigate changes in this world, including the other ninja villages. At Kirigakure, the Sage of Six Paths appeared before them, followed by a second figure resembling him, leaving Kenichi wondering whether this world also had Otsutsuki Toneri.

• Kenichi Amamiya left the Hidden Leaf Village with Kaguya Ōtsutsuki to investigate Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and changes across the ninja world.
• After they departed, Orochimaru resolved to pursue forbidden research so he could grow stronger and protect Konoha as Hokage.
• Kenichi Amamiya considered the limits of the Time Machine and the possibility that the Ōtsutsuki Clan could track him across timelines.
• Kenichi Amamiya reached Kirigakure, saw Mei Terumi but not Obito, and decided to visit Akatsuki's base.
• The Sage of Six Paths appeared before Kenichi Amamiya and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, then a second Sage-like figure emerged, making Kenichi wonder if Otsutsuki Toneri existed in this world.

Kenichi Amamiya and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki traveled to the Land of Rain to capture Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, while the Sage of Six Paths and Ōtsutsuki Hamura struggled to understand Kenichi’s account of another world. Isshiki was dragged from a hidden base, recognized a familiar aura in Kenichi, and left Kenichi wondering what he would reveal.

• Kenichi told the Sage of Six Paths and Ōtsutsuki Hamura that he came from another world and was their father there, then explained his plans to capture Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Kenichi asked Kaguya Ōtsutsuki to locate Isshiki, but she could not sense him, so they flew to Amegakure to search for him.
• Kenichi and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki exposed a hidden base beneath Nagato and Konan’s base, and Kaguya pulled Ōtsutsuki Isshiki out of hiding.
• Kenichi restrained Nagato and Konan while Kaguya Ōtsutsuki confronted Isshiki, and the Sage of Six Paths watched in shock.
• Isshiki noticed Kenichi’s familiar aura and questioned what he had done, while Kenichi waited to see what Isshiki would choose to reveal.

Kenichi Amamiya provoked Ōtsutsuki Isshiki about becoming a disgrace to his clan, then suspected Isshiki was acting and planned to extract information from him. Kenichi and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki explored Isshiki’s underground base while the Sage of Six Paths and his sons took Nagato and Konan to capture Black Zetsu.

• Kenichi Amamiya taunted Ōtsutsuki Isshiki with the shame his clan would attach to his name, and Isshiki erupted in anger over his doomed future.
• Kenichi considered that Isshiki might be faking his collapse and planned to question him before developing a way to extract and verify his memories.
• Kenichi brought Isshiki into his underground base as Kaguya Ōtsutsuki explored it, and he considered how to restrict Isshiki’s power for later experiments.
• The Sage of Six Paths and his sons told Nagato and Konan that Black Zetsu had manipulated them, then took them to capture him at Kenichi’s request.

Kenichi Amamiya questioned Ōtsutsuki Isshiki about the Otsutsuki Clan’s time-travel technology, and Isshiki proposed an alliance that could help him survive. Kenichi refused to expose his ability to travel between worlds, leaving Isshiki to ask what Kenichi wanted from him.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki explained that his hidden base used a self-sealing barrier that was difficult to detect.
• Kenichi Amamiya asked Isshiki about the Otsutsuki Clan’s Time Leap Machine, and Isshiki described its limits and dangers.
• Isshiki suppressed his hatred of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and considered cooperating with her to improve his chances of survival and revenge.
• Isshiki proposed that Kenichi help the Otsutsuki Clan when its members came looking for him, in exchange for their support and a chance for Kenichi to grow stronger.
• Kenichi refused, warning that flaunting his power would make him a target, and Isshiki asked what Kenichi wanted from him.

Kenichi studied the Time Machine, time, and the possibility of exceeding light speed, then went to observe Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s space for clues about her dimensional travel. He found Kaguya in a dreamlike forest, where she embraced him, leaving him startled.

• Kenichi questioned Ōtsutsuki Isshiki about the Otsutsuki Clan and planned to study Isshiki’s consciousness before killing him.
• Kenichi continued researching time and considered whether the Time Machine could let him travel between Timelines beyond the Otsutsuki Clan’s reach.
• Kenichi reflected on light speed, Body Flicker, and Flying Thunder God, imagining a motionless world beyond light speed.
• Kenichi visited Kaguya Ōtsutsuki in her strange forest space to study how she entered and left other worlds.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki took Kenichi’s hand and embraced him, and he patted her back in confusion.

Kenichi spent the day with Kaguya Ōtsutsuki after their relationship became intimate, hoping their shared experiences would keep her humanity intact and secure her as an ally. Their outing in Konoha ended with Kenichi seeing Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura together and noticing that Sasuke carried an aura from Mount Myōboku.

• Kenichi reflected on how his fabricated memories and Kaguya's failed attempt to erase her humanity had led to their becoming lovers, and he decided their relationship could help prevent her from turning against him.
• Kenichi told Kaguya about Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and his plans to torment him, stirring Kaguya's hatred and desire for revenge.
• Kenichi took Kaguya to Konoha, where they saw Orochimaru teaching children the Will of Fire, then shared a meal and romantic moments.
• Kenichi and Kaguya spent the afternoon and evening sampling snacks, watching a romance film, and browsing Konoha's shopping streets.
• Kenichi encountered Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura and realized Sasuke had an aura from Mount Myōboku, suggesting Sasuke trained under Jiraiya while Naruto followed Orochimaru.

Kenichi Amamiya and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki discussed how to extract secrets from Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, whom Kaguya had already killed. They entered the torture space she had prepared for him, and Kenichi decided to research a genjutsu powerful enough to make Isshiki reveal everything.

• Naruto sensed Kenichi Amamiya's immense strength, while Sasuke focused on his desire to kill Itachi Uchiha.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki reflected on her growing feelings for Kenichi Amamiya and considered finding another way to become stronger.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki brought Kenichi Amamiya to the dead zone she had prepared to torture Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Kenichi Amamiya detected dangerous substances in the space and asked Kaguya Ōtsutsuki about her plan for a genjutsu against Isshiki.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki explained that she would torture Isshiki to weaken his body and will before using genjutsu on him.
• Kenichi Amamiya resolved to research a genjutsu that would force Ōtsutsuki Isshiki to reveal his secrets.

Kenichi Amamiya studied Orochimaru’s subtle genjutsu and developed an improved version intended to alter Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s subconscious. Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s torment had left Isshiki isolated in a desert world, and Kenichi prepared to test his new technique on him.

• Kenichi Amamiya analyzed the genjutsu he had obtained from Orochimaru, which gradually changed people’s thoughts without their noticing.
• Kenichi reasoned that the technique could be expanded to influence people on a vast scale, but his first version made with Otsutsuki Clan Chakra was too conspicuous.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki remained trapped in Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s desert world, raging and despairing as he failed to escape or die.
• Kenichi Amamiya visited Isshiki with Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and learned that the existing genjutsu had produced no obvious effects on him.
• Kenichi Amamiya told Kaguya Ōtsutsuki that he had finished improving the genjutsu and was ready to test it on Isshiki.

Kenichi Amamiya observed the genjutsu Kaguya Ōtsutsuki had used on Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, then studied the strange energy produced by Kaguya’s spatial transformations. His analysis revealed a microscopic world of quarks and led him to reconsider how time depended on a reference frame.

• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki used genjutsu on Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, and she and Kenichi Amamiya agreed that its effects would need long-term observation.
• Kenichi Amamiya asked Kaguya Ōtsutsuki about trapping Ōtsutsuki Isshiki in genjutsu, but she had not found a reliable method yet.
• Kenichi Amamiya analyzed the strange energy created by Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s spatial transformations and asked her to hold one transformation still for observation.
• Kenichi Amamiya examined the transformation’s microscopic structure and discovered unfamiliar luminous energy that was extremely difficult to analyze.
• Kenichi Amamiya observed a sphere composed of quarks and realized that time was relative to the lifespan and perspective of the observer.

Kenichi Amamiya trapped Ōtsutsuki Isshiki in an illusion where Isshiki lived as a preacher in a poor district and exchanged his knowledge for power. Kenichi and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki confirmed the genjutsu was making Isshiki reveal valuable information, and they planned to keep him trapped once they had taken everything.

• Kenichi Amamiya showed Kaguya Ōtsutsuki the illusion he had prepared for Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, in which Isshiki was stranded in a different world and forced to build a faith-based following.
• Isshiki handed out porridge, taught Maizi scripture, and accumulated faith while struggling with poverty and a loan from Madam Anna.
• Isshiki exchanged Chakra cultivation methods for a manual on magic, believing the new knowledge would help him grow strong enough to kill Kaguya.
• Kenichi and Kaguya examined the knowledge Isshiki had revealed and realized the illusion was gradually drawing out his secrets.
• Kenichi explained that he was draining Isshiki's Chakra to prevent him from recognizing the genjutsu, and he and Kaguya planned to leave Isshiki trapped after extracting all his information.

Kenichi Amamiya struggled to find a way to study time and decided to investigate the Time Machine’s unusual energy source. In the Pure Land, Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Otsutsuki Hamura worried that their preparations could not withstand the Otsutsuki Clan and considered seeking Kenichi’s help, despite their discomfort with his relationship to their mother.

• Kenichi Amamiya reflected on the limits of his ideas about time and concluded that the Time Machine’s energy source might offer a path to understanding it.
• Kenichi Amamiya brought out his two Time Machines to begin studying their energy sources.
• Otsutsuki Hamura and Hagoromo Otsutsuki discussed Kenichi Amamiya’s relationship with Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and their inability to understand her choice.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki worried that the Pure Land’s Sealing Barrier and stored Soul Energy would not protect the Shinobi World from stronger Otsutsuki.
• Otsutsuki Hamura proposed cooperating with Kenichi Amamiya, and Hagoromo Otsutsuki recalled avoiding him because he feared having to call him Father.