True Identity (episode)

Synopsis
Amado and the Konoha shinobi watch the projection of Koji and Jigen from Amado's glasses. Koji questions why task him with retrieving Kawaki when Jigen could do so by teleporting to his location. Jigen doesn't find it odd to send someone to do what he could at any time. He adds that the timing of Kawaki's move was intentional on his part to uncover a traitor. Koji claims they discovered Victor as the traitor, but Jigen thinks he was used as a cover by the real traitors, that Koji would never make a move without Amado's say, and that they crashed the airship. Kawaki is incredulous those two are responsible for his freedom. Jigen wants to know Koji's and Amado's motives, as all Inners agreed to acquire the chakra fruit. Jigen evades Koji's attack and pierces him, but it's only a shadow clone. Koji claims he was created to destroy him. Amado explains that Jigen was severely drained by his fight against Naruto and Sasuke, giving them a rare opportunity to take him down, and that they only pretended to follow Jigen. Jigen considers Koji a mere tool to be used by Amado, but Koji is fine with it and attacks him with Fire Release. Jigen absorbs his attacks with his Kāma, allowing Koji to position himself behind him and cover him in oil. Jigen notices several toads on himself, which ignite, burning more intensely because of the oil. Naruto finds Koji's fighting style familiar. The burning knocks the toad transmitting the fight down, but Amado assures them it'll resume shortly. He continues to explain that rather than being an Ōtsutsuki, Jigen became one. He explains the Ōtsutsuki nature of arriving on a planet and consuming everything in it by planting a God Tree, which grows a chakra fruit containing all the chakra and genetic information of a planet, which is how the Ōtsutsuki evolve. They recall that Victor's plan involved creating a chakra fruit as well. Jigen absorbs the flames on him, and wonders about Koji's motives. He surmises that Koji wanted to learn more about the Kāma, and upon discovering that Boruto also had one, found it advantageous to let Konoha have Kawaki. Amado asks if Sasuke has been to the place of the coordinates he planted in the airship, so they could know about the Ten-Tails in advance. Kawaki has limited knowledge on it, so Boruto explains the role it had during the war. Sai wonders if Jigen is the Ōtsutsuki wanting to consume the planet this time, but Sasuke says it's the person who marked Jigen with a Kāma. Chōchō and Inojin watch over Shikadai, hopeful that Naruto will solve the issue. Based on Amado's words, Sasuke determines that Jigen became an Ōtsutsuki through the Kāma. Jigen avoids an attack of Koji's by shrinking in size and pierces his shadow clone. Koji addresses Jigen as Isshiki Ōtsutsuki. Amado explains that Isshiki arrived with Kaguya, but was betrayed by her, and only survived by taking over Jigen's body, a novice monk. Sasuke asks if that's when he branded Jigen with a Kāma take him over. Amado confirms his asylum deal with Naruto before continuing, which Naruto agrees to, but Shikadai's bomb will remain until he has it in writing. Using Boruto and Momoshiki as examples, Amado explains that the Kāma functions as a highly compressed Ōtsutsuki backup file, slowly turning the host until they cease to exist and the Ōtsutsuki is reborn. He believes there's no way to stop the process. Sasuke asks what happens to the Kāma, and Amado believes it disappears upon full decompression. Sasuke points the inconsistency of Jigen still bearing a Kāma. Amado chuckles, angering Shikamaru. Amado continues, and explains that while Isshiki did take over Jigen, he didn't do it with a Kāma, having been too weak after Kaguya's betrayal to make one. He shrunk himself with his jutsu, and physically took over Jigen, like a parasite, and only later branded him with a Kāma. Fighting Koji, Jigen activates his Kāma, expanding it and growing Isshiki's horn. Koji creates a swamp to hold Jigen in place. Naruto asks why Isshiki hasn't resurrected in Jigen with the Kāma, and Amado explains that the selection of the proper vessel is of utmost importance. Jigen can't bear Isshiki's chakra, and if the revival were to happen, he'd expire within days, so he chose to prepare a proper vessel in Kawaki. The battle transmission resumes. Jigen breaks free of the swamp by shrinking, and sends rods at Koji, who dodges them. Koji retracts the swamp, revealing summoning seals. He uses them to summon flames that Jigen can't absorb. Amado explains that while Ōtsutsuki can transcend death as long as they have Kāma, but there are methods of killing them, which he will teach.