Recaps

As the team continued its mission, Ruri encouraged Uchiha Itachi to get used to traveling far from Konoha and reassured him that they would face future missions together. Itachi regained his confidence, and Kakashi estimated they would reach their destination the following night if nothing delayed them.

• Ruri and Kakashi told the team to stay alert that night in case anything happened.
• Ruri asked Kakashi how long it would take to reach the mission destination, and Kakashi estimated they would arrive tomorrow night or the day after.
• Uchiha Itachi was surprised that the team was still so far from Konoha and admitted he had not expected Anbu missions to take them this far.
• Ruri teased Uchiha Itachi about his worries and reminded him that the team would be with him on future missions.
• Uchiha Itachi said he would gradually get used to traveling and promised he would mature.
• Ruri reassured Uchiha Itachi that he would stay by his side, and Itachi returned to his usual self.

Ruri and Uchiha Itachi told Kakashi that their friends Harukawa, Reika Hyuga, and Akagimaru planned to join the Anbu after graduating from the Ninja Academy. Kakashi agreed to let them join and warned Ruri and Itachi that he would add a new task to their training, though he had not decided what it would be.

• Ruri told Uchiha Itachi that he would keep going on missions with him because they were close in strength and age.
• Ruri and Itachi explained to Kakashi that Momokusa Harukawa, Reika Hyuga, and Akagimaru were their friends and would join the Anbu after graduating next year.
• Kakashi questioned whether the three friends understood how difficult and boring Anbu life could be.
• Ruri and Itachi assured Kakashi that their friends were capable and determined, and Kakashi agreed to let them join the Anbu.
• Kakashi told Ruri and Itachi he would add a task to their daily training and would tell them what it was after deciding.

Ruri and Uchiha Itachi reacted to Kakashi’s explanation about their training before Kakashi sent them back to rest. They headed toward the campsite, planning to sleep before taking over the watch later that night.

• Ruri and Uchiha Itachi expressed disbelief at Kakashi’s explanation, while Yamato praised Kakashi’s teaching.
• Kakashi told Yamato, Ruri, and Uchiha Itachi to rest, and Ruri and Itachi said they would relieve Yamato during the second half of the night.
• Ruri, Uchiha Itachi, and Yamato walked back toward the campsite, yawning and talking about how tired they were.
• Yamato suggested they check whether Yugao had gone to sleep, while Ruri and Uchiha Itachi said they wanted to go straight to bed.

Ruri and Uchiha Itachi joked about catching up on sleep after their mission as they returned to camp with Yamato. Uzuki Yugao greeted them and asked whether the captain and camp were safe.

• Ruri and Uchiha Itachi agreed they would sleep as much as they wanted once the mission was over.
• Ruri reminisced about falling asleep to recordings of his college teachers’ voices.
• Ruri, Uchiha Itachi, and Yamato talked as they walked back to camp.
• Uzuki Yugao greeted the returning group and asked about the captain and anything unusual at camp.

Ruri, Uchiha Itachi, and Uzuki Yugao reassured one another that there were no enemies nearby, then decided to get some sleep. Ruri led them toward a large tree he had found, where they planned to rest together.

• Ruri and Uchiha Itachi told Uzuki Yugao that the noises nearby had come from animals and that no enemies were around.
• Uzuki Yugao said she felt sleepy, and Ruri and Uchiha Itachi encouraged her to rest.
• Ruri yawned and agreed to sleep so he would have energy the next day.
• Uchiha Itachi asked whether they would sleep together or separately, and Ruri said they could all fit in a large tree with dense leaves.
• Uchiha Itachi hurried Ruri toward the tree, eager to lie down and fall asleep.

Ruri led Uchiha Itachi, Uzuki Yugao, and Yamato to a large tree he had found earlier, suggesting they sleep among its dense branches. After checking the tree’s vantage point and concealment, the group agreed to rest there for the night.

• Ruri led the tired group to the large tree he had discovered while searching for food.
• Uchiha Itachi and Uzuki Yugao admired the tree’s dense foliage and asked Ruri how he had found it.
• Ruri explained that he had checked the tree and found it offered a clear view while hiding them from enemies below.
• Yamato climbed the tree, surveyed the surroundings, and confirmed it was difficult to spot anyone among the branches.
• Uzuki Yugao agreed that the group would sleep in the tree that night.

Ruri and the others prepared to sleep in a tree, reminding each other to stay alert for a possible enemy attack. They planned to wake early to relieve Captain Kakashi on watch.

• Ruri reassured Uzuki Yugao that the leafy tree would keep them warm and comfortable overnight.
• Uchiha Itachi praised Ruri for finding a good place to rest, and Yamato urged everyone to turn in early.
• Uzuki Yugao climbed onto a thick branch, adjusted her Ninja Tool Pouch, and settled against the trunk.
• Ruri pointed out that Uzuki Yugao was hidden by the leaves, then reminded Uchiha Itachi and Yamato to wake early to relieve Captain Kakashi.
• Ruri warned them to stay alert while sleeping in case the enemy launched a sneak attack, and Uchiha Itachi and Yamato said they would wake at the slightest disturbance.

Ruri, Uchiha Itachi, and Yamato settled into secluded spots in a tree to sleep after a tiring day. Ruri reflected on his college life and his more comfortable routine now before falling asleep, while Yamato reminded Itachi to relieve the captain after resting.

• Ruri climbed the tree, found a secluded spot, and rested while thinking about the day's events.
• Uchiha Itachi and Yamato watched Ruri settle down, then climbed up and prepared to sleep.
• Uchiha Itachi thought he needed a full night's rest because his body had reached its limits.
• Yamato told Uchiha Itachi to sleep early and remember to relieve the captain after resting.
• Ruri recalled his college days and compared their irregular meals with the food and routine he enjoyed now.
• Ruri stopped thinking, curled up on the branch, wished the Shinobi World good night, and fell asleep smiling.

Ruri recalled his college habit of staying up late and going out for food when hunger struck. He especially looked forward to Saturday and Sunday nights, when he could relax with beer and barbecue.

• Ruri remembered spending hours on his computer in his college dorm before noticing his hunger late at night.
• He often left his dorm around three or four in the morning to eat at a late-night restaurant whose owner he knew well.
• Ruri usually avoided beer and grilled snacks from Monday through Friday because he had classes the next day.
• On Saturday and Sunday nights, Ruri enjoyed beer and barbecue, making those his favorite days of the week.

Ruri woke up on a branch with intense hunger and decided to find something to eat. He slid down the tree and went to his equipment.

• Ruri struggled to fall back asleep as his stomach churned with hunger.
• Ruri sat up on the branch, rubbed his stomach, and said he would get something to eat.
• Ruri slid down the trunk and walked over to his equipment.

Ruri ate meat-based compressed food during a late-night snack and was surprised by how much it tasted like a home-cooked meal. As he ate, he reminisced about his college routine and the late-night snack shop he used to visit.

• Ruri took food from his backpack and settled back at his sleeping spot, wondering why he was digesting so quickly.
• Ruri opened the compressed food and tasted it, finding it delicious and similar to a home-cooked meal.
• Ruri decided he would buy more of Aunt Meiling’s compressed food after he got home.
• Ruri recalled playing on his computer for hours in college before going out to eat when he got hungry.
• Ruri remembered how much he enjoyed the late-night snack shop’s food.

Ruri reminisced about enjoying late-night barbecue and beer at his favorite eatery during college. He concluded that eating was better with friends, though he did not say what he would do next.

• Ruri recalled how late-night snacks left him happy and at ease on his walk back to the dorm.
• Ruri remembered visiting the late-night eatery on Saturday and Sunday nights for beer and barbecue.
• Ruri recalled the eatery’s grilled lamb skewers, duck intestines, and especially its chewy grilled beef tendon.
• Ruri remembered spending half an hour gnawing on beef tendon during one meal and being glad his teeth were fine afterward.
• Ruri reflected that eating barbecue and drinking beer alone was no fun and that things were better with friends.

Ruri reflected on his friendships in the Shinobi World before recalling the Three Ninja Taboos: saving mission money, avoiding alcohol before age twenty, and being wary of women. The chapter ended by connecting Kushina Uzumaki’s warning about the taboos to Jiraiya’s lecherous reputation.

• Ruri set aside thoughts of the past and considered inviting his friends to barbecue, though he lamented that children under twenty could not drink beer.
• Ruri recalled the Three Ninja Taboos, an unwritten set of rules followed by most ninja.
• The chapter explained that the first taboo urged ninja to save their mission money, a rule Naruto Uzumaki followed while supporting himself as an orphan.
• The second taboo forbade drinking alcohol before age twenty, and Naruto honored it in memory of his parents.
• Kushina Uzumaki warned Naruto about the taboo concerning women and told him to be wary of Jiraiya, whom Naruto later called the Perverted Sage.

Ruri reflected on the three ninja taboos and reasoned that avoiding women’s temptations could help a ninja succeed on missions. He decided to avoid drinking until he was twenty and noted that his surroundings left him with little interest in women.

• Ruri thought about Jiraiya’s wealth, drinking, and influence on Naruto as he ate on a branch.
• Ruri wondered why women were counted among the three ninja taboos.
• Ruri concluded that resisting lust could help a ninja avoid honey traps and complete missions successfully.
• Ruri noted that he had little interest in drinking or women, since he was surrounded by three beautiful girls.
• Ruri decided he would wait until he was twenty to drink and would avoid drinking often so it would not interfere with missions.

After eating a late-night snack on the mission, Ruri went back to sleep and reflected on how his solitary college life had shaped his habits. He remained content to live alone and avoid the complications of making friends.

• Ruri finished his late-night meal, checked that Yamato was no longer on his branch, and decided to rest until it was time to relieve him.
• Ruri fell asleep at three in the morning, planning to get up in an hour.
• Ruri remembered spending his college years studying, playing games, watching TV, and eating late-night snacks alone.
• Ruri recalled that he had lived alone for years in the world of the Hokage and saw friendship as troublesome because it meant managing relationships.

Ruri woke at four in the morning and went to take over Yamato’s watch, hoping to sleep again after Itachi woke. Near Ōkawa, he checked the area with his Byakugan for unusual chakra before approaching Yamato.

• Ruri reflected on how his friends, especially Momokusa Harukawa, had changed his outlook and how much he had grown over the past several years.
• Ruri woke at four in the morning, tired after a short sleep, and decided to relieve Yamato on watch.
• Ruri looked around the camp and found no obvious disturbance before heading toward Yamato.
• Ruri stopped a few dozen meters from Ōkawa and used his Byakugan to search nearby for unusual chakra.

While taking over the night watch from Yamato, Ruri reflected on his first years after arriving in the Hokage world. He remained alone beneath the tree, recalling how his adult mind had been trapped in a one-year-old body.

• Ruri surveyed the area and found no enemies nearby, then relieved Yamato from watch.
• Yamato told Ruri that only small animals had caused minor disturbances and returned to camp to rest.
• Ruri sat beneath a large tree to keep watch and admitted he was sleepy.
• Ruri thought about spending eight years in the Hokage world and remembered being unable to express himself as a one-year-old despite understanding everything.
• Ruri imagined that people would have thought him crazy or tried to experiment on him if they had learned he had transmigrated.

Ruri reflected on his arrival in the Shinobi World and the mysterious Ring that had given him powerful abilities. He recalled that the Ring had recently upgraded and provided him with an intelligent assistant.

• Ruri thought that Konoha's peaceful children did not understand the pain of losing loved ones or the harm war could bring.
• Ruri remembered arriving in the Shinobi World as a weak child before obtaining the Ring and its powerful abilities.
• Ruri wondered when the Ring had appeared and why he had not known about it in his original world.
• Ruri recalled that the Ring had upgraded a few days earlier, improving its interior scenery and adding a virtual intelligent assistant.
• Ruri felt pleased to have the assistant, which reminded him of the intelligent assistants he had used in college.

Ruri heard a creature rustling in the grass and prepared for an attack. He discovered it was a large wild boar, which turned to face him as he taunted it.

• Ruri reminisced beneath a tree about his past life and his old iPhone.
• Ruri heard a rustling in a nearby clump of grass and drew a Kunai.
• Ruri activated his Byakugan and detected a sizable creature with concentrated chakra in the grass.
• Ruri circled the grass, parted it, and discovered a large wild boar.
• The wild boar darted behind Ruri and prepared to charge, while Ruri taunted it.

Ruri killed a wild boar that charged at him and prepared its carcass for the group’s meals. He planned to butcher it in the morning and cook a filling breakfast for everyone.

• The wild boar charged at Ruri, and he dodged its first attack.
• When the boar charged again, Ruri rushed toward it and stabbed its artery with his Kunai.
• The boar collapsed and died, and Ruri decided it would provide breakfast and food for the next few days.
• Ruri wiped his Kunai clean, dragged the carcass aside, and began removing its hair and dirt.

Ruri cleaned a wild boar he had killed, unaware that its blood was drawing fierce beasts from the forest. He sensed the animals surrounding him and prepared to fight them before continuing his work.

• Ruri cleaned the boar's carcass and joked about its strength and possible reincarnation.
• Ruri noticed the boar's foul stench as scarlet-eyed beasts gathered around him, drawn by its blood.
• Ruri sensed the danger, activated his Byakugan, and surveyed the fierce animals surrounding him.
• Ruri said he would fight off every beast before returning to clean the boar.

Ruri confronted a group of beasts that emerged from the bushes to claim the wild boar carcass. He appeared behind their largest beast without being noticed and prepared to kill it.

• Ruri drew a kunai and challenged the animals gathered near the wild boar carcass.
• The beasts emerged from the bushes and fixed their attention on the carcass and Ruri.
• One of the larger beasts growled at Ruri, who decided to kill the group.
• Ruri appeared behind the larger beast, which remained unaware and focused on the carcass.
• Ruri mocked the beast's intelligence and raised his kunai to end its life.

Ruri confronted a powerful beast with a huge reserve of chakra and decided to tame it as a summoned beast rather than kill it. The beast attacked him, leaving Ruri dodging while still hoping to capture it alive.

• The beast sensed Ruri's killing intent and turned to face him as he prepared to attack with a kunai.
• Ruri threw his kunai, but the beast dodged it at the last moment.
• Ruri activated his Byakugan and discovered that the beast possessed an enormous amount of chakra.
• Ruri decided to tame the beast and make it his summoned beast instead of killing it.
• The beast lunged at Ruri, and he dodged while thinking that he still wanted to tame it.

The chapter explained Summoning Beasts’ combat, sensory, and support roles, their growth and training, and the conditions for forming contracts. It ended by beginning an explanation of where Summoning Beasts lived, describing low-level beasts as wild creatures captured or modified in the Shinobi World.

• The chapter categorized Summoning Beasts as combat, sensory, or support types and gave examples such as Gamabunta, Pakkun, and Katsuyu.
• It described Pakkun’s tracking and intelligence skills, along with Katsuyu’s ability to provide healing through her summoner’s chakra.
• It explained that Summoning Beasts could grow and learn Ninjutsu, citing Gamatatsu’s growth and mastery of Water Release.
• It gave examples of contract conditions, including Naruto’s bet with Gamabunta, Tenten’s failed attempt to contract Teacher Kaido’s turtle, and Manda’s demand for a hundred people from Orochimaru.
• The chapter stated that summoning required a contract and a price, but a contract did not guarantee that a Summoning Beast would serve its master.
• It began discussing where Summoning Beasts lived, describing low-level ones as wild beasts captured or modified within the Shinobi World.

Ruri explained the different kinds of Summoning Beasts as he fought a powerful beast, then persuaded it to consider becoming his Summoning Beast. The beast stopped attacking and appeared willing to follow him, though Ruri still needed to offer something as the price of a contract.

• Ruri described temporary and high-level Summoning Beasts, including the Sannin's summons and their separate homes.
• Ruri declared that he would either kill the beast or make it his Summoning Beast.
• Ruri praised the beast's strength and promised it food and training if it joined him.
• The beast slowed its attacks and stopped fighting as Ruri explained that a contract required a price.
• Ruri approached the beast and asked whether it wanted to become his Summoning Beast.