Recaps

Ruri and the others pretended to fall for the enemy captain’s intimidation while Kakashi tried to mislead him about their previous encounters. Ruri recognized that they had already located the hidden enemies, leaving the captain unaware that he was their chosen prey.

• The hidden ninjas celebrated, believing Ruri and the others were inexperienced rookies who had fallen for their captain’s trick.
• The enemy captain declared that the group had recognized his strength and that further talk was pointless.
• Ruri asked Kakashi whether they should attack the captain together from all sides.
• Kakashi taunted the captain for coming alone, and the captain admitted he had been sent because he expected one person to handle the five of them.
• The captain asked why earlier enemies sent after the group had died, and Kakashi pretended not to know about them.
• Ruri thought that both sides were trying to outsmart each other and noted that the group already knew where the captain’s teammates were hiding.

Ruri and his companions prepared to counter the hidden ninja, whom they believed were underestimating them. The enemy revealed itself and surrounded the group, setting the stage for a fight.

• Ruri quietly told Itachi, Yugao, and Yamato to strike the hidden ninja once the battle began.
• Itachi and Ruri whispered about how foolish the enemy seemed.
• Ruri told his teammates to kill the attackers but leave one or two alive to question them about the front lines.
• Kakashi challenged the enemy captain to decide who would attack first, and the captain angrily ordered his ninja to come out.
• The hidden ninja emerged and surrounded Ruri and his companions, still believing them to be inexperienced children.

Ruri, Kakashi, and Uchiha Itachi provoked an enemy squad into attacking, then charged to meet them. Ruri’s weapon transformed into a one-and-a-half-meter cleaver as he clashed with an enemy.

• Kakashi and Ruri mocked the enemy captain for claiming he had come alone, while Uchiha Itachi encouraged Ruri to let the captain save face.
• The enemy captain lost his temper and ordered his squad to kill them.
• The enemy ninjas charged, and Kakashi told his teammates to end the fight quickly.
• Ruri and the others drew their weapons and rushed to meet the attackers.
• Ruri clashed with an enemy and transformed his short blade into a one-and-a-half-meter cleaver.

Ruri overwhelmed an enemy ninja with his transforming blade and learned that the man had realized their plan. Ruri killed him with Lightning Blade before he could warn his teammates.

• Ruri transformed his short blade into a heavy cleaver and drove the enemy to his knees.
• Ruri pressed his attack, and the enemy realized Ruri had been pretending and had discovered them.
• The enemy tried to escape so he could warn his teammates, but Ruri declared he would not let him live.
• Ruri used Lightning Blade to appear behind the fleeing ninja and pierce his heart.

Ruri swiftly killed the enemies, using his bare hand and Rasengan to leave several of them dead. He then turned to finish off the remaining foes.

• Ruri pulled his hand from an enemy's body, killing him, then wiped the blood off on the man's clothes.
• Ruri noticed his teammates had already killed several enemies and hurried to catch up.
• Ruri appeared behind two enemies with a Rasengan in each hand, then struck them in the stomach.
• Ruri's Rasengan sent the two enemies flying, and they died after landing with their bodies severely mangled.
• Ruri quickly appeared before the remaining enemies and killed them all.

Ruri and his companions fought the enemies with unexpected strength, leading the enemy captain to suspect they had hidden their abilities to set up a surprise attack. The captain decided the enemies could be overwhelmed by numbers and ordered his subordinate back into battle.

• An enemy subordinate asked his captain why Ruri and his companions had become so strong.
• The enemy captain realized Ruri's group had likely concealed their strength to lower the enemies' guard and ambush them.
• The subordinate suggested surrounding each of Ruri's companions with five attackers.
• The captain agreed that numerical superiority could overwhelm them, then ordered the subordinate to stop standing around and fight.

Ruri and his teammates fought a group of black-clad ninja, killing many without using large-scale jutsu. During the battle, Ruri and the others realized the enemies wore no forehead protectors, leaving their village unknown.

• An enemy captain sent a teammate to help fight Ruri and the others, then regretted recruiting him.
• Ruri and his four teammates killed around a dozen opponents using mostly ninja tools.
• An enemy wielding an enormous cleaver taunted Ruri and claimed the attackers were all elites.
• Ruri noticed that none of the black-clad enemies wore forehead protectors, and the others confirmed the same discovery.
• Ruri challenged his opponent to face his strength after the enemy underestimated him.

Ruri fought an enemy who claimed to have been holding back and then unleashed his full strength. The enemy used the Body Flicker Technique to disappear and taunted Ruri from every direction, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Ruri and the enemy charged at each other after both claimed they had not used their true strength.
• Ruri pressed the enemy beneath his short blade and refused to back down from his taunts.
• The enemy said he had killed countless brats like Ruri, then thrust upward and knocked Ruri aside.
• Ruri steadied himself and realized the enemy had vanished using the Body Flicker Technique.
• The enemy spoke from all directions, telling Ruri he was already dead beneath his blade.

Ruri fought a hidden enemy who proved stronger and more resourceful than the ninjas he had faced before. The enemy remained concealed in a tree, relying on traps and Wind Release while trying to make Ruri surrender.

• The enemy launched shuriken and kunai at Ruri from every direction, and Ruri blocked the shuriken and dodged the kunai.
• A concealed steel wire attached to the ninja tools cut Ruri's face, and he praised the enemy's strength.
• The enemy unleashed a powerful Wind Release that formed a tornado and swept toward Ruri.
• The enemy shouted for Ruri to surrender while staying hidden on a tree branch, knowing he could not defeat Ruri in a direct fight.

Ruri escaped the enemy’s powerful Wind Release by directing it into a massive tree, then faced the enemy after he came out of hiding. Ruri turned to meet the enemy’s charge with a spiral pattern appearing in his hand.

• Ruri led the enemy’s Wind Release into a large tree and used the Body Flicker Technique to escape before it struck.
• The Wind Release shredded the tree and vanished, prompting Ruri to marvel at its power.
• The enemy realized his attack had failed and complained that it had consumed more than half his chakra.
• The enemy came out of hiding and charged at Ruri with a large chopping blade.
• Ruri turned toward the charging enemy as a spiral pattern appeared in his hand.

Ruri's Rasengan badly injured his enemy, but a hidden steel plate let the enemy survive. The enemy swallowed a red pill and gained a huge surge of chakra, leaving their real fight about to begin.

• Ruri struck the enemy with a Rasengan and knocked him to the ground, badly injuring him.
• The enemy got back up and revealed he had worn a thick steel plate over his chest to block the Rasengan.
• Ruri and the enemy exchanged remarks about the injury and the Rasengan's power.
• The enemy swallowed a red pill, causing his eyes to turn scarlet and red chakra to rise around him.

Ruri faced an enemy who swallowed a pill that greatly increased his chakra and healed his broken ribs. Although the others feared the enemy had used a deadly forbidden technique, Ruri remained confident, and Itachi reassured Yugao that Ruri was not in danger.

• Kakashi, Itachi, Yugao, and Yamato sensed a sudden surge of chakra from Ruri’s opponent after he swallowed a pill.
• Itachi and Yugao suspected the enemy had used a forbidden technique, while the enemy captain explained that Shifū had taken the pill because he could not otherwise defeat Ruri.
• The pill healed Shifū’s broken ribs and boosted his chakra, and he vowed to kill Ruri and his teammates.
• Ruri recognized that the pill’s effects would likely harm Shifū, but Shifū laughed and declared that Ruri was about to die.
• Yugao worried that Ruri was in danger, but Itachi assured her that Shifū’s increased strength still could not defeat him.

Ruri faced an enemy whose strength and speed had surged after swallowing a pill, while Kakashi and Yamato turned their attention to the other foes. Ruri narrowly dodged the enemy’s kunai and prepared to fight seriously.

• Uzuki Yugao worriedly urged Ruri to be careful, while Kakashi and Yamato expressed confidence in his strength.
• Kakashi and Yamato joined the fight against the other enemies.
• The pill-enhanced enemy charged at Ruri, who guessed that the boost had a time limit and taunted him about it.
• The enemy raged and threatened to kill Ruri and his teammates before appearing beside him and slashing at his neck with a kunai.
• Ruri dodged the attack by retreating at the last moment and acknowledged that the pill had greatly increased the enemy’s speed.

Ruri fought an enemy whose strength and speed had increased after taking a pill, then pursued him with two Rasengan. The enemy escaped Ruri’s immediate reach by accelerating again, leaving the chase unresolved.

• The enemy threw a kunai at Ruri and charged with a huge cleaver, but Ruri dodged the kunai and blocked the cleaver.
• Ruri knocked the enemy back, put away his kunai, and formed two Rasengan in his hands.
• The enemy claimed Ruri could not hit him if he kept his distance, and Ruri challenged him to escape his attack range and match his speed.
• The enemy vanished to evade Ruri’s Rasengan, and Ruri used the Body Flicker Technique to pursue him.
• Ruri caught up behind the enemy, but the enemy accelerated and disappeared again.

Ruri overtook the enemy ninja and struck him with two Rasengan, but the enemy survived and used silver needles in his temples to unleash another technique. The enemy’s eyes turned blood-red, leaving the fight unresolved.

• An enemy captain told his subordinate that Ruri and the enemy ninja were fighting at great speed, and said their team had hidden its strength from the start.
• Ruri released his chakra, caught up with the fleeing enemy, and appeared in front of him.
• Ruri drove two Rasengan into the enemy’s chest, but the enemy used chakra barriers to block them and was sent flying, badly injured.
• The enemy staggered to his feet, thrust two silver needles into his temples, screamed, and watched his eyes turn blood-red.

Ruri attacked an enemy whose secret technique had greatly increased his strength and hardened his body. After Lightning Blade failed to pierce him, Ruri used Fire Fist for a different purpose, and the flames spread from the enemy’s feet to his knees.

• Ruri noticed the enemy’s transformed appearance, while Uchiha Itachi warned Kakashi that the enemy’s strength had increased.
• Ruri charged the enemy with Lightning Blade, but it only left a tiny wound before he retreated.
• Ruri activated the Flame-Flame Fruit and launched two balls of flame toward the enemy.
• The enemy dismissed the flames, but Ruri said fire was not his real attack.
• The flames reached the enemy’s feet and spread upward to his knees.

Ruri immobilized the enemy with millennium ice, then attacked with Eight Trigrams Palm: Two Hundred Fifty-Six Palms. The battered enemy was sent crashing to the ground after the final strike shattered the ice.

• The enemy dismissed the flame on his calf, and Ruri used Fire Mystery: Zero Degree to turn it into ice.
• The enemy tried and failed to break free, while Ruri explained that the ice was millennium ice.
• Ruri trapped them inside an Eight Trigrams Palm Barrier and struck the enemy repeatedly.
• The enemy spat blood and struggled to endure Ruri's palm strikes.
• Ruri's final strike shattered the ice and sent the enemy flying into the ground.

Ruri defeated an enemy who had used a Forbidden Technique twice, leaving him badly injured and unable to fight. The enemy called Ruri a devil before collapsing into shock, while his captain watched in silence.

• Ruri sent the enemy flying, then returned to his spot and taunted him for being weak despite using a Forbidden Technique.
• The injured enemy questioned how a child could defeat him and learned from Ruri that he had lost without Ruri lifting a finger.
• An enemy team member asked the captain where Ruri had come from, but the captain stayed silent and watched.
• The defeated enemy shouted that Ruri was a little devil, then collapsed in shock, still alive but unable to fight.

Ruri killed a defeated enemy ninja with his Thousand Mechanisms blade, saying he needed to survive and wanted to end the man’s suffering. Uzuki Yugao and Uchiha Itachi questioned why Ruri had stabbed an opponent who could no longer fight.

• Ruri approached the helpless enemy and said the man’s forbidden techniques would have killed him even if Ruri had spared him.
• Ruri drew Thousand Mechanisms, changed it into a long blade, and stabbed the enemy in the chest.
• An enemy team member called out to his captain, but the captain refused to save the wounded ninja and called him a disgrace.
• Uzuki Yugao asked Uchiha Itachi why Ruri had stabbed an enemy who could no longer fight.
• Uchiha Itachi agreed that Ruri had gone too far and wondered why he had done it.

Ruri killed an enemy ninja by letting his blade drain all the chakra from the man’s body, then discovered the weapon had absorbed that chakra. The surviving enemy team members grew angry and questioned their captain about Ruri’s strength.

• Uchiha Itachi and Uzuki Yugao wondered why the enemy’s forbidden techniques had failed to kill Ruri.
• Ruri waited as his blade drained the enemy ninja’s remaining chakra, then pulled the blade free once the man had none left.
• Ruri sensed the chakra inside the blade and remarked that the enemy had carried a lot of it, perhaps because he used the forbidden technique twice.
• Ruri wiped the blood from his blade and commented that the dead ninja might have been better off reborn as an ordinary person.
• An enemy team member asked his captain whether Ruri was a devil or had a hidden secret.

Ruri continued killing the enemy forces while the enemy captain watched and assessed his strength. Ruri then reached another enemy and killed him with his long blade.

• The enemy captain told his teammate that Ruri's strength was real and speculated that Ruri had a renowned teacher or had found an opportunity.
• The enemy captain said Ruri had likely used only half his strength, and his teammate was horrified.
• Ruri moved away from the first group of enemies and charged toward the others, saying he was enjoying the chance to kill again.
• Ruri reached an enemy, drove his long blade into the man's heart, and caused blood to flow from the wound.

Ruri killed an enemy with a neck slash and continued charging at the remaining foes. Uchiha Itachi and Uzuki Yugao noticed his unusually brutal behavior, and Yugao planned to question him after the fight.

• Ruri mocked an enemy for reacting slowly after being stabbed, then cut his throat and watched him die.
• Ruri wiped his sword and charged at another enemy.
• An enemy warned his teammates to avoid fighting Ruri head-on.
• Uchiha Itachi killed the enemy who had shouted the warning and wondered why Ruri was acting so viciously.
• Uzuki Yugao noticed Ruri's behavior and decided to ask him about it after the remaining enemies were defeated.

Ruri slaughtered the enemies with unusual brutality, alarming Kakashi and Yamato. As he killed one of the last attackers, his eyes briefly turned completely black without anyone noticing.

• Yamato told Kakashi that Ruri's kills were unusually gruesome, and Kakashi agreed to ask him about it after the battle.
• Ruri fought through the enemy forces with several Ninjutsu attacks, leaving only a handful of opponents alive within minutes.
• One terrified enemy decided to fight Ruri rather than flee and charged at him with a Ninja Tool.
• Ruri's eyes briefly turned completely black as he drew his short blade, though neither he nor anyone else noticed.
• Ruri darted behind the charging enemy and cut his neck, killing him.

Ruri killed another enemy and stabbed his short blade into the corpse, prompting Uchiha Itachi to explain that the blade absorbed chakra. Kakashi and Uzuki Yugao wondered whether the weapon was connected to Ruri’s intense eagerness to fight and craving for blood.

• Ruri killed an enemy with his long blade and taunted the remaining fighters.
• Ruri stabbed the dead enemy in the heart with his short blade, saying he would take the chakra left in the body.
• Uzuki Yugao asked Kakashi why Ruri kept stabbing his short blade into his defeated enemies.
• Uchiha Itachi told Kakashi and Uzuki Yugao that he had seen the blade absorb chakra from two enemies.
• Uzuki Yugao wondered whether the blade caused Ruri’s eagerness to fight and craving for blood, but Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi did not know.

The enemy captain sent one of his strongest remaining teammates to test Ruri, promising to intervene if he was in danger. The opponent faced Ruri from a distance and boasted that stronger fighters remained, while Ruri mocked him as a weakling.

• The enemy captain ordered a strong teammate to fight Ruri and promised to step in if the teammate was about to die.
• The teammate hesitated, then agreed and approached Ruri.
• The enemy ninja kept his distance from Ruri and challenged him to a fight.
• Ruri mocked the ninja and questioned why the captain had sent someone so weak.
• The ninja angrily defended himself, claimed stronger fighters remained, and warned Ruri not to cry when he beat him.