Recaps

Ruri used Eight Trigrams Palm: Heavenly Spin to repel three enemies and disrupt their chakra. The enemies survived but lost the ability to use ninjutsu for a short time, while Ruri realized that even thirty percent of his strength had caused severe damage.

• Ruri activated Eight Trigrams Palm: Heavenly Spin as the three enemies attacked him.
• Ruri's barrier sent all three enemies flying and disrupted the chakra inside them.
• The three enemies crashed to the ground, spat blood, and became unable to use ninjutsu for a short time.
• Ruri noted that using fifty percent of his strength might have killed them.

Ruri intimidated three defeated enemies by claiming he planned to torture them, while secretly hoping they would flee and reveal the Enemy Main Force's location. He remained committed to keeping up the exhausting act rather than killing them quickly.

• Ruri approached the three enemies and dismissed their claims that he had cheated, saying he had earned his strength through hard work.
• One enemy accused Ruri of disorienting their chakra and asked why he had not killed them.
• Ruri claimed he was sparing them so he could torture them, shocking the enemies and prompting them to call him vile and demonic.
• Ruri thought that he was only pretending because he needed to learn where the Enemy Main Force was, and expected the frightened enemies to flee.

Ruri sent Shadow Clones to tell Kakashi, Uchiha Itachi, Yamato, and Uzuki Yugao that he had dealt with his enemies, prompting them to finish off their own opponents. He then confronted the last three enemies and threatened to torture them, leaving them terrified.

• Ruri created four Shadow Clones and sent them to Kakashi, Uchiha Itachi, Yamato, and Uzuki Yugao with word that he had handled his enemies.
• Kakashi and the others turned back to their opponents and quickly defeated them.
• Uzuki Yugao and Uchiha Itachi guessed that Ruri had spared his enemies so he could frighten them into seeking their main force.
• Ruri approached the last three enemies and asked whether they had anything to say before they died.
• One enemy called Ruri a demon, and Ruri threatened to torture them as he laughed.

Ruri pretended to frighten three enemies so they would retreat and lead Kakashi’s team to their main force. Kakashi revealed that hidden teammates were ready to follow them once they fled.

• Itachi, Yugao, and Yamato discussed Ruri’s act and hoped it would drive the three enemies back to their main force.
• Kakashi joined them and said he trusted Ruri to know when to stop, while the others watched Ruri perform.
• Ruri wondered whether he had scared the three enemies enough to make them flee and seek their main force.
• Yugao asked whether Kakashi’s withdrawn teammates were hidden nearby to track the enemies if they retreated.
• Kakashi confirmed that the teammates were in position and would follow the three enemies to locate their main force.

Ruri taunted the three surviving enemies while Kakashi, Uchiha Itachi, and Uzuki Yugao watched, hoping they would reveal the location of their hidden main force. The enemies realized their opponents did not know about the main force and decided they needed to survive and warn it.

• Uchiha Itachi told Uzuki Yugao that the three enemies were their last chance to locate the main force, as long as Ruri did not frighten them off.
• Kakashi reasoned that the enemy main force was likely hiding far away in a well-concealed place, and the group turned to watch Ruri.
• The three enemies stood up, and Ruri mocked them and boasted about his strength and his village’s many geniuses.
• Ruri taunted the enemies that their force of fifty had nearly finished the fight, while the three enemies quietly agreed to stay alive and warn their main force.

Ruri tried to trick three enemy survivors into believing his group thought their main force numbered only fifty, hoping they would flee and lead them to it. Kakashi’s team waited for the enemies to escape so they could follow, while the three enemies prepared to look for a chance to warn their main force.

• One enemy said the three survivors had to escape and warn their main force, believing their enemies thought only fifty soldiers remained.
• Ruri recognized that the three enemies had taken his bait and believed his group knew there were only fifty of them.
• Uchiha Itachi asked Kakashi what Ruri meant, and Kakashi explained that the remark was meant to make the enemies confident enough to return to their main force.
• Kakashi told his three teammates to follow the enemies once they escaped and locate their main force.
• One enemy urged his teammates to find a chance to escape and warn their main force.

Ruri realized that one enemy was distracting him while the other two prepared to escape and alert their main force. After discovering that the two had become substitutes, he sent a Shadow Clone to Kakashi.

• The three enemies spread out after agreeing on a plan, and one challenged Ruri to fight them all.
• Ruri noticed the front enemy subtly signaling his teammates and guessed they intended to escape and warn their main force.
• Ruri pretended to believe the enemy's claim that they would fight to the death.
• Ruri used his Byakugan and discovered that the two enemies behind the front one were substitutes.
• Ruri created a Shadow Clone and sent it to Kakashi.

Kakashi and his team searched for the two enemies after Ruri warned them that the enemies had escaped using substitutes. Kakashi’s group found their trail and followed them, while Ruri stayed behind to face an enemy who expected reinforcements to turn the fight around.

• Ruri’s Shadow Clone warned Kakashi that the enemies had escaped using substitutes, then disappeared.
• Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi gathered their teammates and searched the area for the enemies’ trail.
• Kakashi’s group found the trail and followed the two enemies in silence.
• Ruri decided to focus on defeating the enemy in front of him.
• Kakashi taunted the enemy, who remained confident that his teammates would return with their main force.

Ruri defeated the last enemy after realizing he had understood Ruri’s plan too late, then killed the two substitutes. The battlefield was cleared of the three enemies.

• The last enemy declared that he and his companions would fight Ruri even if it cost them their lives.
• Ruri charged the enemy with two Rasengan, then revealed that he wanted to face the enemy’s main force rather than keep fighting him.
• The enemy understood Ruri’s intention too late and accepted his fate, and Ruri killed him with the Rasengan.
• Ruri turned to the two substitutes and killed them with his short blade, revealing them as pieces of wood.

Ruri rested beneath a tree after defeating an enemy, trusting Kakashi and the others to locate the enemy's main force. As he waited, he reflected on how different and less convenient life in the Hokage World was compared with his old world.

• Ruri noticed the defeated enemy's eyes were still open and joked that he had died without knowing his main force would help him.
• Ruri wondered how Kakashi and the others were doing and said he believed they would find the two enemies and uncover the enemy's main force.
• Ruri decided not to search for Kakashi and the others, walked to a nearby tree, and sat down to rest before the next fight.
• While resting, Ruri thought about the Hokage World's lack of vehicles and entertainment compared with his old world.

Ruri waited at the battlefield for Kakashi and the others to return after they followed two enemies to locate the enemy main force. He expected them to find it soon so the group could plan an attack and go home.

• Ruri reflected on the seven or eight years he had spent in this world and how he had grown used to life there.
• Uchiha Itachi and Uzuki Yugao followed two enemies, noting that the enemy main force had chosen a remote camp to avoid being spotted.
• Uchiha Itachi and Uzuki Yugao continued tracking the enemies to discover the main force's location.
• Ruri waited beneath a tree and reasoned that Kakashi and the others were following the two enemies toward the enemy camp.

Kakashi and his team followed two enemies to the hidden location of the enemy main force and discovered hundreds of troops. They decided to return to the earlier battle site to discuss a plan.

• Ruri grew impatient as he waited beneath the tree for Kakashi and the others to return.
• Kakashi, Uchiha Itachi, Yamato, and their teammates followed two enemies to a concealed camp containing hundreds of enemies.
• The two enemies rejoined their forces and appeared to report what had happened in the battle.
• Kakashi ordered the team to return to the earlier battle site so they could discuss a plan.
• On the way back, Uchiha Itachi and Uzuki Yugao discussed how the enemies had hidden their large force so far from the front line.

Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi found the Enemy Main Force’s hiding place after following two enemies and hurried back to report to Ruri. Ruri waited beneath a large tree, and Kakashi’s group was nearly back to him.

• Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi said the two enemies had led them to the Enemy Main Force’s hiding place.
• Kakashi said they needed to return to their frontline teammates and plan their tactics.
• Ruri grew impatient while waiting for Kakashi and the others, then sat beneath a large tree.
• Ruri wondered why the Enemy Main Force had hidden so far away and how the distance would affect attacks and retreats.
• Uchiha Itachi told Kakashi that they were nearly back to Ruri, and Kakashi said Ruri was probably resting.

Ruri waited alone after defeating an enemy while Kakashi, Uchiha Itachi, Uzuki Yugao, and Yamato praised his acting. To pass the time, he drew on the ground and remembered a cute girl from his college days whom he had never approached.

• Uzuki Yugao, Yamato, Uchiha Itachi, and Kakashi praised Ruri's performance while heading toward him.
• Ruri regretted waiting alone instead of searching for Kakashi and the others after killing the enemy.
• Ruri picked up a twig and began drawing in the dirt as he waited.
• Ruri remembered drawing near a girl in an art classroom during college and regretted never asking for her WeChat contact.
• Ruri reflected that he had avoided making friends in college, leaving him with few friends.

Ruri regretted wasting his college years, recalling how he had rejected attractive girls and lived lazily. Now determined to make the most of his new life, he resolved not to miss his chances again as Kakashi and the others approached his location.

• Ruri drew a rabbit in the ground and realized he still remembered the drawing skills he had learned as a child.
• Ruri recalled that girls at college had admired his drawing and that he had rejected even the pretty ones who wanted to get close to him.
• Ruri thought about how he had spent his college days alone, playing games and sleeping, and regretted his negative, lazy attitude.
• Ruri decided he would seize his opportunities in his new life, while Kakashi and the others neared his location.

Ruri waited alone by a large tree while Kakashi and his team returned from scouting the enemy. As the team approached, Ruri sensed dozens of people coming and recognized them as Kakashi and the others.

• Ruri leaned against a tree and reflected on how he wanted to live differently in this world.
• Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi discussed how long their round trip had taken and how quickly they could reach the enemy again.
• Kakashi told the team to update Ruri on the situation when they reunited with him.
• Ruri wondered why Kakashi and the others had taken so long to return.
• Ruri sensed dozens of people approaching and concluded that they were Kakashi and his team.

Ruri waited beneath a large tree for Kakashi and the others to return after they tracked two enemies to their hidden main force. The group prepared to attack, while Ruri remained skeptical of how difficult their hiding place was to spot.

• Ruri used his Byakugan to confirm Kakashi and the others were approaching.
• Kakashi told Ruri that tracking the two enemies had led them to the distant location of the main force.
• Uchiha said the enemies' hiding place would have been impossible to find without following them.
• Uzuki Yugao described the hideout as surrounded by mountains on three sides and covered by a huge rock.
• Ruri doubted that such a large group could remain hidden in a place he might pass by unnoticed.

Ruri and her companions identified the enemy’s main force by letting two survivors lead them there. Kakashi urged the group to prepare a quick strike before the enemy attacked.

• Ruri reassured Uzuki Yugao that she believed her description of the secluded area.
• Kakashi told Ruri and the others to return and plan an attack before the enemy struck first.
• Ruri and Uchiha Itachi discussed how the two enemy survivors had unknowingly led their group to the main force.
• Ruri and Itachi concluded that the enemy had failed to realize their survivors were being allowed to return.

Kakashi led Ruri, Uchiha Itachi, and Uzuki Yugao back toward their main force to discuss a plan with Ruri’s uncle and prepare an attack on the enemy. On the way, Ruri and Itachi talked about how much they missed home and its cooking.

• Kakashi told the group to return to their main force and discuss their plan before attacking the enemy.
• Ruri and Uchiha Itachi agreed that they wanted to finish the mission and go home soon.
• Uzuki Yugao teased Ruri and Itachi for being homesick after only a few days away.
• Ruri and Itachi said they missed home cooking, and Ruri promised to let Yugao try Aunt Meiling’s cooking after they returned.

Ruri, Uchiha Itachi, and Uzuki Yugao headed back to their main force after locating the enemy camp, planning to make an attack. Itachi confirmed that the enemy had no Jinchūriki and consisted only of low-level ninja.

• Uzuki Yugao and Uchiha Itachi agreed to try Aunt Meiling's cooking when they returned, and Ruri promised to arrange it.
• Ruri, Itachi, and Yugao hurried toward their main force after finding the enemy's remote hiding place.
• Ruri planned to make an attack with Uncle Hizashi and looked forward to fighting the enemy.
• Ruri asked Itachi whether he had seen any Jinchūriki among the enemy.
• Itachi said the enemy had no Jinchūriki and that none of its ordinary, low-level ninja was stronger than their group.

Ruri and his companions reached Hizashi Hyuga's headquarters after discussing the danger of Ruri losing control. They arrived together, with Ruri relieved that his companions had returned safely.

• Ruri agreed to stay alert and keep himself from going berserk, after Uzuki Yugao warned that no one could stop him if he lost control.
• Ruri thought to himself that he had to control his emotions as the group ran toward Hizashi Hyuga's location.
• Kakashi told everyone to slow down because they had reached their headquarters.
• Ruri told Uchiha Itachi that waiting alone for the group had felt frustrating and long.
• Uchiha Itachi and Uzuki Yugao explained that Ruri would have struggled to find them because they had erased their tracks.

Ruri, Uzuki Yugao, and Uchiha Itachi returned to the main force's camp, where Hizashi Hyuga and the others waited to discuss the plan. Ruri began telling Hizashi Hyuga that the enemies had been hiding in a remote, quiet location.

• Ruri, Uzuki Yugao, and Uchiha Itachi agreed to stay together so no one would be left waiting alone.
• The three of them reached the main force's camp and went inside with Kakashi and the others.
• Ruri greeted Hizashi Hyuga, who said he had been waiting and had considered going to look for them.
• Ruri drank some water and told Hizashi Hyuga that the enemies were hidden in a remote place and had made no sound.

Uzuki Yugao and Ruri confirmed that the enemy was hidden inside a hill a thousand meters northwest of their position. Ruri began explaining a plan to attack the larger but weaker enemy force.

• Uzuki Yugao agreed with Ruri that the enemy was well hidden and had left no trace.
• Kakashi told Hizashi Hyuga that the enemy was inside a small hill a thousand meters northwest.
• Hizashi Hyuga urged the group to discuss a plan to eliminate the enemy.
• Ruri offered to share an idea, and Hizashi Hyuga, Kakashi, and the others agreed to listen.
• Ruri said the enemy had far more soldiers, but his group was much stronger in combat.

Ruri proposed openly provoking the enemy at their headquarters, but Hizashi Hyuga and Kakashi warned that their smaller force could be overwhelmed. Kakashi suggested splitting their fighters into two equally strong squads, though the plan’s details remained unresolved.

• Ruri proposed going to the enemy headquarters and provoking them into attacking so the group could strike back together.
• Hizashi Hyuga pointed out that more than a hundred enemies could overwhelm Ruri, making his plan too reckless.
• Ruri reconsidered his approach and asked Kakashi for another idea.
• Kakashi proposed dividing their fighters into two squads to distract and split the enemy, with both squads equal in size and strength.

Kakashi proposed splitting the team to draw the enemy into two locations, but Ruri and Hizashi Hyuga warned that dividing their strength could leave them vulnerable. Uzuki Yugao suggested making one squad strong and the other weak, so the stronger squad could finish its fight and reinforce the weaker one.

• Kakashi explained that the two squads would draw the enemy into separate locations and attack them there.
• Ruri and Hizashi Hyuga pointed out that splitting the team would reduce its strength and make it vulnerable to the larger enemy force.
• The team fell silent to consider the problem.
• Uzuki Yugao proposed forming one strong squad and one weak squad, with the stronger group helping the weaker group after defeating its own enemies.
• Ruri and the others considered Uzuki Yugao's plan.