Chapter Summaries

Ruri’s training had greatly increased his speed and leg strength, allowing him to send an enemy flying through several trees. The badly injured opponent struggled to stand and demanded to know how Ruri had become so powerful.

• Ruri kicked an enemy away, sending him crashing through several large trees.
• The enemy captain watched Ruri with interest and believed he was still holding back his strength.
• Kakashi recognized that Ruri’s weighted training resembled Might Guy’s, though Ruri’s weights were much lighter.
• The other enemies reacted in astonishment to Ruri’s speed and strength, and their captain told them to watch quietly.
• The injured enemy struggled to his feet with multiple broken bones and asked Ruri how his strength and speed had increased so suddenly.

Ruri taunted the enemy after easily sending his teammate flying, and the enemy cut off his broken arm to prepare for a proper fight. The onlookers reacted to his self-amputation as he readied himself to face Ruri.

• Ruri coldly watched the enemy he had kicked away and dismissed his chances of winning.
• The enemy angrily challenged Ruri, who invited him to show his true strength.
• The enemy cut off his broken arm so it would not hinder him in the fight.
• Uzuki Yugao shut her eyes at the sight, while Kakashi explained why the enemy had amputated his arm.
• Yamato and Uchiha Itachi expressed surprise at the enemy's ruthlessness.

Ruri watched an enemy cut off his own broken arm and recognized that the man had done it to keep it from hindering his movements. The enemies discussed the choice as Ruri prepared to face the wounded man.

• Ruri admired the enemy’s resolve and said he would not have dared to cut off his own arm.
• The enemy dismissed the arm as useless and said nothing more about it.
• Two enemies questioned why their teammate had cut off his arm, while another explained that it would otherwise impede his speed and movements.
• The enemies stopped arguing and waited to see how the fight would continue.

Ruri continued fighting the one-armed ninja, who had suddenly regained his speed and strength after using what Ruri suspected was a Forbidden Technique. Their clash left Ruri realizing the enemy had reached Jonin level.

• Ruri urged the one-armed ninja to begin their fight, and the ninja warned him to prepare himself.
• The ninja vanished before Ruri finished speaking, and Ruri suspected he had used a Forbidden Technique to restore his broken bones.
• The ninja appeared behind Ruri, who turned and attacked him with a Rasengan.
• The ninja blocked the Rasengan with his long blade, producing a shower of sparks.
• The ninja withdrew his weapon to attack again, and Ruri remarked that his changed fighting style suggested he had reached Jonin level.

Ruri faced an enemy whose speed, strength, and fighting style had changed after using his clan’s Forbidden Technique. He defeated the enemy’s blade-wielding clones with Eight Trigrams Palm: Rotation, leaving him alone to fight again.

• The enemy charged Ruri with two blade-wielding clones, while Uchiha Itachi asked Uzuki Yugao about the resemblance between the enemy’s Ninjutsu and hers.
• Uzuki Yugao said the enemy’s technique looked similar to hers but had many weaknesses.
• Ruri used Eight Trigrams Palm: Rotation to block the enemy’s attacks from all directions.
• Ruri’s rotation dispersed both clones and stopped the enemy’s blades without injuring him.
• Ruri stopped spinning and told the enemy that his Ninjutsu might have killed him if he had not used the rotation technique.

Ruri confronted an enemy who had underestimated his abilities and claimed to have read his movements. Ruri appeared in two places at once and struck the enemy hard, leaving him crouched under the blow.

• The enemy admitted he had not investigated Ruri and his companions before attacking.
• Ruri warned the enemy that he would kill him and said he could work a miracle.
• Ruri vanished and reappeared beside the enemy, who claimed he had predicted Ruri's moves.
• Ruri appeared above the enemy as well, leaving him confused by the two apparent positions.
• Ruri kicked down onto the enemy's raised arms, forcing his knees into the ground and cracking them.

Ruri pinned the enemy down with his powerful legs and taunted him, while Kakashi and his team watched. The enemy smiled strangely, making Ruri suspect he had a hidden purpose or a final trump card.

• Ruri held the enemy down and claimed he rarely trained his legs, while the enemy questioned his strength.
• The enemy warned Ruri not to underestimate him, but Ruri challenged him to use another technique on Ruri’s home ground.
• Uchiha Itachi asked Kakashi how Ruri’s legs had become so strong, and Kakashi said he did not know.
• Uchiha Itachi watched Ruri and resolved to keep working hard so he could catch up to him.
• The enemy smiled despite being suppressed, and Ruri grew suspicious that he had another plan or a final trump card.

Ruri narrowly avoided a sneak attack when the enemy’s Summoning Beast suddenly appeared behind him. With his teammates ready to intervene, he confronted the enemy, who admitted his plan to stall Ruri until the ambush succeeded had failed.

• Uzuki Yugao warned Ruri to watch his back as the Summoning Beast appeared behind him.
• Ruri dodged aside and questioned how the Summoning Beast had approached without being noticed.
• Uchiha Itachi, Kakashi, Uzuki Yugao, and Yamato prepared to help Ruri.
• Ruri accused the enemy of using his smile to distract him while the Summoning Beast prepared an ambush.
• The enemy admitted he had miscalculated and had intended to stall Ruri until the ambush succeeded.

Ruri faced the badly injured enemy, who revealed that he still had an ultimate move. Kakashi and the others stood ready to intervene if Ruri was in danger.

• The enemy, unable to stand properly after Ruri shattered his knee, insisted that he and his partner would still kill Ruri.
• Ruri told the enemy he would defeat them himself and kept his Summoning Beast secret from Kakashi and the others.
• The enemy laughed, prompting Uchiha Itachi to question his confidence and Yamato to suspect he was preparing an ultimate move.
• Kakashi told the team to be ready to help Ruri, and they agreed to intervene if necessary.
• The enemy admitted he needed to use his ultimate move because he was covered in wounds, while Ruri vowed to defeat him and his remaining teammates.

Ruri and Kakashi watched the enemy merge with his Summoning Beast, which healed his injuries and replaced his missing arm. Ruri suspected the transformation required another Forbidden Technique, but neither he nor Kakashi understood how it was possible.

• The enemy spat out blood, then told his Summoning Beast to fight alongside him.
• The enemy formed Hand Seals and pressed his hands against the Summoning Beast, covering it with contracting runes.
• The Summoning Beast shrank, turned into thick liquid, and enveloped the enemy.
• The enemy's wounds healed, and the Summoning Beast formed a replacement for his missing arm.
• Ruri and Kakashi expressed surprise and questioned how the enemy could merge with a Summoning Beast that was not his own.

Ruri faced an enemy who merged with his Summoning Beast, becoming a werewolf with their combined strength. Kakashi and the others watched from nearby, ready to intervene if Ruri needed help.

• Itachi agreed that Kakashi's analysis of the enemy was strange.
• Yugao worried that the merged enemy was stronger, and Kakashi said they should wait nearby unless Ruri needed help.
• Ruri questioned why the enemy had not used his transformation sooner and acknowledged that their fight had become more difficult.
• The enemy revealed his werewolf-like appearance and claimed that Ruri could not defeat their combined strength.
• Ruri challenged the enemy to prove his strength, and the enemy prepared to fight alongside his Summoning Beast.

Ruri fought an enemy who had merged with his Summoning Beast, struggling to track the opponent’s speed and stealth. The enemy wounded Ruri from behind, but also spat blood, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Ruri was surprised by the enemy’s speed after the enemy merged with his Summoning Beast.
• Kakashi guessed that the enemy was using sneak attacks because it was his first time merging and he had not mastered his strength.
• The enemy appeared behind Ruri and clawed a large gash across his back.
• Ruri stumbled, then turned around and admitted he had failed to detect the attack.

Ruri struggled to locate an enemy who kept darting around after cutting a deep wound into his back. As the enemy taunted him and threatened to drain his blood, Ruri realized he needed a plan before the fight became a battle of attrition.

• Uzuki Yugao warned Kakashi, Uchiha Itachi, and Yamato that the enemy had attacked Ruri from behind and left a bleeding gash in his back.
• Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi wondered why Ruri had failed to notice the sneak attack despite his Byakugan, and Kakashi suggested Ruri had been careless.
• The enemy continued darting around Ruri and mocked him, claiming he would drain Ruri's blood and win without fighting head-on.
• Ruri struggled to pinpoint the enemy's location and worried that the enemy's fusion with his Summoning Beast made him stronger.
• Ruri tried to ignore the terrible pain from his deep back wound and urgently searched for a plan to avoid dying in a drawn-out fight.

Ruri used his Byakugan to detect the enemy’s next attack and prepared to counter it. He discovered that the enemy’s detached claw could attack independently while the enemy appeared behind him again.

• Ruri activated his Byakugan and searched his surroundings for the enemy’s chakra.
• Kakashi told Uchiha Itachi and Uzuki Yugao that Ruri had spotted the enemy with his Byakugan.
• Ruri turned toward the enemy and said its sneak attack would no longer work.
• The enemy’s detached sharp claw lunged at Ruri as the enemy appeared behind him.
• Ruri realized the claw had replaced the arm that the enemy Fei Summoning Beast had restored.

Ruri fought the enemy’s metal claw while revealing that he had prepared a surprise for the foe behind him. Two Shadow Clones appeared and struck the enemy with Rasengan, though his reaction left the outcome uncertain.

• Ruri clashed his short sword with the enemy’s claw, which extended its talons and sparked against his blade.
• The enemy reminded Ruri that he was behind him, and Ruri said he had prepared a big gift.
• Two Shadow Clones appeared behind the enemy, each holding two Rasengan.
• The clones rushed in from the front and rear and hit the enemy with their Rasengan.
• The enemy smiled and said he had not expected Ruri’s surprise.

Ruri disrupted the enemy’s chakra with Rasengan attacks from two Shadow Clones, leaving him unable to control or safely use it. The enemy still believed his tough body would protect him from Ruri’s short blade as Ruri prepared to kill him.

• The enemy dismissed the Shadow Clones’ attacks because they had caused no visible injuries.
• Ruri explained that the Shadow Clones’ Rasengan had thrown the enemy’s chakra into disarray and warned that forcing it could kill him.
• The enemy confirmed that his chakra was difficult to control but insisted Ruri could not defeat him with taijutsu or a short blade.
• Ruri raised his short blade and told the enemy he intended to kill him with it.

Ruri faced an enemy who had merged with his Summoning Beast and believed his hardened skin made him invulnerable. As the enemy charged, Ruri stayed confident in his short blade, while the enemy captain recognized that the blade was likely powerful and that Ruri was luring his opponent into a trap.

• The enemy laughed at Ruri’s threat and insisted that his metal-hard skin made him impossible to kill with a short blade.
• Ruri claimed that killing the enemy would be easy with the blade, which could absorb chakra, though the enemy did not know its power.
• The enemy charged at Ruri, drawing his weapon and boasting that his swordsmanship and Taijutsu would finish the fight.
• Ruri held his blade ready and warned the enemy that he would understand his danger only at death’s door.
• The enemy captain criticized the charging fighter for missing Ruri’s obvious ploy and suspected the short blade was powerful.
• Two team members asked the captain about the blade, and he angrily insisted that it must be special.

Ruri effortlessly dodged an enemy's Sword Aura after the enemy fused with his Summoning Beast, leaving the attacker and the watching Kakashi and others astonished. The enemy grew furious and prepared to attack again, while Ruri remained confident he would win.

• The enemy captain's teammates realized that Ruri's short sword was an exceptional weapon and worried about their captain facing him.
• The enemy charged Ruri and sent a cross-shaped Sword Aura toward him.
• Ruri shifted his feet and dodged the attack so subtly that only Kakashi could clearly follow the movement with his Sharingan.
• Yamato asked Kakashi whether the enemy's attack had missed, and Kakashi explained how Ruri had evaded it.
• Ruri told the stunned enemy that he could not win, but the enemy dismissed his words and vowed to attack again.

Ruri blocked an enemy’s blade with ice, but the impact cracked his defense and showed that Fire Mystery-Zero Degree could not fully stop attacks enhanced by a Summoning Beast. The enemy pulled back and mocked him, leaving Ruri aware that his technique had a limit.

• The enemy captain and the other ninjas reacted with surprise to Ruri’s precise dodge.
• Ruri taunted his opponent, who charged at him head-on instead of using a sneak attack.
• The enemy transformed an arm into a blade and slashed at Ruri.
• Ruri blocked the blade with ice formed from flames, but cracks spread through the ice.
• The enemy retreated, changed her blade-arm back into an arm, and mocked Ruri’s defense.

Ruri recognized that his opponent’s merged form was stronger than he was and that his ice could not withstand the enemy’s blade-like arm. He decided to exploit the enemy’s overconfidence by pretending he had run out of techniques and setting a trap.

• Kakashi explained that the enemy had merged with his Summoning Beast and learned to fight in that form, prompting Uzuki Yugao to worry about Ruri.
• The enemy’s blade-like arm cracked Ruri’s ice, and Ruri realized he was at a disadvantage and might be killed if he did not find a way to respond.
• The enemy taunted Ruri, assuming he had exhausted his Ninjutsu.
• Ruri pretended to be surprised that the enemy had guessed correctly, making the enemy laugh and grow more confident.