Chapter Summaries

Ruri faced an enemy who had taken two Banned Drugs and gained tremendous strength, while Uzuki Yugao moved to hold back another enemy. The chapter ended with Ruri confronting the drug-enhanced foe and recognizing that his power came from stacking the drugs' effects.

• Uzuki Yugao sensed Ruri's enemy's sudden increase in power and asked Ruri what had happened.
• Ruri explained that the enemy had taken two Banned Drugs, and Uzuki Yugao worried that he was stronger than Ruri.
• Ruri asked Uzuki Yugao to keep the other enemy from interfering, and she agreed and charged into battle against him.
• Ruri told the drug-enhanced enemy that he had never seen anyone take two Banned Drugs at once and suspected their effects had been stacked.
• The enemy stayed silent, furious and steaming from the heat of the drugs.

Ruri faced an enemy whose strength and speed had surged after taking two pills, and he realized the drug’s effects would last only a short time. The enemy struck him hard enough to send him flying, leaving Ruri injured and in a difficult position.

• The enemy vowed to kill Ruri and admitted he would die once the drug wore off.
• Ruri warned that the enemy’s enhanced state would last only briefly.
• The enemy vanished and circled Ruri at extreme speed, while Ruri used his Byakugan to search for him.
• The enemy appeared beside Ruri and landed a heavy punch despite Ruri blocking it with both hands.
• Ruri was sent flying and spat out blood, stunned by the power the enemy gained from taking two pills.

Ruri’s Rasengan barely harmed the enemy, who grabbed him and hurled him into a boulder, leaving him badly injured. Seeing Ruri fly through the air, Uzuki Yugao unleashed her potential and defeated the opponent she was fighting.

• The enemy warned Ruri to surrender, but Ruri refused and vowed to kill him even if he died.
• Ruri rushed the enemy and struck his chest with a Rasengan, but it caused only minor burns.
• The enemy grabbed Ruri’s ankle, spun him around, and threw him through several trees into a boulder.
• Ruri spat out a large mouthful of blood as Uzuki Yugao cried out when she saw him sent flying.
• Uzuki Yugao vanished and instantly defeated the enemy she was fighting.

After Ruri was badly injured by an unusually powerful enemy, Uzuki Yugao reached him while Kakashi and the others fought elsewhere. Yugao helped Ruri stand and told him to rest while she tested the enemy’s strength.

• Uzuki Yugao killed her opponent and hurried toward Ruri as Kakashi noticed the powerful enemy near him.
• Kakashi suspected the enemy had taken banned drugs, then sent Uchiha Itachi and Yamato back to finish clearing the battlefield.
• Uzuki Yugao found Ruri injured, and he assured her that he could still fight while warning her about the enemy.
• Uzuki Yugao helped Ruri stand and told him to rest while she exchanged blows with the enemy.

Uzuki Yugao went to fight the enemy who had taken two banned-drug pills while Ruri stayed back to recover. Her ordinary weapon could not hurt the enemy, and she retreated after he mocked her weak attacks.

• Ruri warned Uzuki Yugao that the enemy was exceptionally strong, but she insisted on fighting him first and promised to retreat if necessary.
• Ruri cautioned Uzuki Yugao to be careful because the enemy had taken two banned-drug pills, and she approached him.
• The enemy mocked Uzuki Yugao and called her cute as she charged at him without replying.
• Uzuki Yugao struck the enemy repeatedly, but her weapon failed to leave any marks on his body.
• Uzuki Yugao retreated after realizing her attacks could not hurt the enemy, who mocked her for barely feeling them.

Ruri sought a way to grow stronger temporarily so he could defeat the enemy threatening Uzuki Yugao. Ring Butler Zero gave him a pill that would boost his strength briefly, and Ruri returned to the real world ready to use it.

• Uzuki Yugao struggled to damage the enemy with her weapon while Ruri recovered and entered the Ring.
• Ruri asked Ring Butler Zero for a way to increase his strength quickly.
• Ring Butler Zero produced a pill that would temporarily boost Ruri’s strength and leave him tired for an hour afterward.
• Ruri accepted the pill, left the Ring, and looked at it with a slight smile.

Ruri swallowed a pill that caused intense pain but greatly increased his strength and healed his injuries. After finding Uzuki Yugao wounded from fighting the enemy, he gave her medicine and stepped in to face the enemy himself.

• Ruri swallowed the pill and endured a minute of pain as his strength increased and his injuries healed.
• Ruri discovered that the pill's boost was temporary and blamed Ring Butler Zero for its painful side effects.
• Uzuki Yugao continued fighting the enemy despite being badly wounded.
• Ruri stopped Uzuki Yugao from attacking, thanked her, and told her to rest while he took over.
• Ruri gave Uzuki Yugao medicine for her wounds and walked toward the enemy.

After taking the medicine, Ruri’s strength and speed surged, allowing him to send the enemy flying with a punch. He prepared to press his advantage and finish the fight while Uzuki Yugao watched in surprise.

• Uzuki Yugao watched Ruri approach the enemy and silently worried about his safety as she held the medicine.
• Ruri told the enemy he had to thank him, then vanished and appeared in front of him at startling speed.
• Ruri struck the enemy with half his strength, sending him flying several meters and revealing that the enemy’s defenses were vulnerable.
• The enemy stared in disbelief at his trembling arms, while Ruri marveled at the medicine’s effects.
• Uzuki Yugao stopped applying the medicine in surprise, and Ruri confidently prepared to keep attacking and finish the enemy.

Ruri used his improved strength and Rasengan to injure the enemy and disrupt his chakra. The enemy struggled back to his feet and demanded to know how Ruri had become so powerful, but Ruri mocked him instead.

• Ruri traded blows with the enemy and struck him hard enough to send him flying and spitting blood.
• Ruri appeared beneath the airborne enemy and drove a Rasengan into his back, making him convulse.
• The Rasengan held the enemy in place until Ruri moved aside and the enemy crashed to the ground with severe burns and disrupted chakra.
• The enemy struggled to his feet and angrily asked how Ruri had become so powerful.
• Ruri refused to reveal his secret and taunted the enemy for asking.

Ruri confronted an enemy who recovered his chakra and formed a hard earth shield over his arms. Ruri enlarged his short blade with chakra and met the enemy in a clash, leaving the shield’s strength untested.

• Uzuki Yugao wondered how Ruri’s strength had grown so much, then decided to trust him.
• Ruri saw with his Byakugan that the enemy had restored the flow of his chakra.
• The enemy formed clods of earth into a protective shield over his arms and taunted Ruri.
• Ruri charged with a short blade enlarged into a cleaver, and the two collided.

Ruri fought an enemy who blocked his attacks with a hardened arm shield and Earth Release. After the enemy vanished behind an earthen wall, he reappeared above Ruri, and Uzuki Yugao warned Ruri to watch out.

• Ruri struck the enemy's arm shield with his cleaver, discovered it was extremely hard, and retreated.
• Ruri formed hand seals and attacked with a large fireball, but the enemy raised an earthen wall to block it.
• Uzuki Yugao worried about the enemy's reflexes as Ruri searched for him after he disappeared.
• The enemy appeared above Ruri, and Uzuki Yugao shouted a warning that he was directly overhead.

Ruri fought an enemy who had tried to ambush him, gradually gaining the upper hand as his strength continued to increase. The enemy summoned enormous, sharp rocks with a Ninjutsu, leaving Ruri wondering what the move was.

• Uzuki Yugao warned Ruri about the enemy above him, and Ruri spotted him and stepped aside.
• The enemy abandoned his planned sneak attack, transformed his shield into a stone blade, and charged Ruri.
• Ruri transformed his short blade into a large cleaver and traded blows with the enemy, gradually overpowering him.
• The enemy blasted Ruri backward, threatened to kill him, and formed hand seals to summon enormous sharp rocks from the ground.
• Ruri wondered what the unfamiliar Ninjutsu was as the enemy raised his hands and the rocks spun above his head.

Ruri faced an enemy’s barrage of sharp stones and realized that his long sword offered a better chance of survival than his heavy cleaver. Uzuki Yugao could not stand to help him, leaving Ruri to face the attack alone.

• The enemy taunted Ruri and launched a seemingly inescapable barrage of sharp stones at him.
• Uzuki Yugao tried to rise and help Ruri but discovered that her injured legs would not support her.
• Ruri saw the stones closing in and changed his weapon from a large cleaver to a long sword so he could move more nimbly.

Ruri dodged and sliced through the enemy’s rock attacks while taunting him, leaving the enemy furious and preparing a stronger assault. Uzuki Yugao watched from the sidelines as the fight escalated.

• Ruri changed his large cleaver into a lighter long blade and dodged the rocks flying at him.
• The rocks smashed through a cluster of trees, and Ruri narrowly avoided a sudden volley by chopping it apart.
• The enemy acknowledged that Ruri had lasted against him and warned that the main event was beginning.
• Ruri insulted the enemy by calling himself his grandpa, confusing the enemy and making Uzuki Yugao nearly laugh.
• The enemy grew enraged and shattered the rocks above him into tiny pieces.

Ruri used Rotation to deflect an enemy’s pebble barrage, but the pebbles eventually pierced the barrier and wounded him. He realized the stones carried chakra as the attack continued to pass through his body.

• The enemy broke the rocks overhead into fast, densely packed pebbles and launched them at Ruri.
• Uzuki Yugao worried about how Ruri would handle the attack, while Ruri said he could block the pebbles.
• Ruri used Rotation to deflect the first wave of pebbles with his Eight Trigrams Palm Barrier.
• The chakra-infused pebbles penetrated Ruri’s barrier and left wounds on his body.
• Ruri stopped spinning and discovered that three pebbles had pierced his arms and lower leg.

Ruri’s chakra-coated pebble wounds left him near the end of the pill’s effects, so he rushed to defeat the enemy before his strength faded. He struck the enemy from behind, but the enemy retaliated with a rapid barrage of punches.

• The enemy taunted Ruri after his chakra-coated pebbles pierced the Eight Trigrams Palm Barrier and wounded him.
• Ruri realized the pill’s effects were nearly gone and decided he had to finish the fight quickly.
• The enemy lowered the rocks above his head and mocked Ruri for reaching his limit.
• Ruri appeared behind the enemy and attacked with lightning-covered hands, inflicting many wounds.
• The enemy turned and threw dozens of punches at Ruri, who blocked them with his arms.

Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi finished clearing the battlefield while Ruri fought a difficult enemy, and both fighters neared their limits. Uzuki Yugao feared Ruri would be unable to hold out much longer and looked toward Kakashi’s group.

• Uchiha Itachi urged Kakashi to eliminate the remaining enemies so they could help Ruri.
• Kakashi agreed that Ruri’s opponent was troublesome, and Uchiha Itachi hurried back into the fight.
• Ruri and his enemy, both wounded and exhausted, exchanged taunts about their strength and the drug sustaining the enemy.
• Ruri charged at the enemy, who drew his weapon and attacked him.
• Uzuki Yugao worried that Ruri had reached his limit and checked on Kakashi’s side of the battle.

After Kakashi's group defeated the remaining enemies, Kakashi, Uchiha Itachi, and Yamato hurried to help Ruri fight a powerful woman. Ruri and the enemy continued their fierce battle as his reinforcements approached.

• Uchiha Itachi asked Kakashi to help Ruri after the group finished off the remaining enemies.
• Kakashi, Uchiha Itachi, and Yamato set out for Ruri while their teammates stayed behind to clean up the battlefield.
• Uzuki Yugao saw the three approaching and hoped their arrival would improve Ruri's chances.
• The enemy taunted Ruri for looking exhausted, but Ruri struck her and kicked her away.
• The enemy stopped herself and laughed as the fight continued.

Ruri and the last enemy wounded each other in a final clash, leaving both badly hurt. Uzuki Yugao treated Ruri while he insisted he could keep fighting, and he ended the chapter by raising his middle finger at the enemy.

• Ruri and the enemy charged past each other, each striking the other with a weapon.
• The enemy dropped to his knees with a serious arm wound, while Ruri suffered a deep wound in his abdomen and spat blood.
• Uzuki Yugao ran to Ruri, examined his wound, and warned him that he could not keep fighting.
• Uzuki Yugao had Ruri lie with his head on her lap and began treating his wound.
• Ruri told Uzuki Yugao he could still fight, then raised his middle finger at the injured enemy.

Ruri and Uzuki Yugao held off an enemy until Kakashi and his two companions arrived. Ruri left the fight to Kakashi’s group as Uchiha Itachi told the enemy that all his teammates had been killed.

• The enemy threatened Ruri, who taunted him about his fallen teammates.
• Uzuki Yugao told Ruri to rest and stay still while Kakashi and the others approached.
• Kakashi arrived with two companions and told Ruri and Uzuki Yugao to rest while they dealt with the enemy.
• Ruri wished Kakashi luck, and Kakashi’s group turned to face the enemy.
• Uchiha Itachi confirmed that they had killed all the enemy’s teammates, and the enemy laughed at how easily they had fallen.