Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Naruto and Tsunayoshi tracked monsters to Aokigahara, where their trail vanished, and stumbled upon Yakuza torturing a man named Tosu. The chapter ended as Brother Kubo brought over a bucket of ice containing a severed hand and foot.

• Brother Kubo ordered two Yakuza to dig a deeper grave in Aokigahara.
• Brother Kubo kicked Tosu awake, accused him of knowing what happened to the missing young master, and beat him when he denied it.
• Uchiha Naruto and Tsunayoshi watched from hiding after the monsters’ scent disappeared in the forest.
• Brother Kubo continued torturing Tosu, who insisted he knew nothing.
• A Yakuza underling brought Brother Kubo an ice-filled bucket containing a severed hand and foot.

Brother Kubo tortured Tosu for information about the missing young master, but came to believe Tosu did not know where he was. He ordered Tosu buried alive and planned to question Tosu’s wife and daughter next.

• Brother Kubo threatened Tosu with a knife and demanded to know where the young master had gone.
• Two Yakuza underlings said Tosu seemed like an ordinary office worker who had been caught because the young master might have visited his daughter’s apartment.
• Brother Kubo decided Tosu probably did not know anything, but refused to let him go and cut off his ear.
• Brother Kubo kicked Tosu into a pit and ordered the underlings to bury him with his severed hand and foot.
• Brother Kubo said they would go question Tosu’s wife and daughter next.

Tosu Hideo was buried alive by the Matori Group after accidentally killing its young master and hiding the body to protect his daughter, Hua Ling, and his wife. As the group threatened his family and buried him, his severed hand crawled out of the soil with black tendrils attached.

• Tosu Hideo recalled finding bruises on Karei Tosu and discovering that her violent boyfriend was the young master of the Matori Group, who claimed to have killed other women.
• The drunk boyfriend found Tosu Hideo hiding in Karei Tosu’s apartment, then died after slipping and striking his head during their struggle.
• Tosu Hideo dismembered the body and hid the remains, but the Matori Group abducted and tortured him while demanding to know where their young master was.
• Brother Kubo ordered Tosu Hideo’s wife and daughter targeted, then struck him with a shovel and buried him alive with his severed hand.
• After the men left, Tosu Hideo’s severed hand crawled out of the dirt, its black tendrils reaching underground.

Tosu Hideo escaped from his grave in Aokigahara and discovered that black tendrils let him reattach his severed hand and foot. After stitching the limbs in place, he headed out to protect Reika and her mother from the Matori Group.

• Tosu Hideo woke beneath the dirt and used his moving severed hand to dig himself out.
• Tosu Hideo freed himself from his bindings and reattached his severed left hand with black tendrils.
• Tosu Hideo recovered his severed foot and ear from the soil, then reattached his foot, though it fell off when he moved.
• Tosu Hideo stitched his foot and left hand in place, making them secure enough to travel.
• Tosu Hideo set off through the forest to protect Reika and her mother from the Matori Group.

Tosu Hideo wandered lost through Aokigahara, where his strange black tendrils saved him from a brown bear. Following a stream, he found a Kamen Rider costume set beside a suicide victim’s remains.

• Tosu Hideo realized he had returned to the same spot in Aokigahara and struggled to cope with his injuries, thirst, and the cold.
• Tosu Hideo followed the sound of a stream and drank, startling a deer and drawing the attention of a brown bear.
• The brown bear approached Tosu Hideo, whose black tendrils burst from his left wrist and struck its nose, frightening it away.
• Tosu Hideo followed the stream downstream and found a shallow pit containing a skeleton, a shovel, sleeping pills, and an unopened rare Kamen Rider costume set.

Tosu Hideo found the remains of Mr. Moribe, read his suicide note, and promised to deliver the letter he had left for his daughter. After giving Mr. Moribe a makeshift burial, Tosu Hideo put on the dead man’s Kamen Rider costume and continued through Aokigahara toward the way out.

• Tosu Hideo found Mr. Moribe’s remains, a Kamen Rider costume, and two letters hidden beneath a shovel.
• Tosu Hideo read Mr. Moribe’s suicide note and learned that betrayal by his wife and the paternity test had driven him to despair.
• Tosu Hideo promised to deliver Mr. Moribe’s letter to his daughter when she came of age.
• Tosu Hideo covered Mr. Moribe’s remains with dirt and planned to call the police once he escaped Aokigahara.
• Tosu Hideo put on Mr. Moribe’s Kamen Rider costume, carried the letters, and followed the stream toward the way out.

Tosu Hideo struggled through Aokigahara, using his transformed body’s black tendrils to gather food as hunger and exhaustion wore him down. He encountered a white-haired monster that addressed him as Lord Bishop and asked about the monsters he had taken from Tokyo.

• Tosu Hideo used a detachable hand to collect wild berries, tested their juice on his skin, and ate them.
• Tosu Hideo caught a small fish with his black tendrils, cleaned it, and ate it raw.
• Tosu Hideo extended dozens of tendrils while searching the stream for more food.
• Tosu Hideo spotted a white-haired monster across the stream and wondered if it was a Mountain Hag.
• The white-haired monster called Tosu Hideo Lord Bishop and asked where the monsters from Tokyo were.

Uchiha Naruto used the Spirit Transformation Technique to control Tosu Hideo and infiltrate the monsters’ route to their sacred land beneath Mount Fuji. After following them underground, Naruto discovered a faint crimson barrier ahead.

• A white-furred monster mistook Tosu Hideo for Lord Bishop and questioned him about his delay and the missing monsters.
• Uchiha Naruto took control of Tosu Hideo, who claimed that Superhumans had killed the monsters and three of his clones.
• The white-furred monster rang a bell and led Tosu Hideo into the mouth of a giant underground creature to pass through King’s barrier around Mount Fuji.
• Uchiha Naruto’s Wood Clone followed them underground while Naruto dispelled his other clones and continued the infiltration.
• Naruto saw a faint crimson membrane of light on the route toward Mount Fuji and recognized it as a barrier.

Uchiha Naruto took control of Tosu Hideo’s body and entered the monsters’ sacred ground inside Mount Fuji. There he discovered forty-nine imprisoned monsters and learned that the monsters planned to sacrifice a hundred of them to create a god.

• Uchiha Naruto let Tosu Hideo believe he was the ghost of Mr. Moribe, then locked Tosu Hideo’s consciousness away.
• Uchiha Naruto learned that King had made an indestructible barrier around the sacred ground inside Mount Fuji and kept his Wood Clone outside to avoid triggering its alarm.
• The white-haired monster carried Uchiha Naruto through the barrier in a giant catfish monster and brought him to a vast cavern inside Mount Fuji.
• Uchiha Naruto counted forty-nine monsters imprisoned in cocoons hanging from the cavern walls.
• The white-haired monster explained that the monsters planned to sacrifice a hundred captives at the full moon so King could gain power and a god could be born.

Uchiha Naruto infiltrated the monster base inside Mount Fuji and learned that King was gathering a hundred monsters for a full-moon ritual to become a perfect monster. After discovering King was absent, Naruto possessed the monster warden Lance and entered the barrier in his real body, where he demanded information about King and the ritual.

• Uchiha Naruto learned from a white-furred monster that King needed a hundred monsters at Mount Fuji to perform a technique during the full moon.
• Lance caught Naruto, disguised as Tosu Hideo, in spider silk and questioned whether the white-furred monster had betrayed King.
• Naruto revealed himself, possessed Lance with the Spirit Transformation Technique, and bound the white-furred monster.
• Naruto used the giant catfish monster to carry his real body through the barrier into the Mount Fuji caverns.
• Naruto demanded that Lance provide information about King and the technique being prepared at Mount Fuji.

Uchiha Naruto learned that King planned to use the Gu Sorcery Technique during the full moon and decided to wait for him while secretly preparing to seize his Barrier Ninjutsu. Tosu Hideo escaped from Aokigahara and made it home, where he discovered a Yakuza was watching his family’s house.

• Uchiha Naruto used the Sharingan to interrogate two monsters and learned King was preparing the Gu Sorcery Technique for the full moon.
• Uchiha Naruto chose to wait for King, planted safeguards with Wood Clones, and arranged for Tosu Hideo to be left by a road outside Aokigahara.
• Tosu Hideo woke by the roadside, realized he had escaped, and tried to find a way home without money or a phone.
• Tosu Hideo rode in the back of a pickup truck to Shizuoka Prefecture and hurried toward his home.
• Tosu Hideo spotted one of the Yakuza who had abducted him keeping watch on the Tosu family’s home.

Brother Kubo and the Matori Group planned to kill the Tosu family and use them as scapegoats after burying Tosu Hideo. During their raid on the Tosu home, the Yakuza found a bag of broken bones and a human skull.

• A Yakuza reported that Tosu Hideo's wife and daughter had not noticed his disappearance after Mizushima sent his wife messages from Tosu's phone.
• Brother Kubo ordered Mizushima to tell Tosu's wife that Tosu would return at ten, then planned a raid on the family home.
• The Yakuza joked about Karei Tosu and discussed Brother Kubo taking over the Matori Group, before Brother Kubo warned them to keep quiet and prepare for the attack.
• At ten, Brother Kubo's masked men entered the Tosu home, bound the women inside, and searched the bedrooms and storage room.
• A Yakuza brought Brother Kubo a bag containing broken bones and a human skull.

Brother Kubo interrogated Karei Tosu and her mother about Nobuto Matori’s death, then prepared to take them away after declaring that Tosu Hideo was dead. A costumed Kamen Rider appeared at the house and restrained Brother Kubo with black tendrils, ordering the Yakuza to leave.

• Brother Kubo examined bones found in a storage compartment and said they belonged to an adult male.
• Brother Kubo threatened Karei Tosu and her mother while questioning Karei about Nobuto Matori’s death, but she denied knowing anything.
• Brother Kubo said Tosu Hideo was already dead and ordered his men to take the mother and daughter away.
• A costumed figure entered through the shattered living-room window, and a Yakuza identified his suit as Kamen Rider Ryuki’s tenth-anniversary collector’s edition.
• Brother Kubo recognized the figure as Tosu Hideo and attacked him with a dagger.
• The Kamen Rider bound Brother Kubo with black tendrils and ordered the Yakuza to leave.

Tosu Hideo used black tendrils to subdue Brother Kubo and free his wife and daughter, then chose to let the Yakuza go rather than risk killing them. As Brother Kubo left, he secretly drew a pistol and shot Tosu Hideo in the chest.

• Tosu Hideo bound Brother Kubo with black tendrils and warned the Matori Group Yakuza to leave.
• Tosu Hideo disarmed Brother Kubo and ordered the Yakuza to release Mrs. Tosu and her daughter.
• Brother Kubo promised to cover up the young boss's death, but Tosu Hideo distrusted him and released him anyway.
• Tosu Hideo told his family he would explain his powers and discuss whether they should flee or turn to the police.
• Brother Kubo drew a concealed Black Star Pistol and shot Tosu Hideo in the chest.

After Brother Kubo shot Kamen Rider, Tosu Hideo sank into darkness but accepted a mysterious being’s power to live without a heart so he could protect his family. He awoke with that power as a vast tentacled entity dragged him into the abyss.

• Brother Kubo shot Kamen Rider and ordered his men to seize Hua Ling and her daughter.
• As Tosu Hideo’s consciousness faded, he heard Brother Kubo threaten his family and fought to stay alive.
• A mysterious voice offered Tosu Hideo another chance at life, and he accepted even if it meant becoming a monster.
• Black tendrils wrapped around Tosu Hideo and dragged him into the abyss, where he glimpsed an immense being made of writhing tentacles.
• Tosu Hideo abruptly opened his eyes and muttered, “What becomes of a person without a heart?”

After being shot by Brother Kubo, Tosu Hideo revived with black tentacles and slaughtered the Yakuza attacking his family. He survived by replacing his destroyed heart with Brother Kubo’s, but his wife and daughter now feared him as a monster.

• Tosu Hideo rose after being shot and impaled the four Yakuza with black tentacles.
• Tosu severed Brother Kubo’s hand, bound him, and killed the remaining Yakuza.
• Tosu realized the tentacles had revealed that he could survive only by replacing his heart.
• Tosu tore out his bullet-damaged heart and removed Brother Kubo’s still-beating heart.
• The tentacles placed Brother Kubo’s heart in Tosu’s chest, and Tosu saw that his wife and daughter were terrified of him.

Tosu Hideo fled his home after Reika and her mother recoiled from his monstrous form, then attacked the Matori Group headquarters and killed its members. With the group nearly destroyed, he decided to go to Osaka to deliver a letter to Mr. Moribe's daughter.

• Tosu Hideo realized Reika and her mother feared his blood-covered, transformed body and left home to keep them from further danger.
• Karei Tosu begged him to stay, but Tosu Hideo denied being her father and escaped with the wounded bald Yakuza.
• Tosu Hideo interrogated the bald Yakuza and learned the location of the Matori Group headquarters.
• Tosu Hideo stormed the headquarters and slaughtered the Matori Group, including its boss.
• Tosu Hideo decided to go to Osaka and deliver a letter to Mr. Moribe's daughter in person.

Tosu Hideo escaped the police after wiping out the Matori Group, using a Kamen Rider double to draw officers away from the headquarters. Disguised with a stolen face, he headed for Osaka to deliver Mr. Moribe’s letters to his daughter.

• Tosu Hideo rejected surrendering to the police and used his tendrils to take a heart and peel the face from a corpse so he could disguise himself.
• A fire broke out at the Matori Group headquarters as Tosu Hideo’s Kamen Rider double emerged and drew the police into pursuit.
• The police chased the double to the Abe River Bridge, where officers shot it and watched it fall into the river.
• With the main police force lured away, Tosu Hideo slipped out of the headquarters in a black suit and fedora, wearing the changed face.
• Tosu Hideo set off for Osaka with Mr. Moribe’s letters, hoping to fulfill his last wish.

Uchiha Senmon’s investigation team identified Kamen Rider as Tosu Hideo and treated him as alive, while planning to protect his family and search for him. Tosu escaped Shizuoka on a Shinkansen in disguise, but after stopping an arsonist in Osaka, he drew attention from passengers who filmed him.

• Uchiha Senmon’s team identified Kamen Rider as Tosu Hideo and suspected he had faked his death in the Abe River.
• Uchiha Senmon ordered the Shizuoka police to protect Tosu’s wife and daughter, arrest remaining Matori Group members, and watch the routes out of the city.
• Tosu disguised himself with a stolen face and boarded a Shinkansen to Osaka, intending to deliver a letter to Mr. Moribe’s daughter.
• A knife-wielding arsonist set fire to a Shinkansen carriage near Osaka Station, and Tosu knocked him unconscious with one punch.
• Passengers filmed Tosu as he left the carriage, so he pushed through the crowd and fled.

Uchiha Naruto failed to merge Fire Style and Lightning Release to create a kekkei genkai, then abandoned the attempt in favor of seeking skill drops. He prepared a hot pot for lunch with his ninja dog Tsunayoshi, but Aunt Namiru arrived at the door.

• Uchiha Naruto considered giving Tosu Hideo Orochimaru-Style Ninjutsu but decided not to risk pushing him into despair.
• Uchiha Naruto attempted to combine Fire Style and Lightning Release in the Training Ground, but the resulting explosion made him realize that creating a kekkei genkai was too difficult and dangerous.
• Uchiha Naruto decided that hunting monsters for skill drops was a better way to acquire new release techniques than training to merge chakra natures.
• Uchiha Naruto rewarded Tsunayoshi with a large bone and prepared a lavish hot pot for lunch.
• Uchiha Naruto answered the door when Aunt Namiru arrived, and told her Senmon was not home.