Chapter Summaries

Tobi used his Sharingan and Fire-Rat Robe to drive Fire Cart away, then asked the Metropolitan Police Department to return the Buddha's Stone Bowl. The officers wondered whether Tobi's clan was connected to Great Bodhisattva Hachiman or Takemikazuchi, and Tobi approached Doctor Satomi to retrieve the bowl.

• Fire Cart's flames failed to harm Tobi because he wore a Fire-Rat Robe, and Tobi threatened him with his Sharingan.
• Fire Cart fled after Tobi told him to report their encounter to Great King Enma.
• Tobi asked the Metropolitan Police Department personnel to return the Buddha's Stone Bowl, while officers at headquarters recognized his eye from the earlier invasion.
• The Metropolitan Police Department's officers speculated that Tobi's Sharingan might connect him to Great Bodhisattva Hachiman or Takemikazuchi.
• Grace asked Tobi about his clan, but he said she could neither hear nor remember its name and walked toward Doctor Satomi.

Tobi failed to claim the Buddha's Stone Bowl and left it with the Metropolitan Police Department, promising to return for it later. Doctor Satomi woke without remembering Professor Kurokawa's possession and began healing Mrs. Kurokawa's wound with a faint blue glow.

• Tobi was thrown back by the Buddha's Stone Bowl's golden light, then failed to pick it up despite several attempts.
• Tobi said the bowl would rather acknowledge a mortal as its master and left it with the Metropolitan Police Department until he sought the other three items.
• Grace secured the Buddha's Stone Bowl while the officers awaited a helicopter.
• Doctor Satomi woke and confirmed he was himself, with no memory of being possessed by Professor Kurokawa.
• Doctor Satomi examined the unconscious Mrs. Kurokawa and reached out to heal her facial wound with glowing palms.

Doctor Satomi discovered that he had inherited Professor Kurokawa’s healing ability, while the Metropolitan Police Department secured Buddha’s Stone Bowl and launched a secret investigation into Kurokawa’s grave. The chapter ended with officers digging up the grave to investigate his ashes.

• Doctor Satomi healed Mrs. Kurokawa’s facial wound with a blue-glowing ability, and she mistook him for her husband, Shuichi Kurokawa.
• Grace reported Doctor Satomi’s newly revealed healing power to the Metropolitan Police Department, which sent helicopters to secure Buddha’s Stone Bowl and planned to escort Doctor Satomi separately.
• Metropolitan Police Department officers arrived at Gengaku Temple and searched the cemetery for Shuichi Kurokawa’s grave.
• The officers photographed the grave, collected soil samples, and persuaded the abbot to cooperate and keep their investigation secret in exchange for a check.
• After the abbot recited a passage from the Kshitigarbha Sutra, the officers dug open Professor Kurokawa’s grave.

The Metropolitan Police Department secretly exhumed Professor Kurokawa’s urn, replaced it with another, and warned the abbot to keep the operation secret. At the Expert Group’s base, officials debated Gengaku Temple’s connection to healing and Great King Enma while researchers struggled to date Buddha’s Stone Bowl.

• The officers recovered Professor Kurokawa’s urn, replaced it with an urn containing an unclaimed homeless man’s ashes, and restored the grave.
• The middle-aged officer warned the abbot to conceal the operation, especially from Satomi, and asked about reserving a burial plot at Gengaku Temple.
• The Expert Group discussed Gengaku Temple’s legend of Great King Enma healing an old woman and speculated about its connection to Professor Kurokawa’s healing ability.
• An official asked whether researchers had dated Buddha’s Stone Bowl, and the archaeologist explained that its age could not be determined.
• The archaeologist recalled how Shinichi Fujimura’s fabricated stone-tool discoveries had fooled Japan before his fraud was exposed.

The Metropolitan Police Department tested Buddha's Stone Bowl and confirmed that Doctor Satomi had gained a healing ability, while officials worried that Akatsuki and Tobi might come for the artifact. A United States general arrived and ordered the doctor and stone bowl prepared for transport to America.

• Researchers reported that Buddha's Stone Bowl had extraordinary properties and that Doctor Satomi's healing ability had improved a terminal cancer patient's condition.
• The Superintendent General praised the operation for securing the artifact and bringing Doctor Satomi under the Metropolitan Police Department's control.
• The Superintendent General warned that Akatsuki and Tobi might attack to take Buddha's Stone Bowl.
• Uchiha Senmon cautioned that Tobi's Sharingan might let him control minds and that many people knew the secret base's location.
• A United States general arrived and ordered the superpowered doctor and magical item prepared to leave for America.

General William pressured Japan to hand over the Buddha's Stone Bowl and Doctor Satomi, but Uchiha Senmon persuaded him to keep them in Japan and transfer them to Yokosuka instead. Elsewhere, Uchiha Naruto used an identical bowl to feed a dog.

• General William arrived with American soldiers and demanded that Japan send Doctor Satomi and the Buddha's Stone Bowl to the United States.
• Uchiha Senmon argued that Japanese knowledge of Buddhist culture and the risk of supernatural objects weakening outside Japan made the transfer unwise.
• General William consulted his commander, who agreed to keep the doctor and bowl in Japan but ordered them transferred to Yokosuka Port.
• The Superintendent General arranged the transfer, and General William praised the bowl while Japanese officials flattered him.
• Uchiha Naruto poured dog food into an identical stone bowl, and a dog came over to eat.

After flying home from the hospital, Uchiha Naruto reviewed his work with Doctor Satomi and prepared to track down the remaining members of Higuchi Orochi’s organization. He went to an animal adoption center to find a dog to help follow the scent on Higuchi Orochi’s severed hand, only to learn that adopting one required a fee or proof of a dog food order.

• Uchiha Naruto flew from the hospital to his residence in Nakano Ward using the Light-Weight Rock Technique and Wind Release.
• Uchiha Naruto reflected on using Doctor Satomi to improve his Medical Ninjutsu and to pass along what he saw and heard through their support link.
• Uchiha Naruto summoned Higuchi Orochi’s severed hand and decided to use its lingering scent to locate the monster organization’s remaining members.
• After finding Beast Mimicry Ninjutsu’s enhanced sense of smell unbearable, Uchiha Naruto decided to adopt a stray dog to track the scent for him.
• Uchiha Naruto visited an animal adoption center on April 30, where a staff member asked whether he had a dog food receipt or would pay the transfer fee.

Uchiha Naruto went to adopt a stray dog but balked at the required fee, then watched a clever yellow dog escape the animal center and later protect a child from a Tosa. After the dog fled injured into the park, Naruto found it and asked it to become his dog.

• Uchiha Naruto learned that adopting a dog required a thirty-thousand-yen fee and left the animal center without adopting one.
• A little yellow dog faked its death to escape the animal center and ran to a nearby park.
• A black Tosa charged at a little girl, and the yellow dog intervened to draw its attention away from her.
• The Tosa's owner struck the yellow dog with a stone, but Crow One dropped bird droppings into the man's mouth and the Tosa fled.
• The injured yellow dog hid in the park, where Uchiha Naruto appeared using Transparent Release and asked it to be his dog.

Uchiha Naruto adopted a wounded stray dog, healed and cleaned it, and named it Tsunayoshi. He planned to make the dog work by helping him hunt down the organization's remnants.

• Uchiha Naruto healed the little yellow dog's wound and offered it dog food in a stone bowl.
• The little yellow dog ate the food, and Uchiha Naruto washed it with Water Release: Wild Bubble Wave.
• Uchiha Naruto declared the dog his and considered several names before settling on Tsunayoshi.
• Uchiha Naruto told Tsunayoshi that its future meals would depend on how hard it worked.

Uchiha Naruto turned Tsunayoshi into a summoned beast and used its scent-tracking ability to follow Higuchi Orochi’s severed hand to a heavily guarded estate in central Tokyo. After infiltrating the estate, he learned that two human scents were present, one nearby, as Toshio struggled through a punishing workout under his butler Kurosaki’s orders.

• Uchiha Naruto released Tsunayoshi from his shoulder bag among the ruins of Gokokuji Temple’s side hall and told him to track Higuchi Orochi’s scent.
• Tsunayoshi sniffed Higuchi Orochi’s severed hand and found the monster’s trail, earning a piece of ham sausage from Uchiha Naruto.
• Uchiha Naruto followed Tsunayoshi’s trail to a lavish estate in Chiyoda Ward, near the Imperial Palace, and infiltrated it using his techniques.
• Uchiha Naruto found a banner reading “One percent” in the estate’s tea room, while Tsunayoshi detected Higuchi Orochi’s scent and the scents of two humans, one nearby.
• Toshio struggled on a treadmill as Kurosaki insisted he complete his scheduled training before dinner or risk losing his status as heir.

Young Master Toshio was forced into an exhausting fitness regimen while Butler Kurosaki concealed the chairman’s plan to sacrifice him for Higuchi Orochi’s Technique of Eternal Youth and Immortality. As Kurosaki tried to make him resume exercising, three black tomoe appeared in Kurosaki’s eyes.

• Young Master Toshio struggled through a strict exercise and diet regimen after the chairman recalled him to Japan and restricted his freedom.
• Young Master Toshio suspected the chairman was worried about his health, while Kurosaki supervised him and kept the true plan secret.
• Kurosaki recalled that the chairman had killed his eldest son after discovering the chairman’s affair with his daughter-in-law, then concealed the death as an accident.
• Kurosaki decided that Young Master Toshio was the ideal blood relative to sacrifice for the Technique of Eternal Youth and Immortality.
• Kurosaki questioned Young Master Toshio when he stopped exercising, and three black tomoe appeared in Kurosaki’s eyes.

Uchiha Naruto learned from Butler Kurosaki about the Black Emperor Society’s crimes and Chairman Hyodo’s pursuit of immortality through Higuchi Orochi. After discovering Hyodo was at the Palace of Bliss, Naruto prepared to go there, leaving Tsunayoshi behind and transforming himself to resemble Toshio.

• Uchiha Naruto hypnotized Butler Kurosaki and Toshio, then learned how the Hyodo Family had grown wealthy and powerful as leaders of the Black Emperor Society.
• Butler Kurosaki revealed the society’s cooperation with Higuchi Orochi, including supplying people for experiments and helping him pursue the Technique of Eternal Youth and Immortality.
• Uchiha Naruto concluded that Higuchi Orochi had deceived Chairman Hyodo with a false promise of immortality.
• Butler Kurosaki told Uchiha Naruto that Chairman Hyodo was at the Palace of Bliss, where a special show was being held daily during Golden Week.
• Uchiha Naruto made Tsunayoshi transparent and sent him away from the estate before heading to the Palace of Bliss.
• Uchiha Naruto studied Toshio’s appearance and used the Transformation Technique.

Uchiha Naruto drove a Ferrari from the Hyodo estate toward Isumi District, shaking off the security cars that followed him. On a mountain road, he encountered a crowd gathered around two sports cars, which sped downhill as he approached.

• Toshio argued with the Hyodo Family guards until Head Butler Kurosaki allowed him to leave, then drove out alone in the Ferrari.
• Uchiha Naruto noticed several black sedans tailing him and sped away from them once traffic thinned.
• Uchiha Naruto drove toward Isumi District, speeding through Tokyo and into Chiba Prefecture while a traffic officer watched him pass.
• Uchiha Naruto scraped the Ferrari against a guardrail while drifting around a mountain bend, where a group of young people filmed him.
• Uchiha Naruto reached the summit and approached two waiting sports cars, but they accelerated downhill, and someone in the black Porsche 911 GT2 RS gave him the middle finger.

Uchiha Naruto joined a mountain street race and used the Light-Weight Rock Technique to make his Ferrari California overtake the rival cars in an impossible airborne maneuver. After crossing the finish line, the Ferrari caught fire, but the spectators found its driver’s seat empty.

• Uchiha Naruto followed the black Porsche and white McLaren through the downhill race, struggling to match their drifting.
• The McLaren overtook the Porsche by driving through the mountain road’s drainage gutter at a bend.
• Uchiha Naruto used the Light-Weight Rock Technique to strip weight from his Ferrari and rapidly close the gap.
• Uchiha Naruto’s Ferrari flew over the five hairpin bends and the other cars, then landed beyond them and crossed the finish line.
• The Ferrari burst into flames, and spectators extinguished the fire only to discover that Uchiha Naruto was gone.

Uchiha Naruto burned the Ferrari California after driving it toward the Palace of Bliss, then flew to the mountain villa and entered using a gilt invitation. Inside the casino, he surveyed its lavish attractions and focused on the pachinko machines.

• Uchiha Naruto set the Ferrari California ablaze and flew toward the Palace of Bliss.
• Uchiha Naruto landed near the mountain villa and approached its entrance in Toshio's form.
• A wealthy businessman recognized Uchiha Naruto and approached, but backed off when Naruto told him to get lost.
• Uchiha Naruto showed a gilt invitation to the guards and entered the Palace of Bliss.
• Uchiha Naruto looked around the casino and turned his attention to the pachinko machines.

Uchiha Naruto explored the Palace of Bliss casino and tried its expensive pachinko machines while waiting for Chairman Hyodo’s special program. After quickly losing nearly all his steel balls, he decided to use Magnet Release.

• Uchiha Naruto surveyed the casino’s cameras, guards, and attendants before choosing to pass the time at the pachinko machines.
• A girl in a qipao explained that each steel ball cost one hundred yen, and Uchiha Naruto exchanged ten thousand yen for a box of them.
• Uchiha Naruto played pachinko while the girl watched, but he used up almost all the steel balls in less than three minutes.
• Uchiha Naruto frowned at his losses and activated Magnet Release.

Uchiha Naruto won more than ten million yen at pachinko using Magnet Release, then encountered the high-stakes King of the Swamp machine. After hearing a warning about its dangers, he left his winnings behind and continued into the casino.

• Uchiha Naruto used Magnet Release to win continuously at a pachinko machine until the game bored him.
• Uchiha Naruto found a copper special ball from the King of the Swamp among the scattered steel balls.
• The girl in the cheongsam explained that the King of the Swamp cost 4,000 yen per ball and paid out 500 million yen, then warned Uchiha Naruto to avoid it.
• Uchiha Naruto decided not to play the King of the Swamp and gave his winnings, worth more than ten million yen, to the girl in the cheongsam.
• Uchiha Naruto left the pachinko area, accepted a whisky from a waitress, and took his first drink in this lifetime.

Uchiha Naruto indulged in food and drink at the Palace of Bliss before heading toward its restricted VIP passage to confront Chairman Hyodo. After using his assumed identity as Young Master Toshio to get past the guards, he ordered the casino’s surveillance shut down and its footage destroyed.

• Uchiha Naruto watched gamblers lose fortunes at the casino and grew more determined to kill Chairman Hyodo.
• Uchiha Naruto ate and drank while reflecting that he could easily win money with ninjutsu, but had come to unleash violence instead.
• A girl in a qipao brought Uchiha Naruto the chips he had won, and he gave her one worth a million.
• Uchiha Naruto headed for the restricted VIP passage and persuaded the bodyguards to let him through by posing as Young Master Toshio.
• Uchiha Naruto ordered the bodyguards to shut down every surveillance device in five minutes and destroy that day's footage.

Chairman Hyodo gathered senior members of the Black Emperor Society for dinner and revealed that their rare main course was a living monster. The guests recoiled when it attacked the tank, but Hyodo assured them that monsters tasted wonderful.

• Chairman Hyodo woke from a nap and joked with Hosoda, whose stomach kept rumbling as the guests waited for dinner.
• Chairman Hyodo announced he had prepared a rare ingredient and had men wheel a large, water-filled object into the dining room.
• Chairman Hyodo uncovered a tank containing a small octopus-like monster, shocking the Black Emperor Society's senior members.
• The frightened monster spat black ink at the glass, but the 200 mm bulletproof tank held firm.
• Chairman Hyodo declared that the monster would be their main course and insisted that monsters tasted wonderful.

Chairman Hyodo made the Black Emperor Society’s senior members eat sashimi cut from a captive octopus monster, which he repeatedly regenerated using special meatballs. The feast took a horrifying turn when a member discovered a human fingernail embedded in one of the meatballs.

• The little octopus monster tried to escape its tank, but Chairman Hyodo used an electric current to knock it unconscious.
• Chairman Hyodo ordered a chef to slice the monster’s tentacles and serve them as sashimi, then ate first and urged the other Black Emperor Society members to follow.
• Vice Chairman Hosoda choked on a tentacle but swallowed it with wine and praised the monster sashimi.
• Chairman Hyodo said the monster could regenerate its tentacles and had a bodyguard feed it a meatball to make them grow back.
• A senior member of the Black Emperor Society found a human fingernail embedded in a meatball and realized it was made of human flesh.