Chapter Summaries

Habara helped Shisui recover from his fear about Danzo and the danger his Mangekyo ability posed to him and the Uchiha clan. Shisui regained his resolve, but Habara’s attempt to cheer him up ended with him handing Shisui an unexpected book.

• Shisui worried that Danzo would seize his eyes if he learned about his Mangekyo ability, putting Shisui and the Uchiha clan in danger.
• Habara took Shisui into Konoha and gave him a book, then explained that he had told him the truth so they could work together to protect the clan.
• Habara proposed that they supervise each other as Clan Head and Vice Clan Head so neither would become like the evil they opposed.
• Shisui promised to face the future in better condition and accepted Habara’s plan.
• Shisui looked at the book Habara had given him and realized it was Icha Icha Paradise.

After returning from the mission, Habara let Shisui handle the report, Raiga's sword, and talks with the Uchiha elders while he sampled Icha Icha Paradise and reflected on his Mangekyō's power. As he set out to eat and train, he ran into his former teammate Nara Yoshino.

• Shisui offered to report the mission, arrange for Raiga's Ninja Sword to be reforged, and contact Uchiha allies and elders.
• Habara read Icha Icha Paradise in the street, disliked Jiraiya's writing, and considered writing comics himself.
• Habara reflected on the Mangekyō's boost to his Chakra and decided to train his swordsmanship while avoiding overuse of his dojutsu.
• Habara heard someone call his name and recognized his former teammate, Nara Yoshino.

Shisui told Uchiha Zong that the Uchiha Clan needed unity and proposed removing Uchiha Fugaku as clan head. He credited Habara with changing his view of the clan and village, and revealed that Habara had the Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Shisui told Uchiha Zong that the clan was divided and blamed Uchiha Fugaku's leadership for its disunity.
• Uchiha Zong warned that removing Fugaku would amount to a coup and questioned who could replace him.
• Shisui argued that ordinary Uchiha granted leaders their power through obedience and could reject the hard-line faction.
• Shisui explained that the clan needed to unite and make Konoha hear its political demands or face greater danger.
• Shisui said Habara had taught him to understand the situation and declared Habara his choice to lead the clan, revealing that Habara had the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Habara met his former teammate Nara Yoshino at Ichiraku Ramen, where they caught up over a meal. When Naruto arrived, Yoshino warned Habara not to show him sympathy because of his special identity and the Nine-Tails incident.

• Habara ran into Nara Yoshino at Ichiraku Ramen and joined her for a meal.
• Yoshino treated Habara and explained that she had declined work in the Department of Government Affairs, preferring an easier position at the school.
• Naruto entered the ramen shop, drawing warm attention from Ichiraku and frowns from the other diners.
• Habara and Yoshino discussed Naruto's difficult circumstances, and Yoshino warned Habara to be cautious because of Naruto's identity.

Naruto celebrated making friends with Shikamaru and Choji at Ichiraku Ramen, where Teuchi encouraged his dream of becoming Hokage. A kind stranger paid for Naruto’s meal and left him with a question about whether acknowledgment came before becoming Hokage; Naruto learned the stranger was Uchiha Habara.

• Naruto ordered ramen from Teuchi and told him that he had made friends with Shikamaru and Choji after they played together and were punished for skipping class.
• Ayame warned Naruto that skipping class could jeopardize his chances of becoming a ninja, but Teuchi congratulated him and encouraged his dream of becoming Hokage.
• Uchiha Habara asked Naruto whether becoming Hokage earned someone acknowledgment or whether gaining acknowledgment made someone Hokage, and Naruto remembered the question.
• Naruto finished his ramen and learned from Teuchi that Uchiha Habara had paid for his meal.
• Naruto asked the name of the kind stranger, and Teuchi identified him as Uchiha Habara.

After Habara befriended Naruto, Nara Yoshino warned him that his clan's worsening relationship with Konoha put him in danger and advised him to leave the village. Habara returned to the Uchiha Clan, where Shisui told him an elder wanted to see him.

• Nara Yoshino scolded Habara for getting involved with Naruto, the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki, but Habara reassured her that he knew what he was doing.
• Habara teased Yoshino about Shikamaru skipping class, and Yoshino clarified that Shikamaru was her cousin.
• Nara Yoshino quietly advised Habara to avoid clan affairs and consider taking a long-term mission outside Konoha as tensions between the Uchiha and the village worsened.
• Habara thanked Yoshino and headed back to the Uchiha Clan's Clan Land, eager to learn how Shisui's meeting with the elder had gone.
• Shisui was waiting at the clan entrance and told Habara that the elder wanted to see him.

Habara met with Uchiha Zong to discuss his plans for uniting the Uchiha Clan and removing its clan head. He used the power of his Mangekyō Sharingan to confirm that Zong wanted to see it for himself.

• Shisui brought Habara to Uchiha Zong’s residence and waited outside while Habara entered.
• Habara stood over Uchiha Zong before sitting down, while Zong weighed Shisui’s claim that Habara had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Zong asked Habara to explain his plans to force the clan head from power and reunite the clan.
• Habara released his destructive chakra and said Zong wanted to confirm that he possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Habara opened his scarlet eyes, revealing the rotating triangular pattern of the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Habara challenged Uchiha Zong to abandon compromise and unite the Uchiha around clear demands, while insisting he did not seek civil war. He proposed opening the Military Police Force to all clans and civilian ninja so Konoha would share both its authority and blame.

• Habara told Uchiha Zong that the clan needed integration and criticized Fugaku’s leadership and indecision.
• Uchiha Zong recalled the clan’s decline and argued that Shisui’s position in Anbu could help restore communication with Konoha.
• Habara argued that the Military Police Force had fueled conflict with the village and that Shisui and Itachi had become double agents without changing the situation.
• Uchiha Zong asked what Habara would do if he succeeded, and Habara said he would unite the clan, set clear goals, and seek peace through struggle rather than compromise.
• Uchiha Zong asked how Habara would make Konoha listen, and Habara proposed turning the Military Police Force into a village-wide institution shared by every clan and civilian ninja.

Habara left his meeting with Uchiha Zong unsure whether he could persuade the clan elder to change course, but he resolved to follow a restrained approach before resorting to force. He told Shisui to handle his Anbu duties as he saw fit, then went to Training Ground Three to practice swordsmanship and wait for him.

• Habara reflected that Uchiha Zong and the other faction members might be unable to abandon their convictions despite understanding the clan’s problems.
• Shisui thanked Habara for his efforts and explained that returning to the Anbu would leave him less time to help with the clan’s affairs.
• Habara rejected the idea of seizing power by killing dissenters unless events became irreversible, deciding that courtesy should come before force.
• Habara told Shisui to withdraw from the Anbu if he chose and invited him to spar at Training Ground Three with a Ninja Sword.

Unable to sleep, Habara went to Training Ground Three to find Shisui and train, but discovered Root shinobi waiting for him. After they demanded he come with them and ordered their men to kill him, Habara unleashed his power as the Uchiha.

• Habara went to Training Ground Three at night, hoping to train with Shisui and adjust to his new ability.
• Habara sensed hidden figures and used his Sharingan to expose several masked shinobi.
• The leader demanded that Habara come with them but refused to give him a reason.
• Habara recognized that the men were Root shinobi and accused them of impersonating Anbu.
• The Root leader ordered his men to kill Habara, and Habara prepared to fight as his Sharingan tomoe linked together and his chakra erupted.

Habara awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and used its Hankai ability to kill two Root ninjas with ease. As the remaining Root ninjas surrounded him in a coordinated formation, Habara prepared to unleash his chakra and fight back.

• Habara considered the Mangekyō’s potential and entered combat when the Root ninjas attacked.
• Habara dodged the first Root ninja’s sword and killed him with a kunai strike.
• Habara used his Mangekyō to stiffen a second Root ninja before stabbing him through the chest.
• Habara tested Hankai’s enhancement and noticed that using it consumed less eye power than he had expected.
• The Root ninjas surrounded Habara in a layered formation, and Habara declared that he was no ordinary Uchiha as his chakra surged.

Habara effortlessly fought off a group of Root ninjas, using his Mangekyō Sharingan and enhanced speed to evade their attacks and kill several of them. He took up a sword, declared the fight over, and launched his Waterfowl Dance against the survivors.

• Habara dodged the Root ninjas’ coordinated attacks and countered, killing several with a kunai and their own weapons.
• The Root captain realized Habara’s Mangekyō Sharingan gave him insight far beyond the Three-Tomoe Sharingan and considered retreating to report what he had seen.
• Habara seized a Root ninja’s sword, announced that the fight was over, and rose into the air.
• Habara used Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon Technique to summon three massive fire dragons that blocked the Root ninjas’ escape.
• Habara combined Wind Release with swordsmanship and descended with Secret Technique: Waterfowl Dance.

Habara defeated the Root shinobi who ambushed him and waited for Konoha’s response, reflecting on his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo. Shisui and several Leaf ninja arrived as he finished waiting.

• Habara found the Root shinobi dismembered by his Waterfowl Dance and believed none had escaped.
• Habara reasoned that the Root attackers would be blamed because he had survived and the scene exposed their ambush.
• Habara reviewed how Hankai strengthened his ninjutsu and noted that using it consumed more dojutsu power.
• Habara considered his Mangekyō’s Susanoo and resolved to study how to use it.
• Shisui hurried toward Habara with several Leaf ninja following behind him.

Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that Uchiha Habara had killed a group of attackers disguised as Anbu, whom he recognized as Root shinobi sent by Danzo. At the scene, Danzo ordered Habara seized, but Habara challenged his authority as the gathered shinobi refused to act.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that Habara had killed more than ten attackers disguised as Anbu after they attacked him at Training Ground Three.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen realized Danzo had sent Root shinobi to provoke the Uchiha and went to the scene, where Danzo had already arrived.
• Shisui and the gathered Leaf shinobi questioned Habara, who explained that the attackers had come prepared to kill him.
• Danzo accused Habara of attacking Konoha's Anbu and ordered the shinobi to seize him.
• Habara's chakra surged and his eyes turned scarlet as he challenged Danzo, asking whether he thought he was the Hokage.

Habara and Shisui fought three Root shinobi after Danzo ordered them to arrest Habara. Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived and asked what had happened, leaving Shisui to give his account before the gathered Konoha ninja.

• Danzo accused Habara of killing Anbu and ordered three Root shinobi to seize him.
• Shisui rushed in to fight the Root shinobi, and Habara joined him while both restrained their strength in front of witnesses.
• Habara and Shisui held their own against the three Root shinobi until an angry voice ordered everyone to stop.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived at the ruined Training Ground and asked Habara what had happened and whose bodies lay there.
• Shisui respectfully explained that Habara had invited him to practice swordsmanship and that he had arrived after the incident had occurred.

Sarutobi Hiruzen heard Habara's account of Danzo's failed attempt to target him and criticized Habara for killing the infiltrators, while preventing their identities from being investigated publicly. Habara left with Shisui, who questioned whether the dead shinobi had been Konoha ninja, and Habara asked him to consider what would have happened to the Uchiha Clan if Danzo had succeeded.

• Shisui finished recounting Habara's account to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who recognized that Danzo had overplayed his hand.
• Habara confirmed Shisui's story and offered to have the dead shinobi's masks and memories examined, unsettling Danzo.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen rejected a public inquiry and rebuked Habara for killing the infiltrators and damaging their corpses.
• Habara apologized insincerely, then left with Shisui as Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other ninja departed.
• Shisui asked whether the dead men were Danzo's people and worried that they had been Konoha shinobi; Habara asked what would have happened to the Uchiha Clan if they had succeeded.

A month after Habara killed Root shinobi, he helped Shisui understand how Konoha’s leadership might be turning the clans against the Uchiha. As dissatisfaction grew within the clan, Habara went to demand an answer from Uchiha Zong, only to find others at his residence.

• Habara reflected on the rumors spreading about his brutality and his unusual attitude toward the Nine-Tails.
• After a week of thinking through Habara’s questions, Shisui concluded that an attempt on Habara’s life could provoke conflict between the Uchiha and Konoha.
• Habara explained to Shisui that Konoha’s treatment of the Hyuga and other clans, along with Root’s use of clan members, had bred distrust and left the Uchiha as a potential target.
• Dissatisfaction with Uchiha Fugaku’s efforts to suppress tensions grew among both the Hardliners and the Moderates.
• Habara decided to accelerate his plans and went to Uchiha Zong’s residence to demand an answer, where he found other people present.

Habara met with Uchiha Zong and the Moderates to explain his vision for leading the clan after Root’s attack on him. He rejected both factions’ extremes and argued that the Uchiha should cooperate with Konoha when clan interests were not at stake, but firmly defend those interests when they were.

• Habara found Uchiha Naoki among the elders and learned that Naoki was Uchiha Zong’s younger brother, despite belonging to the Hardliners.
• Habara reminded the elders that Shisui had identified the attackers as Root shinobi and asked them to consider the consequences of the attack.
• A Moderate elder accepted Habara’s ideas but questioned his youth, experience, and fitness to become Clan Head.
• Habara argued that the elders lacked the vision and resolve to enact the changes he proposed.
• Habara explained that he would combine the factions’ approaches, using moderation when clan interests were not involved and force when they were.
• Habara declared that the Uchiha had lost too much and needed to change so they could take back what they had lost.

Habara pressed the Uchiha elders to unite behind him, arguing that the clan needed discipline and threatening to kill them if they refused. The elders agreed to compromise on two conditions, and Habara accepted them, though he suspected their second request concealed another purpose.

• Uchiha Zong acknowledged that the elders had grown too cautious and asked Habara how he would resolve disputes and respond if they refused.
• Habara said he would make final decisions on key issues and unify the clan’s thinking, while allowing members freedom in other matters.
• Habara threatened to kill the elders if they rejected his plan, saying Shisui and he would rally the rest of the clan afterward.
• Uchiha Zong said the elders would compromise and demanded that Shisui become Vice Clan Head to supervise Habara; Habara agreed.
• Uchiha Naoki asked Habara to visit the elders that night so they could verify something, and Habara accepted while questioning their real purpose.

Habara went to meet the Uchiha Hardliners in the bamboo forest, where he challenged their elite forces to test his strength. He prepared to fight with a bamboo staff and warned them that failing to overcome him would leave their plans to overthrow Sarutobi Hiruzen doomed.

• Habara followed Uchiha Zong and the elders to a residence near the bamboo forest, where Uchiha Naoki greeted them.
• Uchiha Naoki led Habara and the others into the forest, where the hidden Hardliners activated their Sharingan.
• Habara dismissed the Hardliners’ show of force and told them to state their position.
• Habara criticized their plan to overthrow Sarutobi Hiruzen and warned that Konoha would use their rebellion as an excuse to attack.
• Habara cut a bamboo stalk, made a staff to match his Ninja Sword, and invited the Hardliners to challenge him.