Chapter Summaries

Habara challenged the Uchiha hardliners who had gathered to test his Mangekyō and defeated their fighters without activating it. A seasoned middle-aged Uchiha stepped in and warned Habara that the clan still had people capable of opposing him.

• A burly Uchiha confronted Habara, who struck him down after freezing him with his Sharingan.
• Habara taunted the gathered Uchiha and urged them to attack, prompting more than a dozen to charge him.
• Habara used speed, perception, and Taijutsu to defeat the attackers while keeping his Mangekyō inactive.
• A middle-aged Uchiha with formidable Chakra and killing intent confronted Habara and declared that the clan still had people left.

Habara confronted the Uchiha hardliners over their plans for a coup and demonstrated his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo. The Elder acknowledged Habara’s overwhelming strength and asked him to talk, while Habara’s eyes remained a concern.

• Habara told the hardliners their divided clan lacked the strength, allies, and purpose to rebel, and warned that Konoha was trying to provoke them into giving it an excuse to act.
• Habara awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and manifested Susanoo, terrifying the gathered clan members.
• The Elder stepped between Habara and Uchiha Tomoya, told Tomoya to stop, and admitted Habara had the right to act as he wished because of his superior strength.
• The Elder asked the others to leave, then approached Habara and said they could finally talk properly.
• Habara teased the Elder about wanting to inspect his Mangekyō, and the Elder told him to stop maintaining the state to protect his eyes.

Habara gained Uchiha Takechi’s recognition as Clan Head after demonstrating his Mangekyo Sharingan and hearing Takechi’s demands. The elders from both factions united behind Habara and entrusted the Uchiha’s future to him.

• After Uchiha Tomoya and the others left, Uchiha Takechi told Habara he could not force his followers to abandon their old grudges and beliefs.
• Uchiha Takechi admitted he had wanted to see Habara’s Mangekyo and said Habara’s display had helped establish his authority among the clan’s younger members.
• Uchiha Takechi asked Habara to protect the clan and fulfill his promise to make the Uchiha great again, and Habara agreed.
• Uchiha Zong, Uchiha Naoki, and the elders from both factions bowed to Habara and declared that the Uchiha’s future was in his hands.

Habara secured agreement from both Uchiha factions and continued preparing to unite the clan before challenging Uchiha Fugaku for the Clan Head position. He asked Shisui to cautiously approach Itachi about helping the clan, while the coming Clan Massacre Night remained a looming threat.

• Habara told Shisui that Uchiha Zong and Uchiha Takechi had accepted his proposal, and Shisui congratulated him on gaining recognition from both factions.
• Habara explained that negotiations over the clan’s relationship with Konoha and its internal reforms were ongoing, with difficult decisions left to him.
• After integrating the factions, Habara gained few Points and used them to obtain the Spirit Shield ninja art.
• Habara resolved to finish his preparations, challenge Uchiha Fugaku, and prevent the Clan Massacre Night from happening.
• Habara asked Shisui to approach Itachi about supporting the clan while revealing as little information as possible unless Itachi agreed with their plans.

Habara waited for the clan meeting while hoping Shisui could persuade Itachi to support the Uchiha. After returning from a mission, Itachi went to meet Shisui, eager to talk with the older friend he trusted.

• Habara reflected on Itachi’s past and decided that winning him over would help the clan, though he accepted that Itachi might choose a different path.
• Habara focused on improving his ninjutsu and Susanoo while waiting for the clan meeting and considering whether Fugaku knew about the elders’ alliance with him.
• Itachi returned to the clan after completing a mission so he could attend the upcoming clan meeting and gather intelligence.
• Itachi saw Sasuke at home, then left to meet Shisui in secret and discuss the things he had been wanting to share.

Shisui met Uchiha Itachi at their riverside hideout and told him the clan was moving toward unity, but Itachi reacted with alarm. Shisui argued that the Uchiha’s attempts to peacefully integrate into the village had failed, leaving Itachi struggling to accept his friend’s changed outlook.

• Uchiha Itachi slipped past the clan’s sentries and met Shisui at their secret cliffside base.
• Uchiha Itachi noticed Shisui seemed happier than before and asked what had happened.
• Shisui said Elder Zong and Takechi had recognized their past mistakes and the clan was preparing to unify its will.
• Uchiha Itachi interrupted Shisui and feared the clan’s peace-minded members would be pulled toward the Hardliners’ extremism.
• Shisui told Uchiha Itachi that the clan’s efforts to integrate into the village had failed and cited records he had secretly examined while in the Anbu.

Shisui explained the Uchiha clan’s new stance toward Konoha to Itachi, who interpreted it as a threat to the village. Itachi left determined to stop Shisui, while Shisui concluded that Habara had been right to keep the full plan secret.

• Itachi questioned Shisui’s claims about Konoha’s treatment of the Uchiha and asked what he intended to do.
• Shisui described the clan’s decision to unite, stop yielding excessively, and resist Konoha without rebelling.
• Itachi accused Shisui of abandoning their shared dream and endangering the clan, the village, and its peace.
• Itachi’s Sharingan spun as he vowed to stop Shisui, then he left in silence.
• Shisui watched Itachi go and admitted that Habara had been right to keep his identity and the full plan hidden.

Shisui failed to persuade Itachi to support the Uchiha’s plans, but he vowed to stop him if he became an obstacle. Habara and the elders prepared to challenge Uchiha Fugaku at the clan meeting the following night, while Habara considered sending Itachi away from Konoha and the Uchiha.

• Shisui told Habara and the elders that Itachi had rejected their ideas and opposed the planned changes.
• Habara comforted Shisui, who said he would stop Itachi if he acted against the clan’s path, even if he had to fight him.
• Habara reminded Shisui to prepare for the clan meeting, where they planned to challenge Uchiha Fugaku and begin changing the Uchiha Clan.
• Shisui resolved to continue forward and prove to Itachi that his choice was right.
• Habara decided Itachi should first leave Konoha and the Uchiha, since he lacked the Mangekyo and they needed someone in Akatsuki.

Habara and Shisui arrived at Naka Shrine to hold a secret Clan Meeting and replace Uchiha Fugaku as Clan Head. The gathered Uchiha had accepted Habara’s leadership, while Fugaku watched them with a troubled expression.

• Habara and Shisui discussed the importance of keeping the Clan Meeting secret, and Shisui said he would prevent Itachi from attending.
• Habara entered Naka Shrine with Shisui and declared that they would create an era of their own.
• The assembled Uchiha lowered their eyes as Habara and Shisui arrived, recognizing their strength and status.
• The clan members supported Habara after hearing his ideas and witnessing his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo.
• Uchiha Fugaku sat in the Clan Head’s place and watched Habara and Shisui with turmoil in his thoughts.

Uchiha Fugaku grew uneasy as the clan’s factions reconciled without him and excluded his son from an important meeting. Habara stood before the gathered clan members and impeached Fugaku as clan head.

• Uchiha Fugaku wondered why the factions were reconciling and suspected Uchiha Habara was behind the change.
• Uchiha Zong and Uchiha Takechi refused to let Uchiha Itachi attend the Clan Meeting, and Fugaku accepted their decision.
• Uchiha Takechi called Habara forward as the meeting’s main figure.
• Habara accused Fugaku of responsibility for the clan’s severe situation and announced that he was impeaching him.

Habara called for Uchiha Fugaku’s impeachment, then defeated Uchiha Yashiro and Uchiha Hirano when they challenged him. After dislocating Hirano’s arm and grabbing him by the throat, Habara asked whether he wanted to “dance too.”

• Habara demanded that the clan impeach Uchiha Fugaku, shocking the Clan Meeting.
• Uchiha Hirano and Uchiha Yashiro confronted Habara, but Habara warned them to stay out of the matter.
• Uchiha Yashiro attacked Habara and was struck down after Habara caught him in a Genjutsu.
• Uchiha Hirano attacked Habara, whose Spirit Shield blocked the punch.
• Habara grabbed Hirano, kneed him in the abdomen, dislocated his arm, and seized him by the throat.

Habara subdued Uchiha Yashiro and Uchiha Hirano after they attacked him, then persuaded Shisui and the two factions to stand down. With the Clan Meeting restored, Habara began explaining that Fugaku’s conscientious service was not enough to make him a suitable Clan Head in the abnormal circumstances facing the Uchiha and Konoha.

• Habara knocked down Uchiha Yashiro and grabbed Uchiha Hirano, prompting Fugaku’s supporters to surround him while Shisui, the Moderates, and the Hardliners rose to support Habara.
• Habara released Hirano and told Shisui to lead everyone back to their seats, and Fugaku ordered Yashiro and Hirano to seek treatment and remain at home for a month.
• Yashiro and Hirano left the shrine, and the gathered clan members returned to their seats as Fugaku’s supporters began listening to Habara.
• Fugaku apologized for his supporters’ conduct and asked Habara to explain why he wanted to impeach him.
• Habara acknowledged that Fugaku had fulfilled his duties conscientiously, but said the Uchiha’s circumstances and Konoha’s situation were not normal times.

Habara warned the Uchiha elders that Konoha was maneuvering the divided clan toward rebellion and destruction, then accused Fugaku of lacking the ability and resolve to lead. As Itachi arrived at the shrine despite being barred from the meeting, Shisui volunteered to enforce the clan's discipline.

• Habara argued that Konoha could use his disappearance and the Uchiha's anger to provoke a rebellion and destroy the clan.
• Habara blamed the clan's predicament on hostility inherited from Tobirama and the village's desire to intimidate other clans, citing the Hyūga incident.
• Habara told Fugaku that his weakness, reliance on compromise, and failure to unite the clan had helped bring it to crisis, asking whether he was truly qualified to lead.
• A young shinobi reported that Itachi had arrived at the shrine despite orders to keep him out.
• Shisui rose and said he would handle Itachi, insisting that he must obey clan discipline even though Shisui regarded him as a younger brother.

Habara criticized Uchiha Fugaku’s leadership, arguing that his compromises and indecision had cost the Uchiha clan opportunities and deepened its divisions. He ended by telling Fugaku that he was not a qualified Clan Head.

• Habara reflected on his past efforts to influence Itachi and Shisui, then said he believed Shisui could resolve the trouble.
• Habara told Fugaku that he had failed to recognize reality, pointing to the decision to halt Uchiha support during Nine-Tails Night.
• Habara argued that the Uchiha had missed a chance to clear their suspicions and had accepted their forced relocation after the attack.
• Habara criticized Fugaku for allowing the Moderates and Hardliners to deepen the clan’s internal conflict without unifying its goals.
• Habara told Fugaku that he was not a qualified Clan Head.

Habara continued impeaching Uchiha Fugaku inside the shrine while Shisui confronted Itachi outside, where both revealed their Mangekyō Sharingan. Itachi left after Shisui asked him not to report the meeting, and the elders nominated Habara to replace Fugaku as Clan Head.

• Shisui found Itachi outside the shrine after Itachi had forced his way past guards, and told him the Clan Head and elders had barred him from the meeting.
• Itachi and Shisui revealed their Mangekyō Sharingan as they argued over whether Itachi could enter the Clan Meeting.
• Shisui asked Itachi not to report what happened at the meeting, and Itachi left, disappointed in Shisui.
• Fugaku asked Habara how he planned to handle the impeachment, and Habara said Fugaku could no longer remain Clan Head.
• Uchiha Zong announced that the elders would remove Fugaku and nominated Habara as the new Clan Head.

Habara secured the clan’s support after the Hardliners and Moderates rallied behind him, but Fugaku revealed his own Mangekyō Sharingan and challenged the claim that Habara was strong enough to lead. Habara answered by revealing that he and Shisui both possessed the Mangekyō, leaving Fugaku stunned.

• The Hardliners and Moderates chose to support Habara, and Shisui joined them when he returned to the shrine.
• Fugaku accepted that he was not a qualified Clan Head and agreed to resign, but argued that Habara needed greater strength to lead the Uchiha Clan.
• Fugaku revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and proposed Shisui as a Clan Head Candidate who would need to defeat him.
• Habara and Shisui revealed their Mangekyō Sharingan, and Habara told Fugaku that he was qualified to lead.

Habara secured practical control of the Uchiha Clan after exposing Uchiha Fugaku, but Fugaku’s Mangekyō challenge delayed Habara’s formal appointment as Clan Head for a month. Habara chose a powerful defensive secret technique and began preparing for their battle, unaware that Uchiha Itachi had reached the Hokage Building.

• Habara recalled how he had exposed Uchiha Fugaku’s misdeeds and gained the support of the Uchiha Clan’s higher-ups.
• Uchiha Fugaku revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and demanded that anyone seeking the Clan Head position defeat him, so Habara agreed to fight him in one month.
• Shisui told Habara that Uchiha Itachi had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Habara speculated about what had triggered it and what abilities it might have.
• Habara received an advanced Points reward draw and chose Secret Technique: Steadfast Will for its ability to remove negative conditions and restore him.
• Habara ordered preparations for the coming month and headed to train, while Uchiha Itachi quietly arrived at the Hokage Building.

Uchiha Itachi reflected on Shisui’s changed beliefs and the Uchiha clan’s looming conflict with Konoha, which had driven him to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan. A masked stranger claiming to be Uchiha Madara approached him, warned that the clan and the world were on the edge of a cliff, and vanished after inviting Itachi to seek his help.

• Uchiha Itachi remembered how Shisui had changed and feared that the Uchiha clan’s plans would spark a conflict that could destroy Konoha.
• Uchiha Itachi realized Shisui had kept him out of the Clan Meeting and awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan amid despair and uncertainty.
• Uchiha Itachi sensed a stranger nearby and confronted a masked man who introduced himself as Uchiha Madara, a member of Akatsuki.
• Uchiha Itachi attacked the masked man, but the man dismissed the strike and warned Itachi not to make him an enemy.
• Uchiha Madara said the Uchiha and the world were on the edge of a cliff, offered help if Itachi had nowhere else to turn, and disappeared.

Uchiha Itachi reported the Uchiha Clan’s growing unrest and the threat of Akatsuki to Sarutobi Hiruzen and the elders, while concealing Uchiha Madara’s appearance. After Itachi left, the leaders debated their response, and the Uchiha Clan’s future was decided in secret.

• Uchiha Itachi struggled with the pressure of Uchiha Madara’s return and the threats facing Konoha, then resolved to act with cold determination.
• Uchiha Itachi told Sarutobi Hiruzen, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu that the Uchiha Clan might resist Konoha and that Akatsuki was dangerous, but he withheld Uchiha Madara’s name.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen dismissed Uchiha Itachi and called Shimura Danzō out from the shadows to discuss the Uchiha Clan and Akatsuki.
• Mitokado Homura and Shimura Danzō argued that the Uchiha Clan should be eliminated first, while Sarutobi Hiruzen refused to order its extermination.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen, Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and Shimura Danzō spent two hours discussing preparations, and the Uchiha Clan’s future was decided.

Habara weighed the threat posed by Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Obito while focusing on improving his own abilities. On his way to training, he encountered Nara Shikamaru and Nara Yoshino.

• Konoha's leaders considered Uchiha Itachi's position under Danzo useful for covert missions but decided to wait before acting against the Uchiha Clan.
• Habara noted that Shisui had learned little while tracking Itachi, who had met Sarutobi Hiruzen, and decided the Uchiha should remain wary of him.
• Habara speculated about how to counter Uchiha Obito, including using Shisui's Kotoamatsukami, and resolved to prepare for Obito as a possible enemy.
• Habara reviewed his recent training and chose to focus on developing Susanoo rather than completing his Earth Release and Wind Release transformations.
• Habara noticed Nara Shikamaru and Nara Yoshino approaching him.