Chapter Summaries

Habara brought Yoshino into the Military Police Force and revealed the Uchiha-Nara alliance’s plans to her. He then recruited Kakuzu to handle covert missions and shared Kakashi’s evidence against Sarutobi Hiruzen with the allied clan heads, who prepared to move against the Hokage.

• Yoshino joined the Military Police Force, and Habara showed her the plans and secret agreements linking the Uchiha with several clans.
• Habara brought Kakuzu to the clan heads and appointed him to manage missions outside Konoha, with Habara, Shisui, or Fugaku accompanying him at first.
• The clan heads read Kakashi’s reports detailing Sarutobi Hiruzen’s actions against Hatake Sakumo and other people and families.
• Habara told the clan heads that Kakashi intended to cooperate and warned that he would be killed if he betrayed them.
• Habara proposed using Sarutobi Asuma’s departure from Konoha to undermine Hiruzen, and Nara Shikaku agreed to prepare the political strategy.
• Habara said the allies were ready to act once their arrangements were complete, and admitted their plans served both Konoha and themselves.

Habara’s allies prepared to impeach Sarutobi Hiruzen while Nara Shikajō tried to secure the Daimyo’s support. Kakashi obtained Root’s action files and deliberately exposed himself at the Hokage Building, where he drew an approaching opponent into a confrontation.

• Habara reviewed the clans’ surveillance arrangements, worried about finding Jiraiya, and planned to use Orochimaru’s pardon to bring him back to Konoha.
• Kakashi met Tenzō at the Anbu base and learned that Tenzō would be assigned to the Hokage Building in about half a month.
• Nara Shikajō met the Daimyo, but Kazuma interrupted his request for a private audience, delaying his attempt to discuss impeaching Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Habara discussed the Daimyo’s resistance with Yoshino and continued waiting for Kakashi to obtain Root’s records.
• Kakashi infiltrated the Hokage Building, checked and took Root’s action files, then opened the office doors and fired a signal flare to provoke a confrontation.
• Kakashi drew his Ninja Sword as he sensed someone rushing toward him.

Habara and the Seven Great Clans began the Impeachment Action against the Hokage, mobilizing their forces while Kakashi fought Tenzō at the Hokage Building. Nara Shikajō forced the daimyo’s guards to let him speak with the daimyo, and the daimyo finally invited him inside.

• Habara rallied more than fifty elite Uchiha shinobi and led them out as clan members cheered; Hyuga Hiashi, Nara Shikaku, and the other great clans also mobilized.
• Yoshino insisted on joining Nara Shikaku’s group, and he agreed as the clan forces set out after the signal flare drew Leaf shinobi’s attention.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that a signal flare had risen near the Hokage Building and went to investigate.
• Kakashi subdued Anbu guards and fought Tenzō, pushing him to use Wood Release as Kakashi sought to expose the secret experiments on Hashirama’s cells.
• Nara Shikajō confronted the daimyo’s guards, warned that the Leaf could intervene if the daimyo was being manipulated, and secured an invitation to speak with the daimyo.

Nara Shikajō persuaded the Fire Daimyo to consider impeaching Sarutobi Hiruzen, while Kakashi staged a confrontation at the Hokage Building to expose the Hokage’s secrets. Habara arrived with the seven clan heads and declared that they would impeach Sarutobi Hiruzen, leaving the Leaf on the brink of a political confrontation.

• Nara Shikajō sealed the room with a Soundproof Barrier and told the Fire Daimyo that Sarutobi Hiruzen’s rule had alienated powerful clans and warranted impeachment.
• Kakashi fought Tenzō outside the Hokage Building, drew out his Wood Release, and allowed himself to be trapped after declaring his mission complete.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived, recognized Kakashi, branded him a rogue ninja, and ordered Tenzō to kill him and recover his scroll.
• Habara arrived with Shisui, Fugaku, Nara Shikaku, Hyuga Hiashi, and the other clan heads, and challenged Sarutobi Hiruzen’s authority to execute Kakashi without an investigation.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Tenzō to act, but Shisui held a kunai to Tenzō’s neck as Habara rejected the Hokage’s accusation of a coup.
• Habara announced that he intended to impeach Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Third Hokage.

Habara led the Seven Great Clans in impeaching Sarutobi Hiruzen, accusing him of unlawfully retaining the Hokage position and conspiring with Danzō, including the persecution of Hatake Sakumo. As the impeachment continued, Uchiha Fugaku killed Utatane Koharu and took her note, while Hiruzen unexpectedly admitted that he and Danzō had investigated Wood Release using the First Hokage’s remains.

• Habara proposed impeaching Sarutobi Hiruzen, and the heads of the Hyuga, Ino-Shika-Cho, Aburame, and Inuzuka clans joined him.
• Aburame Shibi condemned Hiruzen and Danzō for taking Aburame Ryoma and Aburame Shikuroo into Root, and Habara began listing grounds for impeachment.
• Habara accused Hiruzen of keeping the Hokage position for nine years after the Fourth Hokage’s death and of supporting Danzō’s actions against Hatake Sakumo; Kakashi heard his father’s name cleared and wept.
• Utatane Koharu tried to pass a plan to declare Habara and his allies rogue ninja, but Uchiha Fugaku stabbed her, took the note, and disappeared into the crowd.
• Habara continued presenting the accusations, and Sarutobi Hiruzen admitted that he and Danzō had researched Wood Release using the First Hokage’s remains.

Sarutobi Hiruzen admitted that he had approved Danzo’s experiments involving First Hokage-sama’s power, while Mitokado Homura tried to suppress the impeachment and ordered Habara’s group seized. Habara fought through the surrounding ninja, and as the clans joined the battle, he rose into the air and unleashed Blaze Release: Great Fire Annihilation.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen confessed that he had approved Danzo’s human experiments and revealed that Tenzō was the sole survivor who gained Wood Release.
• Habara presented Danzo’s arm as evidence, while Sarutobi Hiruzen admitted to participating in other concealed affairs.
• Mitokado Homura ordered the crowd dispersed and commanded Anbu and allied clan ninja to capture Habara and his companions.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Habara that he had killed Utatane Koharu and altered her plan to arrange an attack on them.
• Habara fought the encircling ninja, initially holding back before killing opponents and using an Explosive Tag as his allies joined the battle.
• Habara rose into the air, formed hand seals, and began Blaze Release: Great Fire Annihilation.

Habara fought Sarutobi Hiruzen while the clans’ forces moved against the Hokage’s supporters. After questioning his loyalty to Konoha, Hiruzen killed Mitokado Homura and renewed his resolve to face Habara in a final battle.

• Habara’s Black and White Flames overwhelmed the Anbu until Sarutobi Hiruzen raised an Earth-Style Wall to protect them and confronted him.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned Enma and battled Habara, using the collapsing wall’s rubble as a mudslide while Habara countered with powerful Fire Release.
• Nara Yoshino and the other clans’ forces advanced toward the Hokage Building, where they encountered opposing ninja and prepared to fight.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen challenged Mitokado Homura over whether their power served Konoha or their clans, then killed Homura with the Adamantine Staff.
• Hiruzen declared himself Konoha’s Third Hokage and resumed his battle with Habara, combining Earth and Fire Release while Habara countered with his Wind Blade.

The Seven Great Clans fought their way to the battlefield as Habara faced Sarutobi Hiruzen, whose combined Five Release attack forced Habara to unleash his full Susanoo. After Habara defeated him, Sarutobi Hiruzen acknowledged his failures and asked for a dignified death, while Habara left him a sword and walked away as Konoha prepared for a new Hokage.

• Nara Yoshino led the Ino-Shika-Cho forces through disorganized resistance and joined the other clan teams outside Habara’s flaming barrier.
• Habara activated his Mangekyo power, broke through Sarutobi Hiruzen’s ninjutsu, and forced him to risk everything with the Five Release Great Bullet Technique.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen’s five chakra natures intertwined into a devastating attack that shattered Habara’s Susanoo, but Habara restored it with Steadfast Will and overwhelmed the battlefield with a colossal Susanoo strike.
• Habara defeated the exhausted Sarutobi Hiruzen, who admitted his failures as Hokage and learned that Jiraiya had been chosen as his successor.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Habara to preserve his dignity, and Habara gave him a sword before walking away without killing him.

After the impeachment and death of Sarutobi Hiruzen, Habara and Konoha’s clan leaders worked to stabilize the village and planned to bring Jiraiya back as Hokage. As Jiraiya and Tsunade decided to return to Konoha, Orochimaru discovered a hidden chamber beneath a valley and found a skeleton seated inside.

• Habara confirmed that the Daimyo’s decree had helped the clans take control of Konoha, and he told Kakashi that Jiraiya was expected to become the next Hokage.
• Habara urged Kakashi to remain in the Anbu and help rebuild it until the next Hokage could approve his departure.
• News of Sarutobi Hiruzen’s impeachment and death reached other villages, prompting Ōnoki and the Fourth Raikage to worry about similar unrest.
• Jiraiya heard that Sarutobi Hiruzen had died and decided to return to Konoha to say farewell to his teacher.
• Tsunade accepted the news of Sarutobi Hiruzen’s death and set out for Konoha with Shizune.
• Orochimaru sensed unusual tremors in a valley, broke through a hidden chamber’s defenses, and found a skeleton seated on a stone chair.

Habara proposed reforms to Konoha’s civilian ninja, education, and financial systems, then met Jiraiya and urged him to become the Fifth Hokage. Jiraiya refused, but Habara argued that Konoha needed him and that he could not refuse as a Leaf ninja.

• Habara proposed improving civilian ninja benefits, reforming academy education, and creating elite training for promising students, winning the clans’ support.
• Habara proposed a Fiscal Budget and Audit Institution to oversee Konoha’s spending and prevent money from being diverted to improper organizations.
• Habara learned that Jiraiya had returned to the Land of Fire, and he and Yoshino went to meet him.
• Orochimaru performed Impure World Reincarnation using a Kusagakure ninja and material from the skeleton, summoning Asura.
• Jiraiya met Habara and Yoshino, confirmed that he had returned to see Sarutobi Hiruzen off and remained a Leaf ninja, then read records of his teacher’s crimes.
• Habara asked Jiraiya to become the Fifth Hokage; Jiraiya refused, but Habara insisted that Konoha needed him.

Habara challenged Jiraiya’s beliefs about war and peace, persuading him to return to Konoha as Hokage while explaining how Sarutobi Hiruzen’s death would be handled. As Habara, Yoshino, and Jiraiya left the tavern, Habara sensed Orochimaru nearby and recognized him.

• Orochimaru approached a tavern near Konoha to gather intelligence, where he spotted Jiraiya and Habara leaving together.
• Habara argued that wars arose from villages’ interests and rulers’ use of hatred, forcing Jiraiya to reconsider his ideas about peace and the prophecy he followed.
• Habara explained that Sarutobi Hiruzen would receive a funeral and burial in the Hero's Cemetery, while his clan’s assets and past actions would be investigated.
• Jiraiya agreed to return to Konoha and become Hokage, while remaining uncertain about Habara’s arguments.
• Habara sensed Orochimaru among the figures outside the tavern and recognized his Chakra.

Habara encountered Orochimaru, who summoned Uchiha Madara through Impure World Reincarnation. Habara and Madara fought, and the chapter ended with both displaying Susanoo as Madara wondered why Habara resembled him so much.

• Habara recognized Orochimaru, who revealed himself and said he had wanted to meet Habara alone; Habara prepared to detain him while Jiraiya protected Yoshino and the others.
• Orochimaru summoned a coffin, and Uchiha Madara emerged, surprised to find himself under Impure World Reincarnation and weakened.
• Madara recognized Habara as an interesting Uchiha and challenged him, prompting the two to fight with their Three Tomoe Sharingan.
• Habara and Madara exchanged taijutsu and Fire Release techniques, and Habara activated his Mangekyo Sharingan to overpower Madara's flames.
• Madara manifested Susanoo, and Habara answered with his own; Madara wondered why Habara seemed so much like a younger version of himself.

Habara defeated the Impure World Reincarnation of Uchiha Madara after a devastating Susanoo clash, then discussed Madara’s vision of unifying the Shinobi World. Madara departed while warning Habara that they might meet again, and Habara, Yoshino, and Jiraiya continued toward Konoha to face the battle’s aftermath.

• Uchiha Madara and Habara clashed with their Susanoo, and Habara’s sword strike shattered Madara’s blade and injured him.
• Jiraiya discovered the battle had devastated the town, while Yoshino explained that she had evacuated its residents beforehand.
• Habara told Madara he supported unifying the Shinobi World, but Madara insisted that the Infinite Tsukuyomi was the true path to peace.
• Madara ended the reanimation and departed, while Orochimaru concluded that his experiment had provided the answers he wanted.
• Habara made Jiraiya responsible for handling the town’s destruction and reporting the battle as they headed toward Konoha.
• Habara told Yoshino that Madara had fought with only a fraction of his strength and resolved to prepare for Orochimaru’s future schemes.

Habara returned to Konoha with Jiraiya, and the clan leaders discussed Jiraiya’s appointment, the funeral for Sarutobi Hiruzen, the three isolated clans, and Asuma’s return. At home, Habara checked the System Panel and received nine special abilities to choose from for his triple draw, leaving him torn over which skills to take.

• Habara brought Jiraiya back to Konoha, arranged for Kakashi to accompany him to the cemetery, and told him he could look after Naruto.
• Habara met with the Seven Great Clans, who discussed preparing Jiraiya’s inauguration, holding Sarutobi Hiruzen’s funeral, and managing the three isolated clans.
• Nara Shikaku reported that Asuma had returned from the Land of Fire Capital, and proposed using his influence with the Sarutobi Clan and the Daimyo to benefit Konoha.
• Habara returned home and saw that the Uchiha Clan’s prosperity had reached 20,000, allowing him to perform three skill draws.
• Habara reviewed nine special abilities, including Wood Release, Ice Release, thunder, teleportation, and Yang Release enhancements, but had not yet chosen among them.

Habara chose three new skills and learned that Tsunade had returned to Konoha, prompting him to consider recruiting her to lead the Medical Department and train his researchers. Meanwhile, Uchiha Itachi and Juzo Biwa read about Sarutobi Hiruzen’s death and Konoha’s clan-led impeachment, leaving Itachi unsettled by Biwa’s pointed observations.

• Habara selected Courage, Ten Thousand Thunder Prison, and Great Annihilation to improve his Yang Release, Lightning Style, and Susanoo.
• After recovering from his fight with Uchiha Madara, Habara concluded that the other villages were staying quiet because their Kage feared similar clan rebellions.
• Shisui told Habara that Tsunade had returned to Konoha, and Habara went to the Hokage Building to meet her and Jiraiya.
• Habara agreed that Tsunade could help train the Uchiha researchers and decided that Shisui’s experiments should resume; he also learned that Shisui’s disciple was Uchiha Izumi.
• In Kirigakure, Uchiha Itachi and Juzo Biwa read a report about Sarutobi Hiruzen’s impeachment and death, and Biwa questioned Itachi about the clans’ actions and the Hokage’s crimes.
• Itachi suppressed his anger as Biwa praised Habara’s treatment of Sarutobi Hiruzen and pointed out that no Civilian Ninja had defended him.

Tsunade returned to Konoha to attend Sarutobi Hiruzen’s funeral, and Habara questioned her about her intentions before urging Jiraiya to address shinobi trauma and keep Tsunade in the village. After the funeral, Jiraiya agreed to work with Habara, while Tsunade and Orochimaru arrived to pay their final respects to their teacher.

• Tsunade told Habara she had returned only to see Sarutobi Hiruzen off and had no plans to act against Konoha.
• Konoha held a funeral for Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Kakashi thanked Habara for restoring his father’s name to the Memorial Stone.
• Habara urged Jiraiya to care for war victims’ families and provide psychological treatment for shinobi, then argued that Tsunade should remain in Konoha.
• Jiraiya agreed to work together with Habara after the funeral and considered his proposals.
• Tsunade and Orochimaru joined Jiraiya at the cemetery, and Orochimaru placed flowers by Sarutobi Hiruzen’s tablet and said farewell to his teacher.

Habara persuaded Tsunade to remain in Konoha and support Jiraiya, then Jiraiya was inaugurated as the Fifth Hokage. Habara also secretly killed death row inmates to collect Courage Fragments and gained more Yang Release power, while Yoshino suspected an intruder had used space ninjutsu in the prison.

• Habara had Shisui watch Orochimaru, who left Konoha without causing trouble after the gathering.
• Habara killed several death row inmates in Konoha Prison, collected enough Courage Fragments, and strengthened his body and eyes with Yang Release.
• Yoshino reported the apparent suicides and suspected someone had infiltrated the prison using space ninjutsu, while Habara concealed his involvement.
• Habara met Jiraiya and Tsunade, candidly explained why he wanted Tsunade to stay, and she agreed to help Jiraiya despite warning she might oppose Habara.
• Jiraiya became Konoha's Fifth Hokage and announced his position to the cheering crowd.

Habara trained Sasuke and Karin, then visited Jiraiya to ask that Naruto join them as Sasuke’s sparring partner. Jiraiya accepted Habara’s challenge to spar, and their fight began with Jiraiya attacking from behind with a spinning Chakra Orb.

• Habara pushed Sasuke and Karin through exhausting physical training and said he might take them outside the village once they were prepared for shinobi missions.
• Habara met Hyuga Hiashi and Nara Shikaku, hinted that Asuma could determine the fate of the Three Great Clans, and left their response to him.
• Habara asked Jiraiya to let Naruto train with Sasuke, and Jiraiya agreed after Habara challenged his ability as a teacher.
• Habara proposed a spar with Jiraiya to understand his thoughts and experience Sage Art power, and Jiraiya accepted.
• Jiraiya opened the fight with a Body Flicker Technique and a punch, then appeared behind Habara with a spinning Chakra Orb.

Nagato assigned Kisame Hoshigaki to recruit Deidara and partner with Uchiha Itachi, whose doubts about his past deepened after Kisame challenged him. Meanwhile, Habara pushed Jiraiya to use Sage Mode, then studied its power during their sparring match and began collecting traces of its chakra.

• Nagato sent Kisame Hoshigaki to the Land of Earth to recruit Deidara and ordered him to team up with Uchiha Itachi.
• Kisame questioned Itachi about his attempt to destroy the Uchiha Clan and compared it with the killings he had carried out for Kirigakure, leaving Itachi shaken and questioning his choices.
• Habara and Jiraiya exchanged attacks, and Habara used Space Ninjutsu to defeat Jiraiya in their initial sparring bout.
• Habara urged Jiraiya to fight seriously and reveal his Sage Mode, and Jiraiya transformed and launched a Sage Art fire attack.
• Habara sensed Sage Art chakra spreading through his Ki Shield, shed the affected chakra, and decided to collect the power for further study.

Habara fought Jiraiya to study Mount Myōboku’s Sage Mode, accidentally unleashed the destructive power of Void Walk, and then made a deal to write Jiraiya a novel. After Shisui came to summon him to meet Kakuzu, Yoshino found the unfinished manuscript in Habara’s office and blushed at its contents.

• Habara analyzed Jiraiya’s Sage Mode during their fight and concluded that the Sage Arts of the Three Great Sage Regions enhanced different abilities.
• Habara’s Void Walk erupted with enough force to erase part of the forest, but he pulled Jiraiya out of danger at the last moment.
• Habara admitted he had not fully developed Void Walk, and he and Jiraiya discussed the benefits planned for leaf ninja.
• Jiraiya agreed to grant Habara one favor if Habara wrote a novel that stayed within Jiraiya’s limits, so Habara began drafting one at the office.
• Shisui told Habara that Kakuzu wanted to see him, and Habara teleported away with Shisui to meet Kakuzu.
• Yoshino entered Habara’s empty office, found his manuscript, and blushed as she read it.