Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Hui defeated Asuma in their spar by evading Ash Pile Burning and trapping him underground with Earth Release: Headhunter Jutsu. Hui left after claiming victory, while Asuma resolved to challenge him again.

• Asuma thought Hui had been hurt by his Ninjutsu and moved to check on him, but Hui dragged him underground with Earth Release: Headhunter Jutsu.
• Hui emerged unharmed, tapped Asuma on the head with a kunai, and declared that Asuma had lost.
• Hui said Asuma could challenge him again, then left without freeing him; Asuma shouted after him from the ground.
• Two Anbu arrived to investigate, and Asuma told them he had been sparring with a friend who caught him off guard.
• After the Anbu pulled him out and left, Asuma watched Hui's direction and vowed to challenge him again.

Uchiha Hui upgraded his Sharingan to three tomoe, continued growing stronger through sparring, and was summoned by Uchiha Fugaku, who offered him command of a Konoha Military Police Force squad. The chapter ended with Hui being asked what he thought of the appointment.

• Uchiha Hui absorbed Asuma's Medium Chakra and learned Fire Release: Ash Pile Burning before absorbing pupil power that advanced his Sharingan to Three-Tomoe.
• Uchiha Hui went to the training ground, defeated an Elite Chunin, and received Trace Pupil Power and a Great Fireball Technique experience card.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi told Uchiha Hui that Uchiha Fugaku wanted to see him and escorted him to Fugaku's study.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Uchiha Hui he planned to expand the Konoha Military Police Force into three squads and offered him the captaincy of one squad.

Uchiha Fugaku asked Uchiha Hui to become a captain in the Military Police Force, while Hui weighed the risks of further tying himself to the Uchiha. Fugaku revealed he planned to visit relatives in the Royal Capital and build relations with the daimyo, leaving Hui to consider the offer.

• Uchiha Fugaku urged Uchiha Hui to accept a captaincy, citing Hui’s strength, judgment, and recent growth.
• Uchiha Hui questioned whether the Third had proposed expanding the Military Police Force, and Fugaku said he would report the plan but had authority to add personnel.
• Uchiha Hui said he would think about the offer, and Fugaku asked him to give an answer the next day at the Military Police Force building.
• Uchiha Fugaku said he would leave the village the next afternoon and that the Third would likely visit the Daimyo’s Palace within the week, making Hui suspect an attack.
• Uchiha Fugaku laughed off Hui’s suspicion and explained that he intended to contact Uchiha relatives in the Royal Capital and get acquainted with the daimyo.

Uchiha Hui and Uchiha Fugaku discussed a possible visit to distant Uchiha relatives, then Fugaku tried to match Hui with Kurenai Yuhi. Hui rejected the idea and hinted at the kind of woman he was attracted to before accepting Fugaku’s offer of sashimi.

• Uchiha Fugaku admitted he was unsure whether the Uchiha’s distant relatives would acknowledge their connection, while Uchiha Hui remained confident the visit would succeed.
• Uchiha Fugaku asked about Hui rescuing Kurenai Yuhi, and Hui explained that he had saved her from two Kirigakure spies and received a ninjutsu scroll from the Third.
• Uchiha Fugaku reminisced about his old acquaintance Shinku Yuhi and then asked Hui whether he liked anyone.
• Uchiha Fugaku suggested Kurenai Yuhi as a match, but Uchiha Hui objected, noting that she was young and close to the Third’s son.
• Uchiha Hui warned Fugaku not to arrange a political marriage and privately thought of a blonde woman who was likely traveling outside the village.
• Uchiha Fugaku offered to make sashimi, and Uchiha Hui accepted.

Uchiha Hui decided to accept the role of squad captain in the Konoha Military Police Force and attended the meeting where Fugaku appointed him to lead one of three new squads. After the meeting, someone challenged him to a fight.

• Hui absorbed pupil power, gaining only a small improvement to his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and continued studying the Fire Dragon Flame Bullet scroll.
• Hui decided that becoming a squad captain was the first step toward changing his fate.
• Hui went to the Military Police Force headquarters and entered the meeting with Uchiha Tekka and other members.
• Fugaku announced that Uchiha Fu, Uchiha Yu, and Uchiha Hui would captain three new squads.
• After the meeting, someone outside challenged Hui to a fight.

Uchiha Hui accepted Uchiha Ryo’s challenge to prove he deserved to be a Konoha Military Police Force captain and defeated the Special Jōnin in a one-sided fight. The assembled Uchiha watched in stunned silence as Hui emerged unhurt.

• Uchiha Ryo challenged Uchiha Hui, demanding that he resign as captain if he lost, and Hui accepted.
• Uchiha Ryo opened with ninja tools and the Great Fireball Technique, while Uchiha Hui countered and answered with the Dragon Fire Technique.
• Uchiha Hui used his Body Flicker Technique to close in, and Uchiha Ryo blocked his attack with Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique.
• Uchiha Hui cast Hidden Mist Technique, obscured Uchiha Ryo’s vision, and struck him down with a rapid close-range attack.
• Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Setsuna watched as Uchiha Ryo crashed out of the mist, while Uchiha Hui dispelled it without a scratch.

After Uchiha Hui defeated Uchiha Ryo in a spar, the Uchiha acknowledged his strength and Uchiha Setsuna began assigning members to the new squads. The chapter ended with Uchiha Ryuka being assigned to Hui’s Squad Nine, despite their antagonistic history.

• Uchiha Hui defeated Uchiha Ryo, then helped him up and invited him to spar again in the future.
• Uchiha Ryo accepted his loss publicly, but no one else stepped forward to challenge Hui.
• Uchiha Fugaku praised Hui’s showing and told Uchiha Setsuna to select members for his squad.
• Uchiha Setsuna announced the new squads and assigned Uchiha Arima, Uchiha Yu, Uchiha Tiger, and Uchiha Ryuka to Squad Nine under Uchiha Hui.
• Uchiha Hui was surprised that Uchiha Ryuka, who had previously mocked and challenged him, had chosen to serve under him.

Uchiha Hui met the six Chunin assigned to Team Nine and announced that he would test each of them in a spar. The squad began fighting him one at a time while the other teams learned their duties in the Konoha Military Police Force.

• Uchiha Tekka invited Uchiha Hui to spar, and Hui agreed before the other squad captains departed.
• Uchiha Hui gathered his six teammates—Uchiha Temple, Uchiha Tiger, Uchiha Tianshui, Uchiha Ryuka, Arima, and Yu—and had them introduce themselves.
• Uchiha Hui introduced himself briefly, then joked that he wanted to become stronger, get rich, and marry several wives.
• Uchiha Hui said he would replace any teammate who failed his strength test and ordered each of the six to fight him once.
• Uchiha Arima stepped up first as Team Nine began sparring with Uchiha Hui.

After Uchiha Hui led Team Nine through sparring and a tense meal, a Hyuga ninja attacked him at a barbecue restaurant and blamed the Uchiha for Chizuru’s death. Hui knocked the man unconscious and ordered his team to take him into custody as a suspected spy.

• Uchiha Hui defeated all six of his teammates in sparring and treated Team Nine to barbecue.
• At the restaurant, Uchiha Hui noticed the other customers’ hostility toward the Uchiha and told his teammates to ignore the gossip.
• A drunken Hyuga Shun overturned a table, injured an employee, and hurled a bottle toward Uchiha Hui as he left the private room.
• Hyuga Shun accused the Uchiha of causing Chizuru’s death and charged at Uchiha Hui with a bottle.
• Uchiha Hui knocked Hyuga Shun unconscious and ordered Team Nine to take him to the Military Police Force as a suspected spy.

Uchiha Hui arrested a Hyuga ninja after he attacked him and a villager, then refused to surrender the prisoner to Hyuga Nichirin. When Hyuga Nichirin ordered his men to attack, Hui quickly knocked down two Hyuga Chunin.

• Uchiha Hui and his teammates escorted the unconscious Hyuga ninja away from the barbecue restaurant toward police headquarters.
• Uchiha Tiger questioned whether the police could really detain a ninja, and Hui said the man had broken Konoha’s public order rules by attacking people.
• Hyuga Nichirin and four Hyuga ninja blocked the group and demanded that Hui hand over their clansman.
• Hui refused, stopped his teammates from intervening, and challenged the Hyuga ninja himself.
• Two Hyuga Chunin activated their Byakugan and charged, but Hui moved behind them and knocked them unconscious with knife-hand strikes.