Chapter 169 Killing the Best Friend

"He was the one who killed Shunshin Shisui! The case is solved without guessing! As for the purpose, it was to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan! Didn't the Uchiha clan members say that Uchiha Itachi admired Shunshin Shisui as if he were his own brother? Later, he said that he didn't go to the rally because he wanted to get closer to the peak, which means he wanted to awaken his Mangekyō, right?"

"Humph! It's not surprising that such an evil person could do anything."

As for Itachi easily defeating three Uchiha clan members?

No one in the ninja world was surprised.

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Next scene

Dinner table

[At that time, my brother looked at my father's eyes, which were more than just the simple Sharingan. Dad, are there many types of Sharingan? ]

Sasuke recalled how he had loudly stopped his brother before, and the Mangekyō Sharingan that appeared in Itachi's eyes when he saw him and knelt down to apologize to his father and the three members of the police force.

Fugaku looked at him and said: [What? Are you already interested in the Sharingan? But, it's too early for you. This is different from the principle of Fire Release Technique.]

[But I will too in the future... After all, I am my father's child. ]

Mikoto paused while cooking and looked back at the two of them.

Fugaku crossed his arms around his chest and explained: [There is indeed a more advanced eye technique in the Sharingan, the Mangekyō Sharingan.]

Sasuke murmured: [Mangekyo Sharingan? ]

[In the long history of the Uchiha clan, only a few people have been able to successfully discover the legendary eye technique. Moreover, the eyes can only be opened under certain special conditions.]

A bead of sweat ran down Sasuke's face.

'Special conditions?'

Next scene

Night of Genocide

Sasuke looked at Itachi who was standing in front of him, and tears flowed from his eyes.

[Don’t kill me…]

[You're lying! This isn't my brother at all! Because...]

Itachi looked at Sasuke and said, "The reason why I have been playing the role of the brother you expect is to measure your ability. In the future, you will be the object of measuring my ability. You have this potential hidden in you."

[You will get tired of me, you will hate me, you will always hope to surpass me, so I will let you live. For me. You are the same as me, you can awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan. But there is a condition...]

[It means killing your best friend... Just like me. ]

Sasuke said in disbelief: [Did my brother do that? My brother made Shisui...]

[Yes. Thanks to him, I got this eye technique.]

[The main hall of Nanga Shrine, under the seventh tatami from the right, is the gathering place of our clan. There is a record of the Uchiha clan's eye technique and why it originally existed. In other words, it records the true secret of the eye technique. ]

[If you open your eyes, there will be three people, including me, who can use the Mangekyō Sharingan. If that's the case, there's no point in me letting you live.]

[But now…]

Itachi's steps moved.

Sasuke trembled in fear like a frightened rabbit.

[You are not worth being killed by me. ]

Itachi closed his eyes, hiding all his emotions, and said calmly: [Foolish brother, if you want to kill me, then hate me, despise me. Then, linger on in an ugly way. Run, run, grab this glimmer of life. Then, one day when you have the same eyes as mine, come to me.]

Ninja World

"It turns out that Sasuke already knew how to open the Mangekyō..."

"Will he want to kill Naruto here? As long as he kills Naruto, Sasuke will open those eyes."

"Even if he wants to kill, Sasuke probably can't beat Naruto right now. Once Naruto unleashes the Nine-Tails' chakra, even a genius like Haku won't be his match."

"But the power of the curse is not weak..."

Just as everyone in the ninja world was discussing, the Uchiha clan members were denouncing Itachi.

The Konoha high-level officials who knew the truth were silent.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes were a little moist.

"It's the village that's sorry to Itachi... It's all my fault that I, as the Hokage, am so unqualified that Itachi has to bear all this for the village."

After a moment of silence, Shikaku shook his head and said, "This is not your fault, Sandaime. It was Itachi who listened to Danzo's advice and decided to do it himself at the cost of preserving the Uchiha name and Sasuke's life..."

In his eyes, many people are responsible for this matter.

The third generation is responsible, Itachi is responsible, the village is responsible, and the radical Uchiha faction who wanted a coup are also responsible.

The person who was most responsible for all these tragedies was Danzo, the Dark Lord of the Ninja World.

After the Nine-Tails Rebellion, it was suggested at a meeting to relocate the clan and monitor the Uchiha clan 24 hours a day.

He attacked Shisui by surprise, and asked Itachi to slaughter his own clan and kill his own parents...

In the end, the village put down the Uchiha coup at the lowest cost.

This caused the village to completely lose this genuine descendant of the Six Paths, but it also greatly reduced the village's strength.

If Danzo had not ambushed Shisui, perhaps with Shisui's strength, with the help of the Third Hokage and Itachi, they could have really stopped the Uchiha coup in a peaceful way.

Mitomon En frowned and wanted to criticize Sasuke's betrayal.

But then he saw Sasuke on the screen, walking in the Uchiha clan territory in the heavy rain.

He swallowed back what he wanted to say.

on screen

Sasuke walked step by step in the clan territory in the rain.

Sasuke walked to the front door of his house and opened it.

Recalling my mother's gentle face.

At this moment, he heard some movement in the room.

Sasuke rushed over and opened the door.

【Mother! 】

【Meow~】

It was a cat...

The surprised expression on Sasuke's face gradually disappeared.

Sasuke recalled that he complained to his mother that his father only had eyes for his brother, but his mother smiled and comforted him.

'Your brother is your brother, and you are you.'

"Actually, Dad always talks about you in private."

Sasuke's mind pictured his father's stern face.

He recalled his father saying to him: 'You are worthy of being my son.'

Sasuke knelt down at the spot where his parents were killed, tears dripping onto the floor.

The last scene of the memory is Sasuke standing in front of the tombstones of the Uchiha clan members in the heavy rain.

The small figure looks so helpless.

The memory ends.

Muye Village

Uchiha clan land

Minaga Shrine

All the tribesmen felt a lump in their throats when they saw this.

"The Sasuke-sama on this screen is only seven years old... and he has already experienced such a painful thing."

"In order to avenge us, Lord Sasuke knew that Orochimaru had ill intentions towards him, but he still went to Orochimaru without hesitation."

"Now that we know everything, we should prevent this from happening. Our clan...cannot be destroyed like this! My family cannot die!"

"That's right! No matter how much injustice I have suffered, I will endure it. As long as Master Sasuke grows up, he will definitely use his own strength to seek justice for us!"

"Alas. Naruto knew that Orochimaru had ill intentions towards Sasuke-sama, so he wanted to stop Sasuke-sama, but now..."

The Uchiha clan members had mixed feelings as they watched on the screen Sasuke completely gain the upper hand after the memory ended and even looked like he wanted to kill Naruto.

on screen

Naruto climbed out of the water again and wiped the corner of his mouth.

"They actually really did it... Damn it!"

Naruto raised his head and asked loudly: "Am I no longer your partner? Is everything we have done in Team 7 meaningless?"

Sasuke closed his eyes.

[No...it's not meaningless.]

To me, you are me...

Best friend.

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