Chapter 177 The truth?
Just when everyone in the ninja world was still immersed in "Hahaha, hahaha".
on screen
The video has been fast-forwarded to the moment when the masked man tells Sasuke the truth.
After killing Itachi, Sasuke sat on the bed, wrapped in bandages.
At this time, the masked man walked in.
Sasuke looked at him, blood flowing from his left eye, and Itachi's kaleidoscope pattern suddenly appeared in his eyes.
The masked man held the mask: [Could it be...]
The next moment, a ball of black flame appeared out of nowhere on the masked man.
The masked man screamed in pain and stepped back, and the mask fell to the ground.
In the ninja world, many people were shocked and quickly stopped laughing. They wanted to see if this masked man was the real Uchiha Madara?
Sasuke murmured: [What…what happened? What just happened…]
The masked man put on a new mask and walked out.
He explained: [That was the Amaterasu that Itachi implanted in your body. Itachi must have done something to you before you died.]
Sasuke was startled.
[What do you want to say? Why did Itachi do that? ]
Obito slowly said: [Don't you understand? ]
[To protect you. ]
Sasuke's pupils shrank.
[Protect... You actually said it was for protection... Are you kidding? ]
Ninja World
Everyone was doubting their lives.
"No way? Uchiha Itachi will protect his brother?"
"Bullshit! This masked man simply made up a lie to deceive Sasuke!"
"I absolutely don't believe that Uchiha Itachi, who is capable of doing such a thing, would protect Sasuke!"
"Qi. I thought I would see his face under the mask."
on screen
The masked man said: [I'll say it again, you seem to know your brother, but in fact you know nothing. ]
Sasuke's pupils trembled.
[If you continue to talk nonsense, I will kill you. ]
[I know Itachi's affairs very well. ]
Sasuke grabbed the blanket covering him tightly and yelled, "Stop making so much noise! How is that possible? Get out of my sight!"
[No. Please listen. You must listen. This is your obligation.]
The masked man continued: [In case I knew the truth, he planned to use Amaterasu to seal my mouth. Maybe he even expected that I would show you my Sharingan in order to talk to you? ]
Sasuke's expression at this moment was very ugly, and his eyes were full of bloodshot.
[What are you talking about? You, what are you talking about? To protect me? To protect... is actually the truth?]
The masked man said: [When he left the village, he had already decided to die in the duel with you, in order to give you new power. This is the truth about Itachi. ]
Sasuke was doubting his life, and he murmured: [It's a lie, it's all a lie. You must be lying to me. ]
He turned his head sharply, looked at the masked man, and shouted: [What nonsense! He nearly killed me several times! ]
The masked man said calmly: [If Itachi wanted to kill you, you would have died long ago.]
Sasuke argued: [He even used the Mangekyō Sharingan's eye technique to kill me! You still say that...]
And he said Itachi wanted to protect him?
The masked man said: [Even your response was within his expectations. Itachi had to force you in that battle. You should have realized the reason, right?]
Sasuke's pupils fluttered.
in memory
Itachi, who was in Susanoo, looked at the Yamata no Orochi: [What should come out has come out. ]
Then, Itachi used the Totsuka sword to seal the Yamata no Orochi and Orochimaru together.
End of memories
[It seems that I am beginning to understand. ]
Sasuke glanced at the masked man: [You are lying! Itachi once said that it was you who asked the Nine-Tails to attack the village! ]
[Itachi was lying. Itachi was afraid that you would know the truth. ]
[In order to leave no possibility, in order to prevent you from believing me, I lied and implanted Amaterasu in your eyes.]
Sasuke yelled: [How can I believe this? Itachi is a bad guy! He slaughtered his people and is a criminal who is in cahoots with Akatsuki! ]
Ninja World
"What is the masked man trying to say? Uchiha Itachi slaughtered his own clan and killed his parents, but he is a good man who loves his brother? This is ridiculous!"
"The masked man wants to say that Uchiha Itachi killed all of Sasuke's relatives except Sasuke, and he also carefully paved a way for Sasuke to become stronger, so he loves Sasuke, and Sasuke should be touched and thank him. Sasuke must know what Uchiha Itachi did for him? What kind of weird logic is this? What kind of weird person can say such a thing?"
"Haha! Bah! Judging from the masked man's weird logic, he's definitely not the real Madara!"
"Isn't Orochimaru already dead? How come he came out again? And he was sealed by Uchiha Itachi..."
on screen
The masked man said: [Itachi alone bore the sin that would never be washed away. After betraying the village, he also sneaked into Akatsuki and monitored the organization that threatened the village from the inside.]
At this point, the masked man raised his head and said with emotion: [He always cares about Konoha Village. And, he is also worried about you. As soon as the Third Hokage who promised to protect you died, Itachi immediately appeared in Konoha. He did that to send a signal to the Konoha high-ranking officials including Danzo that he is still alive. He is extremely worried...]
[Shut up! Everything you said is a lie!]
[The evidence is that you are still alive. ]
The masked man looked down at Sasuke and said: [You are still alive now. ]
Sasuke was stunned.
[Your eyes did not see through anything Itachi did, nor did you see through any of the illusions Itachi had created.]
[Itachi killed his friends, his boss, his lover, his father, and his mother, but he could not bring himself to kill his own brother.]
With that, the masked man walked up to Sasuke and pulled out a kunai.
[He shed tears and blood, erasing all his emotions. For the sake of the village, he killed countless compatriots, but he just couldn't kill you. ]
Ninja World
"The masked man Madara said these things to Sasuke, there must be a purpose!"
"This kind of lie won't fool Sasuke, right? Sasuke is not a fool..."
"What the masked man said may not be completely false, but it must be mixed with lies! What does he want to do with Sasuke?"
"Didn't the masked man say that Uchiha Itachi slaughtered the Uchiha clan for Konoha's sake... This means there are many hidden secrets that we don't know about."
"After the video was fast-forwarded, the original plot line has become incomprehensible. Sasuke's reaction is also very strange. It's as if he cares more about whether Itachi really loves him than the killed clansmen and parents. Can't he tell which is more important? Even if Itachi really loves him and it's really for Konoha, so what? All his relatives were killed by Itachi. No matter what, he can't forgive Itachi, right?"
"No matter what the truth is, I will never admit that someone like Uchiha Itachi will be described as a good person in the future!"
The next scene on the screen allowed many people to guess the masked man's purpose.
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