Uchiha Itachi had never imagined that this would be the answer he received from Uchiha Chisen.
He raised his head and met Uchiha Chisen's eyes.
Could those sharp black eyes really see through the "evil" he would commit in the future?
Would he... wipe out the entire Uchiha Clan with his own hands?
Itachi could not put his feelings into words.
Shock?
Disbelief?
Horror?
Or was it all of them at once?
So much so that when Uchiha Chisen reached out and seized him by the throat, Uchiha Itachi did not even try to dodge.
Instead, he stood motionless, feeling the faint suffocation as the other boy's fingers gradually tightened.
Itachi's lips trembled as he asked with difficulty, "Is the future your eyes see something that will definitely happen?"
He did not know why.
But when he realized that his little brother Sasuke was the only one missing from the people Uchiha Chisen had named...
He felt a faint sense of relief.
That alone proved that, even without asking the question, he already believed Uchiha Chisen truly possessed the ability to see future evil.
"Itachi, Chisen has never been wrong! He even saw through the evil of Lord Hokage's eldest son! Not even Lord Hokage and the others could dispute that ability!"
The answer came not from Uchiha Chisen, but from Izumi behind him, her voice already trembling and choked with tears.
The girl had long since come to trust every word Uchiha Chisen said without question.
She believed Chisen would never lie.
Which meant...
Both she and her mother would die at Uchiha Itachi's hands someday.
She could not accept it.
As her vision blurred without her noticing, Izumi hurriedly wiped the corners of her eyes.
She clenched her teeth and asked the question everyone, including Fugaku beside her,