Izumi's impure Uchiha bloodline and her personality, so different from those of the other Uchiha, had destined her to have almost no friends her own age within the vast Uchiha Clan.
It could be said that she was Uchiha Itachi's only friend, and Uchiha Itachi was hers.
And yet.
Izumi now found that the friend she had trusted had become a stranger. She had never imagined that Itachi harbored such extreme ideas.
She had once naively believed that someone who loved the village and loved peace might have a personality much like hers.
Someone who, even after awakening the Sharingan, would not become one of those Uchiha with an extreme, twisted personality.
Izumi had never expected to be wrong.
So terribly wrong.
Even after slapping Uchiha Itachi hard across the face just now, she felt not the slightest regret.
She even wished she could slap the other side of his face as well.
Then the handprints on both cheeks would look a little more balanced.
After all...
The future Uchiha Itachi, for the sake of his so-called convictions and capacity, would kill the mother she depended on, kill Uchiha Izumi herself, and kill everyone else in the Uchiha Clan.
"...Izumi, you're the one who's too naive." Uchiha Itachi did not hold his cheek, even though it stung.
He gazed at Izumi and said, "The [absolute justice] you and Uchiha Chisen believe in isn't absolute. If you truly intend to enforce justice through uncompromising means, then you should be stopping the people within the Uchiha Clan right now. Their intention to stage a coup is plain for anyone to see."
"A coup would only plunge Konoha into civil strife and allow outside enemies to exploit its weakness. There are only two ways to stop all of this. Someone once wanted to