Night.
The bright moon hung high in the sky, casting a stark, white, cold light obliquely onto the wooden window of the room, shining through the window gauze and into the interior.
A boy with black hair and black eyes was equipping himself with the armor and weapons before him, piece by piece.
He was none other than Itachi Uchiha!
As he dressed in his gear, his mind involuntarily recalled a mysterious person he had met only a short time ago.
That man wore an orange, spiral-patterned mask, and the aura emanating from his entire body gave Itachi a powerful sense of oppression.
Thinking of how the masked man could walk freely within the village without anyone discovering him, Itachi couldn't help but worry: Who on earth is this person? And he even has our clan's Sharingan, and has awakened the Mangekyo.
The mysterious person claimed to be Madara Uchiha, but how could Itachi, as the young clan head of the Uchiha Clan, not have read the materials concerning Madara? Madara's personality would not be as sneaky as that of the masked man.
No matter what his attitude is, I just hope his strength isn't exaggerated!
The masked man had invited Itachi to join an organization called Akatsuki, and Itachi in return proposed that the masked man assist him in annihilating the Uchiha Clan, upon which he would join Akatsuki.
Snap!
With Itachi's equipment neatly fastened, his black pupils suddenly radiated a scarlet light, giving off an eerie and evil aura.
He quickly took a few leaps across the courtyard, heading toward the commoners' residential area of the clan.
Itachi feared that the Uchiha Clan would launch a rebellion and thereby drain the village's combat power, so he intended to personally excise this piece of rotten flesh of the Uchiha