Why did Itachi lie to Sasuke?
Could it be that Itachi really had a reason for massacring Uchiha Clan?!
This was Naruto's guess after seeing the current scene. Itachi was in the fearful world he had seen. Judging from his performance and inner resistance, he did not intend to massacre Uchiha Clan.
As for the reason, Naruto doesn't know. The answer will only be in Itachi's own heart.
"I'm sorry... I didn't want to..." Itachi knelt on the ground and looked at a Uchiha little boy lying on the ground, his face full of pain.
"Ah..." At this moment, an Uchiha woman heard the screams outside and came out to look for her children. At a glance, she saw more than a dozen children lying in a pool of blood, as well as Itachi Uchiha, who was covered in blood and holding Kunai on the field.
No need to think about it to know that the murderer is Itachi Uchiha!
"Itachi Uchiha!" the woman shouted miserably.
Hearing the woman's shouting, Itachi Uchiha, who was kneeling on the ground, had a cruel sneer at the corner of his mouth. He stood up, holding the bleeding Kunai, and staggered towards the woman.
Walking in front of the woman, Itachi Uchiha stabbed the screaming woman without hesitation.
"No... don't kill her..." Itachi Uchiha shouted in his heart, trying his best to stop the body that kept calling. Perhaps his shouting was heard by the body and it actually stopped.
"Hufufu..." Itachi Uchiha gasped for air.
"Itachi Uchiha, are you sure you don't want to kill her? If you don't kill her, it means that the person you saved will die. Are you going to betray your choice?"
At this time, a face poked out from behind the woman, followed by a figure. Itachi Uchiha suddenly looked up and found that the other person looked exactly like himself. To be precise, it was another 'Itachi Uchiha'.
'Itachi Uchiha' raised his head, with a sinister smile on his face, and said to Itachi: "Itachi, are you sure you don't want to kill her? If she lives, he can't live..."
It was like a magic voice that penetrated into Itachi's ears, seducing the devil in his heart, "I... I..." Itachi felt himself sweating profusely and was speechless.
He didn't know how to refute his other self.
Yes, this is his own choice. It is to protect his dearest brother. If these people do not die, his brother will die...
His dearest brother...
But...
These are also his dearest clan members...
"Itachi, are you sure you want to betray your choice?" 'Itachi Uchiha' asked Itachi again.
Itachi fell silent, and Kunai stopped abruptly less than half a centimeter away from the woman's neck...
"Hahaha..." 'Itachi Uchiha' laughed wildly, leaning forward and backward with laughter. After laughing, 'Itachi Uchiha' looked at Itachi with a sneer and said, "Huh, isn't the root cause of everything is that you are too weak? If you are strong enough, you can destroy those people who asked you to make choices?"
"A weak person has made a choice, but he has also started to act in both directions. He is worthy of being a weak person, and he can do such a thing."
"In the face of choices, you are cowardly and timid. Then, let me help you make this choice. Don't worry, I will make the choice you want to make the most."
"That is, kill everyone and protect one person. Hahaha..." A devilish smile filled Itachi's ears...
"If you don't kill her, you won't kill her. Then, let me help you kill her!" After saying this, 'Itachi Uchiha' snatched Kunai from Itachi's hand and plunged it into the woman's neck. Blood spattered Itachi's face.
Itachi was unmoved.
The scale is beginning to tip the other way.
'Let me bear all of this, even if I will sink into endless hell in the future and will not be allowed to go to Pure Land...' This was Itachi's last voice.
Next, he became numb and watched helplessly as another 'Itachi Uchiha' was killing Uchiha Clan Grounds, killing people like crazy, and Itachi didn't even try to stop him.
Because, he knows that the other 'Itachi Uchiha' is himself.
It is you who follows your inner choice.
"Itachi, is this your choice? Father is proud of you, and I hope you will not regret your choice in the future..." Kunai stabbed into the body of his father Uchiha Fugaku, which was the last thing Fugaku said to him before he died.
The mother, Uchiha Mikoto, had already gone ahead.
The fear of Itachi caused by Netherworld Passage ends here.
Itachi's spirit has returned to his body, but he has not yet recovered from the fear, and his face is still full of pain.
Naruto looked at Itachi and sighed in his heart, remembering that it turned out that in Itachi's heart, killing Uchiha Clan himself had always been the last thing he wanted to face, it was the fear in his heart.
Also, judging from the inner dialogue he had with his other self, someone forced Itachi to make a choice, and the person he chose was Uchiha Clan and someone else.
That person, Naruto, is not difficult to guess, it is Itachi's younger brother Sasuke.
Itachi chose to massacre his parents in order for Sasuke to survive.
This choice was also the reason why Itachi was haunted by nightmares.
Therefore, everything Itachi said to Sasuke just now was untrue. What he loved most was his younger brother Sasuke. However, as the killer of the Uchiha Clan, Itachi no longer had the face to face Sasuke.
How could he dare to beg Sasuke for forgiveness after doing such a thing? Although he said it was for Sasuke's good, had he asked Sasuke? Sasuke Do you want this?
He didn't ask, he made everyone's choice alone, which is why he has to keep up his acting skills.
"Naruto..." At this time, Naruto heard a whisper, it was Sasuke calling his name. Naruto immediately looked away from Itachi and fell on Sasuke.
Although there was still pain on Sasuke's face, he was already awake, otherwise he would not have called Naruto's name. Sasuke looked at Naruto.
Naruto caught Sasuke's gaze, immediately came to Sasuke's side, and asked with concern, "Sasuke, are you okay?"
Sasuke shook his head and said, "I'm fine. What can Itachi's tricks do to me? If I don't kill Itachi, I will never die."
Saying this firmly, Sasuke raised his eyes and saw Itachi sitting on his knees in front of him, his hair covering his face, motionless.
"Itachi, I'm going to kill you!" When Sasuke saw Itachi, the anger in his heart revived. He immediately picked up Kusanagi Sword, climbed in front of Itachi, raised Kusanagi Sword, and wanted to stab Itachi in the chest.
When he was one centimeter away, Itachi raised his head, with blood pouring from the corner of his mouth. Seeing Kusanagi Sword with a cold light in front of him, Itachi showed a trace of tenderness in the corner of his mouth and said softly, "Brother, please kill me..."
"What did you call me?" Hearing Itachi's name, Sasuke was immediately furious. Kusanagi Sword moved forward and pressed it against Itachi's chest.
Itachi's face was in pain. He was exhausted from the torture in the world of fear. He stretched out his right hand with all his strength and firmly grasped the blade of Kusanagi Sword. Blood immediately dripped from the fingers of his palm. Itachi looked at Sasuke seriously and said, "Brother, kill me!"
"Don't call me brother, you don't deserve it!" Sasuke was furious.
Looking at the furious Sasuke and Itachi who wanted to die, Naruto finally spoke:
"Itachi, do you regret it?"