Why did Itachi lie to Sasuke?
Could it be that Itachi truly had some hidden reason for massacring the Uchiha clan?!
That was Naruto's guess upon seeing the scene before him. In the world of fear he had revealed, judging from Itachi's actions and the resistance in his heart, Itachi had not wanted to massacre the Uchiha clan in the first place.
As for what that hidden reason was, Naruto had no idea. Only Itachi himself knew the answer.
"I'm sorry... I didn't want to..." Itachi knelt on the ground, looking at a young Uchiha boy lying before him, his face filled with pain.
"Ah..." At that moment, an Uchiha woman heard the screams outside and came out to look for the children. At a glance, she saw more than a dozen children lying in pools of blood, along with Itachi Uchiha, covered in blood and holding a kunai.
There was no need to think about who the murderer was—it was Itachi Uchiha!
"Itachi Uchiha!" the woman shrieked.
Hearing her cry, a cruel smirk curled across the lips of the kneeling Itachi Uchiha. He rose to his feet, held up the dripping kunai, and staggered toward her.
When he reached the woman, Itachi Uchiha thrust the blade without hesitation at her screaming form.
"No... don't kill her..." Itachi screamed inwardly, desperately trying to stop his disobedient body. Perhaps his cries had reached it, because it actually stopped.
"Huff... huff..." Itachi gasped for breath.
"Itachi Uchiha, are you sure you won't kill her? If you don't kill her, then the person you chose to protect will die. Are you going to betray your own choice?"
At that moment, a face emerged from behind the woman, followed by a figure. Itachi Uchiha abruptly looked up and discovered that the other person looked