"Hey, surprised, aren't you? My dear eldest nephew?"
Uchiha Homura emerged from around a corner with his arms crossed, smiling like a big bad wolf.
The moment Itachi saw his uncle's "harmless" smile, he could not help recalling some rather unfriendly memories from childhood.
Of course, it was not that Uchiha Homura had treated the young Itachi badly.
On the contrary, Uchiha Homura, who had never married or had children, had always doted on his two nephews as though they were his own sons!
Just as Itachi and Fugaku both wanted to sacrifice their eyes for Sasuke this time, if he could, Uchiha Homura would never hesitate to sacrifice one of his own eyes.
However, though Uchiha Homura was Itachi and Sasuke's maternal uncle, there was still one degree of separation in their bloodline.
To obtain the Eternal Eye, one needed the eyes of a direct blood relative.
Clearly, although Uchiha Homura was closely related to Sasuke by blood, he still did not meet the requirements.
It could be said that the only people who could help Sasuke awaken the Eternal Eye were his father, Fugaku Uchiha, or his brother, Itachi Uchiha.
Of course, if Mikoto Uchiha had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan as well, she would have qualified, but she had not.
Therefore, with both his brother-in-law and eldest nephew wanting to make a sacrifice for his younger nephew, Uchiha Homura could only painfully choose between the two.
At first, Uchiha Homura had certainly been incomparably conflicted over this.
After all, he knew that both his brother-in-law and eldest nephew were the sort of people who, once they made up their minds, could not be pulled back even by nine oxen.
But when he absolutely had to choose one, his brother-in-law had persuaded him a few days ago.
So now,