Shamu had only just enjoyed a few leisurely days when Fugaku caught hold of him and insisted that Sasuke take him as his master.
Previously, with the situation still unclear, Fugaku had planned to send Sasuke out of Konoha, but Shamu stopped him.
Shamu's reason was that there were too many ambitious schemers in the Shinobi World now. Unless someone with a Mangekyō Sharingan could protect Sasuke, he would be in even greater danger on his own outside.
What a joke. If Sasuke left Konoha, how could he form a bond with Naruto, grow stronger, suffer setbacks, grow stronger again, suffer more setbacks, and grow stronger yet again?
Still, this was only one of Shamu's idle moves. After all, he did not think highly of Sasuke.
Although Sasuke and Naruto were both children of destiny—Sasuke was Indra's reincarnation, while Naruto was Asura's—
Sasuke had always lagged far behind Naruto. Of course, the root cause was not Naruto's Nine-Tails cheat.
It was because Sasuke's temperament was too lacking, and his talent was too lacking as well. As the saying went, goods were thrown away when compared, and people died when compared.
His entire clan was slaughtered, yet his rage only awakened a One-Tomoe. The remaining Two-Tomoe and Three-Tomoe were all related to Naruto. Even his parents' deaths mattered less than his bond with Naruto.
In Itachi's plan, Sasuke should have awakened the Mangekyō long ago. They should have fought an evenly matched battle, with Itachi ultimately dying by Sasuke's hand.
That would have released the hatred in Sasuke's heart and ultimately helped him achieve the Eternal Mangekyō.
Yet when Sasuke fought him, he only had a pathetic Three-Tomoe.
Itachi's holding back was as vast as an ocean, and he had only died by Sasuke's hand because he was terminally ill.
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