This attitude also confirmed something for everyone.
That was, Kitahara Kaede really was using the discussion as an opportunity.
To establish his own authority!
Unfortunately, Kitahara Kaede could not read minds.
He had no idea what they were thinking. Otherwise, he definitely would have changed his attitude.
The hot-tempered Madara Uchiha stood up and glared angrily at Kitahara Kaede.
If Madara Uchiha's gaze before had been unintentional.
Then it was deliberate now.
"What? Why are you staring at me like that? He was the one whose skills weren't up to par!"
Kitahara Kaede's tone remained indifferent.
Just as Madara Uchiha was about to lose his patience.
Itachi Uchiha stood up.
"I was the one who wasn't good enough."
He said it calmly.
Then he walked up to Kitahara Kaede and gave him a slight bow.
"When did the Fifth Hokage begin studying Genjutsu, or rather, ocular techniques?"
The previous air of dejection was gone from Itachi Uchiha.
Kitahara Kaede immediately thought of a term.
"Self-hypnosis?"
The term had arisen from his own thoughts.
Yet upon hearing it, Itachi Uchiha's body trembled.
Then he stared at Kitahara Kaede in horror.
"How did you know?!"
Then Kitahara Kaede watched Itachi Uchiha return to his previous dejected state.
Kitahara Kaede had merely spoken the first term that came to mind.
Yet Itachi Uchiha looked as though he had suffered a devastating blow.
Clearly, he had not done anything.
But those casual words, to Uchiha's ears.
Had completely shattered his defenses.
Because Itachi Uchiha had been able to stand back up.
Only because he had used an ocular technique on himself—Genjutsu.
A form of self-hypnosis.
For a Genjutsu master like Itachi Uchiha.
He could even sever his own memories.
Just like earlier, Itachi Uchiha only remembered losing to Kitahara Kaede.
He did not remember