Nails (Part Two)

"Don't be nervous. I really only wanted to help him calm down. I didn't mean anything else!" Qi Shuang shook his head and said with a wry smile.

As he spoke, the temperature throughout the room had already dropped sharply.

A chill swept through the air, and even their exhaled breath turned into white mist.

"That's enough. Why make it so cold?" Mei Terumi frowned slightly beside them.

Hearing that, Qi Shuang immediately withdrew his chakra and stopped creating cold air to lower the room's temperature.

Seeing how tense Kakashi and Sasuke were, he smiled and said, "Sit down. Let's continue talking!"

Seeing that he truly had no intention of attacking, Kakashi brought Sasuke back to his seat. However, the wariness in his eyes had still not faded.

Qi Shuang did not mind. Looking at the youth rubbing his hands, he said, "Anger will only blind you. Only by remaining calm can you see the truth clearly."

"Then what is this truth you keep talking about?" Sasuke asked with a cold laugh.

Qi Shuang looked at the youth and said meaningfully, "Killing always requires a motive!"

"Only bloodthirsty murderers kill people at random!"

"If he slaughtered his entire clan merely to test the power of the Mangekyō Sharingan, don't you think Itachi's reason sounds far too flimsy?"

"You're Itachi Uchiha's biological younger brother. If others don't understand your brother, don't you understand his personality?"

"Was he really the kind of person who would slaughter his entire clan just to test the Mangekyō Sharingan?"

Qi Shuang's repeated questions felt like sharp knives stabbing into the youth's heart.

The youth's anger gradually gave way to calm, and then to doubt.

He knew his brother. Itachi was an exceptionally gentle man who loved his clan and loved Konoha.

Based on everything he knew