"Why?" Itachi's voice was hoarse. He desperately wanted to know the answer. "What exactly happened in your timeline? Why did I... attack him?"
Looking at Itachi's face, filled with pain and confusion, Future Sasuke felt a turmoil of emotions.
The Itachi in his memories had been cold and merciless right up until his death, a man who buried everything deep inside and forced Sasuke to grow through the burden of his clan's massacre and his hatred.
But the Itachi standing before him had revealed such a vulnerable side over Jin from another timeline.
Was it because Jin was still alive in this timeline, so Itachi didn't have to bear that heavy disguise?
The hatred that had built up over twenty years seemed to loosen, just a little, in that moment.
"Because... you were a fool."
Future Sasuke's voice was still cold, but it held less hatred and more complicated sorrow.
"To protect the Leaf, for your so-called peace, you chose the most extreme path. You thought the Uchiha Clan was a threat, so you wiped out the entire clan and left only me alive, forcing me to live with hatred and become a hero of the Leaf."
"And in the process, your second older brother, who tried to stop you, became the greatest obstacle to your plan."
"So you killed him."
"You used Tsukuyomi to make him experience death countless times, and in the end, you cut off his head with your own sword..."
With every word Future Sasuke spoke, Itachi's face grew paler.
By the end, his body had begun to tremble, and his eyes were filled with agonized disbelief.
He couldn't imagine that another version of himself would do something so cruel.
"The me from that timeline... was an irredeemable bastard." Itachi closed his eyes, his voice full