In the dim room, Uchiha Fugaku's eyes glimmered with a faint red light as he spoke in a low voice.
"It's not impossible to reverse Itachi's current condition. But after the Konoha leadership took control of him, Itachi became too wary of me. I have no way to bring him back to normal."
"Among the Uchiha Clan's inherited techniques is a jutsu called Izanami, which can counter genjutsu that manipulates the human mind!"
Izanami was a counter-technique created to restrain Izanagi. When Uchiha Itachi faced Danzo, he had used it to resist Kotoamatsukami. It was a genjutsu every bit as powerful as Kotoamatsukami.
"Shūichi, if you agree, I can teach you Izanami right now. Among the Uchiha Clan, you're the only one who has a chance of using this jutsu on Itachi. As long as we can save him, there's still hope!"
Uchiha Fugaku looked at Uchiha Shūichi, his words full of earnest pleading. But no matter how sincere the man sounded, Uchiha Shūichi wouldn't believe him.
The reason was simple: like Izanagi, Izanami was a dojutsu that required the sacrifice of a Sharingan to use. Uchiha Fugaku had deliberately concealed that information, which showed how malicious his intentions were.
The Uchiha Clan had accumulated a great deal over the years. Even with certain reservations, Uchiha Fugaku, as clan head, would surely have a stockpile of Sharingan. It was practically instinct for a shinobi clan.
If Uchiha Fugaku had genuinely wanted Uchiha Shūichi's help, he could have given him a Three Tomoe Sharingan to use as the material for Izanami.
But Uchiha Fugaku hadn't done so. If Uchiha Shūichi really used Izanami, it would be his own eye he lost.
Even if Uchiha Fugaku gave Uchiha Shūichi a Three Tomoe Sharingan afterward, using an eye that wasn't his own would