"What are you talking about, Sasuke?"
Looking at Sasuke, Itachi Uchiha didn't understand what had happened. The way Sasuke was acting made him feel utterly unfamiliar. This wasn't his little brother!
"Hm? Big brother, don't you understand what I'm saying? Hurry up and gouge out your eyes for me! I need your eyes. I need even greater power! Once I've got your eyes, I'll go and save the people of Konoha, freeing them from their suffering. From now on, there'll be no more Will of Fire, no more Hokage. Come on, commoner, give me your eyes!"
Uchiha Sasuke looked at Itachi and slowly walked toward him.
"Sasuke, how did you become like this? Do you think that getting those eyes means you can stage a coup? As a member of the village, can't you try to see things from the Hokage's perspective? Why..."
Looking at Sasuke, Itachi felt an overwhelming sorrow. Heartache and grief surged through him. He had never imagined that his little brother—the one who had always admired him, the one he loved most—would become like this.
Why had this happened?
They had only been apart for one night! Sasuke hadn't been like this before!
Itachi didn't know how Sasuke had obtained those eyes, but why had getting them turned him into this?
Could it be that the Uchiha Clan's blood really was born evil?
"Why? For the great Kind Father, for my faith, I will conquer this world! Commoner, kneel! Give me your eyes! With even greater power, I'll kill the Hokage and destroy the village you love. You should feel honored!"
Hearing Itachi's words, Uchiha Sasuke sneered and continued walking toward him.
"..."
Itachi fell silent. His eyes transformed into a Mangekyō Sharingan, and he looked at the little brother he had once known with utter