"How could this happen?" Izuna's voice trembled. He simply could not believe what he was hearing.
Of everyone in the Uchiha Clan, he had cared the most about his clansmen.
Whenever they fought on the battlefield, he had charged to the front, all to protect his clansmen and keep their casualties down.
But now-the Uchiha had actually been wiped out?
Watching from the sidelines, An quietly savored the spectacular expression frozen on Izuna's face, as though he had plunged from heaven into hell. The Mangekyō Sharingan in An's eyes turned slowly, cold and cruel.
"Oh, Lord Izuna, you shouldn't blame Lord Madara!"
An paced leisurely, drawing out his words as he continued pouring fuel on the fire with his mocking tone.
"The Uchiha Clan lived in Konoha. If the village wanted to wipe them out, what could Lord Madara possibly do?"
An spread his hands in a helpless, innocent gesture, but his eyes brimmed with derision as he kept stabbing at Madara's wounds.
It was Madara's absence after leaving the clan, and the indirect consequences of his foolish plan, that had ultimately brought about the tragedy of the Uchiha Clan's annihilation.
As the clan's leader, Uchiha Madara could not escape responsibility!
Izuna breathed heavily, his gaze toward Madara now filled with disappointment and pain.
Brother, is this how you protected the Uchiha?
"What happened to your promise to me?"
"Hehe, promises, promises." An continued embellishing the story. "Lord Madara would never limit his vision to the rise and fall of a mere clan. His sights were set much further afield, on the vast, boundless ninja world. He dedicated his entire life to fighting for lasting peace throughout the ninja world."
"If anyone stood in the way of Lord Madara's grand ambition, he wouldn't hesitate to kill them-not just his Uchiha