"You're right."
Uchiha Itachi lowered his eyes. He understood very clearly what Orochimaru meant.
If not for Akira, he would now be Uchiha Itachi, the man who had slaughtered his entire clan and Uchiha Izumi, becoming a double agent. Only death would have awaited him.
And even in death,
no one would have cleared his name.
The same was true for Orochimaru. Without Akira, she could never have reached her current heights.
Their endings had been destined to be tragic.
Less than half an hour later, Hyuga Neji returned. His gaze had become incomparably firm and resolute.
"Well, well. You figured it out in just half an hour?"
Uchiha Itachi sneered, his gaze at Hyuga Neji carrying a hint of teasing. "Don't tell me you still needed your family to talk you through it?"
Orochimaru's face darkened.
Uchiha Itachi had been the one making excuses for Hyuga Neji earlier.
And now, Uchiha Itachi was also the one mocking Hyuga Neji. These two were something else.
Hyuga Neji immediately became unhappy, his resolute gaze turning angry. "Damn it, Uchiha Itachi, what do you know? That was respect for my family!"
At the mention of family, his expression softened involuntarily.
After the Ninja World War had ended,
the entire Land of God had returned to peace and experienced an unprecedented marriage boom. Naturally, he had gotten together with Tenten, his classmate, and married her.
"I felt that I still needed to consider Tenten's opinion on this matter."
Hyuga Neji's azure eyes softened.
"But when I went back, Tenten's resolve was even firmer than mine. In her eyes, as long as it could help our teacher, any price was worth paying."
"She would even be willing to sacrifice herself for it."
"But when it comes to no longer being human, I think Tenten