"No wonder!"
Uchiha Itachi instantly understood why his future self on that timeline had been so certain that Sasuke would ultimately return to Konoha as he wished.
Not only had he intended to hide the truth behind the clan massacre until his death, but he had also prepared an ultimate backup plan.
His future self had planted an Amaterasu within Sasuke, setting the trigger so that it would activate automatically the moment Sasuke saw Obito Uchiha, burning him to death and eliminating any future trouble.
At the same time, he had planted a Kotoamatsukami within Uzumaki Naruto. The condition was probably for it to activate the instant it saw Sasuke.
Uchiha Itachi guessed that his future self had likely intended to implant the will to protect Konoha Village forever, or something similar, into Sasuke's mind, completely eliminating any possibility of him straying from the path.
But unfortunately, after all that planning, not a single thing had gone according to plan.
The hidden Amaterasu had failed to kill Obito Uchiha, while Uzumaki Naruto, who had been expected to encounter Sasuke immediately, had not found Sasuke first. Instead, his future Impure World Reincarnation self had encountered him.
All that planning, and he still got it wrong!
"So that was the truth behind the Uchiha Clan massacre?"
At the Hyuga Clan territory, Hyuga Neji had just returned home after attending a family dinner at his aunt's house.
It had been a small family gathering to celebrate both him and his cousin, Hyuga Keiko, being promoted to Chunin.
With funerals being held all across Konoha, it was not appropriate to celebrate too extravagantly.
So they had merely celebrated among themselves.
Only after reading the diary did he learn that there had been so many hidden details behind the destruction of the Uchiha Clan all