"Maybe I'm judging him too harshly. But the survival of the entire Shinobi World is at stake, along with its future battle against the Ōtsutsuki Clan. I can't afford not to consider every possibility. If we fail, the entire Shinobi World could be wiped out."
Hatake Kakashi spoke with a grave expression.
Uchiha Sasuke understood that too. The threat was pressing.
The Ōtsutsuki Clan's invasion was not some distant event. It would come while he was still in his prime.
"Itachi wants to give you his eyes so you can fuse them into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. You know that, don't you?"
Hatake Kakashi glanced at Uchiha Sasuke as he spoke.
Uchiha Sasuke fell silent. How could he not know? Since learning why Uchiha Itachi had done what he did, many things that had once baffled Sasuke now made sense.
Why, for instance, Itachi had repeatedly claimed to want Sasuke's eyes but had never made a serious move to take them.
Uchiha Itachi truly wanted an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan to be created, but not for himself. He wanted it for Sasuke.
Much of what Sasuke would achieve in the future would be thanks to Itachi's sacrifice.
The more he understood, the more his heart ached.
Yet Uchiha Itachi had killed their entire clan. If he had died, Uchiha Sasuke could have remembered him without reservation. But he had not died. He was still alive.
That made everything far more difficult.
It was much the same dilemma Hatake Kakashi faced.
"You don't have the Mangekyō Sharingan now, but you should be able to awaken it someday. You have the talent." Hatake Kakashi was about to continue when Uchiha Sasuke opened his eyes. A crimson, six-pointed star appeared within his Sharingan.
Kakashi was struck speechless. He froze, never having imagined that Uchiha