Obito's Twists and Turns

"Itachi... I'm sorry. If not for my naivety, things would never have reached this point. It's all my fault."

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed, his face filled with sorrow.

"Lord Hokage, it has nothing to do with you. You already did your best. It was the clansmen who failed to appreciate it," Uchiha Itachi said in a low voice.

"There's no saving the tragedy by saying this now." Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Uchiha Itachi and slowly said, "Can you tell me the specifics?"

Uchiha Itachi nodded and immediately recounted every detail of the night of the clan's extermination to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"I never expected that, besides Danzo, someone else was threatening you." Hiruzen Sarutobi asked gravely, "That person really had the Sharingan too?"

"Yes. And he had awakened the Mangekyou. I suspect he was the culprit behind the Tailed Beast rampage eight years ago that killed the Fourth Hokage and his wife!" Uchiha Itachi said solemnly.

"What?!" A fierce look immediately flashed across Hiruzen Sarutobi's face. "Itachi, can you be certain?"

Uchiha Itachi nodded, then shook his head. "There's no direct evidence yet, but he invited me to join a mysterious organization. I've already agreed."

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at him in confusion.

"I plan to join that organization as a Missing-nin, gather more intelligence, and prevent him from targeting the village or Sasuke again!" Uchiha Itachi said.

Having carried out the extermination of his clan, even if no one else blamed him, he could not face himself, much less young Sasuke. Or rather, from the moment he decided to destroy the clan, he had already arranged the future for both himself and Sasuke!

"If that is the case, your sacrifice is far too great." Even Hiruzen Sarutobi did not know what to say at this point.

"As long as Lord Hokage can