The Sky Screen continued playing.
["Rat, ox, monkey, tiger..."]
[Kabuto recited the hand seals with vacant eyes.]
[Itachi Uchiha finally breathed a sigh of relief. "That seems to be all the seals."]
[Then he controlled Kabuto's body and began undoing Impure World Reincarnation, one word and one seal at a time.]
[Behind him, Sasuke looked conflicted and sighed. "It looks like nothing I say will matter now."]
["When I first found you, I followed you all the way here to find out whether what Tobi and Danzo said was true. But that wasn't all I discovered."]
["Being with you reminded me of how things used to be with my brother, of how much I admired you when I was little."]
["And the closer we became, like we used to be, the more I understood you."]
["The more I hated Konoha for tormenting you. That hatred is even stronger than before. I understand what you want me to do."]
["But perhaps it's precisely because you're my brother that you reject what I'm doing."]
["And precisely because I'm your little brother, I won't stop, no matter what you say."]
["Even if you want to protect Konoha, I will destroy it!"]
Beneath the Sky Screen, the longer everyone listened, the more something seemed off.
"Hey, wait, that's not right! Why does it sound like Sasuke doesn't want to let Itachi go?"
"Obviously. Sasuke looks like he's about to cry watching Itachi undo Impure World Reincarnation. Of course he doesn't want to let him go."
"Why, though? Does he really understand Itachi now? Surely not!"
"It really is absurd. I can't wrap my head around it."
"Uh... I think Sasuke mainly wanted revenge because Itachi destroyed his family and ruined the perfect brother he'd held in his heart. He only paid lip service to