Given the situation as it stood, I should stay alive a little longer for now.
Then I could tell the two of them everything I knew and let Sasuke take my eyes. Once he had evolved them into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, that would be the best time for me to choose death.
Father, Mother, and all those innocent members of our clan, please allow me to keep living a little longer...
After silently murmuring this to himself,
Itachi raised his head and looked at Sasuke.
"Mm. Since that's what you want, we'll do as you say, Sasuke. You're the victor. Everything here belongs to you now."
He said it in a calm voice.
Sasuke's expression seemed unchanged.
But deep inside, the taut string in his heart quietly loosened a little.
After all, Sasuke really hadn't figured out what to do with his brother.
The guilt was there.
But when it came to killing Itachi,
Sasuke truly couldn't bring himself to do it.
The feelings between brothers—
Especially after learning the truth,
After understanding that most of what Itachi had done was for his sake,
Sasuke found it even harder to act.
So it was good to put off the decision for a while.
At least, even if he couldn't think of an answer for now, he still had Naruto, didn't he? He could discuss it with Naruto!
Without even realizing it,
Naruto might have long since replaced Uchiha Itachi as the most important person deep in Sasuke's heart.
Just as the brothers had reached an "understanding,"
And Sasuke was about to say that he would take Itachi away and return to Snow Ninja Village,
Suddenly,
On the right side of the nearly collapsed castle,
Space twisted and warped into view.
"Hmm!?"
"Who's there?"
The brothers reacted at once.
They