Itachi stood in the Uchiha Clan's settlement, the air thick with the smell of rust and gunpowder.
His Mangekyō Sharingan throbbed from overuse. Before him lay the cold corpses of his clansmen, while his father's final sigh and his mother's gentle last request echoed in his ears.
He had severed his own bloodline with his own hands, all to protect the village and his young brother, Sasuke.
The sin of murdering his kin and the endless loneliness gnawed at his soul like maggots clinging to bone.
Kanoshius gave Itachi Uchiha no right to refuse, directly transporting him to the moment after he had destroyed the Uchiha Clan, when he faced Sasuke Uchiha.
"Brother, why did you do this?!"
When young Sasuke returned, he saw his parents lying in a pool of blood, while his brother looked at him with cold, indifferent eyes.
At this moment, Itachi Uchiha possessed all the knowledge and memories he should have had.
Yet, whether because of Uchiha Yato's influence or the convictions he had developed during this time, Itachi Uchiha had not forgotten the memories Uchiha Yato had given him.
This left Itachi Uchiha in an extreme conflict.
Even knowing that all of this was an illusion, he knew clearly that without Uchiha Yato's intervention, it would have become reality.
Looking at the young Sasuke Uchiha before him, Itachi Uchiha truly did not know what to say for a moment.
Indifference, pain, sorrow, and other negative emotions were all difficult to suppress.
At this moment, young Sasuke Uchiha continued questioning Itachi Uchiha.
"Everyone is lying in pools of blood. Did you do this, Brother?!"
"Say something! Answer me, Brother!"
Knowing that this illusion had been created by Kanoshius, Itachi Uchiha answered firmly.
"I did it, but there was a reason."
"Everyone wanted our Uchiha Clan