Our hunt will surely come

By the time Itachi turned around, Minato had already vanished with his parents' bodies, leaving only Sasuke lying unconscious on the floor.

He was still thinking back to what Minato had just said.

What would it change? Why worry about what they cared about?

Itachi crouched down and reached out to touch Sasuke's forehead.

Forgive me, Sasuke.

"Let's go. We're short on time, so we need to move fast."

Before he could dwell on it for long, however, Minato abruptly reappeared in the room alone.

Knowing how little time they had, Itachi hesitated no longer. He picked up the unconscious Sasuke and hurried out with Minato.

The two moved swiftly, exchanging not a word. Every survivor they found, whether trapped in Genjutsu or hiding, had nowhere to conceal themselves from Itachi's Sharingan and Minato's senses.

Uchiha Itachi immediately subdued the clansmen who were still conscious and hiding. Without wasting words, Minato laid a hand on each of them, and the pair vanished before reappearing again.

Itachi also keenly noticed that after the first dozen or so people, Minato looked visibly more exhausted each time he returned using Flying Thunder God.

The Fourth Hokage isn't using much chakra, so why is he...

Uchiha Itachi's heart tightened as he watched Minato grow increasingly exhausted, yet continue silently whisking away every survivor they discovered at high speed.

He finally realized just how laughable the ideas he and Shisui had once held were.

Thinking like a Hokage? Finding my own path and facing reality?

He, Uchiha Itachi, was nothing but a clown who believed he understood the world and its truths after seeing through its darkness, yet could accomplish nothing!

He had never clearly told himself what was right. He had merely reassured himself that what he was doing was not wrong.

And what