"Another night?"
Izumi froze, then something suddenly flashed through her mind.
After confirming that Itachi had taken Obito away rather than killed him, she had once asked Menma whether Itachi could accomplish his goal alone.
Menma's answer had been straightforward—
Itachi could indeed sacrifice his own life to revive everyone killed in their clan.
Once he possessed the Rinnegan, he could use the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to resurrect the dead, at the cost of the caster's life alone.
The technique imposed no limit on numbers. How many lives one life could restore depended on the caster's wishes and knowledge. If he wanted, he could even resurrect everyone who had died across the world that day.
There was just one prerequisite.
He needed to know who they were.
But that was no problem. On the Night of the Uchiha Massacre, Itachi could hardly have been unaware of which clansmen they had killed.
That had also led Izumi to misunderstand something.
Since one person's life was enough, why keep Obito alive?
She drew a clear line between the targets of her hatred. If Itachi intended to die himself, then Obito would bear the brunt of that hatred and die by her hand.
Likewise, if Obito carried out the plan, she would kill Itachi herself.
After encountering Obito during the Shinobi War, his behavior had led her to believe Itachi was trying to escape, to make Obito die in his place.
Especially just now, when Itachi had stubbornly protected Obito without explaining anything, yet looked at her with overwhelming guilt.
Izumi simply could not accept that.
But Sasuke's words made her understand. The two of them were the same; it was just that Obito Uchiha's sins extended beyond the Night of the Uchiha Massacre, to something even greater than