Kakashi's eyes moved slightly, and he instantly understood what Naruto meant.
He remembered what happened before: Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki sneaked into Konoha, and after being discovered, they drove away in Perfect Susanoo.
"Perfect Susanoo..."
Kakashi thought silently in his heart.
Before Naruto mentioned to him that his eye was actually Mangekyō Sharingan, Kakashi always thought that the left eye given to him by Obito was still Three Tomoe.
As someone who owns Mangekyō Sharingan and has used Dōjutsu, Kakashi knows the horror of Mangekyō Sharingan consumption.
Especially for such a huge Perfect Susanoo, the load it places on the body and eyesight of the operator is terrifying.
Even though Itachi's Perfect Susanoo is much smaller than Sasuke, there is no doubt about his consumption.
That is not only a consumption of Chakra, but also a direct overdraft of vitality.
And Uchiha Itachi...
Kakashi's eyes also fell on the haggard figure in Courtyard.
With Itachi's "ghostly appearance" of being extremely sick, Chakra empty, and riddled with hidden injuries in his body, to forcefully turn on Perfect Susanoo, and not die suddenly on the spot, but still manage to run away, is already a miracle of willpower and bloodline strength.
Naruto Through close Sensing and observation, it can be determined at this moment: that forcibly opening the door caused an almost devastating blow to Uchiha Itachi's already riddled body.
Over-squeezing the power of Mangekyo Sharingan accelerates the breakdown of the body and the progression of diseases.
Itachi is only eighteen years old this year, but Naruto judged that based on his current weakening of life, he is probably not far from death, and it is only a matter of time before his life is exhausted.
According to the original development, Itachi probably died of illness during the decisive battle with Sasuke when he was twenty-one years old.
But now, Itachi's death time has been greatly advanced due to the forced use of Perfect Susanoo.
However, this judgment did not cause too much trouble in Naruto's heart, let alone regret.
After all, what Itachi did was outrageous.
For the so-called "village stability", "preventing the civil war from spreading wider", "testing the instrument capacity", "Danzo's order", "Third's acquiescence"...
Waiting for a series of complex and even twisted reasons, he personally slaughtered the entire clan, including his own Parents.
No matter how his behavior is interpreted, whitewashed, or Bestowal's tragic overtones of "understanding the righteousness" and "bearing humiliation", in Naruto's view, the cruelty and extreme nature of this behavior itself are "defying nature" that cannot be completely excused by any reason.
Especially when Naruto became Hokage and took on the responsibility of protecting the village and every villager, he was even more unable to agree with this kind of "protection" at the expense of the entire clan.
Life is not a chess piece that can be weighed and discarded so easily.
Therefore, Naruto has a cold attitude toward Uchiha Itachi's life that is about to come to an end.
That was the price he paid for the path he chose, the result of his body being unable to withstand the backlash of force, and the outcome that was already doomed.
It does not deserve sympathy, nor does Sasuke need to personally end it, so as not to tarnish Sasuke's future path, or leave deeper scars in Sasuke's mother's heart.
"I understand, Lord Hokage."
Kakashi nodded, glanced at Itachi below with complicated eyes, and then his body flashed and disappeared. The next moment, he appeared next to Sasuke in Courtyard, conveying Naruto's words in a low voice.
Might Guy also took a deep breath, nodded solemnly to Naruto, and then continued to stare down with bright eyes to ensure that no accidents would happen.
Naruto is still sitting on the ridge of the roof, and Golden's figure is like a silent statue in the moonlight.
He gave the final decision to Sasuke himself, and just provided a cold fact.
The enemy is dead soon.
As for whether Sasuke chooses to believe it, or insists on ending it with his own hands, or is even more confused by the impact of this fact...
Those are all hurdles that Sasuke needs to face and overcome.
The night wind blew by, bringing suppressed sobs and whispers from Courtyard.
Konoha's Hokage watched the final chapter of this tragedy with neither joy nor sorrow.
The calm and clear voice of Naruto, which was not deliberately lowered, fell into the ears of everyone in Courtyard below.
Sasuke Uchiha Chakra, who was surging violently all over his body, was stagnant. He raised his head suddenly and looked at the figure of Golden on the roof. His eyes were filled with complicated and difficult-to-understand emotions, including anger, pain, a trace of disbelief, and some kind of shaken feeling that reality was forcibly broken.
Uchiha Itachi... already dying?
The brother who was so powerful that he despaired and hated him to the core of his bones, the culprit who committed heinous crimes, was already... dying?
The person who was most shocked by this news was none other than Uchiha Mikoto.
She was startled at first, and then tears burst out again, but this time, in addition to sadness, the tears seemed to be mixed with an indescribable and extremely painful complex emotion.
She turned around suddenly and grabbed Sasuke's arm beside her, but she didn't dare to use force for fear of hurting her son. Her voice was trembling but pleading:
"Sasuke...Naruto...Lord Hokage is right... don't... don't kill Itachi again."
She looked at her son's eyes full of hatred and struggle, and her heart ached, "He... he is your brother after all, and my child... He did something unforgivable, but he was punished... Let him guard... Uchiha's cemetery in the last moments of his life."
Use the rest of his time to accompany those tribesmen who died because of him, to atone for their sins, to... apologize..."
This is a mother's idea to let her erring son return to the embrace of the family at the end of his life and use protection to make up for the unexpected.
However, Sasuke slowly shook his head.
His eyes withdrew from Naruto on the roof and fell on Itachi in front of him. They seemed to penetrate him and looked at the faces of the clansmen who were still vivid in his memory but fell in a pool of blood.
"Mother," Sasuke's voice was hoarse, but extremely calm, even with a cold penetrating power.
"Let a guy like this guard the cemetery of Uchiha, and those clansmen who died because of him will not rest in peace.
His existence will only stain the purity of that land."
He paused, turned his gaze to Itachi, and raised an extremely sarcastic, even cruel arc at the corner of his mouth:
"Let him go to Konoha, which he 'loves'!"
As soon as these words came out, not only Mikoto was stunned, but even Uchiha Itachi, who had been lowering his head as if he was indifferent to everything, his body shook almost imperceptibly.
He raised his head in disbelief, and his black eyes, which were cloudy due to illness and overdraft but were still sharp, truly met Sasuke's gaze for the first time.
Sasuke... You actually said that?
Would you let yourself go so "easily"?
No, it's not letting go.
Let him go to Konoha?
Go to the Konoha that he once "protected" but betrayed everything because of it?
At the last moment of life, with this identity and this attitude, return to Konoha?
Countless thoughts flashed through Uchiha Itachi's mind instantly.
Surprise, confusion, a touch of absurdity, and even a touch of joy.
That's fine.
An idea quietly emerged.
Since there is not much life left, since there is nowhere to go, since there is such a heavy sin...
Then, at the last moment of his life, let's feel the village that he "protected" in extreme ways, personally "experience" the villagers' views on him, and face everything he has created with his own hands that is irreversible...
He even had some vague expectations.
Looking forward to seeing how he is viewed by the places he protects.
So, Itachi lowered his head again, without refuting or defending, or even looking at Sasuke or Mikoto again, as if he acquiesced to this arrangement.
The next day, on the street of Konoha.
The sun is still shining brightly, the streets are clean and tidy, and the streets are bustling with people, full of the vitality and hustle and bustle of a peaceful village.
However, in this daily picture, there is an incompatible "landscape".
Uchiha Itachi, put on a gray coarse cloth without any markings, and his hands were still wearing the shackles that restrained Chakra. Under the escort of a serious-looking ANBU, he walked slowly and silently on the street.
He lowered his head, and the black Long Hair covered most of his face, but his thin figure, pale and sickly complexion, and iconic tear troughs still allowed some villagers who were well-informed or had good memories to quickly identify him.
The whispers spread like a plague.
"Look! That person... is he...?"
"Shh! Keep your voice down! Yes, it's him! Uchiha Itachi! The Monster who killed his entire clan!"
"Oh my God, is he really still alive? Didn't he say he died a long time ago? Why did he become such a ghost?"
"I heard that Lord Sasuke captured him...
Tsk tsk, looking at him like that, he seems to be dying soon? I heard he has a terminal illness?"
"Terminally ill? Huh! You really deserve it! Retribution! Such a guy should have died a long time ago! It was an advantage for him to let him live for so many more years!"
"Hey, you can't blame him entirely, right? I heard... he followed the order of his predecessor Hokage Advisor Shimura Danzō to carry out that 'mission'..."
"Haha, Danzo? That Rogue Ninja who did all the bad things and finally ran away? Being able to listen to that kind of person and do something as unscrupulous as genocide, doesn't it just prove that he himself is not a good person? He is a cold-blooded butcher at heart! What he said for the sake of the village is just an excuse!"
"That's right! He can even attack his own Parents... He's worse than a beast!"
"Lord Hokage Why are you still keeping him? Why not just execute him?"
"Who knows... maybe Lord Sasuke has some plans? After all, he is his brother..."
"Brother? If I were Master Sasuke, I would rather not have such a brother!"
Pointing gazes, unabashed disgust and fear, mixed with angry condemnations and vicious curses, were like cold needles, piercing the figure walking with his head down in the middle of the street one by one.
It's full of speculation and emotional catharsis, but the core hatred and rejection are real.
Uchiha Itachi Earth Flow sat quietly, as if he was deaf to everything around him.
Only the shackled hands that were slightly clenched and unclenched, and the slightly trembling eyelashes in the shadows that no one could see clearly revealed that his heart was not completely unsettled.
This is the Konoha that he "loves" and wants to "protect" at all costs. Now, it "repays" his "dedication" in the most real and cruel way.
There is no understanding, no pathos, only the purest disgust and contempt based on human nature and moral instinct.
The sun is warm and the streets are lively.
But the Weasel walking among them felt colder and lonelier than in the rain of Land of Rain, than in the darkness of Akatsuki, or anywhere else.
This is the final "destination" chosen by Sasuke for him.
It is not the cemetery of atonement, but the judgment seat of reality.
Let him experience with his own eyes, ears, and person the evaluation of him by the villagers of Konoha behind his "great" sacrifice.
This, perhaps, stung his already twisted and desperate heart more than death itself.