Faced with his hysteria, Itachi fell silent for a moment before uttering a cold, undeniable truth.
"I was already a rogue ninja."
Ever since he had taken the blame for slaughtering his clan and left Konoha.
Ever since he had chosen to sink into darkness and bear that infamy.
In the eyes of the world, he had always been the criminal who massacred his own people.
He would carry the label of traitor for the rest of his life. He had long since stopped caring about adding to it.
All he wanted to protect was his younger brother, Sasuke-the last future of the Uchiha.
Danzo and his followers were too obsessed, too prejudiced, too malicious. They could bring themselves to murder even a young, innocent girl like Sakura. In the years to come, they would surely target Sasuke without end.
Such a cancer could not be allowed to remain!
Under Danzo's utterly terrified, despairing gaze, Itachi slowly raised his hand.
Silent. Swift. Clean.
It was all over.
The Darkness of Konoha-Shimura Danzō, who had lurked in the Shinobi World's shadows for decades, stirred up countless troubles, and planted the seeds of countless disasters-was dead.
Uchiha Itachi slowly withdrew his gaze and looked up at the full moon outside.
Its light was clear and bright, just as it had been on the night of the massacre.
He murmured softly, his low, cool voice carrying endless loneliness and indifference.
"A full moon again..."
"Another... night of slaughter."
Next came everyone hiding throughout Konoha, every last loyalist Danzo had left behind. Tonight, none would survive.
After obtaining the secret list Danzo had concealed all his life, Uchiha Itachi became the most merciless demon in the night.
Among those listed were ninja embedded in the Konoha Military Police Force, staff hidden in logistics, ordinary