Shinji had no idea what had gotten into everyone lately. Why were so many people coming to see him?
First Tsunade, then Itachi.
Although Itachi had passed him information through their secret contact method several times before, none of it had been particularly significant, and he had never asked to meet.
This time, however, Itachi had specified a meeting place and told him to bring only Sasuke.
Shinji had to make a reasonable guess: was Itachi missing his Foolish Otouto too much?
As for whether Itachi wanted to give Sasuke his Sharingan...
That really had not been his first thought.
Judging by the timeline, Itachi's terminally ill body should have been able to hold out for another six months to a year.
Especially since the current Sasuke was nowhere near worthy of standing before Itachi and demanding answers about what had happened back then.
Even though Shinji had helped Sasuke awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan ahead of time, he still had yet to mature.
Against the current Sasuke, Itachi could probably have thrashed him effortlessly even while deliberately holding back.
But given a little more time, Shinji was confident he could train Sasuke to become stronger than he had been at the same point in the original story.
Still, since he had rather liked Itachi as a character in his previous life, he agreed.
After all, they were actual brothers. What business did he have stopping them from seeing each other?
He was not some wicked stepmother...
So he went straight to Sasuke and said, "In light of your recent performance, I'm taking you to see someone."
"Who?"
"You'll know when we get there. You definitely won't regret it."
"All right. Just the two of us?"
"Yes, just us. The guy you're going to meet is a little shy."
In fact,