Refuting Great Causes and Shattering Hypocritical Facades
Chapter 117
That mouthful of dark blood splashed onto the floor tile, and Itachi's defense broke off with it.
Sasuke did not pull back the mic, instead placing it even closer. "Why aren't you talking? Weren't you just talking about the big picture, about peace, about having no choice?"
Itachi's throat tightened, his mouth full of blood. "You wouldn't understand. Back then, there was no longer any buffer between the Uchiha and the village; a coup would have killed more people."
Sasuke straightened his body and turned to the entire assembly. "Listen clearly, he is still settling accounts for Danzo even now."
Someone in the crowd cursed, "Stop using the village as a shield!"
Sasuke raised a hand, and the curses were suppressed by the Joint Law Enforcement Department.
He looked back at Itachi. "First, you say a coup would have killed more people. Where is the proof?"
Itachi's gaze flickered in disorder. "Speeches at the clan meetings, surveillance reports from the ANBU, the higher-ups had already judged..."
Sasuke cut him off. "Judgment is not a verdict, and surveillance reports are not a death warrant."
Yamada Naoto immediately carved this sentence into the scroll.
Sasuke continued, "Konoha has the Council of Elders, the Konoha Military Police Force, the clan head, and the Clan Meeting. Which rule allows an ANBU Ninja to slaughter a clan in private?"
Itachi breathed heavily. "Those rules were too late to stop a war."
Sasuke bent down, his palm pressing against the back of Itachi's neck, forcing his face to turn toward the darkened mirror surface of the water mirror. "Too late, so you had time to go home and kill them household by household?"
An uncontrollable roar of anger came from the outer circle.
"Well said!"
"He even