"So I simply gave up. No matter how I struggled, it wouldn't change anything, so what was the point of struggling?
But just as I gave up, Elder Setsuna came to me and asked me to make resources available to train a child in the clan.
At that moment, my eyes felt the same stabbing pain as when I first awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. That was also when I learned of Uchiha Gen.
The future [Tianjin Yan] saw... changed in a way it never had before. At that moment, I was undoubtedly overjoyed.
Because it meant the Uchiha Clan wouldn't have to face destruction, and Itachi and I wouldn't have to end up drawing our blades against each other as father and son. But after the joy passed, I also began to wonder why... the future shown by [Tianjin Yan] had changed...
So I turned my attention to the Uchiha. At first, I didn't pay much attention, until... I saw the future that belonged to him.
At that moment, I began to suspect that revived fallen god remnants within Uchiha Gen were affecting my eyes.
After all, my ancestor's memories told me they had that ability. So I developed the intent to kill Uchiha Gen. At the time, I believed that changed future was the fallen god remnants toying with me.
The very moment that killing intent arose, the future [Tianjin Yan] saw changed again. Uchiha Gen and I fought.
And the outcome... was that I killed Uchiha Gen twice, while he killed me seventeen times. Seventeen full uses of [Izanagi] nearly left my Mangekyō completely blind.
Yet he... actually awakened his Mangekyō during our battle, and... after his first death, he became outright immune to my [Amaterasu].
You have to understand... when I decided to kill him, he was