Just as Izumi's face was stunned and she didn't know what to do, she suddenly heard Akainu-senpai's voice. But it sounded like Akainu-senpai wasn't talking to her, but to Itachi-kun.
"I see one of the biggest 'evils' in the ninja world in you. I saw it before, and I still see it now. No matter what ripples my presence as a butterfly creates in Konoha, the 'evil' within you seems to remain unchanged."
Uchiha Akainu's tone was even more detached than Uchiha Itachi's.
He gazed calmly at the alert floating above Uchiha Itachi's head.
His eyes could clearly see the dense, tiny text.
A series of shocking future crimes, all formed by white words, each as small as a mosquito, squeezed together to form a chaotic yet grand spectacle.
This...
This was the ultimate evil Uchiha Itachi would commit during the Clan Downfall Night, one year from now!
The victims included elders, women, children, and even infants.
No matter their gender, age, or status as ninja or civilian.
Truly, everyone!
Uchiha Itachi's brow furrowed slightly. "Evil" within him? He didn't quite understand what Uchiha Akainu meant, because deep down, he truly believed he had nothing to do with "evil."
Just then, Izumi, who had been bewilderedly walking in, suddenly remembered something. Her pupils trembled, and she gasped in utter shock, "Senpai, your eyes... could it be that you're seeing Itachi-kun's 'evil'?!"
Eyes!?
Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Fugaku, father and son, immediately caught onto that crucial keyword.
They suddenly realized that Uchiha Akainu's statement about "seeing evil" wasn't just some abstract idea.
It was very likely that he literally saw it!
Izumi definitely knew some secrets about Uchiha Akainu that they didn't.
This secret was most likely connected to the Sharingan!
"Indeed, I see it," Uchiha Akainu stated. "Uchiha Itachi, the 'evil' within you constantly stirs my killing intent. But logic tells me that your 'evil' is not happening now, nor has it happened in the past."
Uchiha Itachi's eyes twitched slightly.
Fugaku connected some dots.
"Akainu, what did you see in Itachi?" Fugaku met Uchiha Akainu's gaze. Though he tried desperately to suppress his emotional fluctuations, the concern in his voice couldn't be hidden.
He asked, "Your eyes... can they see things we can't? Is this a power unique to Akainu? Have you awakened that legendary power?"
Uchiha Akainu stood up and walked a few steps forward, stopping about a meter away from Uchiha Itachi. One was eighteen, the other twelve; there was a height difference of several tens of centimeters between them.
Itachi unconsciously shifted one foot back an inch, and chakra instinctively began to gather in his eyes.
Simply because the distance between them was too close!
It was so close that if the other party were to attack him, even if his eyes and brain reacted in time, his body would definitely be unable to dodge!
However.
Uchiha Itachi found that Uchiha Akainu merely calmly read out some information he'd seemingly seen from somewhere, prefacing it with a short introduction: "Uchiha Itachi, let's list your future 'evil.'"
For some reason, Uchiha Itachi suddenly felt a strange tension.
It felt as if Uchiha Akainu could see right through him.
As if he held no secrets left.
"One year from now, on a certain night, Uchiha Hazuki will die from a ninja blade piercing her heart. The perpetrator—Uchiha Itachi."
Uchiha Akainu read in a low, somber tone.
Itachi, Fugaku, Izumi.
All three were startled.
"Uchiha Hazuki, isn't that..."
Especially Izumi, she instinctively locked her horrified gaze onto Itachi, feeling her breath almost stop: "Isn't that... my mother..."
"One year from now? Akainu, could it be that you..." Fugaku's focus was on that terrifying ability that seemed to peer into the future.
If this was connected to Uchiha Akainu's eyes, it absolutely had to be the power of the Mangekyo Sharingan!
Fugaku suddenly pieced together some past events. He seemed to understand why Akainu could always tell what evil deeds someone had committed, and finally understood why Akainu's case-solving rate had always remained at one hundred percent, never wrongly accusing anyone.
This must be some world-shattering Mangekyo dōjutsu!
Itachi, meanwhile, stood frozen: "Me, future evil?"
Uchiha Akainu didn't pay attention to their individual reactions, simply reading out what he wanted to read.
"The same year, the same night, Uchiha Keiko will die with her head severed by a ninja blade. The perpetrator—Uchiha Itachi."
Fugaku's eyes widened sharply.
Uchiha Keiko... that was a childhood friend of his; she currently ran a ramen shop in the Uchiha compound.
"The same year, the same night, Uchiha Izumi will be killed by a Sharingan genjutsu. The perpetrator—Uchiha Itachi."
Instantly.
Fugaku's gaze locked onto Izumi, who had long since frozen in shock.
Izumi woodenly shifted her trembling gaze to Itachi.
Uchiha Itachi also instinctively looked back at Izumi.
"Akainu, you..." Fugaku had too many confusions, too many questions, and his face couldn't hide his horror.
But before he could finish speaking, he was stunned into speechless awe by Uchiha Akainu's next sentence.
"The same year, the same night, Uchiha Mikoto will die in her home's living room."
At this moment, Fugaku's fists instantly clenched, his pupils trembling slightly, and his breathing suddenly became erratic.
Even Uchiha Itachi, who was lost in endless astonishment, suddenly lifted his head.
"The perpetrator."
"Uchiha Itachi."
"The same year..."
"The same night..."
Then, one name after another poured from Uchiha Akainu's mouth, each one unique. Their methods of death were mostly similar.
Either pierced through the chest by a ninja blade, or beheaded, or merely had their throats slit, or killed from a distance by shuriken or kunai—all methods Uchiha Itachi was most skilled at and most effective.
These names all bore the "Uchiha" surname, many of them names Fugaku had heard of.
Among these people... many were ordinary Uchiha clan members who hadn't awakened the Sharingan and weren't even considered ninja.
The perpetrator who killed them...
Without exception!
It was always "Uchiha Itachi"!
Fugaku could barely keep track of how many Uchiha clan members Uchiha Akainu had mentioned until he heard his own name from Akainu's lips.
Fugaku was close to going numb.
"This, is the 'evil' I see in you. Uchiha Itachi... This is also the 'evil' that will happen in the future, it will occur on a certain night one year from now, it will be the Night of the Uchiha Clan Downfall. After this, the Uchiha clan will cease to exist."
Uchiha Akainu's hand, at some point, had grasped Uchiha Itachi's neck.
His speed wasn't fast; even an ordinary person could have dodged.
But Itachi didn't choose to dodge.
"Now, do you still want to ask me why I wanted to kill you a few years ago?"