Shisui and Izumi Uchiha also turned around and walked into the Spatial Passage. At this moment, only Sakura and Itachi Uchiha remained in the courtyard.
"I understand!"
Itachi Uchiha nodded slightly, closed his eyes for a moment to adjust his mindset, then instantly transformed from a bright, approachable young boy next door into a cold-hearted ruthless killer.
"It seems you truly have a heart of stone, Lord Itachi."
After the Barrier was removed, Obito regained consciousness too. However, thanks to the false memories planted in his mind, he didn't suspect anything at all. In his memory, every member of the Uchiha clan had already been killed.
"You even had the heart to kill your own parents."
Itachi didn't respond, only glancing at him with his Mangekyō Sharingan. Sadness flickered clearly in his eyes but disappeared quickly.
"Hey, your beloved little brother is coming back. Will you kill him now, or keep him alive for the sake of gaining the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan later?!"
Obito's gaze turned icy cold. He felt no great disturbance regarding the massacre of the Uchiha clan; there had never been anyone in the Uchiha clan particularly important to him.
Chapter 76: Capture Her to Bear Children [Part 1] [Third Update]
Ignoring Obito completely, Itachi calmly strode outward. Seeing this, Obito merely sneered coldly before twisting his body and vanishing directly using Kamui.
Sasuke walked along the path back home. For no apparent reason, he suddenly felt a chill run through his heart. Today, Teacher Iruka actually kept him after class — something that had never happened before! Although Sasuke often disappeared with Sakura and others, his test scores always ranked among the top. This unexpected situation left Sasuke oddly on edge.
"What kind of smell is this? So disgusting!"
Covering his nose from the stench wafting through the air, Sasuke's sense of unease grew stronger.
When Sasuke entered the Uchiha compound, he froze immediately.
Blood. Splattered in large amounts across the walls, were numerous familiar faces lying lifelessly on the ground. These people were almost all acquaintances — previously whenever they saw him, the clan leader's son, they'd greet him respectfully.
A cold gust cut through the air, sharpening the metallic stench and snapping Sasuke out of his shock. With increasing anxiety, he quickened his pace and began sprinting desperately toward his home.
"Father... Mother..."
Pushing open the door, two lifeless bodies came into view. His father lay on the floor, while his mother was sprawled over his chest. Both had massive wounds torn across their abdomens; blood had soaked the entire floor crimson.
"Brother..."
Without thinking, Sasuke spun around and dashed outside. His dark eyes showed faintly swirling tomoe patterns forming. He needed to find Brother — something must've happened to Father and Mother, and to everyone else from the clan as well. Surely Brother hasn't encountered any danger too?
Just as he ran outside, Sasuke spotted Itachi sitting atop an electric pole. However, seeing Itachi expressionless like that caused Sasuke's footsteps to halt abruptly.
"Brother, what happened to Father and Mother… and everyone else?"
"It was me."
Before Sasuke could finish speaking, Itachi Uchiha interrupted him. The triangular shuriken within his eyes rotated slightly, and his ocular power instantly invaded Sasuke's mind.
[Tsukuyomi]
"Ahh!"
Sasuke dropped to his knees, clutching his head. Countless images of Itachi slaughtering every member of their clan—including their father and mother—flashed through his mind. He knelt on the ground, screaming in agony as a voice within urged him that it wasn't real. Yet what he saw was all too vivid. This battle between his will and the illusion tore at Sasuke with unbearable pain.
"Did you see it? This is the ultimate power of the Sharingan belonging to the Uchiha clan!"
A flicker of regret crossed Itachi's eyes before vanishing completely.
"Why? Why did you kill Father, Mother, and everyone else?" A single tomoe spun slowly within Sasuke's eyes as the horrifying scenes replayed—so many familiar faces, now dead!
"To test my capacity!" Itachi remained expressionless. He didn't want to stay here any longer—he was afraid he'd give in and reveal the truth to Sasuke.
"Then why not kill me too?" Sasuke roared, his face twisted with anguish as searing pain shot through his head.
"You're not worth killing, foolish brother. If you want to defeat me, then hate me, despise me! Live wretchedly, keep running away, escaping endlessly, surviving shamefully. And when your eyes become like mine, come stand before me."
Itachi paused for just a moment before quickly uttering these words—and then he left immediately. Behind him, Sasuke remained on the ground clutching his head, failing to notice the deep affection hidden within Itachi's gaze.
After Sasuke finally collapsed unconscious onto the ground, a ninja dressed in Anbu attire quickly appeared, scooped him up, and rushed toward Konoha Hospital.
"Itachi, your acting was kinda weak back there. You just said one harsh line and ran off!"
As Sasuke was carried away by the Anbu, Sakura stepped out from a corner. A barrier created with the Mind Stone surrounded her body, causing all nearby Anbu and Root members passing by to instinctively choose to ignore her presence.
"I don't act."
Itachi remained silent for a while before speaking again. Thinking about how Sasuke had looked under the effects of Tsukuyomi caused a sharp pang in his heart.
"Oh please. You just couldn't stand to see Sasuke cry, could you?" Sakura teased through their Inner Space link.
[Mocking Voice Within the Inner Space]
"Tch. Didn't expect a freak like you to exist among the twisted Uchiha clan." Matatabi sneered sarcastically within Inner Space. For tailed beasts, the two most loathsome beings in their long lives were probably Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha. Madara's Sharingan rendered them powerless to resist; but what annoyed the tailed beasts even more was his attitude toward them.
As for Hashirama Senju, the tailed beasts claimed they had no desire to speak of that guy at all. Being tossed around like bargaining chips between humans was absolutely disgraceful. If they hadn't been overpowered by Hashirama, each tailed beast would've launched its own Tailed Beast Ball and blown him into dust ages ago.
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