"What??"
After hearing Uchiha Shin's words, Itachi's face changed drastically.
Let Uchiha Shin teach Sasuke?
Uchiha Shin himself was a crazy, extreme racist.
His ideology was so dangerous.
Let him teach Sasuke?
Itachi didn't even dare to imagine what Sasuke would become under his tutelage.
Itachi would rather no one teach Sasuke, even if Sasuke amounted to nothing in the future, than see Sasuke be corrupted by Uchiha Shin!
"Mom, why did you let this bastard teach Sasuke! Don't you know he's a crazy and extremely dangerous person?"
"Under his guidance, Sasuke will only become a person like him!"
"Narrow-minded, and crazily violent!"
"A person like that is harmful to this world and has no benefits!!"
Mikoto was about to reply, but she was held down firmly by Uchiha Shin's large hand!
"Damn it!!!"
"Damn you, Uchiha Shin!!"
Seeing this, Itachi's eyes widened in fury, and he almost bit his teeth to pieces!
Seeing Itachi's reaction, Uchiha Shin became even more excited!
He even looked at Itachi provocatively, did a few of Michael Jackson's signature moves, and said with a mocking smile: "Well said, but unfortunately, Sasuke has no choice! And your mother can't refuse either!"
"Because, this is my will!"
"Bastard!!!"
Itachi cursed in anger.
"You beast, shut up!"
"Just quietly watch your mother's performance!"
Uchiha Shin had no interest in listening to Itachi now.
Half an hour later, everything was over.
Mikoto stood up and stepped aside, looking at Itachi with a complicated expression.
Once, Itachi was her and Fugaku's proudest son.
Unfortunately, he had made a decision that was completely contrary to the will of the clan.
Before, she might have shared a common enemy with Itachi.
Now, she was gradually living in Uchiha Shin's form, and her thinking had also undergone a huge change.
At this time, she could no longer agree with Itachi's actions back then.
"Mikoto, this is your good son. Later, you can take him for a stroll around Konoha!!"
"Let him see what Konoha is like now!"
After Uchiha Shin's anger subsided, his words became a little more pleasant.
Of course, the reason Uchiha Shin dared to let Mikoto take Itachi for a stroll around Konoha was because he could suppress Itachi's strength.
With a seal, Itachi's chakra and visual prowess were quickly sealed.
At this time, he was like an ordinary person, unable to use ninjutsu or the Sharingan anymore.
"Yes, Lord Fifth!!"
Mikoto responded!
"Izumi, let's go!!"
Uchiha Shin glanced at Mikoto and Itachi, sneered, and turned to leave the secret room.
"Alright!"
Izumi responded and turned to follow Uchiha Shin.
Yugao, Fufu, and Fuen each carried one or two criminals and left the secret room.
Itachi and Mikoto looked at each other quietly, not speaking for a long time.
After an unknown amount of time, Itachi was the first to break the silence, saying: "Mom, I'm sorry..."
"Sigh! Follow me!!"
Mikoto seemed to know what Itachi wanted to say, but she didn't want to hear it and turned around directly, walking towards the entrance of the secret room.
After a moment of silence, Itachi also followed Mikoto out of the secret room.
"On the night of the clan's extermination! After Lord Fifth killed you and Fugaku, the Third Hokage and Shimura Danzo came with eight thousand ninja!"
"But they were no match for Lord Fifth. Three thousand of the eight-thousand-strong ninja army were wiped out, Hiruzen Sarutobi was killed on the spot, and Danzo fled in the middle of the battle."
As Mikoto said this, Itachi's expression changed several times in just a few seconds!
"I knew it, I knew Uchiha Shin was a disaster!!"
Itachi said, almost gritting his teeth.
Mikoto listened without any reaction and continued: "That night, not only did the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, die, but also the two advisors, Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado, were killed. Even the Shimura, Utatane, and Mitokado clans were exterminated by Lord Fifth!!"
"How dare he??"
Itachi's pupils shrank to their limit.
"You even dared to attack your own clansmen. Why wouldn't he dare to attack outsiders!!"
Hearing Itachi's words, Mikoto asked back, her heart filled with a sense of sorrow.
"It's different. I did it for Konoha! What he's doing will only plunge Konoha into chaos!!"
Itachi retorted.
"However, the fact is that after the Third Hokage, the two advisors, and the three major clans were wiped out, Konoha did not fall into chaos. Lord Fifth quickly stabilized the situation!"
Mikoto snorted coldly.
"How could that be!"
Itachi was stunned!!
Then, as if he had thought of something, he quickly asked: "Why only the Shimura, Utatane, and Mitokado? What about the Sarutobi? Did Uchiha Shin show them mercy!"
"It's not that Lord Fifth showed them mercy, but that the Third Hokage was too shrewd!"
"Before the battle even began, he seemed to have already predicted that they might fail."
"So, he had the Sarutobi clan leave Konoha in advance."
Mikoto sneered.
"That's good!"
Itachi was slightly relieved!
Seeing Itachi's reaction, Mikoto was furious and asked back: "Itachi, do you know how many people are in the Sarutobi clan??"
"Five hundred??"
Itachi was slightly taken aback and gave a bold guess!
After all, the Sarutobi clan was just a medium-sized ninja clan.
His guess of five hundred was already on the high side.
"Wrong!"
Mikoto shook her head.
"Three hundred??"
Itachi said again.
"Guess bigger, be bolder!"
Mikoto said.
"Could it be a thousand?"
Itachi was slightly taken aback.
"Continue!"
"Two thousand??"
"It seems you don't know the Third Hokage you admire so much very well!"
Mikoto sneered.
"Could it be three thousand??"
Itachi asked in surprise.
"Wrong, it's four thousand eight hundred! Among them, more than three thousand are ninja!"
Mikoto sneered.
"How is that possible!!"
Itachi exclaimed in shock.
"Surprised, aren't you? The Sarutobi clan, which had less than three hundred people back then, has grown nearly twenty times in just a few decades under Hiruzen Sarutobi's hands!"
Mikoto said.
"So what? What happened after the Sarutobi clan left!!"
Itachi didn't think in the direction Mikoto was suggesting, only caring about the survival of the Sarutobi clan.
"Wiped out!! What's a three-thousand-strong Sarutobi Army? With a single order from Lord Fifth, they were turned to ashes!!"
Mikoto sneered.
...
"How could Uchiha Shin do that? These people are the foundation of Konoha!! What about his big picture view??"
Itachi cried out in disbelief.
Hearing Itachi's words, Mikoto was also a little incredulous!!
She didn't expect Itachi to say such a thing!!
For a moment, she laughed in anger: "Hiruzen Sarutobi cultivated a three-thousand-strong Sarutobi Army in just a few decades. You don't want to know where he plundered so many resources from."
"How many people's interests the Sarutobi clan has plundered, how many people's property they have seized."
"Instead, you feel that by killing these people, the Fifth is harming the foundation of Konoha!!"
"Itachi, oh Itachi, you are truly a good son of the Uchiha clan!"
"No matter what the Uchiha clan's ninja do, you can always find fault. You look down on this, you look down on that."
"Now, I have shown you the evil of Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Sarutobi clan, yet you choose to turn a blind eye!!"
Mikoto felt a sense of sorrow in her heart.
This Uchiha Itachi really had a double standard.
He was extremely harsh on his own people, but as benevolent as a saint to outsiders.
She simply couldn't believe it.
Hearing Mikoto's words, Itachi was slightly taken aback!
He then shook his head: "It's not the same! The Uchiha wanted to rebel, but no matter how many people the Sarutobi clan had, they would not rebel!"
"Although they have minor flaws, they are not flawed in the grand scheme of things!"
"What a 'minor flaw, not flawed in the grand scheme of things'!!"
Mikoto sneered.
"Hiruzen Sarutobi is the Hokage, the biggest protector of the Sarutobi clan. Who would they rebel against?"
"Mother, you've changed!"
Itachi looked at Mikoto and felt that the current Mikoto was completely different from before.
The previous Mikoto was gentle and intelligent. No matter what he said, she would believe him and stand firmly on his side.
Now, she would actually refute him and attack him.
Clearly, she had been influenced by Uchiha Shin.
"You haven't changed! It's just that we didn't realize before what kind of person you are!"
Mikoto said mockingly.
At this point, the atmosphere between the two became stiff!
After a long while, Mikoto sighed and took a step back: "Forget it, let's not talk about these things. I'll take you to see some of the changes in Konoha!"
After that, Uchiha Mikoto took Itachi for a stroll around Konoha.
Along the way, they heard many ninja discussing rewards, praising Uchiha Shin, and belittling the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.
They saw the new urban area outside of Konoha!
They saw the rejuvenated Konoha!
Itachi gradually became silent!
Mikoto thought he was reflecting on himself, so she asked: "Itachi, what are you thinking??"
"Konoha shouldn't be like this, and the Land of Fire shouldn't be like this either. Uchiha Shin is indeed a disaster. Not only has he messed up Konoha, but now he's also messing up the Land of Fire. I'm afraid it won't be long before the whole world is in chaos because of him!!!"
"You are truly incurable! Itachi!"
Mikoto looked at Itachi for a long time and completely gave up on him.
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