"Itachi, why are you doing this..." Uchiha Izumi glared with her Three-Tomoe Sharingan, her beautiful face crawling with confusion and fear.
She couldn't believe it.
The terrifying enemy who initiated a massacre against the clan today was Uchiha Itachi, the same person who just days ago was walking hand in hand with her, eating Three-Colored Pills!
Uchiha Izumi's peripheral vision caught sight of the house next door, seeing the crimson blood slowly seeping out from the door, her heart suddenly skipped a beat.
She initially harbored a glimmer of hope, thinking Uchiha Itachi likely killed those within the Uchiha Clan who were part of the militant faction for the sake of the village's peace...
But the house next door—Uchiha Izumi's neighbor, who was also her close relative—not even a ninja, just an ordinary person working a regular job making breakfast...
They too were killed by Uchiha Itachi!
What is this about? Is he trying to kill the entire Uchiha Clan?
A huge sense of absurdity washed over Uchiha Izumi's heart. She initially hadn't slept and, hearing a familiar set of footsteps in the night, intended to open the door and meet Uchiha Itachi...
Halfway through getting up, she heard the sound of a blade piercing a body. As a ninja, her sharp nerves suddenly made Uchiha Izumi tense.
Could it be an enemy came, and Itachi happened to run into them?
Harboring such concerns, Uchiha Izumi opened her door, only to see the very Uchiha Itachi she cherished, silently slaughtering with a samurai sword...
Indiscriminate slaughter!
What on earth... What is happening?
Uchiha Izumi rushed in front of Uchiha Itachi, the Three-Tomoe Sharingan fierce in her eyes, the Kunai sharp in her hand, but could only tremble and ask:
"Itachi, what are you doing? Why are you doing this..."
Ultimately, Uchiha Izumi couldn't harbor pure hostility towards Uchiha Itachi. After all, her ninja belief was for the very man in front of her—"to walk the same path with the one she loved..."
Faced with Uchiha Izumi's question.
A flash of struggle swept through Uchiha Itachi's eyes. Concerning the handling of Uchiha Izumi during the night of the clan's massacre, he had once hesitated...
Should he leave Izumi and Sasuke?
But in the end, Uchiha Itachi gave up on that choice... Uchiha Izumi's talent was too outstanding, already awakening the Three-Tomoe Sharingan at merely thirteen years old.
Moreover, she had the bloodline of the Senju Clan from her father.
Uchiha Izumi's talent was truly remarkable... Yet, as her lover, Uchiha Itachi betrayed her, killed her family...
It was too fitting as a prerequisite for an Uchiha to gain love, lose love, open the Mangekyo Sharingan, and fall into a path of extremism.
Uchiha Itachi didn't dare to gamble.
If he let Uchiha Izumi go, with her waking the Mangekyo Sharingan, if her thoughts turned extreme, she would certainly become a formidable female devil even he couldn't handle!
In that case, the threat to Konoha and Sasuke would be immense...
Sasuke is only seven, under the illumination of the Will of Fire, and still mentally malleable... but Uchiha Izumi, at thirteen, has relatively fixed thoughts.
So the best solution is to eliminate Uchiha Izumi!
It's the safest option.
Across from Uchiha Itachi, behind Uchiha Izumi, Uchiha Obito stood coldly watching, his hands wrapped in chains.
He sensed something amiss.
Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Obito were closing in slowly from opposite sides to prevent anyone from slipping through, targeting the clan's central axis.
But it was obvious...
When about to approach Uchiha Izumi's house, Uchiha Itachi's movements subtly slowed down.
Uchiha Obito initially suspected something suspicious.
But from Uchiha Itachi's posture, it seemed he couldn't bring himself to act, wanting to use Uchiha Obito's hand to kill Uchiha Izumi...
Ruthless, but not wholly heartless, one might say.
"How foolish... if you're ready to kill your lover, but can't bring yourself to do it?" Uchiha Obito sneered in his heart:
"A disgusting fellow... If it were true love, how could you want to kill her? If it's not love, then just decisively end it."
"Hesitant, Uchiha Itachi is of no major consequence!"
As a seasoned expert in love, Uchiha Obito judged Uchiha Itachi by his own standards.
One could even say...
Back then, if given a choice... Uchiha Obito would rather kill Rin with his own hands than let Kakashi that fool touch Rin!
In Obito's eyes, this is Uchiha's love!
For someone like Uchiha Itachi, hesitant and self-conflicted, he's already on Uchiha Obito's mental list of useless people...
"In that case, let me help you!"
Uchiha Obito coldly snorted, the chains in his hand rapidly extending, striking towards Uchiha Izumi's back!
Uchiha Izumi ignored the piercing sound cutting through the quiet night, her beautiful eyes locked on Uchiha Itachi, just waiting for him to give her an answer.
In this moment, Uchiha Itachi's heart was in turmoil.
Originally, having Uchiha Obito kill Uchiha Izumi was what he thought the best solution would be...
But the complete plan was to have Uchiha Obito kill Uchiha Izumi when he wasn't watching.
But when all three were on the scene.
Uchiha Itachi found he still couldn't accept Uchiha Izumi being brutally killed by someone else—he would rather do it himself!