"You guys, leave it to me to handle!"
Once the people he considered his most precious and closest family and friends—
Now they were nothing more than obstacles standing in the way of the grand plan known as the "Eye of the Moon."
…
Elsewhere, within the ancestral hall of the Uchiha clan—
"Uchiha Itachi, do you even understand what you're doing?!"
The head elder of the Uchiha clan, surrounded by a group of elite clan members, glared at Itachi with furious disbelief, his voice trembling with rage.
Faced with the clan's questions—and the grandfather figure who had watched him grow up—
Uchiha Itachi replied with an eerie calm:
"I have not betrayed the Uchiha clan.
I'm simply trying to save it in my own way."
"The Uchiha clan's current strength is insufficient to stand against the full might of Konoha.
If we truly rebel, the Uchiha name will be branded as traitors for eternity,
Forever recorded in Konoha's history as criminals—
Despised by future generations."
"I'm only trying to find a path of survival for the clan, using my own method. I'm sorry, everyone."
As his voice fell, Uchiha Itachi's entire presence shifted, his aura turning ice-cold and deathly still.
His Mangekyō Sharingan activated in an instant—
The moment it was released, the expressions of every ninja in the hall drastically changed.
"Th-this is the Mangekyō Sharingan?"
"What terrifying ocular power!"
…
Even the head elder of the Uchiha clan was no match for Itachi's full-powered Mangekyō.
After exchanging just over ten moves, Itachi's kunai slit his throat in a flash. The old man collapsed in a lifeless heap.
The others fared no better—
Blood splattered everywhere, and bodies fell in a chaotic mess.
Illusions were cast one after another, kunai danced in his hands without pause—
Uchiha Itachi made his way to the center of the Uchiha district—his home—cutting down everyone in his path.
At the residence of the Uchiha clan head, Uchiha Fugaku—
Itachi stood before the door, his body stained with blood, Mangekyō tears of blood streaming down his cheeks.
"Mother... Father... I'm sorry."
He muttered the apology like a whisper.
Then, the kunai in his hands pierced both their hearts.
A child's voice rang out behind him, trembling:
"Mom? Dad? Brother, what are you doing?"
It was Sasuke Uchiha, just returning from the Ninja Academy.
He stood frozen, staring at the corpses of his parents and the sea of blood, only to see his beloved brother standing at the center of it all.
"Sasuke... hate me."
A flicker of sorrow flashed across Itachi's eyes—so faint, it vanished in an instant.
Then his Mangekyō began to spin once more, and he softly uttered:
"Tsukuyomi."
Sasuke let out a cry of anguish before collapsing to the ground.
A single tear trickled from Itachi's eyes.
And just like that—
It was over.
…
Outside the Uchiha district,
Tian Yu crouched in the shadows, not far from Shimura Danzo.
He had witnessed the entire massacre with his own eyes,
And couldn't help the mix of emotions in his heart—Uchiha Itachi was truly terrifying.
Even if done for some so-called greater cause—
To slay one's own parents and clan, with whom you shared your life and childhood,
That was not something a normal human could do.
Tian Yu couldn't agree with his method.
But ultimately, this was a conflict between Konoha and the Uchiha clan—it wasn't his place to interfere. He came here only to see if there might be a chance to obtain a Sharingan.
For him, the bloodshed just now was little more than a grand spectacle. As a hidden observer, he had already taken in every detail.
But now,
The truly critical part was about to begin!
At that moment,
Not far from him, Danzo Shimura watched as Uchiha Itachi and a masked man in a black cloak—
Continued the slaughter within the Uchiha compound.
Danzo's eyes narrowed with both horror and awe.
Was this the true power of the Uchiha's Sharingan?
It was far beyond his expectations!
A moment of joy flickered in his gaze—after all, the Uchiha clan was finally being purged. It was the realization of his long-held objective.
But that joy was quickly consumed by dread—
The strength that Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Obito displayed tonight was simply too overwhelming.
Even after eliminating Uchiha Shisui earlier—
There were still monsters of this caliber in the Uchiha clan.
The Sharingan's power was truly terrifying!
And such power must belong to him!
"Thankfully, Uchiha Itachi had such resolve. Otherwise, the Uchiha clan would have become a catastrophic threat to Konoha."
"And when these Sharingan are harvested from the corpses, they'll become mine. Once I wield their power—
I will finally be able to remove the rest of the cancers infecting the Leaf Village!"
Danzo clenched his fists tightly, thinking to himself.
As the Uchiha clan's main forces were nearly eradicated,
He gave the signal.
With a wave of his hand, the Root ninjas around him deactivated their barriers.
Activating the Body Flicker Technique, they vanished from the scene in unison—
Moving at extreme speed toward the now-weakened Uchiha district.
Their movements were swift and precise,
Like perfect tools, they followed Danzo's command without question or hesitation.
Once they infiltrated the Uchiha district,
Only four ninja bodyguards remained by Danzo's side.
Tian Yu's eyes narrowed—
Now was his chance!