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[In the last two episodes, we discussed the Zombie duo in the Akatsuki.]
[Today, in this episode, we continue discussing a character from the Akatsuki: The Clan Killer of Akatsuki—Uchiha Itachi.]
On the screen, Hayashi Sora is reviewing Uchiha Itachi's personal history.
Under the screen, Uchiha Sasuke clenches his hands tightly, staring at Itachi on the screen with gritted teeth.
Even though he now knows there's more to the massacre of their clan than he originally thought, it cannot be denied that Itachi's hands are stained with the blood of their people.
"Relax, Sasuke. You're not yet a match for Itachi."
Seeing Sasuke's tense expression, Orochimaru immediately spoke up to calm Sasuke down.
"I know."
Sasuke took a deep breath, quickly composed himself, and continued to watch the screen with a cold expression.
On the other side, the Third Hokage, already in a complicated mood due to the resurrection of the Minato couple, felt even more conflicted when he saw that today's character review was Uchiha Itachi.
The Third Hokage was the most familiar with how Itachi ruthlessly killed his own clan, betrayed Konoha, and became a spy.
He glanced at the cold Sasuke and then at Naruto, who still knew nothing, and the Third Hokage couldn't help but sigh again.
"Old man, are you starting to regret it?"
The Third Hokage didn't respond to the Fifth Hokage Jiraiya's words, continuing to clean his pipe while watching the screen.
Seeing that the Third Hokage ignored him, Jiraiya wasn't bothered and continued, "You should think about what you did back then."
"Alright, Jiraiya."
At this moment, the Third Hokage interrupted Jiraiya, "What's done is done. Is there any use in regretting it now?"
Jiraiya opened his mouth, about to say that the Third Hokage could make some amends for Naruto and Sasuke.
But thinking that he wasn't part of it, Jiraiya didn't feel he had the right to criticize the Third Hokage and quickly shut his mouth.
[During the Third Great Ninja War, at the age of four, Itachi witnessed the horrors of war.]
[For someone as young as him, war was like hell.]
[The trauma of the Third War made Uchiha Itachi despise war and wish to be a child who loved peace.]
[When the Nine-Tails attacked Konoha, five-year-old Itachi was at home, protecting his baby brother Sasuke.]
[Speaking of Itachi, one must mention the Uchiha clan, a clan known for producing individuals as powerful as nuclear weapons.]
[Alongside Itachi, there was another young genius, named Uchiha Shisui.]
[Coincidentally, they were best friends, and during their time in school, the two would quietly spend time together… well, mostly just chatting.]
"Uchiha Shisui, it's such a shame."
Just thinking about Shisui's death made even Orochimaru sigh.
"Orochimaru, do you know how Shisui died?"
Sasuke's memory of Shisui was vague.
He only faintly remembered that Shisui often came over to visit Itachi and would always play with him for a while. Aside from that, his memories of Shisui were nonexistent.
"He should have been killed by Danzo."
"Danzo? Why is it always Danzo? Hasn't he done so many bad things? Doesn't the village care?"
At this point, Sasuke couldn't help but think of the massacre of his clan.
And Danzo's involvement in that event couldn't be ignored.
"Heh, you'll have to find the answer yourself."
Orochimaru licked his lips, not directly giving Sasuke an answer.
Behind many of Danzo's actions, there was always a shadow of the Third Hokage.
Orochimaru didn't believe that the Third Hokage knew nothing about what Danzo had done.
As Hokage, if he didn't know anything about what his subordinates were doing, that would be sheer incompetence.
Compared to being powerless, he would still rather believe that the Third Hokage was considering his friendship with Danzo.
It can only be said that the aging Third Hokage truly became indecisive, overlooking many wrongdoings committed by Danzo.
In the end, this led Danzo down a path from which there was no return, and the Third Hokage's reputation was completely ruined because of it.
[Once, Itachi encountered Shisui in the small forest. Shisui wondered why he was skipping class.]
[In fact, Itachi left a shadow clone at school.]
[This move was undoubtedly something that most people who skip class dream of.]
[Clearly, the ninja academy's education could no longer satisfy Uchiha Itachi.]
[Due to his excellence, seven-year-old Itachi graduated at the top of the class from the Ninja Academy.]
[However, in reality, he already had the strength to graduate when he was six.]
[Unfortunately, the school wanted to collect one more year of tuition fees, so they delayed his graduation by a year. (laughs)]
"This kid named Itachi is very talented. I just don't know if he can break Kakashi's record of becoming a jōnin at twelve."
In Tobirama's office, Uchiha Kagami had mixed feelings about Itachi.
Emotionally, Uchiha Itachi was the executioner of the Uchiha clan, the main culprit behind the clan's destruction.
But rationally, having such a talented younger generation in the clan made him quite happy.
"Kakashi becoming a jōnin at twelve was greatly influenced by the fact that it was during the ninja wars. By the time Itachi graduated from the ninja academy, the Third Great Ninja War was probably over. It's not as easy to become a jōnin in a time of peace."
Hiruzen Sarutobi's words were met with unanimous agreement.
In their view, Kakashi becoming a jōnin at twelve had some exaggeration involved.
From the result of the Kannonbi Bridge mission, it was clear that Kakashi's strength met the minimum requirement to be a jōnin, but in other aspects, he was lacking.
"Anyway, Itachi graduating from the Ninja Academy at seven is already a huge achievement."
"Yeah, if he weren't a genius, he wouldn't have been able to... uh..."
Upon hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi shot a fierce glare at Danzo, signaling him to keep his mouth shut.
Danzo also realized his mistake, glancing apologetically at Kagami, before glaring back at Sarutobi.
Sarutobi Hiruzen: Damn it, you dare to glare at me?
Shimura Danzo: Why wouldn't I glare at you? Do you think you're still my close friend?
Sarutobi Hiruzen: Heh, keep glaring. Let's see if you can glare out a pair of Sharingan.
Shimura Danzo: ...
[It's worth mentioning that many people criticized the Third Hokage's words when he commented on Itachi.]
[He said: "When Itachi was seven, he could think like a Hokage."]
[In the extreme world of ninjas, such an evaluation is understandable; being young and thinking deeply aren't necessarily in conflict with each other.]
"Old man, tell me honestly, when you evaluated Itachi like that back then, was it to either flatter him to death or stabilize the Uchiha clan?"
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