The Uchiha’s Coup Attempt, and Itachi as a Spy

[On Screen]

Sasuke clenched his fists tightly, his eyes filled with chaos and confusion. His bloodshot eyes were terrifying to look at.

"Stop it! Don't say any more! Get out of my sight now!"

"No, you must listen to me, because it's your responsibility."

The masked man continued speaking as he looked at Sasuke, who was gripping the blanket in frustration, his head lowered.

"For the sake of the ninja world, for Konoha, and for you, his little brother... your brother gave up everything."

"The way Uchiha Itachi chose to live his life!"

"Do you know why Itachi could make your eyes capable of using Amaterasu?"

"He did it to keep you away from me because he knew the truth."

"The truth... What truth?"

In Konoha, Uchiha Sasuke stared at the masked man with bloodshot eyes. His mind raced. What else didn't he know? What truth could that guy be hiding?

"The truth about Itachi is known only to Danzo, the Third Hokage, and the two advisors."

"But the Third is already dead. Only those old geezers know now."

"And they will definitely take that truth to their graves."

"Itachi's truth will forever remain buried in the shadows, and that's exactly what he wanted."

"The Third Hokage knew the truth?"

Hearing this, Sasuke's pupils shrank suddenly. He instinctively moved to rush toward the Hokage's office but froze midway.

"He knew the truth... so why didn't he tell me?"

"The truth that Itachi protected with his life—what is it? Why can't I know it?"

The ninja world watched the scene in silence, their eyes fixed on the sky. They began to realize that the Uchiha clan's story was riddled with mysteries and secrets hidden from them.

The reasons, the truth—what could they be?

"What are you saying? Protecting me? Protecting the truth?"

[On Screen]

Uchiha Sasuke's eyes widened, filled with confusion and emptiness.

Huff... huff... huff...

Panting heavily, Sasuke's breath was erratic, his face showing his turmoil.

"What is he saying? What truth? What reason?"

"Think back to that kind older brother you once knew..."

Sweat drenched Sasuke as he struggled to catch his breath.

"That guy wasn't trying to kill me... He wanted my eyes."

Cough, cough!!

"That guy... Itachi is my enemy. He killed Father, Mother, the entire Uchiha clan. He betrayed Konoha and joined the Akatsuki."

"He's someone to hate, my target for revenge."

The masked man stared at him in silence, his face emotionless. After a pause, he said:

"That night, Itachi did indeed annihilate the Uchiha clan and leave Konoha."

"Go on," Sasuke demanded.

"But he did it because it was a mission assigned to him by Konoha."

The Ninja World: !!!

Konoha: !!!

The entire ninja world was in shock upon hearing the masked man's words.

A mission?

The annihilation of the Uchiha clan was an order given to Itachi by Konoha?

The truth was too overwhelming. They couldn't process it.

"A mission? Annihilating the Uchiha clan was Konoha's decision? Does that mean the Hokage himself knew?"

At Sasuke's home...

"The Hokage's decision... This is the truth?"

Sasuke froze, his expression filled with fear and confusion.

Was it true? The destruction of the Uchiha clan was ordered by Konoha?

The entire truth pointed back to Konoha, to the Hokage.

It was Konoha that gave Itachi the mission. It was all Konoha, the Hokage.

Sasuke stared out the window at the Hokage Rock. His eyes were filled with chaos and disbelief. The peaceful village now seemed deeply ironic to him.

But he didn't rush to any conclusions. He quickly calmed himself.

A seed of hatred had been planted deep within him.

In the Land of Earth, Iwagakure

"The Third Hokage has grown old. He's no longer the legendary shinobi he once was," Onoki said mockingly. He, too, was a Third. But he looked down on his Konoha counterpart.

"Konoha will inevitably fall. It's only a matter of time!" Onoki sighed.

He couldn't see any hope for Konoha's resurgence. How laughable it was that the village created by the God of Shinobi and the Demon of the Shinobi World was falling apart because of its own people.

"Grandpa, you don't have to be so negative. Isn't there still that boy named Naruto?" Kurotsuchi asked in confusion.

Hearing her words, Onoki fell silent, recalling the death of Elder Chiyo and her final words.

He possesses a power unlike any other. In the future, he will guide the world with that power.

"Chiyo... Does the power you spoke of really exist? In such a corrupt ninja world..." Onoki sighed again.

It wasn't that he didn't want to believe, but rather, the state of the current ninja world made it impossible for him not to doubt.

Could such power for change truly exist?

[The Scene Continues...]

The masked man's story hinted that Itachi's life, the annihilation of the Uchiha clan, and everything in Konoha could be traced back to the Warring States Period.

From the time of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, to the present, Itachi had been a pawn—a sacrifice caught between the Uchiha and Konoha.

Yes, Itachi was nothing more than Konoha's sacrifice.

When Uchiha Madara left Konoha, no one followed him. The masked man revealed all these hidden truths.

Finally, Madara declared war on Konoha but lost to Hashirama. However, he didn't die.

The revelations shook the ninja world. Their expressions were filled with disbelief.

When they heard that Madara hadn't actually died, even the Five Great Nations grew serious.

"Could it be... Could Madara, the Demon of the Shinobi World, really still be alive somewhere?"

"You've got to be joking. He can't still be alive. Even if he didn't die back then, how many years has it been? He would have died of old age by now!"

"Hmph, that masked man is full of lies. He doesn't even dare take off his mask. He must be up to no good!"

[The Scene Continues...]

"That brings us to the Nine-Tails incident sixteen years ago..."

In the image, the masked man claimed that the Nine-Tails attack sixteen years ago was just a natural disaster, unrelated to the Uchiha.

But Konoha seized on the fact that the Mangekyo Sharingan could control the Nine-Tails, blaming everything on the Uchiha clan.

The so-called reasoning, the so-called Mangekyo Sharingan...

Under this oppressive environment, the Uchiha clan began to harbor thoughts of rebellion.

"The Uchiha clan attempted to stage a coup, and Itachi became a spy?"