When his belief in “protecting” others is crushed by despair and the truth, Uchiha Itachi no longer chooses sacrifice and silent endurance. On the night of the clan massacre, the blade in his hand severed not only his clan’s bloodline, but also his last illusions and weakness toward Konoha’s leadership. This time, he will no longer settle for playing a pawn burdened with infamy. He will become the one who controls the board: the “Night Emperor.”
He no longer sees Sasuke as a younger brother in need of protection, but as an ultimate weapon to be carefully refined, a perfect vessel for carrying out his will. Konoha’s Root, led by Danzo, becomes his most loyal puppet beneath his eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. The Akatsuki, too, is merely a tool for harvesting power and throwing the shinobi world into chaos. Naruto Uzumaki, the Nine-Tails’ jinchuriki? A tailed-beast vessel destined to be stripped of its power, whose growth is entirely within Itachi’s calculations.
The flames of the Fourth Great Ninja War no longer set the stage for redemption and bonds. Instead, they become a grand puppet show directed by Uchiha Itachi. While the previous Kage, the Allied Shinobi Forces, and even the resurrected Uchiha Madara all believe they are fighting for their own ideals, the “Lord of the Infinite Tsukuyomi” watches coldly from the shadows, surveying the catastrophe he orchestrated, invisible strings of control coiling around his fingers.
With absolute reason and ruthless coldness, he will rewrite the history of the shinobi world. Peace? He will define it through his absolute will, casting an eternal Infinite Tsukuyomi over the entire shinobi world. Even the arrival of Otsutsuki Kaguya will be nothing more than the final sacrifice offered on his ultimate path to godhood.
