I am Uchiha Itachi. A genius who saw through war and death at the age of four, yet was willing to give everything for a promise made in the name of the Will of Fire. When the rift between my clan and the village widened into an abyss, I was forced to walk the line between light and darkness.
In the Uchiha's ancient forbidden grounds, I obtained the sealing sword, the Totsuka Blade, and glimpsed a future in which I was destined to seal everything away.
The carefully planned “fight to the death” with Shisui, both my mentor and my friend, let me inherit Kotoamatsukami, the power to alter another's will, and take on all his hopes and despair.
But when the path to peace was completely blocked, only the most extreme choice remained: in the name of a “traitor,” I would sever my blood ties with my own hands, sealing the truth and the pain together in Tsukuyomi's eternal night. I carved my deepest hatred into my younger brother Sasuke's bones, just to give him the strength to survive and secure a dawn for Konoha's future.
This is a tragedy written long ago, and the story of a ninja who spent his entire life embodying “capacity.” I am willing to sink forever into darkness and become the silent shadow beneath the light, all to protect the memory of my little brother's carefree smile beside the Naka River.
