Sky Curtain: Short Video Commentary on Konoha Villagers

The sky continued to fall.

If the Uchiha clan is wrong, Konoha has treated them well, yet they take advantage of it.

As someone who connects both sides, Itachi should either prevent the conflict or leave a way out for his clan.

His role is naturally that of a communicator, not an executioner.

Iwagakure Village, Tsuchikage's Office.

Onoki stood with his hands behind his back, his old face unusually serious.

"This Rainbow Cat is definitely clear-headed."

Heitu stood to the side, puzzled, and asked.

"Grandpa, why are you suddenly praising a stranger?"

Ohnoki stroked his beard and spoke slowly.

"Because he has a very accurate perspective. What is Itachi's identity? He is the biological son of Fugaku Uchiha, and at the same time, he is an Anbu member of Konoha and a ninja trusted by the Third Hokage."

"This dual identity naturally made him a bridge connecting the two sides. In the end, he did nothing but slaughter his entire clan."

Heitu thought for a moment and then asked.

"But Grandpa, hasn't the Uchiha clan already been driven to the brink of destruction? Is negotiation still of any use?"

Ōnoki remained silent for a long time before speaking.

Whether it's useful or not is one thing; whether you do it or not is another.

The text on the sky continued to scroll.

Even if a rebellion is truly unavoidable, he should still try to minimize the losses.

Protect the elderly, women, and children who have neither the motivation nor the ability to rebel; protect children who know nothing; and take them with you as you run.

At the very least, take Sasuke and some children and run away to a faraway place, raise the children, tell them the truth, and then face the consequences together.

Instead of stabbing his own parents, who gave him life and raised him, in the middle of the night.

[And then they felt incredibly noble and selfless, having arranged everything perfectly.]

During the founding of Konoha, Hashirama Senju lowered his head and pondered.

"Yes, even if the Uchiha clan really did rebel, those children and elderly people are innocent."

Madara Uchiha snorted coldly, his voice filled with anger.

"It's not that he didn't think of it, it's that he didn't care. In his eyes, protecting the peace of Konoha is more important than any old person or child. He would even kill his own parents for the sake of a village, so how could you expect him to care about other people's parents?"

Akatsuki's stronghold.

Itachi remained seated in the corner, his posture unchanged, but his eyes were now fully open.

Take Sasuke and run away together, then tell him the truth.

This option had crossed his mind before, but he quickly dismissed it.

He felt that Sasuke needed to grow up in Konoha and receive the village's education.

He saw himself as a chess player who could arrange everything, and Sasuke as a chess piece.

But he never asked Sasuke what he thought, and never let Sasuke make his own choice.

He thought he was protecting his younger brother, but in reality he was just imposing what he thought was the best outcome on Sasuke.

Looking back now, how is my approach any different from Danzo's?

The text on the sky continued to scroll.

[And his thought after killing people: "I did it all for your own good, I did it all for the good of the village."]

[In Rainbow Cat's eyes, this is extremely abstract. You've given up entirely, and then you call it protection?]

You let your brother grow up in hatred and lies, and then you call it love?

To put it another way, the very fact that the Uchiha clan rebelled is debatable.

[The once powerful clan that founded the village eventually ended up living on the outskirts of Konoha, marginalized and ostracized. Wasn't this a result of being forced into it?]

[The methods of rebellion may have been extreme, but to say that the Uchiha were completely without fault is to make a blatant attempt to whitewash Konoha.]

Sixty years into Konoha, the streets are so quiet you can hear the wind.

The villagers looked at each other in bewilderment, and the atmosphere became strange.

A middle-aged vendor spoke in a low voice.

"Wasn't the Uchiha plotting a coup? It's not surprising that they ended up like this, especially since the Nine-Tails was indeed controlled by the Uchiha at the time."

"Now that you mention it, it really is the Uchiha's fault."

"But then again, are our higher-ups completely without fault?"

"Brother, do you want to check where you are? Dare to tell me, or you'll lose your head!"

Upon hearing this, the person who was about to witness it quickly shut up.

After staring at the sky for so long, he almost forgot where he was.

If Root hears this, he'll have to go to Root's interrogation room at least once.

The text on the sky continued to scroll.

Itachi's tragedy lies in the fact that he could have been the one to set things right, but instead, he chose to cut everything off.

In Hongmao's opinion, the act of patricide and matricide alone, no matter how tragic the background music or the narrative of sacrifice, crosses a line by a significant margin.

In Kumogakure, the Fourth Raikage, A, clapped his hands in strong agreement.

"I love to hear that! What grievances can someone who kills their father and mother possibly have? What grievance could be greater than killing one's own parents!"

"When we in Kumogakure are at war, no matter how difficult or painful it is, we will never allow our ninjas to kill our own people! That's our bottom line! Konoha has abandoned its bottom line, yet it still has the nerve to call itself the leader of the Five Great Nations!"

Upon hearing this, Killer Bee adjusted his sunglasses and echoed.

"Big brother is absolutely right! A ninja who kills his own family, no matter how great his reason, doesn't deserve to be called a hero! Yeah!"

The sky continued to fall.

Even the most ruthless tiger didn't kill his entire family.

Even the most wicked cults still uphold the principles of filial piety and parental love within their ranks.

[As a result, your Konoha Village, which claims to be on the side of justice, openly and honorably raised a ninja with the blood of his own family on his hands.]

[Then those in Konoha who knew about it praised him for his forbearance and for his role as the Hokage in secret.]

The Uchiha clan fell silent.

Suddenly, someone chuckled.

"Haha, the Demonic Cult preaches filial piety and parental love, yet our Uchiha clan produces someone who slaughtered his entire clan and is praised?"

"Hahahaha!! Did you hear that?! Konoha is even more demonic than the Demonic Cult!! We Uchiha have been loyal to Konoha for over a hundred years, and this is how we end up? It's fucking hilarious!!"

At the Akatsuki headquarters, Hidan was slapping his thigh, clearly laughing hysterically.

"Hahahaha! Kakuzu, did you hear that?! Even the Demonic Cult preaches filial piety and parental love! Does our Akatsuki organization even talk about that?!"

Kakuzu stared blankly at the sky, thinking: You cult fanatic, what are you talking to me about filial piety and parental love?

"Hidan, who is your father?"

"I don't know, but it's probably gone!"

"...Then you're a level below Itachi."

"Kakuzu, what do you mean?!"