# E370 - Sasuke's Answer
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*Sasuke's Answer*
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This time...
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you're not going to
reach the other side!
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I'm the one still standing.
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Opposite from the last time.
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I just want to protect...
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the dream I finally realized.
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I don't want anymore...
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You look pretty depressed, Hashirama.
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Can't perk back up this time, eh?
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*Can't we show each other*
*our guts?*
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*The first steps are for us to*
*not give up on our ideals*
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*and to get a lot stronger.*
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*Let's build our settlement here!*
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*They say where there's a will,*
*there's a way...*
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*And yet, I...*
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*That dream is now becoming reality.*
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A Wood Style Clone...
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I can't believe my back was taken...
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I will protect our...no, my village.
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No matter what.
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I still believe to this day
that protecting the village
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will lead to the protection of
the people, shinobi, and children!
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I will not forgive anyone
who threatens the village.
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Be they a friend...sibling...
or even my own child...
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You've changed...Hashirama.
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*I made up my mind right then...*
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*to endure in order to watch*
*over the present.*
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You've got your priorities backwards.
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Ultimately... It shall someday
lead the village to darkness.
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*And thus...my battle with Madara*
*came to an end.*
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I don't know how Madara
returned to life now.
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I definitely killed my friend...
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For the sake of the village.
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That's right...
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The village...
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that Madara and I first envisioned...
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is something that joined
one clan to another.
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It was an invaluable cornerstone
that created order out of chaos,
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then maintained it.
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It protected the children and
averted pointless conflict.
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It made peace a reality.
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However...it gave rise to despair,
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the kind that your brother Itachi
was forced to bear.
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Perhaps what Madara said
was correct, after all.
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Perhaps he foresaw
this state of affairs.
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I am the shinobi who created
these circumstances.
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Furthermore, I am also the one
who considered them acceptable.
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I believe that shinobi are those
who endure for a purpose.
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But depending on what that purpose is,
a shinobi can change.
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Just as Madara...and I did.
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Shinobi...
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Shinobi are those who endure...
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in order to achieve their goals.
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For me, it was building a village.
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But it seems Madara
found something else.
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This plan of Madara's that
Orochimaru mentioned earlier...
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To erase all the shinobi in this world...
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I don't know what
that means in literal terms, but...
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It's the Infinite Tsukuyomi
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where village, shinobi,
and citizen are all irrelevant.
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He intends to put everyone
under genjutsu
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and manipulate them as he sees fit.
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To negate everything that
my older brother, Madara's younger brother...
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and all of you...
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have tried to protect.
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My older brother inherited your will
without even talking to you.
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My older brother...
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*Itachi... You also serve as*
*the Uchiha Clan's pipeline*
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*to the Village nerve center.*
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*You know that, don't you?*
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Even as he shouldered that
heavy responsibility for the clan...
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*We cannot allow such a thing!*
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*If they are going to start a revolution*
*and usurp our power,*
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*we have no choice but to judge*
*the Uchiha as traitors of the Leaf!*
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*Wait, Koharu.*
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*Don't rush to such a decision.*
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*But Hiruzen, the Uchiha Clan*
*will not be dissuaded.*
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*We must take measures*
*to avoid mayhem.*
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*And that includes innocent children.*
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*Do not say such things*
*before Itachi!*
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*Besides, taking on the Uchiha*
*will be no easy task.*
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*There's got be some sort of*
*strategy we can use!*
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*We have no time to waste.*
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*We must strike preemptively,*
*before they have a chance to act.*
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*If we join forces with our respective*
*ANBU Black Ops*
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*and launch a surprise attack*
*from behind,*
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*it will be over in no time.*
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*The Uchiha are old comrades*
*in arms.*
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*I want to settle this with*
*words first before force.*
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*I will come up with a strategy.*
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*Itachi...*
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*Buy me some time,*
*however little it may be.*
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He stood between the village
and the clan in their strife...
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*I see... So you've aligned*
*with the other side?*
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*Father, Mother...*
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*I...*
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*I know, Itachi.*
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*Itachi, just promise me this.*
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*Take care of Sasuke.*
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*I will.*
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*Do not fear.*
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*This is the path you have chosen.*
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*Compared to you,*
*our pain will be over in an instant.*
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*Even if our philosophies differ,*
*I am proud of you.*
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*You are truly a kind child.*
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He even killed his own parents...
**[10:07] ---**
*We received intel that Itachi Uchiha*
*of the Akatsuki is dead.*
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*Put a mark on his image and*
*remove him from your Bingo Book.*
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*So that traitor is dead at last.*
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*But Captain,*
*who was able to kill him?*
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*Looks like it was*
*his younger brother, Sasuke.*
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*How ironic...*
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*His own brother killed the one*
*who slaughtered their kin.*
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*Serves him right!*
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*After that atrocious thing he did!*
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*Not only that, he joined up*
*with the Akatsuki*
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*and came after the Leaf Village!*
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*He's the most notorious villain*
*in Hidden Leaf history!*
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*I wish we got our hands on him first!*
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He was forced to kill
his own clan and
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endure the brand as
a Rogue Ninja...
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Yet, he continued to keep
an eye on the organization
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that wanted to harm the village.
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And even in death...
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*I'll have protected my village*
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*as Itachi Uchiha*
*of the Leaf once again.*
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*I have no more regrets.*
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My older brother endured longer
and harder than you.
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And died stating he was proud
to be Leaf Shinobi.
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Isn't it ironic that the shinobi who
understood you more than anyone else...
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was from the Uchiha Clan?
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Your brother was not the only one.
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I had a subordinate
named Kagami Uchiha
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who was much like your brother.
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Second Hokage... I thought
you despised the Uchiha.
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That's not entirely true.
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I treated anyone who posed
a danger to the village,
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no matter what clan they belonged to,
with extreme caution.
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And there's no doubt that
the Uchiha Clan warranted my suspicions...
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The Uchiha just happened
to be a clan
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particularly disposed
to be considered as such.
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But, it is also because
they could feel such deep love
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that there were quite
a few Uchiha over the years
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like your brother and Kagami...
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who could transcend
the boundaries of the clan
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and devote themselves to the village.
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My elder brother believed the village
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was something that could
eliminate the framework of clans.
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Well, the reality is...
This wasn't so simple.
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The idealism of
my elder brother Hashirama...
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And the danger that Madara posed...
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Mediating between these two things,
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and protecting and
strengthening the village
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were my duties as
the Second Hokage.
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Shisui Uchiha was
a descendant of Kagami Uchiha.
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He was a friend of
your older brother Itachi.
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Many, including myself, embraced
the First Hokage's Will of Fire.
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But perhaps, I was more naïve
than any other shinobi.
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I wasn't able to continue
the Second Hokage's task
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of village-building skillfully enough.
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Which is how I ended up burdening Danzo
with the village's darkness.
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I killed Danzo in vengeance.
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Until the end, he spoke that
he would protect the village,
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no matter how dirty the means.
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It seems I've failed miserably
time after time as the Hokage.
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I guess I'm responsible for creating
the situation that exists now.
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No... You're not to blame, Lord Third.
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You did everything you could
for the sake of the village respectably.
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I'm the one who died during
the Nine Tails' attack on the village!
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You had such high hopes for me
as the Hokage...
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And I couldn't live up to them.
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I'll say... After he passed over me
and picked you.
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Everyone was so disappointed.
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Lord Orochimaru...
You sound like you're pouting.
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A little...since the Third Hokage
is right here.
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Had I lived, perhaps I could
have helped to foil
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the Uchiha's plans for
a coup d'état much sooner...
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Now then... Sasuke...
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What will you do?
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Will you destroy the village?
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Or...
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*Sorry, Sasuke...*
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*Let's do it some other time.*
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*Sorry, Sasuke. Let's do it next time...*
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*You probably hate me, huh?*
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*But, we only have each other*
*as siblings.*
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*I'm always going to*
*be there for you,*
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*even if it's only as an obstacle*
*for you to overcome.*
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*Even if you do hate me...*
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*That's what big brothers are for.*
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*You all suspect me?*
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*There is no value in killing you now...*
*my foolish little brother.*
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*If you wish to kill me,*
*resent me, hate me,*
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*and survive...in obscurity.*
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*I did what you said...*
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*I resented you and*
*hated you...*
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*and I survived just so I...*
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*so I could kill you!*
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*I have no interest*
*in someone like you...*
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*You're weak,*
*because you don't have enough...*
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*hate.*
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*I always lied to you and*
*asked you to forgive me.*
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*Deliberately keeping you at*
*a distance by my own hand.*
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*All because I didn't want you*
*to get caught up in any of this.*
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*But now, I believe...*
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*That perhaps you could have changed*
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*Father, Mother,*
*and the rest of the Uchiha.*
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*If I had been open with you*
*from the start...*
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*And looked you straight in the eyes*
*and told you the truth,*
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*then I wouldn't have had*
*to stand before you,*
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*from above, as a failure,*
*telling you all of this.*
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*So this time... I want to impart*
*this truth to you...*
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*You don't ever have to forgive me.*
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*And no matter what you do*
*from here on out, know this...*
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*I will love you always.*
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I'm going to the battlefield!
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I won't let the village,
and Itachi become nothing!
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It's been decided then!
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Tobirama!
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Prepare to fly us outside!
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Even if I wanted to use Flying Raijin,
I'm bound right now.
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Orochimaru, was it?
What will you do?
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You said earlier that
you'd follow Sasuke.
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Of course... We will accompany him.
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What?!
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J-Jugo, what about you?
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I'm going too.
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It's my job to protect Sasuke.
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*Four super-strong zombies...*
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*Three monsters...*
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*If I tag along, I'm dead for sure!*
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*I'm making a break for it*
*when I see a chance!*
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This view brings back memories!
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*It's now or never!*
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What the hell?!
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It's you after all, Sasuke!
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I sensed your chakra
and I couldn't believe it,
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so I backtracked and look what I find!
**[18:39] ---**
Karin...
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Oh my... So many of my best experiments
gathered here in one place!
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You bastard...!
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I'll never forgive you!
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I'm sorry, Karin.
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You bastard! As if a simple apology
will get you off the hook...
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you good for nothing...
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I see you still have
a weakness for Sasuke, Karin...
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Listen, Lord Orochimaru!
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Sasuke...had the gall...
to stab me and...
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What a coincidence. Me too.
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But I'm helping Sasuke now.
**[19:22] ---**
This is perfect timing. You help too.
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What?!
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I guess I have no choice...
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Who is she?
**[19:30] ---**
Judging from the chakra
and that red hair...
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She's from the Uzumaki Clan.
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*One more idiot joins the pack.*
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*I bet Madara will be surprised.*
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Orochimaru...
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Why did you decide to help Sasuke?
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You were trying to destroy the village.
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After being inside Kabuto,
I realized something...
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He imitated the way I lived and
tried to possess everything,
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and failed.
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So now, I'm just curious about
the different path Sasuke has chosen.
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Unlike Kabuto, Sasuke didn't copy me.
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Fellow Hokage!
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As we stand atop the Great Stone Faces
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that have watched over
the Hidden Leaf...
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Let us burn this sight of
the village into our memory!
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*I'm finally going to see my son.*
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*Naruto, I wasn't able to do*
*anything for you as a father...*
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*I'll make it up to you by*
*bringing you a huge present.*
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All right! It's been a while
since my last war!
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I'd better be on my toes!
**[20:39] ---**
Madara... We'll defeat you
this time for sure!
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This may sound foolish,
**[20:44] ---**
but I'm kind of looking forward
to seeing my old friend!
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Just you wait, Madara!
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There's always conflict,
no matter what the era.
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But this shall be the end of wars!
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Let's go!
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Obito, you once dreamed
of becoming Hokage.
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I can't see you not understanding
Naruto's feelings!
**[22:46] ---**
You can still go back!
**[22:50] ---**
It's because I understand
Naruto's mind...
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Next time on Naruto Shippuden:
"Hole"
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...that I want to negate everything
that he does!
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HOLE
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Tune in again!