Konoha Village, within the deserted courtyard of Obito Uchiha's house.
"Help me kill a group of people. Once it is done, I will join the Akatsuki and work for you." Itachi Uchiha said his request with a serious face.
When he heard Itachi Uchiha's decision with his own ears, Obito could not help but laugh joyfully in his heart. "Heh. Have you finally come around."
With another pair of Mangekyō Sharingan joining, his chances of defeating Ryun Uchiha would greatly increase. It was not in vain that he had put so much effort into Itachi Uchiha.
"Yes, I have come around." Itachi nodded seriously.
"Let's hear it. Who do you want to kill." Obito Uchiha asked casually.
"Kill my father, and the group of clansmen behind him."
"Kill your father. Did I hear that correctly." Obito Uchiha seemed extremely surprised for a moment.
"You heard correctly. It is my father, Fugaku Uchiha. I want to use his life to measure my own capacity." Itachi Uchiha used such a reason.
His face was full of seriousness at this moment. Obito Uchiha could not even treat this statement as a joke.
"Capacity."
Obito Uchiha looked thoughtful. In his heart, he did not quite understand Itachi Uchiha's beastly act of patricide.
He himself was a beast in order to create a perfect world of Infinite Tsukuyomi. Why was Itachi Uchiha being a beast. To prove his capacity. Obito could not quite figure out the key point for now.
Seeing that Masked Madara was not speaking and was not stating whether he would help or not, Itachi Uchiha could not help but feel somewhat anxious in his heart. Therefore, he said something that surprised Obito Uchiha even more.
"You said it yourself. As long as an Uchiha loses a loved one, there is a high chance of awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan. I want to obtain more powerful power."
"Hmm."
Obito Uchiha actually already knew that Itachi Uchiha had awakened his eyes. He had even personally designed the circumstances for Itachi Uchiha to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan. It was just that Itachi Uchiha was unaware of being watched by White Zetsu, so he thought Masked Madara did not know about this matter. That was why he dared to say this.
This statement exposed Itachi Uchiha's impure motives. Obito Uchiha instantly became wary of this person. He did not actually know at this moment that Itachi Uchiha and the Fourth Hokage were secretly connected, with the aim of having Itachi infiltrate the Akatsuki organization.
The group of rogue ninja in Amegakure were extremely powerful, which made Sakumo Hatake very apprehensive. Their ambition to collect the Tailed Beasts also made the Hokage uneasy. Therefore, Itachi Uchiha volunteered to take on the mission of being a spy.
'It seems this guy's killing and desire to join the Akatsuki have other purposes.' Obito Uchiha decided to have Zetsu investigate the specific reason.
But regardless, he planned to first follow Itachi Uchiha's intention and help him fulfill his request. After the other party joined the Akatsuki, there would be plenty of time to talk about other things.
In Obito Uchiha's eyes, no matter what Itachi Uchiha wanted to do, he was confident he could control him.
"Alright. Since you want to prove your capacity, I will help you."
At this point, the plan to purge the Uchiha clan was officially finalized.
Late one night, three days later.
"I have marked the home addresses of all the targets. It would be best if this could be done without alerting the other clansmen." Itachi Uchiha said as he handed a clan map to Obito.
Masked Madara, Black Zetsu, and Itachi Uchiha split up and carried out assassination operations one by one against the Uchiha clansmen on the list.
"Zetsu, after finishing the work later, stay in Konoha and help me investigate the specific reason why Itachi Uchiha killed his father." At a fork in the road, Obito Uchiha gave an order to Black Zetsu.
"I know."
This killing lasted from twelve at night until four in the morning. Masked Madara and Black Zetsu successfully completed the tasks assigned by Itachi Uchiha, and Itachi Uchiha also completed the most difficult task. He personally killed his own father.
Originally, Itachi Uchiha should have killed Mikoto Uchiha as well, but thinking of his younger brother's young age and need for care, he ultimately did not deal a fatal blow to his mother.
He did not perform this task perfectly, but it was acceptable from Konoha's perspective.
"Itachi. Did you awaken your eyes." Obito Uchiha asked with a mocking expression.
Itachi Uchiha nodded expressionlessly. A pair of Three Tomoe Sharingan had clearly transformed into the Mangekyō Sharingan.
"Heh. As expected of you. Since matters here are settled, come back to the Akatsuki organization with me."
Obito Uchiha's voice carried a hint of mockery. After throwing out these words, he directly turned and left.
Itachi Uchiha stood in place, looked up at the sky, and remained silent for a long while. Finally, with a trembling voice, he let out a heavy breath of turbid air, then quickly followed the distant figure.
When dawn broke, the sounds of screams and mournful crying from within the Uchiha clan instantly awakened the entire Konoha Hidden Village.
That day, due to patricide, killing clansmen, and defection, Itachi Uchiha was officially listed as a heinous 'S' Class Rogue Ninja by the Fourth Hokage.
The Uchiha clansmen placed all the hatred for the death of their loved ones on Itachi Uchiha's head. Even Mikoto Uchiha and Sasuke Uchiha were resented by these people.
The clansmen who lost their loved ones would not care if you were the clan leader's wife. Even though Fugaku Uchiha himself was dead, it was hard to dispel the hatred of those people. Mikoto Uchiha, holding little Sasuke, cried as if her heart and liver were torn apart. If not for Sasuke's young age, she truly wanted to die.
Her own child had personally killed her own husband. This kind of pain was unbearable for ordinary people. As a result, Mikoto Uchiha, who possessed the Three Tomoe Sharingan, awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan amidst her despair and mournful crying.
Sasuke, crying bitterly in his mother's arms, felt the sticky warmth coming from above his head. When he looked up, he saw blood and tears flowing from Mikoto Uchiha's eyes, and there were some very strange curved patterns around her pupils.
"Mo, Mom, your eyes."
When Sasuke Uchiha's exclamation sounded, Mikoto Uchiha also fainted due to excessive grief and the awakening of the Mangekyō Sharingan.
"Mom."
The moment he saw his mother faint, Sasuke Uchiha, who had just turned eight years old, also awakened a One Tomoe Sharingan.
After the Uchiha clan's vitality was greatly damaged, to protect Itachi Uchiha's parents from persecution by the clansmen, Sakumo Hatake dispatched Anbu Operatives to be stationed in the Uchiha clan.
His purpose in doing this was both to protect the mother and son and to continue monitoring this clan.
Only if he could confirm that the subsequent Uchiha clan could not affect Konoha would he lift all controls and surveillance targeting the Uchiha clan.