Chapter 176: The Path to Redemption
Lux understood Madara's intentions.
He just wanted to take advantage of Itachi, an ungrateful descendant, and use him as a tool to seize the Rinnegan and test it.
Make the most of it and atone for his sins.
This was in line with Madara's character.
However, was it because he saw Sasuke who looked like Izuna that he became soft-hearted and deliberately acted tsundere?
Only Madara himself knew that.
Lux didn't mind this.
It didn't matter to her whether Madara killed Itachi or not as long as it didn't affect her progress on the main path and accelerated the unification process.
Or rather, if Itachi could actually become a qualified pawn to win the Rinnegan for Madara first and get rid of Nagato, that would be a good thing.
Lux fully supported any action that could accelerate the unification process.
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Madara approached Itachi.
Itachi raised his head with difficulty and looked towards Madara.
In this ancestor's eyes, he didn't see any pity or relief, only indifference and cruelty, and the intent to kill looming.
But compared to before, this killing intent was already very weak.
He knew that he had survived the most difficult situation.
However, Itachi still didn't know why he could slightly calm Madara's killing intent.
At the same time, when he saw Lux beside Madara, he was even more surprised.
He remembered the incident more than a month ago when this mysterious strong man took the Mangekyo Sharingan containing the Tsukuyomi eye technique in the middle of the rain.
It turned out that the ancestor was with this guy!
It turned out that there were many powerful creatures hiding in the ninja world!
Itachi unconsciously imagined an organization even more terrifying than Akatsuki.
They also had the Rinnegan and traveled outside of time. They had gathered the most famous superpowers in history. They had an extraordinary long-held desire as a plan and advanced silently.
Just thinking about it made Itachi tremble with fear.
In comparison, the Akatsuki Organization was like a toddler. But this wasn't a problem that Itachi needed to consider now.
Itachi even had to thank Lux.
Without the three-tomoe Sharingan exchanged by the other party, when he had just used Izanagi to save Kisame, he might have had to sacrifice his Mangekyo Sharingan.
Could it be that he was hindering Madara?
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Due to the frequent use of chakra, the remaining time had been reduced several times over, Madara might only be able to stay for a few more minutes.
So straight to the point:
"Uchiha Itachi, do you want to atone for your sins?"
"Atonement?"
Itachi, who wanted to die, was quite confused.
He had committed unforgivable sins, what possibility was there for atonement?
Killing evil meant killing evil. The so-called pain and self-blame afterward were nonsense, just as disgusting as "putting down the butcher's knife and immediately becoming a Buddha".
"The Rinnegan can revive the dead!" Madara reminded.
It looked like this junior wasn't an idiot and should be able to understand his meaning.
Hearing this, Itachi was stunned for a moment, one of his eyes widened, and an expression of extraordinary astonishment appeared on his face.
He knew that Pain had the Rinnegan, and also knew that the Rinnegan was very powerful, which was why he was willing to stay in the Akatsuki organization, gather intelligence, and be wary of Pain.
But he didn't expect that the Rinnegan could revive the dead!
Life and death couldn't be changed, this had long been the consensus of the entire ninja world.
Even if it was as powerful as the Impure World Reincarnation discovered by the Second Hokage, it only polluted the souls of the dead, which Itachi hated.
It wasn't actually resurrection.
Now he knew that there was indeed a power to revive the dead in the world?
"Does the ancestor want me to get the Rinnegan?"
Itachi was very smart and understood everything at once, and he immediately guessed Madara's intentions.
This was the truth.
Without God's perspective, even the smartest person could be misled for a lifetime by a piece of crucial information.
Madara was like this, Obito was like this, Itachi was the same. If he had known that the Rinnegan could reverse life and death and revive the dead, would Itachi have remained a coward in the Akatsuki organization for years?
He would have already started planning, how to start a rebellion?
How to dominate Pain?
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"What, you don't want to?"
Madara asked coldly, his intent to kill him rising again.
Agree or die!
Madara was too lazy to persuade his junior and he didn't need a disobedient pawn.
Moreover, it was an ungrateful descendant who was responsible for genocide.
The only chance of redemption had been given to the other party. If Itachi still wanted to refuse, Madara didn't mind sending him home directly.
"I'm willing!"
Itachi immediately agreed.
He valued this only chance of redemption more than anyone else.
After learning that the Rinnegan could revive the dead, Itachi himself had already set his sights on Pain, even though Madara didn't ask him to do anything.
Coupled with his desire for atonement, he even craved the Sharingan and Rinnegan more than Orochimaru!
"Excellent, I'm only giving you half a year. If you don't get the Rinnegan within half a year, commit suicide!"
Madara gave a difficult time limit to push Itachi to work with his true abilities.
Never think about stalling.
Moreover, Madara's eyes were so sharp, and he could see that Itachi's body couldn't last long, so of course, he had to squeeze him hard immediately.
"Enough! I obey the ancestor's orders!"
Itachi nodded his promise, which was not only a promise to Madara, but also a spur to himself.
Half a year was enough!
In other words, if it weren't for his concern for Sasuke, every second he lived now would be a kind of torture for Itachi.
As long as there was a goal of redemption, he might be crazier than anyone else.
Although he didn't know what the price of the so-called Rinnegan resurrection was? How many people could be resurrected?
But he didn't have to be afraid.
Even if he sacrificed his life, even if he could only resurrect one clan member. It could be considered a kind of atonement.
At least it was much better than dying in vain without doing anything.
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"It's just that if some clan members are really resurrected, then they and Konoha…"
Itachi voiced his last concern.
He was worried that the resurrected clan members would be further persecuted and targeted in Konoha.
In this case, resurrection might also be a torture.
Madara frowned slightly.
Did he still need to worry about this kind of thing?
Hiruzen had abdicated, Danzo was dead, who in Konoha dared to target the Uchiha Clan? Who else could target the Uchiha Clan?
It seemed that there was a new Fifth Hokage?
Madara looked sideways at Orochimaru in the distance and asked coldly:
"Hey! Godaime over there, can you tolerate the Uchiha Clan?"
Orochimaru immediately approached and assured with a serious face:
"Of course! I will gladly accept the Uchiha Clan as part of the village!"
Accept the entire Uchiha Clan?
That was an endless supply of experimental subjects!
From this perspective, Orochimaru might be more eager for the Uchiha Clan to integrate into Konoha than the Uchiha themselves!
How could the Uchiha Clan not be tolerated?
Moreover, with Hashirama and Tobirama watching, and Madara supporting him.
Who would dare to persecute the Uchiha Clan?
If Danzo knew that Madara was still there, he wouldn't dare to plan the night of genocide even if he had a hundred guts!
Lux looked at Orochimaru and laughed silently.
This guy became very cunning for a few days after he became Hokage. Didn't he think he would be so quiet?
He still preferred Orochimaru's previous mischievous appearance!
However, facing an unparalleled fighter like Madara, it was rare for Orochimaru to be obedient.
If it was Danzo or something, he would be paralyzed with fear.