Chapter 255: Last Wish
I don't know how long it took for Sasuke to break out of the whirlpool of grief, Itachi's blood had stained the entire white cloth red, and the room was filled with a thick smell of blood.
Sighing, Sasuke still couldn't figure out why his brother committed suicide by seppuku in front of the shrine at home in front of him.
Maybe......
To atone for the sins of the slain parents?
It is difficult for a person who kills his father and mother to find peace of mind, and after losing his life goal, he will become even more world-weary and hopeless, and every day of his life is like a walking corpse, and the torture of the soul will never subside.
Or Itachi hopes that his only relative can help him deal with the aftermath, clean up his seppuku scene, tidy up his remains, help him fulfill his last wish, and bury him.
The duty of the person who intersected the wrong person is not only to give the seppuku a painful stab, but also to deal with the aftermath of the seppuku.
Yes, who can help him do these things except his own brother?
In the minds of other Konoha ninjas, Itachi is a madman and murderer, and all his former friends have been killed by Itachi himself, and the group of people in the Xiao organization are just hypocritical and wronged.
If you think about it carefully, my brother is countless times lonelier than myself, and there is no one in the world who really agrees with him, even Tuan Zang, who gave him the order to exterminate the clan, and Ape Fei, who sent him as a spy, are probably just using it.
Sasuke regretted a little, why didn't he understand his brother's feelings before, and treated him so coldly, asking him to give him time......
My brother obviously has no time, even if he doesn't die of seppuku, it won't be long before he dies of illness!
Sasuke silently cleaned up alone without informing anyone, straightened Itachi's body, straightened his severed head, stuffed back the intestines that had flowed out of his body, took out the needle and thread used to mend his clothes and sew up the wound in his abdomen, and sewed the broken neck crack with stitches.
Those who die by seppuku will not look good when they die, so they must carefully tidy up their remains, so that they can say goodbye to this world with dignity at the funeral.
Folding the blood-stained white cloth spread on the ground, Sasuke brought a bucket of water, took off Itachi's white dress that had been stained red with blood, took a hand towel to scrub his blood-stained body, and changed him into a clean, left-facing gorgeous kimono, which was still a relic left by Uchiha Fugaku......
The blood soaked through the white cloth and soaked into the tatami mats, but no matter how much they washed, they could not be washed clean, leaving a gray mark on the tatami mats.
The splattered blood droplets stained the shrine, and even a few drops were stained on the parents' spiritual tablet, Sasuke picked up the spiritual tablet and wanted to wipe it clean, but after thinking about it carefully, he put it back again, and let those few drops of blood coagulate into blue and continue to stay on it, which is a symbol of his brother's death to repay his parents' blood and bones.
It was not until late at night that Sasuke cleaned up the scene of seppuku and set up the living room as a mourning hall, and Itachi's body was dressed for burial and lay on a brocade quilt spread in the center of the living room, with a white cloth covering his face.
There was nowhere to buy incense and candles at night, but there was no way to worship the dead, so Sasuke sat beside Itachi and held a vigil for him alone, thinking about how to hold a funeral for him tomorrow, who to invite to the funeral, and how to choose a cemetery, and I didn't know whether Itachi should be buried in the family cemetery of the Uchiha clan or in the cemetery of the heroes in Konoha Village.
Perhaps, neither of these places is suitable for him to rest in the long term, and even if he dies, he will not be able to die well.
How could the person who slaughtered the Uchiha clan be accepted by the Uchiha family cemetery, if he was buried there, he would be hated and ostracized by the undead of the Uchiha clan, right?
The Heroic Cemetery in Konoha Village, how could it accept an S-class traitorous ninja, in the minds of the ninjas who don't know the truth in Konoha , Itachi is a madman and a traitor!
Even though the truth about the night of the Uchiha clan's demise has been made public and reported in the newspapers, exposing Danzo's despicable methods, many people still think that killing one's father and mother is an unforgivable crime no matter what it is, and that Uchiha Itachi is a cold-blooded and ruthless killing machine, if not a traitor.
Bury him there, will the Konoha Heroes be able to accept him?
Thinking about the list of guests invited to the funeral, Sasuke couldn't think of who to invite, Naruto-kun as his friend, a person who knew the truth and could understand Itachi's feelings, could be invited.
But who else but Naruto can be invited, it seems that there really isn't any......
The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable Sasuke felt in his heart, there was no place to bury him, and no one attended the funeral, is this the end of Itachi?
He doesn't deserve such treatment, he shouldn't be blamed and misunderstood unlimitedly, people should understand his mental journey and understand his dedication to Konoha!
In the original plot, after learning the truth, Sasuke was resentful of those Konoha villagers who were kept safe by Itachi's favor, but regarded Itachi as a demon, and had the idea of destroying Konoha.
However, the current Sasuke is not so extreme.
He knew that there must be other options, there must be a better way, Naruto once used Obito as an example to warn him: "You must not be extreme, the struggle is not necessarily a straightforward fight, in the future ninja world, the importance of fighting wits will definitely surpass that of fighting bravery, no matter how strong a person is, if he does not have an excellent mind and thinks rationally in case of trouble, he will not be able to escape the fate of being used as a pawn." ”
"Brother, I'm going to write a book."
Sasuke said to Itachi, regardless of whether he could hear it or not: "I will write about your life experiences as they are, your dreams, your dedication to Konoha, your friendship with Shisui, your painful choices when you are in a dilemma, Danzo's shameless betrayal, Sarutobi's exploitation and concealment of the truth, and, your ...... to me Love. ”
As he spoke, Sasuke smiled bitterly, "I don't know how to write, and I don't even like to read much...... But I can learn, even if it takes a lifetime, to hone my writing, learn to write, to become the best writer, I must write this book well, write it as a masterpiece, and let everyone who sees this book know the real you.
I want this book to win the biggest literary award in the ninja world, to have the greatest impact, and preferably for everyone to read it...... I know it's hard and wishful thinking, but I swear, I have to do it! This book is called "The True Biography of Itachi". ”
Speaking his heart, Sasuke cleaned up his feelings, rubbed his eyes, and took the suicide note left by Itachi, wanting to see what his brother's last wish was and how he could help him realize it.
Opening the neatly folded suicide note, Sasuke was surprised to find that there were not many words written on it, only three or two sentences: "Sasuke, my dear brother, please, please accept my last request, be sure to transplant my eyes to you, that is the key to the advancement of kaleidoscope writing wheels!" As for the aftermath, there is no need to bother preparing for the funeral, just hand over my body to Yakushidou and reincarnate me in the dirt when necessary. Another: I have a flock of crows for you, and one of them is very special, they are psychic beasts entrusted to me by a friend, and they are contracted to be in your room, help me take care of them. ”
Clenching the suicide note, Sasuke's eyes were hazy with tears again, and tears fell on the letterhead, wetting the letter and blurring the handwriting.