Naruto 397

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[side text: Another "bearer of the Sharingan" tells of the truth behind Itachi... what is his goal?!]
Tobi: ...One who knows the truth about Uchiha Itachi.

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[TN: HOLY WUT.]
Madara: !

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Madara: (Could it be?!)

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Naruto
#397: He Who Knows The Truth
[insert text: These black flames engulfing Tobi... what is this...?!!]
Madara: Guahh!!

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Sasuke: Ngh!
Madara: Nguaaahhhh!! // Ugh...
Sasuke: *pant* // *pant*

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Sasuke: *pant* // *pant* // *pant* // *pant*
[sFX: Sharingan-returning-to-normal-noise]
Sasuke: *pant* // *pant*

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Sasuke: *pant* // *pant* // Wh... What... What was that...? // *pant* // *pant*

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Madara: That was the "Amaterasu" that Itachi gave you.
Sasuke: !! // ......?

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Tobi: That's Itachi for you... even after he's dead, he manages to catch me out. // To think he'd thought this far ahead...
Sasuke: ......... // What on Earth... / ...are you talking about?
Tobi: He placed a jutsu upon you... so you could kill me... // No... that's not quite right. More like to keep me away from you...
Sasuke: ?

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Tobi: I suspect the way it works is that simply seeing my Sharingan... / ...will cause that Amaterasu of yours to activate automatically.
Sasuke: ......?
Tobi: (But thankfully, even Itachi did not know everything there is to know about me... // ...Otherwise, I would have died.) // This is Itachi's last little trick... / ...though I'm afraid it won't work against me...
Sasuke: ......I asked you... what are you talking about?
Tobi: Itachi must have done something to you before he died.

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Sasuke: !
Tobi: In his last moments... for your own sake, he channelled the power of his own eyes into you.
Sasuke: What are you saying...? // ...Exactly... what are you getting at? // Why would Itachi do a thing like that...
Tobi: Don't you understand?
Sasuke: ?!

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Tobi: He wanted...

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Tobi: ...to protect you.

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Tobi: .........
Sasuke: ......... // ...Protect? // To protect me...?! // What kind of sick joke is this...?!

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Tobi: I'll say it once more. // You may think you know a fair amount about your brother, but truly, you know nothing.
Sasuke: ......... // Ignoring these twisted ramblings of yours... / I will kill you!
Tobi: It looks like ordinary methods aren't going to do much good, huh? // Well, I suppose that's understandable... / It can't be easy to believe such things coming from such an obviously suspicious person. // However... the things I am telling you are the simple truth. // Itachi must have told you as well, yes? / About his accomplice on that night...
Sasuke: .........

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Tobi: That was me; Uchiha Madara. // I know all there is to know about Itachi. // ...Although of course, Itachi himself died without even realising that much.
Sasuke: Shut up!! / Who even cares about all that any more?!! // Just get away from me already!!

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Tobi: No... You're going to ask me. / No... you have to ask me! // It is your duty to do so! // ......... // How, for the sake of the world of shinobi... for the sake of Konoha... and above all, for the sake of his younger brother, yourself... he placed everything on the line... // Ask me how your brother, Uchiha Itachi, lived!!
[side text: Just when he had brought it all to an end, Madara throws Sasuke into a new chaos. To protect his brother... what will those lips speak of Itachi?!]
[bottom text: Next issue, Naruto will be taking a break so that the author can gather information.]
[TN: Dammit, is this really the time to take a week's break?! >_<]