To Uchiha Itachi,
It has been precisely one year since our last correspondence.
During that time, I immersed myself in a project most would consider obsessive.
I have gathered the complete documented and undocumented history of Konohagakure — official archives, ANBU leak fragments, black-market copies of Root mission logs, the personal journals of retired shinobi, and the sealed accounts of clan elders from every major family.
When arranged chronologically, the pattern became undeniable.
Konoha's greatest enemy has never been the other nations.
It has always been itself.
And it began long before you were born.
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The Era of Overflowing Power
Konoha reached its true peak after the Second Great Ninja War.
Not during the founding years.
Not during the Third War.
After the Second.
At that time, the village possessed six fully recognized Kage-level combatants, and an additional three potential Kage-level shinobi whose names were scrubbed from public record.
The six were:
Sarutobi Hiruzen — the Ninja Professor, Third Hokage.
Shimura Danzō — the Darkness of shinobi.
The Three Sannin — each awakened to greatness by the war.
Sakumo Hatake — the White Fang, feared more than entire nations.
Konoha was, in simple terms, overwhelming.
Yet by the Third Great Ninja War, despite having more prodigies than ever — Minato, Kushina, Fugaku — the village weakened.
Not gradually.
Not naturally.
But suddenly, sharply, and internally.
So I traced it.
The answer was not found on the battlefield.
It was found in the shadows.
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The First Pillar Broken — Sakumo Hatake
Official records claim he "chose comrades over the mission," leading to national disgrace.
But the truth is simpler:
There was no mission.
It was engineered.
A perfect trap:
If Sakumo saved his team, he would be condemned.
If he completed the mission, he would be condemned.
Every outcome destroyed him.
The leak to civilians — information only ANBU should have known — was orchestrated by Danzō.
Yet Hiruzen did nothing.
Not a reprimand.
Not a correction.
Not even a public defense for the man who saved his village countless times.
Because Sakumo was too beloved,
too respected,
too powerful.
Hiruzen did not want a successor rising in popularity.
So Sakumo died — not in battle, but by betrayal.
Konoha lost its first pillar.
The decline began.
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The Senju Erased
Tsunade — heir of the First Hokage, granddaughter of a demigod — could not protect her own clan.
The reason is familiar:
Loyal Senju were given fatal missions.
Resisters became test subjects in Hashirama cell experiments.
Hiruzen publicly "shut down" the labs.
Danzō continued them uninterrupted.
Tsunade's brother died with organs missing —
a detail inconsistent with any battlefield explosion.
Her lover died under ANBU watch.
Hiruzen again observed.
Allowed.
Accepted.
The Senju diminished into near extinction.
A village built by two clans quietly removed one of them.
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The Uzumaki Abandoned
The Uzumaki Clan — masters of sealing, bound to Konoha by blood — were eradicated.
Konoha did nothing.
Not a retaliation.
Not a diplomatic move.
Not even a symbolic gesture.
Danzō collected "survivors" as trophies and stole the Uzumaki clan sealing ninjutsu.
Kushina among them.
And again, Hiruzen watched.
Just as he always does.
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The Sannin Fractured
Orochimaru, the greatest scientific mind of Konoha, was nurtured by Danzō's temptations — forbidden research, unethical experiments, the promise of progress.
But when the Hokage seat was contested, Hiruzen sacrificed him.
Public exposure.
Forced exile.
A calculated purge.
Jiraiya drifted from the village soon after, disillusioned.
Tsunade left because no Senju remained to protect.
Thus the three strongest after the White Fang scattered.
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Shisui's Death
Shisui Uchiha, your closest friend, willing to die to protect Konoha.
Danzō killed him for his eye.
Hiruzen allowed it because he feared being controlled by Kotoamatsukami.
Shisui's death was not a tragedy.
It was a transaction.
And once again, Hiruzen observed without interference.
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The Hyūga Sacrifice
Hinata, three years old, was nearly captured by Kumogakure.
The Byakugan could detect a sparrow flying behind a mountain, yet it could not detect armed infiltrators at night.
Impossible.
The invaders found her room with surgical precision.
Hiashi intervened — conveniently — at the exact moment required to end the conflict.
Then Hiruzen demanded the Hyūga sacrifice Hiashi to prevent war.
Another clan.
Another offering.
Another solution wrapped in the Will of Fire.
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And then… the Nine-Tails Rebellion
This is the section you fail to speak of, even in your own thoughts.
The truth is simple:
Shimura Danzō never fought that night.
He did not assist in subduing the Nine-Tails.
He did not protect the villagers.
He did not support Minato or Kushina.
Instead, he surrounded the Uchiha clan district with Root forces.
Anyone attempting to leave — to help, to rescue, to contribute — was blocked.
Including your father.
Understand the magnitude:
If Fugaku Uchiha, wielder of the Mangekyō Sharingan, had been allowed to engage,
the Nine-Tails would have been subdued within minutes.
The deaths of the Fourth Hokage and Kushina could have been prevented.
The destruction of half the village avoided.
But Danzō ensured that the Uchiha were absent.
Because absence could be reframed as guilt.
And it was.
Afterward:
The Uchiha were blamed for "not helping."
Their supposed "suspicious timing" became official narrative.
The clan was quietly removed from central Konoha.
Their land was given to the four elder families:
Sarutobi, Shimura, Mitokado, Homura.
Every move was a preparation
for your clan's eventual extermination.
The Nine-Tails night was not a tragedy.
It was a setup.
A political maneuver.
A prelude to genocide.
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While the Senju vanished,
while the Uzumaki died,
while the Uchiha were cornered,
while the Hyūga were sacrificed —
the four elder families grew stronger than ever.
Sarutobi.
Shimura.
Mitokado.
Homura.
Their numbers increased.
Their positions solidified.
Their missions were safe, stable, and well-paid.
They did not bleed in war.
They prospered in peace.
And the clans that once balanced Konoha's power —
Uchiha, Senju, Uzumaki, Hyūga —
were reduced or destroyed.
None of this was coincidence.
It was architecture.
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This Brings Me to You
Uchiha Itachi,
heir to your clan's true will,
friend of Shisui,
prodigy of Konoha,
and a boy forced to carry burdens that were never yours —
I will not offer sympathy.
Sympathy is useless.
I offer clarity.
Hiruzen and Danzō will destroy everything you are trying to protect.
Not out of necessity —
but because they always have.
And so, I give you a decision.
Not a request.
Not a command.
A decision.
Destroy the rot.
Sever the disease.
Expose the illusion of Konoha's "peace."
If you choose to act,
Send this letter addressed to Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Destroy the glass bead just after you are three meters away from Sarutobi Hiruzen.
That will be enough.
The moment I receive it,
my attack will begin.
Not against your clan.
Not against the innocent.
But against the architecture of corruption that has caged you since birth.
This is the single opportunity I will give you
to cleanse Konoha
and save what remains of the Uchiha.
Choose with clarity.
Sayonara.
— Chronarch
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