In the last episode, we saw Itachi driven to make a hard choice. Sasuke was sick and dying of an unknown illness with no known cure. Sniffing out the desperation like the opportunistic bloodhound he was, Danzo appeared and offered a way out. Offering to give him the cure to the illness his little brother possessed in exchange for doing the dirty work of getting rid of the Uchiha and Shisui. Itachi, unable to bear the thought of losing his brother, did as commanded, and killed each of the Uchiha and delivered the Mangekyo Sharingan to Danzo as promised. But Danzo double-crossed Itachi, attempting to kill him along with Sasuke. It became clear all along that there never was a cure, and Itachi had just stained his very soul for nothing. As he fled though, the Masked Man who had helped him offered him a bit of advice, telling him that a brilliant sci ...