honestly i've been shocked when i saw sasuke's final answer , then again i asked myself : why did he answer like that , in fact i think the process of the genjutsu : " Protect Konoha" is just going as planned, or maybe : That is the plan !
let me clarify :
simply :
1- Itachi was under the Kotoamatsukami's order "protect konoha"
2- Naruto told hims sasuke's intentions of destroying the village
3- sasuke's intentions pose threat to the kotoamatsukami's order
4- that's why itachi before the edo tensei release when he was abt to tell sasuke his final words , said : " i can still make it " and i believe he meant casting a certain genjutsu on sasuke to help him take the decision to defend konoha
i mean excuse me : sasuke claimed that the reason of him defending konoha was : " all what itachi endured to protect cannot be wasted " wasn't that the same thing obito told him ? : "what will you choose ? to follow itachi's path ? or keep on yours as an avenger ? " then why did choose to change his decisions ? why "NOW" precisely ?
that's why i believe Itachi did cast a genjutsu on sasuke to oblige him either to go seek hashirama , or to oblige him to change his decision once he heard hashirama's story
cheers
let me clarify :
simply :
1- Itachi was under the Kotoamatsukami's order "protect konoha"
2- Naruto told hims sasuke's intentions of destroying the village
3- sasuke's intentions pose threat to the kotoamatsukami's order
4- that's why itachi before the edo tensei release when he was abt to tell sasuke his final words , said : " i can still make it " and i believe he meant casting a certain genjutsu on sasuke to help him take the decision to defend konoha
i mean excuse me : sasuke claimed that the reason of him defending konoha was : " all what itachi endured to protect cannot be wasted " wasn't that the same thing obito told him ? : "what will you choose ? to follow itachi's path ? or keep on yours as an avenger ? " then why did choose to change his decisions ? why "NOW" precisely ?
that's why i believe Itachi did cast a genjutsu on sasuke to oblige him either to go seek hashirama , or to oblige him to change his decision once he heard hashirama's story
cheers