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So Itachi would burn down konoha. And what about all of the innocent villagers?

[[ Revealing sensitive information to the other Hidden Villages would put the innocent villagers at risk regardless.

You have to keep one very important thing in mind… Sasuke is dead.

That’s the only person Itachi truly cared about, and one of the primary reasons he accepted becoming a criminal and leaving. With Sasuke dead, there is no reason to live, and there is no reason to continue protecting the village. ]]

I wanted to know esu’s thoughts on this scenario and what you think itachi would do. So Itachi kills the clan and leaves and Sasuke is left alone at the compound. Shortly after, Danzo goes to Sasuke and breaking his promise he kills Sasuke and takes his eyes. For some other reason, that night Danzo dies what would Itachi do in this situation? This is of course is not at all realistic but just assume it all happened like this and Itachi wasn’t there to stop Danzo.

[[ I’ve actually thought this scenario before. Danzo going after Sasuke just after Itachi leaves, because he feels he can do whatever he wants and get away with it, like he’s been doing for years now.

I can’t see him taking Sasuke’s eyes, though. That part makes little sense. Considering Sasuke only has a single Tomoe Sharingan and Danzo’s gotten all he wanted from the other corpses.

But killing Sasuke to get him out of the way? I can see that. I can see Danzo being over-confident in that Itachi will not find out, but Itachi’s smarter than Danzo gives him credit for.

1) Itachi would release all the secret info on the Leaf Village to the other villages. What they do with that info is none of his business or responsibility anymore. 

2) He would personally return to the Leaf and kill Danzo himself. Perhaps the entire council, because it is bad enough Danzo acted out of line, but Hiruzen failed to do anything about it, and Hiruzen was already earning Itachi’s scorn just before the massacre occurred. He trusted Hiruzen to keep Sasuke safe, and he failed.

3) He’d start a fire. An Amaterasu fire. He’d kill himself with it. It would spread very far, possibly decimating most of the village.       ]]

The name rings no bells in his mind. Not a flicker of recognition passes over his face. A tilt of the head, a small shake, and the grip on the blankets tighten. “I’m sorry.” He doesn’t know what he’s apologizing for. “I wish I could be of more help, but I don’t remember anything at all.”

“Ah. Hm. …Alright.” The word unfortunate crosses his mind, but never makes it past his lips. It would simply put pressure on him, and if Minato really remembers nothing, it’s best to not burden him with unknown expectations.

He could tell him his name, probably. No…

“I’m this village’s leader. Who you’ll ask for if you need anything. Let’s simply work on getting you healed up. Then, if you’d like, we can work on accommodations.” Perhaps it was best to just let him live as a civilian. 

It did mean quite a bit of work to protect his true identity, though. Almost anyone in the street would recognize him as Minato.