2009

Sasuke defeats Orochimaru, absorbs his power, and forms Team Hebi to hunt his brother Itachi. Having broken free of his old master, he is determined to settle the score that has driven him since childhood. The duel with Itachi is bloody and intense, and in its aftermath Sasuke learns the truth about Itachi’s past and the sacrifices he made for Konoha and the Uchiha clan. Instead of finding peace, Sasuke turns his hatred toward Konoha itself, and joins the Akatsuki’s cause by choice rather than by chance.