Izanagi and Izanami

With Kabuto trapped within Izanami's infinite loop, Sasuke uses this time to question his brother about the jutsu. Itachi explains to Sasuke that the Izanami was created as a counter to against users of its counterpart Izanagi, intended to make those who struggle against fate accept it in order for them to escape the infinite loop. Angered by the fact that Itachi would cast a technique that has an escape route, Sasuke questions his motives to which Itachi says that he wished to give Kabuto an opportunity to accept his fate. Sasuke insists that Itachi is perfect and nothing like Kabuto, only for the elder Uchiha to refute this claim. Elsewhere, somewhere in a forest seemingly some distance away, a grown-up Urushi tells his comrade that he hoped by the time he gets home, Kabuto will be there. Back at the cave, Itachi prepares to end the Reanimation jutsu.