No, it wasn't. [ he can agree to that much. ] Neither was what the clan wanted. It wasn't a fair situation for anyone involved, least of all you.

[ itachi can't consider himself the victim of anything because sasuke was right there? so. y'know. also alternate universe where both sasuke and naruto saying that they want to fix the ninja world matters at all in boruto

but there's definitely something fond in Itachi's expression now, even as he tries to hide it. He's definitely thought before, that perhaps if he'd told Sasuke the truth from the start, back then... that he could've changed everything. But.

To become Hokage and rebuild... ]

Is that why you're here, then?