The way you have acted, the way you speak, this I cannot believe. You may lie to the entire world then if that is your fondest desire, and even to yourself. But our souls are not so separate. I do not regret the path I chose, but was it the best path? My brother Kenshiro once said to me "I would have no problem allowing you to be the successor for this entire world, if not for your endless ambition."

I can't regret my choices, but was there a better one I could have made? certainly. My world didn't need one more blood thirsty conquerer... It needed a man with the capacity to love and change, to kill the filthy animals that try to corrupt it. Thousands waved my banners and praised my name, and thousands more wished my death, my way only created more death in an already chaotic world.

I do not think our souls are too far apart Itachi, I do not think they are so very far apart at all.