Quote Originally Posted by joker-kun
Madara (Tobi) knows what's going on with Sasuke and Itachi. He even went out of his way to stop the Leaf ninjas. He has also talked about Sasuke; I can't think of exact words, but when he was sitting on the statue he said something about remaining a snake or becoming a raven or something. My point being is if Madara wanted Sasuke dead, he would do it himself. He for whatever reason (In my opinion), wants whichever brother is stronger, or just doesn't want to kill Sasuke for some reason. he doesn't consider Sasuke a risk, he's continuing to play his game. There is no reason he would have Zetsu come in for the kill on a chakraless beaten Sasuke. If you recall Zetsu wasn't even originally going to go there until his other half said so.

I completely agree. We can gather that Madara wants to maximize the strength of one of these brothers, for what reason I don't know, but do you think that if Sasuke kills Itachi, there will be some type of jutsu acquisition? Considering the relationship-based nature of gaining the mangekyou, is it possible that Madara wants Sasuke to kill Itachi for this reason? And I'm still curious as to what Pein's role in all of this is.

Also looking forward to seeing what Sasuke's that jutsu is, and based on the build up, I'm betting its lightning based.