"Itachi Shinden - Book of the Deeper Night" is the second Nippon Novel in the NARUTO SHINDEN series and sheds light on Itachi Uchiha's past. Growing up amidst the turmoil and horrors of the Third Shinobi World War, Itachi decides at the age of four to change the world. His goal: to become the first Hokage from the Uchiha clan, so that the people he loves can live safely without wars.