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In **"Episode 359 : The Night of the Tragedy"** , it was revealed that Itachi
sought the help of Tobi to massacre the Uchiha clan. So the following
questions arise out of this situation:

  * Did he know Tobi's real identity?
  * Why did he take his help to eliminate the clan (irrespective of whether his identity was known or not)? 
  * Why did he help Tobi by not revealing that he was the village infiltrator as Itachi was always working for the Village?
  * Why did Tobi agree to help Itachi eliminate his own clan?

Ideally, each question here should be a separate question, but in this
scenario all these are closely inter-related and thus have been posted as a
single question.


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Why did Itachi seek Tobi's help?


  1. The things he told Sasuke during their battle suggests that he thought that Tobi was Madara.
  2. Either because eliminating the entire clan on his own was too tough a mission for him, or because he wanted to infiltrate the Akatsuki to gather information. Also, he had Tobi promise to not hurt the Hidden Leaf or Sasuke.
  3. Because that would blow his cover. He was still protecting Sasuke and the Leaf and revealing his position would make him lose all the things he could have gotten due to #2.
  4. Because, as Madara, Tobi too had a grudge against the Uchiha. Also, he could use someone like Itachi in Akatsuki.


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Tobi aka "Obito" was just doing his mission what Madara gave to him to do ,
Since Obito didn't really cared about their village or his clan anymore
because of Rin's death, He hates everybody for not helping Rin. He chose
Itachi to join the Akatsuki because he wanted to use him in case Nagato betray
him to revive Madara back to life. He was going to put the Senju cell inside
of Itachi to create the Rinnegan so Madara can come back for exchange of
Itachi life, But Itachi was very too smart for that and that's also why Tobi
help Sasuke for the same reason.


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These questions were mostly answered, or subtly hinted at, in the episode,
_Kakashi: Shadow of the Anbu Black Ops: Night of the Tragedy_. Madara's Ghost
mostly answers accurately, though I have to contend with point 4, as some
others have.

> Did he know Tobi's real identity?

As far as we can tell, Itachi seems to have thought Tobi was Madara, so no.

> Why did he take his help to eliminate the clan (irrespective of whether his
> identity was known or not)?

If I'm not mistaken, it was stated by Sasuke late on that skilled as Itachi
was, he couldn't possibly have wiped out their clan by himself. Thus, he
needed help. Additionally, Itachi needed to secure a place for himself in the
outside world. After killing the Uchiha, he was put in the bingo book. Itachi
would have been aware this would happen, and thus it makes sense to team up
with Tobi now. Infiltrating the Akatsuki served a lot of purposes. Keeping
himself safe meant he was keeping Sasuke safe as well, as his threat to Danzo
wouldn't hold a lot of credence if he was dead. I'll note that Itachi needing
a place _was_ hinted at in the episode mentioned, and I'm not just speculating
wildly. I don't remember the conversation exactly, but Tobi offered him a
place in the Akatsuki and I think he says something to the effect that Itachi
will need a place to go afterwards.

> Why did he help Tobi by not revealing that he was the village infiltrator?

Itachi needed Tobi's help to carry out his mission, so it doesn't make sense
to sell out Tobi at this point. Additionally, he needs Tobi's help to keep
himself alive (see previous question).

> Why did Tobi agree to help Itachi eliminate his own clan?

In the episode I mentioned, one of Danzo's subordinates notes that some Uchiha
bodies are gone, as though they just disappeared. With Tobi's power allowing
him to suck things into his alternate dimension, this is obviously his work.
Thus, we can conclude that Tobi's objective was gathering Sharingan. We see
him with these collected Sharingan in jars, for instance, here:

[![Tobi with Sharingan
jars](https://i.stack.imgur.com/zRL1k.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/zRL1k.png)


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