Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26006790-20140725193452/@comment-9782468-20140725202223

Idk. I'm pretty sure he held himself back just to get the whole story on Konoha. If the Hokage said something that he didn't agree with or whatever, I think he'd go back to his original goal of killing them all. But until he got the whole story, he wanted to honor Itachi's wishes I guess.