Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-36528625-20180810001142/@comment-34194151-20180815183539

Ok, if there are three modes of control, then kabuto was using the second mode (pre-programmed)to control nagato and itachi. Nagato and itachi never tried to capture naruto and bee until kabuto noticed them talking and made them start attacking. Nagato literally said on more than one occasion during that battle that his body was moving on its own, and i'm pretty sure other people on auto-pilot said similair things. so they aren't acting in character, kabuto is forcing them to cast techniques and move around. IF they were in character, itachi could have easily negged bee with tsukyomi when they established eye contact, and wouldn't be giving bee hints. It isn't explained how kabuto gets them to cast their techniques when they are in auto-pilot mode. Later on in that fight, kabuto was the one controlling nagato directly and directly making the decisions on how nagato was fighting because he suppressed nagato's mind completely, so as I said we don't know how a serious in character nagato fights to a perfect degree. Even if nagato in auto-pilot mode was the one making the decisions (which I doubt), he would refrain from using more lethal combos to the best of his ability.

Raven already addressed the situation with haku and zabuza.