Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-37960523-20190522205733/@comment-32685487-20190527233332

You can't "Kill" an Edo unless you use Truth Seeking Balls inbued with YinYang Release and Kabuto does not have that, his only options were to end Edo Tensei, or to re-write Itachi and he damn sure wasn't going to end Edo Tensei of his own accord and he stopped attempting to re-write Itachi when he realized it just wasn't going to happen. Kabuto also has no sealing technique that he could use on an Edo. Itachi on the other hand doesn't need to save Kabuto here so there's no reason to keep him alive or hold back in any way.