Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-36512555-20200101053037/@comment-32685487-20200129184444

That's your speculation again, if the narrator wanted Itachi to counter instead of EASILY evading B who was CLEARLY trying to incapacitate Itachi with his 8 Sword Dance while going AFTER Itachi then he would have. B couldn't touch Itachi and that's the fact. Itachi's speed and reaction times were better than B's.. and that was WHILE being controlled by Kabuto which we know isn't as good as an Edo who is not being controlled. B couldn't catch or touch Itachi therefor B was slower by bodily speed and hand speed as he had swords in his hand too and they could not land a single touch on him.