Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-36512555-20200101053037/@comment-32685487-20200409181908

You still aren't comprehending, and this will be the 20 billionth time explaining it. Itachi by that point was nearly completely blind, in fact ONE Susanoo usage made him completely blind, he was near death. He still reacted to a LIGHTNING STRIKE, which is 1/1000th of a second from launch to strike. No matter how you try to spin it, no matter what you try to twist it as. It is a legitimate feat, as Itachi was able to get Susanoo up to defend himself, in fact when the strike was about to happen Itachi was looking up at the sky and not at the tiny blur which is Sasuke. A nearly blind, and near death Itachi's reaction speed here is comparable to 1/1000th of a second and if it was not he would have died right there.