Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-36512555-20200202084241/@comment-9782468-20200206163946

I'm sorry what? If that was the case Kisame would have been suspicious about leaving the Jonin behind lol.

And what? Kisame was more resistant about leaving because he thought they could take Jiraiya. He would be less resistant if Itachi had another reason for leaving that he understood. Like the two alternates I gave above. Itachi had absolutely zero reason to lie here.