Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-34656247-20190511162946/@comment-9782468-20190516195802

Honestly, I think Kabuto misinterptreted this feat from Itachi.

Kabuto basically thought that Itachi had Shisui's MS encoded to his own Mangekyo because he foresaw someone resurrecting him to either specifically fight Naruto or to wreak havoc and therefore draw in Naruto. Kabuto thought that Itachi had planned for this eventuality by accurately predicting it, and said "he's on another level."

When really what happened is Itachi left Shisui's MS encoded to his own eye because he thought (incorrectly) that Sasuke would implant his eyes to use against Naruto. When Naruto said Sasuke wanted to destroy the leaf, he realized that Sasuke never transplanted Itachi's eyes and that Shisui's eye was still in Naruto. So Itachi got lucky in this instance, because his first failed plan set him up to get out of the situation he then found himself in.

I think Kabuto gave Itachi a little too much credit there. Itachi is one of the most capable Shinobi in the series, but the the only reason he got out of Edo Tensei was because his plan to save Sasuke failed.