Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-32457608-20170702132834/@comment-6769189-20170713165508

That would be petty and there was no reason to lie about using Susanoo at that moment. And judging from Sasuke'position relative to Itachi's, Kirin would have blocked him from seeinf Susanoo and the resulting smoke of the explosion would have blocked his vision as well.