Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-36512555-20200202084241/@comment-9782468-20200206164645

So Kisame was supsicious vs Jiraiya because he believed they could take them, but wasn't suspicious vs the Konoha Jonin even though he thought they could take them too.

What was the difference between these two?

Oh yeah, Itachi gave a reason that Kisame believed for the Konoha Jonin.

If Itachi wanted to lie to make it easier to get Kisame to retreat, telling him something that he didn't believe and making him suspicious of Itachi's words is the literal opposite productive.