Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26005711-20160312193203/@comment-9782468-20160314114949

@Shishi, while I agree that Itachi was running out of chakra, the rest you said...

Well, just remember that Kishi didn't have Itachi's actual story thought up at this point. He was making it up as he went along, as he said himself. So everything Itachi said then could be taken at face value.