Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-30241447-20170503042327/@comment-4961229-20170513231737

QuakingStar wrote: Itachi couldn't risk that.. he needs the Akatsuki for cover. His plan was to die acting evil while keeping Konoha out of it. He also never knew about the eye of the moon plan because Obito kept it from him... only telling him the bs plan that Nagato and Obito were spouting. Yes, he could've and should've risked that. He was quite capable of escaping after sealing the statue. He can act as evil as Orochimaru when he left the very same group after betraying them.

Irrelevant. He knew the bijuus were being sealed into the statue. Seal the damn statue. Game Over. Clearly, he couldn't. Any claim that he could is wild speculation. Namikazenaruto9 wrote: Did he now? Because last I checked The statue was only present where the jinchuriki was being sealed. So he didn't had that chance, especially when Nagato could reverse summon it any time itachi would have attempted something like that plus after that(failed Attempt) his cover would have been blown off and he would be hunted by both Akatsuki and Leaf. I'm supposed to believe Itachi never knew where the hideout was Gedo Mazo was being kept at? Even if I take this seriously, he had all the time in the world to mark it with one of his crows. I'm supposed to believe that Itachi, who's hand speed was Sharingan proof against Kakashi and Sasuke, couldn't stash a crow on it to lead him to it later?

Irrelevant. If he removes the statue from the battlefield, it's game over. Then all he has left to do is die in front of Sasuke. Pretty easy to do that.