Naruto Thread (Spoilers For Sure)

You people are overestimating the third Raikage by a ton. Itachi could do a simple genjutsu with him stabbing himself with his ultimate sword, or seal him with the sword of totsuka. Minato could simply S/T barrier his arm back to him (well I don't know if that works but technically it should). Sasori could surprise him with poison. Battles like these depend on knowledge, matchup and location. And you can't simply use A>B>C logic. Water beats fire, fire beats wind, so water must beat wind, right? NO! The same goes for the various unique fighting styles naruto shinobi utilitze and should thus be considered. Also the general opinion on that one panel is that Itachi simply wanted to protect Konoha/Sasuke and thus lied to Kisame about Jiraiya's strength so they would back off.