I don't speak Japanese, but I highly doubt that's what Hiruzen said lol. Itachi was an insane prodigy obviously, but he didn't even become a Jonin. The intention of Hiruzen in that scene was to talk about how he entrusted everything to Itachi, as he could think beyond clan/personal politics
They had a simple task, retrieve nine tails
Jiraiya was a good excuse
Otherwise, what's he gonna tell Kisame, Naruto was already their captive for a short while, he was getting escorted out
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