All the hair on the back of Itachi's neck stood on end. He slowly turned his head towards the noise, resisting the impulse to duck for cover. Ame was friendly, and it wouldn't show a good front to have one of Konoha's ninja ducking for cover at a friendly comment. The man's red hair put him immediately in mind of Kushina.

"I'm have started to come to that conclusion, thank you." Itachi lifted his tone to be almost cheerful and smiled a little.