Isn't it weird how Orochimaru admits Itachi is stronger than him, but the ninjas in Konoha are dead afraid of Oro, but not as much intimidated by Itachi? There's a lotta contradiction between the two. Kakashi was terrified when he encountered Oro in the earlier episode, but when he encountered Itachi...he wasn't intimidated at all, just curious. Other jounins amongst Konoha (ex: Ibiki, Anko, Kakashi,etc) were all dead afraid of Oro, but jounins such as Kurenai, Asuma, and Gai weren't "scared" of him, although they knew he was stronger. And...Jiraiya doesnt fear Itachi, Oro and Jiraiya dont fear each other, Oro fears Itachi, but Itachi+Kisame was a bit timid by Jiraiya. It's pretty obvious Kishimoto did this to get the reader's more interest, but he made it way too vague~