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Always believed that the purpose of the crow was to seal Sasuke's MS rendering him permanently blind and/or dead. Which is also why when Itachi gave that to Naruto he also said he'd hope he'd never had to use it. Makes sense since Itachi don't really want to see his little brother get hurt. He saw that Naruto had the will to save his brother but probably also saw that Naruto didn't have the means to stop the MS and thus gave him something to counter it.
However now, it's been made clear during this chapter how surprised Itachi was at Naruto's growth in power. He never expected him to advance this far, said so himself. He also once again stated that he was right to trust him and will leave Sasuke to him.
Itachi used his MS which activated the crow and will probably take himself out next chapter. Knowing how powerful Naruto has become he now finally believe he can save Sasuke without the need of the crow which would gravely hurt him or kill him.
Makes sense to me but still, knowing Kishi, I still expect to be surprised next week. That shuriken looking MS from the crow is intriguing.
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