itachi did see the mud, but since it wouldt hit him, he forcued on Juro. The odlest uchiha sibling used his other hand to grab a hold of Juro`s hands.
A few seconds passed by, and the smokes exsploded...When the "river" of mud, calmed down and the bombes had exsploded, it seemend like he had once. Only one thing remained, a big turtle-alike puppet, its mouth coverd by a piece of clothes, a big metal scorpion tail and a shell on its back, hiruko, sasori`s most used puppet.