assertn,

i got the impression they were talking about an uchiha meeting and the only two who didn't show were itachi and shisui (and i guess if one's to argue sasuke wasn't there, it was probably cause he was too young to attend). they just happened to be MP corp involved with murder investigations and crap while itachi is doing his own extra cirricular activities w/ the anbu [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

and, as for this chapter having little development,

i disagree. this chapter gave us more insight into itachi's character, hinted that maybe he went and killed "uchiha's best man" and with itachi's "vessel" talk allow us to see there's more to him than just trying to see how good he is by killing off his clan..

i'm intrigued to see where this will go, and i'm hoping we see more of the background before we get back to the naruto/sasuke fight