"You shouldn't need to wonder. It should be obvious. You're too hesitant." He taps the cover of the book with one finger. "I'm reading a guide meant specifically for new arrivals." He then tugs slightly on the vest of his ANBU uniform. "I'm wearing dirty, and what I assume to be unfamiliar, clothing. On top of that, you clearly don't recognize me."

His zubat is returned to its pokeball as well, and he stashes both of them in a pocket. "You have to act on educated assumptions, not wait for someone to fill in the blanks for you."

Akira is, in fact, getting a lecture. This might not have happened if Itachi was in a better mindset.