The Steel Colossus was Neji Hyuga's Shadow Clone. It knew Neji Hyuga's plans for this world and would never allow the Ten-Tails to stand in his way.
"Stop!!!" Konan screamed in terror. Seeing the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path gripped in the Steel Colossus's hand like a hamster, she frantically beat her paper wings and launched herself toward Neji Hyuga. Countless Exploding Tags flew from her body, attaching themselves to the Steel Colossus's feet and the metal-coated buildings around it. They spread densely upward from its feet as she shouted at Neji Hyuga:
"Neji Hyuga, we surrender. Put down the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and Nagato!
"Otherwise, six hundred billion Exploding Tags will bury you and everything in Amegakure, including the results of your six years of work."
The Exploding Tags on Konan's body rapidly spread across the outskirts of Amegakure, as though she intended to perish alongside Neji Hyuga.
Kisame Hoshigaki and Itachi Uchiha retreated farther and farther. Their teeth ached. Every one of them was crazier than the last, and they had already backed away several times.
The Amegakure ninja and villagers who had avoided being metalized fled even more frantically in terror. They no longer had any thought of watching the Steel Colossus.
Exploding Tags surged forth, denser than raindrops and more turbulent than crashing waves.
"What kind of Ninjutsu is this? Such hard, cohesive steel... Exploding Tags can do nothing to the metalized Amegakure or that enormous Steel Colossus." Black Zetsu struggled out of the metalized Amegakure. Feeling the metalized ground obstruct his movement, he was inwardly alarmed as his deep gaze fixed on Neji Hyuga.
"Do you think the war you started can end so easily?" the Steel Colossus said, its thunderous voice raising tremendous waves. "I will not kill Nagato, but