Naruto saw that Obito intended to bring forth the Ten-Tails right then.
Naturally, he immediately unleashed Kamui on the awakening Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
In this life, just as in the original story, the statue contained very little Nine-Tails Chakra-only the small amount from Kinkaku and Ginkaku.
That meant the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path still needed a long time to transform into the Ten-Tails.
"Kamui!"
As Naruto tilted his head forward, an enormous space-time vortex appeared over the statue's massive, eye-covered head.
Space twisted, and the statue's enormous head began twisting with it.
"Kamui?!"
"Stop him!!"
Obito was merely puzzled.
But Black Zetsu, the mastermind behind this entire plan, was horrified and furious when he saw Naruto trying to twist the statue's head off with Kamui.
He had waited hundreds, even a thousand years to resurrect his mother, Kaguya.
How could he possibly fail at the most critical moment of this lifetime?
"Dismiss!"
Bang!
By now, Obito had adapted to Madara's Rinnegan. Just as the statue's head was about to twist off, he dismissed it.
With the statue dismissed, the space-time vortex lost its target and naturally dissipated.
"What a shame. I almost had it."
His powerful hidden trump card had been thwarted, but Naruto spoke calmly.
"So even in this life, I can't stop the Ten-Tails from appearing?"
"The Ten-Tails?" Hearing Naruto's murmur, Sasuke stared across at their enemies in shock. "He wants to summon the Ten-Tails?"
"That's right. Unfortunately, he adapted to the Rinnegan a little too quickly."
With the statue gone, a deathly silence settled over the battlefield.
Everyone looked toward the two opposing sides at its center.
Clearly, by now, everyone knew the enemy leader was preparing to unleash a catastrophe.
Naruto had merely averted it for the moment.
"I never would