As it turned out, while Minato Namikaze and Kakashi Hatake were keeping Obito Uchiha occupied, Naruto had already defeated six tailed beasts in succession!
"Useless trash!"
The corner of Obito's eye twitched involuntarily. Six tailed beasts working together had failed to overcome Naruto Uzumaki, who possessed only half the Nine-Tails' chakra?!
What an absurd reality!
He wanted to curse out loud, but ultimately held back.
"Perhaps the six tailed beasts aren't powerful enough yet. If I released the Eight-Tails, the battle might not be so one-sided."
"But..."
Did Obito not want to make the Eight-Tails one of his Six Paths Jinchūriki?
He did, but he couldn't!
There was a reason his Six Paths Jinchūriki ranged from the Two-Tails to the Seven-Tails, without the One-Tail, Shukaku, the Eight-Tails, Gyuki, or the Nine-Tails, Kurama.
There were reasons for all of this.
The One-Tail, Shukaku, was absent because Gaara was not dead yet.
Although Shukaku had been sealed inside the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, with Gaara still alive, Obito could not find a suitable puppet to hold Shukaku's power.
Not even White Zetsu would work!
That was why the One-Tail, Shukaku, had been excluded, though Obito considering Shukaku too weak was also part of the reason.
Although Shukaku had only one tail, his strength was not the weakest among the tailed beasts.
But if Obito insisted on thinking that way, there was nothing to be done.
Aside from Shukaku, the reason the Eight-Tails, Gyuki, and the Nine-Tails, Kurama, had not become Six Paths Jinchūriki was that they were too powerful.
Even though Obito would not release all the chakra of those two tailed beasts-and, of course, he only had half the Nine-Tails' chakra.
Even so, the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails were far too powerful.
Obito simply could not control them!
He had