Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-36512555-20200302063012/@comment-4961229-20200406174405

Jason of the Mangekyou wrote: What would happen post-sealing? he'd have to face them eventually as Akatsuki's last mission might be to track and kill Itachi. Orochimaru wasn't too scared of them. Neither were they able to capture him. Pretty sure Itachi is far stronger than Orochimaru. All he has to do is seal the statue and haul his @$$ out of there.
 * Now as FlatZone said the story would end right there also, since the Mazo is important to the plot.
 * Also there is the possibility that Pein can just de-summon the Gedo Mazo after it got stabbed. But then there is also the use of amaterasu which will remain after it had been de-summoned which brings us back to 'he can't take on all the akatsuki members' and his plans for sasuke would be foiled.

That's the first rational objection I've heard. But then that means that space-time ninjutsu, which is what summoning is, is a counter to SoT. That brings in Kamui, Flying Thunder God, Summoning, etc. as counters to SoT. Suddenly the limitless sword ain't so limitless. (I'm not claiming it's limitless, but folks in this thread are.)

Lets not assume all that. Lets instead ask why Kabuto didn't summon Nagato away from Itachi's clutches. He had time. Why wasn't he able to do so? You could say he couldn't, because SoT had a hold to him, or, you can just shout "PLOT! PLOT! PLOT!" at the top of your lungs till you're in respiratory distress. Either works just fine.