Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-36512555-20200302063012/@comment-4961229-20200406030132

Jason of the Mangekyou wrote: @Cyberian... No single akatsuki member can defeat all the others combined. Why would he have to?

Pain summons the statue to nearest safe location of whoever's captured a jinchuuriki. Those two are the only Akatsuki physically present at that location. That's exactly what we see when Sasori and Deidara kidnap Gaara. They are the only ones physically present. The only one Itachi was going to have to fight was Kisame. How is he going to stop Itachi from sealing Gedo Mazo and then hauling @$$?