Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-4912646-20150519062854/@comment-25549954-20150601093140

He didn't immediately separate seaprate the Ten-Tails chakra into tailed beasts, he observed Asura's action and when the time was right he decided to separate sealed Ten-Tails chakra into nine tailed beast, Kurama is therefore correct he saw the old man using statue's support before dying.