Quote Originally Posted by Sam98034 View Post
I was trying to respond to the comment of why the akatsuki even needed the tailed beasts in the first place if Pain could just do it on his own. If they weren't captured before, it would be a lot harder to wipe out villages using his methods. People would also be a lot more likely to oppose Akatsuki if they have a tailed beast.
Might be true and the fact that the jutsu used upon Konoha to create Craterha shortens his lifespan. And it ought to be by atleast a couple of years since his "gf" (lol) got so angry when he was going to use it!