Looked to me he just summoned the clone to fine out where the rods where on all the tailed beasts. Prob will use that sage clone to get in there and pull them out.
I bet naruto has a tactic up his sleeve to send out some clones to pop out all the rods from the tailed beasts now that he knows where they are.
What gets me is Naruto in version 2 can use a regular clone.
What gets me is Naruto in version 2 can use a regular clone.