In the days that followed, Shinji, now wielding the Rinnegan, kept exploring its abilities.
The Rinnegan's abilities were incredibly comprehensive. They were more than enough to be divided among the Six Paths of Pain, which Nagato had created from six corpses.
Of course.
Nagato had split the Rinnegan's abilities among the Six Paths of Pain not only to hide his true identity, but also because he had difficulty moving.
With the Sage Body of the Uzumaki Clan, an ordinary leg injury should have been easy to recover from.
But after summoning the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, he had poured nearly all his Chakra into it to sustain it and prepare for the Ten-Tails' resurrection. This had left him emaciated, and his legs had been slow to heal.
This became clear later, when Kabuto Yakushi brought him back with Impure World Reincarnation and he fought Naruto and Killer B, two Perfect Jinchuriki.
In that battle, once free of the burden of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, Nagato used the Rinnegan's ability to absorb Chakra to quickly heal his legs. He then effortlessly suppressed Naruto and Killer B, two of the Allied Shinobi Forces' strongest fighters.
If Itachi hadn't sealed him with the Totsuka Blade at the crucial moment, the history of the Shinobi World might have changed then and there.
Shinji had no burden like the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, nor any leg injury, so he had little need to create his own Six Paths of Pain. Still, his circumstances were more complicated than Nagato's, who had gained the Rinnegan through a transplant.
After more than a decade of adapting, Nagato had become exceptionally skilled at using the Rinnegan. Aside from the most powerful Dojutsu hidden deep within every pair of Rinnegan, he had mastered