Before the deep review of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path began, Nagato sealed every Tailed Beast container port.
Konan stood guard outside the statue.
The Nine Paper Seals separately recorded changes in the chakra of the Rinnegan, the statue itself, and the Black Anchor.
Obito's Original Record appeared only as images.
The layered analysis of the stone tablet supplied by Konoha also remained outside the Land of Rain.
Nagato had to finish his own reading before the three sides could exchange their results.
To prevent Nagato from actively seeking out the black text based on his existing suspicions, Konan prepared three reading entrances that looked identical.
Only one connected to the Black Anchor.
One led to the Uchiha layer Madara had left behind later.
The last led only to an empty cavity in the statue with no text.
Nagato did not know their order beforehand.
The first time the Rinnegan entered the empty cavity, it read no explanation of peace.
On its second contact, with the Uchiha layer, it saw only the Moon's Eye Plan Madara had established.
Only on the third attempt did the black text actively approach along his eye power.
The differences between the three attempts proved that the understanding of "the only salvation" had not arisen naturally from Nagato's use of the Rinnegan.
The corresponding manipulation did indeed originate from a specific black node.
Once the Rinnegan activated, the statue's interior no longer resembled a dry riverbed.
Countless dormant channels extended upward from its spine, finally converging at the point in its head that corresponded to the moon.
The oldest chakra recorded only one structure.
Containment.
Aggregation.
Returning scattered power to a single vessel.
It said nothing about peace.
Nor did it call dreams salvation.
The second layer of text had appeared much later.