More than half an hour earlier.
Nagato and Itachi entered the Land of Rain together.
Because of the Rain Tiger at Will Technique, this world's Nagato detected them as soon as they entered the Land of Rain, and immediately sent Deva Path Pain to investigate.
Of course... that was also because neither of them had made any effort to hide.
Nagato knew himself very well.
Normally, when unknown outsiders entered Amegakure, he would investigate first. If their chakra reserves were large enough, he would send Deva Path Pain to speak with them.
Deva Path Pain arrived alone before Itachi and Nagato, regarding them with his indifferent Rinnegan as he asked, "Who are you? Why have you come to Amegakure?"
Nagato wasted no time and simply removed his mask.
When Deva Path Pain—or rather, Nagato of This World, who was controlling him from behind the scenes—saw the otherworldly Nagato's face, he froze.
Just then, the otherworldly Nagato said, "I'm you, Nagato..."
"I came here to tell you the truth about a few things!"
"You're me? Ridiculous..."
Pain pointed at his eyes. "Do you have the eyes of a god? Do you have the power of a god? Do you have the mission of a god?"
Nagato of This World knew that, since the stranger had spoken his real body's name, he knew who he was. There was no point hiding it. The most important thing now was to figure out who this person was.
Could he be a long-lost brother? Or was someone impersonating him with some unusual Transformation Technique?
Hearing Pain's three questions, Itachi, who still wore his mask, looked at the otherworldly Nagato.
The otherworldly Nagato was deeply embarrassed.
"Ahem..." He coughed twice to ease the awkwardness. "I know the Rinnegan is powerful... but you need to