Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-28381997-20160509220110/@comment-3965545-20160510002424

He did not "then took out his eyes" He took a long time before doing that because for one he had to find the perfect host first and eventually caught wind of a Senju/Uzumaki child in Amegakure. He had to summon the Gedo Mazo, and cultivate Hashi cells, then make a mindless Hashi clone. It took years before he transplanted them into Nagato. He had plenty time to master his Rinnegan and it's techs.