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His experience with the Rinnegan probably allowed him to use Bansho Tenin on himself, kind of like telekinesis.

Bansho Tenin can work in a lot of different ways as shown in the series. He can pull things/people towards him with high velocity. He can pull multiple things at once. He doesn't have to be the epicenter. In an anime-only scene, when Pain arrived outside the Konoha walls, Deva used Bansho Tenin on a Leaf Ninja in a slow and more controlled manner than its typical attractive force, similar to telekinesis.