Eight Gates Mode...
Still no good! Although he could sense the locations of the Eight Gates, his body seemed as though it had never learned the Eight Gates at all.
Why did it feel like everything had to start over? After considering an explanation that would make the old scholars keep quiet about researching his physical condition, Chiba tried activating Eight Gates Mode once more.
This time, however, the wishful thought that "if this was like when his legs had once been unable to stand, then trying a few more times would solve it" slowly faded from Chiba's mind.
His entire body was not merely in an "undeveloped" state now. It even felt as though this was a completely new body.
"Forget it. I'll go back and rest first."
With that thought, Chiba could only sigh. His escape from death this time had truly been inconceivable. His heart had already stopped, and although he had killed quite a few Iwa shinobi, he had been fighting for his life at the time. He had killed whoever he could, and he had basically been prepared to die.
Only in the end, because of his desperate fighting, had Iwa's casualties reached an almost impossible level, causing the Iwa commander to make mistakes in his command. That had given him the chance to create a Shadow Clone Jutsu and draw the enemy away.
Even so, nearly all his vital organs had suffered damage to varying degrees. It could be said that wherever blood had seeped out, the injury there had been severe enough to be fatal.
Under those circumstances, his body had practically been reduced to a wreck. There should have been no possibility of survival.
Honestly, the only reason he had been able to hold on back then was because this was the