"Uh... can't I go back yet?"
Looking at the monotonous dusky yellow hues, the pipe-lined walls beside him, and the water-like ground, Chiba half narrowed his eyes.
According to his count just now, he had been here for 18,134 seconds since memorizing the Sealing Jutsu Formula at the limit of what he could retain. That meant it should have been five hours by now.
And that was without counting the time he had spent memorizing the Sealing Jutsu Formula itself.
Since he had been focused on memorizing it, Chiba had paid no attention to the passage of time. Still, his memory had been enhanced because of his consciousness body. It would take at least three to five hours to memorize everything in his head. In other words, he had probably spent eight to ten hours here already.
This was the longest he had ever stayed in this space.
He had even had time to silently reinforce his memory of the Sealing Jutsu Formula. If consciousness-body training had not been useless, this would probably have been enough time for a full set of daily taijutsu training.
And after reinforcing his memory, Chiba understood one thing.
Sometimes, having too much time was not a good thing.
Yes, too much time was not a good thing.
During those 300 seconds of reinforcing his memory, he had felt deeply that Higan had made exactly the right call. This success had opened up a shortcut for him to become stronger and resolve Yukina's Caged Bird Seal.
Then, after 300 seconds, he began to feel depressed.
Because...
There was nothing to do.
Other than reinforcing his memory, there was simply nothing he could do. At most, he could walk back and forth through this space.
And once he had reinforced his memories to a certain degree,