"The One Who Knows... Everything?"
Those exceedingly calm, conversational words were like a thunderclap. Each word exploded beside his ears, and with a buzz, Chiba's mind went blank.
In his suddenly widened vision, the face that bore a faint resemblance to Hirohiko's—wearing an expression so mild it was almost cold—showed not the slightest hesitation or probing. There was only calm yet resolute certainty. Almost instinctively, Chiba blurted out the startled, doubtful question.
Th-This kind of thing... can it... exist?
I actually... actually got found out...
At that moment, this was the only thought in his blank mind—so unbelievable that he did not dare believe it.
Though he had vaguely sensed something and understood that Uchiha Nobuhiko already knew a great deal—perhaps even enough to deduce something he absolutely did not want anyone to know—actually hearing him speak of that thing left Chiba, for a moment, or rather, instinctively, unsure how to react.
After all, in any transmigration novel he had read, there had never been a plot where someone who had crossed into another world realized that he knew the storyline.
The phrase "The One Who Knows Everything" undoubtedly meant that he knew the plot.
At this moment, aside from that startled and doubtful question, he could find no words to say and had no idea how to react.
Hm? He did not know... about the One Who Knows Everything? At Chiba's words, Uchiha Nobuhiko was slightly taken aback. A trace of hesitation involuntarily flashed across his face. He could tell that Taki Chiba's shock and confusion were genuine. At this point, Taki Chiba looked utterly astonished and lost, as though he knew nothing at all about this so-called "knowing everything."
*Could my deduction have been wrong? Could the One Who Knows Everything be someone else? This Taki Chiba appears