Why had he kept me alive?
Why did he know that I was The One Who Knows Everything, yet ask nothing at all...
As he listened to Uchiha Nobuhiko's second question, Chiba's pupils contracted slightly, but a smile that seemed both bitter and helpless appeared at the corners of his mouth.
Even if my life and death aren't in his hands, I probably still won't be able to get anything out of him! He already knows what I want to ask!
Just now, he caught onto my thoughts! From the tiniest changes in my expression, combined with his understanding of my current state of mind!
He knew I had calmed down, and he also knew I was trying every possible way to disrupt his thinking!
That was why he said it on purpose. The latter half of that sentence was entirely a threat! He wanted me to know that he knew what I was thinking, so I'd better honestly answer his first question.
Uchiha... Nobuhiko. Such a terrifying person was actually someone who had never appeared in the original story.
At that moment, amid that bitter and helpless smile, Chiba suddenly felt the raindrops striking his body growing colder and colder.
"Boom!"
As though confirming Chiba's thoughts, another flash of lightning lit up amid the thunder. That gentle, relaxed expression before him was once again overlaid with a savage hue, only returning to its mild and easygoing appearance once the lightning vanished.
It seemed this Taki Chiba understood.
So then, how would he answer?
How would Taki Chiba, the immortal monster feared by so many, answer this question after being reduced to helpless prey?
Would he seek an honorable death like a strong man, or cower submissively like a weakling? Interesting!
How truly interesting!
At that moment, as he watched