"You can't possibly have awakened."
As he watched the person before him suddenly reveal a secret he had never wanted anyone to know, Uchiha Nobuhiko's heart tightened. Yet, he showed little surprise and merely spoke indifferently.
"But I awakened."
Across from him, the youth radiating emerald-green light looked back at him. He too showed little surprise as he replied calmly.
"That is impossible. An Outsider who has lost their Outsider Power cannot awaken. Outsider Power is your soul, everything you rely on. You cannot possibly awaken."
At those words, Uchiha Nobuhiko narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Perhaps your intelligence is inaccurate."
Chiba's lips slowly curled into a smile as he replied just as calmly.
"Impossible."
Uchiha Nobuhiko, who had narrowed his eyes and even tilted his head slightly, moved his lips and spoke without a ripple of emotion.
Confidence.
He must have learned some important information about me. That was why he could be so confident.
If he didn't know my information, then no matter how much his strength had soared, he could not be this confident.
What exactly happened? What allowed this Taki Chiba to awaken, and also obtain information about me?
It even concerned my eyes.
It would be best to pry out something before the battle. Leaving aside why he could awaken after losing his Outsider Power, I had to find out what happened while he was unconscious.
But the person before me is Taki Chiba, the Outsider Taki Chiba, the most special Outsider...
Hm? The most special Outsider? From the impossible...
No! It was him, this Taki Chiba! This Taki Chiba!
It was definitely this Taki Chiba!
Everything before was merely a distraction, merely my misunderstanding!
Yet as he spoke, Uchiha Nobuhiko was far less composed inside than he appeared.
"You still haven't answered my question."
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