Me? I was the one who made him appear here? What did that mean? I was the one who imprisoned him?
Or was it because of me that he appeared here?
No! That's not right!
What kind of joke was this? How could I possibly imprison someone like the Sage of Six Paths? Even if he was only a spiritual body, a fragment of consciousness, it was still impossible!
First of all, I didn't have any mental attack methods or sealing methods! Second, even if I did, how powerful would I have to be to imprison the Sage of Six Paths? It simply didn't make sense!
If I had that kind of power, then what would Uchiha Nobuhiko's Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan even amount to? Could there be some hidden meaning in his words, some important information concealed within them? Chiba, unable to find the slightest clue on the Sage of Six Paths' solemn face, which was filled with the majesty befitting a supreme being, took a slight breath and tugged faintly at the corner of his mouth.
In other words, from the Sage of Six Paths' tone and expression, Chiba could only conclude that he was serious.
In other words, it really was him who had kept the Sage of Six Paths here.
As for how he had kept him here, it could have been imprisonment, a request, or any other means capable of making the Sage of Six Paths stay.
Judging by the Sage of Six Paths' demeanor, though, it did not seem to have been a coercive method like imprisonment.
Going by what the Sage of Six Paths was implying, it was highly likely that he had used some other, non-coercive means to make the Sage of Six Paths' spiritual body—or perhaps a fragment of his will—remain here.