Why did he think that?
The Sage of Six Paths... the possessor of Supreme Strength? How did he know? What did he mean, how did he know? He just knew...
As he looked at the spirit body before him, formed from mist and nearly identical to himself except for its somewhat gloomy air, Chiba processed the question it had just asked. A thought instinctively flashed through his mind.
"Still haven't noticed? Have you become dull instead? In other words, have you regressed?"
At that moment, seeing the somewhat bewildered expression on the identical Chiba before him, "Chiba's" mouth twitched slightly. There seemed to be faint disappointment on his calm face as he spoke, as if he had lost patience.
His words seemed to contain a subtle rebuke toward Chiba.
"Heh..."
Then, with a calm expression that looked somewhat gloomy to Chiba, this "Chiba" let out a stiff, humorless sigh.
"Still haven't realized it? When you saw the Sage of Six Paths, you should have..."
After sighing, seeing that Chiba remained unchanged, this "Chiba" spoke again, his tone filled with disappointment.
"Stop talking!"
But just as the words left his mouth, Chiba suddenly raised his head, his face full of shock, and lifted a hand to stop him from continuing.
No! That's not right!
Why did I call it Supreme Strength?
Have I always described the power of the Divine Tree and the Otsutsuki within the Sage of Six Paths as Supreme Strength?
*No! Come to think of it, why did I describe—or rather, consider—the Sage of Six Paths' power to be the power of the Divine Tree and the Otsutsuki? Shouldn't it have been the power of the Rinnegan and the Ten-Tails? Although the power of the Divine Tree and the Otsutsuki makes sense too, wouldn't I normally refer to