"Incomplete? What kind of joke is that? Don't tell me I can only be complete with you?"
Hearing the indisputable words of the "Chiba" opposite him, the stiffness on Chiba's face gradually faded. He spoke in a low voice.
"Isn't that so?"
In response, "Chiba" looked at Chiba and his darkened expression. His lips moved slightly, but he showed no intention of saying more. He merely looked at Chiba and spoke calmly.
After that, just as he had shown, he said nothing more. He only watched Chiba before him, as if waiting for the other Chiba to make his decision.
As if this matter had nothing to do with him from this point on.
In other words, believe it or not.
I can't be bothered to waste words on you.
Yet, upon hearing that and seeing the indifferent, do-whatever-you-want attitude of the "Chiba" opposite him, Chiba fell silent. He did not continue to voice his disbelief or refute him. He merely stared at the "Chiba" before him, his face growing increasingly grim.
His lips had even turned somewhat pale from being pressed together too tightly.
You've already realized it. Why deceive yourself?
At that moment, as Chiba looked at the "Chiba" opposite him and studied his expression, those words slowly surfaced in his mind.
Although that "Chiba" said nothing, everything about him conveyed those words.
That was right. He had already realized it. And because he had realized it, he was now unable to speak, unable to answer him.
For that very reason, that "Chiba" had no need to say anything further.
Chiba's words just now had already revealed everything. This "Chiba" truly had no need to say anything else.
This "Chiba" had never said anything about "need" or "not need." Nothing he had said suggested that Chiba needed him