Do something?
Was it what you wanted to ask of me before?
Was this a condition? Looking at the Sage of Six Paths, who had suddenly spoken up again, Chiba's vigilance was instantly replaced by bewilderment, and the wariness in his heart vanished in an instant.
"What is it?"
Then, after taking a slight breath, he spoke bluntly.
So that's how it is. This Sage of Six Paths really... can't he just say everything at once...?
Yet as he spoke, Chiba suddenly felt lighter inside.
If there were other demands, then this was not merely some kind of trap.
The nature of the matter had shifted from one-sided benevolence to a transaction.
The Sage of Six Paths teaching him Yin-Yang Release and even Sage of Six Paths Jutsu was the bargaining chip, while Chiba doing something for the Sage of Six Paths was the price he had to pay.
If he wanted to learn Yin-Yang Release and Sage of Six Paths Jutsu, then he had to work for the Sage of Six Paths.
"What is it?"
However, although he had relaxed and understood that this was a transaction of an entirely different nature, even if the Sage of Six Paths did not accept his terms, he still intended to teach him Yin-Yang Release—and even Sage of Six Paths Jutsu, which was several levels above that. The bargaining chip was already too tempting for him to refuse. If he possessed Sage of Six Paths Jutsu, then Uchiha Nobuhiko's Mangekyō Sharingan before him would be nothing worth mentioning. Yet his relief lasted only an instant before it was immediately replaced by gravity.
A layer of solemnity even surfaced on his face.
A transaction that required both Yin-Yang Release and Sage of Six Paths Jutsu as bargaining chips...
The gravity in his heart