"What is the Light Orb's ability?"
Looking at Chiba before him in his teenage form, the young man blinked and repeated the question with slight astonishment.
"Yes."
Chiba nodded without any hesitation.
At present, this was the best question he could think of to verify the identity of the young man before him.
If this young man, along with this space, had truly been created by the Sage of Six Paths or the World Will to coax information out of him, then he absolutely could not know what the Light Orb did. After all, their purpose was to uncover the Light Orb's function, and this young man was a tool they had created to draw out information. There was no way he would know what the Light Orb did. If this young man knew the Light Orb's function, then the Sage of Six Paths or the World Will would have had no need to go through such trouble.
Therefore, if this was a space created by the Sage of Six Paths or the World Will to fish for information, then this young man would be unable to answer this question.
And since this young man was a backup of another him, this question naturally would not stump him.
In other words, if the young man could answer this question, and answer it correctly, then he was exactly as he claimed—a backup of another himself. In a sense, he was Chiba himself.
"I can't tell you yet."
At those words, the young man frowned slightly, as if he had some unspeakable difficulty, and spoke.
He was refusing to answer.
"Can't you tell me, or can't you answer?"
Chiba frowned as well and pressed him.
"I can't tell you, because I have no way of proving whether you are safe right now—whether