It definitely wasn't Chiba!
This person definitely wasn't Chiba! Holding the kunai in reverse grip, the sensation of the blood vessels beneath that neck seemed to travel along the iron kunai into his palm. The Third Hokage tightened his grip on the kunai, and the faint dampness of sweat made him involuntarily glance at the girl beside him.
He looked at the blond baby in the girl's arms, lying quietly as though already asleep.
He couldn't help being tense.
The "Chiba" before him was far too out of character.
So out of character that one had no choice but to suspect him.
Faced with Kushina and Minato's corpses, if he truly were Chiba, how could he possibly be this calm?
The Third Hokage could see Chiba's feelings for Kushina, as well as the bond between master and disciple.
No! Rather, if he could not even see the deep bond between a master and disciple like them, then he had no business being Hokage.
Nor was he qualified to be Hokage.
If this were truly Chiba, then no matter how much Chiba forced himself to remain calm, he could not possibly be like this right now.
So calm that he seemed somewhat indifferent.
Other than the Chiba before them being an impostor, there was no other possibility.
And if the Chiba before them was an impostor, then he very likely—perhaps only could be—Uchiha Nobuhiko.
Uchiha Shingan, who possessed the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and might become a second Madara Uchiha.
After all, according to the information he had received earlier, the one fighting Chiba had been Uchiha Nobuhiko. Now that Chiba was an impostor, the only one who could be impersonating Chiba was Uchiha Nobuhiko.
And only the nightmare-like power of the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan could possibly conceal a disguise so perfectly