Impossible...
Th-This... is impossible!
The eye power had been cut off. Heavenly Domain had already been interrupted.
And there was no reaction from Taki Chiba's eye power either.
Why? Why had the power of Shinra Tensei seemingly stopped as well?
Tremors of disbelief surged through his eyes with their spiraling Rinnegan patterns. Amid the frenzied unease rising in his chest, Uchiha Nobuhiko felt nothing but shock and inexplicable terror.
The situation was clearly highly abnormal.
For some unknown reason, Time Prison had been opened. The eye power of the mass-produced Rinnegan he had created and implanted in his left eye to replace the one Taki Chiba had taken from him had instantly been drained by opening Time Prison and setting its entrance and exit in the world of the living. It had even consumed the eye power of his genuine original Rinnegan in his right eye, leaving him unable to replenish his eye power for the moment and forcing Heavenly Domain to deactivate.
And under the current circumstances, Heavenly Domain had been restraining Shinra Tensei from spreading outward and destroying Konoha. Once Heavenly Domain was released, that maximum-power Shinra Tensei should already have reduced this place to level ground.
Of course, Shinra Tensei would not be enough to harm him himself. But Konoha would certainly be gone, and Taki Chiba would definitely not let the matter rest.
Then, his final battle with Taki Chiba would inevitably begin now.
And that was also the intention of this Heavenly Path Yahiko—no, Nagato—and even the entire Akatsuki. It was the will of his sole ally, Uchiha Obito.
In a sense, fighting Taki Chiba now was not a good decision for him, for the Reincarnator Uchiha Nobuhiko. Relatively speaking, he was still insufficiently prepared. At the very least, the current situation was unfavorable for