Control... time?
Sage of Six Paths was visibly stunned by Chiba's account. Clearly, he had never expected Chiba to say such a thing.
Th-this Cosmic Core Fragment was only a fragment, yet it possessed such tremendous power?
Its authority was actually this high? At this moment, both World Will and Sage of Six Paths were filled with nothing but disbelief.
One had to know that although the Cosmic Core Fragment in this outsider Chiba's possession was something with higher authority, that referred to when the Cosmic Core was whole. Authority could only exert its greatest power when complete. If it was merely a fragment, its power in terms of authority would be drastically diminished.
Yet Chiba's Cosmic Core Fragment, even in its fragmented state and with its authority greatly weakened, could still forcibly control the time rules of their world. Even though they were derivatives of the world itself and shared its knowledge of the rules, shock—and even a measure of fear—was all they could use to describe their current feelings.
If it could forcibly control even the rules of time, then as one of the four most fundamental rules and the hardest to control, it was almost certain that the Cosmic Core Fragment in outsider Chiba's hands could govern this world.
"Don't worry. Controlling the entire world is impossible. Even rewinding time to before the Chunin Exams would nearly exhaust the power of this Cosmic Core Fragment."
Chiba seemed to have seen through their thoughts and spoke at once.
In truth, controlling the world would require at least a fragment of the same caliber as the one his past self had brought. As for the authority of this Nightmare Cycle Universe Cosmic Core Fragment, Chiba himself was quite astonished. The rules of time could be said to be the