"What... happened?"
Looking at Hirohiko and Yukina, who stood before them amid the settling dust with blank looks on their faces, the teenage Chiba of the Slug Sage Art clone, equally unable to make sense of the situation, turned to look at the original Chiba beside him and asked.
"Uh... give me the eyes first."
At that, the original Chiba's mouth twitched slightly. He reached toward the teenage Chiba of the Slug Sage Art clone and said so.
"The eyes?"
Hearing this, the teenage Chiba of the Slug Sage Art clone froze slightly, clearly not understanding what the original meant at first.
"Yes, the eyes."
As he spoke, Chiba discreetly pointed at the teenage Chiba of the Slug Sage Art clone's right eye.
"Oh... this?"
At that moment, the teenage Chiba of the Slug Sage Art clone instinctively glanced in Hirohiko and Yukina's direction, then suddenly understood. Without hesitation, he reached into his right eye socket and gently wiped. When his hand withdrew, the socket was already empty. However, a white, foam-like substance quickly filled it, and in the blink of an eye, an ordinary black-and-white eye had formed there.
Meanwhile, his hand had already placed the eye in the original Chiba's palm.
"Mm. Hirohiko, take your eyes back first."
At that, the original Chiba lightly wiped across his own left eye socket. As he spoke, he held out the two eyes in his hands before Hirohiko. However, both eyes bore ripple-like patterns—they were a pair of Rinnegan.
For the original Chiba, compared to what had happened to Hirohiko and Yukina, returning the Rinnegan was clearly more important. At that moment, one of them had a pair of Byakugan and was fine, while the other had two hollow eye sockets. Hirohiko's eyes had probably shattered along with the dust and