This... was too miraculous...
The Third Raikage's faintly sighing words reached him. Chiba merely glanced at him before turning his gaze back to his hands. The calluses had completely vanished, leaving behind fair, tender skin that seemed scrubbed clean of every impurity—like newborn skin. A trace of disbelief flickered in his eyes.
At this moment, he felt incomparably light, even better than he had in his previous peak condition. He could clearly sense that the cells, muscles, and even internal organs throughout his body seemed completely renewed, brimming with vitality. The most obvious sensation was that his entire body had become much lighter.
As for his stamina and Chakra, they had fully recovered. He had won this gamble and completely regained his condition.
He had not even activated any gate of the Eight Gates Mode, yet the Chakra within him had already surpassed the Chunin level. The limit he had once been unable to cross had been broken through in this desperate brush with death. His normal Chakra reserves had actually reached the Elite Chunin level.
Though it could not compare to the Kage-level Chakra of Gate of Pain Mode, this increase in his Chakra limit was permanent. It was completely different from the temporary increase provided by Eight Gates Mode.
But what Chiba found most miraculous was not that. It was his current physical condition. This was the most perfect state his body had ever been in.
At the same time, that feeling of lightness made him realize that his usual extreme training had been too much of a burden for someone his age. It had inevitably harmed his body. This damage was hidden damage. Although the exhaustion in his body recovered with rest every day, and injuries from training healed through treatment or rest, training that pushed his