No!
This was not the time to be thinking about obstacles to fate. The Third Raikage's forward thrust had stopped. His next target would no longer be Minato Namikaze—it would be me!
Feeling the friction of the Lightning Release Chakra cloak against his Rock Skin on his left slowly cease, the uncontrollable terror and wariness Chiba had felt toward the "obstacles to fate" abruptly vanished from his eyes. His gaze suddenly cleared, and his heart tightened.
Now that the Third Raikage's thrust had missed and his stabbing motion had stopped, the next target would undoubtedly be him.
But right now, he had no perfect means of evasion!
Although the specially made Ration Ball had restored some of his Chakra and stamina, he was in no condition to activate Gate of Pain Mode, much less enter Gate of Pain Mode: Critical State.
Without transforming into Gate of Pain Mode: Critical State, he could not enter Gate of Limit Mode.
And if he could not enter Gate of Limit Mode...
He had no way to confront the Third Raikage in Lightning Release Chakra Mode head-on, much less fight him alone!
What was more, he currently had no night vision, no enhanced sight or hearing, no dynamic vision enhancement. He could not even make a One Attack Prediction. His sensing range had shrunk drastically. In fact, he had not realized that Hell Stab had come at him until the Third Raikage cut his hair, sliced his cheek, and the pain reached him.
His reactions and senses were worlds apart from what they had been in Eight Gates Mode. Right now, he was nothing more than a "small fry" ninja, the sort of ordinary soldier who could be dealt with at a flick of the hand, with nothing special about him! No—he was a