Limbo: Border Jail

"Nagato, it's time I gave this big rock back to you."

After bouncing the massive meteorite in his palm a few more times, Chiba suddenly appeared above it and slammed his hand down.

"Earth Release: Ultra-Added-Weight Rock Technique!"

Under the effect of Chiba's Earth Release: Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique, the meteorite had been as light as a ball. Now it not only regained its original weight, but with Earth Release: Ultra-Added-Weight Rock Technique and Chiba's own force behind it, it was even more powerful than before.

"What?"

On the ground, both Ōnoki and Nagato broke out in a cold sweat.

Ōnoki in particular couldn't understand why Chiba had dragged him here when he'd been sitting peacefully in the Tsuchikage's office, only to make him face a threat to his life.

"Using my own move against me?" Nagato quickly regained his composure.

He had been within Tengai Shinsei's area of effect from the start.

But under the "rules of the fight," Chiba had been the one who needed to stop the meteorite.

Now that Chiba controlled it, that job fell to Nagato.

As for Ōnoki?

Nagato didn't care about him at all.

"In that case..."

As the massive meteorite drew ever closer, an invisible torrent of ocular power poured from Nagato's Rinnegan.

Boom!

With a deafening crash, the descending meteorite shattered into countless pieces in an instant.

Even Chiba, who stood above it, seemed to be struck by some powerful, invisible force and was sent flying backward.

"What... did you just do?" Ōnoki stared at Nagato in shock.

He clearly hadn't seen Nagato make a move. So how had the meteorite shattered, and what had hit Hyuga Chiba?

"Why should a god explain his actions to a mere mortal?" Nagato glanced at Ōnoki, his voice haughty and cold.

Hyuga Chiba was extraordinarily