The Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan on Chiya's forehead kept turning as its ocular power surged deep into the rift.
The Uchiha Clan Grounds quickly vanished from sight. Then mountains, rivers, towns, and vast stretches of unfamiliar land appeared one after another.
He tried to find the battlefield from before, but the deeper he looked, the more chaotic those scenes became.
One place clearly reflected Konoha's Hokage Rock, yet when he extended his ocular power toward it, what appeared before him was already a vast ocean.
Chiya immediately withdrew his power.
The stabbing pain from his forehead made him close his eyes for a moment.
It was too chaotic.
He could open the entrances, but he had no idea where they led, much less what time lay within them.
In the distance, golden light still covered the shattered earth.
The chakra left within the seal was still being consumed. Chiya had no time to try them one by one. He turned to Kaguya and suddenly recalled the time he had restored her body.
Back then, he had been able to return Kaguya to the state she was in before being injured because Kaguya herself had been right in front of him.
Could it work now as well?
"Give me your hand."
Kaguya held out her hand, and Chiya immediately took it.
"I'll try following your chakra. When I restored you before, I once found the state you were in before you were injured."
After saying that, he opened the eye on his forehead once more.
Kaguya did not disturb him. She merely raised her other hand and steadied the entrance shifting before them.
Chiya focused his ocular power on their clasped hands, then followed that familiar connection into the depths of the rift.
Amid the tangled fluctuations, a trace of something unusual finally