Lin Ze closed his eyes, and the "Time-Reversal Trace" in his Rinnegan began to activate.
A mysterious fluctuation spread from his body, enveloping the entire battlefield.
Hum-
Time began to flow backward.
The shattered ground healed, fallen trees stood upright again, and scattered dirt returned to its original place...
Everything rapidly rewound, as though someone had pressed rewind on a videotape.
In just a few breaths, the entire dense forest had returned to its state before the battle, with no trace of destruction visible anywhere.
Only Lin Ze and Urashiki, whom he held in his hand, remained unchanged.
"That should do."
Lin Ze glanced at his twelve-year-old self at the edge of the battlefield. After confirming that everything had returned to normal, he raised his Dragon Claw and slashed fiercely at the empty space before him!
Rip-
Space tore open, revealing a chaotic spacetime tunnel.
Holding the unconscious Urashiki, Lin Ze stepped inside.
The instant he entered the spacetime tunnel, the frozen spacetime around him began to return to normal, and time resumed its flow.
Outside.
Time resumed its flow.
Twelve-year-old Lin Ze stood on a tree branch, frowning slightly. He had just sensed something and instinctively glanced back.
But there was nothing behind him.
There was only the rustling of leaves in the wind and the occasional birdcall from afar.
"That feeling again..."
Lin Ze murmured, a trace of confusion flashing through his eyes.
Ever since his time at the orphanage, he had occasionally felt a faint gaze upon him, as though someone were watching him from the shadows.
But every time he turned around, he found nothing.
And there was no malice in that feeling. Instead, it carried something he could not quite describe, as though he had encountered "one of his own."
"Forget it."
Lin Ze