"Although I don't think the enemy would overlook this after calculating Kitahara Kaede's abilities, I can give it a try." Kakashi sighed.
Then he began gathering every grain of sand he could detect.
But the result was obvious: he failed.
"It can't be done. The sand I found earlier feels like it was deliberately left for me to discover. There are similar things elsewhere too, but it seems that even more indistinguishable grains have already merged into Kirigakure's soil."
Kakashi was already clutching a small handful of sand.
These were the things capable of affecting the use of the Power of Time.
Kitahara Kaede tried using the Power of Time. Everything around them merely trembled before returning to normal.
"That's true. There are still things nearby that can affect the Power of Time, but I can't understand why. Are they provoking us?" Kitahara Kaede was slightly angered.
Time had tempered his personality, making him far more mild-mannered, but that did not mean he never got angry.
Encountering enemies was already troublesome enough, yet these enemies had even left behind evidence to provoke them!
How could such behavior not anger Kitahara Kaede?
"Could it be that they can't precisely control these things? It would make sense if treasures capable of affecting the Power of Time were difficult to control." Kakashi analyzed the matter seriously.
"Their strength can't possibly have reached the level of a Sovereign. Otherwise, they wouldn't have chosen to strike Kirigakure first." A said.
That was the truth. If the enemy's strength could rival Kitahara Kaede's, they would not have chosen to avoid him, much less restrict his power to prevent themselves from being exposed.
In this world, the strong preying on the weak was already the most common phenomenon.
As long as the strongest person remained, the lives