"Time Distortion..."
Tokugawa Yoshinobu's pupils contracted slightly. At his level of strength, he had already come into contact with abstruse abilities involving time, space, causality, fortune, and the like.
He could even interfere with and influence them to a small degree.
He also knew that his adopted son, Tokugawa Ietsugu, possessed some ability focused on time.
However, because that attribute was too overbearing, it was difficult to use in actual combat. It was only truly useful as support.
It was somewhat similar to Beiyang's Zhang Yulin back in the day.
His combat ability was ordinary, but he had his own unique specialty.
Therefore, Yoshinobu somewhat believed Ietsugu's account of time, as well as his sudden betrayal.
He then carefully sensed his surroundings, trying to find the difference.
Yet no matter how he probed, all he could sense was that unfathomable, obscure, unknown power. He simply could not comprehend what it was.
It was completely beyond him.
"So you betrayed the Empire? Betrayed the family?"
Tokugawa Yoshinobu's face darkened. The last Shogun could not accept such a reality.
A Prince with hopes of the throne, and a titan who had just entered the ranks of the elite, had actually secretly sided with outsiders!
Now even the current family head seemed poised to turn against them. How could he possibly accept that?
"Betrayed the family? Betrayed the Empire? Heh... Perhaps what we are doing is actually preserving the family and preserving the Empire..."
A bitter smile appeared on Tokugawa Ietsugu's face. Unless one entered the path of time, one would never know how profound it truly was!
He had merely obtained a small amount of related ability, yet he could already sense its vastness and boundlessness. This was absolutely not a power mortals could control!
Even at his current level, his control