Thinking about it is quite exciting

Making one's prime last longer—the implication was self-evident.

Imai Kenta was no fool. Naturally, he had heard all that, and combined with the subtle change in the flow of time he had sensed earlier...

He had now more or less guessed what Uchiha Kei had done, but after figuring it out, his feelings only became more complicated.

He had probably learned something he should not have known. But precisely because he understood and realized these things, he felt a profound despair.

"So what you relied on to defeat me, the Fourth Hokage's Flying Thunder God, and even people like the Fourth Raikage..." Imai Kenta swallowed. "Was your control over the power of time?"

"Although I don't want to admit it, I can't deny it either." Uchiha Kei nodded. "Against people like you, whose speed is terrifyingly fast or who directly use space itself, time is the best way to deal with you. Even if I used Susanoo, I could still win, but why make things so troublesome?"

Uchiha Kei had never wanted to take risks when dealing with people skilled in spatial Ninjutsu.

Susanoo could indeed defend against their attacks, but it offered no way to counterattack. And he had never been a passive person.

Since that was the case, why should he give up using his own abilities?

They were already using spatial Ninjutsu, so what was so outrageous about him using time-based Ninjutsu?

After sparring with Imai Kenta so many times, as well as fighting Obito and Namikaze Minato at his peak...

Uchiha Kei had thoroughly realized that the power of time was exceptionally effective at restraining those who used spatial powers.

These people used the power of space to ignore factors like distance and angle, allowing them to attack from anywhere, at any position.

But once he