Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's Intelligence

Before this, Uchiha Kei had never encountered anyone so terrifying.

He had known that the person he faced this time was absolutely unlike any enemy he had encountered before.

Yet only after clashing with this man named Jigen—or perhaps Ōtsutsuki Isshiki—did he realize that he had still underestimated him.

Even if he was currently only in the form of a reincarnated vessel, even if he was relying entirely on a technique similar to a Curse Mark called "Karma" to display his power—

That power was still utterly unimaginable, even surpassing everything he had previously understood!

But even if he had never wanted to encounter such an opponent, he had to admit that this man's existence was tremendously helpful to him!

Uchiha Kei had reached his current level of strength partly through good fortune, and partly through his flawless plans for his own development.

But only after truly reaching this point did he realize just how difficult it was to advance further.

In the past, he could still find someone fairly capable, yet weaker than himself, to spar with and thoroughly familiarize himself with his power.

But now, even finding a suitable opponent had become incredibly difficult.

Being unable to fully unleash his strength was the greatest problem he faced at this moment.

How could he not know that combat was the fastest way to become familiar with his own power? Unfortunately, he had no opponent suited for that purpose.

The combat strength Namikaze Minato displayed was indeed impressive, but honestly, without ultimate Yang Release, Uchiha Kei only found him somewhat troublesome.

Although Imai Kenta had tremendous potential and might even be more difficult to deal with than Namikaze Minato under certain circumstances—

He had few advantages over Minato, and because of the nature of space, the two of them were