Karnak's ability to predict his opponents' moves was exceptionally powerful. The moment he activated it, everything before his eyes seemed to freeze, and various patterns of light and data appeared.
Every move his enemies made was marked out in slow motion.
But this ability didn't actually slow down time. When Karnak activated it, time itself—including his own body—came to a halt. In his mind's simulations, however, every move his enemies made played out as if it were really happening.
What's more, Karnak could run through his enemies' actions again and again, trying countless possibilities to find the optimal solution.
That was what people called prediction. It let Karnak deal with any enemy as though he could see what was coming, keeping him invincible.
This time, however, he tried to use his ability to predict the movements of the black-clad swordsman before him, only to find that the man seemed truly motionless.
No patterns of light appeared, and the man made no movements. He was like a rock that had stood in the wind for a thousand years, utterly unmoving and worn down by nothing.
"Did seeing my gun scare you so badly you can't move?"
That was Karnak's first thought. It seemed a little far-fetched that the man could be so frightened he couldn't even dodge, but Karnak trusted his ability's assessment. He raised his gun and pulled the trigger.
One shot would finish him off, and Karnak would get his revenge for being subdued in a single move earlier.
The trigger clicked, followed by a mild recoil. A blue-white beam of energy burst from the muzzle.
The beam traveled faster than a metal bullet, but this mass of energy didn't seem to be moving at the speed of light. It was still just possible to see a streak of