Although they had been apart for quite some time, Araki's arrival still earned a warm welcome.
"Mr. Araki, you were right back then! If not for your guidance, I wouldn't have made up my mind to awaken so quickly, and Zaun wouldn't have developed into what it is today."
Silco spoke with feeling. "A toast to you!"
"Hehe, I only offered a few suggestions. The credit belongs to all of you."
Araki smiled modestly. "Besides, I came this time because I need your help with something."
"Just say the word. As long as we can help, we won't hesitate."
Vander thumped his chest boldly.
"It's like this. I have an enemy with an ability that lets him travel through time, and it's giving me quite a headache."
Araki got straight to the point. "So I'd like to ask whether you could help develop a device that can restrict that ability."
"Time travel?"
The moment he heard those words, Ekko became excited. This was his field of expertise!
"Could you explain in more detail, Lord Araki?"
"Of course."
Araki nodded. He had come precisely for Ekko, this time prodigy.
"He has two abilities related to time. The first is time reversal. It lets him return from the present moment to several seconds earlier, repeatedly experience an enemy's moves, identify the flaws in those moves, and choose the safest response.
"The second is more troublesome. He possesses a piece of equipment that can carry him through time and space, even sending him back decades into the past to fight by altering the timeline."
"Back decades into the past! That powerful?"
Ekko let out a startled cry.
After all, the Time Warp Device he had built could only send him back a few seconds. Compared with a span of several decades, that was