In the end, Xia Xi and the others still counted the peanuts in their bowls.
Senior Brother Igarashi's bowl held a full forty-two.
And Xia Xi's?
Only a pitiful seventeen.
The gap was far greater than Xia Xi had initially expected.
Yet the Dawn Hashira did not feel disappointed at all.
Instead, he clicked his tongue in wonder, looking rather excited.
"So this is the legendary supreme territory? Senior Brother, you were like a completely different person just now."
Igarashi was panting slightly.
Clearly, maintaining that one minute of [simulated transparent world] had taken a considerable toll.
Xia Xi refilled his hot tea for him.
"Really? I didn't feel anything particularly special myself."
Igarashi took the cup, sipped a little, and let out a long breath.
"It just felt like... everything slowed down before my eyes."
"And Xia Xi, with a lot of your movements, before you even raised your hand, my mind had already worked out... no, I should say [seen] what you were going to do next."
"It felt like so many of your intentions were completely transparent to me."
So, the three-tomoe Sharingan, then?
Xia Xi silently quipped to himself.
Still, from that little contest just now, he had roughly deduced some of the principles behind this supreme territory's effects.
Most likely, it greatly enhanced brain activity.
As well as neural response speed.
And integrated all the senses to efficiently extract useful information from the battlefield...
Thereby achieving predictive effects even more outrageous than a martial technique like [Pre-Initiative].
Why did that sound... just like unlocking the third-stage gene lock?
As for the side effects Senior Brother Igarashi experienced...
They were probably signs of severe oxygen deprivation in the body after the brain became overloaded.
Perhaps having somewhat higher attributes would help considerably?
Beside them, Kazami rubbed