He was inside that second.
The shadow carrying him to Chronus's position at zero effective travel time, the Void Fang active, the Assassination Arts technique targeting the metaphysical pathways carrying temporal energy throughout Chronus's form — not destroying them, cutting them at the junctions, creating bottlenecks where power accumulated uselessly rather than reaching the applications it was sustaining.
Three cuts. Three junctions. Three accumulation points where temporal energy pooled instead of flowing.
The barrier's re-establishment took 0.3 seconds longer than it should have.
Chronus displaced.
But he displaced from a position where three of his temporal power distribution channels were bottlenecked, and the displacement consequently had 0.3 seconds less than its normal preparation time.
It found a position less optimal than his usual displacements.
Satou followed.
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The fight inside the frozen world had a quality that fights in active environments didn't have.
