Spirit Echoes

Shinteki Kenchō (心滴拳聴) is the term used by a certain martial art to designate a peculiar phenomenon occurring when two truly powerful fighters engage in battle: their sense of the passage of time becomes often inconsistent with one another, and the two combatants manage to hear what the other is thinking at that moment, learning information that no one but the opponent could know. Zeno Zoldyck likened this phenomenon to a revolving lantern, and explained it is similar to when, in the istant before death, time seems to slow down and one's life flashes before their eyes, although he claimed it is easier to verify, since both sides can feel what the other is thinking.