User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 375: Supernatural, Review./@comment-3424593-20140314111920/@comment-24066070-20140314120209

The counter is part of the normal activating sequence I think. It needs time to charge and so on, but most importantly the good guys need a figthing chance, even if said fighting chance is a child that's about to get sliced.

I even think he made a smart move to wait around for ppl coming to deactivate it and didn't just rush back to HQ.