Why did you think I would only be burned alive by these flames? Taki Chiba's calm, composed words echoed in the ears of the Kumogakure ninja. Almost at the same time, everyone froze, their taut bodies, poised to strike, shuddering violently.
This Little Monster wouldn't be burned to death? In that instant, the same dazed thought rose in all their minds.
He wouldn't be burned to death? They had never considered that possibility.
Yes, they had never considered it at all.
Ninjutsu did not actually make its user immune to itself. In other words, ninjutsu could also harm its caster. Take Fire Style Ninjutsu, for example. The heat produced by Fire Style Ninjutsu was not directed solely at the enemy; the caster could feel it as well. It was merely because Fire Style Ninjutsu was unleashed toward the enemy that its heat naturally faced the enemy too, making it impossible to burn the caster. But if one's own Fire Style Ninjutsu were deflected back, the flames' heat would still scorch the caster.
After all, flames were formed through Chakra Nature Transformation, but the high temperatures produced by their burning were a natural phenomenon. Even if the caster was not burned by their own Chakra, they would still be scorched by the heat of that natural phenomenon.
And a ninjutsu like these Black Flames was clearly an extraordinarily powerful Fire Style Ninjutsu that did not distinguish between friend and foe. Perhaps the Black Flames themselves would not harm this Little Monster, but the heat they produced would absolutely harm him. Moreover, these flames were inherently strange and unquestionably formidable. Otherwise, they would not have been used against Lord Third Raikage.
This kid could control these Black Flames? Unlike the Kumogakure ninja, both the Third Raikage and Dodai felt a chill in