In any case, the two of them now seemed to believe that some things were sacred and inviolable. In the time to come, they would always sense something different. Slowly, flames rose around the formation, and a whirlwind was stirred up as well.
"I told you, The Second Prince. Just look at what would happen if you went near that whirlwind," Uchiha Hiko warned. He was already covered in burns, and the situation was probably not so simple.
If anything went wrong, Uchiha Hiko would have no way to answer to The Eldest Prince. Although the two princes had fought many times before, their bond was still there.
What Uchiha Hiko feared most was that The Second Prince would be hurt. In his own village, he would certainly have to bear that responsibility.
"Yes, Uchiha Hiko. Good thing you gave in to me a little. If I had really gone over there, I might have been reduced to ashes." He shook his head, his mouth hanging open for a long while.
The group actually had another question: why were these villagers unaffected by the heat waves? Looking closer, however, they seemed to be wearing some special equipment.
On every person's right wrist was a bracelet glowing with a faint blue light, like a block of ice. They were not even sweating.
"It looks like it's all because of the Protective Ring on their wrists." That was all Uchiha Hiko could infer. If he investigated any further, he might as well strip them bare and search every inch of them.
He noticed that the village chief wore one too. He had not seen it before because a person's wrist was exposed and could not be completely hidden.
The village chief nodded lightly toward the front. Then the heat waves gradually converged,