Hiko understood how they felt. Didn't he also know exactly what this meant to their family?
"Alright, I'll have them stop right away. If we let them keep climbing, it'll be hard for us to deal with as well." At that moment, Uchiha finally realized the seriousness of the matter.
He absolutely could not surpass the Eldest Prince. Otherwise, what should have been a happy occasion today would eventually become utterly dull for them.
After telling those people to stop, they began wondering where the village chief was. Then they suddenly remembered that the village chief seemed to have drunk an awful lot the previous night.
"Oh no. I wonder if the village chief is awake yet. It's still far too early." At that moment, Uchiha Hiko lightly nudged the Second Prince beside him, but they could not say such things out loud.
If the Eldest Prince found out, he would surely be speechless. Nor would he allow this sort of thing to happen in territory he had only just acknowledged.
"Second Prince, come with me and bring the village chief over. Let him come out." He continued on and made a reasonable suggestion, hoping to smooth things over.
At last, the two of them nodded. Since it would be bad to tell the Eldest Prince, they might as well take action themselves.
"Hiko, let's go over there ourselves." He called out softly, then slowly opened the door with the stone from before. It seemed fairly easy.
"Right, I suddenly remembered something. I don't seem to need to use this thing at all, do I?" Since he had gained control over this place, no one else could pose any threat to him.
That included the Eldest Prince, who had initially seemed unlikely to think well of him. Now, as he