"!" Hyuga Kimura was startled when he heard that. He wanted to say something, but remembering the state they were in, he hesitated, his expression torn.
Watching Uchiha Gen finish off the ninja lying on the ground, he thought it over and finally decided to let it go. After all, he wanted to save people, not throw his life away. But—
"Um, bro..."
"Hm?" Uchiha Gen turned to look at him, blood spattered across his face.
"I can't run anymore."
"..."
"I seem to remember telling you not to come out."
"Ahem, I was worried you couldn't handle them alone."
Looking at Kimura's rather guilty expression, Uchiha Gen's mouth twitched. He helplessly wiped his face with one hand. Fine. Under normal circumstances, given the state he had been in earlier, he really couldn't have handled those guys alone.
"Give me your hand."
As he spoke, Uchiha Gen pulled Kimura's arm over his shoulder and began retreating at full speed!
Hyuga Kimura froze for a moment. Looking at Uchiha Gen, who had left himself completely unguarded around him, his fingers twitched. If he wanted to, he could inflict a fatal wound on Uchiha Gen at any moment!
"..." Yet as that familiar sense of security washed over him, Hyuga Kimura's taut nerves slowly relaxed.
And his subconscious told him that this was his brother. Remembering what he had just been thinking, Kimura suddenly felt the urge to slap himself. He had actually failed to recognize his own older brother.
Of course, Uchiha Gen had no idea what Kimura was thinking. And if Kimura really did attack him, he could rewind it as long as it wasn't too fast for his consciousness to react.
As they fled, Uchiha Gen activated his Byakugan to check the situation behind them, only to discover that