"I'm sorry. I hadn't expected the second method to fail as well. All I could say now was that I was sorry, because from the very beginning, I hadn't been confident about this."
"Besides, I had tried other methods before, and they had failed too. This was as far as I could go. If we tried any other method, it would endanger everyone's lives. That would be an even riskier course of action, and I wouldn't advise anyone to do it."
"Continuing like this would be completely pointless. It wasn't that I looked down on other people's lives, but I felt that trading three lives for one was simply not worth it."
After Uchiha Hikaru finished speaking, he said nothing more. He felt that this was something Ouyang Jian should consider for himself. After all, he had his own way of handling it.
He had already done everything he could, and this matter had dragged on for far too long. There was not much more he could do to help.
What Uchiha Hikaru wanted now was greater understanding. He hoped others would understand him and recognize his reasoning. In truth, this was the only way out now.
Moreover, Uchiha Hikaru could not possibly put himself in danger just to save someone else. There was no benefit in that for him, and he had no clues at all on his journey to find the Dragon Balls.
Uchiha Hikaru was worried as well. He was afraid Ouyang Jian would blame him for not doing his utmost, but he truly had pushed himself to the very limit in this matter.
"It's all right, it's all right. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. I don't really blame you that much. As long as we can try something else later, it'll be fine. When