The latter felt rather self-conscious instead, and in order to put their minds more at ease, Uchiha Hikaru took the items with both hands, figuring that if they didn't exist, it was quite likely that they would just keep making them do this.
"Alright, Clan Head, you folks just stay here and set your minds at ease for now. Hyuga Hinata, you stay here too and don't wander off." In order to keep more people from getting involved, he instead needed to walk slowly forward and then press on to take them down directly.
They still decided to watch Uchiha Hikaru walk away from a distance, because venturing even a tiny bit further outside would mean stepping beyond their own clan's territory.
Entering someone else's domain would certainly bring unnecessary trouble, and the current clan head was also very afraid that they would run into other problems, even though the few of them faced this scorching heat together.
Uchiha Hikaru was even more familiar with such a journey because it hadn't taken him much time to walk here from the First Prince's place.
Bolstered by those shoes, he could equally well prepare everything himself without needing their clan head to transport him across, and he could simply walk right there.
"This should be the very gate where the First Prince was before. I suppose I can just head straight inside." Anyway, Uchiha Hikaru didn't need anyone to help him.
Those guards were practically people who recognized him, so wanting to barge straight in shouldn't be much of a difficult task. He cast a slow glance at the guards and nodded at them in greeting.
"Isn't this person Uchiha Hikaru? Didn't he leave just a couple of days ago? How come he's back again now?" One of the guards seemed to