In any case, the two of them now seemed to believe that some things were sacred and inviolable. In the time ahead, they would always be able to sense something different. Slowly, flames rose around the formation, and a whirlwind was stirred up as well.
"I told you, Second Prince. Look, what would happen if you were near that whirlwind?" Uchiha Hikaru reminded him. After all, he had been burned before; things might not be so simple now.
If anything went wrong, Uchiha Hikaru would have no way to explain it to the First Prince. Although the two of them had fought many times before, their bond still remained.
What Uchiha Hikaru feared most was the Second Prince being hurt. In his own village, he would certainly have to take responsibility for it.
"Yeah, Uchiha Hikaru, it was fortunate that you held me back 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 the villagers unaffected by the heat waves? Looking at them, though, they seemed to be wearing some special equipment.
On every person's right wrist was a bracelet emitting a faint blue light, like a block of ice. They were not even sweating.
"It looks like it's all because of those protective wristbands." Uchiha Hikaru could only speculate that much. If he investigated any further, he might have to search every inch of their bodies.
He discovered that the Village Chief had one as well. He had not noticed it before, since a person's wrist was exposed and could not be completely hidden.
The Village Chief gently nodded toward the front, and the heat waves gradually gathered together, converging even more