Zouichi looked down the corridor, then back at the others. If he still had his abilities, he could simply walk across himself... but it probably wasn't a great idea under these circumstances.

"Generally," he said, "The shorter the distance a human being traverses across hot coals, the less chance they'll sustain injury."

They might do well splitting the distance amongst all of them, rather than trying to rely on one or two to cover most of the hall.