Not long after, at the gate of the orphanage.
Hideki, who was studying the sealing technique, heard that there was a visitor, so he went downstairs to check.
The visitor turned out to be Fugaku, and he brought a car full of things, saying that they were New Year gifts for the children in the orphanage.
It seems that he was very satisfied with the reports of Konoha news in the past few days.
Otherwise, there would not be many families that could let the head of the Uchiha clan come to personally deliver gifts.
Hideki laughed in his heart, and seeing that the car was full of some clothes and stationery, he did not refuse and expressed his gratitude to Fugaku.
After the greetings, Fugaku looked around and said,
"There seem to be fewer children in the orphanage today."
Hideki shrugged and smiled,
"Because everyone is either watching Tom and Jerry in the screening room or going shopping in the village."
"I see."
Fugaku nodded, and after thinking for a while he reminded, "It's better to be careful these days and try to keep the children out of the orphanage as little as possible."
"Oh?"
Hideki asked curiously,
"Didn't your police department deal with the human trafficking organization?"
"Could there be any that slipped through the net?"
"If it were that simple..."
Fugaku sighed,
"From the clues of their fighting style and their hideouts, it can be seen that there is definitely a bigger force hidden behind them."
"But they seem to be communicating through a single line, and even the leaders of a high status don't know the full picture of their organization at all."
"As for trying to find out who their leader who rarely shows up is, that's even more troublesome."
"Now I just hope they learn their lesson this time and stop committing crimes in Konoha Village and the surrounding areas. I'm too lazy to care about them now."
Hideki sighed in his heart when he heard this.
To be honest, Fugaku is already quite responsible for doing this.
After all, the Police Department is only responsible for the security of Konoha. If the other party commits crimes in other places, it is not their problem.
But Hideki always feels a little uncomfortable letting such a guy go unpunished.
But the eldest brother is not to mention the second brother.
Half a year has passed, and the Third World War is getting closer and closer. He actually doesn't have the time in the Land of Lightning to play the game of the Messenger of Justice.
Being able to protect this corner of the orphanage is already his current limit.
So Hideki didn't think much about it and was ready to put this matter behind him.
But at this moment, a blond boy hurriedly ran in from the gate of the orphanage wall. When he saw Hideki, he shouted anxiously:
"Hideki... Brother Hideki, something bad has happened!"
"Atla and the others have been kidnapped!"
Hideki, who was originally a little self-touched, suddenly had a cold face...
...
Before the blond boy could explain the situation, Hideki and Fugaku looked at each other, then carried him out of the orphanage and rushed towards Konoha.
Along the way, the two of them got the information he knew from the child named Takaki intermittently.
It turned out that he was not a child who came to Konoha to play, but an employee who worked in a toy store.
Because the toy store was doing very well today, resulting in insufficient inventory, he needed to go back to the orphanage to get some goods to replenish it.
It happened that he saw Atla and the others who were returning to the orphanage and had just crossed a bridge on the road from a distance, and wanted to go up and say hello.
Who knew that at that moment, a group of bad guys suddenly jumped out of the boat by the river, and then for some reason, many children suddenly fainted on the ground.
Only Nono picked up the two children and rushed into the forest, being chased by several bad guys.
The other children were quickly thrown into the boat, and then the boat quickly drifted downstream and disappeared in an instant.
After telling what he saw, Takaki lowered his head and said dejectedly:
"I'm sorry, Brother Hideki, I can only watch from the side and can't do anything."
Hideki patted his shoulder and comforted him:
"No, you've done very well."
"Rushing forward regardless of the consequences is just recklessness, not courage."
"If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have been able to get the news so quickly."
Fugaku, who was squatting on the ground to detect various traces, also stood up and said in a deep voice:
"The course of events should be no different from what the child said."
"The other party probably used a larger-scale illusion. This kind of illusion has little effect on ninjas, but the effect on civilians is very significant."
"But illusions like this are not too easy to learn. There are at least enemies with the strength of a Chunin among the other side."
"Hideki, I'm very sorry. It seems that this time it is our police department that has implicated you..."
"The one who kidnapped the children should be the human trafficking organization."
Hideki shook his head and said:
"Your police department is to maintain law and order, and our Konoha News only reports the facts without exaggeration."
"If I have to blame anyone, I will only blame that group of scum. They even spared the children from the orphanage."
"So let's not dwell on this now, let's think about how to get the kids back as soon as possible."
Fugaku nodded in agreement, and then analyzed:
"The biggest problem is their boat."
"As long as they get off the boat halfway and clean up the traces a little, we won't be able to lock onto their route of departure."
"If they are really experienced, they will definitely choose this method."
Hideki felt the same way, so he looked at the footprints that extended into the forest and said:
"Then let the shadow clone take charge of the search along the river bank." "Let's go see if Nono has managed to escape first."
Fugaku had no objection, and he formed two shadow clones.
One ran downstream with Hideki's shadow clone, and the other left in the direction of the village, probably to find reinforcements.
Then the three of them followed the messy footprints into the forest.
The footprints began to be mixed with spots of blood, which made everyone a little uneasy, and subconsciously quickened their pace.
Soon they came to a hidden cave deep in the forest.
After confirming that there was no trap, the three walked in and saw Nono and the two girls lying on the ground.
Hideki hurried forward to check.
Fortunately, the two girls were just under the illusion and fell asleep, but Nono was injured in several places, bleeding profusely.
The wounds were all on the back, probably caused by the escape with the two children.
After the illusion was lifted, the two girls woke up quickly.
When they saw Hideki and Nono lying on the ground, they couldn't help crying.
"Don't worry, Nono is not in danger of life. I have helped her stop bleeding."
After Hideki comforted them, he got information from their sobbing mouths, but not much.
Because they were hypnotized by the illusion like everyone else, they only remembered Nono picked them up and ran into the forest.
As for how they got here and how Nono was injured, they didn't know anything.
At this moment, Fugaku was suddenly stunned, then shook his head and said:
"It's just as I thought, the boat stopped downstream, but there was no trace of them nearby."
"It's not easy to find them now."
Hideki, who also got the memory of the shadow clone, nodded solemnly.
Takaki on the side said anxiously:
"What should we do now?"
"Uncle, aren't you a big shot in the police department? Can't you think of a solution?"
Fugaku sighed and said:
"In public and private, our police department will do our best to find the children."
"But the other party is obviously well prepared this time. If they really want to hide, it won't be so easy to find them."
"This may be a bit ruthless, but you'd better be mentally prepared that the children can't be found..."
"Hideki, especially you, if you lose your composure because of this, everyone will know that these children are your weakness."
"Then things like this may happen again and again in the future..."
"You are talking nonsense! Brother Hideki will not give up on everyone!"
Takaki glared at Fugaku and said,
"If the children who were kidnapped were children of the ninja clan, would you still say such words?"
Fugaku remained silent.
Indeed, if the children of the ninja clan were kidnapped, then the other party would undoubtedly challenge the majesty of the first ninja village in the ninja world.
Konoha will find the children even if it means digging three feet into the ground, and at the same time crush the other party to ashes.
But this time, it was just a group of orphans who were kidnapped.
For Hideki's sake, the ninjas would at most arrange some people to assist in the search, or inquire about the information through their own intelligence channels.
But it was naturally impossible to get them to mobilize all of them on New Year's Day.
Hideki, who had been in the ninja world for many years and had experienced the warmth and coldness of human nature, knew this truth very well.
He couldn't help but glance at Nono who was still lying on the ground, wishing that she had been abducted by the enemy as well.
Because with her current popularity, at least half of Konoha could be mobilized to help find her.
Unlike now, he can only work overtime by himself.
To be honest, although Hideki looked calm on the surface, he was furious in his heart.
He, Kimura Hideki, just wanted to live a peaceful life, why couldn't he do so?
Seeing that the usually smart Takaki had lowered his head with red eyes, Hideki touched his head and said,
"Fugaku, it's just as you said."
"If I act too eager now, such things may happen again and again in the future..."
"But on the other hand, if everyone can realize how heavy a price they will pay for daring to attack the children in the orphanage."
"Then they should think twice before they have any evil ideas in the future..."
Then Hideki smiled and looked at Fugaku and said,
"Fugaku, the video of you destroying the human traffickers' den was indeed not very good."
"I wonder if you are interested in challenging me again?"
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