Konoha: Archers of the Hyuga family

On the way, Hinata Kumokawa roughly understood the details of the mission.

First is the cause.

In order to speed up the experimental process, Danzo opened a new laboratory and gave it to Orochimaru, and also allocated him six assistants affiliated with the root. The new laboratory was larger and could accommodate more experimental subjects.

Moreover, in the past two days, another experimental subject has died.

Urgently in need of refills.

Gen was originally responsible for the task of searching for experimental subjects, but the two countries of Wind and Thunder have been very restless recently, and ANBU is short of manpower. Elite ninjas have to be dispatched from Gen (anbu training department) to carry out the task of infiltration investigation.

Therefore, the burden of replenishing experimental subjects returned to Orochimaru.

It was a piece of cake anyway, so Orochimaru didn't refuse.

There is also the experimental subject that Hinata Kumikawa is paying attention to. His physical condition is slowly improving, and Orochimaru specifically mentioned it...

Next is the mission goal.

It is a gang that has been entrenched in the Three Kingdoms of Earth, Thunder, and Water all year round and engages in human trafficking. According to informant information, they will recently transport a large number of four- and five-year-old children to the Kingdom of Water. Orochimaru's purpose is to seize the ship and take this group of children away. The child was transported to Konoha.

Not only can it help Gen replenish his troops, but it can also solve the problem of the shortage of experimental subjects.

For Danzo and Orochimaru, they have two goals in one mission...

……

"So, teacher, why do we... need to drive on the road?"

As we all know, ninjas move faster than horses.

And it is not restricted by terrain.

Orochimaru sat on the soft cushion with his hands on his hands, his body rising and falling with the bumps of the road, his eyes squinting slightly, feeling that he would fall asleep after a while.

"This mission involves not just the two of us, but also a small team. Our mission is to sneak in and find their base camp at sea."

"But the mission is not..."

"Yunchuan, don't be so rigid. To solve any problem, we must solve it fundamentally. And... don't forget, we are the party of justice. The children who are rescued will be sent home, unless they are homeless. Only then can Konoha become their destination~"

"Understood~"

Since there is an official ninja team dispatched, there must be a client, and that boatload of children must be rescued. Orochimaru and Danzo are targeting the other children of the gang who have not yet been "sold", and they are going to make a dark wave. Eat black.

Still, that's not a bad thing.

After all, are you a human trafficker?

……

Two days later.

Hyuga Kumikawa and Orochimaru arrived at Aoyama Port, which is the closest eastern port to Konoha and the most prosperous city. It is only two hundred kilometers away from the town where Hyuga Kumikawa first performed his mission.

However, it is different from the previous town. The former mainly exports agricultural crops, coal, and some industrial raw materials. Aoyama Port exports more finished products, such as furniture, crafts, snacks, steam machinery... The pots and pans of Hinata Kumikawa's family are basically Produced here.

As we all know, most people selling raw materials do not make as much money as processors.

Therefore, Qingshan Port should be more prosperous. There are many high-rise buildings. It feels like the magic city of the last century. You can see all kinds of people on the street. Those with brown skin are the merchants of the Kingdom of Thunder, and the pale white ones. The one with skin is a merchant from the Kingdom of Water...

Fortunately, Hinata Kumokawa has seen the world.

If it were Obito that funny guy, he would be ridiculed as a country bumpkin every minute.

However, there seem to be a lot of beggars in this city...

"Don't try to give them alms. The money these beggars get every day is not a small amount. A kid like you can earn enough to pay for the tuition of a ninja school for six years by hanging around here for one year...if the money is still in their hands in the end. .”

Orochimaru saw the beggar constantly looking at Hinata Kumawa along the way, and gave a friendly reminder.

Although he didn't really think that he, a student, would help beggars, after all... If it were Orochimaru himself, he would definitely not pay a penny, and Hinata Kumikawa's personality was so similar to him.

Hinata Kumokawa nodded.

He was just a little emotional.

In such a prosperous city, there are beggars missing arms and legs in every alley, which is incompatible with the entire city.

"Stinky beggar, get away!"

"I……"

"Go, go, go, how can we do business with you squatting in front of the store!"

"Wow wow..."

"Cry, cry, cry!"

Hinata Yunchuan followed the sound.

A slightly chubby female boss came out of the store carrying a broom and beat the little white-haired girl squatting at the door with a broom stick. She covered her head and ran away crying.

It's a cake shop.

When the boss cursed and returned to the store, his eyes met with Hinata Kumikawa's. He was stunned for a moment, turned around and continued walking, without forgetting to whisper an underestimation.

"What are you looking at, you stinky blind man? You can tell by looking at your clothes that you can't afford a cake!"

Although it was really quiet.

But to a ninja, it can still be heard.

The corners of Orochimaru's mouth suddenly turned up.

"That girl...is not one of the beggars."

"Well, I can tell."

The girl was only six or seven years old. Her hair was stained with unknown filth. Her clothes were so dirty that you couldn't even tell the underlying color. They also exuded a strong smell of sewerage, but the material was not a fabric that ordinary people could afford.

I guess I got separated from my parents yesterday and met a few unscrupulous people. I hid in a smelly place all night and only dared to come out during the day to seek help.

"I think...she needs help, what do you think, Yunchuan."

"Ah."

Hinata Kumokawa understood what Orochimaru meant.

Look at the cake shop on the side and stride inside.

Orochimaru followed closely, watching his student operate.

Hinata Kumikawa stepped into the cake shop, and the boss's gaze immediately came to her, but this time Hinata Kumikawa deliberately did not look at her, pretending that he was a blind man and holding on to the door frame.

"Excuse me...how to sell cakes?"

Orochimaru appeared behind him and gently pressed his hand on his shoulder, as if to guide him in the direction, and reminded Hinata Kumokawa very gently.

"People are here..."

The boss very skillfully began to introduce her various cakes, each flavor and each style, including those made for birthdays and those to fill the stomach at ordinary times...

"A piece of puff cake, divided into three portions and packed separately."

Hinata Kumokawa took out a 100-tael banknote from his pocket and put it on the glass cabinet.

The smile on the boss's face suddenly became brighter, and his hands moved quickly. He put a still-warm cake into three paper boxes and handed them to Orochimaru.

"Here's your change, please keep it."

Orochimaru put it into his arms unceremoniously.

One thing to say, cakes here are really expensive. A non-birthday cake costs 980 yen. If you hand over 100 yen, you will get two ten yen coins.

After leaving the cake shop, Hinata Kumokawa quickly found the girl hiding in the gap between two buildings, walked close and handed her one of the cakes.

"You're so hungry, here~"