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"Where is Captain Uchiha Hiko?!" The Third Hokage had no time to think. Right now, he only wanted to see Hiko. Otherwise, he would not feel at ease. It seemed that Hiko had noticed everything, yet refused to say more. Why was that?

"Lord Hokage." The assistant hesitated before answering truthfully, "Captain Uchiha Hiko has already left the village. We don't know where he went."

The Third Hokage immediately understood something and cried out, "When did this happen?!"

"This afternoon..." The assistant was equally frustrated. At a time like this, Hiko was not even in the village. There were not many places Hiko could have gone after leaving the village. The most likely possibility was the place where the Nine-Tails often rested, but it was already too late to look for him. The enemy was practically at their doorstep.

"Whew!!!"

Taking a deep breath, the Third Hokage waved a hand and said, "He should have gone to the old place. Send someone to bring him back immediately. Tell him I have urgent matters to discuss with him—extremely important matters!!!"

"Yes!!!" The assistant did not dare delay. He jogged out of the Command Center to arrange personnel to search for Hiko.

"Have the person in charge of the Sealing Force come see me immediately!!!"

Everyone had wondered before why Hiko had told them to prepare such a unit. Wondering aside, the Third Hokage had discussed it with Ōnoki and transferred out some people skilled in sealing, forming a team.

Who would have thought that this unit would actually come in handy? Since Akatsuki had used the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu so openly, they certainly would not let them easily find the caster's location. Thus, they could only seal the resurrected people one by one. There was no other way.

Besides, they