"Where is Minister Uchiha Hikaru?!" The Third Hokage had no time to think. He only wanted to see Hikaru; otherwise, he could not put his mind at ease. It seemed Hikaru had noticed everything, yet he refused to say more. Why?
"Hokage Lord." The assistant hesitated before answering truthfully, "Minister Uchiha Hikaru has already left the village. We don't know where he went."
The Third Hokage immediately understood something and cried out in alarm, "When did this happen?!"
"This afternoon..." The assistant was equally frustrated. At a time like this, Hikaru was not even in the village. There were not many places Hikaru could have gone after leaving the village; the most likely was the place where the Nine-Tails often rested. But it was already too late to look for him. The enemy had reached their doorstep.
"Whew!!!"
Drawing in a deep breath, the Third Hokage waved a hand. "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 and jogged out of the command center to arrange for people to find Hikaru.
"Have the person in charge of the Sealing Force come see me immediately!!!"
Everyone had previously wondered why Hikaru had told them to prepare such a unit. Wondering aside, the Third Hokage had discussed it with Ōnoki and transferred out several people skilled in sealing techniques to form a team.
Unexpectedly, this unit truly came 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. They could only seal away the resurrected one by one. There was no other way.
Besides, they had to treat a dead horse like