Naruto: The Primal Hyuga Pierces the Shinobi World

"Those people let it slip themselves while they were eating at my restaurant!"

"The specific situation is..."

It turns out that Hayata's main job is to own a restaurant. More than half a month ago, his restaurant hosted a group of out-of-towners who dined and dashed. Not only did they refuse to pay, they even threatened to kill Hayata if he bothered them.

This group seemed afraid that Hayabusa would be dismissive, so they even loudly proclaimed their outstanding "achievements" to exaggerate their strength.

After leaving, Hayata wrote a letter directly to Konoha Village.

The Leaf Village had sent people to investigate and verify beforehand, confirming the other party's identity, and then the task fell to the hands of the Zhiwei team.

It's not a very complicated task. The only difficulty is how to find out the enemy's base location, and whether they are still in this city.

The village was short-handed, and the ninja who had initially scouted the area had already been dispatched to carry out other missions and had not been able to track down the group.

Listening to the whole thing, I only felt troubled.

The information provided by both the person in front of us and the village was incomplete and unhelpful.

He thought that all he needed to do after leaving the village was to have a good fight and then he could go back, but to his surprise, the village hadn't even managed to find any trace of the enemy.

Are we supposed to find the enemy ourselves?!

Hmm... who knows, maybe this is exactly why Minato assigned them this mission?

Intelligence gathering and reconnaissance come first, then combat. Perhaps this mission focuses on the first two aspects?

Although Shinichi roughly understands the significance of carrying out this mission, he still has no direction.

Finding a group of lurking thieves in such a big city is like finding a needle in a haystack!

"Captain Zhiwei, I don't think I have time to waste on this kind of thing."

"Please allow me to leave now."

"If the location of the bandit group is confirmed, I will not be absent from the battle."

Shinichi Hyuga had roughly figured out the ins and outs of the matter and no longer had the will to carry out such a mission.

His main concerns were Obito Uchiha and Madara Uchiha; for him, improving his combat power was the most important thing.

His purpose in leaving the village this time was to gain combat experience; he didn't want to waste his precious training time on such things.

More importantly, he didn't think any results could be obtained from the investigation in a short period of time.

As he spoke, Shinichi stood up, completely ignoring the bewildered Shimi Aburame, and walked towards the door.

"Hey, Shinichi?"

Aburame Shiki wanted to call out to Shinichi, but when she thought of what he had said, she swallowed the words back.

The Hyuga main family...

Yes, how can we let the Hyuga main family waste their time on something like this?!

"call....."

"Sorry, my team members are a bit impatient."

"Please don't mind it."

Aburame Shiki apologized to Hayato, then gestured to Might Guy with her eyes. The latter understood and immediately got up to chase after Shinichi.

...

"Although leaving like this would be a lack of team spirit, carrying out such a task would be a waste of my time."

"I'm wasting my time on things like this, even though there are formidable enemies like Obito and Madara lurking around."

“Really…”

Shinichi walked alone in the dimly lit alley after leaving Hayata's house, feeling somewhat agitated.

“Tick…Tick…”

Just as Shinichi was about to return to his residence, he heard a faint sound of footsteps behind him.

Upon noticing the footsteps, Shinichi suddenly stopped, his expression darkening.

"Ah...."

"Looks like my luck is pretty good..."

Shinichi Hyuga slowly turned his head and just happened to see a dark burlap sack being brought over his head.

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Chapter 58 Artificial Purgatory!

In the dimly lit alley, a burly man shoved a sack over Shinichi Hyuga's head.

This guy was a pro. The moment he succeeded, he groped for the child in front of him and delivered a powerful chop to the back of Shinichi Hyuga's neck.

Without any struggle or scream, the man felt the child's body go limp, then skillfully slung the sack over his shoulder, his face showing excitement. He glanced around the empty alley and hurriedly left, disappearing into the night.

Not long after the alley returned to silence, Might Guy rushed over and ran forward along the alley until he reached the bustling street, but he still couldn't see Shinichi Hyuga.

Standing in the middle of the street, watching the flow of people, Might Guy, unable to find Shinichi Hyuga, scratched his head and muttered to himself with a hint of感慨 (gan3kai3, a complex emotion encompassing both admiration and awe), "Did he use the Flying Thunder God Technique? That really is fast!"

As he spoke, Kai identified the location of the temple where he would be staying and started walking towards it, enjoying the lively night market of this Buddhist city as he went.

...

A candlelight flickered at the end of the corridor, and heavy footsteps echoed into the prison cell.

This was a dimly lit cell, only six or seven square meters in size, with three sides made of thick stone walls. At the top of the high walls was a small window, no bigger than a palm, through which the cold moonlight shone into the cell, illuminating one corner.

The moment footsteps sounded outside, the children imprisoned in the cell quickly huddled together, as if this was the only way they could feel a little safe.

The children being detained are all quite young; the oldest is probably only around ten years old, and the youngest is only four or five.

In the corner, a ragged little girl reached out and hugged a child who had come close to her. The two of them lowered their heads and buried their faces together, not daring to look in the direction from which the sound came.

A few moments.

The heavy gate was flung open, and a heavy sack was thrown into the cell. A muffled thud echoed inside, and the voices of adults talking could be heard outside:

"Have you already made some progress so early today?"

What grade of goods are they?

"A four or five-year-old boy, with his hands crossed."

"Wow!!! Did you just snatch it from the owner's hands? How did you manage to get your hands on something like this at this time of year?"

"Hehe, no, I just got lucky, I happened to be peeing there."

“…”

The sounds of men talking outside the cell faded into the distance.

The children imprisoned in the cell also heard the conversation outside, but they didn't dare to leave the corner. They just stared blankly at the sacks being thrown into the cell.

The sound faded completely away, and then there was a sudden movement from the sack on the ground.

A kunai pierced the sack, and a moment later, a boy of about five or six years old crawled out of it.

Shinichi Hinata slowly stood up, rubbed his slightly sore neck, looked around, and took in his surroundings.

The soreness in his neck wasn't from being beaten by human traffickers; that kind of force wouldn't have any effect on a ninja like him. The soreness was simply from maintaining one posture for too long, which was uncomfortable.

The children in the cell could see Shinichi Hyuga's face by the dim moonlight shining through the air vent. When they saw that it was a child who was about the same age as them, the tension and fear on their faces immediately dissipated a little.

Even in such a dimly lit environment, Shinichi Hyuga's vision was not restricted in any way, and he could see everything inside the cell.

He gently tapped the heavy iron gate and listened to the dull thud it made. He knew that conventional methods would not be effective.

"You...you were all arrested, right?"

"Can anyone tell me, among you, who has been imprisoned the longest, and how many days have you been locked up?"

Shinichi Hinata probably realized that he was being targeted by human traffickers, and that the six children in the cell in front of him must have had the same experience as him.

His glare had given him a general idea of ​​the underground chamber. Besides his cell, there were seven other cells in the place, each holding several children of varying ages.

A rough estimate suggests that nearly fifty children were imprisoned in the entire underground area, a truly terrifying number.

The human trafficking ring that abducted him probably has quite a few members.

Shinichi was determined to eliminate this group, but the most important thing right now was to gather intelligence.

Human traffickers don't just take children in and not let them out. Knowing how long these children are detained can give some indication of how long the trafficking cycle is.

If possible, Shinichi wants to strike down the entire "upstream and downstream" supply chain as well.

"Sister Hezi must have been here the longest... She was already here when I was locked up..."

In the corner, a little boy being held tightly in a girl's arms suddenly spoke up. The boy was about the same age as Shinichi, while the girl holding him, judging from her height, was probably eleven or twelve years old, and was likely the oldest child in the cell.

"Hezi?"

Upon hearing the little boy's address to the girl, Shinichi was momentarily stunned, then looked towards the corner of the wall.

The girl named Hezi was noticeably different from the other children present. While the other children were all dirty, Hezi, despite being dressed in rags, had a clean face.

Upon closer inspection, the girl had numerous bruises and injuries, suggesting she had been severely beaten by human traffickers. However, similar marks were rarely seen on the other children in the cell.