My older sister is Kushina

The next morning, Uzumaki Hanamichi first went to the Hokage's office to discuss the investigation of the missing persons case with the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato. He had repeatedly read through the case files yesterday, and although he had not found any breakthrough, he did have some ideas and plans of his own. He felt it was necessary to communicate with the Fourth Hokage first.

Uzumaki Hanamichi and Namikaze Minato talked for nearly half an hour.

Afterwards, Uzumaki Hanamichi left the Hokage's office and headed towards the Anbu.

In addition to the newly joined Kakashi-four team, two members of the Anbu First Squad have been discharged from the hospital and have officially rejoined the team.

There have been many missions in the village recently because the aftermath of the Nine-Tails incident is still ongoing. Moreover, according to the latest intelligence, spies from other ninja villages have been very active lately, which is a major concern for the Konoha leadership. The village and the surrounding area have been placed under surveillance.

As an important force in Konoha, the Anbu were assigned many missions, and the First Anbu Squad was no exception.

Hyuga Hima reports on the progress of some missions and arrangements to Uzumaki Hanamichi.

Currently, Uzumaki Hanamichi has basically handed over the daily affairs of the First Squad to Hyuga Himaru. During his time in the Anbu, he has observed the members of the First Squad. It has to be said that Hyuga Himaru is a very serious and responsible person, and as a veteran of the squad, she is much more familiar with the daily affairs than he, the captain.

Wouldn't it be better to be a hands-off manager?

"Fire Dancer, is the orphanage in our assigned area?"

Suddenly, Uzumaki Hanamichi changed the subject and asked a question seemingly casually.

Hyuga Mai nodded: "Yes, our core duty area in the south of the village is right around the orphanage. Today, I've assigned Kakashi Hatake, Might Guy, and Shihei Aburame to be on daytime duty in that area."

Uzumaki Hanamichi: "Well, I don't have any special plans for today. I'll join them too. I heard that Kumogakure ninjas were spotted in that area yesterday."

Hyuga Hima: "Yes, Captain."

Whirlpool Flower said, "By the way, Fire Dancer, you've had a tough time these past few days."

As a hands-off manager, it's still necessary to offer appropriate verbal words of comfort.

At least, I can feel a little more at ease!

Half an hour later, Uzumaki Hanamichi led Kakashi Hatake, Might Guy, and Shihei Aburame out of the Anbu and headed south of the village.

Today, Hanamichi chose to personally participate in the duty shift. His purpose was actually quite simple: to secretly investigate the missing persons case under the guise of the duty shift.

Orphanages are a hotbed for missing persons cases.

Regarding the disappearance case, he and Minato Namikaze agreed to conduct a secret investigation first, because it might involve high-ranking figures in Konoha, and a high-profile investigation might alert them.

Soon, Uzumaki Hanamichi and Kakashi Hatake's group arrived at the mission duty area.

The area covered by the first squad of the Dark Division is not too large, but it is not small either.

Kakashi Hatake and his group are responsible for the daytime shifts, while another group takes over at night.

The group quickly separated and began their guard duty.

Before the mission, they were assigned to their respective areas and each carried a signal flare. If they encountered any special circumstances, they only needed to release the signal flare to provide immediate support to each other.

Whirlpool Flower Path was not in charge of specific duty; he was only nominally on patrol.

After separating from Kakashi Hatake and the others, he first familiarized himself with the surrounding area, especially the area near the orphanage.

Prior to this, he had researched the orphanage.

The orphanage was established after the Second Shinobi World War, mainly to take in orphans left over from the war in the village, and was supported by funds and resources provided by the village.

After becoming familiar with the environment of the orphanage, he began to secretly observe the situation there.

Currently, the orphanage houses more than 100 orphans, most of whom are young children.

The director of the orphanage was a middle-aged woman who wore glasses.

After confirming the specific situation of the orphanage, Hanamichi Uzumaki even secretly sneaked into the orphanage's archives.

The orphanage's archives are numerous and complex, but the collection is relatively well-organized.

Whirlpool Flower Arrangement focuses on the files of missing children, not just those who have recently gone missing, but also those who went missing before.

While reviewing the children's files, Uzumaki Hanamichi discovered a problem: there were many missing records. For example, the Konoha Orphanage admitted 32 orphans in 1942, but the files only contained information on 21 of them. The missing information for 11 orphans did not seem to be lost, but rather deliberately erased, as the files showed signs of tearing.

Searching through archives is a time-consuming and mentally taxing task.

Whirlpool Flower Path spent several hours and only managed to look at part of the archives.

"It seems we'll need to spend some more time tomorrow."

Whirlpool Hanamichi pondered to himself that there was still some valuable information in the orphanage's files, and he felt it was necessary to study them carefully.

As dusk fell, Whirlpool Flower Path quietly left the orphanage.

After greeting Kakashi Hatake and the others, he returned to the Anbu alone.

In the office area of ​​the first squad of the Dark Division, Hyuga Himaru was alone in charge.

Uzumaki Hanamichi greeted Hyuga Himaru and asked her some questions before going to the Hokage's office.

He had a brief exchange with the fourth generation Minato Namikaze about the investigation.

Afterwards, he quickly left the Hokage's office, leaving a shadow clone behind to return to the Anbu. His main body removed the wolf fang disguise and headed towards the Midnight Diner.

The Whirlpool Flower Path at the Midnight Diner quickly became busy.

Before opening the shop, he still needs to process some ingredients and other preparations in advance.

At 8 p.m. sharp, the late-night diner opened its doors.

Business seems to be booming tonight. Not long after we opened, a lot of diners came in, including some of our regular customers from the sushi restaurant.

Whirlpool Flower Path is attentive, warmly greeting every diner and recommending delicious food.

Looks like I'm in for a busy day!

Whirlpool Flower Path was somewhat helpless, but today the shop did have two helpers—Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy.

Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy arrived shortly after finishing their daytime duty.

Whirlpool Flower Path offers the two a free gourmet dinner, but in return, they have to temporarily act as waiters in the restaurant.

An hour later, the late-night diner was full and a small queue had formed.

Whirlpool Flower Path was caught off guard. He hadn't prepared many ingredients for the day, and he hadn't expected the business to be so booming tonight.

Although the Midnight Diner didn't do much advertising, its opening a couple of days ago had already spread among Konoha's food lovers, who really missed the taste of the flower arrangement master!