Hyuga Mami's arrival was entirely within Hyuga Sho's plans.
He had put on the persona of a gambling expert.
That was also part of the plan.
Pretending to be angry and sending Shizune back empty-handed was an even more important step.
It guided Tsunade's thoughts in another direction.
In the end, it resulted in Hyuga Mami being sent over.
Knock, knock.
Hyuga Mami knocked on the door.
When she was still 500 meters away, Hyuga Sho had already seen her arrival.
After sending Utatane Koharu flying and making her fall onto the tatami mat,
Hyuga Sho left the room, closed the door behind him, and looked toward the courtyard.
A moment later...
With a creak, the door opened.
At that moment,
Hyuga Mami's figure entered Hyuga Sho's eyes.
Or rather, entered both their gazes.
Time flew.
Three years had passed since Hyuga Mami began learning Monster Strength from Tsunade.
Over those three years, Hyuga Mami did not seem to have changed much.
And yet, she also seemed to have changed somehow.
Judging from her appearance,
she still wore that distinctive white robe and waterfall-like long hair.
It was still being carefully maintained.
Hyuga Sho did not know whether that was thanks to him or whether it had exhausted Shizune, who had to serve two young ladies at once.
The diamond-shaped mark on her forehead
was exactly the same as Tsunade's.
The "Yin Seal."
During their previous sparring session, Shizune had revealed this information, as well as the Yin Seal's effects and the subsequent Creation Rebirth.
In the three years since,
Hyuga Mami had successfully mastered three techniques: Monster Strength, the Yin Seal, and Creation Rebirth.
It could be said that she had learned at least half of Tsunade's abilities.
The other half, which fell under the scope of "traditional" Medical