Konoha, September of Year 52.
The mission to find Tsunade had already been carried out by Yuhara and the others for a year. It couldn't be said that they had gained nothing during that year; it could only be said that they hadn't completely succeeded.
At the beginning, they could obtain traces Tsunade had left behind fairly easily. In the more prosperous cities of various countries, they only had to go straight to the most prestigious casino to hear the "fat sheep legend." But traces were only traces. The three of them had never actually encountered Tsunade. There had even been several times when he felt he had brushed shoulders with that gambling saint.
The mission had gone smoothly at first, and Yuhara had thought he would find Tsunade soon. But things hadn't developed as he expected. The situation was precisely the opposite: Tsunade was becoming harder and harder to find.
The reasoning was very simple. Everyone would exercise their own initiative. Yuhara's side was willing to put in the effort to search, but Tsunade was even more willing to use every means at her disposal to hide.
Tsunade should have noticed very quickly that someone was tracking her. It was also highly likely that she had learned that the people chasing her everywhere were probably from Konoha. Under those circumstances, she naturally wasn't willing to show herself... Anyone could figure out why Konoha's ninja had come looking for her.
Tsunade had left Konoha, but that didn't mean she paid no attention to news from the village. Although she claimed that she was tired of the village and even hated Konoha, for some reason, she was always able to obtain all kinds of news from Konoha in a very timely manner.
In short, search and investigation should achieve results through