The next day.
Using the excuse of tutoring Yakushi Nonō, Hyuga Haruhiko went directly to visit Soji at his current temporary residence.
As a human X-ray machine and one of the village's foremost Gentle Fist experts, Haruhiko could absolutely be considered an authority on the body's acupoints and chakra pathways.
As it happened, Nonō's studies had recently reached the stage of practicing basic acupoint identification and subcutaneous healing techniques. That was why Haruhiko had the opportunity to volunteer himself for the teaching of Soji's beginner disciple.
However, based on Director Yamada's understanding of Hyuga Haruhiko over this period, such a subtle and roundabout approach definitely had not been his own idea.
The handsome, black-haired young man from one of Konoha's great clans had probably invested practically no skill points into interpersonal relationships since birth. Otherwise, he would not have spent two or three months playing guessing games with the boy, forcing the director himself to piece together his intentions through guesswork.
With social skills no better than a second-year Ninja Academy student's, how could he possibly have come up with such a circuitous plan, starting with Nonō?
But as the side holding the advantage in this exchange, Soji did not particularly care who had advised him. On the contrary, he was curious what the other party wanted to say after going to such lengths to arrange a private meeting.
Thus, Director Yamada let Nonō, who had only just grown taller than the desk, sneakily carry away the documents in front of him as agreed with Erina. He then instructed his assistant to serve tea and, incidentally, take away the little troublemaker who had been preparing to "poison" other experiment reports.
Only the two of them remained in the reception room.
"Director Yamada... Have you been well?"
"..."
Watching this covertly