"If I don't get enough sleep... I won't grow taller..."
Although Higokumaru had broken Sayu's substitution technique and returned her to her original form, Sayu had not woken up. She simply stood on the grass with her eyes closed... seemingly preparing to continue sleeping.
"A tanuki among tanuki? Why are you sleeping here?!"
Higokumaru seemed particularly interested in the cute little Sayu before her and spoke to her curiously, but...
Faced with Higokumaru's question, Sayu lowered her head... and did not answer at all. This made Higokumaru rather unhappy! This girl was far too rude, wasn't she?
"Hey, I'm talking to you?"
"Higokumaru, she seems to be... asleep."
Yae Sakura stared thoughtfully at the little one before her. That ability just now... was she a ninja? But such a tiny ninja!
It really was interesting. In that nation of freedom, there were child Knights of Favonius. In Liyue, there was a little zombie adeptus like Qiqi.
And now, in Inazuma, there was such a petite... ninja.
Becoming something like that at such a young age was truly impressive!
Hm? That was... a Vision.
Yae Sakura noticed Sayu's Vision as well. It seemed to be an Anemo Vision. No wonder she could become a ninja despite being so small—just like Qiqi and Klee, she possessed a Vision!
Everything seemed to make sense...
But she had actually... fallen asleep standing up? Was that really possible?
Right, and what had she said earlier? That she was a tanuki, along with those ears and that tail...
Yae Sakura remembered. Wasn't this the little ninja Kano Nana had told her about, "Sayu"? She had supposedly gone out on a mission before. Looking at her now... it seemed she had returned after completing it.
"What? She's asleep? She fell asleep standing up? That's amazing!!"
Only after