"Tsunade?" A flicker of confusion crossed Nai Hyuga's mind.
The name sounded so familiar.
She searched her memory carefully, then finally realized. "Tsunade? Is she that blonde girl?"
"Yes!" Yui nodded. "That's her!"
"Has she gotten that strong already? She can even develop ninjutsu!" At that thought, Nai Hyuga's desire to grow stronger burned even more fiercely.
"All right, Yui. I'll learn this ninjutsu from you!" she said firmly.
Only by learning more ninjutsu can I develop ninjutsu of my own.
That was what she thought.
Yui glanced at the sky outside the window. "Yes, the sun's almost down now. We have nothing else to do, so this is a good time to practice this ninjutsu."
As she spoke, Yui unfurled the scroll in her hands. The first thing she saw was exactly what she wanted.
"The Yin Seal..."
After murmuring its name a few times, she began carefully studying the seal's precise effects.
It stored unused chakra within the Yin Seal, allowing the user to release it when needed and draw on a large reserve of chakra.
At that thought, a bold idea surfaced in Yui's mind.
If I store senjutsu chakra inside it, wouldn't I be able to enter Sage Mode without having to gather senjutsu chakra first?
In theory, it should work.
In practice, though, she would have to try it.
"Nai, come on. Let's practice this ninjutsu!"
Yui nodded to herself. She would only know by putting it to the test.
Iron City, the General's Residence...
"General! General!" A figure hurried up from the distance and ran into the General's Residence.
"General..." The slight samurai took a deep breath, finally steadying his breathing.
"Oh, Kota... What's the rush?"
The General of the Land of Iron frowned at the flustered man before him.
At his question,