But after giving it some more thought, she silently shook her head again.
She had no need to concern herself with why the other girl wanted to learn Sealing Jutsu.
She glanced back at Tsunade, who was standing there in a daze, and said gently, "Tsunade, you should come along too. Learning some Sealing Jutsu from me can only do you good..."
"Huh?"
Tsunade froze, pointing at herself as her gaze wandered uncertainly around her.
"Grandma, I, I..." Tsunade stammered, then scratched her head sheepishly. "Oh, right, Grandma! I still have a lot of money to collect at the casino, so I won't interrupt your lessons..."
As she spoke, Tsunade edged sideways, then darted past Mito in a flash and vanished from sight.
Only her voice lingered in the air. "Grandma, I'm not interested in Sealing Jutsu and all that. Making money suits me better..."
Watching her retreating figure, Mito felt rather helpless. Her granddaughter was wonderful in every other way, but she just had to pick up some of Hashirama's bad habits.
She shook her head lightly, collected herself, and glanced at the two girls behind her. "Keep up!"
With that, Mito vanished from where she stood, reappearing a short distance away. She repeated this again and again until her retreating figure gradually disappeared from Yui and Nai's sight.
"What...?"
Nai Hyuga was a little stunned. The woman clearly looked like an old grandmother approaching a hundred.
How could she still move so nimbly? But this was no time to ponder that. They had to catch up with her as quickly as possible.
She turned to exchange a glance with Yui, and they nodded at each other. The next instant, both vanished with a whoosh, leaving only a breeze that had barely had time to stir.
Time flew, and