At that thought, Nai Hyuga grew even more excited. Yui, wait for me...
Feeling the excitement welling up inside her, she hurried forward, heading straight toward the sea not far away.
But before she had gone very far, she ran into two familiar figures coming toward her.
"Tch..." Nai Hyuga clicked her tongue softly, intending to skirt around them and avoid an encounter.
Unexpectedly, however, they seemed to have already recognized her.
"Nai Hyuga?" Mito's voice reached her ears.
"Nai Hyuga, what are you heading out to do so late at night?"
Hearing that, Nai Hyuga paused just as she was about to leave and looked back at the two figures approaching her.
"Oh, it's Tsunade and Lady Mito..." she said, pretending she had not noticed them.
She paused briefly, then continued, "Well, Lady Mito, I just wanted to go out of town to practice Ninjutsu..."
Mito gave Nai Hyuga a strange look, then shook her head gently. "Nai Hyuga, after discussing it with the Uzumaki Clan's head, who also leads Uzushiogakure, we've decided to impose a curfew throughout the Land of Whirlpools starting tonight."
"I'm afraid you'll have to head back if you want to practice Ninjutsu, Nai Hyuga!"
"This is for everyone's safety. If you really want to practice Ninjutsu, there's an indoor training ground in the Land of Whirlpools. Perhaps you could practice there..."
"Well..." Nai Hyuga's gaze flickered uncertainly, but inwardly, she cursed.
Damn it, of all the times to impose a curfew, why did it have to be now?
"Whew..." She took a deep breath and racked her brain, trying to think of a way around this.
Elsewhere...
Yui stood in the doorway for a long time, blankly recalling what Nai Hyuga had said just before leaving.
"I'll have to wait until later to taste