The three of them were each busy with their own tasks, though in truth, only Miyano Yaben was doing any actual work. She had packed up the shop's young girls and sent them off on a long-distance trip, and they likely wouldn't be back for a couple of months.
The relevant arrangements were basically all set, waiting only for those three unlucky souls to deliver themselves to her doorstep. After much agonizing, Namikaze Hiatohi finally handed two sunflower pendants over to Miyano Yaben, asking her to pass them along to the three, naturally using a genjutsu to create the illusion that Hiatohi had delivered them in person.
"As expected, Teacher Yaben is so amazing." Hiatohi's eyes sparkled with stars every day, yet whenever she tried to use genjutsu herself, it completely backfired, and she couldn't even grasp the basics of any technique.
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