One of the gossips is bragging about how he won fifty thousand ryo in a single hand from the Legendary Sucker last week.

Oh? That sounds really amazing! (She tries to prod him into talking about 'where'. Gently.)

Right at the very table next to them!

Oh, cool!

Did he only play the one game with her?

One game was all he needed, haha. Had to let the others get a fair chance!

Heh, yeah. Did she lose every game?

Yep. It was truly a Legendary night.

She fakes a snicker at the terrible pun.

Aji expresses that she has no idea how someone like that keeps having money to gamble with.

Neither does anyone else! It's a true mystery.

She probably wins big when she does win, at least. Or might just run fast enough to keep ahead of debt collectors...

Maybe.

A spot at his lucky table opens up, and her gossip partner excuses himself to fill it.

Hm. She'd been hoping to steer him a bit more...

Anyone else gossiping - especially as prompted by her recent conversation? (She also makes a point of looking slightly bored and put out.)

These two heard that the Legendary Sucker was headed west when she left town.

Hopefully that news won't go stale before Jiraiya finishes his own spying... Of course, it's already a week old.

She'll maneuver herself into joining a poker game, in the meantime. More practice doesn't hurt, after all.

After Jiraiya's game finishes, he hits the bar, and works on coaxing out more details about Tsunade from the locals. This is a process that takes several hours.

She gets progressively better at poker.

Eventually, it's time to go meet back up with the others.

He's back to Naruto for the meet-up, and relays all the rumors he heard about Tsunade.

Jiraiya adds his details, and Chihiro and Sasuke found signs that confirm them. They have a pretty good idea of her path, and can try to skip ahead to catch up with her.

That's good!

Onwards, then?

There is little reason for delay.

And Tsunade turns out not at all hard to find. She's presently, in fact, in a shouting match with some bar owner.

She seems possibly drunk.

What is the argument regarding?

How much she drank and how much it's worth, apparently, though they're now getting angry enough that property damage might enter into it soon.

Jiraiya passes Naruto a small sack of money. "Give this to the bartender," he instructs. Then he steps in front of Tsunade.

"Tsunade! How lovely to see you again!"