Chapter 58: The Omnipotent Lord Uehara is a Big Fat Sheep...
"Hey, kid!"
Tsunade suddenly opened the window, looked at Uehara Naraka outside the inn, and asked loudly, "Almost forgot to ask, which village's ninja are you? What's your name!"
"..."
Uehara Naraka's expression turned unpleasant again.
Does this woman still want to catch him and keep fleecing him?
Tsunade leaned over, resting on the windowsill, her chest slightly compressed. She smiled with interest, "I'm just a wandering ninja; I won't interfere with your mission..."
Uehara Naraka finally looked up, gazed at Tsunade, and said softly, "The legendary Tsunade-senpai, one of the Sannin, is also a wandering ninja? ...Then Konoha's Third Hokage must be somewhat blind, right?"
Tsunade wasn't angry at all; instead, she nodded in agreement, "Right! The old man's gotten old. Not only is his eyesight bad, but his brain isn't working well either!"
Tsunade had never held much respect for the Third Hokage.
If the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi were right in front of Tsunade, she could probably say even harsher things.
"Does that mean Konoha will soon have a new Hokage?"
Uehara Naraka looked up at Tsunade, revealing an enigmatic smile, "Why don't we make a bet? I'm very optimistic that Tsunade-senpai will become Konoha's next Hokage!"
"Heh..."
Tsunade breathed out warmly, looked down at Uehara Naraka, and chuckled lightly, "Kid, at least guess a reliable candidate! How could I possibly be interested in something like Hokage... Besides, do you even have any money left?"
"..."
The confident smile on Uehara Naraka's face froze. Indeed, without money in hand, one couldn't speak boldly!
"Losing to you was destiny's choice."
Uehara sighed, looked up at the beaming Tsunade, "Never mind. When destiny arrives, no one can resist its will."
Of course, except for Uehara himself, who mastered Destiny.
After saying this, Uehara Naraka hastily waved goodbye to Tsunade, and his figure disappeared into the night.
Tsunade by the window saw her expression fall. She just stared out at the dark night, her body slowly sliding down to the floor.
"...Destiny?"
Tears gathered in the corners of Tsunade's eyes. She clutched her chest tightly, her face filled with dejection and sorrow, "Shizune, pack our things. We're leaving here tomorrow."
"Eh? Lady Tsunade?"
Shizune walked over in surprise. Seeing Tsunade slumped on the floor, she moved to help her up, "Lady Tsunade, did something happen?"
"No."
Tsunade reached out her hand, caressed Shizune's cheek, and said softly, "I'm worried something bad might happen. Go pack our things!"
Since learning gambling as a child, Tsunade had always lost whenever she gambled. Even against a compulsive gambler like Hashirama Senju, her luck was astonishingly bad.
Occasionally, she would win once.
Every time she won, something bad would happen.
Yet in the gambling match just now, Tsunade won almost continuously, winning so much that Uehara Naraka doubted his entire life.
Who knew what might happen if she continued staying in Yugakure (Village Hidden in Hot Water)?
Uehara didn't know his one sentence had successfully wiped away Tsunade's good mood without a trace. He only knew Destiny was a very magical skill.
When he activated Destiny, figure after figure transformed into small faces appearing in his mind; the positions of everyone within a 100km radius were completely under his control.
Uehara quickly found the locations of Kisame Hoshigaki, Mangetsu Hōzuki, and the others. Card after card appeared beneath his feet...
Destiny's teleportation function, activate!
Yugakure's most luxurious hot spring inn.
Kisame Hoshigaki sat upstairs in the inn, repairing Samehada (Shark Skin), occasionally glancing down at his comrades in the hot spring bath below. Suddenly, the sound of shuffling cards reached his ears.
Kisame Hoshigaki abruptly grabbed Samehada and turned his head, just in time to see a scene that almost made his small eyes pop out!
Cards appeared out of thin air on the room's floor, each card overlapping alternately, forming a circular area about half a meter across.
The next second, Uehara Naraka appeared atop the cards.
This was the teleportation function attached to Uehara's new skill, Destiny. As long as Kisame Hoshigaki was within Destiny's coverage range, he could teleport directly here.
Kisame Hoshigaki instantly breathed a sigh of relief, a bit more curiosity on his face, asking with a light chuckle, "Lord Uehara, is this a type of space-time technique?"
"Mm."
Uehara Naraka didn't deny it. He flicked his wrist, handing Kisame Hoshigaki a banknote—the one Tsunade gave him out of pity, "Here's what's left of the money you gave me."
"...Only five hundred Ryō?"
Kisame Hoshigaki's expression was priceless.
Even though Kisame hadn't deliberately calculated the commission money from completing his missions, he had a rough number, yet it was several million Ryō!
Kisame Hoshigaki couldn't help saying, "Did Lord Uehara lose several million Ryō today? Sounds more like the Legendary Sucker..."
"Shut up!"
Hearing that nickname belonging to Tsunade, Uehara Naraka's face darkened, his mood turning gloomy again. He asked sullenly, "Which room is mine?"
"The largest one next door."
Kisame Hoshigaki quickly skipped over the topic of his money going down the drain and said with a light chuckle, "Lord Uehara, won't you stay in the hot spring for a while? This is Yugakure's most luxurious hot spring inn; ordinary Jonin aren't willing to spend money here easily!"
"No, bad mood."
Uehara Naraka's body sank into the wall as if diving underwater.
By the time the surprise faded from Kisame's face, Uehara had already used the Mayfly Technique to pass through the thick wall and arrive in his resting room.
The miraculousness of Destiny's teleportation and the Mayfly Technique simply overturned Kisame Hoshigaki's understanding of ninjutsu, adding several points to the awe in his heart.
However, Kisame Hoshigaki then thought of Uehara Naraka's depressed expression and losing several million Ryō, and couldn't help laughing to himself, "Ha, looks like our new superior isn't so perfect after all!"
Kisame Hoshigaki wasn't angry because Uehara Naraka lost all his money. Instead, he felt Uehara had gained a bit more of a human touch, unlike when they first interacted, where there was an intimidating, unapproachable mystique.
A splash of water fell into the room. Mangetsu Hōzuki looked at the smiling Kisame Hoshigaki and asked doubtfully, "I heard someone talking just now, has Milord returned?"
"Mm, just went to rest."
"Hmm..."
Mangetsu Hōzuki couldn't help frowning, his expression somewhat unpleasant, "Milord went to rest so early, is he dissatisfied with the inn I booked?"
"No, just simply in a bad mood."
Kisame Hoshigaki spread his hands, looked at Mangetsu Hōzuki, and chuckled lightly, "After all, no matter who it is, losing several million Ryō in one day, their mood wouldn't be too good, right?"
Mangetsu Hōzuki: "..."
Finally, Kisame Hoshigaki and Mangetsu Hōzuki looked at each other, each suppressing their laughter, revealing an enigmatic smile.
Damn it, still want to laugh!
Thought everything in the ninja world was under Uehara's control...
Didn't expect Uehara himself was still a walking big fat sheep!
(End of Chapter)
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