chapter 178 part 3
Kurenai Renhi hadn't expected Ren to use the Great Fireball Technique just to make a hand warmer for her. Her face flushed slightly as she took the feather.
Feeling the warmth coming from it, Kurenai Renhi once again confirmed that the village Higher-ups' ideas were very strange.
How could a student who cares so much for his teacher possibly commit an act of defection?
"Thank… thank you, Ren."
Uchiha Ren gave an innocent smile. "Seeing Kurenai-sensei so cold, this student's heart aches for you!"
Kurenai's face turned redder than Ren's, who had just told a barefaced lie. She remained silent.
Seeing Kurenai's reaction, Uchiha Ren inwardly sneered, 'Heh! As if I can't handle you!'
"Achoo!"
Might Guy interrupted Uchiha Ren's thoughts. He rubbed his nose. "Lady Tsunade has been wandering without a fixed home for so many years. According to intelligence reports, she is most likely to have come to the Land of Snow to treat the royal family, to earn money for…"
Uchiha Ren cut in, "Gambling."
Might Guy nodded awkwardly. "Mm… so, I hope she's here! My dear friend! You must get well! Yosh, let's go! To the casino!"
In a smoky, grimy casino, a woman's heroic shout shook the snow off the windowpanes.
Her face, flushed with excitement, was full of tension and anticipation. Her eyes were glued to the few chips on the table.
The surrounding gamblers, on the other hand, were red-faced and shouting with excitement, their tables piled high with money and chips, forming a stark contrast to the woman's predicament.
Tsunade bit her lower lip, her hand tightly gripping the last few chips she had. After hesitating again and again, she still pushed them all onto "Big."
Seeing this, the people around her all revealed schadenfreude-filled smiles and collectively bet on "Small," all waiting to laugh at Tsunade.
Wanting to win against Tsunade was very simple.
Bet the opposite, and your villa will be by the sea.
The dealer shook the dice cup unhurriedly. The sound of the dice clattering inside made Tsunade's heart leap into her throat.
Finally, the dice cup was slowly opened. When she saw the three sixes inside, Shizune screamed with excitement, "We won, we won! We won, Lady Tsunade!"
The people around were all stunned!
The legendary fat sheep actually won money?!
However, Tsunade felt not a trace of joy. Instead, she stared at the chips on the table with a worried expression.
She knew her gambling luck all too well. Every time she had won money in the past, something bad would happen. She worried that this time would be no exception.
Her brow furrowed tightly, a faint sense of unease in her heart. She muttered, "How did I win today? Don't tell me something big is going to happen again…"
Shizune, however, didn't notice Tsunade's strange behavior. She happily held the ninja pig Tonton high and said with a smile, "Lady Tsunade, we won! We can win back everything we lost before!"
Tsunade forced a smile and replied, "I hope so."
At that moment, the tightly closed main doors were suddenly kicked open!
The person in the lead wore a forehead protector.
But it wasn't a Leaf forehead protector.
It was a Snow Ninja's forehead protector!
Seeing the Snow Ninja burst in, the crowd instantly grew angry.
"Hey! Little girl! Do you know where this is?"
Before the casino's thug could even touch her body, the female Snow Ninja in the lead raised her hand and touched the thug's arm.
At a speed visible to the naked eye, his body became coated with ice crystals, and then the ice completely covered his entire person.
"Ah! You! What are you doing!"
"Heh heh."
From casting the jutsu to completely freezing the man took but a blink of an eye.
The thug didn't even have time to beg for mercy before he was frozen solid!
The female ninja turned her gaze on Tsunade.
"Ma'am, please come with us!"
Tsunade was one of the Sannin, after all. She slammed her hand on the table and looked at the female Snow Ninja whose "power" was in no way inferior to her own. "And what if I refuse?"
Shizune also quickly put down the ninja pig Tonton and assumed an attack stance.
However, the female Snow Ninja simply turned her palm over and used a kunai to lightly slice her own palm open.
When the crowd of gamblers saw the blood, they all thought this woman was crazy.
But Tsunade felt a wave of dizziness and clutched her aching head!
Seeing this, Shizune's heart skipped a beat!
This is bad! Tsunade's hemophobia has been triggered!
(end of chapter)