A Bet

Gaara stared fixedly at Xiao Yun, his bloodshot eyes filled with bloodthirsty madness.

"Another delicious source of fresh blood! Hahaha!"

Gaara stuck out his crimson tongue and licked the corner of his mouth, as if he wanted to swallow Xiao Yun whole.

"Gaara."

At that moment, a middle-aged man wearing a white face covering that concealed half his face suddenly appeared between Xiao Yun and Gaara.

Sand Seal

Baki formed hand seals, thrust one hand forward, and a flash of yellow light appeared. A swastika formed from condensed sand appeared in his hand and shot toward Gaara.

The swastika ignored Gaara's sand shield, passing straight through it and attaching itself to Gaara's body.

Gaara froze for a moment. The bloodthirst in his eyes gradually faded, and before long, he returned to the same cold indifference as before.

"What's your name?"

Gaara looked coldly at Xiao Yun.

"Xiao Yun!"

"Xiao Yun, you're not bad. I hope you don't run into me in the arena. Otherwise, I won't mind burying you in my sand."

Gaara gave a cold laugh.

"Is that so? I also hope you don't run into me in the arena. Otherwise, I won't mind kicking your balls to pieces."

Xiao Yun refused to back down.

Gaara grinned and said confidently, "Is that so? I look forward to you kicking my balls to pieces."

With that, he turned and left with his gourd on his back.

"Fuck, what the hell? This is the first time I've seen someone make a request like that. Don't worry, I'm definitely kicking your balls to pieces. Not even Jesus can save them—I said so!"

Xiao Yun shouted at Gaara's retreating back.

Although Gaara became a good kid later on, the early Gaara was a murderous bastard. He needed a good beating before he turned over a new leaf.

Konoha International Hotel

The place was already packed to capacity. Most of the rooms had been booked, and naturally, nearly all of them had been reserved by ninjas from the five great ninja nations.

As for the ninjas from those smaller ninja villages, most stayed in cheap guesthouses, while some penniless wandering ninjas simply pitched tents outside the city.

The happiest people whenever such a grand event was held were restaurant owners and casino owners, especially the proprietress of Konoha's most famous Moonlight Izakaya and the owner of its largest casino, Crocodile Casino.

Over the past few days, even all the girls at Moonlight Izakaya had not been enough. The retired proprietress had even returned to business.

Yet the ninjas who came here for entertainment arrived wave after wave. The girls were happy to earn money, but there were simply too many customers for them to handle.

Since the girls earned money so easily, they naturally did not value it much. As soon as they got paid, they all headed straight for Crocodile Casino, placing bets more extravagantly than the last.

Damn it!

Heaven was truly unfair. Why was it that women only had to lie down there and moan a couple of times for money to come pouring in, while men worked themselves half to death to earn money, only to lose a day's wages after trembling twice?

Whether on Blue Star or in the Naruto world, it was all the same damn thing. Heaven was far too unfair to men.

Xiao Yun watched these women throw money around and felt a wave of envy.

Inside Crocodile Casino, various betting boards were being unveiled one after another.

Hidden Mist Village's Haku VS Hidden Grass Village's Kagari

The enormous screen displayed their portraits and various pieces of information.

Haku: Ice Release ninja

Kagari: Fire Release ninja

The odds were one to eight. If Haku won, the payout was eight to one; if Kagari won, the payout was one to one.

Betting limit: 50,000

The reason for such odds was that Kagari's Fire Release could melt Haku's Ice Release.

Xiao Yun frowned slightly. Haku? Was she the Haku who followed Zabuza?

Why was she participating in the Genin tournament?

Shouldn't she have died at Kakashi's hands?

Had he been watching a fake Naruto all this time?

A string of question marks surfaced in Xiao Yun's mind.

Whatever. Xiao Yun decisively bet the full 50,000 on Haku to win. Haku was extremely strong; dealing with a Genin Fire Release ninja should be easy for her. At least, that was how it was in the original story.

"Wow, isn't this Xiao Yun? Why did you bet on Haku to win? And you bet the maximum amount too? Did your brain short-circuit?"

A mocking voice came from behind him. Xiao Yun turned around and saw a familiar figure—Gaara.

"Isn't this Gaara? Take a good look at your balls. They won't be on you for many more days."

Xiao Yun shot back without yielding an inch.

"Hmph! What an idiot. Ice Release is perfectly countered by Fire Release, and you don't even know that much common sense. Looks like you're not worthy of dying beneath my sand."

Gaara wore a contemptuous smile.

"I've got money, and I'll spend it however I want. What the fuck is it to you?"

With that, Xiao Yun walked over to the next screen and carefully examined the information on the two contestants.

"Heh heh, I heard you knocked up Tsunade? You really have taste—getting involved with a woman so much older than you, and even fighting Hidden Cloud Village's number one genius for her. You really are an idiot."

Gaara's mocking voice rang out again.

"What the hell does a little brat like you know? How many years older was Xiaolongnü than Yang Guo? How many years older was Seven Fairies than Dong Yong? Which one of them wasn't happy?"

"As the saying goes, marry a woman three years older and you'll be holding a gold brick. Tsunade is only six years older than me, so that means I'm holding two gold bricks!"

Xiao Yun said smugly.

"Hmph, I'm not interested in such matters. Do you have the guts to make a bet with me?"

Gaara looked coldly at Xiao Yun...