"Was he cheating? How did he suddenly win!"
An untimely voice came from the crowd.
Upon hearing this, all the guests who had placed bets were in an uproar.
"Hey, don't talk nonsense. You can't just say things like that!"
"I'm not talking nonsense. I suspect he did it on purpose!"
Although the gamblers, blinded by their Red Eye, dared not question loudly, their faces were full of resentment.
It's not uncommon for people to lose for a long time and then win it all back in one go; some casinos even have people who specialize in running these kinds of schemes.
Consider the money lost in the first round as fishing; the next round will bring back both the initial loss and the profit.
"Who would dare to cheat here, especially with the dealer watching the whole thing!"
At this moment, a staff member stepped forward and spoke, while glancing at the dealer beside him.
Upon hearing this, everyone suddenly understood and turned to the croupier for an inquiring look.
"This customer did not cheat, and our staff did not detect anything unusual!"
The dealer, still smiling, addressed the crowd.
Every dealer in the casino is a professionally trained individual, selected from among hundreds. Even if their gambling skills are not superb, their eyesight is at least unmatched by ordinary people.
Even if they can't spot the flaws, there's a whole bunch of professionals sitting in the monitoring room, making it virtually impossible to cheat under their noses.
Those who had lost so Red Eye only shut up reluctantly after the dealer stepped forward to clarify, though they still looked somewhat annoyed.
It was at this moment that the dealer's earpiece seemed to transmit some sound, and a moment later the dealer spoke again.
"For the sake of fairness, I will be taking over the work again!"
The dealer's voice came out again, and he swiped the chips on the table in front of Tsunade while taking back the dice cup.
Although he was somewhat puzzled by his superiors' arrangements, he knew these were not his business, and as an employee, he was just grateful to do his job well.
"Wow! Lady Tsunade, you've won by so much all at once!"
Shizune grabbed all the chips on the table; the smaller ones were a thousand, the larger ones were ten thousand, and the total amount added up to no less than a million.
The first to come to her senses was Shizune, her eyes blinded by the glittering gold coins.
Distracted like this, Tsunade's mind seemed to come back online.
"We won? We really won!"
Tsunade, her mind also filled with money as she swiped and examined the chips, felt the clinking of the chips and her eyes were somewhat dazed.
Over the years, he has frequented casinos of all sizes in the Ninja World, and he has lost every time he gambled. He has accumulated debts of at least several million, if not tens of millions.
They actually won now, could it be that their luck has finally turned around?
At this stage Tsunade wasn't as easily alarmed as she would become later, after just one loss.
Since Shippuden hasn't even started yet, and Tsunade's story hasn't unfolded, the idea that every victory leads to a tragedy isn't so obvious, and she herself isn't so resistant to it.
Just as the two money-grubbers were immersed in the joy of winning money, they heard the gambler's urging voice again.
"Hey, hey, hey, are you still playing or not? We're waiting for you!"
"Exactly, it's just one win...!"
The sour undertone in their words was obvious, and looking up, one could see that everyone else was just as envious as the Uchiha clan members.
"Play! Why not play!"
When it comes to gambling, Tsunade has never backed down. As she spoke, she casually grabbed a handful of chips and slammed them onto the table, which looked to be around 70,000 to 80,000 taels.
The others followed suit and placed bets, but they still did the opposite of what Tsunade did.
In their view, what happened before was completely unexpected, but what followed made them uneasy.
"456 big!"
"444 big!"
"666 is amazing..."
No matter how much Tsunade bets, she always wins, as if she's truly blessed by Lady Luck. She even manages to win the leopard hand she bets on.
This scene was not due to her exceptional luck, nor was it the dealer secretly cooperating; rather, it was Orochimaru secretly manipulating things by watching the entire process.
"Could it really be that our luck has finally turned around?"
After a few more rounds of betting, Tsunade had accumulated a large pile of chips in front of her.
Many of the customers who placed bets at the gambling table also made a lot of money.
"Change all my chips to 10,000!"
After saying something to the dealer, Tsunade got up and left, which caused quite a stir among the crowd.
"Hey, don't go! We were winning so well..."
Such pleas for her to stay rang out one after another. Tsunade swore that she had never seen so many people begging her not to leave in her entire life.
Tsunade's actions were not to save money for the casino, but rather she wanted to verify her guess again.
"Lady Tsunade, wait for me!"
Holding a considerable amount of leverage Shizune quickly followed Tsunade's footsteps.
She asked to take these herself, fearing that Tsunade might lose them all in a moment of madness, so that she would have some left and wouldn't end up homeless.
"Northern Land Poker?"
After scanning the area, Tsunade went straight to a long table in the gambling hall.
After glancing briefly at how the people present were playing, he immediately slammed his hand on the table.
"Count me in!"
Ignoring the stares of others, he plopped down on the floor.
"Honorable guest, this is a million-dollar table. You need at least a million chips to play..."
Before the dealer could finish explaining, a staff member placed a stack of chips in front of Tsunade.
Seeing this, the gamblers at the card table, who had been looking dissatisfied and hesitant, all stopped expressing their displeasure.
They have money and the right to sit down, so there's nothing the other side can say. It's not like they own the casino!
"Hmm? Deal the cards!"
Tsunade raised an eyebrow, her face showing little joy at winning money, but rather a hint of doubt.
Without saying a word, the dealer began dealing the cards after a dazzling shuffle.
Northern Land Poker, as the name suggests, is somewhat similar to Texas Hold'em on Blue Star.
The rules of the game at the gambling table are very simple; it tests a person's luck, mental ability, the mental ability of their opponents, endurance, and so on.
No one can win all the time, and no one can lose all the time. A good hand can be played terribly, and a bad hand can be turned around!
In the first few rounds, Tsunade was just testing the waters, but after fully understanding the rules of the game, she gradually let loose and played more freely.
This game wasn't complicated for Tsunade, who had been gambling with her grandfather since childhood; instead, it aroused her competitive spirit.
"All-in is an art, little girl. Today I'll show you what true swagger looks like!"
An old man sitting opposite Tsunade grinned at Tsunade, because he had already seen the Tsunade on her table.
Tsunade -up cards are an 8 of hearts, a 10 of hearts, and a face-down card.
The old man's cards consisted of two Queens of Clubs and one face-down card.
This kind of hand is rarely called, and the other two players at the table folded after seeing it.
Faced with this situation, Tsunade only frowned slightly before relaxing her brow.
"And!"
Before she finished speaking, she pushed a stack of chips forward, a sight that made Shizune's heart ache.
"That's over a million! How can you just bet like that!"
"Good! You've got guts!"
The old man just smiled when he saw it, looking completely unconcerned and confident of victory.