Scamming Tsunade!

Chapter 4: [Bumping Into Tsunade!]

A week later, Hyuga Bin was cornered in a secluded corner by the Uchiha Trio, who seized an opportunity to trap him.

The Uchiha Clan truly lacked a harsh lesson from society. The vast majority of ninjas in the clan were incredibly arrogant, absolutely unwilling to lower their proud heads to look at the world.

The next generation, raised under such an upbringing, was naturally even more cocky and overbearing.

Take these three brats, five or six years old, who dared to gang up and beat Hyuga Bin.

Hyuga Bin, with the mind of an adult, faced the three-on-one assault. Instead of scattering his resistance, he focused his attacks on a single opponent.

He was covered in injuries, but the opponent he focused on wasn't much better off.

Considering his three-and-a-half-year-old body, managing to "counter-kill" one attacker in a group assault by three five-or-six-year-old boys was already a pretty good "achievement."

However, Hyuga Bin couldn't smile. On one hand, he was in pain from the beating. On the other hand, the mission objective had failed.

Hyuga Bin had only injured one person; he hadn't defeated the Uchiha Trio.

Hyuga Bin's first... had ended just like that.

Despite this, Hyuga Bin wasn't discouraged by this failure. After all, he had only gotten the system a few days ago, and there would be many more opportunities in the future.

Upon returning home, Hyuga Bin's obvious injuries made it impossible to hide the fact that he had been in a fight today.

Of course, he had no intention of hiding it. When Hyuga Masato asked, he explained that he had been ganged up on by the Uchiha Trio, but using his own strength, he had managed to fight them to a near-stalemate.

After praising and encouraging him, Hyuga Masato decided to go out and seek an explanation from the Uchiha Security Force.

If Hyuga Bin had been defeated by Uchiha children his own age, three or four years old, he wouldn't have said a word.

But now, he had been ganged up on by three Uchiha kids two years older than him, who had already been studying at the Ninja Academy for a year. This was something he couldn't tolerate.

If the Uchiha Clan couldn't give him a satisfactory explanation, he would have to go to the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen.

He was just an ordinary Konoha Jonin, an ordinary member of the Hyuga branch family, but his child wasn't someone to be bullied casually.

Over the next few days, Hyuga Bin would deliberately seek out crowded places, encountering many famous figures.

He triggered optional missions with both Orochimaru and the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen. However, the options were so outrageous and even life-threatening that Hyuga Bin chose to pass on both, randomly gaining +0.1 to his Stamina and Energy respectively.

At this time, Orochimaru, having experienced the Second Shinobi World War and realizing the fragility of life, had already begun his research into immortality.

In another ten years, Orochimaru would defect.

Getting involved with such a dangerous individual, especially on a "biological" level, was hardly a wise move.

Therefore, even though this particular opportunity with Orochimaru offered a mission with a [Kaiten] reward, an S-rank reward, Hyuga Bin chose to give it up.

As for the mission involving a political discussion with the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, that old fox, Hyuga Bin couldn't possibly accept it.

Hyuga Bin was playing it very safe!

"If I could fleece Orochimaru twice, then Tsunade and Jiraiya should be doable too, right?"

Having made up his mind, Hyuga Bin began planning to "accidentally" (or rather, deliberately bump into) the "Yellow" and "Gambling" aspects of "Yellow, Gambling, and Drugs."

Compared to Orochimaru and Sarutobi Hiruzen, Tsunade and Jiraiya seemed much more harmless.

Because the Hyuga Bin from his previous life was sworn enemies with gambling and drugs, Hyuga Bin's primary target was Jiraiya.

However, it was now the 37th year of Konoha, and Jiraiya was in the Land of Rain teaching a bag of rice how to resist a building, so he wasn't in Konoha.

Even if he were in Konoha, he would likely only be encountered at the women's bathhouse at night.

Therefore, Hyuga Bin had to shift his focus to Tsunade, the "Gambling King," who had lost her brother two years ago and her boyfriend just this year.

On the third evening of staking out the casino street, Hyuga Bin found Tsunade at the entrance of a casino, having just lost and owing a considerable amount of money.

Tsunade was in her twenties, at the peak of her beauty and physique, which stirred a strange impulse in Hyuga Bin's adult heart.

Hyuga Bin didn't approach Tsunade immediately. Instead, he continued to sit on a public bench, secretly observing her.

Even from a distance, Hyuga Bin could see that Tsunade's pretty face was deeply furrowed, her eyes seemingly devoid of light.

Losing the two most important people in her life had not only caused Tsunade to develop hemophobia but had also made her lose her passion for life.

Hyuga Bin's seat was right on Tsunade's path home. As Tsunade gradually approached, Hyuga Bin began to wait for the system's optional mission to appear.

Based on his staking out experience over the past few days, the chance of triggering an optional mission today was high.

Tsunade, worthy of the Sannin title, triggered a system mission when she was less than three meters away from Hyuga Bin.

[Option A: Comfort Tsunade with the most sincere words. Completion Reward: Shikkotsu Forest Sage Art (S-rank reward).]

[Option B: Mock Tsunade as a coward unfit to live. Completion Reward: Monster Strength (A-rank reward).]

[Option C: Pretend not to see Tsunade and continue sitting and spacing out. Completion Reward: Random Stat Point +0.1.]

After reviewing options A, B, and C, Hyuga Bin immediately ruled out B and C.

On one hand, the reward for Option C was too meager, and Option B would likely result in him being swatted away by Tsunade. On the other hand, the Sage Art was incredibly enticing.

Once he mastered the Sage Art, he would only need to wait for his body to mature sufficiently to reliably possess Kage-level strength.

A Kage-level's strength, before carrying a bag of rice up a few floors, would certainly offer some self-protection.

Furthermore, Tsunade was different from the research-obsessed Orochimaru; even if he said some strange things to comfort her, Tsunade wouldn't do anything inappropriate to him, a child not yet four years old.

The weather was nice today, and Hyuga Bin felt he could do it.

After confirming Option A, Hyuga Bin took a deep breath, stood up, and walked in front of Tsunade. "Lady Tsunade."

Tsunade stopped and looked down at Hyuga Bin, who only reached her waist.

Hyuga Bin tilted his head up, his gaze landing on Tsunade's two large peaches.

However, Hyuga Bin's eyes remained clear as he spoke with a childish voice words that shouldn't be uttered by someone his age:

"My mother once told me that in life, one might encounter smooth sailing or rough patches. If you learn to take things a bit more lightly, your heart won't feel so weary. Life's hardships aren't truly hardships, nor its joys true joys; don't dwell on the past."

"Mm," Tsunade replied casually, not understanding the meaning behind Hyuga Bin's words, or rather, she didn't want to understand, nor did she want to overcomplicate things.

After all, these words were hardly something a three or four-year-old child would say.

What's more, Hyuga Bin before her was the child of Konoha's current second-most prominent clan.

Of course, Hyuga Bin didn't consider the unnecessary misunderstandings his actions might cause; his only goal was to get Tsunade's attention and complete the option task.

"Lady Tsunade, although I don't know what happened to you, I hope you can keep going."

After saying this, Hyuga Bin handed Tsunade a piece of candy from his pocket.

He then turned and left.