That damned bastard!
Even as Tsunade cursed inwardly, she also felt somewhat embarrassed.
Before coming here, she had considered that suddenly asking someone to lend her fifty million ryo might earn her a round of mockery, and that she would have to endure it.
But now that she was actually facing it, she found it truly infuriating.
Her hands clenched into fists involuntarily. After gritting her teeth for a long while, she forced a smile.
"H-Hokage."
Seeing her like this, Zhen could not help but laugh. "If you're this unwilling, why force yourself? I'm a magnanimous man and won't hold it against you."
"..."
Tsunade let out a long breath, her clenched fists relaxing as she stepped closer to the desk.
"...Hokage, I really need this money. I hope you can lend it to me."
That sounded somewhat more proper.
Zhen said, "I happen to have an S-rank Mission here. Since you urgently need money, I can assign it to you. You should have the ability to handle it, right?"
Tsunade instantly panicked. She did not have the ability to carry out missions right now. At the hospital, she usually stayed as far away from the operating room and emergency room as possible, afraid of seeing blood.
Besides, what use was an S-rank Mission? What she needed was fifty million!
Tsunade could not help saying, "Hokage... I need fifty million."
Zhen asked, "What do you need so much money for?"
"I..." Tsunade choked up.
What did she need it for? To pay off gambling debts...
Wouldn't it be utterly ridiculous to say something like that out loud?
Tsunade vaguely said, "I just need it."
Zhen said, "Do you know how much an S-rank Mission pays?"
"...A little over a million."
"Do you know how dangerous S-rank Missions are?"
"..."
Zhen