Tanzaku Gai.
A famous street in the Land of Fire.
This was Pleasure Street, as well as a famous gambling street.
Although it was called a street... it was actually a small town.
Whether high officials and nobles or gamblers and paupers, everyone could be found here, along with all kinds of alluring women.
In Hiruko's timeline, Jiraiya had found Tsunade here.
At this moment.
Hyuga Sho and Utatane Koharu... were inside a gambling house on Tanzaku Gai.
It had to be emphasized beforehand... Hyuga Sho was vehemently opposed to gambling.
Gambling was the act of placing one's fate on an uncertain scale instead of keeping it in one's own hands.
The reason he was doing this.
Was to familiarize himself with the gambling games of this world.
Then.
He would take control of them and use them to figure out Tsunade's behavioral logic.
He might even defeat her through gambling.
All of this...
Was the prelude to turning Tsunade into the Ninja Weapon Hokage.
"Thirteen..."
Hyuga Sho was blindfolded.
He distinguished positions by sound.
Three dice fell into the dice cup.
Just by listening, Hyuga Sho guessed that the result was "big."
"I choose 'big.'"
His opponent's face turned the color of pig liver.
This time, they had truly run into a tough opponent.
Fortunately... Hyuga Sho placed very small bets.
Only one tael each time.
It looked almost like he was joking around.
Therefore... they only lost face, not any actual money.
As the saying went, peaceful dealings brought wealth.
Even if they lost, they could only greet him with smiling faces.
Disguised as the Masked Gambler, Hyuga Sho went around causing trouble.
Very quickly.
He built up quite a reputation on this street.
The dealers at each establishment lost at most a few dozen taels.
Yet because