Go SPA Tsunade!

From the moment they met Tsunade, the legendary Sannin and the most beautiful and powerful kunoichi in the Ninja World, she'd left Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi with nothing but a bad impression—and then an even worse one.

Gambler, shameless, deadbeat...

At that moment, the two youngsters' opinion of Tsunade had finally improved a little, because the food at the eatery she'd recommended was indeed delicious.

"Chicken soup's here~"

The enthusiastic owner brought out the last dish. Tsunade, wolfing down her food, popped open a bottle of liquor and took several gulps before boasting to everyone, her face glowing.

"I wasn't exaggerating, was I? How's the owner's cooking? If I had any money, I'd ask him to be my personal chef."

Everyone cheerfully praised the owner's cooking. You couldn't insult the chef to his face, after all—and besides, his food really was good.

Tsunade, flushed from drink, started boasting like a Cadillac owner. "Once we finish eating, let's go get a massage and have our feet washed. I know a hot spring inn. The masseuses there are all young, pretty girls, and they're really good at what they do..."

Kurenai's opinion of Tsunade, which had just improved a little, immediately plummeted again. What a wicked woman! She actually wanted to take Jiang Feng Gege to get his feet washed!

Asuma's opinion of Tsunade went up another notch. I knew it, godfather!

Kurenai Yuhi gave an awkward smile. He'd never expected a woman like Tsunade to say something like that. Most importantly, his daughter was right there...

"Ma'am, could you spare me a bowl of noodles?"

A pretty girl in ragged clothes stood beside Kurenai Yuhi, timidly pleading, "Give me a bowl of noodles, and after I finish, I can come to your place and give you a massage... If you buy me two bowls, I can sleep with you."

"Pfft!"

Kurenai Yuhi immediately turned his head and sprayed out a mouthful of rice. My daughter's right here! Don't get me in trouble!

Tsunade, drunk and rosy-cheeked, suddenly stared at the pretty girl who'd approached them. "I think I've seen you somewhere before..."

"I used to work at the Sea of Rivers Hot Spring Inn..." the pretty girl answered timidly.

"Oh..." Tsunade suddenly understood. She'd stayed at the Sea of Rivers Hot Spring Inn for a few days. The masseuses there had been pretty, too. But after hearing that the women there secretly offered customers certain unspeakable services, she'd never gone back.

Still, how had this pretty girl ended up in such a state?

Those who offered sexual services... seemed to make quite a bit of money.

The local owner sighed and explained on everyone's behalf. "This girl... was tricked by a handsome young man a while back.

"He pretended to be a rich young master and said he'd marry her as his concubine. She fell for him completely, only to find out that he was just a pretty boy trying to trick her into selling her body for money...

"After that, she caught the clap..."

It was hard for a pretty girl with the clap to survive in Tanzaku Town.

Everyone understood. No wonder the girl was in such a sorry state. And it explained why she'd approached Kurenai Yuhi instead of Jiang Feng.

"Give her two bowls of noodles," Jiang Feng told the owner.

"Jiang Feng!" Kurenai pouted and gave him a reproachful look.

Men often had a certain confidence. They assumed their girlfriends wouldn't get jealous of another woman because they thought the other woman wasn't as pretty, didn't have as good a figure, and had plenty of flaws. Their girlfriends had no reason to be jealous.

But women didn't need a reason to get jealous.

Jiang Feng quietly took Kurenai's hand and stroked it twice. She was immediately won over.

"Thank you..."

The pretty girl timidly sat down between Tsunade and Kurenai Yuhi, far away from Jiang Feng. It seemed that after being tricked by a handsome scumbag, she was wary of Jiang Feng.

"You don't have to thank me. Just think of it as something the world owes you."

Just think of it as something the world owes you.

Even before she'd been tricked by that scumbag, the pretty girl had worked in the sex trade. When such a beautiful young girl ended up in that line of work, however you looked at it, the world was more at fault than she was.

Tsunade and Kurenai Yuhi, both weathered by life, felt the weight of his words. Kurenai only thought they sounded cool—and that Jiang Feng sounded even cooler when he said them.

The owner soon brought over a bowl of noodles, and the pretty girl lowered her head and wolfed it down.

When a stranger squeezed onto a table full of familiar faces, they inevitably became the center of attention. Naturally, everyone's conversation turned to the pretty girl.

Tsunade, the Cadillac owner, casually asked her, "Where are you from?"

"I'm from the Land of Rain..."

The pretty girl's answer left Tsunade speechless. She hadn't said anything, yet it was as if she'd said everything. Why would a girl from the Land of Rain be working in the sex trade in Tanzaku Town?

It was hard to guess.

The Land of Rain had been the main battleground in the Second Shinobi War. The war had started because the great ninja villages weren't satisfied with what they had and wanted to seize more room to grow. It was hard to say Konoha had been in the right.

The innocent Land of Rain had become a battleground for the great ninja villages. If Demigod Hanzo hadn't been strong enough, they would have carved it up long ago.

In the original story, Tsunade, then the Fifth Hokage, had told Pain, who'd invaded Konoha, "Our great ninja villages are victims of war, too."

But now, faced with a poor, helpless girl who'd been driven into such a plight by the wars started by the great ninja villages, Tsunade couldn't say a word.

So Tsunade changed the subject.

"You don't seem worried at all," Tsunade said, looking at Jiang Feng, who remained unruffled.

"Worried about what?"

"Worried about taking me back... back to the village."

With the pretty girl sitting beside her, Tsunade didn't even dare say "Konoha," afraid of stirring up the girl's painful memories.

"What good would worrying do? Would you come back with us just because we were running around in a panic? The more worried we got, the happier you'd probably be."

"You're right. I don't want to go back with you, and watching you worry really does make me happy."

What a nasty old woman. Kurenai's opinion of Tsunade had hit rock bottom.

Jiang Feng suddenly smiled. "Besides, someone is more worried than we are."

"Who? Don't tell me it's the old man," Tsunade said with a casual, mocking laugh.

"No, them." Jiang Feng pointed his chopsticks toward the street outside the eatery.

"Them?" Everyone looked where he was pointing, puzzled.

Jiang Feng pointed them out one by one.

"Look at the man crouching in front of the bookstall. He's been browsing there for five minutes, and in that time, he's looked over here at least ten times.

"And that snack vendor—over the past five minutes, he's turned away at least four customers who came to ask about the prices. Then there's the butcher. He's got no feel for his knife; it took him five or six tries just to cut the amount the customer wanted..."

Jiang Feng pointed out everyone outside whose behavior seemed suspicious, then smiled at the pretty girl, who had her head lowered over her noodles. "Don't you think it's strange that so many suspicious people have gathered here at the same time?

"They're the ones who are more worried than I am."

With everyone's identities exposed, the pretty girl finally dropped the act. She flipped a short knife out from under her ragged clothes and stabbed at Tsunade.

"Go SPA Tsunade!"

The pretty girl's sudden attack was like a signal flare. The killers who'd been hiding in plain sight outside the eatery revealed themselves all at once, drawing weapons, throwing Exploding Tags, or rapidly forming hand seals as they rushed in to kill them.