"My vision was too narrow. I always wanted to groom you to be my successor, but I never imagined that you also had your own future to pursue."
"Thank you for your trouble, Shiyu. The poison in my body won't kill me anytime soon. Take Suisen with you! You two should go find Lady Tsunade together," Ye suggested.
Suisen replied with delight, "Shiyu, you won't think I'm a burden, will you?"
"Shiyu initially wanted to refuse, but seeing the cheerful Suisen, he felt a little embarrassed and ultimately agreed to let Suisen accompany him."
"Alright, pack up and let's leave immediately. Your mother's poison can't be delayed any longer. I'll wait for you outside Daimyo City." Shiyu arrived outside the city first.
Kakuzu waited for Shiyu outside the castle.
"Boss, what are your orders?" Kakuzu asked.
"Summoning Technique!" Shiyu used the Summoning Technique to summon a snake, saying, "This is my contact snake. It will issue you missions at any time. Your mission now is to secretly protect Amamiya Ye and prevent the enemy from killing him. Wait for me to bring Tsunade back."
"Understood." Kakuzu nodded. Money makes the Kakuzu go round, especially for someone as greedy as Kakuzu.
Soon, Suisen met up with Shiyu hugged Suisen and disappeared from the spot.
Shiyu naturally used the Body Flicker Technique to move quickly, making it difficult to find Tsunade, one of the Legendary Sannin.
Tsunade is likely still suffering from hemophobia and is deeply traumatized by the deaths of her younger brother and boyfriend, so she probably uses gambling and alcohol to distract herself from her pain.
"Therefore, our search targets are izakayas and gambling dens." Shiyu had also considered all the possible locations.
South of the Valley of the End is a very famous street called Tanzaku Street. It is a very bustling street with a concentration of hot spring inns, bathhouses, gambling dens and izakayas in its center. It is one of the more famous and eye-catching streets in the Land of Fire.
Shiyu and Suisen have also arrived here.
"Where should we go first, Shiyu?" Suisen asked.
"My intuition is usually right. I think we should go to the casino; maybe we'll get lucky and run into Tsunade," Shiyu said.
He discovered that his intuition was just as accurate as Kakashi's, although Kakashi's intuition tended to lead to more bad outcomes.
"Weren't we going to a casino? Why are we at a restaurant?" Suisen was also puzzled.
Shiyu booked a small private room and said, "Suisen, gambling dens aren't places for kids like you."
"Aren't you a child too? And you're not even as old as me!" Suisen retorted, somewhat unconvinced.
"Haha, but I know the Transformation Technique!" Shiyu a bang, Shigure transformed into Orochimaru.
"Is this... Lord Orochimaru of the Sannin? Why would he transform into him?" Suisen was also puzzled.
"If I become like this, at least I'll get Tsunade's attention." Shiyu had fought Orochimaru before, copied Orochimaru's ninjutsu, and received the inheritance of Ryūchi Cave Senjutsu. With Shiyu's acting skills, he should be able to Tsunade.
"Are you so sure that Lady Tsunade will be at the gambling den?" Suisen asked again.
"I believe it," Shiyu answered again, relying on her intuition.
Shiyu then used his Orochimaru appearance to enter one gambling den after another, but each time he scanned the place with his eyes, he did not find anyone who looked like Tsunade.
Unfortunately Shiyu spent a large sum of money to buy the intelligence.
"Tell me, who is the gambling den's biggest fat sheep?" Shiyu asked.
The people in the gambling den all said in unison, "Isn't that the woman with the pigtails and the word 'gambling' on her back? That girl lost millions of taels of silver in just one game!"
"Yeah! That guy even has a diamond-shaped mark on his forehead! If we're talking about who's the most worthy of a fat sheep, it's him."
Upon confirming it was indeed Tsunade, Shiyu immediately took out several million taels and asked again, "Does anyone know where that big fat sheep is now? This million taels is his!"
One million taels is the reward for an S-rank mission in Konoha, which shows how wealthy Shiyu is.
"I know! She should be at the biggest casino on the far east side right now!" said a very burly-looking man.
Shiyu then threw one million taels of silver at him, and at the same time, scattered a large amount of silver in the gambling house, whereupon all the gamblers began to scramble for the money.
However, upon receiving the news, Shiyu naturally turned and left, his destination being the largest gambling house in the east.
This casino was clearly a level above the smaller ones we'd seen before. Not only were there security guards at the entrance who would search people, but they also had a certain amount of cash on hand. You had to buy chips at the counter before you could enter.
"I'm so sorry to have bothered you!" After the guards found several checks worth tens of millions of dollars on Shiyu, their attitude changed completely.
"Exchange ten million in chips for me, no small denominations, the rest are your tips." Shiyu took a check for over twelve million and handed it directly to the guard who looked more agreeable.
"Boss! That's generous!"
The guard had never met such a wealthy young man before. He immediately exchanged ten million in chips for Shiyu, and was practically begging to kneel down and kowtow Shiyu him.
"Really? You want the rest for me?" the guard asked.
"Here you go." Shiyu didn't care at all; over two million ryo was the reward that only Jonin receive for carrying out S-rank mission.
His monthly salary is only tens of thousands of taels, and even with good performance, it's only a few hundred thousand taels. A few million taels is equivalent to several decades' worth of wages!
However, Shiyu wasn't going to give away her money for nothing, and asked, "I really like you. What's your name?"
"My name is Shingen, sir!"
"Shingen, you are smarter than everyone here, and your future is limitless. Now, please take me to the Big Fat Sheep's gambling den."
"The big fat sheep is no problem! It's that big fat sheep woman, isn't it!" The guard instantly understood what Shiyu meant and led Shiyu to sit down opposite Tsunade.
"Small, small, small, small!" The surrounding gamblers seemed to have placed all their chips on small, while only one person bet on three of a kind.
"This is ridiculous," Shi Shiyu thought. The game in front of him was basically about betting on big or small on the dice. As for the so-called "leopard" (three ones or three sixes), it was extremely unlikely. Even someone who had just learned how to gamble wouldn't bet like that.
With just a thought, Shiyu saw through the numbers in the dice cup.
"One, two, three, six o'clock," Shiyu whispered.
"So we're betting on the smaller one?" Shingen asked.
"Can you place your bets too?" Shiyu asked.
"Yes, we can suppress it by defending ourselves." Shingen nodded.
"Then you bet on small, you're guaranteed to win! I suggest you bet all your chips on small, and I'll bet on big." Shiyu seemed completely unconcerned.
"Huh? My lord? Why did you bet on the big one?" Shingen was also somewhat confused.