Tsunade's Personal Guidance

Tsunade's Personal Guidance

"Nonō, go take care of your work. I'll keep an eye on Hikawa."

After lunch, Tsunade waved her hand and said casually.

"You can't take him to the Casino."

Yakushi Nonō looked at her suspiciously and said.

"I won't."

Tsunade crossed her arms and replied.

She would not take him there, but if Hikawa took the initiative, that was another matter.

"Then I'll leave him in your care, Tsunade-sama."

Yakushi Nonō thought for a moment before finally agreeing.

Unlike Tsunade, she was not so free. There were many matters at Konoha Hospital that she had to personally attend to.

"Hikawa."

Holding three empty Bento Boxes, Yakushi Nonō said, "Remember to behave yourself. Don't talk back to Tsunade-sama."

"Mm."

Hikawa nodded obediently.

"One more thing."

Yakushi Nonō suddenly remembered something and said, "Don't leave the village recently."

"Why?"

Hikawa was taken aback and asked curiously.

"There have been several child abduction cases around Konoha, and quite a few of them involved newborn infants."

Yakushi Nonō did not hide it from him and told him directly.

Infant abductions?

Hikawa immediately thought of the surgery Tsunade had performed that morning and Yamanaka Inoichi's attitude.

Combined with the timing, could it be the Wood Release Experiment?

In the original story, in order to recreate Hashirama Senju's invincible Wood Release, Konoha had once conducted the Wood Release Experiment. They used Hashirama Senju's cells for human experimentation, but Sarutobi Hiruzen eventually shut it down because of the countless deaths and injuries.

However, Shimura Danzō and Orochimaru had secretly continued. They successfully created a Wood Release ninja named Yamato.

"Anyway, just don't leave the village."

Yakushi Nonō said gently, "Konoha has many ninja. No one would dare make a move inside the village."

"Okay."

Hikawa suppressed the urge to complain and replied.

Yakushi Nonō turned and left the office.

"Tsunade-sama, shall I begin?"

Hikawa held out both hands above the carp and asked.

"Mm."

Tsunade glanced at him and said, "I'll point out anything you do wrong."

Hikawa took a deep breath as Chakra surged from his hands.

The Chakra emitted a warm, faint glow.

Tsunade lightly tapped her fingers against her thigh.

She was thinking about where to borrow money.

Though she owed plenty of debt, with the reputations of one of the Konoha Three Ninjas and the Medical Saint, she could always borrow some money.

In the Ninja World, where war never ceased, anyone could get injured. That was when they needed a good Medical Ninja.

"I'm heading out."

Tsunade quickly found a target.

Hikawa nodded slightly.

But to his surprise, Tsunade returned in less than ten minutes.

She wore a smile, looking to be in quite a good mood.

There was no need to think about it. She had clearly gotten some money.

"Your posture is wrong."

Tsunade walked in front of him, reached out, and raised his arm slightly.

Hikawa subconsciously looked up, only for his view to be blocked by a snow-mountain-like shadow. He could not see her face at all.

"Focus."

Tsunade reminded him.

Hikawa turned off his auto-aim and continued practicing.

With Tsunade's help, his progress bar rose quite a bit.

Two hours later, it had reached 15%.

Tsunade's personal guidance really was impressive.

"Can you still go on?"

Tsunade examined him and asked.

"My Chakra is almost exhausted."

Hikawa put away the scroll and said, "Let's go to the Casino."

Tsunade perked up, her beautiful face filled with eager anticipation.

Led by her, Hikawa arrived at a Casino in the Ninja World.

Across both his lives, it was his first time entering a Casino.

The online Casinos he had accidentally clicked into while browsing the web did not count.

"Tsunade-sama."

The young man at the Casino entrance stopped them and said, "By the rules, children aren't allowed inside."

"Is that so?"

Tsunade raised her hand and suddenly clenched it.

The trembling air frightened the young man into taking a step back, his face turning pale.

"P-please... go right in..."

The young man hurriedly put on a fawning smile and said.

He could not withstand a punch backed by thirty years of power.

The instant Tsunade entered the Casino, she attracted everyone's attention. It was as though symbols of money had appeared in their eyes.

The reason was simple.

She was the legendary Big Fat Sheep. Anyone who frequented Casinos knew Tsunade by that title.

As for Hikawa, he was automatically ignored.

People came to Casinos to win money. Everything else was irrelevant.

Hikawa looked around.

Casinos in the Ninja World were somewhat like old-fashioned arcades.

On the left were all kinds of plugged-in gambling machines, while on the right were gambling tables where groups of people gathered to place bets. It was just a pity there were no sexy dealers.

"Make a place for Tsunade-sama."

The young dealer said with a smile.

The money-deliverer had arrived.

For a moment, arguments broke out around the gambling tables.

Everyone wanted to sit at the same table as Tsunade.

This was bad!

Hikawa discovered a major problem.

Because of his height, he could not see the gambling table at all.

Just as he was about to find a stool, he felt his body grow light as someone picked him up.

A faint fragrance filled the air.

Hikawa blinked.

It was only when he sat on Tsunade's lap that he realized what had happened.

"All right, let's begin."

Tsunade held Hikawa with one arm and leaned forward, looking serious.

Why was she ramming him with the ball?

Hikawa felt soft pressure against the top of his head.

He steadied himself. Once he could clearly see the table, a headache came on.

This was not a simple game of high or low, but roulette, with thirty-seven slots.

Betting on a single number, red or black, odd or even, high or low, and so on were all possible.

The payouts also ranged from high to low.

Betting on a single number earned the most.

It depended on luck.

Hikawa felt that his luck should not be bad. After all, he had encountered something like reincarnation.

And no matter how bad it was, it could not be worse than Tsunade's.

As long as his luck was normal, he would not lose everything.

"Bet on black."

Seeing Tsunade place her chips on red, Hikawa hurriedly said.

"All right."

After some thought, Tsunade moved her chips to the black square.

"No more bets."

The young dealer spun the roulette wheel and said.

A few seconds later, the result was revealed. It was black.

"It actually hit?!"

Tsunade froze for a moment before excitedly hugging Hikawa tightly.

"I... I can't... breathe..."

Caught off guard, Hikawa felt as though two great mountains had suddenly collapsed upon him.

"Again!"

Tsunade released him and said confidently, "I'm definitely winning it back today!"

No, the goddess of fate was clearly smiling upon me.

Hikawa rallied his spirits.

While enjoying his human seat, he helped Tsunade formulate strategies.

Though they could not be said to hit every bet, after eliminating one wrong answer, their odds of winning rose considerably.

Three hours later, the two had won a small sum of three hundred thousand ryō.

It was not an especially large amount, less than one-third of the reward for an S-rank mission.

But for Tsunade, it was an unprecedented first.

Her luck had been balanced out by Hikawa's and returned to normal.

"Let's go!"

Tsunade patted Hikawa on the shoulder and said, "My treat. I'll take you to eat roast chicken!"