Thanks to Amada's keen observation, Tsunade soon dominated the gambling table, her pile of chips growing ever higher.
Her laughter echoed through the casino. It had clearly been a long time since she'd enjoyed winning this much.
However, the mysterious expert soon noticed something was off.
He looked up and met Amada's gaze, giving him a meaningful smile.
He had obviously caught on to what Amada was doing.
But he didn't call them out. Instead, he seemed completely unconcerned.
As Tsunade's pile of chips grew, the atmosphere in the casino gradually grew tense.
At some point, several ninja had appeared nearby,
watching Amada and Tsunade closely, trying to find evidence that they were cheating.
Yet no matter how carefully they watched, they couldn't find anything suspicious.
Amada and Tsunade had naturally noticed that something was amiss around them.
Tsunade smiled, unbothered.
With Tsunade backing him up, Amada wasn't worried in the slightest.
While Tsunade was dominating her game, at a nearby table, Kakuzu's gaze had gone vacant.
He looked down at the empty table in front of him, a hard-to-describe sense of defeat welling up inside.
After working himself to the bone all year, taking on underground jobs and earning money from assassinations, he'd lost it all in a single day.
He slowly rose to his feet, his gaze sweeping over the casino.
Soon, his eyes settled on a table not far away—
Tsunade and another person had heaps of chips in front of them. They'd clearly won a lot.
A powerful killing intent surged within Kakuzu.
He gritted his teeth and thought:
"I've lost so badly, while those two have been winning big... All the money they won was mine!"
His gaze fixed on Tsunade, and suddenly her face seemed familiar.
Kakuzu froze for a moment, then fell into