Let's Open Some Jars!

Let's Open Some Jars!

"Thank you again for your assistance."

Shen Mo smiled and thanked her again, appearing very polite.

He did not want the deal to fail before it even began over some minor issue.

In fact, he had always been very self-controlled.

"Forget the thanks. Just pay me." Tsunade held out her palm and gave it a shake. "One hundred thousand."

One hundred thousand?

The corner of Shen Mo's eye twitched.

What a rip-off.

One hundred thousand units of this world's currency was roughly six thousand Trading Points in the system.

Its purchasing power should also be equivalent to six thousand yuan.

However, Shen Mo knew his own body very well. He had merely fallen into a brief coma because of his transmigration, along with the so-called "transmigration protection period." Even if Tsunade did nothing, he would not be harmed before waking up.

Since that was the case...

He felt even less guilty about ripping her off.

"I'm really sorry, but I'm completely penniless right now. However, I do have some goods." Shen Mo took a scroll from behind his back and unrolled it. With a soft bang, it opened.

Ten pitch-black jars appeared.

Thirty Trading Points each.

Together with this Sealing Ninjutsu scroll, the total cost was seven hundred Trading Points.

"Hm?" Tsunade was somewhat surprised that Shen Mo still had a Sealing Ninjutsu scroll, but she did not pay much attention to it. After taking a look, she showed a look of disdain. "Pottery Jars?"

How much could pottery jars be worth?

"These aren't ordinary pottery jars." Shen Mo maintained his smile. "Each jar is worth fifty thousand."

"Fifty thousand?" Tsunade wore an expression that clearly said, Are you trying to fool me?

She could tell at a glance that these were nothing more than ordinary pottery jars.

"What's valuable isn't the jar itself, but what's inside." Shen Mo explained, "Miss, do you know what a lottery is? This is similar, except the jars don't only contain money. They also contain various items. Some are worth less than fifty thousand, while others are worth far more—even several times more."

This was gambling.

Before opening a jar, no one could know what was inside.

After purchasing one, they might lose money or they might make a profit.

As expected.

After hearing this, the gambling-addicted Tsunade became interested.

"How do I know there really are things inside worth several times as much as you claim? What if they're all useless, cheap junk?"

She held a wine cup in one hand, resting it against her thigh as she leaned forward. Excitement filled her eyes. She almost had the words I'm very interested written across her face.

Shizune, who was standing beside her, felt somewhat embarrassed.

Her own master really was...

"If you don't believe me, you can buy them all. There will definitely be jars containing items worth several times as much, though overall, you're sure to lose a little." Shen Mo knew that she had taken the bait, so he smiled confidently. "I'm not running a one-time business. Anyone who makes money will come back and buy more next time."

"You've got quite the head for business." Tsunade praised him, having already figured it out herself.

These jars were indeed like lotteries. Moreover, the odds were not as low, which made them quite attractive to gamblers.

"These jars weren't made by me. I only bought them wholesale and resold them." Shen Mo shook his head, distancing himself from the matter.

Otherwise, once Tsunade learned that Resurrection Coins existed, why would she buy jars?

She would definitely find a way to get them from him.

Even if she paid for them, he would still earn less than he did by selling jars.

"True."

Tsunade nodded. In her eyes, Shen Mo was merely an ordinary person, so naturally, he could not have made a scroll that required Sealing Ninjutsu to create.

Then she put down her wine cup and grew excited.

"Can I take two?"

"Yes, as payment for the medical treatment." Shen Mo nodded, then gestured toward the ten jars in front of him. "You can't touch them, and once they're opened, they can't be returned or exchanged."

There was nothing inside these ten jars.

At least, there was nothing inside them right now.

However, he was not worried that Tsunade would cheat with ninjutsu or Chakra. As the Legendary Big Fat Sheep, she still had that much gambling integrity.

"Hm."

Tsunade swept her gaze over the ten jars. They really did look identical. If she could not touch them, that meant she could not tell anything from their weight.

"You're the one!"

She reached out and picked up a jar, then smashed it to pieces with a slap.

That was close!

Cold sweat immediately appeared on Shen Mo's forehead.

He had almost failed to react in time to exchange the item into the system.

"It's money? Ten thousand?"

Tsunade immediately looked disappointed. Shen Mo had said earlier that each jar was worth fifty thousand.

That meant she had exchanged fifty thousand for ten thousand.

A huge loss.

But she quickly stopped caring. Losing a gamble was perfectly normal for her, and this had been free in the first place. Shen Mo had not really treated her; he had merely examined her.

She casually took the next one.

This allowed Shen Mo, who had been watching her intently, to breathe a sigh of relief. He then exchanged the contents into the system.

This one...

Was the real bait.

Snap—

"A little bottle?" Tsunade asked curiously when she saw that it was not money.

"Congratulations." Shen Mo immediately gave her a congratulatory and envious smile. "This is an extremely precious item—the Water of Life, worth fifty thousand."

That was right. This was the real Water of Life.

Shen Mo had exchanged it from the Fountain of Youth in Pirates of the Caribbean. After completing the Ritual, drinking it could give an ordinary person three additional days of life.

Its value was six hundred Trading Points.

Converted into this world's currency, that was exactly ten thousand.

Yet Shen Mo shamelessly claimed it was worth fifty thousand.

An item's value changed according to the circumstances.

If he did not have a black heart, how could he make money?

Tsunade opened the bottle, sniffed it, and shook it. A trace of anger flashed through her eyes.

"This is just water. It's worth fifty thousand?"

Her gaze toward Shen Mo became somewhat dangerous. She did not mind losing a bet, but if she had been deceived, she guaranteed that she would make this man understand how the Legendary Sannin had earned their name.

"This isn't ordinary water." Shen Mo shook his head and said seriously, "When we do business, we never cheat anyone, young or old. This bottle of Water of Life is enough to let an ordinary old person on the verge of death live three days longer. If you don't believe me, you should be able to feel it after taking a small sip."

"Oh?" Tsunade neither agreed nor disagreed.

She could also let a dying old person live for several more days, and she could do it with ease.

After all, she was a Medical Ninja known as someone who could cure any illness.

However, she could not detect even the slightest trace of medicinal herbs in this bottle of water.

She sneered inwardly.

This man probably did not know her identity.

She picked up the bottle and, without the slightest hesitation, drank half of it. She was not worried in the least that it might contain poison or hallucinogens.

Then—

Her pupils contracted slightly.

What is this?

She felt an extraordinarily pure vitality flow through her entire body from some unknown source.

Although it was very weak to her, its purity was unprecedented. It was as if this vitality had originally belonged to her. And precisely because she was an exceptionally skilled Medical Ninja who possessed ninjutsu that used vitality, such as Ninjutsu: Creation Rebirth—Byakugou Seal, she found it especially astonishing.

It really could provide three additional days of life.

In fact—

It could provide three days even after she herself was helpless to do anything more.

For someone gravely injured and on the verge of death, this small bottle was a life-saving medicine that could keep them alive until treatment arrived!

Not only was fifty thousand worth it, it was far too cheap!

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