The Senju Orphan and the Beauty Record System

"Senju Chiba, this is the Hokage's written order. Set out immediately for reconnaissance at the Rain Country border."

The messenger chunin stood in the dilapidated courtyard. He handed over a red scroll.

"Not going."

Chiba leaned against the doorframe. He did not even glance at the scroll.

"Whoever wants to go can go."

The messenger chunin's expression darkened. He raised his voice.

"This is an order! As a Konoha chunin, you must obey the Hokage's deployment!"

"An order? The Senju Clan was wiped out in the Second Shinobi War. I'm the only one left."

Chiba stretched lazily. He looked at the empty Senju Ancestral Land.

"You want me to scout the Rain Country border? That place is full of ambushes by Rain and Stone shinobi now."

"You Hokage loyalists want to wipe out the Senju completely."

The messenger chunin grew irritated. He pointed at Chiba and shouted.

"Chiba! Watch your words! This is for the inheritance of the Will of Fire!"

"Inheritance, my ass."

Chiba sneered and spat on the ground.

"If the Will of Fire is so great, why don't I see anyone from the Sarutobi Clan going off to die?"

"You're defying orders! You're betraying the village!"

The messenger chunin put a hand on his ninja tool pouch and took a step forward.

"If you refuse, I have the authority to arrest you on the spot and send you to the Interrogation Department!"

"Arrest me? You?"

Chiba raised an eyebrow, still leaning against the doorframe.

"You can try."

The messenger chunin looked at Chiba's fearless attitude and ultimately did not dare make a move.

"Chiba, don't regret this. I'll return and report everything truthfully to the Hokage."

He threw down the scroll and vanished from the courtyard with a Body Flicker Technique.

Chiba walked over and stomped the scroll into the mud.

Chiba returned to the house, shut the door, and looked at the wooden memorial tablets of his parents on the table.

This world was too dangerous. Konoha's higher-ups were steadily devouring the Senju Clan's inheritance.

He had to leave this damned place.

[Ding! Detected that the host has completely broken with Konoha. The Beauty Record System has successfully activated.]

[This system is dedicated to helping the host bind special women of fortune in the shinobi world.]

[By forming binding contracts and raising their favorability, the host can purify the Senju bloodline and awaken a perfect Sage Body.]

[The host may also unlock exclusive forbidden techniques belonging to these beauties.]

[Preferred binding target: Tsunade. Current location: Yamato-ya Casino, Tanzaku Street.]

[Tsunade's current status: Desperately short of money and heavily in debt.]

Chiba stroked his chin.

"System, what are the conditions for binding Tsunade?"

[The host must develop a deep connection with the target. Helping her resolve her greatest current predicament can rapidly increase favorability.]

"Greatest predicament? Her biggest problem right now is probably being surrounded after gambling away all her money."

Chiba laughed.

"Looks like I'll need to bring enough money to find her."

But he only had a bankbook with a few tens of thousands of ryo. That was obviously not enough for Tsunade to lose in one round.

Chiba turned his gaze toward a hidden compartment beneath the table.

Inside lay the deed to the Senju Ancestral Land.

Although the Senju Clan had declined, its ancestral land was located in central Konoha and was worth a fortune.

Since he was running away, keeping the deed would only benefit Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura.

He might as well pawn it on the black market.

Chiba took the deed from the hidden compartment and tucked it into his clothes.

Half an hour later, in an underground tavern on the outskirts of Konoha.

This was Konoha's largest black market trading spot.

Chiba slapped a deed onto the table.

"I'm pawning this deed. I want cash."

The black market manager wore a mask. He picked up the deed and examined it closely.

"The Senju Ancestral Land? You dare pawn this?"

"Why wouldn't I? I'm now the sole heir of the Senju Clan."

Chiba tapped the tabletop.

"Cut the crap. How much can you give me?"

The manager held up five fingers.

"Fifty million ryo. But you only have three months to redeem it."

"Deal. I want it all in one-hundred-thousand-ryo notes."

Chiba did not hesitate in the slightest.

The manager was somewhat surprised. He took a thick stack of banknotes from beneath the counter.

"Chiba, are you planning to run away?"

"None of your damn business."

Chiba accepted the banknotes, stored them in a sealing scroll, and turned to leave.

Chiba returned to the Senju Ancestral Land. The sky had already darkened.

He pushed open the courtyard gate. The courtyard was silent.

But he keenly detected two faint breathing patterns.

Someone was hiding on the roof. Someone was hiding in the bushes too.

Root shinobi.

That old bastard Danzo had indeed sent people to watch him.

Chiba walked into the house as though nothing was wrong. He began packing up his parents' memorial tablets.

An extremely faint sound of wind breaking came from behind him.

A Root genin wearing a cat-faced mask climbed in through the window.

He held a poisoned kunai in his hand.

"Chiba, hand over the deed and come with us."

The Root genin's voice was low.

"The deed? Your information network is pretty efficient."

Chiba turned around, still holding a memorial tablet.

"Enough nonsense. Lord Danzo wants to see you."

The Root genin thrust his kunai forward. He was extremely fast.

But in Chiba's eyes, the movement was far too slow.

Chiba sidestepped the attack. His right hand became a blur as he seized the man's wrist.

The crack of the wrist bone shattering rang clearly through the room.

Before the Root genin could scream, Chiba clamped his mouth shut with his left hand.

Chiba's right fist slammed into the man's abdomen.

The powerful monstrous strength instantly pulverized his internal organs.

The Root genin collapsed limply. The light in his eyes quickly faded.

"First."

Chiba dragged the corpse into a corner.

He picked up the kunai from the ground and pushed open the door.

The bushes in the courtyard rustled.

The second Root genin sensed that something was wrong and was preparing to retreat.

But Chiba was already behind him.

"Where do you think you're going?"

Chiba's voice sounded beside his ear.

The Root genin was startled. He spun around with a sweeping strike.

Chiba ducked beneath it, and the kunai in his hand sliced across the man's throat.

Blood gushed out.

The second Root genin clutched his throat and fell to the ground, twitching.

Chiba looked at the two corpses and began cleaning up the scene.

He used explosive tags to blast both bodies beyond recognition.

Then he splashed lamp oil throughout the house.

Chiba stood outside the courtyard. He lit a firestarter and tossed it into the house.

The flames spread instantly.

Chiba pulled up his hood and, under the cover of night, swiftly ran toward the outskirts of Konoha.

From this day on, Konoha would no longer have Senju Chiba.

Three days later, Tanzaku Street at the border of the Land of Fire.

This was a famous city of entertainment and gambling. The streets were packed with people and deafeningly noisy.

Chiba stood outside Yamato-ya, the largest casino on Tanzaku Street.

He patted the sealing scroll against his chest. The fifty million ryo in banknotes was still safely inside.

Two greeters in Mandarin jackets stood at the casino entrance.

Chiba walked over, took out a one-thousand-ryo coin, and tossed it to one of them.

"I want to ask about someone."

The greeter caught the coin with quick hands, and his face immediately broke into a smile.

"Sir, ask away. There's nothing on Tanzaku Street that I don't know."

"Is there a blonde woman inside, wearing a green haori with the character for 'gamble' on the back?"

Chiba pointed at the casino entrance.

The moment the greeter heard that, his expression turned strange.

"You mean that famous 'Big Sucker'?"

"Yes, her."

Chiba nodded.

"She is, she is. She's in the VIP room on the second floor. She's been gambling for a full day and night already."

The greeter lowered his voice.

"But sir, I'd advise you not to join the excitement. She's lost terribly today, and she's in a foul mood."

"It's fine. I'm here to find her."

Chiba smiled and headed toward the entrance.

"Lead the way."