"I'll win it back! I'm damn well winning it all back today!"
Tsunade shoved aside the gamblers blocking her way and strode in.
Her blond pigtails swished through the air, and the corner of her clothes was smeared with black coal dust from who knew where.
Bang!
She slammed a heavy leather suitcase onto the gambling table across from Sen.
The clasp was broken.
Neat stacks of banknotes lay exposed inside.
Shizune chased after her, panting hard as she held a little pink pig covered in mud and grunting nonstop.
On her clean, old gray kimono.
The pig's hooves had stamped several dark, muddy prints.
"Lady Tsunade! Please! Stop gambling!"
Shizune was on the verge of tears.
"This is the last of our travel money!"
"Shut up, Shizune!"
Tsunade swung her fist.
The gust from her monstrous strength even knocked the old straw hat on Sen's head askew.
"I'm feeling fantastic today!"
"This round, I'll win back everything I lost!"
She turned, her slightly bloodshot eyes fixed on Sen.
"Brat, you're barely old enough to grow hair, but you've got some luck."
Tsunade snorted disdainfully and tapped the tabletop with one finger.
"Today, I'll play a couple of rounds with you!"
From behind his sunglasses, Sen watched the famous "Big Fat Sheep."
She was also, nominally, his "aunt."
The corners of his mouth.
Slowly curled into an intensely amused, infuriatingly wicked grin.
"Sure, lady."
Sen picked at his ear.
"I'm just worried the money in that suitcase won't even be enough to whet my appetite."
"Arrogant little brat!"
Tsunade flew into a rage.
She slapped the square marked "Big" and pushed the entire suitcase of banknotes onto it.
"I'm betting it all on big!"
"Place your bets and hands off, everyone!"
The dealer's hands shook, cold sweat running down his