I Won, So You're Mine
The camera pulls back to the border of the Land of Fire.
Inside the inn, Naruto withdrew his right hand, which had been displaying the five-colored Chakra, and put it back in his pocket. He looked out at the hazy morning light, and the half-sentence Itachi had left behind last night flashed through his mind—"The mother of that child, and another layer of the Nine-Tails Seal"—before he suppressed it.
Now is not the time to think about this.
"Let's go," he said to Jiraiya was still standing there in a daze. "Find Tsunade within half a day."
The two traveled at full speed towards the Land of Fire. Naruto's pace was neither too fast nor too slow, just right at Jiraiya's limit—not intentionally, but because this was the basic output level of the Sage Body. Jiraiya gritted his teeth and kept up for three hours without uttering a single word.
Around noon, they entered a bustling town.
Tanzaku Town.
Naruto's mind exploded the moment he reached the street entrance.
[Beep beep beep--]
The Fate-Crossing radar emitted an unprecedentedly blinding red light, and a piercing alarm blared, more intense than any previous warning.
[Super S-rank female target detected within 800 meters – Tsunade Senju. Current affinity: 0 (Extremely alert)]
[A+ female target detected – Shizune. Current favorability: 0.]
Naruto stopped in his tracks.
In that instant, his azure eyes changed. It wasn't gentleness, nor mockery, but the extreme aggression of a predator locking onto its apex prey. His pupils contracted slightly, and the corners of his mouth slowly curved into an arc—not a smile, but a more primal, more dangerous expression.
[Ding. Main quest issued: "Mad Dragon's Flower-Picking Skill - Healing Master".]
[Mission Requirements: Use overwhelming power to shatter Tsunade's Hemophobia and outdated bonds, and subdue her body and soul to become the chief medical matriarch of the Uzumaki Clan.]
[Mission Reward: God-Tier Life Law Fragment / Wood Release Source]
The Wood Release Source.
Naruto's eyes narrowed slightly. The Wood Release of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju—the original power of the strongest Kekkei Genkai in the ninja world.
He turned to look at Jiraiya. Jiraiya, puzzled, followed his gaze to the street corner ahead, where there was a casino called "Big Win Casino," from which came bursts of frenzied noise.
"You're looking for me, but you mean she?" Jiraiya frowned. "Tsunade couldn't possibly be in a place like this—"
Before he could finish speaking, Naruto had already started walking.
The moment the two approached the casino entrance, a collective gasp of astonishment emanated from within.
Naruto stood at the entrance, his gaze sweeping over the crowd to the table in the very center of the casino.
A blonde woman in a long green coat was dominating the game. Her chips were piled high, almost overflowing. Her playing style was casual and arrogant; she went all-in every hand and won every single one. The gamblers around her wore expressions of pain and awe, like lambs controlled by some uncontrollable force.
Shizune stood to the side, holding a ninja boar in her arms, sweating profusely, her voice trembling. "Lady Tsunade, you always win when you gamble... This is definitely going to cause a catastrophe..."
"Snap." Another win. The entire arena fell silent.
Jiraiya's face first lit up with surprise, then with emotion, and he took a step forward—"Tsunade! Long time no see—"
Naruto grabbed his shoulder.
Before Jiraiya could react, he heard a crisp cracking sound from his shoulder blade. It wasn't a fracture, but the feeling of being gripped by absolute force made his body freeze instantly. He turned to look at Naruto, meeting a pair of completely cold, azure eyes.
Naruto didn't look at him. His gaze cut through the crowd and landed directly on the blonde woman across the gambling table.
Then he started walking.
Amidst the gamblers' wary gazes, Naruto Earth Flow over, pulled out a chair, and sat directly opposite Tsunade.
The entire casino fell silent.
Tsunade's hand froze in mid-air. She looked up.
Her century of life experience allowed her to immediately sense something emanating from the young man opposite her—not murderous intent, not Chakra pressure, but a more primal, overwhelming pressure from a higher level of life itself. Like an ancient beast lying in the grass watching its prey, even breathing felt superfluous.
She narrowed her eyes, releasing her Kage Level aura without reservation.
The chips on the gambling table trembled slightly from the invisible pressure. Several gamblers around turned pale and subconsciously took a half step back.
The blond kid opposite him didn't even blink.
Naruto looked at her.
His gaze swept from Tsunade's face to her stunning figure, from her figure to her fingertips, and from her fingertips to the faint, unusual aura emanating from her neck—a dormant life energy suppressed by fear and loss. The last bloodline of the Senju Clan. The granddaughter of the First Hokage. The strongest medical-nin in the Shinobi World.
Prey.
A domineering yet mocking smile curved his lips.
"You're guaranteed to win every bet today?" Naruto leaned forward, his hands crossed on the table, his voice low but every word clear to Tsunade. "How about we make a bet?"
Tsunade's eyebrows furrowed, and she slammed her hand on the solid wood gambling table with a "bang." The tabletop cracked in the middle, and the chips clattered all over the floor.
"You ignorant brat." Her voice was as cold as a knife. "What do you have to offer?"
Naruto did not answer.
He simply leaned forward a little more.
Then--
Five different colored materialized Chakra exploded from his body simultaneously, not released over a wide area, but condensed into a single point by some abnormal control, like an invisible sword, piercing straight towards Tsunade's brow.
Wind, Thunder, Water, Fire, Earth, Yang.
The pressure of high-purity Chakra, with all six attributes present simultaneously, transformed into an invisible yet perceptible, substantial mental shock that instantly filled Tsunade's sensory range.
Tsunade's pupils contracted sharply.
Before she could react, her body had already made a defensive move—her back tensed, Chakra instinctively gathered on her skin. This was the instinctive reaction of Kage Level ninja facing a deadly threat. But her rational mind told her a fraction of a second later: this was not an attack.
This is oppressive power. Pure, overwhelming oppressive power.
All the gamblers in the casino simultaneously felt a suffocating pressure; several of them immediately collapsed to their knees. The ninja pig in Shizune's arms trembled with fear.
And Tsunade—
She sat opposite him, her teeth clenched, her golden eyes fixed on the boy in front of her.
Not Genin, not Chunin, not even Jonin.
This purity of Chakra, the diversity of its attributes, the mental pressure—she had only ever felt a similar sense of oppression from one living person in her entire life.
Her grandfather, Hashirama Senju.
Naruto's lips moved.
His voice wasn't loud, but in the deathly silent casino, every word was crystal clear.
"I won. Your people and your Medical Ninjutsu are all mine. Now obediently return to the Uzumaki Clan and be added to the family register."
The entire room fell silent.
Tsunade's fists clenched so tightly they cracked, her nails digging into her palms. Her lips twitched, whether from anger or being overwhelmed by a sense of absurdity, it was hard to tell.
"What did you say?"
Naruto leaned back in his chair, put his hands in his pockets, and deepened the mocking smile on his lips.
He said it a second time, his voice softer, more casual, and more assertive than the first:
"Your people and your Medical Ninjutsu. If you win, they're mine. Tsunade Senju —do you dare to bet?"