Have the Guts Not to Leave After School! [Please Bookmark and Send Flowers!]

Tsunade, don't you like gambling? We'll play to your interests, then. Let's gamble.

Don't let Tsunade being only five fool you. Even now, the little girl liked taking wads of cash from home and heading into the Casino to gamble!!!

Could you imagine a little girl only a few years old carrying a bag of money and sneaking into a Casino to gamble with adults?

Gambling and drinking were Tsunade's two biggest hobbies.

That was why, after she grew up, she owed plenty of debts. No matter where she went, creditors could be found.

"Gamble?!"

Tsunade's two cute brows furrowed slightly as she looked at Hikaru with suspicion. "How?"

Of course Tsunade liked gambling, but she hadn't expected Hikaru to make such a proposal. They would have a bet—if he won, she would do as he said; if he lost, he could get lost.

"Anything works!!!"

Hikaru smiled faintly and yawned. Deliberately provoking her, he said, "If you dare, then come on. If you don't, get lost and stop wasting my time."

"You think I'd be scared?!"

Sure enough, Tsunade couldn't stand being provoked, especially when it came to gambling. Her already wide eyes immediately grew even rounder, making people worry whether something might happen to them. It was a little frightening.

Girls with big eyes were pretty, but once their eyes became too big, they were no longer cute—they were scary!!!

Tsunade's eyes were already huge normally. When she forced them wider, they could give anyone a fright.

"It's a deal!!! Don't leave after school!!!"

Tsunade didn't think she could lose. A bet was a bet—who was afraid of whom?!

"Got it. Hurry back to your seat. I'm going to sleep."

"The school isn't yours. What does where I sit have to do with you?!"

"..."

Looking at Tsunade's proud face, like a little peacock who thought she had gotten one over on him, Hikaru's eyelid twitched. He shook his head and lay down on his desk.

Tsunade was right. The school wasn't his. Wherever she wanted to sit was her business, and he had no right to interfere. If anyone should manage it, it was the teacher. As for whether the teacher would actually do so... well, that was highly doubtful.

"Ahem."

Before long, the teacher entered the classroom. He glanced at Hikaru, who was sleeping with his head on the desk, and sighed helplessly. Then he looked at Tsunade sitting beside him and said nothing.

That wasn't Tsunade's seat, but there were plenty of empty seats in the class, and the seat beside Hikaru happened to be one of them.

If Tsunade wanted to sit there, then let her. The title of the Senju Clan's eldest daughter was quite useful. Under normal circumstances, teachers were unwilling to offend Tsunade.

But... was my class really that uninteresting? Uchiha Hikaru, do you have to keep dozing off during my lessons?

"Ha~~~~"

Although he was sleepy, after the teacher entered the classroom, Hikaru obediently patted his face to wake himself up. He sat properly and forced himself to stay alert, preparing to listen.

Most of what was taught in class might have been meant to fool little kids, but Hikaru still had to listen. You couldn't become fat in one bite; the road had to be walked step by step.

As for fantasies of obtaining all kinds of S-rank and A-rank ninjutsu the moment he transmigrated, Hikaru could only say: You're overthinking it.

Not even Tsunade received such treatment.

It was true that ninja from great clans could receive their clans' support, but no great clan would recklessly haul out piles of scrolls for you to study. Otherwise, who would bother working hard on missions and using Contribution Points to exchange for the right to learn ninjutsu?

"Snore~~~~"

"Snore~~~~"

Hikaru forced himself to sit properly and prepare for class, but snoring came from the other side of the room. There was no need to guess who it was—Jiraiya!!!

The Jiraiya of this era was much like Naruto in the future. He never paid attention in class, was lecherous, liked peeping at women bathing, and slept through lessons. He was the kind of problem child teachers hated.

His strengths were hard to see, while his flaws came in heaps. Yet someone like him had caught the Third Hokage's attention. It had to be said that the Third Hokage had an incredible eye for talent.

"Huh~~~"

Tsunade let out a surprised sound. It was normal for Jiraiya to sleep; when had that guy ever not been like this? And he was stupid as hell too, at least in Tsunade's eyes. But Hikaru had suddenly changed completely, which surprised her.

Like Orochimaru, Hikaru's parents had also died. Their circumstances were similar, but the difference was that Hikaru belonged to the Uchiha Clan. Even after his parents were gone, the clan still looked after him. Orochimaru was different. As a Civilian Ninja, he could only rely on himself for everything.

In the entire class, the entire grade—no, the entire Ninja Academy—there was no student more dedicated than Orochimaru.

The old Hikaru had been just like Jiraiya. During class, if he wasn't sleeping, he was dozing off on his way to sleep. Now, however, he had undergone a dramatic transformation. Even his personality seemed to have changed, which was astonishing.

"Alright, class begins!!!"

When it came to Jiraiya, the teacher felt he had nothing left to say. He had criticized him countless times, but it had been useless. The boy still did whatever he wanted, and the teacher had basically stopped expecting much from him.

Of course, this also made the teacher nearly drop his jaw later, when Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru were assigned together and the Third Hokage personally became their teacher.

Hikaru casually glanced at Tsunade, rubbed his eyes to wake himself up a little more, and listened attentively.

"Uchiha Hikaru, don't move!!!"

Little Tsunade had been thinking about it the whole time. After school, she stood at the doorway like a guardian deity, blocking Hikaru inside the classroom.

Hikaru shrugged and sat on top of his desk with his arms crossed, watching everyone else leave one by one. They had wanted to stay and watch the show, but under Tsunade's glare—which clearly said, If you don't leave, I'm going to beat someone up—they obediently departed. Even Orochimaru and Jiraiya were no exception.

No one wanted to offend Tsunade at a time like this. Otherwise, all the pent-up anger she had built up because of Hikaru would explode right onto them.

"Ha~~~~ Alright, everyone's gone. Tell me, how do you want to gamble?"

Everyone who should have left was gone. Only Tsunade and Hikaru remained in the classroom. Hikaru yawned boredly and gestured for Tsunade to hurry up. He didn't have much time to waste chatting nonsense with her.

But the more indifferent Hikaru acted, the more Tsunade's teeth itched with anger!

"You... just wait."

Gritting her teeth, Tsunade truly wanted to bite Hikaru to death. He was the one who had proposed the bet, yet now he was asking her how they should gamble? Did he want her to move the entire Casino into the classroom?

Her small, pale hands kept feeling around her body. Tsunade's actions made Hikaru want to laugh. Could it be that she had hidden some gambling equipment on her?

"What are you laughing at?!"

Tsunade glared back at him irritably. Soon, she placed two dice in her little hand and slapped!~ them onto the desk. She looked at Hikaru, the provocation in her eyes impossible to miss.

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