Over an hour later, Tsunade, Xue Ge, and Shizune walked out of the casino.
Tsunade looked grim. Shizune watched Xue Ge, afraid to speak, while Xue Ge looked utterly blank.
Who am I? Where am I? What happened?
Where did my hundred thousand ryo go?
Why did it feel like it went "smack! Smack! Smack!" and then vanished?
"We lost it all. We really lost it all..." A hint of terror appeared in Shizune's eyes as she grabbed Tsunade beside her. "L-L-Lady Tsunade... what do we do? A hundred thousand ryo! That was a hundred thousand ryo..."
"Maybe we should run..."
"Run for what? It's only a hundred thousand ryo, just one B-rank mission! At worst... at worst, I won't gamble for a while."
Having just lost all that money right in front of Xue Ge, Tsunade sounded rather unsure of herself even as she said it.
Xue Ge stared blankly at Tsunade. "Lady Tsunade..."
"Uh, what?"
"Did you just fail to win even a single round?"
Tsunade held Xue Ge's shoulders. "You have to believe me. This was just a fluke."
"Was this a fluke?" Xue Ge's already vacant eyes grew even emptier.
A ninja, a Sannin-level ninja, had suffered a crushing defeat at the casino without winning even once.
Was this really a fluke?
Even someone like me, who's never touched any of those crazy gambling games, couldn't possibly fail every single time just guessing!
"That was just guessing high or low, Lady Tsunade..." Xue Ge looked at her in disbelief.
"Stop, stop..." Tsunade covered her face, unable to explain.
Just then, Shizune poked her head out from behind Tsunade and told Xue Ge, looking on the verge of tears, "That's why I told you to run earlier and not lend her money..."
"We don't even have money