"I refuse to believe this shit! One last round. I'm betting everything I have! Do you dare take the bet?"
Tsunade abruptly stood up, gripping the edges of the gambling table so tightly that her nails almost sank into the hard wood. Her ample chest heaved violently, and her disheveled blond hair clung to her cold-sweat-covered cheeks. She looked like a crazed lioness. Blinded by her losses, she had completely lost the reason expected of one of the Sannin.
The gamblers around them all sucked in a breath. The entire hall fell so quiet that a pin dropping could have been heard. Betting everything? Was this legendary Big Fat Sheep going to sell her entire self to this brat?
Shizune was already a sobbing wreck beside her. She desperately tugged at Tsunade's arm, pleading hoarsely, "Lady Tsunade, please stop gambling! You have nothing left! If you keep gambling, you'll destroy yourself!"
"Get the hell away from me!" Tsunade forcefully shook Shizune off and stared fixedly at Shengu Xuan. "Brat, I'm staking my name as Tsunade, my future freedom, and my life on one last round with you! If I lose, my life is yours, and I'll do whatever you want! If you lose, you have to return everything you won, including those gold bars! Do you dare?"
With his hands in his pockets, Shengu Xuan watched the woman who had descended into madness, the mockery at the corners of his mouth deepening. Those were exactly the words he had been waiting for.
"Betting your life? That does sound rather tempting." Shengu Xuan leisurely took a toothpick from his pocket and held it between his teeth, his eyes showing the absolute confidence of someone in control of everything. "But I'm not particularly interested in that old life of yours. How about