Tsunade's Luck

With her fingertips flying, Tsunade picked up a coin and scraped back and forth across the coating. The more she scratched, the more excitement filled her eyes.

The bystanders behind her also held their breath, watching the scratch-off ticket in her hand.

When the first ticket was finished, there was not even a flicker of light.

Her expression dimmed slightly, and disappointment gradually crept in.

Wu Di calmly explained, "Scratch-off tickets are also a form of gambling. Since it's gambling, there's always a chance of losing..."

"Shut up!"

Before he could finish, Tsunade snapped at him.

It was as though she could not stand hearing anyone say that her luck was bad.

Wu Di shrank back and immediately covered his mouth.

It was not that he feared Tsunade's strength; he had simply been taught an idea since childhood.

A good man did not fight with women.

Even if Tsunade was an old woman in her fifties, she was still a woman.

Besides, judging by her appearance, there was not the slightest trace of age on her.

How could he possibly offend such an attractive and wealthy customer?

Not long after, the second scratch-off ticket was revealed, and there was still nothing.

Since the little shop had opened, it had never encountered such a situation.

Quite a few bystanders began whispering among themselves.

"I'd heard Lord Tsunade's luck was notoriously awful. Now I've seen it for myself!"

"Are you tired of living? You dare say that about Lord Tsunade? But... I have to admit, you're telling the truth!"

"Shh, keep it down. Lord Tsunade is about to scratch the third one!"

Everyone's expressions became tense once more.

Wu Di scratched his head and muttered inwardly.

If things followed Kishimoto's setting, Tsunade's scratch-off ticket should still be a dud, right?

Sure enough, after Tsunade scraped away every bit of the coating, she completely broke down and let out a wail.

"Why can everyone else scratch out something, but I can't?"

Then her expression turned cold. Bracing both hands against the table, she stared Wu Di down.

"Tell me, did you tamper with these scratch-off tickets?"

Wu Di spread his hands and gave a wronged, bitter laugh.

"Lord Tsunade, not getting anything can only be blamed on your luck. This..."

Crack!

Before he could finish, a deafening boom came with a rolling blast wave.

A hole was instantly smashed through the heavy counter.

Wu Di broke out in a cold sweat. Experiencing Tsunade's tremendous strength from such close range was quite shocking visually.

His fists had already clenched behind his back. If Tsunade dared to keep pressing the matter, he would have no choice but to offend this "premium customer."

At that moment, Shizune hurried forward, rubbing Tsunade's chest as she softly soothed her.

"Lord Tsunade, please calm down. Let me scratch the rest for you!"

After winning earlier, Shizune had become interested in scratch-off tickets as well.

But what Wu Di was thinking was: If only I were Shizune right now. Those soft... sigh!

Tsunade coldly looked at the remaining seven scratch-off tickets on the table and said softly.

"Go scratch them for me. I'm too annoyed to scratch them myself anyway."

Shizune took the coin and walked forward with a cheerful smile, immediately scratching the ticket on top.

She had only scratched halfway through when a dazzling golden light suddenly burst from beneath the coating.

"Lord Tsunade, I won again!"

Tsunade froze, then hurriedly rose to her feet, a complicated glimmer flashing in her eyes.

The surrounding bystanders also moved closer.

They wanted to see what Shizune had won this time.

When Shizune scratched away the final layer of coating, the golden light suddenly faded.

Something resembling a toy car remote control floated out of the scratch-off ticket.

After reading the instructions for the "remote control," Wu Di could not help smacking his forehead.

He truly had no idea who had made these scratch-off tickets.

He had actually come up with so many bizarre little items.

Looking at the utterly bewildered Shizune outside, he smiled and explained.

"This thing is called the Human Remote Control."

"As for its effect... it's somewhat like the Yamanaka Clan's Mind Transfer Jutsu."

"The only slight difference is that the user doesn't need to enter someone else's body."

"Of course, even if you wanted to enter it, you couldn't."

"There's a card on this remote."

"Write down the name of the person you want to control on the card, and then you can control them through the remote!"

As Shizune listened, her eyes grew wider and wider.

Just as she was getting excited, she suddenly felt her hands empty.

The remote had already appeared in Tsunade's hand. "This is pretty good. I'm keeping it!"

Seeing what she did, Shizune looked a little disappointed.

Wu Di, on the other hand, slowly revealed a strange smile.

Tsunade was somewhat puzzled and was about to ask why when the remote in her hand seemed to vanish.

Looking down, she saw that it had indeed returned to Shizune's hands.

"Shizune, what are you trying to do?" she demanded in a low voice, her face darkening.

Shizune hurriedly shook her head, stepped forward, and stuffed the remote back into Tsunade's arms.

"Lord Tsunade, I didn't do anything. Please don't lose your temper at me!"

But the moment she stepped back, the remote returned to her hands again.

Looking at Tsunade's rather stern face, Shizune instantly felt like life was no longer worth living.

Tsunade gritted her teeth and said coldly, "Boss, what does this mean?"

Wu Di let out a long breath and explained at length, "This scratch-off ticket was scratched by Shizune, so the item inside can only belong to Shizune."

"Then didn't I spend my money for nothing?" Tsunade's eyes widened at once.

Wu Di chuckled and held up two fingers.

"How could it be for nothing? I can give you two solutions."

"First, have Shizune give you all the money for the remaining tickets!"

Upon hearing this, Shizune stumbled and nearly fainted.

She could barely manage to carry ten thousand silver notes, let alone the remaining seventy thousand.

Tsunade seemed well aware of that and did not consider it at all. "What's the second one?"

"The second one..."

Wu Di deliberately drew out his words, and even the passersby outside perked up their ears.

He cleared his throat and continued.

"Second, have her scratch off half first. Once she sees the golden light, you take over and scratch the second half."

"That way, whatever comes out will be yours!"

Tsunade immediately became much happier upon hearing that.

"Shizune, keep scratching. Hand it over to me once golden light appears!"

"Okay!" Shizune nodded repeatedly, her trembling palm landing on the scratch-off ticket.

Sure enough, the results were different when someone else did the scratching.

The next scratch-off ticket burst with golden light as well!

Tsunade quickly took it over and said excitedly as she scratched.

"I'm finally going to get something good today!"

"If anyone dares say my luck is bad again, I'll personally geld him!"

The onlookers behind them all shrank their necks.

Especially those who had just spoken out of turn—they felt a chill constantly blowing beneath their crotches.

In the blink of an eye, the entire scratch-off ticket had been scratched open.

A crumpled piece of paper floated out from the ticket.

Wu Di was puzzled. That paper looked somewhat familiar.

Just as he was thinking about it, the stench of sweaty feet surged through the little shop like a raging flood.

He hurriedly opened the box, only to find that the silver note Naruto had hidden in his shoe had vanished without a trace.

Suppressing the urge to vomit, Tsunade narrowed her eyes for a look.

"It's actually a ten-tael silver note!"

She set the silver note aside, then scratched open all the remaining scratch-off tickets that Shizune had only scratched halfway.

Right before Wu Di's eyes, all one hundred taels' worth of silver notes Naruto had given him flew into Tsunade's hands through the scratch-off tickets.