" Bai Yu, do you really have a way?"
Mito Uzumaki lost her composure once again.
As one of the top medical-nin in the Shinobi World, she knew better than anyone else about Hashirama Senju's physical condition.
Faced with accelerated cellular aging, let alone her, even the reborn Sage of Six Paths probably couldn't reverse it.
Feeling the eager gazes from all around, Bai Yu paused for a moment before saying, "I'm not entirely confident either; it all depends on your luck, little brother."
"If you're lucky, you might be saved; otherwise, you're out of luck. Do you want to gamble with your life? If you fail, you could die instantly..."
Gambling with your life?
The expressions of those present changed slightly.
This response clearly caught me off guard.
" Hashirama..." Mito Uzumaki asked nervously.
"Haha, Mito, don't be nervous. Either way, you're going to die. It's just a matter of dying sooner or later."
Hashirama Senju patted Mito Uzumaki's hand and laughed as he spoke.
"Besides, I've always had good luck with bets. After hearing about Bai Yu's methods firsthand, I'm even more confident that I'll win this round."
Bai Yu, I'll take this gamble with you!
Looking at Hashirama Senju an air of great pride, Bai Yu suddenly remembered something very important.
If I remember correctly, in the original work, Tsunade not only learned Hashirama Senju's gambling addiction.
He even inherited the nickname "Big Fat Pig," as he always loses when gambling.
Now, Hashirama Senju suddenly uttered a bold and reckless statement, a risky gamble.
I hope I won't be riding on a sunken ship.
However, looking at the withered Hashirama Senju of Hashirama Senju, Bai Yu sighed helplessly, somewhat regretting his earlier careless remark.
Now we can only try anything, even if it seems hopeless.
Bai Yu certainly didn't have any means of saving lives.
The only thing we can do is rely on the System Shop.
As the system has evolved to include more and more functions, the System Shop, which originally refreshed randomly, now also has a button for active refreshing.
However, compared to dungeon runs, 5,000 points allow four people to form a team and take a gamble, making the System Shop's value for money noticeably inferior.
If there were no other way, Bai Yu wouldn't have bothered with the System Shop.
Each refresh System Points, and an unknown number of System Points are required to purchase goods.
Bai Yu felt a pang of heartache just thinking about it.
However, given the circumstances, all we can do is grit our teeth and sigh.
"Young man, since you keep calling me ' Little Hashirama,' I'll take a gamble for you. As for whether it succeeds or not, that's up to fate."
"Haha, it seems that calling me 'big brother' was quite a good deal. But Bai Yu, don't worry, life and death are in the hands of fate. I won't care what the final outcome is."
Hashirama Senju laughed loudly, but a hint of tension still appeared on his face.
If given the choice, no one would willingly wait to die, not even Hashirama Senju, the God of the Shinobi World.
"System, refresh the System Shop for me."
"Ding-dong, host, please wait a moment. One thousand System Points are being deducted. The shop is being refreshed."
"Ding-dong, congratulations host, the System Shop has been refreshed. The current number of items is two..."
Seeing the quickly switched online store page, Bai Yu raised an eyebrow and quickly scrolled to the bottom of the screen.
Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms - 5000 points.
BB Popcorn - 10,000 points!
The product page remained rudimentary, and Bai Yu raised an eyebrow as he looked at the two items that had been refreshed.
If I'm not mistaken, the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms would be an absolutely top-tier martial art in the world of wuxia (martial arts) novels.
However, in the Hokage world, it would be clearly quite useless.
Bai Yu glanced at the product listing and immediately skipped over it.
They paid more attention to the second item category.
A single piece of popcorn is more expensive than martial arts techniques.
Is this scientifically sound?
At least, Bai Yu believes it is absolutely unscientific.
After defeating Killer, Bai Yu had 225,000 System Points remaining.
If this popcorn were truly useless, it probably wouldn't be priced at 10,000 points.
While thinking, Bai Yu's hands didn't hesitate; he directly opened the product analysis.
Upon seeing the words displayed above, Bai Yu's eyes lit up.
As expected, when it comes to gambling with their lives, Hashirama Senju and Tsunade are exactly the same.
When it comes to life and death, everyone gambles and wins.
However, compared to Tsunade's gamble that cost Jiraiya her Jiraiya, Hashirama Senju's gamble this time was clearly the right one.
" Bai Yu... are you confident?"
Hashirama Senju couldn't help but speak up.
"If you're not confident, you can actually ignore it; after all, you've already mentally prepared yourself for death."
Bai Yu exited the consciousness space, looked at Hashirama Senju was gripping Mito Uzumaki's hand tightly, and smiled.
"No, you're lucky. After eating this, you still have a chance to survive."
"Of course, I can't guarantee what the final outcome will be."
As he spoke, Bai Yu reached into the system and pulled out BB Popcorn that he had redeemed using 10,000 System Points, and handed it to Hashirama Senju.
This scene immediately stunned everyone.
Even Hashirama Senju was no exception.
Mito Uzumaki said urgently, " Bai Yu, this joke isn't funny. Can we save Hashirama first, and then we can joke around?"
"Are you kidding?" Bai Yu clearly anticipated the changes in the others' expressions, and after taking a swig of his drink, he said.
"Sorry, I'm not joking."
"As my younger brother just said, this was a gamble with my life. What I had to do, I've already done."
"If you don't even dare to gamble, how can you talk about surviving?"
Mito Uzumaki hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped herself.
Hashirama Senju raised his hand to stop him, glanced at the popcorn in Bai Yu's hand, and laughed loudly.
"Since Big Brother says that Popcorn is better than medical-nin, I'll take another gamble."
"Eat it now!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Hashirama Senju snatched the popcorn, tilted his head back, and ate it straight in his mouth.
A smacking sound came from his mouth.
This swift and decisive action immediately put everyone on edge.
Looking at the bright yellow popcorn, they really wanted to believe it.
However, subconsciously, it's still hard to associate it with miracle drugs.
However, the thought had barely crossed his mind when...
The next moment, a series of crackling sounds, like firecrackers, emanated directly from inside Hashirama Senju's body.
In an instant, dazzling golden light emanated from its body.
Originally, Hashirama Senju's withered body had almost depleted Chakra flowing within it.
At this moment, every cell in my body is bursting with immense vitality.
A magnificent surge of Chakra was unleashed, instantly coalescing within his body like a raging river, washing over him with frenzied fury.
The cells, which had already withered, were now bursting with vitality.
The Hashirama Senju's skin, which resembled a book cover, began to swell up like a balloon.
The bizarre scene surprised everyone present.
The utterly absurd sentence I'd just heard flashed through my mind.
Popcorn is better than medical-nin.