On a luxury cruise ship, in a cabin on the top deck.
"I'll bomb... 4 Aces. I'm calling the order!" Hahahaha.
Tsunade clapped her hands excitedly, looking triumphantly at Shinsei and Sasuke. "You two should admit defeat. In the name of Konoha's God of Gamblers!" Tsunade on her hips, raised her chin, and looked arrogantly at her two disciples.
Shinsei looked at the four twos in his hand, drew out his cards, and threw them down expressionlessly. "I'm going to bomb back, four twos."
"What?!" Tsunade widened, pointing at Shinsei's nose. "I just played a straight, why didn't you take it?"
Shinsei shrugged. "I just wanted to see if Tsunade could win, but I didn't expect that even though she was holding back, you still couldn't beat her."
Tsunade plopped down in a chair, huffing and puffing, "Fine, those two traitors, ganging up on me!"
"Teacher, are you a landlord?" Shinsei replied irritably.
"You two rebellious disciples! Just because I'm the landlord doesn't mean you can stick together! Let's play again!" Tsunade began shuffling the cards.
Sasuke silently tore the note.
Shinsei took the slips of paper and said to Tsunade, "Teacher, you just had four threes, flip them over, and I had four twos, so I'll double them again." Shinsei counted four slips of paper.
Tsunade leaned her face over, glaring at her with a threatening look.
Ignoring Tsunade's gaze, Shinsei wet the note and unhesitatingly stuck it to Tsunade's face.
"Hahahaha, "Naruto laughed, clutching his stomach, as he looked at Tsunade's face covered in notes.
Tsunade's eyebrows twitched, and she pointed at Shinsei: "You go down, Naruto will take your place."
Okay, Shinsei stood up and pressed the bewildered Naruto back into the chair.
Tsunade looked at Naruto and found him more and more pleasing to the eye. With Naruto's intelligence, he was definitely no match for her.
Shuffle the cards, deal the cards.
Naruto looked at the mess of cards in his hand, then simply Hand Seals and created two Shadow Clone.
The three Naruto hurriedly arranged the cards in their hands.
Tsunade burst into laughter. "My landlord, I'm totally bewildered!"
She triumphantly picked up the three cards at the bottom. "A pair of three." Tsunade played her card first.
Naruto turned around, pointed to the card in his hand, and asked Shinsei, "Is this a bomb?"
Shinsei nodded.
"I'll blow it up!" Naruto threw down the four 6s he was holding.
Tsunade looked at him incredulously. "You still exploded when I was fighting three against one?"
Naruto then turned to Shinsei and asked, "Is this a straight flush?"
Shinsei continued nodding.
Naruto threw down the five-hit combo he was holding.
Tsunade turned ashen, and she coldly snorted, "I don't want to! Keep going!"
Naruto turned back and asked, "Can we release this without it exploding?"
Shinsei nodded.
Naruto tossed down the four Ks he was holding and continued asking Shinsei, "Is this a good bet?"
Shinsei nodded.
Naruto threw down the three-in-one sword he was holding.
Tsunade's expression was grim, her eyebrows twitching slightly as if she were gathering her emotions.
Suddenly, a quarrel broke out outside.
Tsunade tossed the cards in her hand aside and ripped the note off her face. "Something must have happened. Let's play again next time!"
Naruto grabbed the note from the table and followed him out, refusing to give up.
"Your ship has been requisitioned," a ninja wearing Kirigakure Forehead Protector said to the captain.
"But sir, this is a passenger ship. What about the passengers?"
The Kirigakure Ninja next to him pointed to a small boat on the sea. "Get on that boat."
The middle-aged captain looked at the small boat on the sea, which couldn't even fit half the passengers. "But sir..."
Before he could finish speaking, a ninja drew a longsword from behind and pressed it against the captain's neck. "No buts, do you want to go into the sea to feed the sharks?"
Kakashi stepped forward, took a document, and handed it to the three Kirigakure ninja opposite him. "We are envoys sent by the Fifth Lord Hokage to Kirigakure."
The three ninjas took the document from Kakashi and passed it around to each other.
An older ninja handed the document back to Kakashi: "I'm very sorry, envoy from Konoha, but I know you are the Copy Ninja Kakashi. I am Jirō Miyazaki of Kirigakure."
He scanned the Konoha horde, his eyes finally settling on Shinsei. Upon seeing the lotus mark on Shinsei's forehead, his pupils constricted, and he immediately bowed deeply. " Lord Shinsei, I didn't expect to have you here on this mission to Kirigakure."
Shinsei raised an eyebrow, surprised that his fame had grown so great. Wasn't Kirigakure, with no communication?
Shinsei asked, "Why are you requisitioning their ships?"
Jirō Miyazaki looked embarrassed and explained, "We were ordered by the Mizukage to meet the envoys from Konoha. We waited at the Konoha border for two days but didn't encounter you, so we wanted to change to a larger ship to make it easier for you to travel."
Jirō Miyazaki pulled a scroll from his pocket and handed it to Kakashi: "This is our appointment letter."
Shinsei glanced at Tsunade, who looked like a little girl, Fudo. It was all because their teacher had been traveling and sightseeing along the way, which had delayed their journey.
Kakashi handed the appointment letter to Tsunade, Tsunade to confirm it was in order, and then tossed it to Jirō Miyazaki.
"Esteemed envoys of Konoha," Jirō Miyazaki bowed slightly to the crowd again, " the Mizukage has changed the destination of our meeting and awaits your arrival on the small island ahead."
Tsunade nodded. "Lead the way."
Although Jirō Miyazaki was surprised that a little girl was giving orders, he didn't say anything more since Shinsei didn't object.
The group boarded a small wooden boat, and as the engine started, the boat sped off in one direction.
Although the small boat was rocking, it was much faster than the previous cruise ship.
Naruto leaned against the side of the boat, his face ashen, looking like he was about to vomit at any moment.
Sakura patted Naruto on the back.
Sasuke leaned closer. "Hey? Hey, you loser, it's okay if you can't hold it in and throw up."
Naruto gripped the side of the boat tightly, turned around, and glared at Sasuke: "You're the loser! I'm Naruto Uzumaki, I don't get seasick! Wow~"
Vomit sprayed from Naruto's mouth, Sasuke quickly dodged.
Before the stench could even dissipate, everyone rushed to Naruto's side.
Fortunately, the small boat kept moving forward, and the smell was carried away by the sea breeze to the back.
Tsunade and walked forward, slapping Naruto unconscious. She then pressed the green Chakra in her hand against Naruto's abdomen.
Shinsei unleashed Water Release Chakra from his hands, scooped up the vomit beside the boat, and threw it into the sea, discarding even that portion of Chakra.
The small boat sped along until finally a small island appeared before them.
A curvaceous woman in a blue dress and reddish-brown hair, wearing a straw hat, looked at the small boat approaching in the distance.
The one-eyed man beside him was also looking into the distance. He exclaimed in surprise, " Kakashi, the Copy Ninja from Konoha, is here too. He's very handsome, and I heard he's over 20 and still unmarried."
The brown-haired beauty turned her head, her beautiful eyes filled with frost. "Qing, are you pressuring me to get married?"
The brown-haired beauty covered her mouth and laughed, but her words were devoid of any emotion. "If you pressure me to get married like this again, I'll kill you."
As the Konoha members reached the shore, the rosy-brown beauty stepped forward:
"I am Kirigakure Mei Terumi, the Mizukage of Kirigakure. Welcome everyone to come and provide support."
She scanned the crowd, finally settling on the blonde little girl. "I didn't expect the Lord Hokage of Konoha to be here too?"