The owner of the casino looked at Ren and Tenten again; they seemed to be only twelve or thirteen years old. It was genuinely rare to see children that young gambling in a casino. If they were ordinary twelve or thirteen-year-olds, they would have been driven away directly. However, both were wearing ninja uniforms and Konoha forehead protectors. These were Konoha's ninjas...
After the casino owner turned his head and instructed the waiter next to him, he immediately handled the tickets for the two of them. After paying a fee, Ren and Tenten walked towards the small rooms in the casino one by one. Finally, at the door of a room, he heard a familiar voice.
"Hey, you bastards, just wait to lose today! I must earn back all the money I lost before!"
A woman's disgruntled voice rang out. The few guests who were playing next to her hurriedly smiled at her. Although they all regarded Tsunade as a big fat sheep, they wouldn't ignore Tsunade's identity in the village because of this. Tsunade's gambling products were also better. If she lost, she wouldn't get angry, and she would always pay back any money she borrowed. Otherwise, they wouldn't dare to gamble with Tsunade.
"Lady Tsunade, look at what you said," one of them said with a flattering smile. "Let's play this thing; it's just for fun. The little money you lose, you only need to perform one mission to earn it back. And you're not someone who can't afford to lose."
"That's right, Lady Tsunade, we're all old acquaintances. Even when I played cards with the First Hokage, he lost more often than he won. Those rumors circulating outside, don't take them to heart." An old man said with a smile, clearly a frequent visitor to the casino, who even used the money he earned from playing cards to support his family. "Lady Tsunade has lost several games in a row these days, and it's about time she won again."
"Alright, alright." Tsunade impatiently interrupted their compliments. With a rather domineering gesture, she waved her hand. "Don't talk about those useless things, let's start playing! It's not like I can't afford to lose, damn it!"
"Okay! Lady Tsunade, what are we playing today? Or Bridge?"
"Fine!" Tsunade simply nodded. Immediately, she reached into her clothes and pulled out a large stack of banknotes. After a rough count, she put them on the table in front of her, very informally. With Tsunade's strength, no one dared to use underhanded means to mess with her.
Tsunade had only returned to Konoha a few days ago. She and Shizune hadn't returned to Konoha for a long time. So after the two of them came back, Shizune went back to the Katō clan first to check in. In the casino at this time, there was only Tsunade alone. With no one to restrain her, Tsunade gambled even more generously.
The dealer picked up the Bridge cards and began shuffling. Others also started betting, and the amounts they played were quite large. The one with the least also put down tens of thousands of Ryō. Tsunade put down the most, at least a few hundred thousand Ryō, including three banknotes with a denomination of 100,000 Ryō.
"This, this is..."
Seeing the woman in the green robe, a beautiful woman with long golden hair tied into two low ponytails, Tenten's mouth widened into an O-shape, with unstoppable surprise in her eyes. The appearance of this person, she had seen in the Konoha information scrolls. This, this person was none other than...
The idol she had always admired and yearned for most since she was a child—Lady Tsunade Senju!
OMG!! It was really her! Her appearance was exactly the same as the portrait on the scroll! Even though more than ten years had passed since the time on the portrait, her appearance hadn't changed at all. Her body was still so voluptuous, and her face was still so beautiful! This was the real Lady Tsunade!
"Brother, brother, have you seen it! I'm not dreaming, I, I seem to have seen..." Tenten was already excited and incoherent, desperately shaking Ren's arm, unable to hide her inner excitement.
"Yes, this woman is indeed Tsunade," Ren nodded and said to her, "I brought you here this time just to see her."
"!!" The surprised expression on Tenten's face grew even more intense. Looking at Ren's expression, there was also a little more admiration. "No way, brother, you even know Lady Tsunade? You're too good, aren't you?"
Ren smiled and said nothing. How well did he know Tsunade? Not only did he know her now, but he also had a pretty good friendship with her.
Ren didn't rush to talk to Tsunade about things, but stood silently to the side, letting Tenten be a bystander, watching Tsunade play a few games. As predicted, Tsunade, with her attribute of losing every gamble, hadn't won any money in the few games she had played. This time, it wasn't like last time where the casino people were secretly cheating; this casino was one that had been operating in Konoha Village for many years. The model was still quite formal, and the supervision of the methods was very strict. And Tsunade lost money this time... it was purely because she was a "stinky hand"!
Ren watched Tsunade playing cards, and his teeth hurt! Obviously, she had a good hand, but she could still play so sloppily. 'This woman... does she even know how to play Bridge?' The saying "people's appetite is big," that's you, right?
"Okay, Tsunade, stop playing, you've already lost a lot of money just now." Ren truly couldn't bear to watch Tsunade continue to lose, and finally couldn't help but speak up from the side.
Tsunade, who had lost several games in a row and hundreds of thousands of Ryō, was already very depressed. Unexpectedly, at this moment, she actually heard Ren's voice. Tsunade's face suddenly became excited.
"Huh? Ren, why are you here?!"
"I'm here to find you about something."
"Come on, come and help me play a few games! I lost a lot of money just now, and I'm depressed!" Tsunade suddenly pulled Ren to her side. She wrapped her arms around Ren's neck, looking very intimate.
"I came to see you on business..." Ren was speechless.
"Hahaha, helping me win money is business! Don't worry, as long as you help me win money, everything you have will be covered by me!" Tsunade laughed heartily. Ren's appearance swept away her depression.
"Really?" Ren raised his eyebrows, suddenly interested.
"Of course! I swear!" Tsunade immediately puffed out her proud chest.
So, Ren sat down at the gambling table where Tsunade had just been.
"Who is this kid? Why have we never met?" Several other poker gamblers looked at Ren. At twelve or thirteen years old, with a jade crown and looking like a spring breeze, clear-eyed and handsome, he was just a half-grown child, looking like a young teenager. At first glance, he looked like an unskilled young master from a large family.
"Hee hee, this is my younger brother," Tsunade said with a grin, sitting next to Ren. "Let my younger brother play a few games for me. I'll pay the money, is that okay?"
"Yes." Several people nodded. Anyway, Lady Tsunade was paying, so they didn't have to worry about this kid not having money. With such a young face who was clearly unfamiliar with the world, wouldn't it be easy for them to win his money? As long as they could make money!
The game resumed.
"I'll start with the village, little brother, just follow us to play." The old man who looked older took out the stack of Bridge cards.
Others started betting, and Ren also took Tsunade's last 50,000 Ryō and went all-in at once. There were snickering laughs all around. There must have been someone laughing at him behind his back, thinking he had a lot of stupid money.
Tenten glared fiercely at those who were laughing at her brother, then looked nervously at her brother at the gambling table, feeling a little worried. She had never seen her brother play cards before.
The cards were re-dealt on the table. While watching the previous games, Ren had already thoroughly grasped this Bridge game. The rules of the game were very simple: shuffle, deal, match, compare, and finally... compare points. Others only compared their cards with the dealer, and the dealer would win if more than half of their cards were of the same size.