Chapter 213: The Legendary Sucker, Won a Huge Sum of Money at Our Casino Last Night!
A blush of red appeared on the horizon.
Just after seeing off the two Senju brothers, Kisame Hoshigaki looked at Itachi and smiled. "It seems that besides Lord First Hokage, our organization might be gaining the world's strongest medical ninja…"
"Perhaps…"
Itachi Uchiha gazed at the rising sun in the distance and said softly, "Let's go find Guy-senpai and the others! Now that Orochimaru has abandoned the Akatsuki, and the Akatsuki suffered heavy losses last night, let's go discuss our next plan!"
Land of Waves, Morning.
No matter how unwilling Tobirama Senju was, faced with a stubborn First Hokage who insisted on staying, and with an Itachi Uchiha fanning the flames from the side, he could only choose to keep his elder brother by his side to prevent the God of Shinobi from being tricked and sold off.
Moreover, he had received a piece of intelligence from Kisame Hoshigaki: the Hidden Mist Village planned to revive their Second Mizukage to compete for influence within the organization.
Honestly, Tobirama Senju wasn't particularly worried about the Second Mizukage, Gengetsu Hozuki, but the manpower from their Konoha was indeed thin on the ground within the organization. The only Konoha ninja, Itachi Uchiha, was definitely not on the same page as him. At a time like this, keeping his big brother around had more advantages.
When that group from the Hidden Mist revived that mustached Gengetsu Hozuki, they would realize that all their efforts were futile.
When the Second Mizukage, Gengetsu Hozuki, who had lived through the founding era of the ninja villages, saw two generations of Konoha's Hokage in the organization, would he not be forced to seriously consider how to preserve the Hidden Mist Village?
After arguing with Kisame Hoshigaki about the organization's management, Tobirama Senju used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return to his residence with his elder brother, only to see a handsome youth pacing back and forth.
"Haku, what happened?"
"Lord Tobirama!" The youth looked up, flustered. The moment he saw his teacher, he breathed a sigh of relief. "Something happened at our casino…"
"Huh? Casino?"
A certain recently revived old gambler's face immediately lit up. "Tobirama, how could you make money by running a casino! I'm going to take a look!"
Haku looked at Hashirama Senju with confusion. "This is…"
"Don't mind him, he's not important." Tobirama Senju grabbed his big brother, rubbed his forehead, and said softly, "First, tell me, what on earth happened at the casino!"
"The legendary sucker of the ninja world has arrived…"
The handsome youth looked up with an uneasy expression and said softly, "That is, your grandniece, Lady Tsunade… Normally, she should have lost a lot of money, but for some reason, she suddenly won a huge sum last night…"
"It's just as that little Uchiha brat said, Tsunade has already arrived in the Land of Waves," Tobirama Senju snorted coldly.
Ever since their organization had completely occupied the Land of Waves, besides commercial trade, Tobirama had turned the small island into a transit port for the Hidden Mist's sea trade, establishing many sea trade routes with the mainland.
With more merchants coming and going to the Land of Waves, some entertainment facilities had to keep up. A particularly profitable place like a casino was naturally something the strategist Tobirama would not pass up.
Honestly, Tsunade winning money was a small matter. How could a casino not allow people to win…
But if someone won too much, it was a great disrespect to the owner of the casino, and this casino was opened by Tobirama Senju to collect research funds.
Moreover, the people who came to the casino to play were of no ordinary status.
Hashirama Senju said leisurely, "Little Tsuna, I never thought she would surpass her master, to have such attainments in the art of gambling…"
"…Shut up!"
The great strategist Tobirama gritted his teeth in exasperation. "And isn't it because you were a bad influence on Tsunade! I've secretly paid off no less than tens of millions in her gambling debts over the years!"
"…Ahahaha…"
After a few embarrassed laughs, the God of Shinobi patted his younger brother's shoulder. "I've troubled you, Tobirama. I will help her win back all the money she lost over the years."
"Big brother, as a ninja, self-awareness is a virtue…"
Tobirama Senju glanced at his brother and said in a low voice, "Let's go. We'll go see Tsunade together. I already know what that little Uchiha brat was thinking."
There was a tacit understanding between smart people.
Even though Tobirama Senju had always looked down on Itachi Uchiha's family identity, and Itachi Uchiha had always endured his clansmen complaining about the Second Hokage at every clan meeting, there was one thing that could not be changed: they were both ninjas of Konoha.
Because Kisame Hoshigaki was overly loyal, their organization's recruitment of members in the Hidden Mist Village had been too rapid. The majority of these personnel were, in reality, mostly for the benefit of the Mist Village.
To put it simply, among the Hidden Mist members of the organization, besides Kisame Hoshigaki, everyone else, including Zabuza Momochi and Mei Terumi, was actually a double agent.
To prevent the increasingly lazy Kitahara from becoming a tool crow for the Hidden Mist Village, the balance of power within the organization was especially important.
As for Tobirama Senju's position… everyone knew it.
If you don't listen to me, then I'll get rid of you.
First, find a way to force disobedient members to betray the organization, then use the pretext of betrayal to clean up the traitors, and also use the opportunity to prevent this evil organization from expanding its strength.
The great Second Hokage was very skilled at this sort of thing.
History had proven that whatever the Second Hokage approved of, the Uchiha had to oppose.
Itachi Uchiha's intelligence was not low. He firmly held the opposite opinion. What they needed to do was not to weaken the organization's power, but to let more ninjas, ninjas from different villages, join in and expand the number of members.
The young Konoha Jonin had thought for a long time and decided to let Tsunade discover the truth behind the Land of Waves on her own, and of course, to help Tsunade quit gambling…
After all, this old woman was inevitably the source of Kitahara's corruption.
If Tsunade were willing to join the organization, it would not arouse the Second Hokage's dissatisfaction. The Senju clan placed extraordinary importance on their own relatives, and the Uchiha clan was similar.
Tobirama Senju had long heard of Tsunade's various bad habits in Konoha—gambling and drinking day and night. However, when he truly saw his grandniece…
The room reeked of alcohol…
Wine bottles were scattered haphazardly on the table…
The Head of the Konoha Medical Department, Advisor to the Konoha Defense Department, and Advisor to the Konoha Hokage—Lady Tsunade, who held three important positions, was currently passed out on a table in the inn…
A cool breeze slipped in through the open door, rustling Tsunade's hair and causing her to slightly part her lips and let out a loud, drunken hiccup. "Hic~"
"Water Style: Water Bullet Jutsu!" The great strategist Tobirama's expression was exceptionally ugly. He couldn't help but want to form a hand seal and show his grandniece what tough love was.
Hashirama Senju abruptly grabbed his younger brother's shoulder and gently shook his head at him. "Tobirama, don't be rash…"
"But… big brother!"
Tobirama Senju helplessly lowered his arm.
The woman slumped on the table seemed to stir at the sound.
Still in a drunken state, Tsunade groggily moved her head, murmuring as two lines of tears streamed down her face, "Nawaki…"
Tsunade was the higher-up who left Konoha the most often.
Because after leaving Konoha, she no longer had to use her status as a Konoha higher-up and a Legendary Sannin to force herself to pretend to be strong in the village.
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