As a ninja from a small ninja village, what I yearn for most is peace!

Chapter 60 As a ninja from a small ninja village, what I yearn for most is peace!

Kaguya Kimimaro and Haku were somewhat confused.

Kisame couldn't help but chuckle. It sounded like Uehara was a boss who valued his subordinates quite a bit!

Only Zabuza and the Full Moon are somewhat puzzling.

Uehara actually went to the trouble of treating Kaguya Kimimaro, a young ninja who had not yet developed combat power, even though he was seriously ill?

These ninjas from the Land of Water are known for their ruthlessness; a young man like Kimimaro, afflicted with a serious illness, would only be sent to his death…

The Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, would love for them all to die!

However, Hozuki Mangetsu recalled a rumor that had to dampen Uehara Naraku's spirits. He said softly, "But I've heard that Lady Tsunade, who is known as the strongest medical ninja, has retired and hasn't saved anyone since the war ended..."

"Um."

Uehara Naraku nodded, gazing at the giggling blonde female ninja in the distance, and sighed, "Perhaps it's because she has some psychological problem!"

Tsunade, that woman, suffers from hemophobia!

Who would have thought that a medical ninja would suffer from hemophobia, especially since she was recognized as the strongest medical ninja in the ninja world?

Uehara Naraku instructed the other members to continue their journey, while he led Kaguya Kimimaro toward Tsunade and Shizune.

Tsunade walked towards them, stopping beside Uehara. She bent down, her breath warm on his shoulder, and tilted her head, saying, "How's it going, kid? Still can't forget me? Let's find a place now..."

"Lady Tsunade!"

Shizune, standing nearby, nervously tugged at Tsunade's shoulder: "Mind your image! Don't tease him like that, he's still just a child!"

Tsunade ignored her and simply listened quietly to Uehara's increasingly rapid heartbeat.

Uehara Naraku helplessly reached out and pushed Tsunade's head to the side, sighing, "...If you want my money, just say so. You don't have to do this, do you, Tsunade-senpai?"

"Tch, what a naive brat!"

"I have five million taels here..."

Uehara Naraku raised the scroll in his hand and said softly, "I can bet with you, but I have one condition."

Tsunade's nonchalant expression vanished instantly, and she looked down at Uehara Naraku with a furrowed brow: "What are your demands?"

"Please help him get a medical check-up."

Uehara Naraku pointed to Kaguya Kimimaro beside him and said softly, "He is the last member of the Kaguya clan. Tsunade-senpai should have heard of him, right?"

"The Kaguya clan from the Land of Water?"

Tsunade had not only heard of the Kaguya clan's reputation, but also some of their secrets: "If I remember correctly, even in times of peace, the Kaguya clan has never had a long-lived ninja. Their personalities are affected by their bloodline limit, causing them to become violent..."

Tsunade wasn't particularly interested in Kaguya Kimimaro's affairs; she was more interested in Uehara Naraku. After briefly mentioning the Kaguya clan, she shifted the topic to Uehara.

"Little brat."

Tsunade flicked the scroll in Uehara's hand with her fingers, a smirk playing on her lips: "We came here to gamble, but you've asked me to help cure illnesses?"

Uehara Naraku sensed the dissatisfaction in her words, rubbed his forehead, and said, "If you wanted, someone would be willing to give you money... but you probably haven't won much money at the gambling tables, have you?"

"..."

A visible cross-shaped vein appeared on Tsunade's forehead, because what Uehara Naraku said was indeed true.

Tsunade's anger vanished instantly, and she softly ordered, "Shizune, go check on that brat from the Kaguya clan. I'm going to play a few rounds with this little guy!"

"Yes, Lady Tsunade!"

Shizune breathed a sigh of relief and nodded respectfully.

Tsunade and Uehara Naraku followed behind them and found a rest area with seats nearby. Tsunade took out dice from her pocket, and Uehara Naraku unsealed the scroll and took out a stack of money.

While having their bodies checked.

A gambling den was set up.

Splash splash splash...

The dice cup clinked.

"one."

"pair."

"I won."

Tsunade's face immediately lit up. After taking the stack of money in front of Uehara, she asked, "Kid, what's your name?"

"Uehara Naraku."

The boy remained silent for a moment, then made no attempt to hide his name.

Tsunade raised an eyebrow and continued shaking the dice cup: "I don't think I've ever heard of any Uehara clan or important figures in Kirigakure..."

"That's normal."

Uehara Naraku shook his head and sighed, "How could a village as big as Kirigakure have a lowly ninja like me? Kisame and the others were just helping me complete my mission..."

That's not entirely wrong.

Uehara's task was simply to recruit Kisame Hoshigaki and others into the Akatsuki organization.

"Oh…"

Tsunade suddenly pressed down on the dice cup, looked up at Uehara Naraku, a playful glint in her eyes: "You say such things, but you're secretly smug. You think you can disregard the five great ninja villages?"

"Tsunade-senpai."

Uehara Naraku retorted, not to be outdone: "I heard that the Third Hokage of Konoha is quite old. You could easily succeed him as Hokage if you went back, yet you're still traveling around... You don't even care about the position of the strongest ninja village's Kage. Aren't you the most arrogant person here?"

However, Tsunade certainly has reason to be proud!

Whether it's her family background, appearance, strength, or ability, every single one of these qualities would make any other woman proud.

"The Naruto?"

A hint of confusion flashed in Tsunade's eyes.

The two stopped talking and continued their betting game.

Uehara Naraku's luck at the gambling table seems to be even worse than Tsunade's.

No matter what he guessed, he never got it right even once; the side quest to win against Tsunade on the system panel seemed a long way off…

Forget it, let's just pretend that task doesn't exist.

Uehara Naraku forced himself to comfort himself, thinking that based on what anime fans knew about Tsunade's luck, the reward for betting against Tsunade couldn't be that generous!

Tsunade picked up the stack of money in front of Uehara again and said softly, "Kid, I've never won much in my life. Every time I win, something bad always happens. But these past two days, I've been winning your money..."

"Oh?"

Uehara Naraku knew about this curse.

He was also a little curious whether there would be a major earthquake in Konoha now that Tsunade had beaten him so many times...

Or perhaps Jiraiya or Orochimaru were in danger?

Uehara Naraku then thought about his identity.

Maybe it was his incredible luck that suppressed Tsunade's curse?

As an intern at Akatsuki, and the last nested doll of the ninja world's behind-the-scenes manipulators, perhaps Tsunade, even now, has encountered him but failed to eliminate this threat...

That was probably her greatest misfortune and regret!

Of course, it's unlikely that Tsunade could kill him now...

Even Tsunade would never have imagined that the boy sitting in front of her possessed Kage-level power.

Tsunade, with her quick wit, suddenly chuckled and said, "Hey kid, you're not going to become a member of some evil organization someday, are you? Your background doesn't seem so simple..."

"How is that possible?"

Uehara Naraku vehemently denied Tsunade's accusations, speaking softly, "A ninja like me, born in a small ninja village, desires peace in the ninja world more than anyone else... I'll guess it's a single bet this time!"

"Then I'll guess even!"

Tsunade, looking bewildered, untied the dice cup and took a stack of money from in front of Uehara: "Peace is more precious than money and life..."

"Lady Tsunade!"

Shizune, wearing white gloves, appeared before them, having finished her examination of Kaguya Kimimaro's condition.

Shizune glanced at Kimimaro standing beside her, her face full of apology and exhaustion: "I'm sorry, his condition is very complicated, and I'm afraid I can't help him..."

(End of this chapter)