Chapter 32: One Week Later in the Land of Rain

"Kid, what are you standing there for? Keep going!"

After shuffling the cards and seeing that Kaze still hadn't made a move, Tsunade urged him.

"Oh, okay, sure."

Kaze started to pick up the cards and nervously played the next round.

"That last hand must have been an accident. Tsunade definitely won't win this round."

"Three-wan," Kaze cautiously played a card.

"I'm mahjong! I won again. Hahaha!"

Tsunade stood up triumphantly and used her butt to knock down the cards in front of her one by one.

"This... this..."

Tsunade had won two hands in a row, and in each hand, it was Kaze who had provided the winning tile in Mahjong [Note: In Mahjong, "providing the winning tile" means one player plays a tile that allows another player to complete a winning hand].

Suddenly, Kaze had a wild guess.

"Could it be... my problem? Not sure. Let's see."

After playing several rounds in a row, Minato had won, Kushina had won, Tsunade had won, but only Kaze hadn't won!

So it was really true... Kaze forced a bitter smile.

It seemed that the reason Tsunade could win was because he was the one always losing.

This meant his luck... was even worse than Tsunade's!

What the hell! This is so crazy!

Could it be that his luck was even worse than that of an easy target in gambling?

"Haha, kid, your luck is so bad."

Tsunade mercilessly mocked him. "You haven't won a single hand all night. You've just been providing the winning tile in Mahjong for others."

Kaze covered his face with his hands and sobbed, "I don't want to play anymore. You guys play something else instead..."

"Don't be like that!" Tsunade put her arm around Kaze and comforted him like she was soothing a child. "Come into big sister's arms. Big sister will give you a hug."

The more she looked at Kaze now, the more she liked him. You have to know that after playing cards for so many years, this was the first time she had won so many hands!

And it was all thanks to this cute little Kaze.

If he stopped playing, then the feeling of winning she had finally gotten would be gone!

"Then... okay, I'll play with you guys for a little longer."

Tsunade's broad bosom gave Kaze a little comfort and made him gather his courage again.

"This kid is really great," Tsunade suddenly had an idea as she looked at Kaze.

"If I get Kushina to marry this kid. Then won't I be able to play cards with them every day from now on?

As long as this kid is around, I'll win every hand. That would be so awesome!

But judging from Kushina's behavior, it seems she likes another boy better...

Whatever. If necessary, I'll just let her marry both boys. It's not a big deal!"

They had played all night and everyone had a great time.

Although Kaze had been losing all the time, whenever he was sad, Tsunade would always comfort him softly.

Hey, it was really great!

When dawn broke, Tsunade left first. After Kaze sent Minato home, he also went back to his own place.

As soon as he entered the house, he bumped into Tanzō who was about to go out.

"Bad luck!" Kaze thought to himself.

Tanzō smelled the fragrance of a girl on Kaze and frowned. "You didn't come home last night. Where did you go?"

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Kaze scratched his head and replied sheepishly, "The training was over. Minato and I wanted to celebrate, so we went to a classmate's house and had fun all night."

Tanzō gave Kaze a meaningful look. "You're still young. You need to take better care of your body."

Kaze was a bit speechless. "Dad, I'm only ten. What can I possibly do? I can only watch enviously, okay!"

"Take a few days to settle those three kids you adopted."

As Tanzō said this, he turned around and left. "Next week, lead the team and go with me to the Land of Rain."

Hearing this, Kaze was startled, but he quickly replied, "Okay, Father."

This time, Tanzō was personally going to the Land of Rain. It seemed that the final decisive battle was not far off.

Inside another property of Kaze's in Konoha Village.

"Hahaha, your good days are over, you three."

Kaze laughed as he took out three registration forms from his bosom and handed them to the three kids.

"I've already signed you up. In two months, you'll obediently go to school for me."

School... The three of them took the registration forms and looked at them curiously.

"Yahiko Shimura?" Yahiko looked at Kaze in a daze. "Why do I have the Shimura surname now!"

"You're my younger brother now. It's quite reasonable for you to have my surname," Kaze said matter - of - factly.

Yahiko always felt something was off, but it did seem to make sense... He fell into deep thought.

"Ahem, from now on, please address me as Konan Shimura," Konan nudged Yahiko with her elbow and said with a smile.

Hearing that Konan also had the Shimura surname, Yahiko felt a bit more balanced. He then leaned over to look at Nagato's registration form.

"This is unfair!" Yahiko said angrily. "Why does Nagato get to have the Uzumaki surname? I'm not convinced!"

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Nagato just smiled and said nothing. Nyah - nyah, what can you do if you're not convinced.

"Well, you have a good point in being unconvinced," Kaze nodded slightly and thought seriously.

Oh no... For some reason, Nagato suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Since that's the case," Kaze said. "Then Nagato won't have the Uzumaki surname either. From now on, he'll also have the Shimura surname."

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Yahiko wasn't depressed anymore and laughed out loud. "Hahaha, this is great, this is great!"

"Yahiko, you Sixth Brother!" Nagato lunged at Yahiko fiercely and wrestled with him.

Konan walked up to Kaze, tugged at his sleeve, and asked in a low voice.

"Brother Kaze, I want to ask, um... If we all have the Shimura surname, can we still get married in the future?"

Kaze ruffled Konan's little head. "Of course you can. You three aren't blood - related."

"I don't wanna marry those two!" Konan blushed. "Maybe, maybe I want to marry Brother Kaze!"

"Haha, Konan can really talk!" Kaze laughed as he pinched Konan's little cheek, his mind wandering.

Speaking of which, the young members of these great clans usually choose a spouse within the clan to ensure the continuation of the family bloodline.

Sister Yukino should be one of the candidates chosen by his father for him, and she herself should be aware of it.

Shaking his head, Kaze took out another 200,000 ryo and stuffed it into Konan's hand.

"Spend this money carefully. It should be enough for the three of you for a year."

In the world of the Hokage, a bowl of Teuchi ramen only costs 60 ryo. As long as you don't eat out every day, 200,000 ryo will last a long time.

"Ah, Brother Kaze, are you going to the battlefield again?" Konan asked worriedly.

"Ah!" Hearing this, Nagato and Yahiko stopped their roughhousing and ran over to surround Kaze.

Seeing the worried looks on the three kids' faces, Kaze felt a warm feeling in his heart and smiled.

"Yeah, but don't worry. There won't be any danger."

"How could there be no danger? Can't you just not go?" Yahiko said angrily.

"I don't have a choice." Kaze gave a bitter smile. Who can help it? Tanzō's 'fatherly love' for him is like a mountain... a volcanic eruption!

"Yahiko." Nagato grabbed Yahiko, signaling him not to make a scene, then looked at Kaze and said.

"Brother Kaze, you must be extremely careful and protect yourself. We three will wait for you to come back in Konoha."

"Right, you must come back safely!" Konan added.

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