Chapter 65

Looking at the points in the dice cup, Sunflower's mouth was wide open, and her face was full of incredulity. She turned her head to look at Ren, her big eyes full of doubts.

'This chance... just happened to be hit by the captain? This is too coincidental, right?!'

"200 times the magnification..."

"This little brother bet eight thousand Ryo..."

"If you include the principal, it will be 1,608,000 Ryo!"

"Hiss..."

Everyone at the gambling table sucked in a breath, and their eyes were all focused on Ren. Among them, there were also many malicious eyes looking Ren up and down; it was obvious that these people had already started to scheme.

"Cough cough!"

"Everyone, our casino is different from other casinos. I advise everyone not to get distracted." The staff who rolled the dice still maintained a smile and advised the people at the gaming table, but... his smiling face twitched from time to time.

Subsequently, with a smile that was uglier than crying, the casino staff handed a large stack of banknotes to Ren.

"Sir, your funds allow you to play on the second floor."

"The environment on the second floor is much better than this one, and the money you win won't be coveted. I suggest that you two go to the second floor to play."

"The service quality on the second floor is much better than that on the first floor. Of course... the minimum wager on the second floor starts at 10,000 Ryo. You should consider it."

Ren nodded. "Take us to the second floor."

"Okay, wait a minute!"

After getting Ren's answer, the dice-rolling staff didn't care about the gaming table, leaving other gamblers behind, and quickly asked someone to lead Ren to the casino on the second floor.

"Captain... This casino helps us intimidate and deter the people we pay attention to, and it doesn't look like a black market operation..."

"Could Moth and Seaisland not be here?" Taking advantage of no one around, Sunflower cautiously came to Ren's side and whispered.

"You said... Could it be that there's a problem with the owner of the tavern we connected with?"

"It is indeed possible," Ren also responded. "However, this casino isn't as honest as you think. The probability that Moth and Seaisland are being held by this casino is much higher."

"Huh? This casino..."

"Shh, keep quiet!" Ren stopped Sunflower from continuing to question.

Because the man who rolled the dice brought a clerk here.

"Are these two going to the second floor?"

"Yes."

"You two, please come with me!"

Ren nodded, and followed the clerk to the second floor with Sunflower.

As soon as they stepped out of the casino area on the second floor, what greeted them was utter splendor. It wasn't just the gold on the gambling tables that was golden, but also the decorations throughout the second floor.

There wasn't much noise on the second floor. There was no pungent, messy smoke smell; on the contrary, there was a faint fragrance floating in the air, which made people relaxed and happy.

"Hello, welcome to our casino."

A tall and pretty female clerk greeted Ren with full etiquette.

"You can choose a gambling table to play at will. If you don't have enough cash, you can come to me to offer valuable items as collateral."

"Of course, you can come to me if you have other needs." Having said that, the pretty female clerk gave Ren a seductive look.

"We don't need any services for now." After saying this, Ren ignored the reception on the second floor and walked with Sunflower to the gambling area on the second floor.

'Casino... Dice...'

People who open casinos do it to make money, not to give money away! It can be said that there is no casino in the world with clean hands and feet!

The dice and dice cups in a casino are basically specially made, crafted to allow the dice roller to control the number of points as they wish.

And Ren... was simply an expert in builds!

Having huddled at home playing with iron for several years, Ren was no stranger to these things. Although Ren was only twelve years old, things created by Ren were not ordinary things! Lightweight shoes... Kusanagi Sword... Japanese Tanto, and even Ice Round Pill! These things could be said to be high-tech stuff. Special dice... in front of these black technologies, it wasn't enough to see!

Ren, who had built countless maverick tools, was like a senior mathematician, and the dice that could control the number of points... was like asking Ren, an expert, "what is 1 plus 1?"

This was truly hard to resist.

So Ren watched a few games at the gaming table, and after listening to a few games, he understood the structure of the dice cup clearly. Forging knowledge led the world, making Ren understand this dice cup even better than the craftsman who made this special dice cup!

So, Ren's win of 666 leopard points was not luck!

"Let's go, let's find a gaming table and have a look first."

He didn't know if the dice cup on the second floor was the same as the dice cup on the first floor. Ren intended to first identify the structure of the dice cup on the second floor before taking action.

"Hey, that person..."

While looking for the gaming table, Ren found someone. A man with blond hair and double ponytails, holding a pair of peerless "big brothers"!

"Ah, she is..."

Sunflower, being a member of Konoha's Anbu, couldn't help but exclaim upon seeing this person's "big brothers".

Ren hurriedly pulled Sunflower's arm, motioning her to keep quiet and not act indiscriminately.

"Let's go to that gaming table."

"It's really bad luck, I lost again!"

"Shizune, bring the money, I don't believe I can't win today!" The voice of the golden double ponytail, holding a pair of "big brothers," was full of unwillingness, and she shouted to a black-haired, black-clothed companion beside her.

This person was none other than... Tsunade-hime!

"Tsunade-sama, we have no money, you have lost everything..."

"What?" Tsunade was surprised. "No money? I've lost everything?"

After a short pause, Tsunade took out a ring with a large gemstone from her clothes and handed it to Shizune. "Go to the counter and mortgage this thing for money!"

Shizune panicked. "No way, Tsunade-sama!"

"This is the emerald ring that Mito-sama passed on to you!"

"It can't be, this thing really can't be!"

Seeing that Shizune disagreed with her life and death, Tsunade didn't insist. Smacking her mouth, Tsunade put the ring back, fumbled around again, and took out a bracelet.

"Then take this as a pawn."

Shizune's response was even stronger. "Tsunade-sama, what are you thinking?!"

"This one definitely can't be pawned!"

"This is the treasure of the Senju Clan that was given to you before the death of the Second Hokage-sama!"

As soon as he walked to this gambling table, Ren, who heard these conversations, was speechless.

'Tsunade-hime... The princess of Konoha...'

These items of great significance to Konoha will be taken out and pawned... As expected of the woman called the Big Sucker!

"It can't be that, it can't be that."

"These things are just some gadgets that the old guys gave at random. They didn't think about it that much. These things are not that important. You are so annoying, Shizune!"

"Tsunade-sama, please, please..."

"But... these things really don't work!"

"Tsunade-sama, I still have some jewelry that my mother left me before she died. I'll take these jewelry as collateral. Don't pawn your things!"

"Shizune!" Tsunade-hime, who did not feel bad about pawning her own family heirlooms, stopped Shizune with a serious expression on her face. "Those things on you are the items that cannot be pawned!"

"I don't allow you to!"

Having said that, Tsunade suddenly stood up. "Forget it, don't play, don't play anymore, what a broken place! I'll never come here again!"

"Shizune, let's go."

"Tsunade-sama..." Shizune's heart was full of warmth. She knew that her Tsunade-sama still wanted to play, but in order not to let her pawn the relic left by her mother, she gave up her plan to continue playing.

Then... Shizune also made a decision.

"Tsunade-sama, I still have 20,000 Ryo here..."

"This is the cost of our meals and accommodation during this time..."

Tsunade-hime's eyes lit up, and the previous discomfort was completely gone, and she snatched the money from Shizune's hand.

"Get it now!"

Shizune was stunned. She really intended to give Tsunade money, but... She only intended to give Tsunade 10,000 Ryo to get over her gambling addiction, and the remaining 10,000 Ryo... If they lived frugally, they could survive.

Twenty thousand Ryo were taken by Tsunade all at once...

Tsunade could be expected to win money, but she'd just lose everything.

This also meant...

For the next period of time, they were penniless...

Meals and accommodation... all gone!

They were going to live on the streets!