The atmosphere in the house was tense. The people on both sides seemed ready to turn on each other and fight at any moment. The two sides fell silent again; time passed little by little in this tense situation.
Sunflower panicked. Tsunade-hime looked like she didn't quite believe that Ren and the casino staff were making gestures. Only Ren was there, stretching out his little finger and poking his ears with his fingernails, looking very comfortable. Ren was the only one in the audience who was not in tune with the tension.
"Okay, I promise your terms!"
"People, you take them away!"
"Money, you can take it with you too!"
"I just ask, you can't make trouble in our casino!" the Jōnin from the casino said with a gloomy face.
"Call." He stopped picking his ears, stretched his little finger in front of him, and Ren blew on his little finger. He said indifferently, "Don't worry, as long as our people are safe, we will not cause trouble."
"Bring the people!"
"Oh, by the way, I forgot to mention one more thing." After getting the answer from the other party, Ren added another sentence. "Do you seem to have some means to control people?"
"Either the spy from before, or the two who broke in yesterday, you have to unlock the manipulative technique."
The Jōnin in the casino paused again. Then he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, no problem!"
After doing this, Ren stopped talking. He just sat in the house, waiting for them to bring the people.
"You are from Konoha, you should know me, right?" At this time, Tsunade went up to talk.
"I know."
"Of course I know you, Tsunade-sama." Compared with Ren's casualness, Sunflower responded to Tsunade with a deferential attitude, like an subordinate addressing a superior.
Tsunade looked complicated. "Did you recognize my identity, help me win money, or let me get on a leash to help you?"
"I'm sorry, Tsunade-sama!" Sunflower immediately apologized. She thought that Ren had planned this.
And Ren shook his head: "No."
"It's true that I recognized your identity, and helping you win money wasn't to take advantage of you."
"After you bet on the leopard, I gave you the choice."
Having said that, Ren stopped talking.
Tsunade was puzzled for a long time. This was indeed the case. After thinking about it, Tsunade swept away the depression in her heart and smiled. "Boy, you are good!"
"After recognizing my identity, helping seniors without asking for anything in return, you are really good!"
Ren waved his hand. "You misunderstood."
"Even if I wanted to help people, I wouldn't do it just for the sake of helping."
"I helped you... not because you are Konoha's senior, but... I think you are too miserable, I can't bear it."
Tsunade: "???"
Ren stopped here again. Tsunade wanted to break the casserole and ask to the end, and asked Tsunade-hime, one of the dignified Sannin, the granddaughter of the First Hokage, why was she so miserable?
Shizune on the side frantically pulled Tsunade's sleeve, telling her not to ask! Shizune felt that she was ashamed of herself. Tsunade-sama couldn't be ashamed!
'Dignified Tsunade-hime... Gambling almost led to living on the streets, no food to eat...'
Shizune really didn't want to hear those words. She couldn't let Tsunade humiliate herself!
.....
After a while, people from the casino, Moth and Seaisland, walked in together with an unknown person. The unknown person should be Konoha's spy.
"Are you all right?"
"Have they unlocked the means to control you?" Ren spoke first.
"Unlocked, thank you for your rescue!" The Konoha scout clasped his fists in thanks again and again. On the other hand, Moth and Seaisland lowered their heads and did not speak. Violating the captain's decision, acting privately without saying hello... and getting caught. In the end, they were rescued by their disobedient captain. Moth and Seaisland truly had no face to meet Ren.
"You're welcome, let's go." Ren did not embarrass Moth and Seaisland, nor did he talk to them. After chatting a few words with the spy from Konoha, they left the casino.
The people were rescued, and the technique was also unlocked. Ren didn't bother the casino anymore. When he walked out of the remote house, countless casino gamblers came up to ask Ren about the situation, and Ren fooled them one by one.
Ren is not a saint; he has no obligation to inform these gamblers of the inside story of this casino. These gamblers asked about Ren's situation, not because they were concerned about Ren, but they just wanted to get some favorable conditions from Ren's mouth.
Leaving the casino, Sunflower's way of addressing Ren changed.
"Captain, are we heading back to Konoha now?"
The people were rescued without fighting, and the four Jōnin didn't dare to make a move in their own home turf. She admired Ren so much. Looking at Ren, there were little stars shining in Sunflower's eyes!
Ren nodded. Turning his head to Konoha's spy, he instructed: "You also come with us. Your identity has been exposed, and it is not suitable for you to stay in the Land of Hot Water."
"Okay, we should say goodbye too!" Tsunade and Shizune also bid farewell to Ren.
"Tsunade-sama, you're not going to go back on your word, are you?" Ren suddenly said this to Tsunade.
Tsunade was surprised: "Boy, why would I go back on my word?"
"Didn't you say before that if you win with me, you would help us settle the trouble?"
Tsunade: "Didn't you take care of this trouble yourself? How do you want me to settle it?"
"Boy, aren't you trying to deceive me?!"
Ren shook his head. He had won about ten million Ryo in the casino, and Tsunade wasn't bad. Not only did she recover her capital and redeem her pawned items, she also won more than three million Ryo.
"We've won so much; the casino folks won't stop there." Besides that, there was one more thing. After so many bets, against multiple dice shakers... The casino must have discovered one thing, and that is that Ren could control their special dice!
This meant that Ren had their lifeline under control. They wouldn't let Ren go so easily! But Ren was making too much noise in the casino. If Ren was not allowed to leave the casino... then the credibility of their casino would be completely lost in the eyes of gamblers. For the profit of the casino, they had no choice but to let Ren go first, so as not to lose their reputation.
"I also ask Tsunade-sama to walk with us for a while and take care of each other."
Shizune's little face was worried, and without waiting for Tsunade to reply, she agreed to Ren's idea. 'There are four Jōnin in that remote cabin of the casino... This will certainly not be the full strength of the casino.'
'Being targeted by the casino... If more people came against her and Tsunade...'
Tsunade was silent for a while. She also agreed with Ren's idea of walking together for a while.
The Anbu team led by Ren, the spy who was lurking in the Land of Hot Water and belonged to Konoha, and Tsunade and Shizune formed a team of seven people, and quickly set off towards Konoha.
The stars hung in the sky, the night hung high. The night wind gently blew the leaves, creating a rustling sound. The fireflies fluttered their wings and flew slowly over the bushes, blending in with the entire environment, making it impossible for people to notice.
One of the fireflies flew to Ren and the others, and landed on Moth's finger. After a while, Moth asked Ren: "Captain Ren, I haven't found any traces of anyone tracking us yet, should I continue to investigate?"
Ren said lightly: "Continue to be vigilant. I am 100% sure that those people will catch up. We took so much money from them, and we know their secrets. They can't let us go so easily."
He turned to look at Seaisland again: "Seaisland, don't forget to always use your Byakugan to observe whether there are traces of chakra activity around."
"Yes, Captain Ren," Seaisland nodded.
At this time, Tsunade, who was sitting not far away, took a light breath and made a sound of "S," and in her beautiful eyes, there was a bit of undisguised surprise.
'In this team, there are people from the Hyūga Clan,' and the sensory ninja who used fireflies to probe the surroundings just now should be a member of the Aburame Clan.
A ninja of the Hyūga Clan, a ninja of the Aburame Clan. Both of them are perceptive ninjas. And the remaining female ninja doesn't know what kind of ability she has.
In an Anbu team, there are actually two ninjas from a big family, and they are quite precious sensory ninjas, which is really strange... Tsunade narrowed her eyes slightly.
The Konoha Anbu was originally an organization created by her granduncle, Tobirama Senju. Tsunade was all too familiar with the organization's structure and daily behavior, and had dealt with them a lot before. The ninjas of Konoha Anbu have always regarded the value of force as the first priority. They usually do whatever it takes to carry out their mission. The most important thing to accomplish the task is strength.
That's why Tsunade felt very strange that there were more than two sensory ninjas in this team. Of course, the strangest thing was that the captain of this Anbu team... was only twelve years old!
'Such a team... is it really strong enough?'
Tsunade sighed inwardly. 'For the sake of being a Konoha ninja once... and that kid just won a lot of money for himself, if they really have something to help them, I'll help a little bit.'