The person being asked for directions saw Uchiha Yoichi's cold expression and the sword by his waist. Even though he was carrying an unconscious girl, the person didn't dare intervene.
After honestly revealing the locations of casinos and hot spring inns, the person hurriedly left.
Some busybodies tried to interfere, but before they could speak, they were subdued by Uchiha Yoichi's Illusion Technique, ending up embarrassing themselves by doing a streaking dance on the street.
Uchiha Yoichi was quite lucky; he found out about Tsunade's whereabouts in the second casino he visited. A full-figured woman with blonde twin ponytails was gambling with dice in the VIP room on the second floor, accompanied by a girl with short black hair.
When Uchiha Yoichi went upstairs, he happened to hear Tsunade's voice.
"So, madam, it's you who said this round decides the win and loss. Are you betting big or small this time?"
Across the table, four or five gambling experts stared at Tsunade's attractive figure, their eyes filled with greedy gleam; but they were not coveting her beauty, rather they wanted the money she brought.
They felt lucky; all these years of gambling and it's their first time encountering someone easy to win against. They didn't even need to use gambling techniques; she just kept losing money.
Shizune hurriedly whispered to Tsunade, "Lady Tsunade, if we lose, we won't even have money for food..." She regretted not heeding Lord Yoichi's advice now, having let her heart soften for a moment and taking out money for food and lodging, hoping Tsunade could win it back.
Now it's uncertain if they can get it back, and they're unsure where they'll stay tonight.
"Shizune, I'm sure I'll win this time!"
Confidently, Tsunade patted the tatami in front of her and shouted, "I bet small!"
"Hold on, she's betting big."
The door behind them suddenly opened, and a voice said.
Tsunade turned her head, her memories instantly assaulting her mind. "What are you doing here?"
"We'll discuss that later. Right now, you're betting big. Open it."
After Uchiha Yoichi spoke, he directly used the Lightning Fang to open the dice box, the sum of points on the three dice equaled precisely to big.
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In the inn, Tsunade and Uchiha Yoichi sat at the table with bottles of sake and some appetizers. Shizune had bought them to celebrate not having to sleep on the streets today.
"Kid, why are you here, also carrying a girl on your back? She's from Hidden Cloud Village, right?"
After downing a cup of sake, Tsunade glared at Uchiha Yoichi with hostility; her delicate face flushed with a rosy hue, and her burdened bosom resting softly on the table just begged for a glance.
Hmph, even if he had helped her win money earlier, she still couldn't forget what happened at Konoha Gate.
"I came back from the Land of Lightning, and while passing by, sensed your Chakra, Lady Tsunade, so I came to check in on you and additionally ask for your help on something."
Uchiha Yoichi gestured to the side at Yugito and continued, "Her name's Yugito, a Two-tailed Jinchuriki from Hidden Cloud Village. Lady Tsunade, you should know Sealing Techniques, so I'd like to ask you to seal her Chakra, otherwise going back to the Konoha Camp will be troublesome."
"Two-tailed Jinchuriki from Hidden Cloud Village? Won't Hidden Cloud Village be furious?"
Tsunade's face was shocked when she heard this, then she said solemnly, "What's going on now? Are the villages at war with Hidden Cloud?"
"It's not just with Hidden Cloud, but also with Hidden Sand. The Third Generation Kazekage died, and the Third Generation Raikage came to Konoha to cause trouble, and finally was repelled by Senior Sakumo and me..."
Uchiha Yoichi simply recounted the recent events and then said, "That's the situation. The Two-tails is too problematic. If we don't seal her Chakra, even returning to Konoha Camp isn't safe."
"Sealing Chakra alone is easy. The Two-tailed Jinchuriki from Hidden Cloud should have Sealing Techniques on her. Just applying another conflicting Sealing Technique will disable her Chakra entirely..."
Regarding serious matters, Tsunade finally spoke earnestly, then examined the seal on Yugito.
"I haven't seen this seal from Hidden Cloud Village, but it's different from the Five Elements Seal. If I add another seal, she won't be able to use Chakra at all. Someone in the village can do this too; you can ask them."
Finishing her sentence, Tsunade formed the hand seals and gathered Chakra. Five fingers simultaneously emitted Chakra and pressed against Yugito's stomach, "Five Elements Seal!"
Five Tamoe appeared outside the Iron Armor Seal, and Yugito's face immediately showed a painful expression. After a while, her brow relaxed slowly.
Tsunade clapped her hands and said, "Alright, she can't use Chakra now."
"Thank you, Lady Tsunade. If there's nothing else, I'll be heading back. However, Hidden Cloud might search this place, so you'd better not stay long."
After Uchiha Yoichi spoke, he prepared to head back to Konoha Camp with Yugito; he had been out for long enough, and Hidden Cloud now knew about Yugito's capture, they might directly attack the Land of Fire.
"Since you have something urgent, I won't hold you up. You helped me win earlier, so I'll take the sealing technique as compensation."
After Tsunade spoke, she waved her white fists, and continued, "But don't think I'll forget about what happened at the Konoha Gate. One day, I'll settle the score with you."
Uchiha Yoichi asked with a puzzled look, "At Konoha Gate? What happened?"
Tsunade's face went dark with threat, "If you play dumb, you're gonna pay today!"
"Forget it, Lady Tsunade. I'll go back to Senior Sakumo now."
Before leaving, Uchiha Yoichi stopped in his tracks and said to Shizune, "Today you should have learned your lesson. In the future, when handing money to Lady Tsunade for gambling, you won't have me around to help win it back."
Upon hearing him, Shizune nodded resolutely, "I understand, Lord Yoichi, I'll never let Lady Tsunade gamble with our money again."
"Go, go, hurry and leave, don't corrupt Shizune!"
Tsunade shamefully and angrily pushed Uchiha Yoichi out of the door, claiming today's loss was merely a streak of bad luck. Next time she would surely win back, dismissing the unsolicited gambling advice from Uchiha brat.
After Uchiha Yoichi left, Tsunade poured herself another cup of sake at the table, drank, and muttered to herself, "I knew it, winning money only means bad luck follows, now encountering that brat."
Shizune asked from the side, "But if Lord Yoichi hadn't helped us win money, wouldn't the luck be even worse? Lady Tsunade wouldn't even have sake to drink now..."
"Shizune, you don't understand, just now... that Sealing Technique consumed a lot of Chakra, isn't that unlucky enough!"
Tsunade argued, feeling short of words, insisting she's simply unlucky.
"Forget it, Shizune, tonight we won't sleep here, let's soak in a hot spring and leave; next, we'll head to the Land of Tea!"
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"Mr. Yoichi, you're finally back... Who is she?"
Hatake Sakumo saw Uchiha Yoichi return with a Hidden Cloud village girl, a guess formed in his mind.
If true, then Uchiha Yoichi had accomplished a great feat.
Uchiha Yoichi spoke, "She's a Two-tailed Jinchuriki from Hidden Cloud Village, Yugito, now sealed and unable to use Chakra."
With her Chakra sealed, they didn't need to knock her out daily, so Yugito was now standing awake beside Uchiha Yoichi.
Upon hearing his words, Yugito angrily spoke, "You better return me to Hidden Cloud Village, or Lord Raikage certainly won't spare you."
"Don't even think about it. If you want to die, I'll give you a Kunai, you can commit suicide on your own; if you don't want to die, then stay quietly by my side. I don't have prisoners who survive to return."
Uchiha Yoichi warned Yugito, then had the camp outside Ninja take Yugito to confine in his rest tent.
Once they had left, Uchiha Yoichi said to Hatake Sakumo, "Senior Sakumo, I'm sorry for acting on my own outside of mission duties."
Upon hearing this, Hatake Sakumo shook his head, "That doesn't matter. To be fair, had you not found out about the Two-tailed Jinchuriki's intelligence, we'd be more passive in the future. You're a hero, Mr. Yoichi."