Chapter 370 Tsunade’s Luck

Lady Tsunade’s setup for winning and losing can only be described as a huge cash cow; she felt she would lose even before it began.

However, Lady Tsunade didn’t know that she could never win against Muzuki when rolling dice, because Muzuki had a cheat. Under the disguise of his glasses, he could quietly activate his Byakugan and see through the dice.

“Then thank you, Lady Tsunade, for winning and still having to help me,” Muzuki said with a smile.

Although he had a cheating method, Muzuki wasn’t prepared to use his Byakugan. He had already gained a lot of benefits from Tsunade. If Tsunade was truly unwilling, he wouldn’t force her, because his thinking was very clear: without Tsunade’s help, it would just take a bit more time.

Tsunade felt that Muzuki was mocking her, but she had no evidence, as Muzuki had never been to a casino with her, and not many people in Konoha knew that she always lost at gambling.

But fortunately, Tsunade wasn’t a person who reasoned. She slapped Muzuki on the back and laughed, “Of course! Otherwise, how would I be teaching you Medical Ninjutsu?”

Muzuki still had a faint smile on his face. He had been maintaining the Constant State of Rock Breathing, which increased his defense, and Tsunade had only used playful force.

“Your body training is quite good.” Feeling the firm muscle sensation from her palm, Tsunade raised an eyebrow. She had used a little force just now.

As it was almost dinner time, Tsunade didn’t want to waste Muzuki’s time and quickly called Shizune to bring the tools.

Clatter, clatter.

Under Tsunade’s rapid shaking, the dice continuously collided with the cup, making sounds.

“Have you ever played at a casino?” Tsunade asked Muzuki while shaking the dice.

“No,” Muzuki replied, shaking his head.

Neither in his previous life nor in the Ninja World had he ever been to a casino. At most, he had played Liar’s Dice with friends at a KTV.

“A novice, huh? Then I congratulate you in advance. Novices usually have pretty good luck,” Tsunade said with a chuckle.

“There are five dice in total. Below seventeen points is’small,’ and seventeen points or above is ‘large.’ The person who guesses correctly wins.” Since Muzuki said he was a novice, Tsunade briefly explained the rules of guessing large or small.

Bang!

After speaking, Tsunade slammed the cup onto the table and looked at Muzuki, saying, “Since you’re a novice, I’ll let you go first.”

Without activating his Byakugan, Muzuki also lacked the ability to discern the dice by sound. He didn’t overthink it and casually said “large.”

“Very well, then I’ll bet’small.'” Tsunade uncovered the cup, revealing the five dice inside.

When she uncovered the cup, Tsunade couldn’t help but let out a triumphant laugh. She felt she had done so well this time, perfectly leveraging her strange gambling luck.

But when Tsunade clearly saw the points on the five dice, the smile on her face slowly froze, eventually turning into a look of utter disbelief.

Muzuki also looked at the dice points with slight surprise. It was exactly sixteen points; if it were slightly higher, it wouldn’t be’small.’

This was somewhat unexpected for Muzuki. He had been prepared to win, after all, this was the famous cash cow of the Ninja World, going to a casino was basically like doing charity.

“Congratulations, it seems Lady Tsunade, the veteran, has the upper hand,” Muzuki congratulated with a gentle smile.

“Ah, how could this be? I actually won!” Tsunade still had a look of disbelief.

From childhood to adulthood, she had never won, whether it was cards, dice, or lotteries—not once.

Tsunade rubbed her eyes, then leaned in close to examine the dice, but no matter how she looked, the dice’s points wouldn’t change; it was still sixteen points.

“Impossible, this shouldn’t be,” Tsunade muttered, pulling at her hair.

Tsunade’s unusual actions drew Shizune, who was washing vegetables, over. She couldn’t help but ask, “Lady Tsunade, did you lose again?”

She remembered Tsunade didn’t show much emotion even when losing a million Ryo.

“I wish I had lost; I won,” Tsunade said helplessly. She truly hadn’t expected to win.

“Isn’t winning good…?” Shizune thought of Tsunade’s bizarre gamble and closed her mouth.

Tsunade and Muzuki’s bet meant winning was like losing was like winning.

“Looking at it this way, Lady Tsunade actually lost as usual,” Shizune thought to herself.

“Something’s not right, something’s not right. Could it be that your gambling luck is even worse than mine?” Tsunade, who had been losing since childhood, suddenly winning a round made her feel completely off.

“Let’s have another round. This win or loss won’t affect our agreement,” Tsunade said, calming down.

She wouldn’t go back on her promise. After all, it was just helping Muzuki develop a Ninjutsu; it wasn’t like signing a 996 work contract. Once the Ninjutsu was developed, she could happily slack off again.

Tsunade really wanted to gamble again to see what was going on.

“No problem,” Muzuki nodded in agreement.

He was also a bit curious about what was going on. Could it be that his gambling luck was even worse than Tsunade’s?

After Muzuki spoke, Tsunade immediately shook the dice and then quickly placed them on the table.

“This time I’ll go first. I guess ‘large,'” Tsunade said first.

“Then I’ll guess’small,'” Muzuki followed.

Then Tsunade quickly uncovered the cup, revealing the five dice inside.

“Perhaps beginner’s luck really does exist,” Muzuki said, looking at the dice points.

This time the points were ten, meaning Muzuki won.

Tsunade had an indescribable sense of melancholy. If she had won again this time, she might have been happier.

Tsunade, not believing her luck, had another round with Muzuki, but Muzuki still won.

Now Tsunade understood. Muzuki’s gambling luck was normal, unlike hers. Her victory in the first round was just a coincidence.

“Forget it. At least I won once. But I’ve been losing for so long, and suddenly winning once… I hope nothing bad happens,” Tsunade said casually.

These words made Muzuki look at her sideways.

Although Tsunade always lost at gambling, she occasionally won a few times, but every time she won, something bad would happen.

…

Might Guy stood before a five-meter-tall boulder. He slowly pulled out the single-section staff Muzuki had given him, gripping the staff body with his left hand and the staff’s chain with his right, then slightly parted his legs and turned his body to the right.

“Dragon Scale Legend: Blade-Severing Sword: Golden Skyline!”

Might Guy placed his left hand in front of him and his right hand behind his waist, extended his index and middle fingers, then roared and charged towards the boulder. As he charged, his left hand, in a drawing-sword motion, propelled his right hand forward in a slash, ultimately drawing a golden thin line.

Boom!

A huge explosion sounded, a dazzling golden light flashed, and the boulder directly split into two and shattered.

After using Golden Skyline, Might Guy’s fingers twitched uncontrollably.

Might Guy didn’t pay attention to the pain in his fingers. His face showed an extremely excited expression, because he could finally, initially, use Golden Skyline.

However, Might Guy couldn’t do what Muzuki did for now. Muzuki could use Golden Skyline in his normal state, while he could only use it with the enhancement of Eight Gates.

But Might Guy was already very satisfied, because Golden Skyline’s power was truly strong. He felt almost no difficulty in slicing through a 5-meter boulder with that single blow.

“This Taijutsu is so powerful,” Shiranui Genma, who was watching, exclaimed.

For him, a normal Ninja, Might Guy’s performance was too terrifying. A stone the size of a small house was just blown apart like that.

Ebisu nodded in agreement.

“Is this the Taijutsu Muzuki taught you?” Teacher Chen walked to Might Guy’s side, glanced at the destroyed boulder, and then asked.

From his perspective, this Taijutsu was very impressive, its power even greater than Leaf Dragon God.

Of course, this Ninjutsu and Leaf Dragon God were not of the same type. Leaf Dragon God was a large-scale attack, and Leaf Dragon God also had its own advantages.

“Yes, but this Taijutsu wasn’t developed by Teacher Muzuki,” Might Guy nodded, still excited, and then told Teacher Chen the story of this Taijutsu.

He felt this story was truly special, so he wanted to share it with others.

“Taijutsu from before the Ninja village era, Milong?” Teacher Chen recalled carefully, but found no related memories at all.

However, Teacher Chen didn’t pay too much attention. He wasn’t a history expert. If it was a very distant figure, he truly wouldn’t know.

“I didn’t expect that Muzuki kid to hold back such a move during our last spar. I need to find him and ask for another lesson.” Teacher Chen wanted to see Muzuki perform Golden Skyline.

Teacher Chen had originally lost the motivation to train in Taijutsu because he felt his Taijutsu could not progress further.

It wasn’t that he thought he was invincible. He knew he couldn’t defeat the Hokage or the Sannin, but he didn’t think it was because his Taijutsu was inferior. Rather, it was because his other Ninja talents were average.

After meeting Muzuki, it was different. That battle was outwardly a draw, but Teacher Chen knew that Muzuki actually had the advantage.

Perhaps Muzuki’s Taijutsu put too much pressure on him. The Taijutsu that had seemed to have no room for improvement actually made progress again. Although the improvement was small, it made Teacher Chen, who hadn’t improved in a long time, very happy.

This time, discovering that Muzuki still had a powerful Taijutsu like Golden Skyline that he hadn’t used, he wanted to fight Muzuki again to see if he could make another breakthrough.

“Teacher Muzuki seems quite busy lately. Should I help you ask him?” Might Guy asked, scratching his head.

Teacher Chen nodded unceremoniously.

After training, Might Guy went directly to Muzuki’s house to inquire about the situation, as the training in South Border Forest had also disbanded by then.

“About a month and a half from now,” Muzuki thought for a moment and replied.

He was willing to spar in Taijutsu, but he basically wouldn’t have time within a month and a half.

“It’s also dinner time. Why don’t you just eat before you go?” Muzuki urged.

A hint of longing flashed across Might Guy’s face. It had been a while since he had eaten Muzuki’s cooking.

However, worried that his father would wait for him to come home before eating, Might Guy first ran home at full speed to inform his father, then ran back to Muzuki’s house for dinner.

After dinner, Might Guy didn’t go home but headed straight for Kakashi’s house.

Now he could not only open the Gate of Pain, the fourth of the Eight Gates, but also use Golden Skyline. He felt he could defeat Kakashi.

“Yo, Kakashi, let’s have a passionate, youthful battle!” Might Guy, relying on his understanding of Kakashi, quickly found him and issued the challenge.

Kakashi looked at Might Guy with a black line, complaining, “Don’t you think it’s strange to challenge someone here?”

After speaking, Kakashi moved aside with a speechless expression. This was a bathroom!

Although Might Guy’s actions left him speechless, Kakashi was already somewhat used to it. Might Guy was never one to consider the occasion or atmosphere.

After washing his hands, Kakashi led Might Guy to the courtyard to prepare for battle.

After long periods of practice, he had finally truly mastered Transparent World. He could not only perfectly control his own body but also see through others’ bodies.

“My dear friend, to defeat you, I have been training diligently ever since the Chunin Exams ended. Prepare yourself to taste defeat,” Might Guy said with a confident smile.

Back then, he had narrowly lost to Kakashi with Three Gates and Leaf Dragon God. Now, with Eight Gates able to open the fourth gate, and having mastered Golden Skyline, he would not fail again this time.

“Is that so? But I haven’t slacked off either. Who will taste defeat is still unknown,” Kakashi replied calmly.

Continuously defeating Obito, Might Guy, and Shisui had restored his genius’s confidence. As long as the person standing before him was a peer, he had the confidence to win.

“Hahahaha.” Hearing Kakashi’s equally confident reply, Might Guy couldn’t help but laugh loudly, then gave Kakashi a thumbs-up.

“As expected of my dear friend. Then let’s count down to three simultaneously, and the battle will begin.”

Kakashi nodded.

“Three, two, one, begin!”

“Rock Breathing, Full Concentration! Eight Gates, Gate of Life, Open!”

After starting, Might Guy immediately concentrated his breathing immensely and then opened the third gate of Eight Gates.

“Thunder Breathing, Full Concentration!”

Kakashi also concentrated his breathing and then condensed Chakra to perform Lightning Release Chakra Nature Transformation.

Whoosh!

Both of them flashed their figures simultaneously, rushing towards each other.

Long-term training had made Might Guy’s body increasingly powerful. Even with only three gates open, his strength was greater than before, and every punch and kick carried considerable power.

Although Kakashi could use Lightning Release Chakra to activate cells and thus enhance his strength, this consumed a lot of Chakra. Therefore, Kakashi did not clash head-on with Might Guy but activated Transparent World to enhance his perception.

Under the enhancement of Transparent World, all of Might Guy’s movements were seen through by Kakashi.

This made it very difficult for Might Guy to fight. He couldn’t hit Kakashi, while Kakashi could hit him.

Although the enhancement of Rock Breathing made him very resilient to blows, with the enhancement of Transparent World, Kakashi’s punches and kicks were also not weak. For a time, Might Guy fell into a disadvantage.

Might Guy did not panic. Instead, the smile on his face grew even wider.

The stronger Kakashi was, the more excited he became, because winning that way would bring even greater satisfaction.

“My dear friend, this is a technique I specifically prepared for you, and I haven’t used it in any other battles yet.”

Since Might Guy’s Gate of Pain was first opened at home, no one else knew this information except Muzuki and Might Duy.

“Eight Gates, Gate of Pain, Open!”

PS: Sorry, it’s very late, and I’m a bit too tired to write. I really didn’t mean to cut it off. Today’s update is 8k.