บท 54: Will You Join Us? I

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Chapter 54: Will You Join Us? I

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"Tsunade... W-We have little money left," A black-haired girl couldn't help but say, although hesitantly so. Her name is Shizune, the apprentice of the lady named Tsunade.

"Just a little more! I'm close I know it! I'll get everything back and more!" Lady Tsunade seemed very erratic, biting her finger as she eyed the table before her.

Tsunade is a descendant of the Senju and Uzumaki Clan and is one of Konohagakure's Sannin.

She is famed as the world's strongest kunoichi and its greatest medical-nin.

However, the repeated loss of her loved ones caused Tsunade to abandon the life of a shinobi, losing herself in a life of all sorts of degeneracy, the prime one being gambling.

Therefore, the situation before us, Tsunade staring at the roulette without blinking, her eyes red, and her appearance all disheveled, the bottles of Saki before her making it apparent why.

Tsunade is a slender woman with noticeably large breasts, and in fact, she is widely regarded as the most beautiful kunoichi in the world.

She is nearly in her forties. However, age doesn't seem to be a problem for her as Tsunade is able to maintain her youthful appearance using a unique Transformation Technique.

Despite her beauty, none of the people surrounding her eyed her with any kind of lust. In fact, their expression was that of despair and hopelessness, wishing in their heart she'd leave right away.

Just her mere existence caused the casino to be empty as she is known to be quick to break things, maybe they'll end up on her list of broken things too if they stay.

Therefore, the people surrounding her were all casino staff and its owner, the latter's eyes bloodshot, preparing himself for the worst.

"Damn it!!!!" Tsunade lost again. When does she ever win? She always loses, and it always ends up with a broken table as her fist falls upon it.

She didn't seem to feel like she had done anything wrong as she turned around, stumbling her steps out, "Do not worry!!! I will definitely win next time and pay you back! Next time!"

"NOOO! Please don't come back!" "I wanna die!" "You owe us nothing! Please don't come back!"

Their cries were ignored. Tsunade was too drunk to care, and they could do nothing about it. In gambling, she is a loser, but in fighting, she is a monster.

"Huh?" Tsunade was stunned as she collided with someone who seemingly appeared out of thin air.

She lifted her head, realizing that before her was a tall individual, clad in a white robe and a white mask, only showing his long inky hair and gorgeous cosmic eyes.

The man was eyeing her with a smile, and just when he opened his mouth to talk, he found himself faced with Tsunade's fist heading straight to his fast, at full power.

He just looks strange, definitely not a normal person, and the way he appeared without her noticing, he must be an enemy, right?

Either way, Tsunade would've still punched him just out of reflex. She is famous for her immense prowess in taijutsu, said to wield the highest level of efficiency.

Even more, belying her slender form, Tsunade wields inhuman raw strength, able to easily split the ground with a single finger strike, so one can imagine how much a punch can do.

The answer was nothing as Tsunade felt her fist going through the man before her despite her fist clearly coming in contact with him.

The man seemed to be intangible, thus all the force of her punch was transferred to the air, causing her to lose her balance and launch herself forward.

Everyone in the small village heard the explosion, the sound of her punch as it released such a ridiculous amount of force that it broke the speed of sound.

No amount of force mattered to the man before her as she passed right through him. It was naturally Isaac. Tsunade provided him with the opportunity, so he started testing his own version of Kamui.

The moment they were no longer in contact, Isaac turned around, swinging his left leg with him to kick her from behind.

However, this time, he was no longer intangible as his kick did come in contact with Tsunade, sending her rolling whence she came from, the casino.

"Hmm, I can maintain the first three gates at all times, but the fourth, even my regeneration abilities can't handle," Isaac murmured under his breath.

That's another thing he's testing, a Forbidden Technique of Konoha, Eight Gates.

The Eight Gates exist in order to limit the flow of chakra within an individual's body.

Normally, individuals can use no more than 20% of their body's full potential, the brain's way of protecting the individual from harming their body through overexertion.

With training, individuals can learn to remove these limiters, referred to as opening the gates.

With each opened gate, individuals are given access to more and more of their body's chakra, thus increasing their physical strength and speed.

The Eight Gates were a big target of Isaac's studies for a while as he was specifically studying a method to make it so the Eight Gates could be opened at all times.

Isaac somewhat succeeded, though even with his body which had been transformed after introducing the perfected Hashirama Cells to it, he still could only handle the first three gates without harming himself.

Isaac was, after all, trying to permanently unlock his full potential, thus the difficulties were immense.

"Umm, c-can we not fight?" Shizune, Tsunade's apprentice couldn't help but ask with hesitance.

"Sure, just tell her," Isaac nodded with a smile as he pointed at Tsunade, the latter having stood up, walking toward him while crackling her fists.

"Lady Tsunade, can we..." Shizune couldn't finish her words as Tsunade vanished, her fist already near Isaac's face, yet again, her fist went through him.

However, this time, Tsunade used the force of her punch to stabilize herself in the air, her other fist heading for him, then followed by a kick, and another punch.

None of her attacks made contact with Isaac for she was waiting for him to show himself, to make a mistake. He never did, just allowing her to play around.

"When you're done, we can talk," Yet his voice reached her.

"Coward! Show yourself if you dare!" Tsunade sounded quite childish and impulsive, she was after all still very drunk.

"Nope," Isaac denied her provocation.

"Aghhh! Damn it! What a shit day," Tsunade threw a tantrum by punching the ground before turning around and walking away.

Isaac was seeing her in a new light, 'Is this what drinking does to a person? Or is this what losing your loved ones does to you? Either way, no drinking, never ever.' He then followed.

"I'm Isaac," Isaac introduced himself to Shizune, "Is she always like this?"

"I'm Shizune, and yes," Shizune nodded, "She's getting worse recently."

"I see," Isaac nodded in understanding, "Maybe I can help."

"Isaac?" Suddenly, as if she had remembered something, Tsunade stopped, turning around and eyeing him with a frown.