Late at night, Tsunade finally stopped her bloody battle for the day.
Under the respectful farewell of the casino boss and a group of lackeys, Tsunade and Shizune prepared to return to their hotel to sleep.
It was fortunate that they had paid the room fee in advance, otherwise, the two of them would have to sleep on the streets tonight.
Of course, with Tsunade's personality, it was more likely that she would find a tavern and drink until dawn, and then decisively ditch Shizune and skip out on the bill.
But they hadn't walked far when a sneaky figure approached.
"That... Can I borrow a-"
"No! I'm the only one who borrows money from others, no one can borrow money from me, understand?"
Dr. Natsume swallowed back the 'step' that was already on the tip of his tongue.
Seeing that the other party didn't pay attention to him at all, Dr. Natsume quickly chased after her and reintroduced himself, "I'm not here to borrow money, I'm actually a doctor, and I have something I want to ask you for help with."
"Doctor?"
Tsunade was stunned for a moment, then glanced at this guy, "You were in the casino just now, right?"
Dr. Natsume nodded, he was clearly going to find someone to help, but he had somehow mixed in.
"Then you probably didn't win either, right?"
Tsunade suddenly became interested.
Dr. Natsume scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "I just couldn't help it, and won some along with you."
The word 'along' was very telling.
Tsunade knew that everyone at the gambling table was betting against her, she just didn't care.
"Then you won so much money, don't I deserve half the credit?"
Tsunade suddenly put her arm around this guy's neck, looking very enthusiastic.
Seeing this, Shizune quickly covered her forehead, "Tsunade-sama is at it again..."
Dr. Natsume didn't know what he caught a glimpse of, and suddenly turned red in the face, "Yes, yes."
"Then shouldn't you give me half?" Tsunade narrowed her eyes and moved closer.
"Yes."
"Then give it to me."
"Okay."
Dr. Natsume dazedly handed over all the money he had on him to Tsunade.
"Why is there so little?"
"Ah? Ah, when I came out just now, the boss asked me to pay a 'protection fee', saying that it could protect my safety in the casino, and I couldn't leave if I didn't pay..."
Tsunade knew what was going on as soon as she heard it, but she wasn't interested in sticking up for others.
As soon as she got the money, Tsunade immediately let go of the other party, smiling and stuffing it into her dimensional pocket. She had capital for tomorrow again, hooray~!
"Alright, you can go."
"Okay, I'll just... hmm?"
Dr. Natsume, who was half a beat slow, finally woke up in time.
"I can't leave yet, actually the director of the hospital asked me to find you..."
Dr. Natsume also knew that he could easily be led astray by the other party in a few words, so he simply said everything in one breath.
"According to your description, how could he still be alive with those injuries?"
Tsunade frowned after listening.
"Who says he isn't? But the person who was sent here is indeed still alive, and he's still doing well now. I really have no choice."
Tsunade was indeed a little interested, but this interest disappeared in less than two seconds.
She knew her own situation, she couldn't see blood now, and it seemed that medical ninjutsu alone wouldn't work in this situation, troublesome!
And it was a big trouble!
And now she always kept her distance from trouble.
"Although I don't know what that director told you, I can tell you that you've come to the wrong person."
After speaking, Tsunade left with Shizune.
Dr. Natsume also knew that this kind of thing was indeed a bit too difficult, so he didn't force it anymore, but just sighed and said to himself, "It seems that there's really no way. I must return the money next time I see him. But how could someone who can take out such a large sum of money be someone who's easy to talk to? Will he think that I didn't try my best..."
Tsunade's ears twitched, and she suddenly stopped, turned around, and asked with an ambiguous expression, "The other party is very rich?"
"Ah? Probably, he just casually threw down 100,000 ryo..."
Tsunade's eyes lit up immediately.
In fact, 100,000 ryo was quite a lot. You must know that this amount could be used to issue a B-rank mission in Konoha, and adding another 50,000 ryo would reach the minimum reward for an A-rank mission.
And more importantly, since the other party was so generous, it meant that she could completely knock... cough, borrow more money from this person.
Tsunade knew that even the casino wouldn't lend her money anymore until she could pay off her debts.
Because even if she wrote more IOUs, without the ability to repay, they would all be just pieces of paper.
So if she wanted to get more gambling money, she could only find other suckers.
"Shizune, I'll leave this matter to you."
"Eh?"
Tsunade took three steps in two, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Only Shizune, holding Tonton, and Dr. Natsume were left looking at each other, with blank expressions.
...
The next day, Shizune, with short black hair, and Dr. Natsume stood in the hospital room, staring at Hidan with wide eyes.
As Tsunade's disciple, Shizune was naturally an excellent medical ninja.
But the problem was, she had never seen a person who could still be alive and well after suffering such serious injuries.
Especially that mouth, it was as if he hadn't spoken in his previous life.
"Are you guys going to be okay or what? If you keep dawdling for a few more days, I'll heal these minor injuries myself."
Shizune, Dr. Natsume: "..."
Minor injuries?
Do you have some misunderstanding about this word?
But the person was full of energy, and didn't look like he was going to die at all, which couldn't help but make them start to doubt themselves, could it really just be minor injuries?
No, these injuries were enough for a normal person to die 20 times!
"That, um... This is the money left by the patient's companion, I'll leave it to you next. You can call a nurse if you need anything, goodbye."
"Eh? Wait a-"
Dr. Natsume ran away in a hurry, and Shizune, holding Tonton in her arms and a lot of money stuffed in her hand, was even more tired.
But what could she do when she had such an unreliable teacher.
No matter what, she had to save people first.
Shizune's eyes were firm, she definitely couldn't embarrass Tsunade-sama.
Since the patient's vitality was particularly tenacious, then she didn't need to be cautious.
"Prepare the operating room!"
Hidan lay on the hospital bed, squinting at Shizune, completely unaware of what he was about to experience.
Inside the operating room.
"Prepare to administer anesthesia..."
"No need! Just start directly!" Hidan was extremely tough.
"Are you sure?" Shizune widened her eyes.
"Hehe, the more pain I feel, the more pleasure I get."
"Alright then."
A minute later, someone's shrill screams echoed throughout the hospital.
"Ah, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts!"
"Crap! I'm going to kill you! None of you can run, bastards!"
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