Chapter 369: Tsunade's Luck

The way Tsunade set up this bet could only be described as a true legend of the "Big Loser"—she already felt she would lose before it even started.

However, Tsunade didn't know that she would never gain any advantage over Mu Yue in dice rolling, because Mu Yue had a trick up his sleeve—hidden behind his glasses, he could silently activate his Byakugan and see right through the dice.

"Then I'll thank you, Lady Tsunade. Winning yet still having to help me out," Mu Yue said with a smile.

Though he had the means to cheat, Mu Yue didn't plan to use his Byakugan. He had already gained plenty from Tsunade. If she were truly unwilling, he wouldn't force her—because his thinking was clear: without Tsunade's help, it would just take a bit more time.

Tsunade felt that Mu Yue was teasing her, but she had no proof—since Mu Yue had never gone to a casino with her, and few people in Konoha knew that she always lost when she gambled.

Fortunately, Tsunade wasn't one to argue reason anyway. She directly slapped Mu Yue on the back with a laugh: "Of course! Otherwise, why would I be the one teaching you medical ninjutsu?"

Mu Yue kept a faint smile on his face. He had maintained a constant use of Rock Breathing to boost his defense, and Tsunade had only used a playful amount of force.

"Not bad, you've trained your body pretty well." Feeling the firmness of his muscles through her palm, Tsunade raised an eyebrow—she had actually put a bit of strength into that slap.

Since it was almost time for a meal, Tsunade didn't want to waste Mu Yue's time, so she quickly called for Shizune to bring over the tools.

Rattle, rattle.

Under Tsunade's rapid shaking, the dice kept colliding with the cup, producing a clattering sound.

"Have you ever been to a casino?" Tsunade asked Mu Yue as she continued shaking the dice.

"No," Mu Yue shook his head in reply.

Neither in his previous life nor in the world of Naruto had he ever been to a casino—at most, he had played liar's dice with friends at a KTV.

"A newbie, huh? Then I'll congratulate you in advance—newbies usually have pretty good luck," Tsunade said cheerfully.

"There are five dice in here. Seventeen points or below is small, seventeen points and above is big. Whoever guesses the size correctly wins." Since Mu Yue said he was a beginner, Tsunade briefly explained the rules of guessing the size.

Bang!

After speaking, Tsunade slammed the cup down onto the table, looked at Mu Yue, and said, "Since you're a newbie, I'll let you go first."

Without using his Byakugan, Mu Yue also lacked the ability to discern the dice by sound. He didn't think too much and casually said, "Big."

"Good, then I'll bet small." Tsunade lifted the cup, revealing the five dice inside.

As she lifted the cup, Tsunade couldn't help but let out a triumphant laugh. She felt she had done brilliantly this time, perfectly exploiting her own strange gambling luck.

But when Tsunade clearly saw the numbers on the five dice, the smile on her face slowly froze, eventually turning into an expression of disbelief.

Mu Yue was also a bit surprised when he saw the dice total. It was exactly sixteen points—one more point and it wouldn't have been small.

This was somewhat unexpected for Mu Yue. He was already prepared to win, after all, she was the legendary "Big Loser" of the ninja world—going to a casino was basically like doing charity.

"Congratulations, it seems that as a veteran, Lady Tsunade, you've come out on top," Mu Yue said with a warm smile.

"Ah, how can this be? I actually won!" Tsunade still looked utterly incredulous.

She had never won in her entire life—whether it was cards, dice, or even lottery tickets, not a single time.

Tsunade rubbed her eyes, then leaned in to stare closely at the dice, but no matter how she looked, the numbers wouldn't change—still sixteen points.

"Impossible. This shouldn't happen," Tsunade muttered, clutching her hair.

Tsunade's unusual behavior drew Shizune over from washing vegetables, who asked in confusion, "Lady Tsunade, did you lose again?"

She remembered that Tsunade hadn't shown much emotional change even when losing a million ryo.

"If only I'd lost. I won instead," Tsunade said helplessly. She really hadn't expected to win.

"Isn't winning a good thing..." Shizune thought about Tsunade's bizarre bet and shut her mouth.

Tsunade and Mu Yue's bet: winning equals losing equals winning.

"Looking at it this way, Lady Tsunade actually lost just like always," Shizune thought to herself.

"Something's off. Something's off. Could it be that your luck is even worse than mine?" Tsunade, who had lost her whole life, suddenly winning once felt completely wrong.

"Let's do another round. This time, winning or losing won't affect our agreement," Tsunade said, calming down.

She wouldn't go back on a promise—after all, it was just helping Mu Yue develop a jutsu, not signing a 996 work contract. Once the jutsu was developed, she could happily slack off again.

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

"No problem," Mu Yue agreed with a nod.

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 Muyue finished speaking, Tsunade immediately shook the dice and quickly placed them on the table.

"I'll go first this time. I guess big," Tsunade said first.

"Then I'll guess small," Muyue followed.

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

"Perhaps there really is such a thing as beginner's luck," Muyue said, looking at the points on the dice.

This time the total was ten points, so Muyue won.

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

Unwilling to accept it, Tsunade played another round with Muyue, but Muyue still won.

Now Tsunade understood clearly: Muyue's gambling luck was normal, unlike hers. Winning the first round had just been a coincidence.

"Forget it, at least I won once. But after losing for so long, suddenly winning once—nothing bad is going to happen, is it?" Tsunade said casually.

These words made Muyue glance sideways at her.

Although Tsunade always lost when gambling, she could still win once in a while. But every time she won, something bad would happen.

Might Guy stood before a five-meter-tall boulder. He slowly pulled out the nunchaku Muyue had given him, holding the stick body with his left hand and the nunchaku chain with his right. Then he spread his legs slightly and turned his body to the right.

"Milon Legend · Sword Cutting Blade · Golden Skyline!"

Might Guy placed his left hand in front of his body and his right hand behind his waist, extending his index and middle fingers. Then, with a loud roar, he charged toward the boulder. As he rushed forward, his left hand, in the motion of drawing a sword, led his right hand in a slash forward, ultimately carving a thin golden line.

Boom!!

A huge explosion sounded, a dazzling golden light flashed, and the boulder split directly in two, shattering apart.

After using the Golden Skyline, Might Guy's fingers twitched involuntarily.

Might Guy paid no attention to the pain in his fingers. An extremely excited expression appeared on his face, because he could finally use the Golden Skyline at a basic level.

However, Might Guy couldn't yet do it like Muyue, who could use the Golden Skyline in normal state, while he could only use it with the support of the Eight Gates.

But Might Guy was still quite satisfied, because the Golden Skyline was really powerful. He barely felt any difficulty in cutting through the five-meter boulder with that single strike.

"This taijutsu is so powerful!" the watching Shiranui Genma exclaimed.

For a normal ninja like him, Might Guy's performance was terrifying. That was a stone the size of a small house, and he just blasted it apart like that.

Ebisu nodded with a look of agreement.

"Is this the taijutsu Muyue taught you?" Teacher Chen walked over to Might Guy, glanced at the destroyed boulder, and asked.

In his view, this taijutsu was very powerful, even more so than the Leaf Dragon God.

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

"Mm, but this taijutsu wasn't developed by Muyue-sensei." Might Guy nodded, still excited, and then told Teacher Chen the story of this taijutsu.

He thought the story was really great, so he wanted to share it with others.

"Taijutsu from before the Ninja Village Era? Milon?" Teacher Chen thought hard, but found no relevant memory at all.

But Teacher Chen didn't mind too much. He wasn't an expert in history, so if it was a figure from long ago, he indeed wouldn't know.

"I didn't expect that kid Muyue held back such a move in our last spar. I need to seek another bout with him." Teacher Chen wanted to see Muyue perform the Golden Skyline.

Teacher Chen originally had no motivation to train taijutsu anymore, because he felt his taijutsu had reached a point where it could progress no further.

It wasn't that he thought he was invincible; he knew he couldn't beat the Hokage or the Three Ninja. But he didn't think it was because his taijutsu was inferior; rather, it was that his other talents as a ninja were average.

After meeting Muyue, it was different. That fight had seemed like a draw on the surface, but Teacher Chen knew that Muyue actually had the advantage.

Perhaps Muyue's taijutsu put too much pressure on him. The taijutsu that had been unable to improve actually advanced again. Although the improvement was very small, it made Teacher Chen, who hadn't improved in a long time, very happy.

This time, discovering that Muyue still had a powerful taijutsu like the Golden Skyline that he hadn't used, he wanted to fight Muyue again to see if he could break through once more.

"Muyue-sensei seems pretty busy lately. Would you like me to ask him for you?" Might Guy scratched his head and asked.

Teacher Chen nodded unceremoniously.

After the training ended, Might Guy went directly to Moon Yue's home to ask about the situation, because at this point the training in the Southern Forest had also been dismissed.

"About a month and a half later," Moon Yue thought for a moment and answered.

He was happy to spar in taijutsu, but within a month and a half he basically couldn't spare any time.

"It's also dinner time, how about eating before you leave?" Moon Yue urged.

A hint of desire flashed across Might Guy's face; he hadn't tasted Moon Yue's cooking for a while.

However, worried that his father would keep waiting for him to eat dinner, Might Guy first ran home at full speed to notify his father, then ran back to Moon Yue's home for dinner.

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

Now he could not only open the fourth gate of the Eight Gates but also use the Golden Skyline, and he felt he could beat Kakashi.

"Yo, Kakashi, let's have a youthful and passionate battle." Might Guy, relying on his knowledge of Kakashi, quickly found Kakashi and issued an invitation.

Kakashi looked at Might Guy with a face full of dark lines and complained, "Don't you think it's a bit strange to issue a challenge here?"

After speaking, Kakashi helplessly turned sideways — this was a restroom!

Though Might Guy's actions left him speechless, Kakashi was somewhat used to it; Might Guy had never been someone who read the room.

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

After long practice, he had finally truly mastered the Transparent World, not only able to perfectly control his own body but also to see through others' bodies.

"My rival, to defeat you, I've been training hard ever since the Chunin Exam ended. Get ready to taste the flavor of defeat." Might Guy said with a confident smile.

Last time, he narrowly lost to Kakashi with three gates and the Wood Leaf Dragon God; now he could open the fourth gate of the Eight Gates and had mastered the Golden Skyline — this time he wouldn't lose again.

"Is that so? But I've never slackened either. Who will taste defeat is still unknown," Kakashi replied calmly.

Defeating Obito, Might Guy, and Shisui in a row had restored his genius confidence; as long as his opponent was a peer, he had confidence in victory.

"Hahaha." Hearing that Kakashi was equally confident, Might Guy couldn't help but laugh loudly and then gave Kakashi a thumbs up.

"As expected of my rival. Then let's both count down from three and the battle begins."

Kakashi nodded.

"Three, two, one, begin!"

"Rock Breathing, Total Concentration! Eight Gates, Life Gate, Open!"

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

"Lightning Breathing, Total Concentration!"

Kakashi also concentrated his breathing and then condensed chakra to perform Lightning Release chakra nature transformation.

Swoosh!

Both figures flickered simultaneously as they dashed towards each other.

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

Although Kakashi could use Lightning Release chakra to activate his cells and enhance strength, doing so consumed a lot of chakra. So Kakashi did not meet Might Guy head-on but instead opened the Transparent World to enhance his insight.

With the support of the 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, but Kakashi could hit him.

Although the reinforcement from Rock Breathing made him very resistant to blows, with the boost from the Transparent World, Kakashi's punches and kicks were also not weak. For a time, Might Guy fell into disadvantage.

Might Guy was not flustered; instead, his smile grew even brighter.

The stronger Kakashi was, the more excited he became, because winning that way would give a greater sense of achievement.

"My rival, this is a technique I specially prepared for you. It hasn't been used in any other person's battle yet."

Since Might Guy's Injury Gate was first opened at home, apart from Moon Yue and Might Duy, no one else knew this information.

"Eight Gates, Injury Gate, Open!"

PS: Sorry, it's already very late, a bit too tired to write more. Not really intentionally cutting off the chapter. Today's update is 8k.