Naruto: Konoha's Kanpu

In the streets of the Land of Fire's Capital.

Tsunade hadn't walked far before she realized she was being followed by two kids. However, since they weren't debt collectors, she didn't care and let Naruto and Karin follow her.

About a few minutes later, Tsunade frowned, suddenly turned around, and saw two more people appear behind the kids. It was Kanpū and Hayate.

'Space-Time Ninjutsu?'

Tsunade looked surprised, 'Could this guy be…'

"Tsunade-sama, this is my younger brother." Kanpū said as he approached, leading the group.

"Hmm, follow me."

Tsunade calmly nodded, then led them through the streets and alleys. Half an hour later, they arrived at a secluded little inn.

"Shizune, Shizune." Tsunade called out loudly after entering.

"Tsunade-sama, I am here." Shizune's voice came from outside.

Since Tsunade had gone to the gambling hall in the morning, Shizune had set up a small clinic outside, working as a barefoot doctor to earn a bit of money for their food and drinks. Otherwise, they would really have starved to death on the streets.

"Eh, it's you."

Shizune recognized Kanpū at a glance, "You are…"

Kanpū is afraid of side issues keep arising, so he quickly interrupted Shizune, "I'm just a family member of the patient, nothing more."

Tsunade gave Kanpū a sidelong glance and asked: "Is the money ready?"

The wise Kanpū swiftly pulled out a sealing scroll, extracted a suitcase from it, and opened it to reveal four thousand neatly stacked ten-thousand-ryo bills.

Tsunade's eyes lit up when she saw this. She immediately took the suitcase and started counting the money, and at the same time, she said to Shizune, "Shizune, the patient will be handed over to you."

"I understand."

Shizune nodded, then glanced at Naruto, Karin, and Hayate before quickly settling on Hayate, then said with a smile, "I'll start with an examination."

"Thank you." Hayate's expression was a bit odd.

'Why does this so-called 'Tsunade' and Shizune look so much like con artists?'

'Could it be that my usually shrewd brother had been fooled this time?'

After the examination, Shizune went over to Tsunade, who was still counting the money, and whispered something. Kanpū guessed they were discussing Hayate's condition.

After a while, Shizune came over and said, "Some of your brother's broken bones have already started to heal. If you want to heal them completely, we need to break those bones again and then realign them. It might cause some pain. Is that okay?"

"No problem."

Kanpū declared righteously, "Feel free to break my brother's bones. If I so much as frown, I'm not a man!"

'Easy for you to say when it's not your bones…' Hayate thought bitterly.

"Then, I'll start now." Shizune said as she walked toward Hayate.

Hayate was really scared this time. His heart was pounding, and he asked loudly: "You're starting now? Here? Right now? Aren't you going to prepare anything?"

This isn't just applying a bandage. How could you not make any preparations?

Under Hayate's incredulous gaze, Shizune swiftly broke most of the bones in his body with a series of cracking sounds.

"Uaaggghhhh!!!"

The pain was so intense that Hayate's tears and snot flowed uncontrollably, even dislodging the crust from his eyes!

"How noisy." Not far away, Tsunade was taken aback, and she lost count of the money she was handling.

Shizune's movements are very fast. After breaking Hayate's bones, she immediately realigned them, then took out a sealing scroll, took out a secret medicine ointment and applied it on Hayate, then bandaged him up, and finally used Healing Technique to accelerate Hayate's cell healing.

After about half an hour of work, Shizune finished the treatment, and Hayate also succeeded in losing consciousness from the pain.

"Tsunade-sama?" Shizune turned her head and looked towards Tsunade.

Tsunade walked over impatiently, examined Hayate all over, then nodded and said: "It's about right. He shouldn't do any strenuous activities for the next six months."

'He can't do intense exercise for another half a year, little brother, you're really miserable…' Kanpū couldn't even bear to look at Hayate directly.

"Alright, the treatment is done. You can leave now." Tsunade said, starting to usher them out.

"Tsunade-sama, that's so rude! At least offer them some tea." Shizune protested, then gave Kanpū an apologetic smile, 'I'm sorry, it's really impolite after taking so much money from you.'

Tsunade waved her hand dismissively, "Do whatever you want, just don't bother me while I'm counting my money."

With that said, she carried the suitcase and went into the inner room.

Shizune immediately apologized, "I'm sorry, Tsunade-sama is not in a good mood because she lost money."

"Does she lose money often?" Naruto asked a soul torture.

Shizune showed an awkward but polite smile, "Yes… quite often."

Next, Shizune briefly described the tough years she and Tsunade had been through together.

"Shizune, it's really hard for you."

Kanpū said with genuine sympathy. Then, a thought crossed his mind, and he smiled, "Actually…I have a way for you to get out of poverty and get rich."

"What way?" Shizune asked excitedly.

Kanpū responded seriously, "It's very simple. You just need to disguise yourself and follow Tsunade-sama into the gambling hall. Then, when she bets on 'big,' you bet on 'small.' When she bets on 'small', you bet on 'big'. It's a guaranteed win!"

"One win, one loss, in and out— this can only maintain balance at best," Shizune said.

"Idiot, just bet more than Tsunade-sama does!" Kanpū said speechlessly.

Hearing this, Shizune's eyes immediately lit up.

'That's right, in this way, Tsunade-sama's losses would be less than what I win!'

'That's right, those forty million…'

She quickly rushed into the inner room, calling out, "Tsunade-sama, Tsunade-sama…"

After a few calls with no response, Shizune panicked and broke through the door immediately. She then saw that the windows in the room were open, and Tsunade was nowhere to be found.

"Oh no!"

Shizune's face greatly changed, then she hurriedly jumped out the window, following the traces left by Tsunade. Kanpū, curious, followed her.

The two pursued all the way, and finally came to a gambling hall. The two glanced at each other. They are about to walk in when they saw Tsunade walked out dejectedly.

"No way?" Shizune was distraught.

"As expected of Tsunade-sama…" Kanpū sucked in a breath of cold air.

'Forty million, gone in just a short while...?'

'So this is the legendary hand of misfortune?'

"Shizune, you're just in time. Do you still have any money? I feel my luck is about to change. This time, I can definitely win it back!" Tsunade's eyes were ablaze with fervor.

"You said the same thing last time…" Shizune was on the verge of tears. They had finally found a way to make money, only to lose everything in a flash.

"Tsunade-sama, my admiration for you is as boundless as the sky." Hanfeng arched his hands.

"You…" Tsunade wanted to respond when suddenly, a large group of fierce-looking men appeared at the end of the street.

"There she is!"

"Quickly her! This time, we can't let her get away!"

"How dare she cheat us out of our money! Damn it!!"

This mob, armed with clubs and sticks, charged towards Tsunade.

Tsunade's face changed, and she turned to run.

"Are those debt collectors?" Kanpū asked.

Shizune said with bitter expression: "We should leave too. It will be troublesome if they catch up to us."

The two of them ran back to the inn, where Tsunade was already packing her things, preparing to flee.

"Shizune, hurry up." Tsunade urged, looking at Shizune with exasperation.

Shizune felt utterly defeated.

She turned her head and looked towards Kanpū and said: "Kanpū-kun, I guess this is where we part ways."

Kanpū took her hand and said, "Take care!"

"Un." Shizune's eyes welled up with tears.

"Stop dawdling. If we delay any longer, they'll catch up." Tsunade said anxiously.

"And whose fault is that?!" Shizune nearly exploded with frustration.

Amid their bickering, they made their escape. Kanpū gently picked up Hayate, then asked Naruto and Karin to hold onto him, and quietly returned to the Gekko Mansion with Flying Thunder God Technique,