Simultaneous Travel: Becoming a Legend in the Heavens.

Chapter 428: Victory over Evil
"If you lose, then I hope you can allow me to give you a massage in my free time...Isn't this request too much?"

Lu Ke weighed his words carefully and stated the conditions with a smile.

"massage?"

Tsunade was slightly startled, remembering the last time Luke offered to massage her after she had a hemophobia attack.

Soft, slender and warm fingers gently rubbed her temples, as if there was some magical power that soothed her body and mind. Even a ninja like her who was always vigilant fell asleep unknowingly. After waking up, she felt that the haze in her heart was swept away and she was in an exceptionally good state.

"Is that all?"

After Luke stated the conditions, the office was quiet for a while. Tsunade narrowed her eyes and looked at him suspiciously, as if she didn't believe he would be so kind.

Luke lowered his eyebrows, half-closed his eyes, and answered in a somewhat exaggerated tone:
"At first glance, it sounds like you're expecting me to make some excessive demands. Of course not. A simple and kind person like me wouldn't have any evil intentions."

"Simple and kind..."

Tsunade was silent for a moment, lowered her head slightly, feeling the gaze that seemed to be sticking somewhere on her, and reserved her opinion of this self-evaluation.

There were countless men who stole glances at her, but due to their strength and status, they could only occasionally peek at her with their peripheral vision. However, Lu Ke had been very open about it since the first time they met. His aggressive gaze seemed to materialize in the next moment and he was wantonly...

A born evil civilian imp!
Maybe it wasn't a proper massage like last time, but something else to replace fingers... or maybe he wanted to do something bad while she was asleep, because she was sleeping very deeply last time...

Tsunade was a little confused for a moment, all kinds of inappropriate images for children flashed through her mind, her expression became strange, and she silently put her legs down from the desk and put them together.

She glared at Lu Ke fiercely, but couldn't take those fleeting thoughts as evidence of ill intentions, so she could only nod dryly.

"I agree to this request, let's get started!"

"Lady Tsunade, you are so anxious, you can't keep it to yourself..."

Lu Ke finished his sentence slowly, "No gambling?"

"Shut up, you're too long-winded!"

Tsunade slapped the table in annoyance, grabbed the dice cup that was closer to her, and began to shake the dice in the air with professional and skillful techniques.

Her movements were graceful and elegant, very entertaining to watch. After she slammed the last button with all her might, she seemed to have won the game, and gave Lu Ke a provocative look.

"Today I will let you understand the strength of Konoha's gambling king. Hurry up, it's your turn!"

"Although, Lady Tsunade, I have only heard of the nickname Big Fat Sheep."

Lu Ke supported his head with one hand, stretched out his right hand to take his dice cup, pressed it on the table and shook it twice before stopping, looking at the opposite side with a smile.

Both sides open the dice cups at the same time.

It turns out that there is no point in doing too much fancy stuff.

Princess Tsunade put in a series of fancy moves and successfully lost with an excellent score of four points in total. She was silent for a few seconds and then forced herself to speak.

"There was no set number of matches just now. In fact, it should be best of three."

"Then let's do it two more times. It's really too unsafe to decide the outcome with just one round. It doesn't give you a chance to perform well."

Lu Ke picked up the dice cup with a smile and nodded indulgently, watching Botaochaokong blushing and panting as he shook the dice hard, with an inexplicable light in his eyes.

His index finger moved slightly, as if plucking an invisible string.

In the second game, Tsunade won.

When she saw the result, she was stunned for a moment and couldn't help rubbing her eyes and muttering to herself.

"I...I actually won. Is this true? Is this a lie?"

She became alert, covered her heart with both hands, closed her eyes and carefully felt whether she had any bad premonition. She felt nothing unusual but was still worried, so she left Lu Ke in the Hokage's office and ran out on her own.

Luke wasn't angry either, he stood up and walked to the front of the closet, took out a cup, opened the cabinet under Tsunade's desk, ignored the piles of confidential documents, and took out a box of shochu from the depths.

"There is such a good stuff hidden here. The strength is not low, but the brewing method is a bit inferior. It can barely be considered a good wine in this world. Just drink it."

He sipped his wine leisurely, slowly waiting for Tsunade to come back.

It was not until half an hour later that Tsunade, with a worried look on her face, pushed the door open again.

She glanced at Luke who was drinking in the Hokage's seat, smelling the smell of alcohol in the room, but she didn't get angry. She sat down at the seat opposite her, then took a cup, filled it up for herself, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting, let's continue."

As Tsunade drank the large glass of liquor, her face began to burn, returning to its original color.

Lu Ke raised his head and asked with a smile: "Where did you go just now?"

"…I asked Shizune if she had received any news."

Tsunade hesitated for a moment, as if she was hesitating whether to say it or not, but finally pursed her lips and explained clearly:
"Generally speaking, every time I win at gambling something bad happens."

"It doesn't sound very scientific, but if you are sure that you can't win under normal circumstances, why are you so keen on gambling?"

Tsunade filled her glass with another drink, drank it all in one gulp and exhaled a long breath, her eyes burning and determined.

"I want to break this rule and prove that nothing bad will happen even if I win!"

Luke raised an eyebrow and calmly changed the subject, "Now it's one win and one loss, do you still want to compete, Lady Tsunade?"

"Compare! Of course we have to compete!"

Tsunade waved her hand generously, and the worry on her face that was diluted by the wine disappeared. She waved the dice in her hand again and lost again.

This time she didn't try to be clever and continue talking about the "best of five games" rule, but just nodded lightly to acknowledge Lu Ke's victory.

"Okay, you win."

Luke put the dice cup down and drank the rest of the spicy liquid in it.

"Then I'll take my leave first."

Just as he stood up, the sleeve of his clothes was pulled by a huge force.

Turning around, Tsunade was staring at him silently with a deep gaze.

"Don't be in a hurry to leave. I want to continue doing a few experiments to see if I can continue to win. It's a rare opportunity to gamble in the village, so play with me for a while."

"also."

Luke sat down obediently and looked at Tsunade's true form, "So what's the bet this time?"

Tsunade withdrew her hand, placed it on her abdomen, slowly raised it, and inserted her fingertips into the gap of the body. When Lu Ke thought she was really so generous, she took out a necklace from it.

"Bet this, if I can still win, then this is for you."

This is the relic left by Hashirama Senju to his granddaughter, and Tsunade has always cherished it. She gave it as a birthday present to her younger brother, Senju Nawaki, who was ready to make a name for himself in the ninja world and restore the glory of the Senju clan. Then Nawaki was killed by an explosive talisman.

Then, when her lover at the time, Kato Dan, declared that he would become Hokage, she gave the necklace to Kato Dan again, and then Kato Dan died at the speed of light on the battlefield.

In the original world line, she would also give it to Naruto. Considering that Naruto had several near-death experiences, it is hard to say that this thing is not a causal weapon like the mercury sword in Fate, where whoever gives it will be stabbed.

The corner of Lu Ke's mouth twitched slightly, feeling a little unlucky.

Although in his view, this famous weapon did not have the ability to change fate.

"You get a reward if you win the bet. It sounds interesting, so let's go ahead."

"very good."

Tsunade nodded, stood up and locked the office door, then opened the drawer and took out all kinds of gambling tools one by one, directly filling up half of the desk.

Dice, cards, roulette, auto chess...

Various gambling games were played in the Hokage's office, and Tsunade drank while enthusiastically participating in the games.

The results were some wins and some losses. Although she lost more often, as time passed, she won a lot of times. Her eyes gradually became brighter and her mood began to rise.

Lu Ke stayed with her calmly the whole time. Whenever she stretched out her hand, Lu Ke handed her a drink. Whenever she took the cards, Lu Ke helped her shuffle them. Whenever she spun the roulette wheel, Lu Ke read out the instructions on it.

When the number of wins reached ten, Tsunade staggered to her feet, took off the necklace, and hung it on Luke herself.

Then a new round of gambling begins, and the cycle repeats itself.

During the process, Shizune knocked on the door once, and after hearing the noise inside, she walked away with a gloomy face. She was guarding and receiving guests at the entrance of the Hokage building to prevent anyone from discovering that the Fifth Hokage was gambling heavily in an office where he was working.

The atmosphere in the room became heated with each gambling game. Unconsciously, the distance between the two people narrowed little by little, and finally they were standing close to each other.

Tsunade turned her head and stared at Luke with her bright and fiery eyes, as if she was examining and considering, as if she was considering whether to continue.

When Lu Ke looked back, their eyes met, and the fiery gaze turned into sticky, tangible threads, weaving into a net from top to bottom that covered every inch of his body.

A handsome face, an upright posture, a body full of energy and youthfulness, a masculine body that is clearly different from his own, and is intimidating and attractive.

Another game ended, Tsunade looked at the scattered chess and cards on the table and chose not to continue.

The liquor made her face red. She staggered to her feet and walked to the sofa, leaning against the edge. She raised her head and looked up at the sky. Her eyes became distant and her voice became hoarse.

"I'm free now, you can give me a massage."

Lu Ke licked his dry lips, then reached behind her and gently touched her temple. The tightness of his hand told him that she was also obviously nervous.

Actually, he was planning to proceed step by step. He asked for massage because he really wanted to invade little by little through massage, but now it seems that he did it a little too early.

He gently soothed the obviously fluctuating spiritual body until it became stable again, until Tsunade's tense body became soft again and her slightly wrinkled brows were truly relaxed, then he walked around to the front of the sofa and leaned closer tentatively.

The smell mixed with the aroma of wine hit him in the face, and his tightly closed lips were pried open, and Lu Ke heard the rhythmic heartbeat.

And the sound of disordered breathing.

"From now on, don't just casually bring out new scientific ninja tools..."

Tsunade closed her eyes, feeling the flames burning from the inside out as her palms moved across her body, feeling the unfamiliar temperature taking away the excess heat, feeling the coveted evil being taken special care of.

"Now... the entire Konoha upper echelons are watching... you. Sooner or later you will be overwhelmed by them."

Luke raised his head, half-straightened his body, and blinked at her: "They don't have the time to play political games, do they?"

"You don't understand. The crisis will come in eight years, and the troubles in the village will... continue for more than seven years. Only at the most critical moment... will they..."

Luke smiled but said nothing.

He believed in Orochimaru's execution and ability to stir up trouble, and estimated that it wouldn't be long, a few months at most, before Konoha would face a test or even a general attack.

Tsunade's breathing became rapid, and she sobered up a little from the confusion, "At least tell me in advance... Your new scientific ninja tool has too much destructive power..."

Lu Ke smiled indifferently, "You have to get used to expansion, um... I mean the expansion of combat power and settings. Only if you also expand along with it, you will not become cannon fodder in the later stage."

"what?"

Tsunade, who didn't hear it very clearly, was about to ask more questions when she suddenly froze uncontrollably in place, with a broken sound coming out of her lips and teeth.

"Ah, a surprise."

Lu Ke looked down, curled the corners of his mouth, reached out to help Tsunade comb her hair, and gave her a math problem in a teacherly manner.

"Let's talk about something more lighthearted and conducive to harmonious communication, such as science."

"Did Ninja School teach math, physics, and chemistry? How much do you remember? Do you want to try to measure the volume of irregular objects?"

Tsunade bit her lower lip and shook her head, the upper part of her back hanging in the air, and she reached out to touch the necklace swaying on Luke's chest.

…………

Rain Ninja Village.

In the quiet cave, painful coughs rang out continuously. Nagato, who was curled up on the bed and was as thin as skin and bones, raised his hand to cover his mouth and coughed up a fishy and sweet red cough. His already pale face was covered with a layer of gray.

"What's wrong, Nagato?"

Xiaonan, who was standing by, immediately came over and asked softly. When she realized the three Pains that had been sent out, her expression changed slightly.

"Is there something wrong with Orochimaru?"

"…Orochimaru somehow got some pretty good power, learned some very sneaky techniques, and got information about me. I was not paying attention, and the Heaven Path, the Shura Path, and the Animal Path were defeated."

In the stage before the combat power begins to expand, intelligence is still a factor that greatly affects the war situation. Nagato frowned deeply, one because of the leakage of information, and the other because of the sealed Tendo Pain.

It didn't matter if the puppet was defeated, as a new corpse could be used to create one if lost, but Tendou's was the remains of his close friend Yahiko.

Xiaonan's face suddenly turned ugly when she heard that. She pursed her lips and clenched her hands, trying her best not to lose her composure.

"Then what happens next?"

"Hurry up and create a new clone. Let the Six Paths of Pain work together to take the body back."

Nagato clenched his teeth and coughed heavily a few times. Suddenly, he had an ominous premonition in his heart and his face changed slightly.

"Has the rain stopped?"

Xiaonan also widened his eyes and held his breath.

It is normal for the rain to stop, but it is not normal for the rain to stop in the Rain Village.

(End of this chapter)