Gambling Fortune-Telling

"What exactly is going on? Who are you people?" Neji Hyuga asked the two of them with a guarded expression on his small face.

Hizashi Hyuga looked at his son’s smooth forehead, his voice low yet carrying a trace of excitement. "Neji, it’s me!"

Neji Hyuga’s body trembled. He looked at Hizashi Hyuga in disbelief. Black mist rose from Yota’s hand, enveloping Hizashi Hyuga’s entire head. Then the Munch-Munch Fruit’s ability activated, restoring his original appearance.

"Father… this…" Neji’s eyes widened, and his mind went completely blank.

First, he had suddenly been taken away by ninjas from his own clan and handed over to a terrifying ninja who clearly did not look like a good person. Then he had been sucked into the Dark Space, only to discover that this terrifying ninja’s companion was actually his father. His mind was thoroughly scrambled.

"I had Lord Black Shadow Ninja bring you out and remove the Caged Bird Curse Mark from your forehead. From today onward, you are no longer a member of the Hyuga Branch Family," Hizashi Hyuga said excitedly.

Hearing this, Neji Hyuga touched his forehead and was shocked to discover that the Caged Bird Curse Mark had indeed vanished.

Although Neji Hyuga was still young and had yet to personally experience the harm caused by the Caged Bird Curse Mark and the Hyuga Clan’s system, he naturally held no fondness for a mark that restricted his freedom.

Besides, he was only a four-year-old child. He had no sense of belonging toward either the clan or Konoha. Nearly all his feelings were tied to his father.

Yota had long known that Neji Hyuga’s mother had died after giving birth to him. In other words, aside from Hiashi Hyuga, the father and son had no other relatives in Konoha, so they had no other attachments to the village.

Now that the Caged Bird Curse Mark had been removed, the two of them clearly could not return either. They could only settle down and become his subordinates.

"Damn it, again! I’ll definitely win this time!"

The blond, busty female ninja slammed her hand on the table, her face red and neck flushed. Sara covered her mouth and giggled across from her, while Jiraiya, seated to one side, wore a helpless expression.

When Yota returned to his underground base, this was the sight that greeted him.

"You really never learn, do you? You’re already a prisoner, yet you still can’t forget gambling." Yota rolled his eyes.

"Actually, I don’t think Tsunade is gambling. I think she’s using her gambling luck to predict something."

Orochimaru slowly emerged from the shadows and spoke.

Yota tilted his head, momentarily stunned.

Thinking about it carefully, in the original story, Tsunade did not seem happy whenever she suddenly won. Instead, she seemed somewhat panicked…

So she gambled because she wanted to lose? Then she used that method to predict whether something bad was about to happen? What kind of mystical fate-testing method was that?

Still, her predictions really were quite accurate. It was just a little expensive.

That explains it. Who could keep losing day after day and still have that much fun?

"Damn it! I refuse to believe I can’t win even one round!" A furious roar came from the gambling table. She had even started calling herself "this old lady."

Well, apparently she was not having that much fun either…

She was unhappy when she lost, and when she won, she became suspicious and anxious. That really was torturous.

As for why Sara had become so attentive and was willing to gamble with Tsunade—there was no other reason. Yota had merely told her that Tsunade’s Yin Seal could preserve youth forever. In reality, she was already a woman in her forties, yet she still looked to be in her twenties because of the Yin Seal’s effects.

At that moment, Sara’s eyes had immediately lit up. She instantly became Tsunade’s number one admirer, even more attentive than Shizune.

"Alright, can you stop for now?" Yota walked over and spoke to Sara. "We have business to take care of!"

Upon hearing that there was business to handle, Sara reluctantly put down the cards in her hand. She had no particular love for gambling, but if she could meet an opponent as good as Tsunade and sweep the table every day, anyone would probably become interested in gambling.

When Tsunade saw Yota, especially Hizashi Hyuga and Neji Hyuga behind him, she could not help but snort coldly. Jiraiya, on the other hand, shamelessly came over and asked, "Hizashi, huh? Looks like you went to Konoha. Neji has already been brought here, so the operation went smoothly!"

Hizashi’s mouth twitched slightly. He knew Jiraiya’s true thoughts, so he answered directly, "It went fairly smoothly. At least we didn’t hurt too many people from Konoha."

Well, we did add another canyon around Konoha’s outskirts. Mental trauma probably doesn’t count as injury, right? Hizashi Hyuga thought to himself.

"That’s good…" Jiraiya let out a long breath. Hearing that, he thought Yota and Hizashi Hyuga had merely infiltrated Konoha and secretly taken Neji away.

Yota glanced at Jiraiya and waved his hand, releasing the Chakra seal on him. "Alright, you can take those two Konoha ninjas and leave now."

Jiraiya moved his body slightly and revealed a bitter smile. They really did not take him seriously at all.

But considering his opponent’s strength, he truly had the confidence not to take him seriously… How could there be such an outrageous ability as directly transferring Bloodline Limits?

He had seized more than half of Konoha’s foundation. Who knew how powerful this guy had become now?

Jiraiya then removed the seals from the two ninjas of the Inuzuka Clan and Aburame Clan and asked Yota, "What about Tsunade? What are you planning to do with her?"

"You don’t need to worry about that. Just leave on your own!" Tsunade snorted coldly, crossing her arms.

Yota glanced at him. He knew Tsunade was actually worried that he would keep Jiraiya here as well, but he truly had no such intention.

The only thing of value on Jiraiya was Sage Mode, but he could still learn that at Ryuchi Cave. With Yota’s Chakra reserves, which now even surpassed Hashirama Senju’s, combined with his Sage Body, no matter how difficult Ryuchi Cave’s Sage Mode was to learn, it would not be much of a challenge for him.

Besides, Yota had already asked Orochimaru about it. Orochimaru had now discovered Jugo, who could automatically absorb Natural Energy. When the time came, Yota only needed to absorb Jugo’s body structure. Even without any training, Yota believed he could master Sage Mode.

As for Jiraiya causing him trouble in the future… with Konoha as such a weak point, Jiraiya could not possibly act rashly.

Yota was not collecting Tailed Beasts now, so he would not end up like the Akatsuki, hunted and condemned by everyone. And no single ninja village stood any chance against Yota.