Chapter 5: Jackpot!

"Anyway guys, how long are we staying here?"

She was pissed off that his teammate are wasting time rather than training for the upcoming chūnin promotion exam held next week.

While she was the heir of her clan, it does not excused her from training, especially from the patriarch who critise her every time even though she was the best Genin compare to other clan heir.

'Sometimes I wish I was a boy, so that I can just relax about succession.' She sighed before remembering lady Tsunade in the nearby inn, who was heir of the Great Senju clan, before abdicating it and now roaming around in Kugakure as a drunk gamblwe.

She felt chill in the spine and decide not to think anymore than this.

Seeing as though her teammate left with their own 'adventure', she sat in the floor and began to meditate.

It was a way patraich taught her to further improve her chakra control.

'Thats weird, why does my surrounding feel off.'

Unlike other session, she feel disturbance inside her but can't figure out the reason why.

Seeing, the sun set, she yelled at her teammate:"Guys, come out or else I am leaving!"

She was not sure why she was becoming agiated after seeing the sunset, which came earlier than she expected, but her instinct was screaming to get out of here.

"Yes yes, we are coming you party pooper!" said by her teammate with a gloomy face, failing to find the spirit.

"Why are you trying so hard anyway, are you trying to impress one of Sannin?" one of them mocked her before getting hit on her gut.

"Of course, having opportunity to learn from her is an honour!" she scolded before dragging them to the village.

'Those idiots has no idea how hard it is to be clan heir especially a female heir.' She sighed and began to regret not to speak with Tsunade earlier even though later would just ignore her.

'Still, how did they know she was her?'

As far as she remembered, she never talked about her and only the Patriach has seen and recognised Tsunade.

Their is no rumour about her presense here.

So it begs the question, how did they found out about her?

While dragging them, she notice her body was cooler than usual.

Not only that, her teammate was not only lighter, she could not feel any temperature.

'Are they following a stupid civilian diet?'

But it does not explain why she could not feel any tenperature.

Then she realise one thing, she was not breathing for a while.

And her mouth is refusing to open!

Whole situation was bizzare until she uncousciouly grabbed her throat.

'Whats happening?'

She trying to breathe, as far as she could, but her mouth stay shut, as if her instinct are going against her.

"Hey are you okay?" said one of her teammate out of concerned.

Her face was turning purplish-blue and she consciously weaved a tiger seal.

"Genjutsu:Release!" she yelled based on her intution and desperation.

Yet, nothing happened.

She knows she has no breathing illness and she believes she was in her Genjutsu, yet

she could not break free.

Her friend began to panic and carried her to the village.

She relaxed by their gesture until her face goes pale when she came to the realisation.

'That's.... how... everyone.... di-' she thought before her conciousness drifted away.

Soon after, Kaguya, who now grown up to resemble a teen girl came close to her.

'She was definitely better than her teammate' Kaguya praised, while looking at the girl body, in the river alongside her teammate who suffocated a hour ago.

***

'She knew she was in Genjutsu and tried to release at last ditch effort but failed since she never met a user like me.'

Nonetheless she was first person to noticed my Genjutsu after 3 months.

Well multiple of my modified Genjutsus at top of one another.

'Using Clone technique on top of Hazy Genjutsu to a degree where she could misundertood my afterimage as her teammmate where I controlled my clone to a degree as if they were really being touched by her and change direction lf the route towards the river ans changing surrounding when she entered the river.'

'Using Genjutsu: Bell Sound Clone to make hear voices from her 'teammate' while also hearing other sounds like crushing of leaves

etc to cover lack of substance of my afterimage and preventing her to hear splash of water when she enter the river and gets paralyse.'

'While using Genjutsu Binding to further paralyse her in the river, in conjunction with other so that she did not realise she was not walking.'

Its all thanks to 3 months practise I had with my victims while having large Yin Chakra reserve that allowed me to use them simultaneously with a good degree where modification was possible to fool 3 senses of a person.

Though after seeing her face at last moment, I had only one thought: 'I am glad she died as she would a headache if she manage to release.'

Anyway her death was not bad.

She was not defeated, humilated or tortured.

"Last but not the least, she died close to her teammates, so I guess she got Thumbs up from Kakashi for not abandoning her friends to death." I murmured with a smile.

[....]

'Don't be pissed off.'

This is only way I could train without leaving obvious trace.

Combine with the rumour, it was pretty much free real estate for me.

'Anyway, what let me see what loot I got.'

After pickpockting their bodies, I began to count my loot.

'10 Kunai.'

'20 Shuriken.'

'And 100000 ryō?'

The girl must been a rich heir or something since she had 50000 ryō.

Anyway today loot was satisfactory especially since I now know where the Senju Princess is.

'With this money, I can at least have a way to talked to her.'

As having greatest healer is important, as hypothesis I made 3 months ago has couple of problems, one of them is injuries I may sustain when using source of Yang Chakra.

'Alongside my knowldge I know by after reading wiki, I could try to befriend her.'

[Are you not being too ambitious?]

'I just hope she does not leave tomorrow.'

However while counting ryō, I found a small note.

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Kei, warned those insolent teammate of yours not to go near to Box of Paradise in Hōzuki Castle.You are lucky your teammate are alive unlike half of the Uzumaki we sacrifice for the glory of the nation.

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'Box of paradise?!'

I didnt know Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison was actually cannon!

But moreover, I did not thought Uzumaki clan was in Kusagakure.

'It was never mentioned.'

But if I think about it, it now makes sense.

'Box of paradise need massive amount of chakra.'

And Uzumaki clan have the highest.

So using them makes senses to open it.

'Hence they play part in their extinction.'

Regardless, it was jackpot I needed right now!

'My luck is favouring me.'

****

"Lady Tsunade, please stop drinking." I plead with my master who was drowning herself with alcohol and sorrow.

"Just one more sake." she murmured before drinking two sake in one go while her head was lying flat in the table.

She was already problematic thanks to gambling addiction and recent alcoholism made it worse.

'All I can do is hope her alcoholism ends before she began to pile debt.'

As she is really terrible at gambling.

Where winning is same as having a bad omen.

I feared she would soon known as 'The legendary Sucker' rather than 'Sannin' if she keep doing it.

Thud! Thud!

'I guess waitrwas.'

"Come in."

I pulled my wallet and about asked bill, until I seen her appreance.

'That face....'

Even though she wear a face mask, her silvery-white hair and black eyes resemblance someone I once seen.

'Wait, why I am just standing.'

"Excuse me, who are you?"

Even though it is excessive, I began to prepare poison on my mouth just in case things got ugly.

"I just want meet Princess Tsunade." she said with a sly face.

"Why?" I yelled out of frustration.

'War just ended 3 months ago, yet assassin already came here.'

I went to my stance and anticipating for her attack.

"Go fight somewhere else" Lady Tsunade murmured while being half sleep.

I doubt any poison or injury can kill her.

'I just feared this assassin will attract attention to us as we are trying keep ourselves lowkey.'

"She is still disinterested, what a pity." the supposed assasin wailed.

"I thought she would love to talk about the Uzumaki clan." she revealed casually.

'What does she mean?'

SMACK!

"What do you mean!" my master said, while creating tremour that large enough to shake the inn.