Let's Play Again!

Over an hour later...

Plop!

Kushina: Dead as hell

This posture was not for anything else, just because she had lost to Natsuhiko for ten consecutive rounds.

Ten rounds!!!

"Is this the strength of the inventor of this game?" Kushina spoke with eyes devoid of emotion and breath like that of an undead.

Obviously, everyone had the same deck, and the rules of the game were not difficult. She quickly got the hang of it after playing a few rounds. However, Natsuhiko was like an insurmountable mountain in front of her, impossible to defeat.

As Natsuhiko had just said, "this game was indeed easy to learn but difficult to master!"Kushina realised it the hard way.

The choice of cards at each turn, the order of playing cards, predicting the opponent's hand movements, and of course, luck – it was the accumulation of these unremarkable details that ultimately tilted the balance of victory and defeat.

"This game is interesting!" Kushina exclaimed, suddenly breaking out of her dismay.

Compared to the chess-like complexity of shogi or the luck-based nature of many gambling games, Geki-Nin balanced luck and skill, making it easy for everyone to learn while not having an in -depth approach.

No wonder Kushina, even after losing so many rounds, still felt eager for another game(lmao BPD FR). She felt she was gradually figuring out the trick.

In the last few rounds, she could already go toe-to-toe with Natsuhiko. It seemed that her talent was not bad, and Kushina felt a little proud.

Following this trend, with a bit of luck, she might be able to defeat Natsuhiko after a few more rounds.

"I can make a comeback!"

With this thought in mind, Kushina finally adjusted her mentality, stood up, and exclaimed to Natsuhiko, "Let's play again!"

"...Kushina, maybe it's better to stop here for today," Natsuhiko said, wiping off some sweat, regretting his decision to teach Kushina how to play Geki-Nin.

Upon hearing this, Kushina's expression was like learning that Christmas had been canceled. She pleaded, "No, Natsuhiko, you can't just win and run. I've just understood how to play this game!"

"No, you haven't!" Natsuhiko silently retorted. Perhaps playing with Tsunade so often had made Kushina's card skills unbearable. And she seemed completely unaware, repeatedly losing.

"I can make a comeback?"

It's just an illusion!

Natsuhiko tried to make concessions several times to let her win, but she couldn't seize the opportunity!

Given Kushina's determination not to give up until she won a round, if they continued like this, when would it end?

To end this meaningless battle, Natsuhiko had to speak frankly, "Actually, my chakra is running low. Kushina, you should have noticed that the Duel Disk consumes players' chakra during a match."

"Eh? Is that so? Why don't I feel anything?" Kushina said in surprise.

Puchi!

Kushina's casual words stabbed Natsuhiko's heart like a saber!

But it didn't end there; Kushina subconsciously continued, "Natsuhiko, are you running out so quickly?"

Her tone was quite surprised, implying: Your Chakra Reserves are too low...

Puchi!

Another sword!

Natsuhiko covered his chest, almost spitting out blood from the internal wounds he just suffered.

Having low Chakra Reserves had always been a pain for Natsuhiko.

Is having a lot of chakra really that great?

Well, it seemed like it was.

After all, having a lot of chakra represented a strong combination of physical and spiritual energy, an entry ticket to becoming an expert right from birth. Even during Ninjutsu training, having more chakra meant being able to practice more times every day.

Not to mention the Shadow Clone Jutsu, an official add-on tailored for those with abundant chakra.

Yes, don't glance around; it's you, Lord Third Hokage!

As the saying goes, genius is not terrifying, but what's terrifying is when a genius works harder than you.

With a lot of chakra, you had already gathered the two key elements for success. So, are you scared or not?

"Ah..."

Kushina, with a brain loop that seemed a bit too long, finally realized she had misspoken, hitting Natsuhiko's sore spot.

She covered her mouth with her hand, looking apologetically at Natsuhiko.

Unfortunately, it backfired. Her apologetic gaze felt like numerous knives piercing Natsuhiko repeatedly.

Unable to bear Kushina's scrutinizing gaze, Natsuhiko, with blood boiling, clenched his teeth and said, "Actually, I was exaggerating just now. I wanted to save some chakra for training tonight. But since you're so enthusiastic, I'll reluctantly play a few more rounds."

"Really? Is it okay?" Kushina asked with some concern.

She was worried that Natsuhiko would become the first person in history to die from playing cards.

What kind of dark game was this?

"Of course, no problem. My... I mean, my chakra reserves are plentiful!" ...

Another hour passed.

"I can't go on anymore, I surrender!" Natsuhiko raised his hands, performing a French salute.

However, he didn't lose to Kushina in the game; he lost in terms of Chakra Reserves.

"No, just one more time!" Kushina pleaded pitifully.

Unfortunately, Natsuhiko remained unmoved.

To be honest, he was already overwhelmed at this point. One could say that Kushina was truly bottomless.

This referred to Chakra Reserves, of course.

In order not to give Kushina any expectations, Natsuhiko had to put on a rare serious face and say, "Kushina, you've said 'one last round' three or four times already."

But that wasn't the end. Natsuhiko continued with his killing move, "And now it's already after-school hours."

"What?"

∑(°Д°;≡;°д°)

Kushina was genuinely startled when she heard this. She quickly turned her head to look outside.

Sure enough, she saw the distant sky bathed in the twilight glow, indicating that it was already dusk.

"Why did time pass so quickly?"

Kushina's black eyes were full of disbelief, almost suspecting that she had fallen into a Genjutsu.

This was considered fast?

Natsuhiko muttered to himself.

"If I let you play Civilization 6, wouldn't it feel like getting into a time machine?" Natsuhiko shrugged. "This is probably what they mean when they say that happy times always pass quickly."

Unfortunately, Kushina didn't understand shit.

"This card game is just too terrifying!" Kushina subconsciously looked down at the Duel Disk on her wrist, her face showing a fearful expression, as if it were a poisonous snake wrapped around her wrist.

"Natsuhiko, are you sure it's okay to promote this game to the students?" Kushina quickly had this question.

As a former ninja academy student, Kushina was well aware of how attractive it could be to young ninjas. After all, the games popular in the Academy were still those hide-and-seek games from several decades ago. And even someone as mature and dignified as herself had almost accidentally become addicted. The brats without self-discipline would probably be ten times more addicted, or maybe fifty times more!

Thinking about the scene where all the students at the Academy would be addicted to playing cards, neglecting their studies, Kushina shivered with fear.

"Are you sure you're not a spy sent by another village, Natsuhiko sensei, ready to harm the future blossoms of Konoha with this game?" she thought.

Natsuhiko clearly understood Kushina's concerns and explained with a laugh, "Don't worry. The deck we used just now is specially made, which is why we can reuse it. The cards that students will use need to have the runes redrawn after each use."

"So, if they really get addicted to playing cards, I would actually be happy for them. Because every time they play a game, they'll have to spend three times the time on redrawing the runes."

Kushina sighed in relief, glad she hadn't become an accomplice in poisoning Konoha's future blossoms.

Now she finally understood the full picture of Natsuhiko's plan. As the second player of the Geki-Nin card game, Kushina knew how much fun it was. And having practiced drawing runes before, she was well aware of how dull and tedious it was.

Natsuhiko's idea was to bind the super fun Geki-Nin card game with the super boring task of drawing runes. In the past life, he thought, it might be called bundled sales.

It seemed that they couldn't escape the clutches of Natsuhiko, the Great Devil King.

Thinking about the students in the Academy living such a life of pleasure and pain in the future, Kushina couldn't help but mourn (or laugh) for them.

At the same time, she finally remembered her role as an assistant.

Natsuhiko had introduced this game to her earlier, and the original plan was for her to help create these teaching tools.

Realizing that she had forgotten her job as soon as she got into the game, Kushina felt quite ashamed and apologized sincerely, "I'm sorry, Natsuhiko. I've delayed your work. How about I take some cards home and work on them?"

"It's okay, I still have plenty of stock. Enough for tomorrow's classes," Natsuhiko said with a smile. "And playing cards with you just now made me discover quite a few areas that can be improved. I gained a lot, so don't worry about it."

Although Natsuhiko said so, Kushina insisted on her own opinion.

In the end, Natsuhiko couldn't resist Kushina's persistence. After teaching her how to make the cards, he let her take a box of blank cards home to work on. At the same time, Kushina took away the two Duel Disks, supposedly for testing whether the cards were made successfully.

This made Natsuhiko look at Kushina with a somewhat strange gaze.

Is your real goal not this?

But Natsuhiko could understand. After all, in his past life, he had a period of "I'll die if I don't play XX." Although when he transmigrated, the Overwatch craze had already cooled, and the storm was about to ignite.

Speaking of which, he still hadn't seen the day when the storm would ignite. And judging from Kushina's performance, the residents of the Ninja World were not much different from Earthlings.

This made Natsuhiko more confident in his upcoming plans.

(End of this chapter)

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