Gamble

While traveling towards the leaf, Ryu was organizing his thoughts.

He was already close to the leaf when he finished his thoughts.

Rukh had become unbelievably quick. His god-speed had been boosted to new heights. He had the ability to travel a long distance in a short period of time.

Ryu landed safely a kilometer from the entrance. To avoid being recognized, he made a mark under his eyes similar to Kiba's.

He was on his way to the village's entrance. He noticed a dozen bandits approaching him.

They intended to rob Ryu of his belongings.

"Why does trouble keep finding me just when I'm trying to act normal?" Ryu examined the bandits with the strongest being in the level of chunin.

"Little boy, if you hand over your valuables, we might be able to let you go." One of the weaker members of the group spoke up.

"Don't want to! What are you going to do about it? " Ryu didn't even bother to look at them.

"Simply rob him. Show that kid where he belongs." One of them had a bald head and appeared to be the leader.

The bandits grabbed their swords and charged at him. Ryu was about to kill them in the blink of an eye. He reached for his sword, but they all came to a halt.

Ryu sensed the presence of another person. He assumed it was someone in charge of trying to eradicate the bandits.

Four figures appeared out of the trees and approached him.

There were four ninjas in the group. They appeared to be ninjas in the making.

They were students. He couldn't recall any of them; he had no idea. He assumed they were all small shots.

"Return; we'll exterminate them." The speaker was the leader. When he noticed that I was being pursued, he most likely tried to assist me.

It was convenient for Ryu because he didn't have to dirty his hands.

He went behind the tree to take cover.

The genins were fighting each other. He was unconcerned about them. He was irritated because the bandits were screaming.

The one-sided massacre stopped.

When the leader saw Ryu, he offered to accompany Ryu to the leaf.

It was accepted by Ryu. It would have been suspicious if he had declined such a generous offer.

With the escort, he approached the leaf. He was bombarded with questions from the children.

"Kids have a strong desire to delve into other people's personal lives." He was thinking to himself as he responded that he didn't want to answer all of their questions.

They irritated Ryu, but Ryu irritated them even more.

They arrived at the hidden leaf village, and from there they parted ways. He needed to find a way to hire mercenaries to dig up the graveyard on the mountain. He couldn't just hand it over to anyone.

He didn't know much about the underground organizations in the major countries. He didn't want to be bothered too much by it. Take it easy, he reasoned. He wasn't in a hurry.

While he was there, he decided to look around the village. He was strolling through Konoha's streets when he came across Ichiraku ramen.

While he was in the village, he wanted to try some ramen. It would be a waste of opportunity if he didn't have it.

He went inside, sat down, and placed his order for Naruto's special.

This location became well-known as a result of Naruto. As a result, you could get what Naruto usually has here.

"Coming right up."

He noticed a few girls coming into the shop while he was waiting for his food to be served. They were Sakura and Tsunade.

Sakura and Tsunade, aren't they?

Ryu knew this place was famous due to Naruto, but meeting them here was unexpected.

'I won't draw their attention because I'm dressed normally.' He muttered to himself and pretended not to notice them.

He was waiting for his Ramen to be served, the pair of girls just sat besides him. He still acted like he didn't care.

Sarada was too eager to tell me about her trip, Lady Tsunade." Sakura

"I'm sure she had a good time." Sakura fixed her gaze on Tsunade.

"She told me about the villagers and how the village was almost completely destroyed." Sakura

"According to what I've heard, there was a major battle there. There was even Sasuke involved. Did she tell you anything else?" Tsunade

"She didn't go into great detail with me, but she did tell me about Boruto being beaten to a pulp with a smile." Sakura let out a sigh.

Ryu got his ramen served, when he heard that he had ramen stuck in his neck. "Cough!" "Cough!"

"Who would he mess up with other kids."

Tsunade thought of Naruto in his childhood.

"Well, he didn't mess with kids but with the lord of waves." Sakura

They looked at each other.

"Why would he even mess with a lord."Tsunade

"I don't know the details, he teased the lord for his young age and being lord." Sakura was now eating her ramen.

"He is Naruto's son after all but annoying in a different way." Tsunade also started to have her ramen.

"But bullying a kid. what was Kakashi even doing?" Tsunade took a deep breath.

Ryu was hearing their conversation with amusement.

He was having his ramen when the three kids from the forest walked inside the shop.

They were looking at the menu when they saw Ryu.

"Aren't you the one from before?"

"You got the wrong person," Ryu simply said as he looked at them.

It was him, the kid instantly knew.

"You don't have to lie, you owe us your life." Kid

Ryu was completely unconcerned about him.

But the kid was too stubborn to give up and pursued him. Because of the kid, Ryu was the center of attention.

"Why does it even matter if he knew you?" Tsunade wondered as the kid continued to pursue Ryu.

"It's important. We had to leave because of sensei, and he didn't even thank us." Tsunade caught the kid's gaze, but he didn't recognize her.

"Fine! Have a bowl of ramen. "I'm going to pay for it." Ryu let out a sigh.

The three kids were now grinning, and the one who had gotten Ryu to give him a treat was acting as if he had done something huge.

They sat beside Ryu, despite Ryu's desire to avoid them.

"So, where are you from?"

"Far away."

"What brought you here?"

"To eat ramen."

Ryu's response was annoying on the kids' nerves.

Tsunade was staring at Ryu and paying attention to his strange responses.

"Could you tell me your name, mister?" Ryu gave Tsunade an uneasy feeling.

"My name is Neji," Ryu locked his gaze on Tsunade. He didn't want to get involved too much. So he just told her the name of a random Naruto character.

"Why her if you didn't tell me yours?" The child has resumed his spouting.

"I'm not keen on the idea of conversing with small children." The boy received a response from Ryu.

"Who are you saying as "little"? You're only a few years older than I am." Ryu ended up drawing the kid's focus.

Ryu turned away from him once more, concentrating on Tsunade.

"And what might be yours?" Tsunade was sincerely questioned by Ryu.

"It's Tsunade," She was ramen-eating and conversing at the same time.

"Like the fifth Hokage, Tsunade,"

Ryu had a surprised expression on his face. It was fake.

The kids that were just babbling now looked at Tsunade and confirmed that she was indeed the 5th Hokage, and they didn't even notice her.

"No way, how can the 5th Hokage be as young as me? LaughterH" Tsunade

"I suppose you are correct; I came here to gamble and earn some money. However, I'm not very good at it. Hehe. "

Ryu now had a way to make money thanks toTsunade.

"Do you enjoy gambling?" Tsunade's eyes twinkled as she looked at Ryu.

"I like it, but I've never had much success with it. But you appear to be the type of person who could make a fortune simply by showing up." Ryu was now bribing her into gambling with him.

"I've gotten pretty good at it. All I do is make mistakes from time to time." Tsunade

"Would you be willing to teach me how to gamble? I have a lot of money, and whatever I lose while learning to gamble with you is all yours and if you lose its mine but I doubt you would lose any." Ryu made her an offer and expressed his admiration for her.

Sakura about about to stop Tsunade from speaking but before that Tsunade's gambling instincts took over.

"Whatever you say." Tsunade.

"Then let's go to the nearest gambling den."

Due to the village's current state, Ryu was unable to obtain a large sum of money. His financial problem solution just walked up to him.