So, now I've got a rough idea of how much a ryo is worth. The whole thing cost me 5,700 ryo, plus a 100 ryo tip. I made about the same today just begging, though I'm nowhere near real gypsy level - those guys probably make twice as much in a day. Off Tsunade alone, I got 1 200 000 ryo. Yeah, she managed to lose a ton of money.
Some people might think I'm a terrible person - taking advantage of knowing she's a lousy gambler and fleecing a grandma with emotional baggage for a huge sum. But… I'm pretty sure she loses that much almost every day. How do I know? Well… she's an S-class medic-nin. That's like being the only neurosurgeon in all of America. And with the kind of salaries they get, can you imagine how much the one and only neurosurgeon in the country would make? Exactly. I'm sure she treats a handful of feudal lords and their families for ridiculous amounts of money, then blows it all in a week or two. The lords are happy, the regular folks who get her money are happy, and Tsunade herself is happy.
How do you get rich? Marry Tsunade.
How do you go broke fast? Marry Tsunade.
That's all there is to it. She lost her money fair and square, so my conscience is clear.
The ladies didn't leave - that's what curiosity does to them. I'm sure if I hadn't suggested a new, interesting game, they would've just left without waiting for me. But now, two lovely women were about to spend a few more hours with me.
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*knock on the door*
"It's open!" Tsunade's voice called out.
How do the Japanese say it again?
"Sorry for intruding. Hope you don't mind if I'm in a bathrobe - my clothes are pretty filthy," I said as I stepped into the suite's living room. Unlike me, they'd booked a luxury suite with a kitchen, living room, and bedroom. I'd settled for a simple room with just a bed, and to take a shower I even had to go down to the communal men's bath on the first floor.
"What are you staring at? Did I miss some dirt in my hair?" I tried to check my own locks. Shoulder-length hair isn't easy to manage. I wanted to see my reflection, but there wasn't a mirror in the room or the bathroom - apparently, someone had broken it yesterday after slipping on the tile. I almost wiped out myself a couple of times.
"Ahem, no." Shizune looked away, blushing a little.
"Gotta say, you look pretty decent without all the dirt on your face," Tsunade remarked, giving my face a thorough once-over.
"Oh, thanks. So, are you ready for a new game?" The ladies were already in their own robes.
"Cards again?" Shizune asked.
"Nope, for this one we'll need an empty glass bottle." Tsunade pointed over to the corner. Of course, there were a few bottles by the trash. "And I brought a few full ones with me, which, judging by Tsunade-san, was the right call."
She didn't look like she was about to keel over anymore - must've patched herself up a bit.
"Shizune-san, you have to play with us."
"No, no, I'll just watch," she said, scooping Ton-Ton into her arms.
"Come on, apprentice, don't be shy - show some respect to our guest."
"Heh, fine." She sat down to my right. We sat in a circle, forming a sort of triangle.
"The game's called 'Spin the Bottle.' The rules are simple. We take turns spinning the bottle. Whoever it points to has to choose: truth or dare. If you pick truth, the person who spun the bottle gets to ask you any question. If you don't want to answer, you take a shot. Same goes for dares - if you don't want to do it, you drink. After you answer or do the dare, the next person clockwise spins the bottle. Got it, ladies?"
"Seems easy enough," Tsunade replied. Shizune just nodded.
"Alright, I'll start, then we'll go clockwise."
I spun the bottle, and it landed on Shizune.
"Well then, Shizune-san, truth or dare?"
"Truth."
"Alright, ever since I met you at the bar, there's been one question on my mind." I gave her a long, smiling look. She couldn't hold my gaze and looked away. "Where can I find a cutie like that?" I pointed at Ton-Ton. Seriously, where else do you see such an adorable piglet? One that oinks at every question.
"Oink." See what I mean?
"I… found Ton-Ton in the woods when I was traveling in the east of the Land of Fire with my teacher," she said, smiling at the memory.
"Ah, the Land of Fire is huge. Guess I'm out of luck."
"My turn now, right?" Tsunade spun the bottle, and it landed on herself.
"Uh, spin again," I said, and Shizune sighed. Tsunade spun again, and it landed on herself again, but this time closer to Shizune, so I pointed it out - otherwise, we'd be here all night.
"Alright, Shizune, truth or dare?" she asked.
"Truth."
"By the way, I forgot to mention - you can't pick the same thing three times in a row, or it gets boring."
"Makes sense," the blonde nodded. "…Hmm, what should I ask you? Oh, I know - how much money do you have left?"
Tsunade probably looked more surprised than I did when her apprentice just poured herself some sake and knocked it back without a word.
"Alright, your turn."
Shizune spun the bottle. I picked truth.
"Akira-san, you said you just arrived in Tanzaku today. Where are you from?"
Good question. I didn't even know myself.
"From the land of beautiful winters and brutal frosts." And I wasn't even lying. They'd probably think I was from the Land of Iron or the Land of Snow.
"Alright, Tsunade-san," I said as the bottle pointed to her.
"Let's go with dare."
"By the way, if you can't do the dare, you have to drink too. Hmm, rumor has it you're incredibly strong, Tsunade. Not that I don't believe it, but I'm curious - can you hold your own weight on just one pinky finger?"
"I've never tried that - on just my pinky?"
She stood up with surprising ease, pressed her pinky to the floor, and, balancing on it, flipped her whole body up.
"Damn - how do you even do that?" She wasn't even shaking, and she still had the presence of mind to fuss with her robe, which was about to flash me a very lovely part of her body. Well, at least I got a good look at those gorgeous thighs. "And you didn't use chakra?"
"I could have, but why bother? My body's strong enough for little things like this."
"Alright - get ready." She spun the bottle, and this time, luck was on her side - it pointed at me.
She clearly wanted to ask me something, so I didn't disappoint her.
"How old are you?"
"How old do you think I am?" Like hell I knew how old I was. I really should've found a mirror at least once during the day, just to check. I'd figured out this body wasn't mine back on the farm - I never had fingers this long and thin.
"Well, you look about sixteen."
"I'm eighteen." I snorted. Give or take a couple years, I thought to myself.
"Shizune, your turn." The bottle pointed at me again.
"Guess it's gotta be a dare now." I shrugged.
"I don't even know… can you do a hundred push-ups?" Wow - real original. Guess she takes after her teacher, who's out here asking about age.
"I'll just take a drink, thanks." I downed my shot, spun the bottle, and it landed on Tsunade again.
"Okay, Tsunade-san, I can see you're eyeing the bottle, so I'll ask a tough one - maybe even a little embarrassing."
"Go for it."
"How old were you when you lost your virginity?" There you go, raised-in-a-proper-Japanese-family girls, take that. Both of them blushed. Tsunade, with her student right there, obviously wasn't going to answer, so she just took a drink.
"Hm? What's this?" She looked a little surprised after her shot, feeling the warmth spread through her stomach.
"It's my granddad's special recipe - vodka. You make it by mixing ethyl alcohol and water. I whipped it up right here in five minutes. Honestly, I'm more surprised Shizune-san didn't ask if you'd ever had it before."
"No, I hardly ever drink. I just thought it was some really strong, filtered sake."
"Well, that's basically what it is - just super filtered."
"Strange, never had anything like it before. It's good stuff."
"And the best part - it's cheap and reliable."
Apparently, the vodka and my question, which pushed the boundaries of our little game, loosened Tsunade up a bit.
"Shizune, you've already answered two questions in a row… hmm, you know, I've never seen you talk to guys. That's not good for you, it's unhealthy. As your teacher, I insist - you have to kiss Akira-kun. I'm sure he won't mind."
She was right about that.
"Pfft, chicken." She said, disappointed, when Shizune, cheeks burning, just took a shot instead.
Shizune must not drink much, because after just two shots of vodka she was already a little tipsy. So when Tsunade got a dare, Shizune decided to "get her back." Still, originality wasn't her strong suit:
"Teacher, kiss Akira-kun."
"Watch and learn, kid." Tsunade strode right up to me, grabbed my chin, and planted a big kiss on my lips.
I'd expected more, but hey, not bad. How many people can say they've been kissed by Tsunade herself? And how many of them are still alive?
"You know, Tsunade-san, I'd love to be more original, but I don't want anyone to feel left out, so… kiss your student the same way you kissed me."
Both teacher and student blushed, and before her gaze could drop to her glass, I kept going.
"Come on - you kissed a total stranger, but you don't care enough about your one and only student to do the same?"
"Well… I am her teacher, it's kind of weird, even if it's just a game."
"Nothing weird about it. Just show your student a little gratitude for caring so much about you."
"Ahem, you've got a point. Shizune, come here."
"Tsunade-sama…" The student, flustered and awkward, shuffled over and sat down next to her teacher. Red as a beet, she tried to look anywhere but at her.
The teacher was embarrassed too, though she did her best to hide it. After a couple seconds, she gently lifted her student's chin and leaned in. Shizune squeezed her eyes shut, and a soft, quick kiss passed between them. [ Image ]

"Beautiful. There's nothing more beautiful than pure feelings between two people."
Both women looked at me, clearly thinking they needed to get back at me somehow, since they were the only ones getting embarrassed here.
Tsunade spun the bottle, and it landed right on me. Trying to think of a way to fluster me, she realized that no matter what, I'd come out on top, and that thought made her a little sad.
"So, what are you planning to do with your life?" Whoa - what's with the 'where do you see yourself in five years' talk?
"Well, I'm planning to head to Konoha. Maybe start my own thing, settle down there."
"And why's that?" Okay, that's a second question, but whatever.
"I've always wanted to learn how to walk on water like a ninja, jump from rooftops, and just… be able to stand up for myself."
"You could've become a samurai. The best of them can go toe-to-toe with almost any of our jonin."
"That's not my path. Serving a lord isn't for me, and it'd be stupid to limit myself to just a katana when there's so much a shinobi can do."
"You're starting pretty late." She shook her head. Getting up, she sat down next to me and started running her hand along my back.
"What are you doing?"
"Relax - I'm checking your chakra channels and your chakra source, to see if you're cut out for shinobi life."
"And?"
"Patience." She kept at it for another couple minutes, then pulled her hand away. "This is… strange. Lie down on your back."
"What's wrong?" I asked, a little anxious, but I lay down anyway.
She started moving her hands over me again, green chakra glowing at her fingertips, this time working her way across my whole body. Every now and then, her eyebrows would shoot up in surprise, or she'd frown in concentration.
"Did you put anything else in that vodka of yours?" Shizune and Tsunade both glanced suspiciously at the bottles.
"No - why? What's that got to do with my vodka?"
"It's just… I feel like I must be seeing things. How do I put this - you're in perfect health. And not just that."
"Cool." It would've been weird if I had a sick body, considering I only showed up in this world today. No way I could've caught anything that fast.
"Yeah, but that's just not possible."
"What do you mean?"
"I'll try to explain it simply. There's no such thing as two identical people."
"Yeah, DNA and all that."
"Exactly - wait, how do you know about DNA? Never mind. Besides DNA, everyone's body is different. For newborns, those differences are tiny, but every year they get more and more obvious. Someone's lungs are a bit bigger, someone's got signs of old fractures or sprains, pigmentation, all the way down to blood and genes."
"And?"
"A healthy person is someone whose body is more or less close to the average. I mean, I can't run blood tests or anything right now, but by medical standards, you're technically a total freak."
"WHAT? How does that work?"
"Your bone density is way above normal, your lungs are a bit bigger than average, your heart beats a little slower than normal, your chakra channels are perfectly developed but show no signs of ever being expanded, your chakra source is as developed as an average chunin's, but you're not leaking a single drop of chakra - and that's just from a quick check."
"Well… that's good, I guess."
"It's not supposed to be possible! Your whole chakra system is like a kid just entering the academy - the source isn't even awakened yet, but it's way too well developed. And from your chakra channels, I can tell you've never used chakra in your life. Plus, the rest of your body is different from the norm, but only in the best ways, like…"
"Like someone who was artificially grown. Sorry." Shizune clapped a hand over her mouth.
"Yeah, my student's right, but even that doesn't fit. Your umbilical scar is proof you were born from a woman, not a lab."
"Sounds like centuries of selective breeding, like some clans do…" Shizune muttered. Tsunade's eyes went wide, like she'd just had a revelation.
"That's probably it. It's a miracle you weren't born with some kind of defect." She shook her head. "Even in Konoha, where they do practice inbreeding sometimes, they still mix up the bloodline every now and then. Chakra can't always patch up broken genes."
"Well, damn…" So that's the special trait I got. Not sure if it's good or bad, but having chunin-level chakra as an isekai bonus is about the best thing that could've happened to me.
"My advice, Akira-kun - don't ever end up in a hospital with the med-nin. Life will get a lot harder for you."
"Huh? Why?"
"Do you know what'll happen if the clans find out your kids would be born with chunin-level chakra? I'm amazed I've never heard of a clan trait like that."
"So it's not that strange no one knows about us. Wait, are you saying they'd turn me into a walking incubator?"
"More like a chained-up, sealed-off stud, but yeah." Tsunade nodded.
"Wow… just went out for a walk, and now I'm looking at a lifetime in chains."
"Don't worry - I won't tell anyone. Wouldn't wish that fate on my worst enemy."
"I won't tell anyone either, Akira-san. You can trust me." Shizune nodded.
"Thanks… but is there any way to, I don't know, trick the med-nin? I mean, I like to think I'm a lucky guy, but I just can't believe I'll never end up in one of their beds."
"Well… I can help you activate your chakra source, the way they do for all future shinobi, but the fact that your chakra channels are perfect is going to stand out… Alright, I'll teach you one technique, but not a word to anyone."
"Tsunade-sama? You can't! If anyone finds out you're teaching jutsu to someone from outside the village, you'll get in trouble."
"It's fine - and only if they find out. So? Ready?"
"Let's do it."
"Okay, I'm going to send my chakra into your source. You need to feel it and try to push it out." Her hand started glowing again, but this time with a blue light.
I felt the strange foreign energy in my body right away. My stomach tensed, like it wanted to arch my back and throw her hand off, and that's exactly what happened - except I didn't move an inch.
"There you go - you handled that really fast. Good job. Now… let me think, how to tense all your chakra channels at once without damaging them too much… Alright, of the B-rank techniques you can use indoors without prep or perfect control, I only know one. Make this hand sign and channel chakra into it."
I formed the hand sign, and if my memory was right, I even knew what technique this was. Remembering the feeling when the chakra burst from my source and pushed Tsunade's hand away, I started channeling it into my hands and fingers.
*Poof*
"Shadow Clone Jutsu. That's a forbidden technique, Tsunade-sama - you'll definitely get in trouble if anyone finds out."
"Pfft." She waved it off, checked my chakra channels with her hand, nodded in satisfaction, then stood up and went back to her seat.
"Thank you, Tsunade-san. I honestly don't even know how to thank you." I scratched my cheek, a little embarrassed - and so did my clone.
"Just make me a crate of that vodka of yours later and we'll call it even."
"Haha, deal." What a bunch of drunks. "So, should we keep playing?"
****
Tonton had been asleep for ages, but the game kept going, the tension rising, everyone's minds getting foggier, and the thrill of the game pulling us all in.
Shizune opened up the most from drinking - well, "opened up" for us, anyway, she transformed.
"Mmm, sensei, I'm tired of turning my head back and forth. You have to spend the next round… on Akira's lap." She even forgot the honorifics.
"What a cheeky little thing *hic*. I'll get you for that." Tsunade threatened with a drunken fist, then crawled over to me on all fours.
"Sorry for the inconvenience."
"No problem." Still, these two managed to fluster me a bit. I was sitting cross-legged, so when she sat on my lap, she ended up right on my… well, you get the idea.
"Hehe, I can't see your face, but I can feel how embarrassed you are, Akira." Tsunade said. [ Image ]

Of course she could - my embarrassment was pressing right up against her, trying to tear through my robe.
"So… question time. What do you fantasize about most when you're, you know, doing indecent things?" If she'd asked that at the start of the game, I'd have taken a punch to the gut for sure - and not just from Shizune.
"I… about a strong guy. Tall, handsome, with a big…"
"With a big what?" Tsunade prompted.
"With a big heart…" Shizune blushed.
"I don't know about a big heart, but if we're talking about big… assets…" Tsunade wiggled her hips side to side, "you don't have to look far."
"Come on, I'm not that impressive compared to you two." I said, a little down.
"Ah, Akira, some women actually prefer that. But when women say 'strong man,' they don't mean someone who can smash boulders with one punch - they mean someone they can lean on when things get tough…" she sighed.
"Tsunade, can you get up for a second?" I asked.
"Need to pee?" Sheesh, and she pretends alcohol doesn't hit her that hard. Maybe it does.
As soon as she stood up, I got up too, not even trying to hide the tent in my robe. Shizune immediately looked away, and Tsunade stared for a couple seconds.
I pulled a small but wide table over and leaned my back against it with a pillow.
"Come here." I smiled at her. She snorted and came back, but this time, instead of letting her sit up straight, I put my hand on her stomach and pulled her in. She resisted for less than a second, and then her back was resting against my chest, her head next to mine. Her butt was still pressing into my lap - I wasn't about to change that - but now Tsunade was resting in my arms.
"Alright, I think it's my turn." I spun the bottle, and it pointed to the spot where Tsunade had been sitting.
"Question." she said. So I turned my head a little to the left, pressed my lips to her ear, and whispered, asking what color her panties were. She answered in a shaky voice that they were black.
The last ten rounds, we didn't really play anymore. We just sat together in a cozy circle, chatting about this and that. Tsunade told me about her academy years, Shizune about the places they'd been and what Tsunade had taught her, and I told them about my real family, the one that died when I was sixteen. Tsunade never got off my lap, and my hard-on never went away.
Half an hour later, Shizune passed out from all the drinking, and then it was just me and Tsunade, sitting in silence, taking swigs from the same bottle - maybe sake, maybe my vodka, honestly I couldn't tell the difference anymore, which says a lot about how much we'd had.
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