A small piglet was enjoying its morning breakfast along with its owner. Something that they got to enjoy in this tiring journey once in a while.

It was about to eat its second batch of food when they were interrupted by a rumbling sound just outside the door of their room. It almost spilled the contents of its bowl from being jolted by the thundering sound. It was the sound of someone walking fast. And they could both hear that whoever it was, it's heading towards their room.

"Eh? W-what is it?" Its owner trembled and asked nervously. She unsheathes and prepared her favorite scalpel, just in case if it was trouble. She just got from her bath and still had not equipped her mid-range poison darts, so she had to make do with what was near her hand.

Then heavy knocks on the door shook it with intensity as if it's trying to break it. The piglet panicked and jumped to its owner's arms in panic.

"Shizune!! Let me enter!" A familiar woman's voice loudly yelled outside. Followed by another series of heavy knocks. "Shizune, are you already awake?"

"Tsunade-sama? It's still early in the morning please stop bothering the neighbors!" Shizune immediately rushed to the door and opened it. With a twist of the doorknob, a woman quickly entered the room without even minding its occupant. "Geez be mindful of-"

Shizune was stopped in seeing a thing that's being carried on her master's left hand. It seemed that she was carrying a large red briefcase that was obviously completely filled with something.

"W-w-what is that?" Shizune asked nervously after closing the door and seeing the briefcase. She was afraid of seeing something that she doesn't want to see. Her master quickly put it down on a low table, as if she was impatient to unveiling its contents to Shizune.

"Hmmm! Our Goddess of Fortune!" Tsunade loudly claimed. Then she opened the briefcase by unlocking the lace that keeps it closed. What was revealed were clean stacks of green paper money. A single sheet had a value of a hundred, so if one calculated and assumed the amount inside the briefcase, it could be worth a million. Something that Shizune responded with bulging, shocked white eyes with dozens of questions ransacking her mind. The large opening of her mouth could fit an egg.

Even the piglet was showing a stunned and shivering face.

"Gahh!! Wh-where did you get this money?" Shizune asked loudly with concern and a bit of fear. Fear from the possible trouble they could get into with this money again. Yakuza, gangs, loansharks, scammers, and people of criminal background were the first people that came to her mind. Imagining their possible later predicament gave her heart several panicking throbs.

"A generous man lent me this, after knowing that I could win with this amount and pay him the interest. What a nice guy!" Tsunade grinned.

"W-w-wait! No man would just lend you this amount!" Shizune countered. Her piglet puffed with a squeal to put weight to its owner's words.

"Quiet Shizune! They must have known my skills that they offered me this money. Investing in this grand venture of ours. Sometimes reputation does give nice things back." Tsunade smiled mischievously. "Hehehe."

"No no no no no! They must have known your reputation as a gambler that's why they gave you this!" Shizune felt that she was already getting exhausted even if the day had just started. She slumped quickly towards the floor with tears in her eyes.

"Alright! We are going to turn around our luck with this!" Tsunade yelled with vigor and resolve. Not trying to hear out her assistant anymore, much to Shizune's despair.

"Then I will just have to think about the possible escape routes in advance, Tsunade-sama..." Shizune said with a ghastly pale face, giving up already on persuading her teacher.