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  It was m and Daichi was roaming through numerous gambling dens in the capital looking for his teacher. His search finally bore results wheumbled upon Tsunade who was in the middle of a wager with an anambler. As the small medija walked towards them he saw the annoyed expression on Tsunade's face as she lost another match.

  The gambler sitting opposite to Tsunade gave a small grin as he collected his rewards. "Sorry, Lady Tsu seems luck is not with you this time. But maybe in the round it will be. Let's say double or nothing."

  The blonde woman sighed and shook her head. "Aime."

  "Oh. I didn't realize the legendary Tsunade Senju was afraid of losing a bet. Very well. We'll stop here." The man had a smirk as he khat would push her buttons. And he was right.

  Veins popped up on Tsunade's forehead as she gave the man a death gre. "Fine! Double or nothing." She took a small scroll and ope and showed the stacks of cash. The greed in the gambler's eyes wasn't missed by anyone.

  It was at this moment that Daichi decided to intervene. "Hey. Wait a minute. Hold on."

  The two gamblers turheir heads to Daichi.

  "M sensei. Where is Shizune?" Daichi asked.

  "She's at the hospital taking some extra work." Tsunade replied

  Meanwhile the male gambler slightly narrowed his eyes as he looked at the child with the Leaf headband. 'He called her sensei. So that means this child must be Daichi Hekima… So the boy is here huh. My Lord should know about this.'

  The man said nothing as he watched the iioweeeacher and the student.

  "Isn't it a bit too early to start gambling?" The young Genin had an eyebrow raised as he looked at his medic teacher.

  "Bha! What do you know? Don't you have more important things to do? Now Shoo! Go away. I'm going to win back my money." The Sannin waved her hand at Daichi and turned her attention back towards the man.

  The man's grin widened as she accepted his challenge. Daichi just sighed seeing his teacher's rea and decided to intervene before she could lose anymore. He stepped forward and spoke.

  "How about you make a bet with me?"

  "Huh?" The two people raised an eyebrow at the boy in front of him.

  "Daichi, this is my fight. I win the money on my own." Tsunade said annoyed.

  "Mmhm. So what do you say Mr…?" Daichi asked, looking to the other person.

  "Sadoshi. And no. I'm not ied in making a bet with you."

  "How much is the current wager?" The boy asked.

  "108000 Ryo." The man replied, curious to see where this was going.

  Daichi took out a scroll and pced his chakra into the seal. In a puff a rge bck briefcase appeared. When he ope, Sadoshi's eyes widened looking at the tents.

  "That's 1 million. Still not ied?"

  Tsuuro her student and all of a sudden gave the boy a sweet, kind smile and spoke. "Hey. Why don't you go get Shizune and we'll head to somepid rexing. Just leave the case here. I'll keep it safe. Okay?"

  Daichi had a deadpan expression when he heard his sensei. 'Even if she's talking to me her sight has never left the money even once. I practically see the dns in her eyes. Such a woman.'

  "Not gonna happen. You know I wasn't borerday, right." Daichi ignored his teacher and turned his attention back to the man. "So what do you say?"

  Sadoshi had a small frown on his fabsp;'This must be part of the reward he got for capturing the Phantom thief. That's a lot of money. Should I do it?'

  The man was cautious but in the end his greed won. "Fine. But we're going to do this my way."

  Daiodded and Sadoshi expihe rules. He would roll 3 dice simultaneously in a small cup and Daichi would have to correctly guess the number on the side fag up. A three round match.

  Daichi had a stoic face hearing the terms but on the inside he was smiling.

  The Genin took a look at the three diside the small cup before Sadoshi started shaking it and quickly flipping it upside down.

  'Parallel Processing. Do your thing.'

  With the help of his Mana skill Daichi was able to correctly predict the oute three times leaving the man pletely dumbfounded and a lot less richer.

  He collected and hahe winnings to Tsunade and the two quickly left the area.

  Sadoshi looked at the disappearing figure of Daichi and a small smile formed on his fabsp;'It seems I've uimated him. I wonder how my Lord will assess him?'

  Across the street as Daichi and Tsunade kept walking, the blonde Sannin suddenly asked. "You used that ability didn't you? The ohat increases your brain funs."

  "Yes. It's quite handy for stuff like this."

  The blonde woman had a smirk as she heard that reply. "You know, part of the reason I didn't stop you from making that wager is because I retty sure you were going to win. After all, you told me yourself. You never make a bet unless you're sure you know the oute."

  The boy shrugged hearing that. "I take calcuted risks. It just so happens that my calcutions are much more accurate than others."

  The two were silent for a while before Tsunade spoke again. "You found a solution to Jin's problem didn't you? You wouldn't have e to fiherwise."

  "Yes. I have."

  "Is it a cure?"

  "No. But I have a feeling Jin is going to be satisfied with the results." The two didn't say anything else and made their way to their patient's home.

  —-

  Jin slowly opened his eyes and looked up at the ceiling. 'The pain has been signifitly reduced. But I'll need a few more days of rest before I get out of bed on my own.'

  The man quietly sighed and looked around. His eyes then fell on Kensei who was dozing on a chair near his bed. A smile formed on Jin's face as he looked at his long-time friend.

  "Napping in the middle of the day… You're finally… starting to show ye, aren't you old man… Hahaha"

  Jin's voice woke Kensei up from his short sleep. "Jin. You're awake."

  "Yeah… You look like shit." Jin replied with a smirk.

  "Ha! Look who's talking." Keood ao get a gss of water for his friend.

  Jin tilted his head and slowly drank the cool liquid held by his friend. "Aahh… That feels good."

  Kensei looked at his friend helplessly. His only hope now was his grandson.

  "Don't look so grim. It doesn't suit you. Besides, there is an upside to all this." Jin spoke.

  "What's that?"

  Jin turo his friend and smirked as he answered. "I get to haunt Danzo and make his life miserable."

  "Ha! I doubt you could haunt someone who doesn't even believe in ghosts or karma or any of that. But I guess it's worth a try." Kensei replied with a smile.

  "You know, with the life we've led... I always thought I'd die otlefield. Getting stabbed by an enemy on or falling prey to their jutsu. Never did I imagine dying in bed in such a sad state."

  The smile faded from Kensei's fad he held Jin's hand. "Don't give up Jin. You 't give up now. There is still-"

  "Don't. Please… Just don't." A sad smile and acceptance was on Jin's face. "I've already made peace. It's okay. I'm ready to let go now."

  Kensei shook his head upon hearing that. "I've known you long enough to know when you're lying Jin. You want to fight, don't you?"

  "Even if I want to… What's the point? Even Tsunade couldn't cure me. She did the best she could. But I won't live past another 3 or 4 months."

  "I wouldn't be too sure of that." Kensei said as his lips slightly curled up. He sehe presence of two individuals ing closer to their room.

  "What are you talking about?" The former member of the guardian twelve asked his friend.

  "He's talking about me." Daichi spoke as he ehe room with Tsunade following behind him. They wheeled in several medical equipments and begaing them up.

  Daichi looked at his grandfather and gave a small nod. Kensei smiled as hope formed in him. He took several steps back to give the two medics their space.

  "What's all this? What's going on?" Jin asked the two medijas.

  "As you know you've been poisoned, Jin. The problem I had until now was identifying the poison. But today my student has found a solution to that problem." Tsuold her patient. "If this treatment works, you'll live a lot lohan just 4 months…"

  Jin's eyes widened in shock as he heard that. He turned his head to look at Daichi in disbelief.

  "Hi. We met a year ago." Daichi waved at the man.

  "I remember. Did you really find a cure?"

  Daichi kept a cool expression and replied. "I'll expihing after the procedure. Right now I'm going to put you under."

  Jin couldn't say anything else as Tsunade pced the ahetic over his nose and soon the man was unscious.

  "Is this going to work Daichi?" The boy's grandpa couldn't help but ask him.

  "It will."

  "Sihis is a room, erform the treatment right here."

  Daiodded to his teacher's suggestion and they both got to work.

  Kensei was in the er of the room watg the two medics.

  Daichi created 5 shadow es and they all pced their palms atop Jin and it started glowing green with healing chakra. The real Daichi gave a nod and Tsunade ied a vial of green liquid into Jin's body.

  "It's w." A few moments ter Daichi excimed seeing the results of the special enzyme he created.

  "How long will it take for the poison to appear throughout the body?"

  "A few minutes." Daichi answered his teacher.

  The two ninjas waited for several minutes for the eo take effect. They kept a close eye on the man's vitals and an funs.

  "Time for the sed phase. I'm leaving it to you Daichi." Tsunade said and took several steps back.

  The boy nodded and trated. "Beginning the incisions."

  He along with his es made 5 cuts along Jin's body. One on each limb and the st one on his chest. One of the 5 shadow es brought a tainer filled with medical liquid. His real self and terparts used their medical teique to gather and hold the liquid in their palms.

  They ied Jin's body with the liquid and a few seds ter began to extract the liquid from the cut that was made. It had a dark purple fn substance swirling inside.

  Kensei narrowed his eyes as he looked on at the se. 'So that's the poison. Who exactly is capable of creating something like this? And why did they target Jin?'

  Daichi and his group of shadow es worked for almost half an hour before their sed phase of treatment was pleted.

  'Most of the poison became visible and was extracted. But there is still some deep within his cells.'

  "Beginning phase three." The shadow es closed the incisions perfectly while their creator took out his three special medical cos to i into the sleeping man.

  'Thanks to Parallel Processing I was able to revamp the formu and make the effects of these much strohey are now much more effective than when I used it on Leorio.'

  Daichi ied the 'X Purge shot' into Jin and examined his state. 'It looks like the poison is being eradicated at a faster rate than I thought. Must be because I extracted and removed most of it manually.'

  Daichi took the 'booster shot' vial and quickly ied it . 'Now that your immune system has reized the poison it will be able to resist it much more effectively.'

  The final 'Life blood' vial ied gave some color to Jin's face. Already his physical state was improving quickly.

  'Time for the final step.'

  The es stepped bad dispelled themselves while Daichi prepared himself to use one of his stro medical skills. He made several seals and pced his hands on top of Jin's chest.

  [Skill Health Manipution is now active.]

  'Right now I increase or decrease the health of a target by 12% and a 33% aniputing the biological chemicals. Now that I manipute Life force more easily, I'll be able to use Health Manipution more effectively. And with the power of added regeion I'm sure his lifespan has increased by at least 5 or 6 years.'

  Daichi was able to successfully use his skill to its maximum efficy. He kept up the treatment for over 10 minutes before stopping.

  [Skill Health Manipution has leveled up.]

  [Health Manipution skill has reached Level 20. Grade of this skill has increased from Average to Good. New effects are added to the skill.]

  He took a few steps bad wiped his forehead. He turo look at his teacher and gave her a nod.

  After that Daichi began going over the quest pletion notifications that appeared in front of him.

  [Would you like to mark this quest as pleted?]

  'I only have a couple weeks left before the oime limit to find the cure is up. I'm sure Orochimaru is behind this, but finding the secret pound he used is going to be a pain. It's not worth it.'

  'Yes. I would like to mark this quest as pleted.'

  As Daichi's iions were made clear, new notifications appeared.

  [Quest 'Heal Jin' has been pleted.]

  .

  [Rewards:]

  [10000 Exp.]

  [1500 Exp.]

  [Reputation increases with Isen, Kensei Yasaji.]

  [Reputation increases with Jin, Tsunade Senju and an Unknown person.]

  Tsunade walked up to the sleeping man and began running her chakra throughout his body. She did a thh s and turo Daichi with a grin. "Look at that. You actually did it."

  Kensei could keep his sileny longer. "What happened? Is he cured? Did you save him?"

  "Let's just say that Jin has another 7 to 8 years of healthy life to look forward to." The Sannin replied with a smirk.

  "What did you say?" The shocked question came from Jin ide awake.

  —-

  Fire Capital - Unknown Location.

  At the same time as Daichi was healing Jin a secret meeting was taking pce.

  "You wouldn't e to me in such secreless it was something important… So what is it, Sadoshi? Speak." A man covered by darkness ordered in a menag too his kneeling subordinate.

  "I came across Lady Tsunade's student. The one you were ied in." Sadoshi spoke in a respectful manner.

  "So you met the boy?"

  "Yes my Lord. He came into my shop. It was indeed Daichi Hekima. Based on what I gathered he's not here to plete any mission on behalf of the Leaf vilge. It seems to be a personal matter of sorts."

  "I see. You did well inf me, Sadoshi." The voice said, chug.

  "Of course. It is this humble servant's pleasure to serve you my Lord." With those words Sadoshi vanished from the room.

  "So you've e back to the capital. Soohan I'd expected. It's time we've met… Daichi Hekima… Huhuhu…." As a dark chuckle escaped the unknown man's lips, the curtain that covered the windows was moved to the side, filling the room with bright light.

  "Ow. Ow. Hey, stop that." The figure tried to cover his face from the sunlight and his menag tone ged to one of childishness.

  "Are you dorying to act like a cliche vilin young master?"

  Another voice came from the other side of the room. It was a middle aged man well dressed in a red and bck suit. He was giving his master a raised eyebrow as heard the ugh. He sighed and shook his head at his master's antics.

  "Booo… You're ruining my fun Hotoja. Don't you know... It's much more eaining to py the vilin in publid be the hero i."

  "Respectfully young master, I will have to disagree with that… Still, about what Sadoshi said. Are you going to meet with that child? This is a good opportunity."

  The unknown person turned serious and the smile disappeared from his face. "Yes. I want to know what kind of a person he is underh. I'm also curious to see what his visions are for the future."