16 Chapter 16: Shameless Raikage

He stared at Hachiro with a blank expression, as if he was malfunctioning.

Then he repeatedly glanced between him and the girl that had her cheeks puffed out like a hamster.

He suddenly felt like laughing...

"Uhhm... Hachiro-sama, are you serious?"

Tutai said questioningly.

"When have I ever joked with you guys before."

Hachiro put Hinata down while rolling his eyes.

Although, she wasn't as shy in the original, she still shrank herself behind his leg trying to hide from the gazes of everyone in the room.

"You want to teach your daughter a technique, I failed to learn even after 5 years."

The Raikage was breathing rather heavily.

"You think this little girl can learn what I can't?!"

"Don't say it like that, cousin, it makes it seem like I'm doing this to spite you."

Hachiro walked closer to the sofa before sitting down beside his cousin.

Everyone in the office felt like he was walking on a tight rope.

Not many knew how hard the Raikage had tried to learn the Hell stab, in a way it was part of his father's legacy.

However, Hachiro seemed to get some sort of sick pleasure from opening his old wounds.

The Raikage's face was pale, and he looked like he was ready to flip his desk.

However, seconds later, all his anger seemed to evaporate as a smile bloomed on his face,

"Heh! Well then, since you're so confident. How about this, we'll make a bet."

After that, the fourth Raikage's rough fingers pointed towards Hiding Hinata with a weird smile.

"Ten years is the deadline, if that girl fails to learn the hell stab. You will serve as the Cloud's fifth Raikage."

Sasuga, Lord Raikage!

Tutai and the others in the office wanted to applaud him.

Ten years later, the fourth Raikage would be in his forties, the prime of most ninja.

It's around this age that most ninja peak, and start to decline in physical strength and by extension Chakra.

At that time, Hachiro who was less than thirty years old, would undoubtedly be the best candidate to take over the position of Raikage.

In ten years time he might even have surpassed the third Raikage.

Previously, because he rejected every offer to take the seat they had begun feeling a headache.

Everyone present except Hachiro didn't think there was even the slightest chance she could learn hell stab in 10 years.

The fourth Raikage was good talent that wasn't afraid of working hard and yet he still hadn't learnt it.

"I reject."

However, Hachiro poured a bucket of water over the Raikage's head ruining his beautiful dream.

"Why? Man up! Are you so scared, you can't agree to a simple bet with me?"

The fourth Raikage slammed his fist down on the desk in front of him, as he tried to taunt him.

"Cousin, I'm not a muscle head like you, I don't fall for simple tricks we are taught in the academy."

Hachiro continued,

"If I lose, I will have to sit in your shabby office, all day and sign documents. But what If I win? What will you give me?"

"Uh..."

As soon as this word came out, Fourth Raikage was speechless for a moment.

He had forgotten he needed to entice the other party into agreeing with the bet in the first place.

He looked over towards his secretary and the group of shinobi beside her for help.

After thinking about it carefully, they didn't really have anything the bargain with the young master of a shinobi clan.

Ryo? With how many businesses each clan has he could swim in money, quite literally.

Ninjutsu? The clan library probably has some unique techniques that their library didn't.

Power? Well, he wasn't interested in the position of Raikage because he would have to deal with paper work, and there were no higher positions for shinobi.

Then what about... Women?

Most of them weren't attractive enough to gain the attention of a shinobi like Hachiro.

At the corner of Tutai's eyes, he caught sight of Mabui. The fourth Raikage's secretary and the only remaining possessor of the heavenly lightning Kekkai Genkai.

Mabui was definitely one of the prettiest women in the village.

"Ahem~"

Tutai coughed twice and motioned for the fourth Raikage to look at Mabui

"Um?"

At first, the fourth Raikage, being a muscular idiot couldn't understand what he meant.

In the end, with great difficulty after half a minute of Tutai staring at Mabui, he realised what he was trying to say.

"If I lose... Then, you get to take Mabui!"

The fourth Raikage hesitated for a moment, before remembering the chance of him winning and pointed to his secretary.

To be honest, he didn't like the thought of using his Secretary as a bargaining chip. This was his first time using other people on a wager and he disliked it already.

"Eh!?"

Mabui was so stunned she dropped the file she was holding as it fell to the ground with a thud.

How did this argument, that didn't concern her in any way someone drag her in?!

After noticing how the eyes of everyone were focused on her she blushed.

More so, when she noticed Hachiro's gaze.

A long time ago, she, Samui and Hachiro were classmates in the cloud's ninja academy.

Back then she had had a childish crush on him, as he stood out as one of the teachers favourite students, as he was particularly smart and strong.

But soon after school had started Samui and Hachiro had started dating so she hid her feelings in fear of being pushed away.

Although, she wasn't sure what to feel for her affection that still remained after such a long time, she couldn't help but be slightly upset that it was brought back up in a bet.

"Wow, cousin. Using your secretary as a bargaining chip, I wonder who's classes you've been attending to lately."

Hachiro said with a laugh.

Note: Sasuga, Lord Raikage!