The guy at the door shook his head and said something in that odd language they had around here.
"I don't understand," complained Naruto.
"I-I think they probably don't accept our money," suggested Hinata, who still looked a little wobbly.
"Argh. I still can't teleport back," said Naruto. "Now what?"
"Can you teleport anywhere else?" asked Hinata.
"Yeah, but I don't know where that is," said Naruto as he considered it briefly. "There's... one two three four FIVE other places."
"Oh," said Hinata. "Byakugan!"
"Eh?" asked Naruto.
"That way," said Hinata.
Naruto held up a fistful of odd paper slips.
The guy at the door looked at them, smirked, but nodded and stepped out of the way.
"Lucky you were able to find all that money, Hinata-chan!" said Naruto.
Hinata abruptly walked into one of the decorative pillars framing the entry to the casino.
There were a few laughs from people inside the casino who saw that, which was about the only thing he heard that Naruto understood.
"You okay, Hinata?" asked Naruto, deciding he'd been too familiar with the girl after all.
"I-I-I'm fine," said Hinata after peeling her face off the pillar.
"What are they doing anyway?" asked Naruto as he walked by a table.
"That's called 'blackjack' - it's a game," said Hinata.
"A game?" asked Naruto, perking up a bit.
Hinata ducked her head and went through hand seals quickly. "Byakugan."
Naruto opened his mouth to ask what she was doing, but she'd done that several times when they'd been looking for money - so maybe it was a money-finding jutsu?
"This one isn't rigged," said Hinata, heading for one of the tables.
Shizune blinked. "That was-"
Tsunade blinked and looked down at her teenie-tiny pile of chips, then frowned. Severely.
"That was someone speaking the language from the Five Nations area," whispered Shizune. "As opposed to Giuseppan."
"'Rigged'?" asked Tsunade, a warning growl appearing in her voice.
"That's a Hyuga," said Shizune, looking out of the corner of her eye and spotting the telltale eyes.
Tsunade decided:
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