Konoha Drunkard

"Du Chuan, I'm really strong, don't worry, I'll take good care of myself, please!" Green-skinned Dai said quickly as they were about to leave, but the two ignored him.

"Why is trust between people so difficult? I'm really that strong," Green-skinned Dai muttered helplessly, looking at his two former teammates.

215. Taking Kadian along as a side character

"Dai, what's wrong? Why are you sighing like that?" Shanks asked after Du Chuan and Langbi left.

"It's nothing. Kai said that I've been on missions at Konoha Hospital all day and haven't left the village to carry out missions. He's starting to doubt whether he can be a ninja. I wanted to do a mission to prove it to him, but..." Green-skinned Dai said, then shook his head. He could understand his former teammates' feelings, but if Minato were here, he wouldn't bother asking them for help.

"Hey! I thought it was no big deal! Anyway, I'm bored, so I'll join you," Shanks said.

Come to think of it, Haruko-sama has been raising Green-skinned Dai for over twenty years. If she hadn't known that he would be incredibly powerful in the future, and that his son would be just as powerful, she probably would have had doubts herself. Looking at Green-skinned Dai, who had been doing odd jobs in Konoha's medical department for over twenty years, Shanks probably had his doubts too, let alone a simple-minded little Green-skinned Guy.

"Really? Thank you so much!" Greenie said excitedly.

"Well, it's nothing. I haven't done a mission in a long time, so I'll just treat it as a chance to reminisce," Shanks said, shrugging his shoulders. He just wanted to see how imposing the Greenskin would be when he opened the door.

The two arrived at the mission room and unexpectedly ran into Cardinal again. It was clear that Cardinal's instructor was about to take on another mission.

"Kakashi, are D-rank missions fun? Want to go on an A-rank mission with your uncle? My first mission was an A-rank!" Shanks suddenly appeared behind Kakashi, glanced at the A-rank mission area, randomly picked a mission, and said to Kakashi.

"Ah! Headmaster." The three minor genin were startled by Shanks' sudden appearance and exclaimed when they came to their senses. At the same time, I looked at Kakashi with envy. Damn, he just finished a D-rank mission and someone is already taking him to grind experience. Having a powerful father is awesome!

"Oh, Lord Shanks, what brings you to a mission?" The instructor leading the group was clearly quite familiar with Shanks.

"Haha! I ran into a friend who needed two teammates, so I came with him. As for Suji, I'll borrow Kakashi for now." Shanks said to the team leader. Wasn't this Suji one of the three thousand ragtag soldiers he used to hang out with? He didn't expect him to have become a Jonin.

"Haha. Lord Shanks said it's definitely no problem. Kakashi, you can go with Lord Shanks today." The instructor leading the group said to Kakashi.

"...Yes!" After saying that, Kakashi followed Shanks out.

"I really envy Kakashi. His second mission was already A-rank. When did you do your first A-rank mission, teacher?" a minor genin asked.

"...It doesn't seem like that long ago. There was a real war when I graduated, and my rank was promoted during the war, so when I returned to the village after the war, I was already a Jonin." Suzumi recalled.

"Wow! Did the teacher really go to the battlefield? He really came out without a single scar." Another extra looked at their teacher incredulously.

"Of course! Back then, our three thousand men and Lord Shanks held off more than ten thousand Cloud Ninjas for over half a year!" This man began to boast about his glorious deeds back then. This was the first thing the three thousand ragtag soldiers did after returning, and it was something they could brag about for a lifetime.

When the 3,000 ragtag soldiers returned, because their contributions were so significant and to boost morale, Hiruzen Sarutobi promoted each of them by one or two ranks: genin to chunin, chunin to special jonin, and the stronger ones directly to jonin. Jiraiya complained about this more than once, saying, "Even drinking can lead to such great achievements? Seriously, enough already!"

Sure enough, the three extras looked at their teacher in shock after hearing this. They hadn't realized their teacher was so capable. They had no idea that he was just someone who went out drinking; he didn't have any scars, but he was addicted to alcohol, and now he felt uncomfortable if he didn't drink a bottle every day.

"Let's go, you guys keep working hard and finish today's task. Tomorrow we'll take on a mission to leave the village." Looking at the three students' admiring and shocked eyes, Shuli felt a surge of pleasure, even better than clapping hands with a girl from the Red District. That was just physical pleasure; this was spiritual.

"Really? That's great!" The three country bumpkins who had never left their village shouted excitedly.

Shanks and Greenskin were followed by a country bumpkin who, after leaving the village, kept his short sword drawn and was on high alert around them.

"Kakashi, stop acting like a country bumpkin. Your uncle is right here. No idiot would come and block the road. I brought you out just to help you relax!" Shanks said, patting Kakashi on the shoulder speechlessly.

"...Shouldn't ninjas always be on guard after leaving the village?" Kakashi said seriously.

"My god! You're such a damn Konoha White Fang, just as rigid as your old man was back then. Do you think about when the First Hokage left the village, did the people around him need to be on guard?" Shanks patted his white hair.

“But…you’re not the first generation,” Kaden said bluntly.

"Your uncle isn't the first Hokage, but I'm still a formidable figure. Who in the ninja world dares to block my path?" Shanks said arrogantly.

"..." Kadian sheathed his sword and relaxed slightly.

“That’s more like it! It’s a rare opportunity to come out and experience the difference between the air outside the village and inside.” Shanks said to Kakashi, taking a deep breath through his nose.

"...Nothing's different, still no smell..." Kadian rolled his dead fish eyes.

"Vulgar! Outdated! Don't you feel the freedom in the air outside?!" Shanks looked at Cardinal with exasperation.

"No, I feel quite free wherever I am," Card said bluntly.

"Hahahaha! Shanks, although he is a genius, he is still a child after all. How could he understand these insights!" Green-skinned Dai laughed.

“That’s true. His father only began to grasp some of the true meaning of life after his mother was born,” Shanks said in complete agreement.

"...What is our mission this time?" Kadian didn't want to continue talking about these boring topics.

"Oh right, I almost forgot. I just randomly drew the card." Shanks only then realized that he hadn't checked the mission details.

"..." If he could beat him, Kadian would definitely kill this pretentious jerk.

"Huh? I didn't expect your family to have such a connection with Sunagakure. Your father met Aunt Chiyo in Sunagakure, and you also became famous in Sunagakure. Your first A-rank mission was in Sunagakure." Shanks tossed the mission scroll to Green-skinned Dai.

"Oh! Good luck, kid!" Green-skinned Dai took the mission scroll and struck a Green-skinned pose in front of Cardinal.

"..." Kakashi was speechless at these two. What on earth was that all about?!

216. The green-skinned boy is from Class Two.

"...They haven't even said what the mission is yet." Kadian looked helplessly at the two show-offs. It was one thing for a tough guy to show off, but what was this fake tough guy, who was supposedly tough, trying to do?

"Hahaha! Let me see!" Greenie Dai suddenly remembered that he hadn't read the mission details.

“This mission is very simple. A week ago, a Jonin from Konoha fled to the Land of Wind and was hidden by the Daimyo of the Land of Wind. So this mission is to find this Jonin and kill him or bring him back to the village,” Green-skinned Dai said to Kakashi after reading the mission.

"..." Kadian's tone sounded very simple, but he didn't know if it was true.

"You and Dai will be on this mission. I'll just help you locate that rogue ninja. Dai will be in charge of the main attack, and you'll just be there to watch or cheer," Shanks said to Kakashi.

"..." Kakashi pondered for a moment and nodded. He knew that he was just playing a supporting role this time. He was exhausted after fighting a Chunin for ten minutes after graduation, let alone taking down a Jonin. So he had no objection to Shanks saying that he was just playing a supporting role. However, he did not understand why Shanks was not making a move, and why this big green-skinned guy who was suspected of being a powerful person was making the move.

A few nights later, the three of them quietly arrived near Daming Prefecture.

"This operation must be quick. We need to finish it before the Daimyo's guard ninjas arrive, otherwise it will cause unnecessary trouble for the village. That Daimyo is a complete idiot," Shanks said to Green-skinned Dai.

“OK!” Greenie Dai exclaimed excitedly.

"...That ninja is in the first guest room on the left in the west courtyard of the Daimyo's mansion, and he's currently..." Shanks used his Observation Haki to locate the rogue ninja who was clapping hands with a young lady. No wonder he defected; the Daimyo of the Land of Earth is indeed generous, sending three of them at once.

".....? What do you mean?" Kakashi asked Shanks.

"Uh... the best parts are often the ellipses," Shanks interrupted, stopping himself in his tracks.

"I don't understand!" Kadian shook his head blankly.

"You're still young, you'll understand later. Now is not the time to think about these things. Let's get started," Shanks said to Greenskin after finishing.

"OK! Give me five minutes! Open the gates!" Green Skin Dai was so excited because it was his first time that he opened all five gates before even setting off.

Green Skin's body emitted a green glow, and his clothes and hair were blown up by the powerful airflow generated by his body.

"What is this?" Kakashi exclaimed in shock as he looked at Green Skin Dai, who had transformed into a Saiyan. He was very close and could feel a powerful force emanating from Green Skin Dai's body.

"I'm going!" Greenie Dai said, and then he was nowhere to be seen.

"So fast!" Kadian exclaimed in surprise.

"How about that? Impressive, right? This is the forbidden taijutsu he developed after more than 20 years of arduous training: the Eight Gates! With each gate opened, the chakra and power within the body will explode. After all eight gates are opened, one will possess power dozens or even hundreds of times greater than a Kage-level taijutsu. However, one will also die afterward." Shanks explained to the shocked Kakashi.

"...Wow, that's amazing!" Kakashi hadn't recovered from the shock. He never expected that Kakashi's dad, the little green-skinned guy who challenged him all the time, was so powerful! He actually managed to develop such a forbidden technique.

"But why is he so excited?" Kadian asked. In his understanding, shouldn't such a strong person be able to complete an A-rank mission casually? But this big green-skinned guy is too excited!

"Hey! You don't know this? Guess what level of ninja Dai is?" Shanks asked.

"What? Isn't he a Jonin?" Kakashi retorted. If Shanks was that strong, why would he ask him what level of ninja he was? He definitely wasn't a Jonin.

"No! Dai is just a genin! And a genin who's been a genin for over twenty years, a famous genin who's been around for a million years. Surprised, aren't you?" Shanks said, looking at Kakashi.

"What? He's just a genin?" Kakashi exclaimed in surprise.

"Yeah, this is the strongest genin who can beat a jonin!" Shanks said, looking in the direction of Green-skinned Dai.

"Why? His strength is much greater than many Jonin." Kakashi looked at Shanks with a puzzled expression.

"You should know his son, right? What do you think of his son?" Shanks asked.

"..." Kakashi understood immediately. This was also someone without any ninjutsu talent, but with extremely strong taijutsu talent. However, in the ninja world, ninjas without any ninjutsu talent were the least valued. So even if someone's taijutsu was amazing, no one would know that someone was that powerful. Konoha was the same.

If he hadn't come along this time, he wouldn't have been able to imagine that taijutsu could reach such a level just by listening to Shanks. This big green-skinned guy was just a genin in the village, and the missions he was currently doing were the same ones. Nobody knew that he was so strong, and he didn't bother to show it off.

"He's the kind of hard-working genius I told you about before. He never gave up on his ninja dream, even after being ridiculed for over twenty years. He trained relentlessly every day, a hundred times more than the average person. For his ninja dream, he endured immense pain to develop the powerful forbidden technique, the Eight Gates," Shanks said, stroking Kakashi's white hair.

"..." Kadian looked in the direction of Green Skin without saying anything.

.......

Green-skinned Dai opened all five gates and rushed toward the west courtyard of Daming Prefecture at incredible speed. The air currents created by Green-skinned Dai's passage blew off the roof tiles.

When they arrived at the door of the house Shanks had mentioned, they could still hear various groans coming from inside.

The green-skinned man was a man of few words. He kicked the door open and rushed into the house. The Konoha rogue ninja was chatting with the young lady about their ideals when suddenly the door was kicked open and a green-glowing object entered. He was so frightened that he almost became impotent. Fortunately, he realized that the glowing object was a person.

"Damn it! Who are you?" the Konoha rogue ninja roared.

"Inner Lotus!" Green-skinned Dai was currently enduring the devastation of the chakra burst on his body, so he didn't have time to waste on words and attacked his target immediately.

Green-skinned Dai transformed into a gruesome figure and rushed towards the rogue ninja, kicking him and shattering his sternum.

"boom!"

The rogue ninja was kicked away by Green Skin Dai, flying through several walls before finally sinking into the last one, dead beyond any doubt. The young woman in the house saw the man who had just been chatting with her about life being kicked away, and screamed in fright.

However, Green-skinned Dai ignored the young lady and, in his excitement, continued through several walls to the rogue ninja's corpse. He then delivered a horizontal kick to the rogue ninja's head, smashing it open.

After seeing the rogue ninja die, Green-skinned Dai was clearly stunned. He didn't expect that he could kill this Jonin with just two kicks. He thought Jonin should be very powerful, but he didn't expect him to be so weak.

Shanks, having witnessed the entire process with his Observation Haki, was utterly stunned by the green-skinned Dai. This was completely unpredictable. The reason he was able to so easily defeat this rogue ninja was twofold: firstly, the rogue ninja was just an ordinary commoner Jonin with nothing of substance; secondly... he was just discussing his ideals with a young lady when suddenly a man emitting green light barged in. He was either scared to death or rendered incapacitated, having no energy left to fight.

217. Continue to fool Brother Daitu

Moreover, Green-skinned Dai doesn't play by the rules. When someone asks you who you are, according to the usual rules of the ninja world, you would answer their question, show off a bit, and then make a move. But Green-skinned Dai is clearly from Team 2. He doesn't say anything and just starts fighting as soon as he sees someone.

After killing the man, Greenskin Dai's physical strain was almost exhausted. Enduring the pain, he rushed out of the Daimyo's mansion and came to Shanks and Cardinal's side. At this time, the Daimyo's mansion was already in chaos.

"Phew! Phew! Haha! I was so excited! I opened the door too early, it hurts a little." Green-skinned Dai said as he climbed onto the ground after the forbidden spell was lifted.

"How are you? Are you alright?" Shanks asked, looking at Greenskin.

"Haha! Of course it's nothing, it just took a while to get to the Fifth Gate, I'll be fine after a rest." Green-skinned Dai gave Shanks a thumbs up and laughed.

"...Next time, we need to control the opening time." Shanks didn't say anything. Everyone has a first time. Green-skinned Dai hadn't left the village for a mission in over twenty years, so it's inevitable that he'd be nervous and excited the first time. Besides, the other party was a Jonin, so it's not wrong to be cautious.

"Haha! Anyway, thank you for this time," Greenie laughed.