Konoha Drunkard

"Alright, alright! You didn't do it, is that alright? Sigh! The person who framed you is really something, of all people to impersonate, they had to impersonate you. Brother Danzo, you better watch out, I suspect that Haru-nee doesn't just have you as a suitor, there's another one who's even more perverted!" Shanks looked at Danzo with concern.

Danzo initially didn't react much to Shanks' words, but he suddenly snapped out of his daze when he heard the last sentence! "Yes, Haru was the flower of Konoha back then, with many suitors, including a few who were so devoted to love that they were almost obsessive! Framed me, it's probably because I have the best chance!" Thinking about this, Danzo became unsettled and stopped caring about Shanks' purpose in coming!

"Well? Brother Danzo, think carefully about who else, besides you and Brother Kagami, was so persistent in pursuing Haru-nee back then..." Shanks looked at Danzo nervously, as if trying to help him find a solution.

"...There were many back then! Both Hijima and Menyan had them. And many commoners from various villages..." Danzo said solemnly.

"Hiss! That's really hard to find. Although they were also injured, it's been a year, and their injuries should be almost healed. Besides, Konoha Hospital hasn't seen this person either. By the way, Danzo-nii, what happened to your injury? It's been over a year and it's still not healed? Is it serious?" Shanks didn't expect Danzo to reveal such a big secret!

It's one thing for Hiruzen Sarutobi to have this kind of thing, but it's not surprising that Hiruzen Sarutobi's younger brother has this kind of thing. What's surprising is that even the usually rigid and indifferent Mitokado Homura wants to get on Koharu Utatane's side.

"Uh... I got this injury in the Land of Rain. It's nothing serious, it's just that the wound looks a bit ugly, so I bandaged it up!" Danzo was suddenly stumped by Shanks' question and came up with a lame excuse.

"What! Is it that bastard Hanzo the Salamander? Don't worry, Danzo, I'll settle the score with him tomorrow! It seems that the Salamander has gotten more and more arrogant these past few years!" Shanks pretended to be furious.

"Let's put this aside for now and figure out how to find out that bastard!" Danzo showed no concern for the problems in the Land of Rain.

Three little brats are nothing compared to his decades-long dream girl... If they can't find that bastard, he'll be living in constant fear. Framing him isn't the worst part; what if one of them succeeds? He'll be an unwitting father!

"...This is really difficult. I haven't seen this person in Konoha all year, and the two Anbu who rescued him thought it was you, so they let him go after rescuing him..." Shanks shrugged, looking like he was in a difficult situation.

"...Maybe he's no longer in Konoha. I'll send someone to investigate this thoroughly," Danzo said ominously, already having already planned how to deal with that bastard after finding him.

"Alright then, I'll leave this to you, Danzo-nii. I'm confident that with your men's abilities, you'll find that bastard soon. If there's nothing else, I'll be going now!" Shanks said, then disappeared.

"...What was he doing here?" Danzo asked his subordinates as he watched Shanks disappear.

"...It seems like I didn't do anything, I just wanted to chat with you." Genbu was also confused by my question.

"Hmph! Is he really that bored? He and Xiaochun are close, maybe he's just worried about Xiaochun..." Danzo looked at his subordinate smugly. This is why I can be the boss and you are still a lackey.

"Lord Danzo is wise, I admire you greatly!" The henchman had been reading Shanks' masterpiece "The Art of Speaking" from a few years ago.

"Hmm! What's your name? Starting tomorrow, you'll be my bodyguard!" Danzo looked at his subordinate with satisfaction. Root finally had someone with a good tongue. Of course, he wanted to keep such a person by his side. These days, it's not easy to find a ninja with a good tongue.

"Yes! Lord Danzo, your subordinate Yamanaka Hiroo has grown up listening to Lord Danzo's stories since I was a child. My admiration for Lord Danzo is like a surging river that never ends. It is my lifelong wish to be by Lord Danzo's side!" Yamanaka Hiroo read what he had read in the book last night and couldn't stop talking about it.

"Hmm! Not bad, you have a lot of potential!" Although it wasn't as natural or comfortable as Shanks's praise. But you're still young; with more guidance, you'll naturally improve!

"Thank you for your guidance, Lord Danzo. May Lord Danzo live a long and prosperous life and unify the ninja world!" Yamanaka Hiro became even more blatant! Originally, he was just a minor member of the Yamanaka clan, with little talent and little attention. So when Danzo, with the support of his best friend, went to ask for him, the Yamanaka clan handed him over to Danzo.

When he was brought to Root at the age of five, he saw Danzo's terrorist-like expression and was terrified. He couldn't sleep for days and nights. Root's training was very cruel. In order to survive, he slowly changed his personality. Three years ago, he saw a book with Shanks's name, "The Art of Speaking," in a Konoha bookstore and read it out of curiosity.

Then he just couldn't stop. The books taught how to talk in a way that made the boss feel good, which was exactly what he needed. As long as he could please Danzo, wouldn't he be able to survive in Root? Afterwards, through his amazing skill of speaking well, Yamanaka Hiroshi rose from a marginal member of Root to an internal member in just a few years. Now, he has even been promoted to the Diamond Member level by Danzo. He is practically a legend in Root.

230. Giving Danzo a glimmer of hope

"Not bad, not bad! You have a lot of talent! Go to the database and take out all the secret techniques of your Yamanaka clan to practice. Don't disappoint me!" Danzo was getting more and more carried away by Yamanaka Hitoshi's praise.

"Yes! I would go through fire and water for Lord Danzo without hesitation. Rest assured, my lord, I will definitely study the family's secret techniques diligently so that I can serve Lord Danzo in the future!" Yamanaka Hiroshi was moved to tears. Lord Shanks is just too damn talented.

"Yes! Go!" Danzo looked at Yamanaka Hiro with growing admiration! There used to be only one person like Shanks in the entire ninja world, but now his Root also had one, and one he had personally nurtured. A sense of accomplishment welled up within him. Even Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't have someone like this by his side!

Shanks was unaware that the masterpiece he had carelessly written a few years ago had changed someone's fate. At this time, he was still thinking about his older brother Danzo's plan to target the three old geezers of the Uchiha clan. He had just vouched for Danzo in front of several leaders of the Uchiha clan, and now, only two years later, Danzo was up to something again. Wasn't this a slap in his face?

Furthermore, World War III is just around the corner; now is not the time for Danzo to act recklessly. We need to shift Danzo's focus, and ideally, we should also involve introducing Shimura Hanzo! ...Besides, Danzo has been searching for Shimura Hanzo for so long; he should be given some hope...

Shanks closed his eyes after making up his mind.

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Shanks appeared in a forest on the border of the Land of Fire, took out Uchiha Kagami's Mangekyou Sharingan from a sealing scroll, gritted his teeth and gouged out his own eyeball, put on the Mangekyou Sharingan, and took out a strange mask that only revealed one eye.

"Ouch! That fucking hurts! Madara must have been showing off when he changed his glasses!" Shanks looked at his two eyeballs and put them back in place.

"Hmm! It really is top-notch eyes. With eyesight like that, it could be a sniper." Shanks felt the changes brought about by the Kaleidoscope. First, his eyesight was much better than before, but he also felt some negative emotions. His mental strength had increased a lot, but it was also a huge drain on mana. Fortunately, Shanks' mana was enough to last it for decades.

"No wonder Kakashi became a weakling. The amount of chakra he was saving was enough that few ordinary people could withstand..." Shanks thought, feeling the chakra being consumed by his Sharingan.

"Susanoo!"

Shanks wanted to test if only Kakashi could transform into a giant without Uchiha bloodline. As it turned out, he could also summon a giant, but only at the initial stage. Seeing the huge dark green skeleton surrounding him, he had a thought and the huge dark green half-skull punched the ground!

"boom!"

A large crater appeared in the ground; the power was quite considerable, enough to at least take down the Uchiha and Root members.

Shanks can't use his own techniques; his signature Armament Haki and sword aura are too obvious. As for Water Release... he's never seen anyone with the Uchiha bloodline who has Water Release... especially not Tobirama Senju's Water Release. Even someone as clueless as Danzo would know who it is.

Shanks retrieved the giant skull and activated his Observation Haki. This was the only route the Uchiha clan would take when they went out. As long as they followed them, Danzo would surely send someone.

Two days later, Shanks and his group appeared. Three Uchiha clansmen in shorts rushed towards Shanks' direction. After Shanks avoided them, he used his Observation Haki to stay far behind them.

"Are you the Anbu? What are you doing surrounding us? We are from the Uchiha clan!" The three of them hadn't walked far when they encountered about a dozen Root members. However, Root members wore masks of a similar style to the Anbu, so they were easily mistaken for Anbu members. Danzo wasn't very bright, but he was quite cunning.

"The Hokage has ordered everyone to come with us!" the Root leader said emotionlessly.

"What orders can't wait until we get back to the village?" the Uchiha clan chief, who was leading the group, questioned.

"This is confidential, everyone please proceed!" Root said coldly, while secretly using illusion magic.

However, it was all for naught. "Using genjutsu in front of the Sharingan is brainless," Shanks muttered from afar, criticizing the Root members.

As expected, after the Root's genjutsu was deflected, the Uchiha trio resumed their one-against-many strategy. However, this was relative to the Uchiha with three tomoe. Only one of the Uchiha had three tomoe, while the other two had two tomoe, making them clearly no match for the Root members.

In less than ten minutes, the two two-tomoe ninjas were cut down by several Root members, leaving only the three-tomoe Uchiha who started his one-against-ten mode. However... against Root's reckless fighting style, one-against-two was manageable, but one-against-ten was too difficult for him. In less than five minutes, the three-tomoe ninja was already low on health.

"Haha! The Root of Konoha is actually hunting down the Uchiha clan here! How exciting!" Just as the three-tomoe jade pendant was about to be used, the masked man played by Shanks appeared.

"Who are you? This is Konoha's business, you'd better not meddle!" The Root ninja, who was clearly the leader, looked coldly at the masked man played by Shanks.

"Haha! Didn't you guys search for me for two years? How come now that I'm out, my good-for-nothing brother's subordinates don't recognize me!" Shanks took the opportunity to give his older brother Danzo another dressing down.

"What! Grab him!" Upon hearing the masked man's words, the leader of this group ordered his men. With the younger brother of the Kaleidoscope Danzo, who would bother with a small fry like Magatama?

The Uchiha with three tomoe, barely alive, stared blankly at them. He hadn't expected that it was Root who wanted to kill them. So, the deaths of those clansmen two years ago were also done by Root. Feeling that he had found the truth, he immediately lay down on the ground and pretended to be dead.

"Haha! You bunch of good-for-nothings were raised by my good-for-nothing brother, weren't you? Let me see what good the good-for-nothings raised by the good-for-nothings are! Susanoo!" Shanks laughed and then summoned the dark green giant.

"Go!" Danzo's training of Root was truly remarkable in its recklessness. Shanks controlled the Hulk to deliver punch after punch to the incoming Root, each blow landing squarely. Water Release, Earth Release, and Fire Release techniques were no match for Susanoo's defenses.

After Shanks unleashed a barrage of QREW and basic attacks, a dozen or so Root members lay sprawled on the ground like dead fish, the surrounding area a complete mess. Shanks sensed the two clever individuals feigning death but pretended not to see them, recalling the Hulk and arriving next to the Uchiha Three-Tomoe.

"Heh! Waste breeds waste, and that kind of waste is no match for my kaleidoscope eyes!" Shanks said to himself on purpose.

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Hearing Shanks's mutterings, the three-tomoe Uchiha was filled with turmoil. "This guy actually has the Mangekyou Sharingan? And a piece of trash raised by a piece of trash? Weren't those Danzo's Roots? That means this guy might be Danzo's brother? The Uchiha bloodline has been leaked! I must get this message back!" The three-tomoe Uchiha lay quietly, not daring to make a sound.

231. Shimura Hanzo appeared.

Not long after Shanks left, the Root leader who had been there earlier stood up, ignoring the three-tomoe Sharingan. Danzo's younger brother was more important now, so he quickly ran towards the village.

The Uchiha clansman who had been feigning death noticed the commotion. After the Root member left, he no longer cared about the corpses of his clansmen; he had to get the news back as quickly as possible. Their Uchiha bloodline had flowed out, and someone had even awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan! Most importantly, this person might be Danzo's brother! This was astonishing; he could almost smell a conspiracy.

At the Root Base, Danzo was enjoying Yamanaka Hiroo's enthusiastic praise. In the days since discovering Yamanaka Hiroo's talent, the first thing Danzo did every morning was not to wash up, but to listen to Yamanaka Hiroo's enthusiastic praise for half an hour. Only after being praised to his satisfaction would Danzo deal with other matters.

These past few days, the first thing Yamanaka Hitoshi does before going to sleep is to review Shanks' masterpiece, and then he runs to Danzo's room to wait for him to get up and give him a shout-out.

"Dan... Lord Danzo! He's here!" Just as Danzo was listening to Yamanaka Hio praising him, a subordinate dressed in tattered clothes ran in.

"What is it?" Danzo asked, frowning, as he was enjoying the conversation.

"Lord Danzo, Shimura Hanzo has appeared! We were besieging the Uchiha clan when he suddenly appeared and wiped out our entire army! He was too powerful!" the subordinate said.

"What! Where did you meet him? Tell me the details!" Danzo was overjoyed to hear news of his half-brother again! It had been two whole years, and heaven knows how much he had missed his brother.

"Right on the northern border of the Land of Fire, when we were besieging the three Uchiha, after killing two of them, he suddenly appeared, wearing a mask that only revealed one eye. He said he was your brother. After hearing that, I ordered him to be captured, but he was too powerful..." the Root member said.

"...How did he defeat you?" Danzo asked seriously. There were more than ten Jonin, but only one returned.

"He transformed into a giant, dark green skeleton with incredible defense. Our ninjutsu couldn't break through his defenses at all. The power of the giant skeleton he controlled was immense; one punch was equivalent to an A-rank ninjutsu," the subordinate recalled.

"...Notify everyone to find a masked person in the Land of Fire, or someone who looks seven-tenths like me. Once found, their life or death is irrelevant; I only want those eyes!" Danzo's breathing became rapid!

Of course he knew how powerful that giant skeleton was, and it was only a basic Susanoo. Shanks said that his eye technique could unleash a complete Susanoo, which was the ability of Madara Uchiha!

Even a rudimentary Susanoo could kill more than a dozen Jonin he had carefully trained. What if it were the complete form?

Even Shanks' swordsmanship couldn't stop him; he only won after Shanks' chakra was depleted. If he gets those eyes, he can become the strongest ninja in the world, marry Koharu Utatane, and reach the pinnacle of life.

"Congratulations, Lord Danzo! Lord Danzo is truly blessed with good fortune. The kaleidoscope that we couldn't find for two years has suddenly appeared on its own. This shows that you, Lord Danzo, are the protagonist of this world!" Yamanaka Hiroshi took the opportunity to praise his boss again.

"Haha! You're right, I am the protagonist of this world!" Danzo was overjoyed by the praise and found Yamanaka Hiroo increasingly pleasing to the eye. This young man was becoming more and more promising.

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At the entrance of the Uchiha clan, two Uchiha gatekeepers saw a wounded Uchiha clansman stumbling towards them.

"Lord Nanzan! What happened to you?" After recognizing the person, an Uchiha "gatekeeper" quickly ran over and helped the badly injured Uchiha Nanzan up.

"Quick...quick, go to the...elder! Something terrible has happened!" Nanshan said before fainting.

When the two Uchiha gatekeepers saw that Uchiha Nanzan had fainted, they knew that the situation might be serious, so they did not dare to delay and took Uchiha Nanzan to the elder's villa.

"Elder, we found Lord Nanzan seriously injured at the gate. He asked us to bring him here, and he said something very serious!" An Uchiha "gatekeeper" led Uchiha Nanzan to the Elder's villa and said to the Elder.

"...Help him to the guest room! Go find a doctor, and you go inform the clan leader and the three elders!" The eldest elder said to the two clansmen beside him as he looked at the unconscious Nanshan.

Not long after, the second male lead's father and Jasper arrived with the second and third sons.

"What happened, Elder?" the second male lead's father asked hurriedly. He had finally managed to get a day off today and wanted to spend time with his wife, but as soon as he got up, a clansman rushed over to inform the Elder that there was an emergency.

"...Sigh, I don't know yet. Nanshan came back seriously injured and had the guards inform me that something terrible had happened. He hasn't woken up yet, and we can only find out when he wakes up." The First Elder sighed as he saw the second male lead's father and Xiao Xiaochun come over together.

He has always disliked Jasper, just like he disliked his father, Uchiha Kagami. Both father and son wanted the village and clan to live in peace, and it was okay to give up some benefits when necessary!

This was absolutely impossible for the old Uchiha clan. Back when Hashirama Senju was still alive, they couldn't beat the Senju clan and could only endure it. After Hashirama and Tobirama Senju died, they saw hope and strongly supported Kagami Uchiha in his bid for Hokage. But they were tricked by Kagami Uchiha, who only used their power to support Hiruzen Sarutobi!

This incident infuriated them greatly. If it weren't for the fact that Uchiha Kagami was indeed very talented and was known as the number one Uchiha fighter, they would have killed him long ago. After Uchiha Kagami died, they wanted to take their anger out on his son.

As it turns out, that bastard Uchiha Kagami actually had a lover named Koharu, who protected her so well that they couldn't do anything about it. Moreover, Koharu inherited Uchiha Kagami's ideas and became close friends with Fugaku, gradually influencing Fugaku with her thoughts.

More importantly, under the influence of Uchiha Kagami, he became the fourth elder of the Uchiha clan, which had a significant impact on them.

Now that they've seen them coming together, Fugaku has been increasingly influenced by Jasmine over the past few years. He desperately wants to kill Jasmine, but considering the debts he owes to Jasmine's dead father, he can only hold back. They can't even handle one of Konoha's red-haired heroes!

Thinking about this, he felt a pang of regret. Why hadn't he let his son buy sake for that little kid, Shanks from Konoha?

232. They're all veteran actors.

"Cough! Cough!" By evening, Uchiha Nanzan finally woke up. He opened his eyes and saw that the clan leader and four elders had arrived. He hurriedly tried to sit up, but the movement pulled at his wounds, causing him to cough up blood in pain.