Konoha Drunkard

"You don't understand. Look at our Senju clan, we've already started intermarrying with commoners. By the next generation, the Senju bloodline will be present in large numbers in Konoha. Although they won't be too powerful, at least they won't be as mediocre as the commoners are now."

If Brother Jing and Sister Xiaochun get married, wouldn't that mark the beginning of intermarriage between the Uchiha clan and other clans? Once someone starts, it's impossible to stop. The village will be flooded with people suffering from red-eye disease, white-eye disease, and the bloodline of the Senju clan—the sight is too beautiful for me to bear.”

Shanks spoke eloquently.

Hiruzen Sarutobi fell into deep thought. Finally, he shook his head.

He felt that Shanks was thinking too simply. "The Sharingan and Byakugan are the foundation of their respective clans. Not everyone can have them. The First and Second Hokage had such great courage that they didn't care about their clan's bloodline flowing out. Moreover, special bloodlines like the Uchiha and Hyuga are even more precious. It's impossible to allow them to flow out."

"Alright, that's all for today. Hiruzen squad, disband. Meet at the village entrance tomorrow, there's a mission."

"Sakumo, want to go get some ramen? I haven't had handmade ramen in ages," Shanks said to Hatake Sakumo after Hiruzen Sarutobi left.

"Okay, I won't eat either."

The two passed a bathhouse on their way back to the village. Shanks stopped.

"What's wrong?" Hatake Sakumo saw Shanks stop and look up at the roof of the bathhouse. Following Shanks' gaze, he saw a white-haired man, just like himself, staring intently down from the roof.

“…”

"Someone's spying!" Shanks shouted.

"..." The white fur on the roof was completely bewildered.

"Ah! Someone's spying on us from the roof!"

Screams echoed from inside the bathhouse.

"On the roof, grab him quickly!"

Several female ninjas wrapped in bath towels surrounded Jiraiya.

"Kid, you're too young to be doing bad things. Are you looking to die?"

"I'm not a brat, and I wasn't spying. I was doing research!" Jiraiya shouted confidently.

"Forget your research, let's go and teach this brat a lesson!"

"Bang, bang, slap slap"

"..."

After the female ninjas left, they left behind a white-haired pig's head.

"I told you before, look at your age and stop spying all the time, it's bad for your health," Shanks said, patting Jiraiya on the shoulder to comfort him.

"It's all your fault! If you hadn't shouted, no one would have known. It's all your fault." Jiraiya looked at Shanks like an angry bird.

"Alright, alright, I'm only doing this for your own good. Your older brother Qing and I will treat you to ramen as compensation."

"My older brother?" Jiraiya was completely bewildered.

"Yeah, look, you're white-haired too, and the guy next to me is white-haired too. Could it be that you're his father's illegitimate son?" Shanks transformed into Conan Edogawa.

"........Shanks, don't speak ill of his father in front of other people's sons...." A well appeared above Hatake Sakumo's head.

"Hahaha! Don't mind it, I'm used to it!" Shanks scratched the back of his head and laughed awkwardly.

"How could that be!" Jiraiya knew Shanks was joking.

"Haha, I'll treat you to noodles as an apology!" Shanks said.

"Seeing how sincere you are, this magnanimous old man will forgive you."

"...Even more arrogant than me." Shanks was speechless.

The three of them walked to the handmade ramen shop.

"Uncle boss, one serving of pork rib ramen with an egg, and two servings of pork bone ramen."

"Alright, please wait a moment, you three!"

Shanks has never eaten handmade ramen, but his father's ramen-making skills are indeed quite good.

"Jiraiya, don't you have anything better to do all day? Spying on people at bathhouses," Shanks asked.

"It's not peeping, it's studying human anatomy!" Jiraiya corrected.

"..." Sakumo Hatake was speechless. It was truly remarkable that he could describe voyeurism in such a refined and elegant way.

"You spend all day watching this instead of hanging out with your friends?"

"What's so fun about hanging out with a bunch of brats?" Jiraiya said dismissively.

"..."

This is the first time Shanks has wanted to hit someone.

"This must be Sakumo Hatake, one of Konoha's Super Twins, right?" Jiraiya asked.

"Oh? You know?" Shanks raised an eyebrow.

"Of course, in two years when I go to the Ninja Academy, the Supernovas will be mine!" Jiraiya said, acting like he was a genius.

"Hehe, good luck!" Shanks didn't want to discourage him. "He'll be the worst in the future. If Hiruzen Sarutobi hadn't felt that his lecherous nature was the same as his own, Hiruzen Sarutobi doesn't know if he would have chosen him."

"In a few years you'll realize that your older brother will always be your older brother."

"The ramen is here. Enjoy your meal, kids!"

"".

20. Konoha has produced two super geniuses! (Requesting flowers/favorites)

The next day, the Hizan squad gathered at the village entrance.

"Our mission this time is to rescue a rogue ninja who escaped from Iwagakure. He brought out a large amount of Iwagakure's top secrets and is seeking our protection in Konoha," Hiruzen Sarutobi explained.

"Just to seek our protection? No other requests?" Hatake Sakumo frowned.

"Of course there are other demands. His son was killed by a high-ranking official in Kumogakure, and he wants to exchange these secrets for that official's life!" Hiruzen Sarutobi glanced at Shanks and Sakumo Hatake and said.

"No way, last time it was a tailed beast from Sunagakure, this time it's a high-ranking official from Kumogakure, will it be the second Hokage from Iwagakure next time? Uncle really thinks highly of us." Shanks retorted.

"Haha! Who told you to be geniuses? You did a great job on the last mission. The main thing is that you're young, so no one would notice two eight-year-old brats," Hiruzen Sarutobi laughed.

"What you said makes so much sense, I can't argue with it!" Shanks was incredibly annoyed. "Shouldn't younger kids be protected more? Why am I always getting these kinds of high-difficulty missions?"

"Don't worry, this high-ranking member of the Cloud Village is just a powerful clan; he himself is just an old man at the Chunin level," Hiruzen Sarutobi reassured him.

"Heh!" Shanks scoffed in a universally accepted way.

"Is this the same as last time, pretending to be someone from another village?" Hatake Sakumo asked.

“Yes, any ninja village will do, as long as it’s not Konoha,” Hiruzen Sarutobi said, looking at Sakumo Hatake with approval.

"Is this also an S-rank mission?" Shanks asked.

"Yes, the rogue ninja who provided the backup was only A-rank; he only became S-rank after assassinating that high-ranking official!"

"Tell my second uncle to prepare some money. If I come back alive, I'll give Brother Jing a big red envelope."

........

The three drove to the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Iron, and immediately sensed a large amount of chakra fluctuations not far ahead.

"They should be up ahead, two elite Jonin and six Chunin," Hiruzen Sarutobi said.

"I'll hold off two elite Jonin. You two take care of the six Chunin as soon as possible," Hiruzen Sarutobi quickly instructed.

"No problem. Looks like Sakumo will pick up the kills, I'll go head-to-head with him." Shanks said without drawing his sword, charging forward while forming hand seals.

"Water Release: White Whale Leap!"

A large white whale formed of water appeared above the Cloud Hidden Ones and crashed down on them.

"Not good! Get out of here!" The elite Jonin reacted quickly.

"Bang bang bang!"

The surrounding area was a mess. The two elite Jonin managed to dodge, but several Chunin weren't so lucky. Three were crushed to death in the center, while three others on the periphery sustained varying degrees of injury. A flash of white light streaked across the sky.

"White Fang Pursuit"

"Shhhhh!"

Three heads flew into the air.

"Qianli! You bastard!"

One of the elite Jonin shouted and was about to cross over when he was stopped by the other.

"A high-ranking A-level Water Release technique. I didn't expect that besides the Second Hokage, Konoha would produce two more outstanding young men. Red hair, from the Uzumaki clan; white hair, clean and crisp swordsmanship, from the Hatake clan... Truly remarkable," the elite Jonin said.

"...Oh, that's right! I am none other than Uzumaki. The invincible, all-powerful, can fly and dive, eat fish, shrimp and crab raw. The Konoha's super genius. The incredibly domineering Shanks. Uncle, you have a good eye!" Shanks boasted, carrying a piece of dead wood, showing no humility whatsoever.

“........” Sakumo Hatake looked up at the sky.

“.....". Hiruzen Sarutobi looked up at the sky.

"Who am I? Where am I?" The rescued extra, a rogue ninja, looked up at the sky.

"You bastard!" Another elite couldn't stand it anymore; he'd never seen anyone so arrogant.

"Go!" Shanks didn't waste any words and charged into battle with his sword.

"One-Sword Style: Leaf Village Sword Technique - Thousand Years of Death!"

A dozen or so sword energies, each about four or five meters long, slashed towards the enraged elite ninja.

"What! What kind of swordsmanship is this?" Although the elite Jonin was surprised by this swordsmanship, he didn't rush to dodge the sword energy to the side.

"Lightning Flash!" A white light flashed, and the elite Jonin instinctively dodged, avoiding a fatal blow, but was still slashed in the shoulder by Hatake Sakumo.

"Two bastards."

Lightning Release: Heavy Torrent Storm

"Super Strength Weapon: Old Man Pushing a Cart!"

Shanks' dark fist collided with the elite Jonin's Lightning Release palm.

"Bang, boom, crack!"

A figure flew backward, crashing through more than a dozen large trees. Shanks was also exhausted; this was his full-force attack so far.