Konoha Drunkard

"...That's right! I'm the famous genius of Konoha, how could I be afraid of such a thing!" After hearing Shanks's hype, Obito seemed to have been revived as if he had found a coin to revive.

"...That's right! Confident men are the most attractive! Besides, Lin is still so young, why are you panicking? When she grows up a bit, she'll know who her best safe haven is." Shanks continued to persuade her.

"Yes! Vice Principal, you're right! I'm going to show Rin how big the gap is between that bastard Ebisu and me! He only has those few dots, while I have so many." Obito proudly pointed with his thumb and forefinger, then spread his hands to make the comparison.

"Ganbatte! Obito, I'm rooting for you! Let's go! Let's grind experience with Kakashi!" Shanks' talent skill, Deception, is activated.

248. Melancholy Handsome Little Scorpion

“.......” Hiding in the distance, Kakashi watched Obito being tricked by Shanks once again and was speechless. He had been waiting for Obito at the meeting point early this morning, but he was later than usual. Obito still hadn’t arrived, so he decided to go to his house to find him. As soon as he arrived at the Uchiha clan’s territory, he saw Obito running out of the clan’s territory looking haggard, clearly not heading towards their meeting point.

Kakashi secretly followed him, wanting to see where he was rushing off to. He discovered that Obito stopped near the Ninja Academy and kept staring at the school gate, his expression constantly changing, as if he was brewing something!

Not long after, after the middle-aged man said something to the Ino-Shika-Cho trio and sent them away, Obito went over and hugged the middle-aged man's leg while crying. Because they were too far apart, they couldn't hear their conversation, but from the changes in their expressions and Obito's excited look at the end, Kakashi could roughly guess the ending... His friend had been tricked!

Shanks watched as Obito walked away with high spirits, and in the distance, the figure of a white-haired brat was still hiding. It seemed that his method had worked after all; at least Kakashi knew how to care about his comrades.

Watching the two figures, Shanks felt utterly exhausted. Both of them were like fuel-guzzling cars. Kakashi, needless to say, was even more stubborn than his father, while Obito had the personality of a protagonist but the fate of a villain. At such a young age, he was already infatuated with love, and his level of thinking was several levels higher than other kids his age.

...........

While Shanks was feeling exhausted for Kakashi and Obito, Chiyo, the old lady of Sunagakure, was heartbroken.

Ever since her son and daughter-in-law were defeated by her rumored boyfriend, Konoha White Fang, a few years ago, her super genius grandson has transformed from a lively and cheerful little boy into a melancholic, handsome, and wealthy otaku.

Because her grandson was so talented and only interested in puppets, Grandma Chiyo had no choice but to teach him all her puppetry skills, hoping that he would become a pillar of the village when he grew up.

However, in recent years she has noticed that Scorpion has become increasingly withdrawn. Now their communication is limited to puppetry, and they have no other topics to discuss. In fact, it's because her grandson doesn't want to talk to her about other things.

Chiyo looked at her grandson and felt that things couldn't go on like this. He was doing well now, but in two or three years, he might develop psychological problems. She was good at treating physical injuries, but she was at a loss when it came to psychological issues.

Thinking of this, an image of a white-haired brat holding a short sword appeared in my mind, followed by the image of the red-haired man from Konoha laughing and joking.

Since that red-haired man from Konoha could help her resolve her inner conflict, perhaps someone like him could also be of help to her grandson. But... after thinking it over, it seems that their Sunagakure doesn't have such a talent! For the sake of her cute and handsome grandson, Grandma Chiyo gritted her teeth and made a request to the Third Kazekage, that bastard, Salai.

Today, Sunagakure was as uneventful as ever. Sha Lie was about to happily go home when he saw Chiyo's aged and haggard face as soon as he stepped out the door. The former Second Flower of the Shinobi World had become so haggard because of the village, especially after the deaths of her son and daughter-in-law. Sha Lie felt a pang of guilt as he looked at Chiyo growing older and older. Back then, he was held back by Tsunade and Orochimaru and couldn't save them. He had to watch helplessly as the village's two great puppet masters died in front of him.

"Chiyo, is there anything I can help you with?" Salai invited Chiyo's grandmother into the office.

"I'm here because of Sasori. As you know, since Sasori's parents died, he has become increasingly withdrawn over the past few years. I'm really worried that one day he will be destroyed by his inner turmoil. I would like to ask you to help me propose to Konoha that Konoha's Kurenai come and teach him for half a year," Grandma Chiyo said slowly.

“.......” After hearing what Grandma Chiyo said, Salispar was stunned! Did he hear that right? Their Sand Village's super genius was actually being taught by that bastard Shanks, and to make matters worse, he even had to go and invite him over!

He wished that bastard would never come to Sunagakure, but now he actually had to swallow his pride and invite him! What kind of nonsense is this? If it were anyone else, he would have slapped the person who said this out without saying a word, but the person who said this is Grandma Chiyo, who has made great contributions to Sunagakure, which gives him a headache.

Just the fact that Grandma Chiyo had put him in the position of leader of Sunagakure was already putting him in a difficult position, not to mention that their super genius was the grandson of the First Hokage... This is troublesome!

"...Advisor Chiyo, I need to think about this. You know that Konoha Red is a troublemaker wherever he goes. Apart from Kumogakure, other villages would rather not see him. Now we have to invite him here, this..." Sharei said with difficulty.

“I understand your concerns. Don’t worry, I guarantee he won’t cause any trouble in the village for the next six months. He’s my only grandson, so I’m troubling you for his upbringing!” Grandma Chiyo bowed ninety degrees to Salai.

When Sha Lie saw Grandma Chiyo bow to him, he nearly wet himself in fright. He quickly stepped aside; he wanted to live a few more years, and if word got back to the ninja world, wouldn't he have to worry about Konoha's White Fang slitting his throat every night...?

"Lady Chiyo, there's no need for that. I'll make that request to Konoha tomorrow!" Share waved his hand, dodging Grandma Chiyo's bow. He feared that if he hesitated any longer, Grandma Chiyo's kowtow would be the death of him...

"Thank you very much, Lord Kazekage! I'll go back to be with Sasori now." After saying this, Grandma Chiyo left Kazekage Tower.

"Sigh!" Sha Lie sighed as he looked at Grandma Chiyo's frail body. It was all that White Fang's fault. If he hadn't killed Scorpion's parents, Grandma Chiyo wouldn't have come to beg him. If Grandma Chiyo hadn't come to beg him, he wouldn't have asked that bastard Red Hair to come over. Just thinking about that bastard Red Hair's sly face made Sha Lie's expression turn gloomy.

But then she thought about the contributions Chiyo's family had made to Sunagakure. Her husband was dead, her son and daughter-in-law were dead, and only her grandson remained. It was similar to the Senju clan in Konoha, but at least the Senju clan still had a few members...

........

A week later, Hiruzen Sarutobi was dumbfounded when he saw the letter that the Anbu of Sunagakure had sent him in his office!

Grandma Chiyo needs someone to talk to her grandson, it's not Shanks' turn! Isn't Sakumo there? Could it be that Grandma Chiyo has also fallen for someone else?

Moreover, Shanks is quite good at bragging, but as for his teaching ability... just look at the two guards at the gate, and there's a whole bunch of people sneaking around in the village!

Hiruzen Sarutobi racked his brains but couldn't figure out what kind of scheme Grandma Chiyo was up to. Wasn't she afraid that Shanks would turn her genius puppeteer grandson into a melee expert?

249. Promoting their idol again.

"Go and fetch Shanks! I can't make a decision on the Kazekage's request. Let Shanks decide for himself when he arrives." After rubbing his temples and speaking to the window, Hiruzen Sarutobi said the same thing to the Sunagakure ANBU.

"Thank you, Hokage!" The Anbu members chosen by Salai are all highly capable individuals, and it is quite remarkable that they could remain neither humble nor arrogant towards Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi at Konoha's headquarters.

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"Old Hokage, what's the rush? I just dreamt of my son being born!" The Sunagakure ANBU had barely finished speaking when the office door was broken open, startling him. He thought someone was attacking the Hokage.

"Ah! The Kazekage has proposed to Konoha that you go to their village to teach Chiyo, the village advisor, for six months. This matter has been decided!" Hiruzen Sarutobi said, looking at Shanks who was laughing and joking.

"What! I'm already that famous in the education world? Their super geniuses all need me to teach them," Shanks said smugly.

He couldn't figure out what Granny Chiyo was up to. Did Sunagakure lack educational talent, that they had to send someone from Konoha to teach them? He was practically becoming the life mentor for the story missions!

"It's your decision!" Shanks, who had no chance to gloat, tossed the information in his hand to Hiruzen Sarutobi and then went to puff away at the opium pipe.

"Of course I'm going. Don't you know how extravagant Tsunade is? I can also try my luck at finding some gold dust while I'm there," Shanks said.

"Then you can set off tomorrow!" Hiruzen Sarutobi was too lazy to pay attention to him. He wasn't worried about what Shanks could teach such a legendary Sand Village genius. It was already a blessing for Chiyo that her man hadn't led her astray.

"Is this considered a mission? How much is the bounty?" Shanks looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi without leaving. He was really broke lately; all his savings had gone to Big Mom's dowry. He hadn't done a mission in so long, and he was only earning that little bit of vice principal's salary... Tsunade was richer than him now!

Even if Hiruzen Sarutobi hadn't approached him this time, he would have liked to find some time to go to Sunagakure and ask Sareki for help to pan for gold. Gaara's father has been very successful and wealthy in the last two years, and he even uses gold sand. He could ask him for some gold dust.

"You can negotiate the bounty with them yourself," Hiruzen Sarutobi said, waving his hand.

"Really! That's great! I was worried you'd set the tuition too low! Sunagakure has plenty of gold dust, though." Shanks said excitedly.

"..." The young ANBU member from Sunagakure looked at the legendary Shanks from Konoha, who was acting so crazy and completely different from the domineering image he had imagined. Had he found the wrong person?

"Young man, what's your name? I heard there's a very wealthy young man in Sunagakure who also knows Magnet Release and even uses gold sand, is that right?" Shanks said, putting his arm around the ANBU's shoulder after they left the Hokage Building.

"...Lord Shanks, I'm sorry, but this is a village secret, and I cannot disclose it," the ANBU member said.

"Tch! What secrets could a big village like ours possibly have! Every village has at least a dozen spies. Let me tell you, the Tsuchikage of Iwagakure, Onoki Red-Nosed, once fell in love with his stepmother!" Shanks whispered in the ear of the ANBU member.

"What?! This can't be real!" The novice Anbu member was stunned by Shanks' words. He hadn't expected Konoha's espionage work to be so advanced, even able to find out the Tsuchikage's private affairs.

"Hmph! You're too young, of course you wouldn't know! Back then, the Onoki Stepmother series was all the rage in the ninja world. I don't have it with me right now, but I'll show it to you tomorrow! It's a rare copy, and it's no longer available for sale," Shanks said smugly.

"Wow, that's amazing!" The ANBU member was speechless. He hadn't expected Konoha to be so outrageous. Not only had they gathered information, but they'd even published a book about it. Weren't they worried about their spies in Iwagakure getting into trouble?

"You still haven't told me the name of that guy who used the gold dust. No need to hide it anymore. You have no idea how good my relationship is with your Kazekage. When I visited your Sunagakure village, he even gave me some gold dust. This time, I don't want to bother him too much, so I plan to just ask that boy for some." Shanks started to deceive people again.

"..." The Sand Village Anbu came to their senses after hearing this and almost fell for his trick. The Kazekage often said that Konoha's Shanks was a big jerk and that the school's entrance ceremony involved spitting on his portrait. How could they possibly give him gold dust on their own initiative?

Moreover, the Kazekage specifically instructed him to never believe the words of this Konoha red-haired man, as his ability to deceive people was top-notch.

The Sand Village Anbu decided to ignore whatever Shanks said and pretend he hadn't heard a word, remaining silent all the way to their lodgings before parting ways with Shanks.

"Not bad, you've got some skills. Since your deception didn't work," Shanks said, watching the retreating figure of the Sand Village Anbu member.

The next day, the two set off from Konoha. Shanks, seeing that yesterday's trickery was useless against this ANBU, activated another talent skill, the Big Mouth Technique.

"Let me tell you, do you know why Aunt Chiyo asked me to tutor your village's super genius? ... It's because I'm close to White Fang, and Aunt Chiyo probably wanted to find out about White Fang's recent situation through me. Sigh! It's such a mess, we were almost family, and now it's come to this." Shanks looked pitiful.

The ANBU member hadn't intended to pay him any attention, but when he heard Shanks mention a meritorious figure from their village, he quietly perked up his ears.

"You don't know, do you? Aunt Chiyo was the second-generation Flower of the Shinobi World when she was young! Back then, the Shinobi World Asura, Uchiha Madara, in order to woo her, had a peak duel with your First Kazekage atop the desert. That duel was simply... an adult beating a child. The First Kazekage was beaten into despair by Madara, but it was because of the First Kazekage's fearless spirit that Aunt Chiyo was moved, so she ultimately chose him. Madara won the battle but lost happiness! Because of that battle, the First Kazekage was seriously injured, and he died not long after marrying Aunt Chiyo. Their love story is truly moving!" Shanks started advertising for his idol, Madara, for free again.

The ANBU member listened intently, never imagining that the First Hokage and Lady Chiyo had such a story. It was truly...so touching!

"After the First Kazekage died, Aunt Chiyo originally wanted to quietly raise their two children. But fate is unpredictable. An accident brought Aunt Chiyo and White Fang together. Back then, White Fang was handsome, agile, and a real heartthrob in the ninja world. Aunt Chiyo was deeply infatuated with him! Sigh! If that incident hadn't happened, I guess the two of them would be living happily together now!" Shanks was pleased to see the ANBU listening so intently; his big-mouth technique had never failed him.

250. I am the top leader in the education sector.

"Waaaaah! Waaaah! Poor Chiyo!" Shanks never expected that this ANBU member, who was actually a sentimental person, would cry in the end!

"Sigh! Yes, blame the world. This world prevents two people who clearly love each other from being together." Shanks continued to confuse them.

"Waaaaah." The Anbu cried even more bitterly after hearing Shanks' words.

"If there were more understanding in this world, their tragedy wouldn't have happened, sigh!" Shanks patted the ANBU member on the shoulder.

"Waaah!..." The ANBU were still crying.

"By the way, what's your name again?" Shanks suddenly realized he didn't know this temperamental person's name.

She was still crying, "Waaaaah..."

"Alright, just cry it out." Shanks, seeing him cry for so long, began to doubt whether his story was really that tragic.

"Waaah..." Still crying!

Shanks's gone into a daze. Could he have run into the Rain God...?

......

The two arrived at the entrance of Sunagakure Village, where their long-lost good brother, the bastard Sara, along with advisor Chiyo and her younger brother and a group of henchmen, were waiting for Shanks. Chiyo also had a red-haired boy by her side. After all, they had invited him, so even if Sara was unwilling, they still had to put on a show of politeness.

"Hahaha! You bastard Salai, I've missed you so much these past few years! Ugh!.....I missed you so much!" Shanks ran over from afar and gave Salai a big hug, seemingly oblivious to Salai's darkened face.

"I wish you were dead too," Shakespeare whispered in Shanks' ear as Shanks held him.

"You call yourself the Shadow of a village? You're so stingy! I always tell my friends about the Wind Shadow, Salai, how generous he is, and how he even helped me pan for gold last time!" Shanks complained, patting Salai on the shoulder.

"Hmph!" Sha Lie indicated that he didn't want to talk to this bastard.

"Huh? Aunt Chiyo, where did you find such a handsome clansman for me?" Shanks said deliberately, pinching the cheek of the little red-haired boy that Chiyo's grandmother was holding. He was starting to suspect that Chiyo's daughter-in-law was cheating on him. Chiyo and her son both had brown hair, while her daughter-in-law had black hair. This... brown plus black = red? That's too mystical.

"Heh, this is my grandson, not one of your clansmen." Chiyo laughed, ignoring Shanks's teasing. However, while Chiyo could be indifferent, her underlings behind her couldn't be. The rumors were true! He really was a big bastard! Some of the underlings genuinely regretted not spitting more during their entrance ceremony.

"Really? No wonder she's so beautiful, she's inherited your good looks from when you were young! Ah! It's a pity my daughter was snatched away by the Nara family, otherwise it would have been perfect for her to be your grandson's wife!" Shanks said, feigning regret.

"Hehe, the Nara family is very good too, the famous Konoha strategist," Uncle Kaizo said.

"It's a pity you don't have this face, otherwise you would be perfect. Little kid, call me big brother!" Shanks teased the little scorpion by pinching his cheek.

"...Let go, you bastard." The little scorpion looked at him coldly, his eyes devoid of any human emotion.

Listening to the little scorpion's words, Sha Lie mentally gave him a thumbs up! Well done!

"Scorpion, you mustn't be rude. He'll be your teacher in the future," Grandma Chiyo said, patting little Scorpion's head. She felt helpless; her grandson was becoming increasingly indifferent, especially to strangers.

“I don’t need a teacher. What right does he have to be my teacher?” Little Scorpion looked coldly at Shanks.

"Haha! What an adorable little boy, I love your temper." Shanks ignored the little scorpion's struggles, picked him up, and continued to pinch his cheek with his right hand.

"Bastard! Let me go, or I'll kill you!" The little scorpion's eyes finally showed anger.