Konoha Drunkard

"What? No way! No matter how you rank them, it's impossible for him to become Hokage. Based on seniority, talent, and contributions, it should definitely be Orochimaru!" Upon hearing the sensitive word "Hokage," Danzo immediately jumped up. Although he couldn't compete for Hokage right now because of what happened last time, he didn't want to see someone from his faction become Hokage. Although Orochimaru was supposedly his best friend's disciple, he had dirt on Orochimaru, so of course Orochimaru should be the Hokage. Then Konoha would be his domain.

"...Sigh! Orochimaru won't do." Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed and shook his head. He knew Orochimaru was certainly capable of becoming Hokage, but Orochimaru had no passion for the role, so what could he do? Besides, in recent years he had noticed that this disciple had become increasingly sinister.

"Why is Orochimaru not good enough? As your disciple, and with talent and strength, why is he not good enough!" Danzo retorted to his best friend.

"...Let's talk about this later. Now that Onoki has gone back to the village for treatment, should we just take over Iwagakure?" Mitokado Homura interrupted the two's banter.

278. Let his second grandfather develop the Three-Sword Style for him.

"Of course we should wipe them all out! Onoki's injury is a perfect opportunity!" Danzo said matter-of-factly.

"No, that would be a huge loss for us too. Their Four-Tails is still on the battlefield!" Hiruzen Sarutobi continued to object to his best friend.

"...Hmph! You'll regret this!" Danzo, seeing his best friend constantly criticizing him today, suppressed his anger and stormed out, slamming the door behind him.

........

"boom!"

On the battlefield of the Land of Wind, after Orochimaru returned, he had just tossed the Kusanagi Sword to Nawaki and told him to practice the Three-Sword Style when Tsunade stormed into the camp and punched the still-joyful Nawaki with an iron fist.

"Sis, why did you hit me? I didn't do anything!" Rope Tree said aggrievedly as she stood up with a bump on her head.

Orochimaru looked at Tsunade with the same puzzlement. "You've found all the artifacts, why are you still so angry?"

Tsunade looked at Orochimaru with a puzzled expression, tossed him the information in her hand, and casually mentioned that Minato was now famous throughout the ninja world.

After hearing this, Orochimaru looked at the information in his hand and almost had a heart attack. He had originally gotten a fine piece of jade, but he gave it to Jiraiya and got a piece of rotten wood in return.

Now, both the beautiful jade and the rotten wood have become famous, but in completely opposite ways. One is stunningly beautiful, not only having learned Tobirama Senju's Flying Thunder God Technique, but also being even more flamboyant than Tobirama Senju. Throughout the entire battle, he was constantly putting out fires and killing enemies, showing off his skills to the extreme.

This piece of trash has no skills other than being "rich," wielding a few indestructible artifacts to farm mobs, and even then, he needs others to put out fires for him! The contrast is stark; the most crucial point is that the flamboyant "teacher" is Jiraiya, while the "Shame of the Senju" is Orochimaru. His lifelong reputation is utterly ruined.

Snake silently withdrew from the camp with the intelligence, leaving the space to the siblings. His initial excitement about obtaining the Yamata no Orochi had completely dissipated.

After Orochimaru left, Tsunade grew increasingly displeased with her younger brother. He was clearly the rightful heir of the Senju clan, given so many forbidden techniques and ninjutsu to choose from, yet he mastered none of them well. He was only half-baked, relying solely on a few divine weapons to survive. Meanwhile, this commoner, who could only learn the most difficult Flying Thunder God Technique, actually mastered it and excelled at it!

"Sis, say something! Don't scare me!" Nawaki panicked as he watched Tsunade clench her fists tightly, staring at him without saying a word.

"Phew! Go back and practice your Three-Sword Style diligently!" He's still my own brother; how could I bear to hit him...?

Nawaki watched Tsunade leave the camp with a tragic expression. "Who the hell did I offend? All I have are a few extra divine artifacts! Did they really have to do this to me?"

"Orochimaru! Have you studied Minato's cells? Is he a descendant of my great-grandfather?" Tsunade left the main camp and went straight to Orochimaru's tent.

"...I've studied it. Aside from his exceptionally quick reflexes, Minato doesn't have a single vestige of your Senju clan's genes. And... wasn't the Second Hokage unmarried?" Orochimaru knew what Tsunade was thinking after hearing her words; this girl was completely obsessed. She didn't even believe her own great-grandfather!

"Do you know how to use the Impure World Reincarnation technique?" Just as Orochimaru was lamenting his friend's obsession, Tsunade suddenly asked him a question that stumped him.

Orochimaru breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Tsunade didn't seem to be questioning him. "No, why are you asking this?"

"It's nothing. If you know how, I just wanted you to summon my great-grandfather to help Nawaki develop the Three-Sword Style taijutsu," Tsunade said disappointedly.

"..." Snake looked up at the sky, truly possessed, to think of such a method. However... Snake was also somewhat tempted by her words. If it were truly possible, Rope Tree's skills could indeed become part of the Red Flower Double Sticks.

"Why don't you ask the captain? Maybe he can tell," Snake Uncle said casually.

Tsunade's eyes lit up, and she immediately summoned Miss Slug to ask Shanks if he knew how to use the Impure World Reincarnation technique. If so, she would summon Tobirama Senju to help Nawaki develop the Three-Sword Style.

........

"puff!"

Shanks, who was drinking and listening to Miss Slug tell a story, sprayed another mouthful of wine all over his future son-in-law's face.

"Father-in-law, are you dissatisfied with me?" Little Cannon wiped his face, speechless.

"Haha! Sorry! I acted rashly..." Shanks said, looking at the small rocket wiping his face.

"What did Lady Tsunade say?" Jasmine asked from the side.

"It's nothing, I have something to do, you guys continue drinking." Shanks said and hurriedly left the camp.

It's surprising that Tsunade, who doesn't usually like to use her brain, would come up with such a brilliant idea for her younger brother. She originally wanted to go to the Land of Iron to ask Mifune if he had the Three-Sword Style swordsmanship, but now that Tobirama Senju, the master of forbidden techniques, is here, why would she need a bicycle?

Shanks left the camp and closed his eyes.

←↓→↑←↓→↓→!

"Great scientist, bring out Uncle's cells, I need to summon Uncle!" Shanks appeared inside Snake's tent.

"Captain, the Impure World Reincarnation isn't fully perfected yet, and it will damage the Second Hokage's soul." Orochimaru spat out a glass bottle containing a piece of meat.

This is also why Shanks has never summoned his aunt. He wouldn't dare to joke about his aunt's soul. Anyway, Orochimaru will be able to perfect the Impure World Reincarnation in a few years. He's already waited for more than ten years, so a few more years won't make a difference.

"It's alright. He's so awesome, let him develop and perfect the forbidden techniques for the soul in the Underworld. Go and call Tsunade and Nawaki for me," Shanks said without any hesitation.

"..." Orochimaru was speechless at this family and left the tent to inform Tsunade and Nawaki.

"Shanks, you really know Edo Tensei?" Tsunade and Nawaki rushed over.

"It is possible, but when my second uncle developed this, he didn't perfect the fact that it could damage the soul of the person being séanced, so I've never tried it," Shanks said.

"Is the damage significant? Maybe... we shouldn't use it!" Tsunade hesitated upon hearing that it could damage the soul, after all, it was her grandfather.

"I don't know, but since Second Uncle is so awesome, he can just develop a forbidden technique to repair the soul himself." Shanks said, and before she could reply, he had already started.

He placed the corpse he was holding on the ground, formed a hand seal with his left hand, and pressed it to the ground. Strange runes appeared around the corpse. The corpse began to slowly change, as if many small pieces of paper were slowly surrounding it.

Tsunade and Nawaki watched the changes in the corpse with bated breath. Tears welled up in Tsunade's eyes. It had been many years since she had seen Tobirama Senju. He was only a few years old then, and now he was almost thirty.

Nawaki was filled with tension. He hadn't even been born when Tobirama Senju was killed; he had only seen him on Shanks' wooden carving and the Hokage Rock.

279. Are you Xiaogang's husband?

The corpse began to slowly change, eventually transforming into the likeness of Tobirama Senju.

Tobirama Senju opened his closed eyes and saw three men and one woman staring straight at him. He glanced at the four of them and finally spotted a familiar face: red hair and three scars on his right eye!

"Shanks? Reanimation Jutsu?" Tobirama Senju asked uncertainly, looking at Shanks, who was now middle-aged.

"Waaah! Uncle! I've missed you so much!" It was time to put his acting skills to the test again, and Shanks forced out a few tears and hugged Tobirama Senju, crying.

"..." Everyone looked at Shanks' exaggerated acting and wondered if it could be any more fake.

"Ah, it's like you've just taken a nap! I can't believe so many years have passed, and you've become a middle-aged man," Tobirama Senju remarked.

"Second Grandfather!" Tsunade couldn't control herself anymore, shoving aside Shanks who was acting and throwing herself into Tobirama's arms.

"You're Tsuna? You've grown into a young lady!" Tobirama Senju knew who this was just by hearing his second grandfather's name.

"Second Grandfather, it's Tsunade! I've missed you so much!" Tsunade said excitedly.

"..." Shanks looked speechlessly at Tsunade, who was in tears. This is plagiarizing my lines, isn't it?

"Tsunade, let's stop reminiscing and get down to business!" Shanks interrupted the grandmother and granddaughter.

"This is the Impure World Reincarnation, isn't it? And it's not complete yet. I feel like a piece of my memory is missing," Tobirama Senju said.

"Well! You know how difficult your forbidden technique is to learn. It took me several years just to learn it. To be able to perfect it to this extent is already a genius among geniuses!" Shanks boasted, shamelessly praising himself to keep Orochimaru's secret.

"What do you want to see me about?" Tobirama Senju asked.

"This is your grandson. He's about to get ganged up on, so I found him a few divine weapons. I'm asking you to come out and help him develop the Three-Sword Style so he can practice," Shanks said, pointing at the rope tree.

"Kima's child? Just learn a few forbidden techniques from the Book of Seals, no need for the Three-Sword Style," Tobirama Senju said arrogantly.

"..." Upon hearing this, Shanks, Tsunade, and Orochimaru were all internally injured. This guy is a god of swagger. Look at how well he put on his act.

"Haha! Second Grandfather, it seems my talent isn't very good; I can't learn those forbidden techniques," Rope Tree said awkwardly, scratching the back of his head with a laugh.

"Is that so? You haven't awakened your brother's Wood Release either? What about the Flying Thunder God Technique? That's easy, isn't it?" Tobirama Senju said, stroking his chin.

"Flying Thunder God my ass! I'm only a half-baked ninja, let alone him. His ninjutsu talent is even worse than mine. At least I can do hand seals with one hand, but he's been doing too much flying, and both hands are worn out! It's the Fourth Shinobi World War right now, you'd better help him develop the Three-Sword Style, otherwise your Senju clan will be a single heir again. Oh, and next time I have the chance, I'll take you to meet your great-grandson, Nawaki's son." Shanks couldn't stand this old geezer's pretentious act anymore; if he let him keep up the act, he'd become useless himself.

"Is there another war? When will the ninja world finally have true peace?" Tobirama Senju sighed.

"Uncle, stop sighing. This Sand Ninja corpse won't last long, and the forbidden technique isn't perfect yet. The longer it stays here, the more damage it will do to you," Shanks said to Tobirama Senju after receiving a signal from Orochimaru.

"The Three-Sword Fluid Technique... Give me one night, I'll think about it carefully," Tobirama Senju said, stroking his chin.

"You can think about it slowly in Tsunade's tent tonight. Don't just randomly develop a forbidden technique, okay? Your grandson can't learn it, and your uncle passed on all his last bit of talent to Tsunade," Shanks reminded her, lest she create another forbidden technique and leave Nawaki helpless.

"..." After hearing this, Snake looked up at the sky speechlessly. With a grandfather who could casually perform forbidden techniques, he actually had no talent to learn these things and had to rely on divine artifacts to make a living.

Tsunade felt increasingly urge to punch him as she listened. Lustful, lazy, and lacking talent—all the things she hated about her younger brother were embodied in him. Fortunately, he was still somewhat sharp-minded. Otherwise, she really wanted to beat him to death and send him back to the furnace for a fresh start.

"How is the village now?" Tobirama Senju asked, chatting with Tsunade while sketching and writing on a scroll inside Tsunade's tent.

"It's still the same, the scenery is beautiful, and the streets are bustling with people and cars every day. However, Brother Jing was besieged by Hanzo the Salamander, the poisonous man from the Land of Rain, and was so poisoned that he died after more than a year," Shanks said.

"Ah! How is the Uchiha clan now?" Tobirama Senju immediately thought of the Uchiha clan when he heard the name Kagami.

"With your nephew here, what can happen? Those old guys who lived longer than you are all dead, one of them even died from Danzo's anger!" Shanks patted his shoulder.

"Danzo has grown up too." Tobirama Senju was pleased to hear that his disciple had angered the old Uchiha.

"..." The three people behind him were speechless at Tobirama Senju's expression. Just how much do you hate the Uchiha clan?

"Second Hokage, do you know how the Uchiha awakens the Mangekyou Sharingan?" Orochimaru couldn't help but ask Tobirama Senju.

"...The Sharingan of the Uchiha clan is the power generated from negative emotions. They understand love better than others. Only those who love deeply have the opportunity to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan after losing someone, due to the negative emotions they experience. However, there are very few such people among the Uchiha. Why do you want to know? Are you Tsunade's husband?" Tobirama Senju saw Orochimaru with his family and that Orochimaru looked to be about the same age as Tsunade.

"puff!"

"boom!"

Upon hearing Tobirama Senju's words, Shanks spat out a mouthful of sake, Nawaki suppressed the urge to burst into laughter and lowered his head, his shoulders trembling uncontrollably, and Tsunade smashed the table with a punch. If it weren't for her grandfather on the other side, she would have already unleashed her full power.

"Hehe, Second Hokage, you misunderstand. I am Tsunade's partner. I think someone else would be very happy to hear you say that." Orochimaru couldn't help but make a final sarcastic remark about Jiraiya.

"Hahaha! Second Uncle, he's the second generation of great scientists after you, so he's better at using the Sharingan." Shanks laughed loudly, knowing he would definitely tell Jiraiya this.

"Oh! So you've studied the Sharingan too." Tobirama Senju hadn't expected Shanks to bestow such high praise upon this effeminate man.

“Ah! I’ve only studied the three-tomoe Sharingan. A few years ago, a mysterious person with the Mangekyou Sharingan appeared in the ninja world, so I’m very interested in him,” Orochimaru said.

"What! Do you know who it is?" Tobirama Senju tensed up when he heard that another kaleidoscope had appeared.

“The captain should know better than I do; he’s fought the captain before.” Snake looked at Shanks.

"Ah, I don't know that person either. He was a young man back then, very strong. In the end, he ran out of chakra and chose to escape. I guess he might have only been seriously injured during the First Battle but hadn't died yet. I don't know how he awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan later." Shanks continued to cover up the lie.

"Never seen a young man before? The Uchiha clan is truly an unstable element; the stronger they are, the more sinister they become," Tobirama Senju said as he wrote.