Konoha Drunkard

Just as the Second Tsuchikage was preparing to mobilize his troops to wipe out the Uchiha clan on the battlefield of the Land of Earth, news arrived that the Land of Water, taking advantage of the war between the Land of Earth and the Land of Fire, had launched a surprise attack on the Land of Earth with the Second Mizukage leading the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and a large group of Mist Village ninja. They plundered a large amount of wealth and strategic resources.

Enraged, the Second Tsuchikage decided not to annihilate the Uchiha clan. He led his forces back to Japan, determined to crush the water-based Hozuki Gengetsu.

So the two sides met by chance on a dark and windy night, and fought fiercely until the Second Tsuchikage and the Second Mizukage perished together.

It must be said that the Mizukage, Hozuki Gengetsu, was a great teammate of Konoha. After leading his team to fight the Iwa ninja head-on, the Iwa ninja were no longer able to fight. With the death of the Second Hokage of Iwagakure, his disciple, Onoki, took over as Tsuchikage.

Unlike Sunagakure, Iwagakure doesn't have as many farces. Sunagakure is currently engaged in a grand drama over the Kazekage position.

Three Shadows have died so far in this world war.

The Raikage of the Land of Lightning is in a panic. Three Kage have already died, and if you include Hashirama Senju, four Kage have died this year.

From the beginning when Konoha was besieged by three villages until now, only Kumogakure has remained standing. However, they have no choice but to fight, and the Kumogakure leadership would not agree. After all, the battle has already begun, and if they lose, they have no recourse. But they haven't really clashed yet, and it's still unknown who will win. The leadership hasn't gained any benefits, so they have been putting pressure on the Raikage.

"Now that Iwagakure is preparing to surrender, what should we do? I thought Konoha wouldn't have much of an advantage after Hashirama Senju's death, but I didn't expect Konoha to have so many geniuses. Two nine-year-old kids took down Shamon." In the Cloud Village's camp in the Land of Lightning, the Raikage sighed and asked his secretary.

"Konoha has already won this war. What we need to do now is figure out how to extract interest from this war to shut up those high-ranking officials. However, if we were to fight Konoha again, we obviously wouldn't gain any advantage. But if we take advantage of the fact that Iwagakure has just suffered heavy losses and Onoki has just become Tsuchikage and hasn't settled into his position, we can get some interest from Iwagakure," said the Raikage's secretary.

The secretary of the Land of Lightning has always been a member of the Azabu clan, and the Azabu and Nara clans are recognized as the two clans with the highest IQs in the ninja world.

"We'll stall Konoha for a month, then attack the Land of Earth. After that, we'll send someone to contact Konoha and have Tobirama Senju come to negotiate!" The Raikage finally clapped his hands and made his decision.

While the battle in the Land of Lightning dragged on, the Uchiha clan was already preparing to return to their village. The Uchiha clan suffered losses far exceeding expectations in this war.

Uchiha Kagami watched as a few scattered clansmen tidied up the camp from the front of the main camp.

"Ah! This is the price of arrogance," Uchiha Kagami sighed inwardly.

Actually, after the battle in the Land of Wind, Uchiha Kagami suggested to the Uchiha clan head that they seek help from Konoha. However, the Uchiha clan head refused Kagami's suggestion for the sake of the honor of being the number one clan in the ninja world. In the end, if it weren't for the Mizukage, their good teammate, the Uchiha clan would have been finished.

However, the Uchiha clan has become even more arrogant since then.

"Our clan is as big as an entire village."

This sentiment is growing stronger.

Looking at the fact that less than 2000 of the original 5000 tribesmen remained, Jing felt somewhat sad.

A few days later, rumors began to circulate in the village that the Uchiha clan was incredibly powerful, and that one clan could go toe-to-toe with Iwagakure.

Shanks knew immediately that it was Tobirama Senju's doing. "Since you're so arrogant, let's let you fly to the sky. Then we'll see if you still have any allies in the village." If Shanks knew what Tobirama Senju was thinking.

Shanks declares, "I'm truly invincible, looking down on everyone. The Uchiha clan doesn't need allies!"

However, the Uchiha clan is really on its last legs. With less than two thousand Uchiha left, they are no longer capable of causing trouble for Tobirama Senju if they return to the village. It will take many years just for them to recuperate.

Tobirama Senju also felt some regret. Although Gengetsu Hozuki had made a great contribution to Konoha this time, he had also helped the Uchiha clan escape a calamity. Actually, Tobirama hadn't anticipated such heavy losses for the Uchiha before the war; he only wanted to weaken them through this conflict. He hadn't expected the Second Hokage to lose all sense of reason at the sight of bloodlust. Battle after battle crippled the Uchiha clan.

When Tobirama Senju received the intelligence, he was even happier than Shanks and Sakumo Hatake when they killed Shamon. He wore a smile for several days in a row, which terrified the ANBU hiding in the shadows, making them extremely cautious during those days.

The battle in the Land of Earth was over, but the Land of Lightning was still embroiled in minor skirmishes. The entire ninja world was clueless about what the Raikage was up to, including Mito. She had initially thought that even if the Second Raikage was truly brainless after the Land of Earth battle, his secretary wouldn't be stupid...

Just as everyone in the ninja world was wondering what the Raikage was up to, all the Cloud Ninja in the Land of Lightning's main camp disappeared. This put the Konoha ninja on edge, wondering what conspiracy the Cloud Ninja were plotting. Even the Nara clan leader had lost a lot of hair recently, and his topknot was almost impossible to comb.

In November of Konoha Year 13, while the Konoha ninjas were trembling with fear on the battlefield in the Land of Lightning, the Raikage led a large army on a surprise attack on the Land of Earth by ship. They burned, killed, and looted along the way. By the time Onoki had mustered his troops to prepare to attack, the Raikage had already returned home with his main force.

The ninja world was stunned by the Raikage's bizarre move! They also felt sorrow for the Land of Earth. The Land of Earth is now the hardest-hit side in this great war, followed by the Land of Wind.

Upon returning to Kumogakure, the Raikage immediately sent word to Konoha, requesting peace talks. Tobirama Senju was also taken aback by the Raikage's methods; he was quite the cunning old fox.

Messengers from both sides shuttled back and forth incessantly, finally settling on the Land of the Moon, bordering both countries, as the location for the peace talks. Konoha was led by Tobirama Senju, accompanied by Itō Hatake, his disciples, and some members of the Senju clan.

Shanks also wanted to go, but Tobirama Senju refused, as Tobirama didn't want to take a little kid like him.

Shanks finally sighed, "Oh well, Orochimaru can summon me after I die anyway. If I want to see him again, I can just ask Orochimaru."

Peace talks are scheduled for early next year. Right now, Konoha is busy negotiating with the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind, and also distributing rewards based on merit. None of this concerns Shanks anymore; he's either spending his days at the Konoha hospital with Haruko or meeting up with Sakumo Hatake in the woods. *cough*...

A few days later, the day for rewarding merits arrived. Shanks and Sakumo Hatake were promoted to Jonin for their role in luring the One-Tailed Beast into Sunagakure and causing widespread destruction, as well as their role in assassinating the Second Kazekage, Shamon, thus ending the War of the Land of Wind ahead of schedule. Their strength was also deemed sufficient. Sakumo Hatake received the bounty for three S-rank missions and could learn two ninjutsu from the Scroll of Seals. Shanks didn't receive this reward, as he had already seen it.

Others also received promotions and the benefits their clans were entitled to. However, the Uchiha clan was frustrated because they had agreed to fight against Iwagakure for the sake of the police department, but in the end, they gained nothing and many clan members had died. During the clan leader's meeting, the Uchiha clan leader argued heatedly, but now many clans were no longer afraid of him, especially the Hyuga clan, which led the way. The Hyuga clan now outnumbered the Uchiha clan. Hyuga Tensho declared, "You return the police department, and I'll give you the clan's benefits."

The Uchiha clan chief was speechless. He made the decision himself... Bah! He chose this path, so he has to crawl down it, even if he has to.

After Shanks and Sakumo Hatake became Jonin, Konoha was in an uproar. Two Jonin who were almost ten years old! Hatake Itō was very happy recently. Seeing Sakumo Hatake meditating in the meditation room every day, Hatake Itō had a feeling that there was a successor.

There haven't been many things going on in the Anbu lately, so I've been quite relaxed. Watching Hatake Sakumo grow up day by day, I've started thinking about retiring after Sakumo matures in a few years.

Mito remained calm about Shanks becoming a Jonin. She stated that she had seen many geniuses, including the famous Sengoku figures "Uchiha Izuna" and "Uchiha Madara." Her husband, Senju Hashirama, his brother Senju Tobirama, and herself—weren't they all geniuses?

Mito's biggest wish right now is still to have a grandson. Shanks is getting old and not fun anymore, and Tsunade is growing up day by day too. So recently she's been urging Senju Koma to try to have another grandson for her, but it hasn't been working out. Miho's belly hasn't shown any signs of pregnancy.

Even when Shanks secretly brought him Nara deer blood, it was no use.

Shanks suspects that Tobirama Senju might have already started digging up his older brother's grave.

28. Gambling, prostitution, and drugs all coexist; users are asking for "flowers" and "favorites".

In January of Konoha Year 14, Tobirama Senju, along with Itō Hatake, his six disciples, and some members of the Senju clan, set off for the Land of the Moon. If this peace negotiation succeeded, it would signify the official end of World War I.

Tsunade's father was locked up at home by Mito to have a baby with Miho because he couldn't give Mito a grandson. He was only released when they succeeded. Aunt Mito is just that awesome!

Tsunade was going to school, so the important task of taking her to school every day fell to Shanks.

"Ugh, having to get up so early for school, Shanks, how did you manage all those years?" Tsunade climbed onto Shanks' back, looking like she hadn't woken up yet.

"Nonsense, back in the day I was Shanks, the ultimate academic genius. I was always the first one to arrive at school," Shanks boasted shamelessly.

Tsunade, perched on Shanks' back, scoffed at him, "Dad said that Grandma was worried you wouldn't go to school on the first day, so she wanted him to take you."

"How could that be? Your old man's gone mad from being pressured by your grandma to have a little brother for you," Shanks said with a smirk.

The two arrived at the entrance of the ninja academy; it was the start of another school year. Many parents were dropping off their children for registration.

Good morning, Lord Shanks.

"Did Lord Shanks bring Princess Tsunade here to report for duty?"

As Shanks walked along, people kept greeting him, and Shanks waved back in response, acting like a leader.

Tsunade rolled her eyes at Shanks.

"You pervert! Good morning, teacher." Shanks suddenly saw his former homeroom teacher, Hiroshi Sarutobi.

"Haha! Shanks, you're a Jonin now, you don't need to call me teacher anymore," Hiroto Sarutobi said.

"Look at what you're saying, once a teacher, always a teacher. If you're a lecherous teacher, you'll be a teacher for life," Shanks said casually.

"Haha! Shanks is such a good kid. He hasn't forgotten his teacher yet." Sarutobi Hiroshi looked at the teachers who were filled with envy with a smug look in his eyes.

"That's right, look at that bastard Sakumo Hatake, he probably doesn't even know who his teacher was now," Shanks chimed in loudly, as if to say, "I'm ashamed of that kind of person."

"What kind of bastard am I?" a leisurely voice asked.

"Huh, Sakumo's here too? Did I just say something, Tsunade?" Shanks asked Tsunade as if nothing had happened.

Tsunade sneered at him from behind. "You're lucky you haven't been beaten to death yet."

“I come to see Sarutobi-sensei every year at the start of the school year, you just don’t know that,” Hatake Sakumo said coldly.

"Really? What a coincidence, me too. But I always come and leave after a short while and never run into you." Shanks offered a forced explanation!

"..." Hiroshi Sarutobi was speechless. "Nothing has changed at all."

"Did you bring Princess Tsunade here to report?" Hiroshi Sarutobi changed the subject.

"Of course, you lecherous teacher, I can pull some strings and get you straight into your class." Shanks habitually tried to use connections.

"Haha! Well, there's nothing I can do about that. I'm teaching a third-year class now, so I can't teach Princess Tsunade and the others!" Sarutobi Hiroshi raised an eyebrow at the teachers. "See? Shanks can't even get Princess Tsunade through the back door." Sarutobi Hiroshi felt a surge of pride; his status in the clan was rising higher and higher. Although he couldn't compare to Sarutobi Hiruzen, now that he stepped outside the clan, people would call him Lord Hiroshi.

"Hey! Red-haired bastard, how could you bring this blonde girl to use the back door?" Suddenly, a white-haired man shouted at Shanks from not far away.

"Who are you calling a little brat? You lecherous brat!" Before Shanks could even speak, Tsunade on his back couldn't take it anymore.

"Um, cough cough... Perverted teacher, Tsunade wasn't talking about you." Shanks saw that Hiroshi Sarutobi's expression was strange after hearing Tsunade's words, so he explained on Tsunade's behalf.

"From now on, you can still call me Sarutobi-sensei." Sarutobi Hiroshi's face was a little embarrassed.

"Okay, Mr. Pervert, I understand, Mr. Pervert," Shanks nodded.

"......"

Before they could finish speaking, a fierce battle had already begun on Tsunade's side.

"I'm talking about you, you flat-chested, yellow-haired brat!" Jiraiya shouted fearlessly!

"You're asking for trouble, you lecherous brat!" Tsunade's parents have already shown their anger.

"Hey, Sakumo, aren't you going to do anything about your brother? Tsunade will kill him." Shanks asked Sakumo Hatake, who was watching the show from the side.

"...I am an only child, I don't have a younger brother..." Hatake Sakumo's face turned serious when the topic of bloodlines came up.

really!

"Super Strength Fist!"

Fortunately, Tsunade was quite restrained, and the power wasn't too great, otherwise Jiraiya would be in the hospital by now. But he's not much better now, having passed away with a big bump on his head.

"What an idiot." A boy with a somewhat frail appearance and black hair said indifferently to Jiraiya.

Perhaps his presence isn't very strong yet, which is why Shanks only got to rest him now.

"Isn't this Orochimaru?" Shanks looked at the child and the more he looked, the more he resembled him. After all, the current Orochimaru's demeanor was so different from what he would become later.

"So, gambling, drugs, and prostitution are all here," Shanks thought to himself.

"Is that child special?" Hatake Sakumo asked, noticing Shanks staring blankly at Orochimaru.

"Nothing much, I just didn't expect there to be a kid in Konoha who's more handsome than me," Shanks said casually.

"...It seems I'm more handsome than others..." Hatake Sakumo said leisurely.

"Damn it! So what if you're handsome? Can being handsome put food on the table?" Shanks roared.

...........

"Alright, everyone assemble! This year's assessment is the same as in previous years. Everyone will run 10 laps around the track." A Chunin teacher led all the children to the track.

Because Tobirama Senju wasn't there this year, there wasn't a proper opening speech. This year's students are probably the happiest they've ever been. Once Hiruzen Sarutobi becomes Hokage, he'll come every year at the start of the semester and talk to you about how he loves Konoha, that Konoha is our home, and that protecting it is everyone's responsibility—all that nonsense.

Jiraiya was woken up by a Chunin teacher and they drove together to the training ground.

It's worth mentioning that, regardless of their academic performance at school, the teacher of the Chosen One possesses exceptional talent. After several rounds, Tsunade was first, Orochimaru second, and Jiraiya third. They were even faster than some children who received rigorous training in their clans from a young age. Nowadays, children in Konoha, whether commoners or not, regularly engage in physical training from a young age. Orochimaru's parents were commoner ninjas, and Jiraiya was likely an orphan, but he spent most of his time in Konoha. Therefore, he likely received some form of physical training.

"You guys are pretty good, you can keep up with my speed," Tsunade rarely praised others.