Konoha Drunkard

Shanks glanced disdainfully at the Uchiha clansmen who hadn't fainted.

"........"

Shanks made no attempt to hide his disdain, which the Uchiha clan members certainly saw. However, under the threat of death, they endured it. Their eyes regained some light when they saw the young clan leader arrive, but they dared not say a word in front of Shanks.

"...Wake up all the clansmen. I'll go inform Father. Master, please come with me," Itachi said to Shanks after instructing his still-frightened clansmen.

"Young...young clansmen, they're not dead?"

The Uchiha clansmen asked a question, looking completely bewildered.

"...They just fainted."

Itachi looked at Shanks and said, "Sensei, about the donation..."

"Alright, these are adult matters. We'll talk about them when you become the clan leader." Shanks gave me a look that said, "I'm very angry, don't try to persuade me."

"…Teacher, actually I can also come up with 50 billion…" Itachi looked around to make sure no one was watching and whispered to Shanks.

Itachi knew Shanks very well; he'd been following him for years. With Itachi's intelligence, how could he not know Shanks's tricks?

"What do you take me for? Do you think I'm that kind of person? And how can a little kid like you, who's not even an adult yet, come up with 50 billion?" Shanks looked at his beloved disciple with suspicion.

"After I joined the Anbu, my father gave me a key to a warehouse, and I still have the right to use the things inside..." Itachi explained.

"Really? What's in the warehouse?" Shanks' eyes darted around a few times.

"Most of it was cash, and some valuables too."

"Do you have many warehouses?"

"I don't know, but my father said there are more of them with the three elders."

"...Oh, I see...Alright, I won't go talk to your father today. We'll talk about it later. After all, he has such a good son." Shanks said, patting Itachi's head.

"Shall I take you to the warehouse? Consider it compensation for the Senju clan's losses."

"What are you talking about? What kind of teacher would take something from their disciple? Your father gave it to you, so it's yours. It has nothing to do with your family. I won't go looking for your father because of you. I'm going back now. You should go back to work at the Anbu as well." After Shanks finished speaking, he left without giving Itachi a chance to say anything.

"For the sake of our precious son, we won't settle scores with the second male lead's father..."

"However... I never said I wouldn't settle scores with the Uchiha. The second male lead's father is the second male lead's father, and the Uchiha are the Uchiha. That needs to be clear."

"Hmm! Distinguish them clearly..."

As Shanks walked, he pondered Itachi's words, "There are even more at the three elders' place." These three old guys didn't have many years left to live, so if he didn't take advantage of them now, he probably wouldn't have many more chances to do so. However, Shanks needed to plan how and how much to take. With his Observation Haki, infiltrating the Uchiha clan and finding those warehouses wouldn't be difficult, but Shanks disdained doing so. Besides, with Itachi's intelligence, he could easily connect the dots, and Shanks' image in Itachi's eyes would crumble once again—not worth it!

"We absolutely must find a way..."

..........

Within the Uchiha clan, Itachi did not return to work at the Anbu, but instead went home to inform his father.

When his father found out what was going on, he was in a real bind. He wanted to slap himself. He had only thought about easing the tension between the clan and the village and hadn't considered the Senju clan's situation. Then, he got into a fight with the Hyuga clan.

Money isn't important; what's important is that they've screwed over Shanks this time. Who can protect Konoha the most right now? Of course, it's Shanks. Hatake Sakumo usually stays in the Anbu and isn't particularly well-off. Although his son is in the Anbu, it's too difficult to befriend Konoha's White Fang. Besides, he only listens to the Hokage's orders. Apart from his best friend and the Hokage, no one else can persuade him. Right now, the easiest person to get along with in Konoha is Konoha's Shanks. Konoha's Shanks loves alcohol and is greedy for money. Targeting these two points makes it much easier to befriend him. Last time, didn't he manage to get rid of those high-ranking Konoha officials by using ten carts of... when he was being ostracized? Moreover, his eldest son is his disciple. Logically speaking, they are the ones with the best relationship with Konoha's Shanks.

As a result, I got carried away and didn't consider the Senju clan. Luckily, my eldest son arrived in time this morning. Those three old men aren't exactly sharp-witted; otherwise, if they had been notified, given their current smugness, they probably would have made a huge fuss, which would have been troublesome.

"...Take some gifts for your teacher tomorrow...Remember to choose some expensive ones..."

The second male lead's father said to Itachi, "I have to remind you one last time. My eldest son is talented, intelligent, and has a great personality, but he's still young and doesn't understand social etiquette. I'm really worried he'll send over barbecue again like last time..."

"But the teacher said they won't accept my things..."

“Then take it from another warehouse…” The second male lead’s father sighed inwardly. It’s impossible to expect a child of ten or so to act as tactfully as an adult. He has already surpassed his peers by a great deal! Whenever he thinks of this, the second male lead’s father wakes up laughing in his dreams.

.............

Shanks arrived at the Hokage Rock, plopped down on Hashirama Senju's head, and began to ponder, resting his chin on his hand... but his thoughts drifted from daytime to black...

"Forget it, let's find Skyrocket later. Let him handle this brain-draining task..."

Looking at the brightly lit Konoha at night, I guess Rocket should be off work and going home by now.

Thinking something and then doing it—that's always Shanks' style. But...it looks like it's getting late...

"Haruko-sama is probably waiting for me to come back for dinner..."

"How about...we talk about it tomorrow? There's no rush..."

"Yes! We can't keep Haruko-sama waiting too long..."

Finally, Shanks' laziness kicked in, and he made up an excuse to go home for dinner. He'd only had breakfast that morning and was genuinely hungry...

513. What mischief are you brewing up now?

Shanks went home and had dinner with Haruko, unaware that two people in the Hokage's office were racking their brains over his outburst against the Hyuga and Uchiha clans that evening.

Fortunately, Shanks didn't go to the Nara clan earlier, otherwise he wouldn't have met his son-in-law, who has a cannonball.

Although the story of Shanks blocking the entrance to the village gates by the Hyuga and Uchiha clans didn't spread throughout the village, many people still knew about it. After all, the Hyuga and Uchiha clans weren't small families; they were both high-class, powerful clans. Any little thing they did would make headlines.

Although Minato tried his best to cover it up, he could only fool the villagers. The news spread throughout the Anbu. Unlike Danzo's Root, no one in the Anbu had anything on their tongue. Therefore, many ninjas knew about Shanks blocking the two powerful clans.

This is where Minato and Hyuga are having a headache. Konoha needs a balance. Although the Uchiha clan has been somewhat active recently, as long as it doesn't affect the stability of the village, Minato won't mess with them. Otherwise, the village might end up with the Hyuga clan dominating, which is something Minato doesn't want to see from any perspective. Although the Hyuga are currently on the same side as the Hokage, it's hard to say what will happen if the Hyuga become too powerful. Who knows if it will end up like the Uchiha clan now? At least the Uchiha have the Hyuga clan to hold them back, so they can't be considered to be completely dominant.

Besides the two major clans, there are various other clans of all sizes in the village. Today, Shanks ambushed two major clans and even robbed the Hyuga clan of 50 billion. Although they didn't know why Shanks turned back halfway and didn't rob the Uchiha, they all knew that this was not the Shanks of Konoha that they knew. He must be plotting something bad!

So those smaller families were also in a panic. They didn't have 50 billion to rob this Konoha Shanks, and Sky Cannon and Minato were also worried about this.

They had already received news that Shanks was blocking the Hyuga clan's gate this morning, but since they didn't know what was going on, they decided to wait and see. They kept a close eye on him as he happily walked out of the Hyuga clan's gate. Only after receiving a report from the Anbu did they understand the situation. Shanks was certain his father-in-law would definitely try to rob the Uchiha clan, so he had the Anbu keep an eye on him. And as he predicted, his father-in-law did indeed go to block the Uchiha's gate. However, what happened next was beyond their expectations. They hadn't expected the Uchiha to be so audacious, daring to challenge the Konoha's Shanks wielding a large sword. Just when they thought things had gotten out of hand and were about to intervene, Itachi Uchiha appeared and resolved the crisis. However, for some reason, Shanks then stopped halfway and didn't confront Fugaku Uchiha. To say that Shanks was giving face to his disciple Itachi Uchiha... they simply didn't believe it!

The bride price at the Watergate scandal back then!

The dowry of the Nara clan back then!

I've never seen him give me any face.

So, like those smaller families, they all thought Shanks was up to something, or rather, they felt that blocking trouble from one family to another was like trying to clear the table...

For the sake of the village's stability and prosperity, both of them were prepared to sacrifice their own family for the greater good...

But we should also see what kind of mischief Shanks is up to.

"Lord Hokage, Lord Shanks stayed at the Hokage Rock all day and has now returned home."

At this moment, the ANBU who were sent to keep an eye on Shanks came to the Hokage's office to report on Shanks' situation.

"...Didn't he show any unusual behavior?"

"Chongtianpao asked curiously, "This is not like the father-in-law I remember. The father-in-law in my memory always takes revenge and never lets it linger overnight. Could it really be because of his precious disciple?"

impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

"...Lord Shanks seemed to be...thinking about something at the Hokage Rock, but then he seemed unable to figure it out and went home."

The ANBU recalled.

"think?......?"

Chongtianpao stroked his chin. Although his father-in-law wasn't the most brilliant, he was still quite the master of tricks and schemes. It was impossible for him to need a whole day to figure it out.

This is very problematic!

"...Yes, he spent a whole day thinking on the Hokage Rock after he left the Uchiha clan."

"Something's wrong!"

"Something's wrong!"

Minato and Chongtian spoke at the same time.

Based on their understanding of Shanks, how could someone who gets sleepy after sitting down for less than ten minutes in a high-level meeting possibly have the patience to contemplate life for an entire day?

They're definitely thinking of a battle plan!

"...Lu Jiu, you're his son-in-law, why don't you go and find out what's going on this morning?"

Minato looked at the skyrocket and said.

"You're also his niece's husband...and you're closer to him than I am..."

Chongtianpao isn't stupid. His father-in-law is furious right now, and he doesn't want to provoke him. Even without a knife, his fists are no joke.

"...Haha, how about we go take a look together?"

Minato awkwardly scratched the back of his head. He had sent Skyrocket precisely because he didn't want to cause trouble. Although he had been Hokage for several years, he was still a junior in the village and dared not display the authority of the Hokage.

Just like last week when he took a rare stroll through the streets of Konoha to observe the local customs, he was repeatedly called "Minato Kid" by several elderly women. He could only greet them politely. Although he was over thirty, in their eyes he truly was still "Minato Kid," even though they were all long-lived...

Secondly, Konoha has always valued respecting the elderly and caring for the young. After all, everyone has been young and everyone will grow old. In order to earn respect when they get old, Konoha has been emphasizing education on respecting the elderly and caring for the young since the era of Hiruzen Sarutobi.

From this perspective, Hiruzen Sarutobi was quite prescient. In Konoha, apart from Shanks, who dared to call him the Third Hokage, even if he had retired now, others would still respectfully address him as the Third Hokage.

Putting aside the fact that Shanks is Kushina's uncle and her homeroom teacher, when he was young, if Shanks hadn't taken a liking to him, no matter how talented he was, he wouldn't have been able to become Hokage so easily, given his commoner background.

Moreover, if you really count them, Shanks is actually from the same generation as the Third Hokage, a generation higher than his teacher Jiraiya, which puts him in a difficult position.

Just like in the past, when Danzo did all sorts of things, as long as it didn't harm the village, Minato would turn a blind eye and pretend he didn't see it.

Why is that?

It's because Danzo's seniority is too high.

The Second Hokage's disciple and the Third Hokage's best friend, anyone who wants to harm him has to consider the feelings of the Third Hokage and the other two Konoha giants.

514. Let's talk about it in a few years.

If Danzo was like this, what about the homeroom teacher who made great contributions to the village? From the first war to the third war, his contributions to the village were not even comparable to those of the three generations of adults, let alone him.

I'm still furious, so getting beaten up won't change anything. I might as well drag the firecracker down with me.

..........

As the main character Shanks, who is afraid of Minato, brought 50 billion to his home and had dinner with Haruko. While Haruko was cleaning up, Shanks, with one hand supporting his head and the other constantly tapping the table, was still thinking about his big plan.

"Da da da da!"

However, after a while, even the good-tempered Haruko got impatient with the sound of banging on the table. The constant tapping was quite annoying.

"Can you please stop banging? I need peace and quiet even when I'm washing the dishes. What are you thinking about? You're starting to get distracted while eating. Didn't Japan already pay you 50 billion yen?"