Konoha Drunkard

Therefore, Tsunade became lawless at school and gradually became a veritable school bully!

"How would I know? But I bet the Third Hokage definitely took Orochimaru in. I don't know about the others," Tsunade replied lazily.

Even with Tsunade's pride, she had to admit that Orochimaru was a genius; many things that gave her a headache, Orochimaru could learn in no time.

"Anyway, it can't possibly be that idiot lecher Jiraiya," Tsunade added.

"You brat, who are you calling an idiot!" Jiraiya immediately retorted upon hearing this.

"I'm talking about you, you idiot, loser, lecherous bastard." Tsunade couldn't stand it anymore.

"A flat-chested, hipless blonde girl!"

"You bastard!"

"Bang!" Jiraiya collapsed again!

Hiroshi Sarutobi watched the scene unfold with deep sorrow. After using his connections to become Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya's homeroom teacher, he realized that being a genius was truly inhuman. He had initially thought that since Tsunade was a girl, even if she was a bit mischievous, she would change under his guidance. However, he discovered that Shanks, whom he had mentored back then, was nothing compared to Tsunade! Tsunade was simply a demon!

Jiraiya is best left unsaid. He was originally thought to be a genius, but it turns out that apart from his talent for reading erotic doujinshi, he was just a complete loser.

What pleased Hiroshi Sarutobi the most was Orochimaru, who was exactly like Sakumo Hatake back then—a quiet and handsome man.

Hiroshi Sarutobi felt gratified looking at Orochimaru, who was quietly standing in the crowd. Some time ago, Lord Hiruzen asked him about commoner geniuses, and he directly recommended Orochimaru to Lord Hiruzen. In the end, he also mentioned Jiraiya by some strange twist of fate.

Upon hearing the news that the Hokage had come to the school to recruit three geniuses, Hiroshi Sarutobi basically knew who they were.

Tsunade goes without saying; she's the darling of the Senju clan. If Hiruzen dared to accept someone else but not Tsunade, Mito would definitely come knocking on his door to have a talk about life's ideals.

Orochimaru must recruit him; his talent rivals that of Hatake Sakumo.

As for Jiraiya... Hiroshi Sarutobi wasn't confident either.

In fact, Hiroshi Sarutobi could guess very few things, but he guessed wrong about Jiraiya.

That day, after Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Hiroshi Sarutobi, he was somewhat annoyed when Hiroshi said that the boy named Orochimaru's talent was comparable to Sakumo Hatake's. "Even if you were Sakumo's homeroom teacher, you can't belittle him like that. I was even his captain. What kind of talent did Sakumo have? He defeated a Jonin at eight years old, and at nine years old, he and Shanks defeated Shamon." Afterwards, Hiruzen Sarutobi carefully observed Orochimaru. Although it wasn't as exaggerated as Hiroshi Sarutobi described, it wasn't far off. Moreover, Orochimaru was a commoner. If Orochimaru had been born into a better family, he might really be similar to Sakumo Hatake.

The more I watched Jiraiya and Hiruzen Sarutobi, the more I liked them; they were practically a reflection of myself when I was a child. Even if I didn't recruit Orochimaru, I would definitely recruit Jiraiya.

........

Hiruzen Sarutobi walked into the school and looked at the children below, thinking, "These are the hope of the village!" But when he saw Jiraiya being defeated by Tsunade, he felt a sharp pain in his head.

"Sigh, Tsunade doesn't resemble her parents at all; instead, she's becoming more and more like the First Hokage and Shanks," Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed and thought.

Afterwards, Hiruzen Sarutobi gave a long speech on the podium, offering encouragement. Then the class was dismissed, except for Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya.

Anyone with eyes could see that the Hokage intended to take these three as his disciples. A group of children looked at the three with envy, their thoughts differing.

Tsunade was the school bully, so they didn't dare show any interest. Orochimaru was the school's acknowledged genius, so it wasn't surprising that he was taken in as a disciple by the Hokage. But what about Jiraiya, the bottom of the class? Was it because he was a spy? Peeking at his notebook?

It has to be said, those kids actually guessed right. Jiraiya was chosen by Hiruzen Sarutobi precisely because of his lecherous nature. In Hiruzen Sarutobi's words, someone who enjoys peeping and reading doujinshi must have some talent...

"What a moron! He's so stupid. Even Little Claw is better than him!" Tsunade complained, feeling sorry for her little follower, the Inuzuka clan girl.

"What! You brat with yellow hair. I'm a genius, how could I be inferior to that little girl who plays with dogs?"

"Jiraiya, you're asking for it!" Tsunade hated being called a brat.

"You think I'm afraid of you? I'm only letting you have your way because you're a girl," Jiraiya said, looking like he wasn't going to bother with you.

"Go to hell!"

"boom!"

"Ugh, idiot."

"Hey!"

Orochimaru and Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed as they looked at the two creatures.

Orochimaru genuinely thought Jiraiya was an idiot, constantly arguing with Tsunade even though he couldn't beat her.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was just having a headache. He could tell that Tsunade really disliked Jiraiya, but Jiraiya didn't realize it and kept going to his death.

"You should now understand why I'm keeping you here. Would you like to become my disciples?" Hiruzen Sarutobi said to the three with a kind expression.

"We're willing." Orochimaru and Jiraiya were naturally willing. Tsunade was only doing this out of respect for the Hokage.

"Alright, come to the Hokage Building to find me after school every day, and I'll teach you! Now you can go to class," Hiruzen Sarutobi said with a smile.

........

The Naruto Building.

"boom!"

"Uncle Hokage, what do you want? I've finished all my missions for this month." Shanks slammed the door open.

Hiruzen Sarutobi finally understood what Tobirama Senju felt.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, his face full of black lines, said, "Well, I've brought you here today because I have a mission for you. After the Second Mizunin of Kirigakure and the Second Hokage of Iwagakure died together, we don't know what happened in Kirigakure. Our spies in Kirigakure haven't sent any information. The ANBU we sent to investigate are all dead. So I want you to go and find out what's going on, since you have more experience in infiltrating other villages."

"Can't I just not go? There are so many people in Konoha. Why do I have to go?" Shanks said, annoyed.

“Sakumo has to manage the Anbu and doesn’t have time to go. No one else has as much experience as you. Going there would be suicide, so it’s better not to go at all,” Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed.

"Alright, when are we leaving? This is a three-month mission, don't forget!"

Shanks thought about it and realized that he was right. Konoha didn't have anyone more suitable for this mission than him, just look at the results of his two infiltrations of Sunagakure.

"Alright, I'll give you three months. Your time in the Land of Water doesn't count. When you come back, you'll be free from missions for three months. Is that okay?" Sarutobi couldn't understand why Shanks was so resistant to this kind of thing.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was unaware that in his previous life, Shanks, an ordinary person who clocked in and out of get off work, enjoyed this kind of life: doing one mission a month and spending the rest of the time as he pleased. The bounty from one A-rank mission a month was enough for him to live a carefree life. Why make things so difficult when you can live an easy life?

Shanks returned to the house and thought about the mission. Right now, Kirigakure should still be fighting over the position of Mizukage, and shouldn't have the time to deal with spies.

The situations in Kirigakure and Sunagakure are similar, but Sunagakure has Chiyo, the wife of the First Kazekage, to keep things in check, so even if there's competition, it won't cause too much of a commotion. Kirigakure is different; there's no one in the village who can keep the major clans in check. Since Hozuki Gengetsu, the Hozuki clan hasn't produced any truly remarkable geniuses.

Kaguya's clan was not a native clan of the Land of Water; they were overthrown by the Uchiha and Senju clans and were therefore ineligible to run for Mizukage.

The Minazuki clan has a very strong bloodline, producing many handsome men and beautiful women. Although they don't have any outstanding figures, their prospects are quite high.

Another one is Shokuta, who served as the bodyguard for both the First and Second Mizukage (no information available, this is a fictional character created by the author). As the bodyguard for two generations of Mizukage, he participated in the first Five Kage Summit. He was indeed qualified to be the Mizukage, and the Hozuki clan supported him. However, the Kaguya and Suigetsu clans were also quite powerful, so a power struggle was constantly unfolding.

33. My name is Mao Li Wu Dalang. "Please give me flowers!" and "Please add this to your favorites!"

Shanks set off for the Land of Water the next day. This time, Shanks swam there, treating it as exercise. He swam for over a month, taking a few breaks along the way. He couldn't yet swim from Maria Island to the East Blue like Rayleigh from One Piece, but he was close. He was still young, and in a few years, once his body matured, he would definitely be stronger than Rayleigh, who was already quite old.

A naked, blond-haired boy emerged from the sea on the shore of the Land of Water. He was Deidara, the form Shanks took when he first infiltrated Sunagakure.

"Big brother, where did you come from? I've never seen you before!" Shanks was spotted by a little girl playing on the beach not long after he came ashore.

"Ah, I'm from Wangjia Village next door. Little girl, what are you doing alone at the beach? What if you get eaten by a giant sea monster?" Shanks pinched the little girl's cheek to tease her.

"Ah! Are there really monsters in the sea? How scary!" The little girl was frightened by Shanks.

"Of course! Luckily I swam fast, or I would have been eaten. You should go home now, or the monster will be chasing you." Kids are so easy to fool.

"Oh, big brother, be careful! I'm going home, bye-bye!" The little girl said and ran away quickly.

Shanks padded his shoulders and put on his clothes. On the way, he encountered a rogue ninja harassing a village woman, who could conveniently lead the way for Shanks.

"My lord, I'm just an ordinary rogue ninja, I didn't do anything, please, please spare me!" the rogue ninja with bumps all over his head begged for mercy.

"Never done it before? Where did all those women's underwear on your chest come from? I can't stand perverts like you." Shanks finished speaking and continued to teach this lewd ninja a lesson with his loving fists.

"Ah! Ah! I really didn't do anything! I stole all of this!" This rogue ninja felt utterly unlucky. He usually only stole women's underwear to vent his frustrations, and today, having finally mustered the courage to release his pent-up youthful energy, he was stopped by a blond-haired boy. The rogue ninja didn't pay much attention to him because he wasn't wearing a ninja headband and didn't look like a ninja, intending to just brush him off. Who knew this blond-haired boy was so powerful, smashing his strongest "Water Release: Water Chaos Wave" technique to pieces. He kept hitting the boy's head, not anywhere else, just his head, and most importantly, it hurt terribly, even more than when a rock crushed his genitals when he was a child.

"I despise cowards like you the most, all talk and no action, I tsk tsk!" Shanks finished speaking and let out another loving punch.

"My lord, please let me go! I'll never do it again!" the rogue ninja pleaded, his head now bearing another bump.

"I can let you go, but you have to answer my questions first," Shanks said, stroking his chin.

"Please say it, please say it. As long as you don't hit me, I'll agree to anything," Langren replied immediately.

"First, tell me your name and where you live," Shanks asked, raising his fist.

"My name is Mori Taketaro, and I'm from Fuyuki Village." Mori Taketaro quickly and honestly answered when he saw the fist.

"How do you know Water Release?" Shanks asked curiously. Generally, ninja who don't know ninjutsu only know some taijutsu and the Three Body Techniques.

“A while ago, there was a group of ninjas fighting outside our village. After they left, I found this on a corpse,” said Mouri Taketaro.

"I'm fairly satisfied with your answer. I'll let you go this time, but if I find out you've harassed a respectable woman again, I'll have your testicles ripped out. I am Kato Taka of the Minazuki clan, nicknamed the Right Hand of God. You can't hide anything from me in the Land of Water." Shanks finished speaking and unleashed his chakra, blowing Mouri Takeo away.

"Yes, yes, Lord Kato Taka, I'll never do it again. I'll never do it again." Mori Taketaro cried out of fear. This was a member of the Minazuki clan from Kirigakure. He'd better just stick to stealing underwear from now on.

"Let's go." Shanks didn't think he was a bad person; he was just a young man who had reached puberty and couldn't control his sexual impulses.

He's probably scared this time too. The Mizuki clan, one of the three great clans of Kirigakure in the Land of Water, is still something he can be afraid of.

It's like telling a rogue ninja in the Land of Fire that the Uchiha clan is going to kill him.

"Mouri Takeshi, what a name..." Shanks was speechless.

Traveling at a leisurely pace, Shanks, visiting the Land of Water for the first time, naturally wanted to have a good time. He had plenty of time; Hiruzen Sarutobi hadn't set a time limit for this mission. Shanks even planned to play for two months, then return to Konoha for three months of rest—that was the life he wanted. The only problem was he was too young to play clapping games with Haruko. @_@

After a week of eating and drinking, Shanks finally arrived at Kirigakure.

"Young man, you need to register to enter the village." Shanks was about to go in when he was stopped by two gatekeepers from Kirigakure.

"Brother, why do we need to register to enter the village? We don't have this rule in our village," Shanks said, feigning confusion.

"Your village? Which village are you from?" a gatekeeper asked.

Shanks gave the "doorman" who spoke a disdainful look. "Do you know the famous Tsukipira Village of the Land of Water? The current Lady of the Land of Water is from our village!"

The gatekeeper was furious at the look in his eyes. "There are so many daimyo wives, who the hell knows which village each one comes from?" However, upon hearing that he was from the Land of Water, the gatekeeper, being relatively well-mannered, didn't argue with him. "We Kirigakure villagers need to register when entering the village. Come and register."

"This is troublesome," Shanks said, feigning annoyance.

"Mouri Taketaro, the great-uncle of the uncle of the 38th wife of the Daimyo of the Land of Water, is here in Kirigakure to check out the market and plans to open a bathhouse in Kirigakure." Shanks registered and went inside.

After reviewing the registration record, the "gatekeeper" said with disdain, "Someone who isn't even a relative of the famous concubine is so arrogant, yet dares to open a bathhouse."

“Forget it, Jianren! Don’t bother with these ordinary people. They’re not from our village, what could they possibly know?” Another gatekeeper comforted him.

"Have the intelligence of Konoha's Anbu also been lowered? How could they discover such an easy-to-fool guard?" Shanks was speechless.

After entering the village, Shanks followed the coded message given to him by Hiruzen Sarutobi to locate the spies. He didn't intend to make contact with them, as their betrayal might have led to the deaths of so many people.

Shanks found a spy's residence. As soon as he arrived, his Observation Haki detected several people looking at him. Shanks pretended not to know anything and waved his hands in the air, meowing left and right, as if measuring something.

"A child has arrived. Go check his information," a ninja in the shadows said to the person next to him while staring at Shanks.