Konoha Drunkard

"It doesn't matter if you get old, as long as your heart doesn't grow old. I'm eighteen years old every year, so you've already seen the future?"

He wouldn't tell the second male lead's father that he's a man whose strength can't be judged by age. He once again thanked his uncle, whose clan elder uncle had read countless books to develop and complete the Yang Seal so that he could act like a big shot in the future. Otherwise, he might have really lost face today, especially since it was illusion magic, which was his least favorite skill.

"I did see the future, and it was the future of the Uchiha clan. It's really sad when you try your best but can't change the outcome. My left eye has a genjutsu ability that allows people to see their own future. On the night Koharu died, I saw the future of the Uchiha clan. Sigh! Lord Shanks was right, it's better not to see a predetermined ending."

The second male lead's father shook his head sadly.

560. Kishimoto is just that vengeful.

Shanks can understand the feelings of the second male lead's father, just like when he knew his aunt was going to die but there was nothing he could do, and in the end, it was his aunt who comforted him.

Moreover, the second male lead's father is a native of the Naruto world. How could a character drawn by Kishimoto possibly change the plot he arranged? Does he fly?

Speaking of which, I don't know what the second male lead's father did to offend Kishimoto. Maybe Kishimoto was unhappy because his youngest son wanted to call the second male lead's father "Dad," so he drew the second male lead's father in such a tragic way. It would have been bad enough if he had been made a minor character, but he did it in such a cruel way. Now he knows the ending of the Uchiha clan, and he can't change it.

Ah!

Kishimoto is indeed very vengeful. He remembered that Nawaki survived World War II, and ten years later, during World War III.

It seems we'll have to pay Kishimoto more taxes in the future, otherwise Minato and Kushina will be in trouble. One is the eldest son, and the other is the mother of the savior; they're definitely main characters. I wonder how Kishimoto will deal with them in the future. As for Nawaki... he's already completed his mission of carrying on the family line. Whether he lives or dies is irrelevant. With several divine weapons in hand, even if he dies, Shanks can't do anything about it.

"Lord Shanks, I'm entrusting Shisui and Itachi to you from now on."

The second male lead's father had a bit of a "delegation" feel to him. He knew that Shanks loved his eldest son very much, and if the clan were to be wiped out as he had hoped, the only ones with a chance of survival would be Shisui and his eldest son. One was an advisor to Konoha, and the other was a relative of Shanks. The higher-ups would have to give them face.

"Don't be so dramatic. In my memory, the Uchiha clan leader isn't such a pessimistic person. Things haven't gotten that serious yet! If that day really comes, Itachi is my precious disciple. If I don't protect him, who else can I protect? Don't worry."

Shanks was never good at comforting people, so he didn't know what to say. However, he really needed to think of a solution for Itachi's situation. How could Itachi pass away before even inheriting his legacy? He could have just given him his eyes, but he didn't have to die. He was in great shape now, eating well and doing everything he wanted. How could his body develop problems in a few years?

He's had Tsunade check Itachi's body every year, and so far there's not a single sign of bloodline limit disease. Although he doesn't understand medicine, he's familiar with the reputation of bloodline limit diseases. The Kaguya clan wasn't most famous for being driven out of the Land of Fire by Madara, nor for their reckless fighting, but rather for their bloodline limit disease. The Kaguya clan was notorious for its bloodline limit disease; most members didn't live long. This might be why they fought so recklessly—since they already knew they wouldn't live much longer, taking someone down with them wouldn't be so bad…

The development of technology in the ninja world is indeed somewhat distorted. There are no televisions or such things, but there are a lot of scientific equipment. Otherwise, Orochimaru wouldn't be able to conduct so many scientific research experiments. As for medical methods, they are just so-so. The medical master of the ninja world is his niece. Tsunade can do the work of two people with injuries that he thinks will not live for more than three days. However, for some minor illnesses, they actually need to be hospitalized for treatment. It's really hard to understand what's going on.

Since Kaguya's clan was wiped out by Obito, there were no cases for Tsunade to practice on, so she couldn't explain it. Just looking at historical records was useless. Each bloodline disease has different symptoms because the bloodline limit of the patient is different. The only thing they have in common is that their life force will be lost quickly, and they generally don't live long.

Kaguya's bloodline limit is that she can grow bones, while the Uchiha's bloodline limit is the Sharingan. The two are completely unrelated, and Tsunade couldn't connect them either.

Although they all trace their ancestry back to the mother of the Six Paths Sage, their bloodlines are completely different. The Uchiha clan is descended from the eldest son of the Six Paths Sage, while the Kaguya clan is even more powerful, being descended from the mother of the Six Paths Sage. Therefore, in terms of historical standing, the Uchiha are actually the younger brother of the Kaguya clan.

"Hey!"

If I can't think of a solution, I'll stop thinking about it and just take it one step at a time. Anyway, even if I die, I can summon him back just like I summoned my second uncle.

Shanks and the second male lead's father chatted casually while drinking. It's unclear whether the second male lead's father watered down the wine tonight, but the two of them finished four or five jars of their secret wine. Surprisingly, Shanks, who has a high alcohol tolerance, didn't get drunk. Itachi has been sent somewhere by Minato recently, and his father said that Itachi hasn't been home for several days.

Shanks guessed that Minato deliberately kept Itachi away from the Uchiha clan. Unlike Hiruzen Sarutobi, Minato couldn't bring himself to eliminate Itachi completely. Moreover, Minato knew Itachi fairly well and had approved of his character after knowing him for so long. In addition, Itachi was Shanks's disciple, and he didn't want Itachi to get involved.

Minato's idea was good, since he wasn't a clan ninja and his approach from a commoner's perspective was correct. However, he forgot that Itachi was still a member of the Uchiha clan, and the young clan leader at that. How could he possibly sever ties with the Uchiha? Even Shisui, who wasn't often with the Uchiha, couldn't, let alone Itachi.

"Who were you drinking with? You've been drinking until now. Go take a shower."

Shanks had just returned home when Haruko saw that he reeked of alcohol and said disdainfully.

"Please wait until we take a bath. I want to ask you, is there really no cure for hematopoietic disorders?"

On the way back, Shanks was still bothered by Itachi's question, but there was nothing he could do. He had to ask a professional for this kind of question. Although Haruko's medical skills were not as good as Tsunade's, she was still a doctor with decades of experience and her expertise was definitely there.

"Why are you asking this question out of the blue? As far as I know, there's no cure for bloodline diseases, and even if we wanted to research them, we couldn't. There are very few people with bloodline diseases in the ninja world right now. Our hospital doesn't have any cases of this at all. Besides, each bloodline limit is different, so even if we have cases, we can only refer to them. There's simply no way to treat it. First, there's not enough time. Nobody knows how long people with bloodline diseases can live. Generally, from the onset of the disease to death, it's only a few years, or even less, one or two years. With current medical conditions, there's nothing we can do. After all, researching or developing a new drug or medical treatment isn't easy. Even Tsunade couldn't do it. What's wrong? Who has a bloodline disease?"

As expected of a doctor with decades of experience, Shanks understood immediately after this explanation. In short, there were too few cases to conduct research, the time was too short, and the patients would have died before the research was completed. Even if the research was completed, it would be useless. The methods used to treat Shikotsumyaku bloodline disease could not cure the Sharingan's bloodline disease, so it was a waste of effort and had no research value.

561. Neji's resentment +10000

Back home, Shanks was having a friendly conversation with Haruko about the issue of bloodline diseases. Haruko was doing most of the talking, while Shanks was taking notes.

If Shanks had a system, it would constantly give him prompts.

"Received over 10000 complaints from Neji."

"Neji's resentment 10086+"

"Neji's resentment 10011+"

"Warning! Warning! Neji's resentment has exceeded the system's capacity. The system will self-destruct in ten seconds..."

.........

After Neji paid the bill for them, he practically floated home. Although the Hyuga clan's education always required children to be calm and composed from a young age, today's events made it impossible for Neji to suppress his excitement.

The ultimate move of the Red-Haired Shanks from Konoha!

He actually learned it. Recalling what Shanks, his nominal godfather, had said about the balance of strength and gentleness, and the strength within gentleness, it was so profound and unfathomable that he couldn't grasp it in a short time. But that didn't matter; he could just go home and ask his father. Lord Shanks hadn't told him to keep it a secret.

Children are still innocent and simple-minded; they share good things with others, unlike adults these days who hide everything. Take Hiruzen Sarutobi, for example. He secretly kept billions of yen in savings but kept complaining about being poor. Now look what happened—it's all been confiscated by Lake Biwa. Now he's truly become the poor Hiruzen Sarutobi!

"Father, I'm back! Lord Shanks taught me his secret technique today!"

After returning home, the naive Neji rushed excitedly to his father, Hizashi, and said...

"puff!"

"A secret technique? Is it swordsmanship or iron fist?... These don't match our Soft Fist style, you'd be wasting your time learning them."

Hiashi Hyuga was also there, and the two brothers were drinking tea. After hearing Neji's words, Hiashi Hyuga spat the tea he was drinking at his younger brother Hizashi. Hizashi stood up and retreated a meter with a backflip, blocking the tea that was spraying at him.

Normally, such a skillful maneuver would be highly praised by Hyuga Hiashi, but right now, Hyuga Hiashi's attention was drawn to Neji's words, and he didn't pay much attention to his younger brother's flashy move.

Who could blame them for what this nephew said? Who was he? He was their former homeroom teacher! They were in his class for six years, and their father sent them huge gifts every year. Aside from listening to his boasting for six years, he didn't teach them a single thing. Although they didn't need his teaching, he should at least have shown some respect, right?

He had heard about his nephew's ordeal from his younger brother. His nephew had indeed been wronged, but based on his understanding of Shanks, it was just a small amount of money. He wasn't bragging, but the Hyuga clan's wealth could support that former homeroom teacher for over a thousand years without any problem. However, the Hyuga clan has always been the most trustworthy, and even if they are frightened and wronged, they have to endure it with tears in their eyes.

However, he didn't expect there to be an unexpected surprise. That unreliable homeroom teacher actually gave his ultimate move to Neji. However, Hiashi also felt a pang of regret. Shanks' style was too different from that of the Hyuga clan. Swordsmanship? Everyone knows that Shanks only has that kind of destructive power because he awakened the special ability of the Uzumaki clan. In the early years, every member of the Uzumaki clan practiced swordsmanship, but no one else could unleash that kind of power.

Physical skills? Those are only so powerful because they're added with special abilities. No one else can learn them. Even if you taught Neji, he still wouldn't be able to learn them.

Just like back then, he originally had the opportunity to be taught by Lady Tsunade, but Lady Tsunade was known for her hard steel and iron fist, which conflicted with the Gentle Fist of the Hyuga clan. So he could only sell this opportunity to Shanks as a favor in exchange for Neji being taken in by Shanks as his adopted grandson and not being branded with the Caged Bird Seal.

"No, it's not that. In fact, Lord Shanks' secret ultimate move, he even taught me the basic moves and the essence of it."

As Neji spoke, he quoted Shanks' original words and the seemingly sophisticated phrase, "a balance of strength and gentleness, using the opponent's force against them, and using minimal force to achieve maximum effect."

What the hell is this?

Hiashi and Hizashi were completely baffled. The statement sounded sophisticated, but they had no idea about "gentle force" or anything like that. Besides... when had their father ever fought with that homeroom teacher? Wasn't this just asking for trouble? They'd practiced Gentle Fist for decades, and Gentle Fist didn't have this "gentle force" concept. Gentle Fist simply involved channeling chakra into the enemy's pressure points. Because of their Byakugan, they could easily see the flow of chakra and the location of pressure points in their opponent's body. Where did this "gentle force" come from...?

“...Show us the movements your teacher taught you.”

Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi thought of their homeroom teacher, who was eccentric and loved to make fun of kids. After confirming this with a glance, Hizashi said to his son.

After receiving his father's instructions, Neji started performing the park calisthenics modified by Shanks in front of the two of them... And you have to admit, Neji's talent is quite good. He learned it once and performed it quite well, with each movement precisely positioned and the force controlled at will.

but.......

"this........"

When the two first came to Neji's starting stance, they really thought so. However, as they performed more and more movements, they felt that a certain movement was very familiar, and even the speed seemed like they had seen it somewhere before, but no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't remember where they had seen it before.

"Could it really be that the teacher modified it based on our soft boxing style? But Father has never fought with the teacher."

Hizashi looked at his older brother, also completely baffled. The movements were too familiar, but he just couldn't remember where he had seen them before. However, he was certain that no matter how many palm techniques they practiced, from the basic Gentle Fist to the advanced Bagua Palm, there wasn't a single set of movements.

"........"

Hiashi Hyuga shook his head, he was also confused about what was going on. Watching Neji slowly performing the movements, he felt more and more familiar with them, even the rhythm and speed were familiar. He couldn't say whether the movements were practical in actual combat, after all, which homeroom teacher taught them, and the homeroom teacher's strength and status were obvious. Moreover, he felt familiar with them, and he was sure he had seen them somewhere before, but he just couldn't remember where, which made him a little frustrated.

Moreover, the set of movements was quite beautiful, especially with Neji's perfect performance, which demonstrated what it means to be stationary, flexible, and to execute the movements smoothly and seamlessly. This left Neji completely baffled. As for the homeroom teacher's tips that he had learned from fighting with his father, Neji was definitely just kidding. He was 100% sure of that.

562. He could shatter even a mountain.

Although their father was strong, he was only slightly stronger than his two brothers because he had taught himself forbidden techniques. Their father had to use forbidden techniques at the cost of his life to break through the Third Raikage's defense. Moreover, their homeroom teacher was even tougher than the Third Raikage. Without forbidden techniques, he would have been asking for trouble. Their father was always a man of pomp and circumstance, so why would he go looking for trouble?

"Hey! Neji-nii, how come you're also doing Toma's morning exercises? But you play really well."

Just as Hiashi and Hizashi were racking their brains, a childish voice broke their reverie.

"Hinata, where have you seen this set of moves before?"

Hiashi Hyuga became even more curious. He had even seen his own daughter; those moves must be quite famous.

"Yes! Every morning, Grandma Toma exercises in the yard. Neji's movements are similar to Grandma Toma's, but Neji's fighting style is better than hers."

The little girl said innocently.

"Sog! I remember seeing this somewhere before. The way those old men and women exercise in Konoha Park looks similar to Neji's movements, but there are also some differences. It seems that the teacher corrected it. No wonder it felt familiar but I couldn't remember it."

Hizashi suddenly realized that the Toma Grandma Hinata mentioned was an elderly woman from the Hyuga clan who exercised in the clan's territory every morning. Many clan members had seen her before, which explained why she seemed so familiar with her.

Thinking back, Hiashi and Hizashi covered their heads and looked up at the sky. That homeroom teacher was still so awful. He was in his fifties and sixties, yet he still made fun of children. What kind of gentle strength was he? What kind of nonsense was he talking about? It was all a lie.

"What?! How is that possible? I clearly saw Lord Shanks shatter a boulder the size of a small mountain with a single punch!"

Neji, of course, didn't believe it was a lie; his dream of being a hero was still alive!

"Hey! He can shatter mountains, let alone a small boulder. Child, study Soft Fist well. With your talent, Soft Fist is your way out. Don't think about Tai Chi. Your teacher is just trying to make you happy."

Although he was reluctant, Risa felt it necessary to wake his son up. His dream of becoming a hero hadn't even begun before he was being disturbed, and this might hurt his young mind, but it was better than letting him go astray.

Imagine your son, eyes wide open, a muscular physique on his body, smashing a large rock to pieces with a single punch...

It was so jarring that Risha didn't dare think about it anymore, fearing his father might crawl out of his coffin in the middle of the night to give him a talk about life.

"It's all a lie...it's all a lie..."

Neji stared blankly upwards, muttering to himself. His dream of becoming a hero had been shattered. He thought his month of sincerity had finally moved that old bastard, but it turned out that it was all a lie, just a way to make fun of him. What Tai Chi? It was just the kind of calisthenics that old men and women do in the park. And he had even studied it so diligently. It was truly despicable!

I won't pay for his meals anymore!

no way!

"Ah! Actually, it's not that the teacher didn't want to teach you, but most of his skills are very special and no one can learn them. Even his disciple, Uchiha Itachi, only learned a few taijutsu. For us who have the Byakugan, Gentle Fist is the orthodox style. Your grandfather shocked the ninja world with Gentle Fist, and your talent is the same."

Hiashi comforted his nephew, who was heartbroken by Shanks' actions.

He shouldn't have let his nephew hang out with that awful homeroom teacher in the first place. He used to think so, but now he's getting more and more unreliable as he gets older. Otherwise, the two brothers would have already drawn their knives and attacked him long ago, since they couldn't possibly beat him.

.........

"Ah!"

Achoo........

"What's wrong? Have you caught a cold?"