Konoha Drunkard

Obito caught up and said that he couldn't understand why he could never successfully impersonate Madara. Was Madara just a bad person? Or could everyone see that Madara was destined to die young and didn't believe he could live so long?

"Just say what you want to say."

Itachi looked at Obito without any emotion and said.

"...Kid, what do you think of this world...?"

Get to the point!

Obito was interrupted by Itachi before he could finish his act, who looked at him as if to say, "If you keep acting, I'm really leaving," which made Obito feel incredibly frustrated.

"...There's an Akatsuki organization in the Land of Rain. You can go there."

Obito practically roared, "These kids these days are so damn annoying! Do you think it's easy for them to act tough?"

What benefits would I get from joining that organization?

When it came to serious matters, Itachi stopped arguing with him.

"Many powerful rogue ninjas in the ninja world have joined there. They can protect you from being harassed by Konoha ninjas, and you are usually very free. Except when you need to take action, everything is up to you. Your Konoha senior, Orochimaru, has been there for many years and is living a much more carefree life than in Konoha."

"Brother Obito tempted me," he said.

"I understand. I'll come over when I have time."

After pretending to think for a moment, Itachi reluctantly finished speaking to Obito and then turned and left.

If someone answers instantly, even a complete idiot would know it's fake.

"...Obito, do you think...he'll go?"

After Itachi left, Black Zetsu appeared beside Obito and asked a question.

"He will agree. He killed his entire clan. Apart from Akatsuki, there is no place in the ninja world that can tolerate him."

"Brother Obito said confidently."

"...But I feel like he's accepted everywhere he goes, this kid is just too popular..."

Black Zetsu sighed. He had been in the ninja world for over a thousand years and this was the first time he had encountered something like this. For a rogue ninja to become so popular was unprecedented, and it was unlikely that anyone would ever be able to surpass him in the future.

Those stronger than him aren't as handsome, and those more handsome aren't as strong. He's truly a unique individual.

........

Shanks was very unhappy; he hadn't been happy for a single day since his beloved disciple left.

His position as the leading figure in the education world is beginning to waver. Now, many people in the ninja world are starting to call him the teacher of rogue ninjas, saying that those who were taught by him, from Sasori to Itachi, one disappeared, and the other was even more ruthless, killing his own clan and running away.

Shanks was furious. If they knew that World War III was caused by Scorpion killing Salamence, wouldn't he, Shanks, be seen as a cunning old fox like Onoki?

During this period, Shanks couldn't eat or sleep well, and spent his days at home gazing at the sky and crying. No matter what Haruko did, it was no use. Many people thought that their red-haired lord was too heartbroken because his beloved disciple had defected. Their red-haired lord was truly a man of deep affection and loyalty.

Only those who know him well know that this guy is not heartbroken about his disciple at all; he's just worried about the rumors circulating in the ninja world that are making his position as the head of the education system unstable.

600. I want to retire from this life.

"Eat something. It's been a month. You can't just keep drinking."

Haruko looked helplessly at the drunkard in front of her and advised him, "Ever since the rumors in the ninja world reached Konoha, Shanks hasn't been eating much and has been drinking all day. This can't go on."

"I won't eat! I can't eat. If I find out which bastard is slandering my reputation, I'll break all three of his legs."

Shanks arrogantly turned his head away; the other person was heartbroken.

"It's just a rumor, take it easy. You often talk about others too, this is karma coming on."

Haruko-sama gave him a second chance at life, and he could sulk for a whole month over such a trivial matter. She was speechless.

"That's different. They slandered my character, but now they're questioning my teaching abilities. Didn't I teach Minato and the others? They only produced Sasori and Itachi, and those bastards are already calling them a rogue ninja army. They're such scoundrels."

Shanks grew angrier the more he thought about it. If he had known it would turn out like this, he wouldn't have let Itachi film Infernal Affairs in the first place. Orochimaru's one-on-one fighting ability was enough to handle it.

I regret it so much!

"Don't think too much about it. It'll get better with time. Sasuke has been waiting outside for a week. Don't you want to see him?"

Haruko looked at the small figure kneeling at the door. Ever since the second male lead woke up, he had been in the hospital for a week, thinking every day about how to kill that man and avenge his clan. However, after experiencing Itachi's Tsukuyomi, he knew how terrifying that man was. He knew that he couldn't kill that man by training alone. Even with his father personally teaching him, the gap was still huge. Now that his father was gone and there was no one to teach him, the chance of revenge was almost zero. As the saying goes, a great teacher produces a great student. Only a powerful teacher can teach a powerful student.

Then, the second male lead, with his sharp mind, began to analyze who in Konoha could have trained him to be stronger than that man. The first was that man's teacher, the legendary ninja Shanks of Konoha. For decades, he had trained countless powerful ninjas for the village. It's said that the current Hokage was trained by him, while Jiraiya, one of the Legendary Sannin, was just a minor character...

However, this Konoha Shanks had a very good master-disciple relationship with that man. Recently, it was said that because of that man's defection, she suffered a traumatic experience and has not yet recovered.

The second one is the White Fang of Konoha, who is on par with Shanks. Both are genius ninjas. If the second male lead could become his disciple, he was confident that he could learn the world-famous Hatake sword technique. However... he doesn't know him well, so why should he take him on?

Tsunade and Jiraiya also took photos together. Wasn't that Konoha tyrant, who was no less capable than that man, trained by Lady Tsunade? However... since they weren't familiar with him either, why should she accept him as a disciple?

After much deliberation, the second male lead still felt that the Konoha Red-Haired Guy was more likely to be the one. At least he used to frequently come to his house to freeload drinks and trick his father out of countless gifts. Compared to the other three, he was quite familiar with the Konoha Red-Haired Guy.

The second male lead, having figured things out, couldn't wait to be discharged from the hospital the next day and rush to the Senju clan's territory. He even rehearsed his apprenticeship speech while running. But who knew that when he arrived at Shanks' house in Konoha, he would be disappointed? Just how much did Shanks love that man? In less than two weeks, Shanks had changed even more than him. Anyone who didn't know better would think that Shanks' entire family had been murdered. No matter what the second male lead said, the dejected Shanks didn't react at all, as if he didn't exist. The second male lead was also stubborn. "You're in a bad mood, huh? Then I'll wait until you recover." Because the school gave the second male lead a three-month vacation, he came to Shanks' house early every morning and waited outside until dinner in the evening. This persistence even moved Haruko, who couldn't help but speak up for him. However, Shanks really wasn't in the mood to take on a disciple right now, let alone the second male lead? Don't be ridiculous. This guy will be a defector too, and the kind who never comes back. If you take him as your disciple, you'll really be confirmed as the teacher of a traitorous ninja. Then people will add that the Konoha Shanks is as good as he is incompetent... Leave this kind of good thing to Orochimaru. He's not worthy of it.

"Let him wait if he wants. Considering how many years his father has willingly let me trick him, you can make him lunch. If he doesn't have time to go back for dinner, that's fine too. Get me a golden basin tomorrow."

"A golden basin? What are you going to do with it?"

Haruko-sama was completely baffled.

"I'm quitting this business!"

After taking a big gulp of sake, Shanks spoke to Haruko. He had thought it through. Although the incidents involving Sasori and Itachi might become stains on his reputation in the education field, Itachi would have a chance to clear his name later. So, the stain would only be Sasori. Whose career is without stains? One or two wouldn't matter. He would retire from teaching starting tomorrow, so his teaching record would still be intact. As long as he stopped taking on those mediocre students, he wouldn't lower the bar for his students. With so many high-quality students, even if one rogue ninja emerged, the impact wouldn't be too significant. After all, the fact that Sasori killed Sari would be made public later. Therefore, he needed to play it safe for now and preserve his position in the education field.

He had originally planned to take the Savior as his disciple, but considering the Savior's pig-headedness... before his power-ups, the Savior would only lower the bar even further, he decided against it. He'd let Jiraiya suffer instead; he had a lazy grandson at home waiting for him to "develop" him.

"...You have so many tricks up your sleeve."

Haruko-sama said something irritatingly and went out to see her daughter and grandson. The Uzumaki clan has a strong vitality; they can survive for months without eating or drinking. She couldn't be bothered with him.

"Sasuke, it's cold today, you should go home. He's in a bad mood right now, there's no point in you waiting any longer."

Before leaving, Haruko-sama couldn't help but offer a few words of advice to the poor child. It was truly a tragedy that the sins committed by the clansmen were ultimately borne by a small child.

"No need. If Lord Red-Haired doesn't accept me as his disciple, I'll just keep waiting."

The second male lead said coldly, "If Shanks can take that man as his disciple, then as his brother, I don't believe I'm inferior to him. The only difference between us is a powerful teacher..."

If Shanks knew what he was thinking, he would definitely tell him that what he lacked compared to Itachi wasn't just a powerful teacher, but also a cheat code and a loving father...

601. Itachi is the center of attention wherever he goes.

"Naruto! When you go to school later, take this soup to Sasuke for me, and then go to school."

Kushina yelled at the savior who was about to leave from the kitchen.

Although the second male lead's entire family was wiped out, his life wasn't as miserable as in the original story. At least he still had people who cared about him. As his mother's best friend, Kushina was furious when she learned that her best friend had been killed by her eldest son. She immediately took her own homemade, disastrously cooked food to the hospital to visit her best friend's youngest son. After he woke up, she forced him to eat it, believing that she had a responsibility to help her best friend take care of her youngest son...

From that day on, Kushina would occasionally make some terrible dishes and have the savior bring them to the second male lead.

"Mom, Sasuke is probably staking out his great-uncle's place. It's not on my way."

The savior shuddered as he looked at the basin full of an unidentified black liquid. Sasuke had actually drunk that stuff.

"Uncle? Why did Sasuke go to find Uncle? Does he want Uncle to avenge him? Give up. Uncle dotes on that bastard so much that he took him in as a disciple even before your father did."

Kushina pouted in the kitchen, still resentful that Shanks had let Jiraiya, that old lecher, take Minato as his disciple instead of accepting him.

"Sasuke wanted his great-uncle to take him as a disciple, but his great-uncle was in a bad mood and had been ignoring him for a month."

Actually, he wanted to speak up for Sasuke. Although he didn't like Sasuke, he felt very sorry for Sasuke's plight. However, every time he entered Shanks' house, he was dragged to drink alcohol before he could even say a word. When he woke up, it was already the next day. Moreover, he was severely beaten by Shanks' mother for being a little kid who couldn't drink. From that day on, he dared not go again. He was just a weakling and couldn't possibly fight against the Great Demon King.

"What?! Your great-uncle is absolutely despicable! I'm going to find him!"

When Kushina heard that Shanks had made her best friend's youngest son, who was recovering from a serious illness, squat at the door for a month, she grabbed two kitchen knives, stormed out the door, and ran angrily toward Shanks' house, leaving the stove in the kitchen still burning.

"How...how scary!"

Seeing his mother transformed into a red-haired devil, the savior kept patting his chest. "Put on your shoes, close the door, and go to school."

...

"Kushina, what are you doing here with your weapon? Minato isn't here."

When Kushina arrived at Shanks' house, Shanks, seeing the red-haired, devilish Kushina, asked her curiously.

"I'm not here to see Shuimen, I'm here to see you, Uncle."

Kushina looked at the small figure crouching outside the door and said angrily to Shanks.

"Looking for me? Why would you look for me? Can't you see that I'm very sad right now?"

With no gossip to listen to, Shanks reverted to his previous颓废 (颓废 is a difficult word to translate directly, but it implies a state of being listless, dispirited, or decadent) state.

"Uncle, I heard Sasuke has been waiting here for a month. How can you bear to let him know that a child who has just recovered from a serious illness has been waiting like this? Where is my kind-hearted uncle?"

Kushina, with her hands on her hips, spoke, her twin swords wielded.

"Although I like hearing what you said, if you're here to be a mouthpiece for that brat, then forget it. I'm too old to teach a kid. I'm planning to retire tomorrow. Besides, instead of wasting your time being a mouthpiece for him, you should be concerned about Naruto. I heard he's the worst student in the class, while that brat outside is the top student."

Shanks said helplessly, "They don't seem to care about priorities. They're not even worried about their own son being a weakling, but they're worried about other people's sons."

"What?! That brat Naruto told me he's number one in his class."

Kushina was even more agitated than when she first arrived.

"...Don't you know what kind of person your son is? You believe him when he says he's first in the class, even if there are only two people in the class, he'll still be second."

Shanks, rubbing his forehead, said, "The Savior really did inherit this naiveté."

"That brat! I'll beat him to a pulp tonight! But Uncle, Sasuke is so pitiful, why don't you help him out? Even if you don't take him on as a student, considering all the gifts his family has given you over the years, you can at least give him some guidance."

Kushina still wouldn't give up.

"No way. I'm not suitable to be his teacher, nor can I guide him. Besides, his father paid Itachi's tuition. I don't do business with buy-one-get-one-free."

Guidance? Don't be ridiculous. What's the difference between guidance and instruction? To outsiders, there's no difference, and they wouldn't fall into that trap.

"Really not working?"

"no!"

"Fine! If you won't teach me, I'll teach you!"

Kushina ran out of the house in a huff and dragged Sasuke toward the entrance of the Senju clan's territory.

"...I hope you don't raise him to be like your son..."