Konoha Drunkard

"Wait... Lord Hanzo, negotiating prices is a two-way street. If we can't agree on a price, we can continue negotiating. Why hurt feelings? 80 billion is indeed too much. I don't think there are many villages in the ninja world that can come up with that price. Even if they could, they wouldn't be willing to risk offending our Iwagakure village to compete."

too familiar.

With this kind of behavior and that kind of talk, Aoki Nozomi was increasingly convinced that this Shimura Hanzo was, just as he had guessed, Shanks in disguise. After all, no one in the entire ninja world had such a mouth. However, he still couldn't figure out where this Shimura Hanzo came from during the battle in the Land of Rain and when the Nine-Tails attacked the village.

"Hmph! If everyone wants to talk like the Tsuchikage, then there's no point in talking. Who would cut down so many people at once? No wonder Iwagakure is still inferior to Konoha after all these years. They have no guts at all. They're so petty."

Shanks glanced disdainfully at Onoki's red nose, inwardly marveling at how well Onoki had served as his right-hand man for so many years. With his Observation Haki constantly active, Shanks naturally understood Aoki's thoughts. He considered his acting skills, honed over the years, to be at least at the level of a veteran actor, yet Aoki had managed to see through his words and actions. However, Shanks didn't care. Compared to billions, these were minor issues. So what if Aoki saw through him? He was even more eager to see Onoki's nose turn black after learning his identity; it wasn't black enough yet…

“You… 250 billion, that’s the highest price I can offer.”

Upon hearing Shanks' sarcasm, Onoki's anger flared even more. He had served as Tsuchikage diligently for many years, and while Iwagakure hadn't experienced explosive growth under his leadership, it was certainly stronger than during the First and Second Hokage's time. However, he found that no matter how hard he tried, the gap between Iwagakure and Konoha widened. Konoha had survived the Nine-Tails' attack, the entire village destroyed. He had initially thought he saw hope, but within a few years, Konoha had recovered and become even stronger. The Sunagakure's previous attack had barely scratched Konoha. He hated nothing more than being compared to Konoha, and now this bastard was mocking him like this! Considering the power disparity, Onoki thought: He vs. Shimura Hanzo = ? Aoki Nozomi vs. Kakuzu + some unknown underling = Instant death...

Hidan, who won't die: Fuck you! Who's some nobody's lackey?!

723. I'll give you a discount of 100 yuan to save you face.

shocked!

Rōshi and the Five-Tails Jinchūriki were stunned!

From the very beginning of the bargaining, they had been quietly listening from a distance, pretending to be asleep.

From the very beginning until now, their perception of their old boss has completely overturned their previous understanding of him. Is this still the same short but extremely irritable Onoki? If he were normally being insulted like this, he would have already used Dust Release. Now he's acting so cowardly. Moreover, judging from their conversation, Onoki doesn't seem to know that this masked man is actually Konoha's Shanks in disguise. In other words... their Tsuchikage has been tricked by Konoha's Shanks, and more than once!

At this point, they were truly disappointed in Onoki. Although they had escaped, it didn't mean they didn't love the village that had raised them; they simply disagreed with some of Onoki's practices, such as constantly monitoring them and restricting their movements.

They could have easily mocked their village like that. If it weren't for the tailed beast inside their stomach refusing to help them, they would have rushed up and fought long ago. Even if they couldn't win, they would still have fought. But Onoki, with his short temper, just chickened out.

"........."

Shanks didn't say anything, just stared straight at Onoki with the same look he gave an idiot, without any attempt to hide his true feelings.

"That's right, we're watching your performance, you idiot!"

.........

"You bastard! Don't go too far!"

Onoki was quite annoyed by Shanks's smirk.

"You bastard, I've put up with you for too long! It's one thing for you to be an idiot, but don't assume everyone else is. My travel expenses alone over the past few months have already reached hundreds of thousands. Add to that the two bastards who were pretending to be dead—one ran a forest fire, the other a marathon—I won't even mention the mana I used up. How many brain cells did I lose to finally catch them? And now you're offering 300 billion? Do you really think I'm a beggar? 600 billion, no bargaining. Negotiable, or I'll sell them to Sunagakure for 1000 billion. Sunagakure has plenty of rich people there!"

Shanks is also furious, with a barrage of criticism directed at Onoki's bald head! "I asked for 800 billion, and you managed to haggle it down to 400 billion, and if I was in a good mood, I'd sell it to you! But this old geezer came up with a humiliating 300 billion! He's just asking for it, hasn't he ever been criticized before? Don't think that just because you played too much as a kid and now you have a disability certificate, I won't criticize you!"

"You bastard....."

"A person with a second-degree disability!"

"hateful......"

"The Vulture of Iwagakure!"

"asshole......."

"A person with a second-degree disability!"

"Damn it........."

"Short-legged vulture!"

...........

Everyone around was stunned!

What was supposed to be a proper negotiation turned into a verbal battle between the two, but in terms of both the process of their exchange and the witty remarks they used, Onoki was completely defeated.

The saying goes, "If you hit someone, hit them in the face; if you curse someone, you hurt their self-esteem." Onoki just kept using overused words like "bastard" and "damn it."

Shanks, however, was in great pain and specifically targeted Onoki's sore spots, saying things like, "Second-class disabled person" means he's short, "Iwagakure vulture" means he's bald, and "short-legged vulture" means he's both short and bald...

"That masked man has gone too far!"

This is the consensus everyone has about Shanks right now!

"That's amazing..."

The only difference is that Hidan, who only played a minor role in a few episodes and never died, now genuinely admires Shanks. If he used to submit to the tyranny of Shanks' fists, now the immortal Hidan truly admires him. Over the years, he has also gone to negotiate with Kakuzu, but those people always cower in fear when they see Kakuzu, acting as if Kakuzu is the boss and they can do whatever they want. The reason is simply that Kakuzu's reputation is too great, and the other party's status is not at Kakuzu's level.

This Onoki is different now. In terms of status, he is even higher than Kakuzu. After all, Onoki is the head of a major ninja village, while Kakuzu is just a slightly stronger vagrant.

Now, Onoki, who is even more powerful than Kakuzu, is being verbally abused like a dog by the masked man who keeps hitting him. He doesn't dare to make a move. At this moment, Hidan, who is immortal, is no longer confused. He has found a new direction in life. What about Uchiha Itachi's fist techniques and kicking the circle-eyed boss? These are all trash.

If you're going to do something, be a man like the masked man! He berated Onoki like a dog, and Onoki didn't dare to lay a hand on him. That's what a truly domineering man is like, that's what a real man is like!

........

"Gentlemen, calm down. We're here to discuss the price, not to argue. Mr. Hanzo, it's not that our Tsuchikage is unwilling to offer a high price. This Mr. Kakuzu is also a tycoon in the financial world, and I think he should be very familiar with the economic situation of our Iwagakure. Although we are one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, our strength lies not in our economy, but in our military. 250 billion yen is all the cash our village can muster. We simply cannot come up with any more. How about this? Our Iwagakure is rich in jade. If Hanzo is satisfied, we are willing to offer 250 billion yen in cash plus 150 billion yen worth of jade in return. What do you think?"

Although it was satisfying to see their leader get thoroughly roasted, Aoki Nozomi, as the younger brother, felt they couldn't let them keep arguing. If this continued, the two of them would go on for days and nights without stopping, and in the end, it would be Iwagakure who would lose face. Who in the ninja world knew who Shimura Hanzo was? He was all alone. But their leader was different; he was the leader of one of the Five Great Ninja Villages. Everyone in the ninja world knew that. In the end, if Onoki, the leader of one of the Five Great Ninja Villages, were to go on a verbal battle with a mysterious masked man... wouldn't it be Iwagakure who would lose face?

"You really know how to talk. Aoki Nozomi, the strategist of Iwagakure, if it weren't for you, Iwagakure wouldn't have been defeated to such an extent by this dead bald eagle. I respect intelligent people the most. Today I'll give you face and not stoop to this old bald eagle's level. We'll do it your way. The 25 billion won't be necessary. I'll give you face and charge you 100 less, so it'll be 249.999999 billion plus 15 billion in jade, that's fine."

Shanks gave you a look that said, "I'm giving you face."

"...Mr. Hanzo, rest assured, I will go back and make arrangements immediately. It will be delivered here on time tomorrow night."

Aoki smiled, his eyes narrowed, but inwardly he was cursing. What the hell do you want my face for? So the face of the old chieftain of the Purple Rock Hidden Village is only worth a hundred bucks? But now is not the time to worry about these things; dealing with the problem is the key.

724. Even your idiot grandfather got scammed.

"Damn bastard..."

Although Shanks kept giving Aoki Nozomi face, Onoki could easily see that this bastard was deliberately using Aoki Nozomi to belittle him, intentionally praising Aoki Nozomi in front of him to incite jealousy and cause internal strife. But who was Onoki? After being the Tsuchikage for decades, if he couldn't even see through such a trick that a three-year-old could use, what kind of person would he be? However, Onoki was still furious that this bastard dared to use this trick so openly in front of him. But at this moment, he wouldn't curse out loud. After all, their previous verbal exchange had shown him that he really couldn't win. This bastard knew his weaknesses and had exploited them perfectly, while Onoki knew nothing about this bastard, not even what he looked like, so he simply couldn't win an argument. If they were to engage in a verbal battle, it would only be himself and the village who would lose face.

Actually, Onoki misunderstood Shanks. Shanks didn't have any ulterior motives this time; he was simply praising Aoki Nozomi. After all, he had received quite a few favors from Aoki Nozomi over the years, and he wanted to praise him in front of Onoki to let him know the importance of Aoki Nozomi as his subordinate...

Only an old fox like Lao Yin is truly cunning; he can see through any conspiracy or trickery no matter what he sees.

..........

“Kakuzu, you have a lot of connections. Sell these broken stones first, then we’ll split the profits 50/50. Keep the money with you for now, I’m off.”

The next day, only Aoki Nozomi and his underlings brought over the jade. Shanks regretted his actions when he saw the small mountain of glittering jade. "Damn, so many broken stones are really hard to handle!" he thought. He simply handed over the finishing touches to Kakuzu and left. Old Purple and Han, those two unfortunate brothers, had already been taken away by Aoki Nozomi. Who knows if those two will tell Onoki his identity? He wanted to see what Onoki looked like when he was enraged. He even had his camera ready. Ten or twenty years later, he could use a photo of Onoki's blackened nose to negotiate a big deal with him... "I'm a genius!"

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

"boom!!"

"Red-haired bastard! This is an irreconcilable feud!"

A loud bang came from the Tsuchikage's office. Onoki blasted a large hole in the office, and Onoki's short body floated in the air, letting out a deafening roar. His nose had truly turned pure black, without a single impurity, and his whole body exuded boundless resentment that drifted over Iwagakure.

"Dad, what's wrong with the old man? Why is he acting so strangely for no reason?"

A tall, leggy girl asked the burly man next to her a question.

"This is an adult matter; children shouldn't ask too many questions."

Huang Tu didn't know how to tell his daughter. Although he didn't know what had happened, nothing had made his father so angry and resentful. He had clearly heard that roar earlier, and his father had definitely been tricked by Konoha's Red Hair again. He couldn't very well tell his daughter that her grandfather, that idiot, had been tricked by Konoha's Red Hair again for some unknown reason.

Actually, what Onoki cared about wasn't the money and jewels that Shanks had swindled him out of. Although they were a huge sum of money, they weren't enough to make him so resentful. There were plenty of people who had been swindled by that red-haired bastard over the years, such as the former daimyo of the Land of Wind, who was forced to step down by him.

What bothered him was that he had been treated like a dog and berated by that damned bastard Shanks for an hour!

That's the key point: he can be criticized by anyone, but not by that damn red-haired bastard! And now he's still being criticized like a dog.

How could he not be furious? He calculated the time; given that bastard Shanks' speed, he'd probably already run off with the money, and he couldn't catch him anyway.

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

"Sigh! That makes sense now. Why did I always feel like I knew Shimura Hanzo? Turns out it was Shanks in disguise. That makes sense... Kakuzu was Shanks's friend, and they were birds of a feather, both really greedy for money..."

In the dilapidated Tsuchikage's office, Aoki Nozomi was indeed cheerful. During their discussion yesterday, when Shimura Hanzo was spouting nonsense about his boss, he increasingly felt a connection to Shanks. After all, there really wasn't anyone in the ninja world with such a sharp tongue besides Shanks. However, there was still one thing he couldn't figure out: did Shimura Hanzo actually exist in the ninja world? If not, who caused that sea of ​​fire in the Land of Rain? If he did, was that person still called Shimura Hanzo? After all, the name first came from Shanks' mouth, and Aoki Nozomi definitely held back when it came to Shanks' words.

If Shanks knew what Shanks was like now, he would be so shocked that his jaw would drop. No wonder Aoki Nozomi was able to serve as Onoki's leader for so many years and still be alive. His brain is too stupid. He can actually analyze so much truth from such a small thing.

"........."

Roshi and the Five-Tails Jinchuriki exchanged a glance, increasingly looking down on Onoki, who was radiating boundless resentment high in the sky. "What's the use of your rage now? If you're so arrogant, why don't you go to Konoha and challenge them to a duel? What kind of skill is it to cause destruction in your own village?"

Actually, when they discovered that Onoki had been tricked by Shanks, they hesitated whether to tell Onoki about it. After all, Onoki was indeed getting old, and it would be bad if he got so angry that he died. Right now, the village really didn't have a suitable person to inherit the position of Tsuchikage.

However, when they arrived at the Tsuchikage's office with Aoki Nozomi, Onoki berated them for hours, soaking their clothes with his saliva.

Under these circumstances, even Old Purple couldn't stand it anymore. "I just went out for a stroll, what losses could I possibly suffer? All those losses were caused by you, you idiot! The Tsuchikage was thoroughly humiliated by Konoha's Shanks, isn't that an even bigger loss?"

Old Purple and Onoki started arguing, and as soon as Old Purple finished speaking, the office fell silent as everyone watched Onoki slowly darken. Old Purple realized he had said the wrong thing and looked at Onoki tremblingly. Although he wasn't afraid of Onoki, Onoki's Dust Release was still terrifying; in any case, the Goku inside him said it couldn't withstand it...

As Onoki's descent into darkness deepened, he finally unleashed the strongest basic attack of his life after accumulating boundless resentment to its limit, blasting a large hole in the office.

"Crack!"

"Hmm... the lighting isn't great from this angle, let's take a couple more from a different angle..."

725. He will understand me.

Just when Onoki thought Shanks had already run away with the money, little did he know that in a corner of Iwagakure, among the crowd, a seemingly ordinary villager was snapping photos of the furious Onoki with a camera, muttering to himself from time to time.

"Young man, what are you doing? If the Tsuchikage finds out you're filming him, you'll be in big trouble."

A middle-aged man next to Shanks noticed his appearance and kindly reminded him.

"Hey! Brother, you have no idea how tough it is for us paparazzi. Our village isn't as lively as Konoha, where there are big news stories all the time. If we don't take this opportunity to get an exclusive, I'll be living on tea eggs next month."

Shanks instantly got into character, perfectly portraying a down-on-his-luck paparazzi. He subtly tore two holes in his clothes, implying, "Look, my clothes are so tattered, but I still can't bear to wear them."

"Oh? You paparazzi get paid for taking photos?"

The middle-aged man was also intrigued. There weren't many paparazzi in their village because Iwagakure didn't really have any big news to dig up. Onoki was also inflexible, and most of the news was still about the stepmother incident from decades ago—old stories that many people had heard about to death. Just like the escape of the Four-Tails and Five-Tails this time, such a big event didn't cause a ripple in the ninja world. If it had happened in Konoha, the ninja world would have been in an uproar.

"Not everyone's photo is valuable. It depends on the person's fame. For example, if you're not famous in the ninja world, even if I take a picture of you, I won't be able to sell it for much. But if it's someone very famous, like the Tsuchikage, it's a different story. If it's just a casual photo of him, I won't sell it for much, since he's not the superstar Uchiha Itachi. But if I take a picture of the Tsuchikage now, it'll be valuable. If I just imagine some story, like why the Tsuchikage is so angry, why he roared at the name of that Konoha Shanks, I might never have to worry about money again. And even if I don't write it down, I can still make a considerable sum by selling the photo to the Tsuchikage's family."

"Sogga!"

At first, only the middle-aged man was listening, but as Shanks continued speaking, a group of people around him also started listening.

"Uncle, can I see a picture of the Tsuchikage? I'll pay you to buy it."

A little girl's voice came from behind Shanks and said something.

"This...isn't that a bad idea? I haven't even thought of a press release yet..."