Konoha Drunkard

Garp pondered Kushina's words and said softly.

"Uh-huh......."

Everyone around Garp nodded in agreement. Previously, the story of Jiraiya, one of the Legendary Sannin, being brutally beaten was only known within a small circle. Now, with Kushina's powerful voice, even the three-year-olds in the safe zone knew that their Jiraiya-sama had been beaten...

788. You have a lot of ideas.

"Father-in-law, Naruto seems to be struggling. Why don't you go again?"

Naruto had only recently learned Sage Mode and his Kurama Grandpa Mode. At the start, he might be able to go toe-to-to with Nagato, but in a prolonged battle, he was still too young and inexperienced, and was no match for Nagato, who was fighting with his life on the line.

The giant rocket saw Naruto being relentlessly suppressed by Nagato. Although he wasn't seriously injured, he was in a very sorry state.

"Don't panic, Naruto's final battle hasn't even started yet, we're safe."

In truth, Shanks wasn't entirely confident either. His Observation Haki had already locked onto Naruto, and he was ready to intervene at the first sign of trouble. Although Naruto hadn't yet unleashed his ultimate verbal attack, that was in the original story, not reality. There was no such person as Shanks in the original story, and Nagato didn't seem this angry. Now that Nagato was so enraged, he didn't know if Naruto's verbal attack would be effective. This was a huge opportunity for experience, and Naruto would be at a great loss if he didn't get this experience.

"What ultimate move? Uncle, Naruto still has an ultimate move he hasn't used yet?"

Kushina wasn't worried about her son at all. After hearing Shanks' words, she looked at Shanks with sparkling eyes.

"...In short, it's the ultimate move. Many people know this move, but only Naruto has mastered it to the highest level. You'll see it in a moment."

It wasn't that Shanks was unwilling to say it, but he couldn't very well tell Kushina, "Your son only relies on his mouth, can he?" That would be a blow to Kushina's hopes for her son to succeed.

As if hearing Shanks' words, Naruto, who had been suppressed by Nagato for a long time, finally unleashed his ultimate move: Super Talk Technique. He unleashed a barrage of auras, including weakening, intelligence-reducing, and defection auras, as well as critical hit, speed-up, and defense auras. The battle situation instantly changed, from being suppressed to being suppressed. It was all so inexplicable.

A group of onlookers were completely baffled. They were worried sick when Naruto was being heavily suppressed, but suddenly the situation changed to Naruto suppressing this skinny guy. Many people were still confused and wondering if it was a fixed match.

In the distance, Naruto was seen spitting incessantly at Nagato, who seemed to have suddenly suffered a mental attack, losing control of his emotions, sometimes crying, sometimes roaring, acting like a complete madman, utterly different from the powerful figure he was before. This baffled many people. What was going on? Was spitting really that powerful? They remembered spitting at adults when they were kids, which not only didn't cause harm but instead attracted all sorts of punches...

"Ah! I understand...."

Suddenly, a little imp in the crowd exclaimed in realization.

"Know what?"

Everyone looked on with curiosity, even Shanks glanced over, wanting to see if any of these young talents in Konoha possessed extraordinary abilities...

"Cough! Cough! Simply put, this must be Naruto's newly developed super genjutsu. Using saliva as a medium is similar to the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan using the eyes as a medium to activate genjutsu. However, the Uchiha's Sharingan has too obvious characteristics, making it easy to be wary, while saliva is something that is easily overlooked. The opponent certainly wouldn't care about Naruto's saliva, so they fell for the genjutsu Naruto developed. Naruto is amazing..."

The more the kid talked, the more convinced he became of his point, and he looked at Naruto with an expression of adoration.

"Talented! Kid, you have some great ideas. What's your name? With someone like you in Konoha, how can we not achieve our great cause!"

Listening to this kid's powerful analysis, even Shanks almost believed him. He had to give the kid a thumbs up; Konoha needed talents like this! It's a pity there are too few... too few...

"Lord Shanks... I'm Kyūjirō! You forgot, my grandfather was your student. Pshaw! Your grandfather was my student... No! My grandfather was your teacher, Sarutobi, you're so lewd!"

Sarutobi Kyujiro was incredibly nervous, as if he were speaking to an important person for the first time. Unlike others who idolized the Hokage, he had heard his grandfather sing praises of Konoha's White Fang and Shanks since he was a child. White Fang and Shanks were his idols, so it was understandable that he was a little excited to be talking to them.

"Sigh! So you're Kyūjō! I've been too busy these past few years to visit Mr. Hajime. You've grown up so much! Your analytical and imaginative abilities are amazing. Keep it up! Don't let worldly affairs bury your fresh and unique thinking. Ten years from now, you'll be incredibly awesome!"

Shanks gave Sarutobi Kujiro a look that said, "I think you're good."

He didn't even remember who Sarutobi Kyujiro was. He couldn't even remember how many years it had been since he'd seen that homeroom teacher who used his and Sakumo's names to coast along. He thought he was dead... He never expected him to be so good at hiding!

"........."

Kakashi, standing in the crowd, rolled his eyes. Only someone who had witnessed Shanks's countless tricks could see it clearly: this old guy was manipulating people again. If Sarutobi Kyūjirō was truly as he claimed, he might not be incredibly powerful ten years from now, but he'd definitely become a complete idiot...

However, many people are unaware of Shanks's tactics. Look at Sarutobi Kyūjirō; after hearing Shanks's words, he's like a proud little hen, looking up at the sky with an incredibly arrogant air...

"That bastard's lying again, Orochimaru. Your Konoha brats aren't all that great, believing this scoundrel's words..."

In the distance, the new Konoha duo, the otaku pair, Orochimaru and Sasori, were also watching the battle. Hearing Shanks trying to fool the kids again, Sasori habitually sneered at him; that bastard had said the same thing to his grandma back in the day...

Although he was right, anyone with eyes can see that he will be amazing in the future. Why do I need to say it?

They weren't really interested in coming, but Pain was their former boss after all. Back when they were with the Elementalist group, he'd taken good care of them. Now that he was rarely on stage, they figured they had to come and show their support; they could worry about giving him a reward later...

"Hehe! The captain has always been so funny."

Orochimaru says he's used to it. It reminds him of that Uchiha kid he tricked years ago—he's forgotten his name, but the grandson of the ecchi teacher really does resemble that kid…

.........

"Sigh! So the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki of Konoha is the son of the Fourth Hokage! I never would have guessed that. Kushina was from the Uzumaki clan, so her son must have the Uzumaki clan's constitution. Sealing the Nine-Tails would be no problem for him!"

Obito, watching from afar, showed no concern for Nagato's transformation. Only after witnessing Naruto's Nine-Tails Mode and being told by Black Zetsu did he realize that Naruto was Konoha's Jinchuriki. This was understandable, given that Jinchuriki in every village were treated like monsters, even Rasa's son. With so many members of the Uzumaki clan in Konoha, any one of them could serve as a Jinchuriki. And since Naruto was Minato's son, Obito, thinking like a normal person, reasoned that Minato, as Hokage, would never allow his son to become a Jinchuriki.

789. Rich girls are terrifying.

Although Kushina was suspected of being a big mouth, her shout was still very effective. When Naruto heard that Jiraiya had been defeated by the person in front of him, his fighting power more than doubled, and he sprayed saliva at Nagato like rain.

Meanwhile, Nagato had adapted to Naruto's fighting style and started exchanging barbs, recounting stories of the three of them when they were children. Although Nagato wasn't highly educated, he told stories quite vividly, and Naruto was moved to tears.

"Damn it! The Rinnegan is really powerful. The opponent has also learned the genjutsu that Naruto developed, which uses saliva to create jewels. This is dangerous!"

"Big Sky Cannon" said with a serious expression.

"........."

Shanks stared at the giant rocket launcher with the same curiosity he'd gleamed at an alien creature. He'd always thought that one-night-long Kujiro... ugh! Only his kind or a brainless person would believe such inhuman ideas as that of the giant rocket launcher. He never imagined that someone as intelligent as the giant rocket launcher would actually believe it so readily. Had Minato been away lately and used his brain too much, causing some kind of problem?

"What's wrong, father-in-law?"

Seeing Shanks looking at him strangely, Big Cannon asked curiously.

"It's nothing, your analysis makes a lot of sense. Have you been feeling unwell lately? Like headaches or fever?"

Shanks asked with concern.

"No... what's wrong?"

The man, nicknamed "Big Firecracker," was flattered and bewildered. Was his father-in-law showing concern for him? This was highly unusual; there must be some conspiracy at play...

"That's good. The battle situation is starting to become clearer now. It all comes down to who has the better verbal skills... no, genjutsu skills. Besides, Nagato's life force has been rapidly depleting due to his previous frantic use of the Rinnegan. He won't last much longer."

Shanks shook his head and looked at Nagato, who was exchanging words with Naruto. The Rinnegan wasn't so easy to use. As an eye that was even more powerful than the Sharingan, using it too much could be fatal.

No wonder Madara was so confident in giving those eyes away. Even if someone else got hold of them, they wouldn't be able to use them unless they were from the Senju or Uzumaki clans. Even members of the Senju and Uzumaki clans would die young if they wore them. Nagato's ability to endure for so many years shows his incredible vitality. He didn't have many opportunities to fight before, since he had a group of subordinates with double-flower red staffs, so he didn't need to take action. But after his battle with Shanks and then his long fight with Naruto, his vitality was almost depleted. He was just holding on to his last breath. Once that last breath was released, he would be almost dead.

"The Rinnegan is that powerful?"

Hearing Shanks's words, Garp was stunned. He'd previously felt a pang of jealousy watching the Rinnegan's powerful abilities; both were powerful clans, yet the Uchiha had the Sharingan, the Uzumaki clan had all sorts of eccentric abilities, while the Senju clan only had Wood Release, which they couldn't even awaken. Most importantly, his mother was from the Uzumaki clan, and he hadn't inherited her strange abilities. Now, hearing Shanks's explanation, he felt quite fortunate... The Rinnegan was indeed powerful, but it was also dangerous. He wanted to enjoy decades of leisure in Konoha's casinos; what was the point of dying young...?

"What else do you think? Haven't you heard of equal exchange? The greater the power you have, the greater the price and effort you have to pay. The Uchiha Mangekyou Sharingan is proof of that. If you didn't have a brother to replace your glasses, you would go blind after using them for a while."

Shanks, watching the two engaged in a verbal battle, said that the war of words had reached a fever pitch. Naruto, who had just been moved to tears, was now launching a counterattack. Because he was afraid of being disgusted, Shanks didn't use his Observation Haki to listen. He saw Naruto spit out several mouthfuls of saliva in a row. Shanks seemed to see halos of various colors crashing down on Nagato. With each additional halo, Nagato's aura weakened a little.

This epic verbal duel came to an end with Nagato collapsing with a smile. Just as Nagato's body was falling, a wealthy man with wings, Nan, suddenly appeared, picked up Nagato's frail body, and flew away into the distance.

I've seen something new!

This time, Shanks finally witnessed the ultimate verbal attack, managing to persuade the leader of an extreme terrorist organization to become his friend. Shanks admitted he couldn't do that. At best, he could only talk to seasoned veterans like Kakuzu who weren't too attached to factionalism; he couldn't handle someone like Nagato. He'd already proven that. He'd said what needed to be said, and in the end, it was still a fight.

"Stop chasing her. That winged girl is dangerous. If you anger her, even the Land of Fire won't be able to withstand her bombardment..."

Shanks, seeing Naruto still trying to chase after her, quickly stopped him. That rich girl's destructive power was even more terrifying than the Rinnegan. If he really angered her, Minato wouldn't even have anyone to cry to when he returned. How could the village be gone in just one month...?

"No way, is that woman really that scary?"

Garp ate another pound, and not only Garp, but even the cheerleaders around him ate a pound. Is Lord Shanks so afraid of this girl? Is this woman even more terrifying than that skinny guy from before?

"This girl is incredibly wealthy. She has more explosive tags than the entire ninja world combined. Are you scared yet?"

Shanks glanced at this group of ignorant guys who thought they could bully a girl just because she was a girl.

"hiss!"

"So rich?"

Garp gasped. It seemed like all the rich people he encountered were women... God was so damn unfair.

"Boom!"

As if Shanks's words had been confirmed, a long series of loud bangs lasting for more than ten minutes came from a place far away from Konoha, and huge mushroom clouds kept appearing in the sky, even shaking them to the ground.

"See? I reckon someone's still up to their old tricks and wants to steal the Rinnegan. The rich girl is angry."

Shanks pointed to the huge mushroom clouds in the distance and said.

"hiss!"

"The four countries!"

"Luckily, Naruto didn't chase after them. If such a massive explosion happened in Konoha..."

Everyone stared in disbelief at the mushroom cloud in the distance. Such an astonishing explosion was truly the work of a super-rich person. How many detonating tags must that have required?

Among all ninja tools, explosive tags are the most expensive due to their high power and ease of use. However, because of their high power, their production volume is low. Even with Konoha's abundant resources, the annual production of explosive tags is capped at around 100,000. But to produce such a massive explosion, it would definitely take hundreds of billions of explosive tags to achieve this effect. It's truly astonishing.

790. What did that bastard do again?

"It's exploded! It's exploded again! How much money is this...? Tsuruhime, lend me your fingers to calculate, I don't have enough..."

Garp kept counting the mushroom clouds, his heart bleeding. He swallowed hard. Explosive tags normally cost a thousand each, but doubled during wartime. A massive explosion like the one in the distance would cost at least 50 billion tags… tens of millions… Garp realized that even adding up all his fingers and toes wouldn't be enough to count them all…

"......"

Hyuga Tsuruhime stared at the distant explosion, too lazy to pay him any attention.

"Who wants to steal the Rinnegan? Shouldn't Father-in-law go and check? It would be troublesome if it fell into the wrong hands again."

The large, sky-piercing cannon mouth said worriedly.

"Don't go. It's pointless. Anyone who dares to steal the Rinnegan must have something on them. If we go, they'll probably either be taken down or have made a run for it. With a big explosion like this, there's no way they'll leave anything behind for you to search. It's pointless."

Shanks shrugged. Besides Obito, who else has the Rinnegan? He'd just spotted Obito carrying a small shovel, crouching in the bushes with Black and White Zetsu. He'd initially planned to wait and see what Obito was up to with the shovel, but after the rich girl left, he quietly followed. So Shanks still had no idea what this guy was up to in Konoha with that shovel. Could it be...? There's some ancient tomb in Konoha he doesn't know about...?

.........

"Cough cough! That was dangerous, I almost died."

After the explosion, much of the area had been destroyed. Obito's disheveled figure suddenly appeared in the air, looking at the two corpses on the ground with a sense of lingering fear.

If that rich girl had held on for another minute or two, he would have been a firework. Having interdimensional abilities isn't invincible; there's a time limit. If she had held on for another minute or two, he would have been dead. He never expected this girl, who wasn't usually very noticeable in the Akatsuki, to be so powerful. Those were hundreds of billions of explosive tags! Looking at the surrounding ground, mostly gone, a chill ran down his spine. Compared to this, Nagato's Rinnegan was nothing...

After the rich girl carried Nagato away, Obito initially thought it would be easy to retrieve the Rinnegan. He'd been cooperating with the Akatsuki for so long, and he'd only ever seen the rich girl fight once—when they were recruiting Sasori. However, she wasn't very strong back then, and hadn't fought since. His impression of her strength was still stuck decades in the past…

It seems every major rebel has real substance...