Konoha Drunkard

69. The Conqueror's Haki is too strong.

After listening to Jiraiya's story in the Hokage's office, Hiruzen Sarutobi glared at him but didn't blame him further. After all, everyone has been young and inexperienced; it's just that he never expected to be saved by Koma in Kirigakure. What a twist of fate!

Back then, all six of them were saved by their teacher alone, and now his disciple is being saved by Kijima alone! Konoha owes the Senju clan far too much.

"For now, we can only hope that Sakumo can catch up with Shanks! Jiraiya, go back and rest!" Hiruzen Sarutobi said to Jiraiya.

"Waaah..." Jiraiya left the office without saying a word.

"Hmph! Just because of his lust, he caused the death of Brother Kima. Hiruzen, aren't you going to punish him?" Danzo said with a dark face, but in his heart he was overjoyed. This was an opportunity to suppress Hiruzen Sarutobi.

“That’s right. If we don’t punish him after all this, what will Lord Mito think? What will the Senju clan members scattered throughout the village think?” This time, Mitomon Homura didn’t help Sarutobi Hiruzen either. He was rigid in his personality; there was a need for both reward and punishment.

"Alright, let's strip him of his Special Jonin status and start him from Genin," said Koharu Utatane. This punishment was neither too lenient nor too harsh; after all, Mito hadn't blamed Jiraiya, so they couldn't punish him too severely.

"Let's do as Koharu says." Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep drag of his pipe and looked out the window. His thoughts were currently focused on Shanks; Jiraiya's situation wasn't that important.

Meanwhile, Shanks swam to the Land of Water in three days and three nights at a speed faster than a shark. Without stopping for a moment, he charged towards Kirigakure with bloodshot eyes.

Before they even reached the village entrance, the two "gatekeepers" were already stunned by the awakening of Conqueror's Haki. When they arrived in front of the Water Shadow Tower, they unleashed their full Conqueror's Haki.

"Buzz!" The villagers of Kirigakure, including those with weaker abilities, were stunned, while the stronger ones felt a tightness in their chests.

"What's going on?" The Third Mizukage, Shota, suddenly felt something pressing on his chest.

"Shokuta, the Three-Tails Jinchuriki, if you don't want your village to be destroyed, then get out here!"

As soon as the sound was uttered, another domineering and powerful aura shook the area, and with a "boom," cracks appeared in all the buildings in Kirigakure, and some of the poorer buildings even collapsed!

All the ninjas in Kirigakure who hadn't fainted yet felt another jolt in their chests, almost vomiting blood.

"Konoha Red-Haired! You really came!" Shokuta said through gritted teeth. He was holding on, but he didn't expect Konoha Red-Haired to be so strong. His aura alone overwhelmed everyone in the village.

Actually, he was the most wronged. When he learned that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist were fighting against Senju Koma, he sent Yukimaru, the Three-Tails Jinchuriki, to capture him alive, thinking he could exchange him for some resources. After all, they had no enmity with Konoha and no resource competition. However, when Yukimaru arrived, five of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were dead, and two were seriously injured and barely clinging to life. Senju Koma's life force was also almost gone, so Yukimaru, still not satisfied, gave Senju Koma the final blow. But that was all; coincidentally, Konoha's Anbu witnessed it, and coincidentally, Koma's body was taken by Konoha's Anbu. He knew something bad was about to happen.

The reputation of Konoha's Red Hair was earned through fighting, so he was always thinking about how to deal with Konoha's Red Hair, and even considered releasing the wild Six-Tails. But when Konoha's Red Hair arrived, he didn't bother with any arguments. With a single burst of power, all the villagers and ninjas below Jonin level fainted. Those who didn't faint were also in bad shape, and the village's buildings were destroyed.

Looking at the pale-faced, weak-legged Three-Tails Jinchuriki Yukimaru beside him, Shokuta was furious. "You've already killed him, and now you're so scared!"

This isn't Yukimaru's fault, because it wasn't him who was afraid, but the Three-Tails inside his stomach. The Three-Tails was trembling, which affected him.

Shanks' aura even made Kurama (the Nine-Tails) feel uneasy, let alone the Three-Tails, which was ten times weaker than the Eight-Tails.

"You damned brat, how did you manage to provoke this monster? You're doomed, doomed! Its aura is too strong!" The Three-Tails complained inside Yukimaru's stomach.

“…” Yukimaru didn’t dare to say much. Even the Three-Tails was so scared of him, how could he dare to speak?

"Konoha Red-Haired Man, what do you mean by this? Is Konoha preparing to go to war with Kirigakure?" After all the Kirigakure ninjas who hadn't fainted arrived, Shokuta Makoto's courage grew a bit.

"Hand over the Three-Tails Jinchuriki and the remaining two members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, and I'll leave immediately. I heard your thoughts, and I know it has nothing to do with you," Shanks said coldly, his eyes red.

"Red-haired Konoha, don't be so arrogant! This is Kirigakure!" Shokuta shouted. If they handed over the village so obediently, the Five Great Ninja Villages would become the Four Great Ninja Villages!

"One-Sword Style: Three Thousand Worlds"

Shanks is here to kill ninjas today, I can't be bothered to argue with him.

Dozens of enormous sword energies slashed towards the group of Mist Ninja.

"Swipe!"

Some of the mist ninjas who couldn't dodge in time were engulfed by the sword energy before they could even make a sound.

Due to the Conqueror's Haki, the Kirigakure ninja were severely suppressed, only able to unleash seven or eight tenths of their strength at most.

Shanks activated three types of Haki at once, but his Conqueror's Haki had just awakened and was completely beyond his control.

Shokuta also felt a pang of discomfort and shouted, "Release the Six-Tails! Yukimaru, release the Three-Tails! The rest of you, get out of the way!"

After Shokuta finished speaking, Yukimaru formed a hand seal and released the seal on his body. After a jolt, a giant tortoise appeared on the field.

"Ah, you little brat, I didn't say I was going to come out. I'll kill you next time!" the Three-Tailed Isobu shouted, but still launched a Tailed Beast Ball at Shanks. Shanks ignored the Tailed Beast Ball and unleashed another huge sword aura at the Three-Tailed Isobu.

"Boom!" Shanks was hit by the Tailed Beast Ball, and the surrounding buildings were reduced to ashes, revealing a figure with a jet-black, shiny body.

"You're alright after all?" A group of Mist Ninja gasped! They knew how powerful the Tailed Beast Ball was, and they knew that Shanks of Konoha could withstand the Eight-Tails, but they had never heard of anyone being able to withstand a Tailed Beast Ball.

Because of its secluded location, the entire ninja world was unaware that Shanks had defeated the Seven-Tails.

"Whoosh!" A huge sword aura struck the tortoise shell, leaving a deep sword mark, but it did not harm it.

Just as Shanks was about to rush forward to deal with the Three-Tails Isobu, "Water Release: Great Exploding Water Wave" interrupted him, but Shanks let the water blast hit him.

"Bang!" After the water escape technique, the black figure rushed out unharmed and landed on the head of the Three-Tailed Isobu.

One-Sword Style: Decapitation Strike

A massive sword aura severed the head of the Three-Tailed Isobu.

"Ah!" Shita screamed in agony. He turned into a mist of blood.

The corpse and head of the Three-Tailed Isobu also turned into streams of chakra and disappeared into the world. It will take at least eight or nine years to revive him.

"Phew! The Three-Tails is dead just like that?" A group of Kirigakure ninja felt like the sky was falling.

The Three-Tails was killed by Shanks from Konoha with two sword strikes!

"Damn it!" Shokuta Ma hadn't expected Shanks to be so strong, much stronger than the intelligence reports suggested.

Actually, Shanks didn't know that it wasn't because the information was inaccurate, but because Shanks had just awakened Conqueror's Haki. Conqueror's Haki is too powerful. Although it is innate and cannot be trained, Shanks is the most domineering man in the pirate world, and his strongest ability is Conqueror's Haki.

Stronger ninjas are practically shrouded in a weakening aura, especially when facing tailed beasts. The Nine-Tails' intimidating presence, when applied to the Three-Tails, would have resulted in defeat before the fight even began. That's why Shanks was able to defeat the Three-Tails with just two sword strikes.

"Shokuta, and two more members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. Hand them over, and I'll be leaving immediately."

"You bastard, I'll kill you!" Shita Ma said.

"Water Release: Super Water Steam Gun"

Shanks sensed the danger of this ninjutsu and naturally wouldn't try to withstand it head-on, so he appeared behind Shokuta.

"Superhuman Strength Armor: Dragon Fang Killer"

He punched Shita's shoulder hard.

"Pfft!" The Third Mizukage was seriously injured!

"Lord Mizukage!"

"The Red-Haired Shanks from Konoha is too strong,"

"Roar! Roar!"

Shanks had just severely injured Okita when a strange cry came from afar.

70. Black objects are sad.

Shanks didn't even bother to look; he knew it was the six-tailed creature. He unleashed a massive sword aura towards the ugly six-tailed beast.

"One-Sword Style: Slaying Six Tails"

"what!"

The six-tailed creature didn't have the turtle shell of the three-tailed creature; it had been cut open, and one of its tails flew out.

The Tailed Beasts opened with a Tailed Beast Ball, a move Shanks couldn't be more familiar with.

"Boom!"

Shanks has withstood another Tailed Beast Ball!

"Even the Six-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball is unharmed? This guy is no longer human!" The Mist Ninja in the distance was terrified. Shokuta lay on the ground, severely injured, watching as Shanks destroyed his weapon first, and then the Tailed Beast Balls destroyed it one after another. A feeling of heartache welled up inside him, and tears streamed down his face uncontrollably.

Shanks didn't care about his thoughts. At this moment, Shanks' mind was clearer than ever before, and he unleashed his strongest sword strike to date.

"One-Sword Style: Demon God's One-Sword Slash!"

A massive sword aura, hundreds or even thousands of meters long, flew towards the Six-Tailed Fox.

"Wow! What kind of swordsmanship is this... a sword aura spanning thousands of meters."

"Whoosh!" Kirigakure was cleaved in two, leaving a deep, bottomless sword mark in the middle, and seawater gushed out from the ground.

"Ah!" The Six-Tails appeared for less than ten minutes, was seen in two, and disappeared into the world.

"crash"

The Hidden Mist Village was cleaved in two by the sword energy, slowly separating to form a great river.

Shanks sheathed his sword and turned to look at Shokuta and a group of Kirigakure.

"This is my personal grudge against the Three-Tails Jinchuriki and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. If Kirigakure wants revenge, they can come to me anytime, because from today onwards, I am no longer a Konoha ninja, but just a Konoha villager."

After Shanks finished speaking, he took off his headband and smashed it with a punch!

Shanks walked into the crowd, and the crowd slowly parted to make way for him. Many people were unsteady on their feet when Shanks reached them, at which point Shanks had already deactivated his Haki.

Shanks suddenly remembered something, walked over to one of the Six-Tails' tails that had been cut off earlier, and carried it away.

Shanks was somewhat surprised; the Six-Tails had all disappeared, but the severed tail was still intact.

Not long after Shanks left Kirigakure, the head of the Hozuki clan asked, "Lord Mizukage, what should we do?"

"Starting today, the village will be sealed off, and no one is allowed to leave. Also, the other two members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen should be more careful with their attacks. Wake everyone up." Shokuta Makoto thought for a long time before speaking.

"Aren't we going to take revenge?" said the head of the Hozuki clan.

"Who are we avenging? This time, only Yukimaru and two tailed beasts died, along with three Jonin, villagers, and some Chunin. Who are we avenging?" Shita Mama lamented.

"This..." The Hozuki clan chief, Minazuki, and some members of the local clans were dumbfounded. So after fighting for so long, the entire village had been cut in two... and they only killed four of us plus two tailed beasts... The rest of the deaths were caused by our village's tailed beasts...

"Spread the word. Didn't Shanks say he didn't want to be a ninja anymore? I want to see if Shanks of Konoha will talk nonsense and break his promises. If Konoha loses him, will the other ninja villages be content?" Shokuta sneered.

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On his way back, Shanks ran into Sakumo Hatake. Sakumo saw that Shanks was carrying a huge tail, and it was undoubtedly a tailed beast.

"You killed the Mizukage?" Sakumo Hatake asked, looking at him.

Shanks rolled his eyes at him. "I'm not crazy, I was just saying that in anger. But I've avenged Brother Kijima."

Sakumo Hatake breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that he hadn't killed the Mizukage. "Let's go, we'll talk about it when we get back."

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