Konoha Drunkard

Within the Hatake clan, Shanks felt a surge of relief; there was still hope for this child.

"Haha! Really? What a coincidence! Want to sit down together?" Kurenai Yuhi was stunned. The famously straightforward man of Konoha actually had a fiancée! Just a few days ago, Jiraiya had even made a bet with him about when Sakumo would get married... Ultimately, it was all for his daughter...

"Well, no need this time. We have some things to do later, maybe next time..." the straightforward man said, deliberately glancing at his wrist, which was devoid of a watch. "Damn it, I absolutely have to buy a watch tomorrow!"

"...Alright then, we'll be going now!" Yuhi Makoto could tell from his expression that he was definitely a virgin.

"Um...you just said I'm your fiancée, right?" the girl said shyly.

"Uh. Yeah." The straightforward man.

"..." Shanks from the Hatake clan covered his face. "Would it kill you to say two more words?"

The girl was overjoyed after hearing this and finally said three words...

When the two arrived at the bathhouse, Hatake Sakumo could see two figures on the roof from afar, one with white hair and the other with light yellow hair.

"Hey, Jiraiya-nii, why are there so few people at the bathhouse today!" said the blond-haired man.

"Let's wait and see. My sixth sense tells me that a lot of hot ladies will be coming over later. They've only just gotten off work." Jiraiya kept his eyes fixed on the room, which was a blur of white. All he could hear was the sound of water peas. No one knew how he could see it.

"Hey, Nawaki, look, here comes a girl with a really nice figure, but she's still not as good-looking as your sister!" Jiraiya said, and as he spoke, a caterpillar dribbled down his nose, seemingly lost in thought.

"Nawaki, Nawaki?" Jiraiya didn't hear Nawaki's response and turned to look at him. He found Nawaki staring in one direction with a shocked expression.

"What are you looking at? Holy crap! Holy crap! Isn't that Sakumo?" Jiraiya looked in the direction Nawaki was looking and saw the straightforward Sakumo Hatake shopping with a beautiful girl.

"Ah! There's a pervert in the house!"

The girls in the bathhouse heard Jiraiya's explicit "Holy shit!"

Sakumo Hatake and the girl had just reached the vicinity of the bathhouse when they heard the noise!

"......" Hatake Sakumo was speechless. How did he end up running into this guy here?

Sure enough! "Sakumo!" "Brother Sakumo!"

Two voices came from behind him, and Sakumo Hatake turned to look at the two of them.

The two men came running over with bruises and swelling on their faces.

"Haha! Sakumo, is this your girlfriend? She's really beautiful." Jiraiya laughed loudly.

"Ah. My fiancée is You Sha."

"Fiancée...?" Nawaki and Jiraiya were stunned, their mouths agape.

"When did you two meet? I never expected you to be so secretive, Sakumo. We didn't even know." Jiraiya patted Sakumo Hatake on the shoulder.

"Hmm...we've known each other for about three months." Hatake Sakumo thought for a moment.

"Are you getting married?" Nawaki asked.

"It'll be soon," Sakumo Hatake said.

"Soon, soon, soon!" Jiraiya was stunned! Damn it, he'd been chasing that violent maniac Tsunade for so many years and still had nothing to show for it. This straightforward guy wasn't even as handsome as him, yet he'd already won over such a beautiful girl in just three months! Thinking of this, Jiraiya deflated...

Seeing Jiraiya's appearance, the girl asked curiously, "What happened to him? Is he alright?"

"Haha! It's nothing, probably just a stomachache, I'll be fine in a bit. We won't bother you anymore. Sayonara!" Nawaki, of course, knew what was wrong with Jiraiya—he'd been discouraged. He'd been pursuing his older sister for years without success, while the famously straightforward man from Konoha had won her over in just a few months and was even planning to get married.

Nawaki pulled Jiraiya to a corner. "Brother Jiraiya, are you alright? Why don't you go after someone else? My uncle was right, my older sister is too domineering, you can't handle her." Nawaki didn't think highly of Jiraiya at all, even though they had a good relationship.

"How could that be! Backing down in the face of difficulties is not my ninja way!" Jiraiya said righteously, but Tsunade's magnanimity came to mind.

“My older sister’s situation isn’t just difficult, it’s dangerous! She could die at any moment,” Rope Tree said, shrugging.

"It's alright. We ninjas can die at any time, so what's there to be afraid of?" Jiraiya said nonchalantly.

"Oh!...Take care then..." Nawaki silently mourned for Jiraiya for three seconds.

......

At 7:58 a.m., Hatake Sakumo and the girl finally arrived at Training Ground No. 3. Shanks was having a real headache at his house. The two of them had been walking around for three hours, with the girl constantly trying to come up with topics, but he always managed to kill them off. They had managed to wander around Konoha for three hours straight.

Shanks admired this girl's patience. If it were anyone else, they would have already killed the child. No wonder she gave birth to a half-hidden boy like Kakashi with such a boring person; he's probably completely humiliated by his father...

At 8:00 AM sharp, the crystal statue of the beautiful girl that had been placed in Konoha's No. 3 training ground looked especially beautiful against the backdrop of fireworks.

The girl looked at the three large characters made of flowers on the ground and the crystal statue that looked exactly like her, tears welling up in her eyes. Before the straightforward man could figure out what to say, the girl threw herself into his arms.

"Damn, it's finally done! I didn't expect the crystal statue to be so beautiful. I'll get one for Haruko next time." Shanks was peeping from a tree in Training Ground No. 3. When he saw the girl rush into Sakumo Hatake's arms, he knew that things had gone well.

On his way home, Shanks was thinking about whether to publish a book on how to woo girls. After all, the girls in Naruto are so easy to woo, unless it's an cosmic-level exception like Jiraiya wooing Tsunade, they should all be able to succeed.

.......

The next morning, Jiraiya looked at the invitation in front of him, and the blow from the previous day continued.

"Damn it, you said it would be soon yesterday, and the invitations have already arrived today! Does it have to be that fast?!"

Shanks looked at the disheartened Jiraiya and said, "Don't be sad. You and Sakumo are not even in the same league. That girl traveled thousands of miles to find him. But you offered yourself up and he ignored you. You need to look to the future, Jiraiya. Didn't your teacher not get married until he was over 30? You're only 25. You still have time."

"...Captain, are you trying to comfort me?" Jiraiya asked Shanks with a beady look in his eyes.

"Ah, just take it that way, since you chose the most difficult one!" Shanks patted him on the shoulder.

"..." Jiraiya's entire body turned gray.

Shanks is right. If Nawaki hadn't been killed off by Kishimoto, even Kato Dan wouldn't have had a chance, let alone Jiraiya, who grew up with him. They were so close, it was practically like family. You know, it's easy to go from friendship to love, and it's not hard to go from love to family, but going from family to love is incredibly difficult!

125. I just love listening to him brag about "please subscribe"

In October of Konoha Year 34, the Hatake clan experienced a rare moment of excitement, the last time being when Konoha's White Fang was born.

"Hyuga clan leader, please come in! Please come in! You're too kind! I often tell others that the Hyuga clan leader is the most generous and unrestrained, and every time he makes a move, he does so with such generosity! He truly embodies the style of a noble family!" Shanks' act of receiving guests at the Hatake clan's gate is commonly known as "greeting guests." Shanks is not as straightforward as White Fang was back then.

Seeing the Hyuga clan leader arrive with two Byakugan-wielding boys, he didn't even glance at the invitation, took the gifts, flattered the others until they were comfortable, and then invited them inside.

"Haha, Lord Shanks is joking. It's a joyous occasion for Konoha's White Fang today; his presence is an honor for me." The Hyuga clan leader loved listening to Shanks boast. Since it was all about giving gifts anyway, he figured he might as well receive more and be flattered.

"The Hyuga clan head is really too kind of you. Your upbringing is excellent. Look at the two young masters, so polite and refined." After praising the other family member, they were sure to praise the son as well. Didn't they see how the other family member's face lit up with a smile when they heard about the good upbringing?

The Hyuga brothers suddenly activated their Tenseigan, especially Hiashi, the "nation's father-in-law." "Where did that domineering teacher who once challenged the Raikage go?"

"Haha! Lord Shanks is too kind!" The Hyuga clan leader clearly didn't want to go in yet and wanted to be praised again.

However, Shanks wasn't willing to do that. Giving you a gift once and praising you once would be enough. What else do you want?

"Clan Head Hyuga, please come in. The Hokage is inside!" Shanks said, then went to collect gifts from others.

"Father, the teacher is clearly trying to scam you out of your gift!" Hiashi whispered to his father after Shanks left.

"I know, but I just love listening to him brag! Hiashi and Hizashi, you two need to learn from Lord Shanks how to get along with people. He's strong but doesn't have that arrogant attitude, and he speaks so nicely. That's why the Third Raikage gives him face." The Hyuga clan head lectured his two sons, watching Shanks's retreating figure.

"Understood, Father," the two Hyuga brothers replied in unison.

......

"Haha, Uchiha clan leader, please come in! Oh dear, you're already here, why bother with a gift!" Before Jasmine could even take out her gift, Shanks snatched it away.

"..." The Uchiha brothers looked up at the sky speechlessly.

"Lord Shanks, you can just call me Fuchsia. You are my elder." That's the kind of upbringing a student from a prestigious family can provide.

"How can that be? You are now the clan leader, you still need to maintain your status. Those things can only be used in private. Alas! Back then, your father and I were as close as brothers. I never thought that in just over half a year, we would be separated by life and death!" Shanks looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle and sighed.

"It was my father's good fortune to sacrifice himself for Konoha. We who are alive will carry on his will." The second male lead's father killed the conversation. "Bullshit about being as close as brothers. My father doesn't know how many gifts you tricked him out of."

"Very good! You must carry on your father's will and continue to work hard!" Shanks looked intently at the two brothers.

"Yes, Lord Shanks!" The two were still pondering Shanks' words after they finished speaking, feeling that something was off. What did he mean by "our father"?

Shanks didn't care whether they thought it was strange or not; he went to greet a client because he had spotted his biggest customer!

"Haha, Shinku, why bring a gift! Honestly, just bring your daughter!" Shanks laughed at Shinku and her husband.

"..." The Yuhi Shinku couple were speechless.

"Lord Shanks, are you so sure that mine is a daughter?" Kurenai asked, puzzled. He had been wanting to ask this for a long time.

"Haha, I wasn't sure before, I just liked your red eyes, but now... look at your red forehead and the white between your brows, you're definitely destined to be a father-in-law!" Shanks was spouting nonsense, since no one else could understand him anyway, so why panic?

"Is that so? But it wouldn't be bad to be able to marry Sakumo." Yuhi Mako said with a smile.

"Of course, don't you know the Hatake clan is famous for having only one heir? He'll definitely be the head of the Hatake family in the future. Just think about the Hatake clan's wealth..." Shanks drooled as he thought about it.

"...I'm drooling!" Yuhi Makoto wasn't going to continue the conversation. She took her wife inside; if they kept talking, they'd be led astray.

"Brother Lu Yi, you're giving this thing... Sakumo doesn't need it... He's not that weak, is he?" Shanks said, looking at the pair of rocket launchers.

“Well, this is a spotted dragon horn passed down through our clan, not an ordinary deer antler,” said the large cannon.

"It's been passed down for hundreds of years, can it still be used?" Shanks said disdainfully.

"You're so uncultured, I can't be bothered to talk to you. You go and entertain your guests, you don't need to entertain us." Big Cannon finished speaking and ignored him, taking Little Cannon inside.

"So what if you're cultured? The ninja world relies on slaying your friends!" Shanks pouted.

"Captain, you've worked hard! Here's our gift!" The Konoha "gambling, prostitution, and drug gang" has arrived, and Jiraiya's lewd voice could be heard even before they got there.

"Let me see what the gift is." Shanks said lazily, not giving Jiraiya a friendly look. He was furious when he thought of the gift Jiraiya gave him when they got married. Who the hell gives a marriage certificate as a wedding gift?

"Must be written down! Jiraiya gave us a pair of green jade pendants with black threads, and they're all nameless and broken!" Shanks shouted, referring to the seemingly valuable jade pendants Jiraiya had given him.

"Tsunade gifted the Senju clan a 500-year-old spur stone Buddha." Shanks said, taking out the rotten stone that Tsunade had given him, the one with almost no discernible carvings on it. After all, she was his niece, so he had to show her some respect. Seeing this broken thing that Tsunade had given him, he knew that she had been very tight on money lately.

"Orochimaru is giving me a piece of the White Serpent Yin-Yang Jade, a rare find from Ryuchi Cave, which only appears once every hundred years!" Shanks shouted to the ANBU who were recording the event behind him.

"Hey! You bastard, I gave you the best of everything! How could you do this to a piece of junk that Tsunade carved this morning?!" Jiraiya was furious!

"boom!"

"Idiot, whose broken stone are you talking about!" Tsunade delivered a powerful punch to his head, which was even messier than Shanks's, exuding domineering aura.

"You can't say my stuff is that bad, can you? I bought it from the Daimyo's mansion with all my savings." Jiraiya immediately cowered, lying on the ground.

"You bastard, when I got married you gave me a marriage certificate, and when I got to Shuo Mao you spent all your savings. Are you looking down on me?" Shanks got angry when he heard this!

"Captain, you're one of us, after all. It's a small gift but a big sentiment. It's not the same as anything else," Jiraiya said, making things up.

"I value courtesy, not sentiment. Just send me a replacement tomorrow, and we'll call it even!" Shanks said shamelessly.

"What! A gift from more than ten years ago can still be made up?" Jiraiya was stunned.

"If I say it's possible, then it's possible. I'm the one who decides!" Shanks turned away, ignoring him, and continued accepting gifts... no! He went to greet the guests.