Konoha Drunkard

Aoki Nozomi, a leader of the Iwa ninja clan, chuckled with an expression of ignorance, "Heh! This Konoha red-haired guy is quite the character, isn't he? The whole village must have heard his voice!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi felt as uncomfortable as if he had swallowed a fly upon hearing this. "Haha! You're right! He even said he was going to go drink with the Iwa ninja envoy!" Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to send Shanks to have a chat with the Iwa ninja leader, Nozomi Aoki, tonight!

Aoki Nozomi, a high-ranking member of the Iwa ninja clan, swallowed his words and fell silent. The story of the Iwa ninja being stunned by Konoha's Shanks' aura had been circulating in the village countless times. He certainly disliked Shanks, but he also knew that Shanks had an eccentric personality and was incredibly talkative. He was capable of fabricating anything, and Aoki Nozomi would be utterly humiliated.

"Hehe, a super strong person, what one doesn't have a few quirks!" Grandma Chiyo and Shanks are very close, she knew what was going on just by hearing the voice. Why shout so loudly when visiting? Everyone in Konoha knows Danzo has sausage lips.

Konoha's third training ground has now become a popular spot for flirting.

"Kushina, did Lord Danzo offend the teacher?" The kind-hearted Minato sees through it all!

"How would I know? There are plenty of people my uncle has offended, Danzo isn't even on the list..." Kushina replied, seemingly ignoring the question.

The Nara clan, with their big and small rockets rolling their eyes at the sky, finally managed to fall asleep!

Inside Danzo's house!

Danzo's face was flushed, his chest was clenched, and his teeth were practically grinding to powder! Watching Shanks stage a scene at the door, he forced himself to stay calm. This bastard is just as hard as that Raikage. Calm down, calm down!

"Hmph! Have you finished watching? If you're done, you can leave now. I'm not keeping you for dinner!" Danzo said coldly to Shanks. The three Root ninjas around him were on high alert, ready to kill Shanks at their leader's command.

Shanks, as if he hadn't heard him, walked into Danzo's room and sat down on the futon under the table like a hoodlum, sighing, "Don't be so formal! You're still my once dashing and handsome Danzo brother, you know. You have no idea how worried I was about you after hearing that the Raikage beat you up a few times. I couldn't eat or drink. Ah! Seeing you back puts my mind at ease!"

Danzo would be a fool to believe him. "I'm sorry to have worried you. I need to rest now. You should go back first!"

"Don't be in such a hurry to send him away. It's been so long! Come on, let's have a couple of drinks. Drinking might speed up the recovery. You know, the Raikage and I always drink for a whole day and night after a fight. After drinking for a while, the pain stops!" Shanks stood up and patted Danzo's shoulder hard, like a good buddy.

"No need! I still have some confidential matters to attend to within Root. You can go first!" Danzo was about to explode with rage, especially since the Raikage was mentioned in front of him. Anyone else would have collapsed by now!

"What! You're so badly injured, yet you still have to handle official business! That's really too much! You've worked so hard! Brother Danzo, you are truly the pillar of Konoha. My admiration for you is like a never-ending river!" Shanks's adoring gaze almost fooled even himself, but the old schemer's disciple wasn't so easily fooled.

"Alright! I really have something important to do, you can go back now!" Danzo finally couldn't take it anymore. If he kept nagging like this, he would be lucky if he wasn't driven crazy by him, let alone get some rest.

"Ugh! How heartless! I'm leaving then! Oh! By the way, actually, the Byakugan of the Hyuga clan is really that powerful, the powerful one is that person!" Shanks had just reached the door when he suddenly turned around and said something out of the blue to Danzo, making his heart almost jump out of his chest!

Watching Shanks' departing figure, Danzo felt a chill run down his spine. "Could this guy know what I'm doing? Can he really hear people's thoughts? What a load of rubbish!"

Danzo clearly didn't believe that Shanks, the legendary figure of Konoha, could hear people's thoughts and even predict the next five seconds. If he had that ability, he wouldn't be human, he'd be a god! Besides, he'd watched Shanks grow up; didn't he know Shanks loved to brag? If he had such achievements, he'd be bragging about it all the time in the village!

"Do you know what a god is? Actually, a god is just a human, but he did things that humans couldn't do, so he was called a god!" Shanks, who happened to be walking down the street, overheard Danzo's inner thoughts and said this out of the blue to a passing ninja, then walked away nonchalantly amidst the ninja's bewildered gaze.

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"Danzo is definitely up to something!" Shanks thought as he sat down at his desk after returning home. He hadn't expected Danzo to be so severely provoked, to be humiliated by the Raikage, looked down upon by Orochimaru, and finally even by the Konoha ninjas on the Land of Lightning battlefield.

However, you can't really blame him; he was just too weak. Damn, he couldn't even last a single round against the Raikage! Was the Raikage really that powerful? How come he didn't notice? This incident taught Shanks that you should never resort to tricks or schemes before you have the strength. But... what's the point of having tricks and schemes when you already have the strength? In the end, Shanks concluded that if you don't have the strength, just play it safe and develop your abilities; don't go out and cause trouble! Danzo is a perfect example.

After Danzo arrived, he kept plotting this and that within his Root organization. Shanks observed him for a few days and then ignored him. Danzo didn't care about the Byakugan; the only pair of Mangekyou Sharingan in the Uchiha clan was in Danzo's possession. As for Hashirama Senju's cells... if he dared to use them now, Shanks would dare to acknowledge him as his father!

"Hey! Isn't this the Iwa ninja giant Aoki... what's his name again?" Shanks discovered the trail of Iwa ninja giant Aoki Nozomi in Konoha's Red Zone and deliberately staged a chance encounter with him.

"Haha! Lord Shanks is joking. I am Aoki Nozomi, not some Iwa Ninja Giant." Although Aoki Nozomi, the Iwa Ninja Giant, was pleased to hear Shanks call him an Iwa Ninja Giant, he also became more vigilant. After all, enough people had been slandered by this big mouth, and he didn't want to be the next one.

"Haha, it's good that you're so humble in Iwagakure. You don't know that short, red-nosed Onoki has never known what humility is. Do you think it might be related to his beautiful stepmother? I seriously read that book a few years ago!" Shanks familiarly put his arm around Aoki Nozomi's shoulder. Aoki Nozomi broke out in a cold sweat, thinking Shanks was about to attack! But after hearing Shanks' words, he wished Shanks would attack first. Wasn't this digging a pit for him? How was he supposed to answer that? Besides... Onoki's beautiful stepmother was a taboo in Iwagakure.

"Haha! Lord Shanks is so funny. I've never heard of a stepmother or anything like that." You can't say too much about this, otherwise, with this guy's big mouth, he'd probably be killed by a masked dwarf before he even got back to the village.

"Don't joke around, this book is a masterpiece from your Land of Earth. Do you know that when people mention the Land of Earth, the first thing that comes to mind is this masterpiece? How could you not know it! Could it be that you..." Shanks looked at Aoki Nozomi with that "you..." look in his eyes.

Just as Aoki Nozomi was filled with fear, she said, "You...haven't seen it?"

"call"

Aoki Nozomi breathed a sigh of relief. He found talking to Shanks to be incredibly unpleasant; there were pitfalls everywhere.

"Ah! The Land of Earth has this book? I really didn't know!" Shanks mentally gave Aoki Nozomi a piece of his mind for his exaggerated expression and utterly unconvincing acting.

"Haha, that's great! Even you don't know about this book. I'll wholesale a batch and sell it in the Land of Earth in a while. It'll definitely be a huge hit! How about it? It's fate that we met. How about we cooperate?" Shanks raised an eyebrow at Aoki Nozomi.

"Haha! Well... never mind, I still have some businesses in the Land of Earth!" Aoki Nozomi laughed, sweating profusely.

"Really? So you big shots are all wealthy! You're so lucky! Unlike me, I have no assets at all. You don't know, back then I was so poor that I even went to the Land of Wind to pan for gold. Luckily, the Wind King was hospitable and helped me pan for 3 billion gold so that I could barely make ends meet!" Shanks gave him a knowing look.

Aoki Nozomi understood perfectly well. Damn it, they'd already been ripped off before even negotiating!

"Haha! Lord Shanks, you're right. In a couple of days, I'll send someone to deliver a batch of fine jade to Lord Shanks. It's all top-quality purple clay jade from our Land of Earth!" Aoki Nozomi said with tears in his eyes.

"Hahaha! How could I possibly accept that? Since you're so sincere, I'll give you face and reluctantly accept it! But since I'm giving you face, you should give me face too. Don't send too much, just two cartloads will do." Shanks laughed and patted him on the shoulder. This guy was a smart one.

"Haha! It's an honor that Lord Shanks is giving me face. The Land of Earth is quite far from Konoha, so I'm afraid you'll have to wait a while!" Aoki Nozomi said through tears of blood. Damn it, two carriages! Do you know how expensive that is?

"No problem, you know I have plenty of time. I was originally planning to go back with you guys to talk to that short, red-nosed Onoki about our life dreams!" Shanks's smile stretched from ear to ear. He never expected that a "chance encounter" would cost him two cartloads of purple clay jade. That's all money!

"Well! I have something to do, so I'll head back first. Lord Shanks, come visit me sometime!" Aoki Nozomi quickly ran off, and after only a few words, he went to the two-horse carriage of Zisha Jade. He was afraid that if he lingered any longer, he would lose all his wealth.

"Okay! You go ahead and do your work today. I have time every day. I'll come visit you tomorrow!" Shanks pretended not to understand.

Aoki Nozomi forced a smile, nodded, and turned to leave.

"Oh! What a kind person! Giving such a big gift as soon as we meet. If all the Iwa ninja were like this, wouldn't you agree, Uncle Kaizo?" Shanks said to the passerby next to him.

"Ahem! How did you know it was me?" Haizo returned to his original form. Last time at the Fire Country border, Shanks' words had captivated him, so during his time in Konoha, he'd been spending his days alone in the Red Bronze Zone. He had to admit, Konoha was a wonderful place; it had him so engrossed he'd almost forgotten about Sunagakure. Where in Sunagakure could you find so many beautiful young ladies?

Shanks pouted and pointed at his head, "People from Konoha wouldn't be so flashy as to turn their heads into mummies. Please put some effort into your transformations next time!"

"Ah... Haha, really? I didn't notice." Hai Zang looked around at the people and realized that no one was wearing a cloth over their head.

"How about it? Isn't Konoha fun? Your Sunagakure is much worse. You only have casinos, no entertainment venues at all," Shanks said with a smile.

"Haha, Sunagakure isn't as wealthy as you. You only chatted with Aoki Nozomi of Iwagakure for a few words and you already swindled him out of two cartloads of purple clay jade. We Sunagakure ninjas aren't that capable," Uncle Kaizo laughed.

To be honest, he was also amazed. He had to admire the shamelessness of this Konoha Shanks; he was utterly shameless, lacking even the dignity of a strong person. He openly asked Aoki Nozomi for a gift, and Aoki Nozomi had no choice but to give it to him. If he didn't, he would go to Iwagakure and activate his innate skill, the Big Mouth Technique! At that time, Aoki Nozomi would be in deep trouble, and his sister and Hatake Sakumo would be spread throughout the ninja world as if it were the truth, causing his sister a lot of distress! Even his deceased nephew believed it.

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"Haha! What do you mean by 'pitfall'? This is called making friends. Having more friends makes life easier!" Shanks laughed loudly.

"Hehe, then I'll head back first." Uncle Haizang didn't want to waste time arguing with him, but he knew that news of his visit to Konoha's Red Zone would spread throughout the ninja world in a couple of days.

However, Uncle Kaizo clearly underestimated Shanks. Uncle Kaizo's reputation isn't good enough yet. Shanks should go home and write this down in his little notebook. He can bring it up during the Third Shinobi World War! Shanks realized he was becoming more and more cunning. He must have been infected by spending too much time with Hiruzen Sarutobi.

The negotiations in Konoha have hit a bottleneck, but there's no bottleneck on the battlefield in the Land of Lightning. After Orochimaru accepted the 5,000 troops sent by Konoha, he went to confront the Cloud Ninja head-on. He wouldn't follow Danzo's old path. He and the strong, old otaku Hyuga Sky were already barely able to hold off the Raikage, so why waste so many brain cells?

"Haha! Orochimaru, haven't you been beaten enough? Want to continue?" The Raikage laughed heartily on the battlefield.

"Raikage, leave the scene. You're just wasting time dragging this out," Orochimaru said in a hoarse voice.

"Alright, beat me first." After saying that, the Raikage stopped talking, activated Lightning Release mode, and charged directly towards Hyuga Sky. Having learned his lesson last time, this time he wanted to take down Hyuga Sky first before going after Orochimaru. After all, the Hyuga clan's Gentle Fist was somewhat effective against him, while Orochimaru, though unkillable, was only moderately powerful.

"Hell Thrust - Piercing Hand!"

The Raikage unleashed a powerful attack right from the start, but the Hyuga's aerial rotation was no pushover either. Although it couldn't block all the attacks, it managed to block a significant portion. Orochimaru then entered the fray, using his signature ninjutsu to release snakes and constantly harass the Raikage. The Raikage's lightning release crackled incessantly, and the snakes were also electrocuted and kept falling to the ground.

"Eight Trigrams Palm, One Hundred and Eight Palms!"

“Bang bang bang bang!”

The Raikage was hit with another Bagua Palm, but this time he didn't have all his chakra.

"Hell Thrust - Piercing Hand!"

"boom!"

Hyuga was sent flying through the air by a stab! Just as the Raikage was about to give chase, Orochimaru blocked the Raikage's path.

"Triple Rashomon!"

"Hell Thrust - Piercing Hand!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The three gates were smashed open, but at this moment, Hyuga Sora also took the opportunity to arrive behind Orochimaru, his face deathly pale, looking like he was about to meet his ancestor. Just kidding, if the Third Raikage hadn't aged and his Piercing Hand technique's attack power hadn't deteriorated, he wouldn't just be on the verge of death, but would have gone straight to meet his brother, the Six Paths.

"Hyuga clan leader, are you alright?" Orochimaru asked, noticing that he looked unwell.

"Ah! It's nothing, Orochimaru! I have a favor to ask of you. Please tell Hiashi that the Hyuga clan will be in his care from now on!" The Hyuga clan leader said to Orochimaru with a smile before rushing towards the Raikage.

"Bagua Palm - Secret Technique: Thirty-Six Palms of Divine Emptiness!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Blue light flashed in Hyuga's hands in the air, and each strike generated a powerful air blast. When it hit the Raikage, it forcefully broke through the Raikage's Lightning Release mode.

The Raikage's eyes widened in disbelief. Did the Hyuga clan really possess such a secret technique? He'd never heard of it before. It had actually managed to shatter his Lightning Release Mode so forcefully. Even the Eight-Tails couldn't break his Lightning Release Mode, and his body was completely immobilized, as if frozen in place.

At this moment, Hyuga didn't have much time to give the Raikage any surprise. This was a forbidden technique he had developed after years of research into the incomplete secret technique passed down in his family. Although it only had thirty-six strikes, it was already his limit.

"Orochimaru, quick!"

As Hyuga flew through the air, bleeding from all seven orifices, he shouted at Orochimaru, saying that if he didn't hurry, he really wouldn't be able to hold on any longer, as if his chakra was exploding inside him.

"The Formation of Ten Thousand Serpents!"

The Raikage was furious when he saw Orochimaru release another swarm of snakes, but he couldn't move. "Holy shit! That bastard! He's releasing snakes again!"

Countless snakes buried Raikage and Hyuga in mid-air. Just then, Abacus and Abacus Ninety rushed into the snake formation and rescued Raikage. However, Raikage was poisoned by snake venom again, his face turning purple, whether from anger or poisoning was unknown.

"We surrender!" The burlap sack spoke up for the Raikage at this moment. The Raikage had a large amount of snake venom in his body, and he would die at any time if he was not treated. This was not the time to act rashly.

After Sackcloth shouted his orders, the ninjas on both sides of the battlefield stopped fighting. Sackcloth and his brother immediately took the Raikage to perform the ritual; if they dragged it out any longer, he would become the first Kage to die from snake venom.

After the Cloud Ninja left, Orochimaru broke the snake formation, went to the corpse of Hyuga in the air, picked him up, and ordered a retreat.

After Orochimaru brought Hyuga Sora's body back to the main camp and used his summoning snake to send a message to Hiruzen Sarutobi, he quietly watched over Hyuga Sora's body until the Hyuga branch family sealed it away. He then stood under a large tree in the outer camp.

Both sides suffered heavy ninja casualties in this great battle. Konoha alone lost over three thousand ninjas, including Kato Dan, who died before he could even flirt with Tsunade. His teammate, Yuhi Shinku, was both heartbroken and felt sorry for him. In Yuhi Shinku's eyes, he, as a master of flirting, had the best chance, while Jiraiya, who had been flirting with Tsunade for many years, had the least chance. Why? Because he was stupid!

"Sigh!" Yuhi Shinku sighed after sealing Kato Dan's corpse.

"What's wrong, Shinku? Are you also lamenting how fragile life is?" Snake's voice came from behind him.

"Uh... yeah." Kurenai was bewildered by Orochimaru's words. He was just feeling sorry for his teammate. The person who had the best chance to win over Princess Tsunade and reach the pinnacle of life was gone just like that... What a pity!

"Just a day ago you were alive and talking to me, and now you're a cold corpse!" After saying that, Uncle Snake walked back to the big tree he had been standing under, seemingly lost in thought.

The death of Hyuga Sora in front of him today deeply affected him. Although he was shocked by the power Hyuga Sora unleashed at the end, he felt that Hyuga Sora's life was rapidly slipping away. He lost interest in this forbidden technique. What's the use of great power if he still dies in the end?

The thought that the price of gaining immense power is death kept swirling in Orochimaru's mind. If that were true, what would be the point of living and pursuing power? In the end, everyone would still die. Orochimaru's mindset was constantly shifting; the great scientist Orochimaru had returned to his rightful place!

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"Hyuga clan head Hyuga Sora used a clan secret technique to forcefully break the Raikage's Lightning Release Chakra Mode! The Raikage has been bitten by Orochimaru's snakes again! The Cloud Ninja announces their withdrawal!"

The news spread throughout the ninja world three days after the battle in the Land of Lightning ended, and everyone was stunned! Are the Hyuga clan really that stupid? They actually managed to break through the defense of one of the toughest men! As for Orochimaru releasing snakes again, that's no longer important. At most, it was just used to tease the Raikage. He wasn't defeated by the Eight-Tails, but he was poisoned by Orochimaru's snakes!