Konoha Drunkard

"Of course I'm here to take a look. I've heard that your Iwagakure mining business is doing well, so I've come to see if I can invest in mining!" Shanks said with the air of a businessman.

One of the doormen whispered to the other, "Go and report to Lord Tsuchikage, I'll hold him off!"

After the doorman left, the doorman swallowed hard and said seriously, "I can't make the decision. Let's wait for Lord Tsuchikage to come."

"Not bad, young man. I admire your refusal to submit to power. If you can't make it in Iwagakure in the future, come find me in Konoha!" Shanks patted him on the shoulder with admiration.

The doorman looked at him seriously, secretly amused. "Konoha Red Hair actually admires me that much! I'll brag about it to Zuo Mei when I get home, maybe she'll marry me!"

This "doorman" still doesn't know that the father of Zuo Mei, whom he likes, was killed by Konoha ninjas.

"Don't be so serious! It's peacetime now. I'm just here for some friendly exchanges, to have a drink and ease the excitement of talking to someone as important as me." Shanks patted him on the shoulder and tossed him a bottle of cheap liquor.

"Uh... (⊙_⊙) This won't do, you can't drink alcohol while on duty!" The "gatekeeper" took the bottle and hesitated for a moment.

Just then, the doorman rushed into the Tsuchikage building. "Lord Tsuchikage! That scoundrel is here!"

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Onoki, who was working inside the Tsuchikage Building, was bewildered by the "doorman's" words. "What scoundrel has arrived?"

"It's...it's Konoha's Red...Red-Haired Shanks! He came to our village, and was stopped by Tsuchida at the village entrance!" The "gatekeeper" said with some pride, as if he were the one who stopped Konoha's Red-Haired Shanks.

"What! This bastard dares to come to our Iwagakure! Kou-tu! Gather the troops!" Onoki's nose turned black again when he heard the words "Konoha's Red Hair"!

“Father, you just signed the peace treaty, isn’t this inappropriate?” A tall, strong young man standing next to Onoki said honestly.

"You don't know anything! This is called status, you know? Hurry up and go!" Onoki jumped up and kicked Huangtu in the knee, who might not be his son.

"Okay...okay, I'll go right now!" Huang Tu ran out to gather the men. Onoki sat on the table with his eyes closed, tapping the table as he wondered why Konoha's Red Hair had suddenly come to their village.

At this time, at the entrance of Iwagakure Village,

"How is it? Delicious, right? Never had this kind of wine before? This is a premium wine that our Land of Fire produces only twenty bottles a year. It's made from grapes picked from century-old vines and brewed with the Land of Fire's unique icy spring water. Your Onoki Red Nose has never tasted anything like it in his life!" Shanks and the "concierge" sat outside the guardhouse drinking, exaggerating the price of the cheap wine.

"Wow! This is really good wine!" The gatekeeper's eyes gleamed! Even the Kage-sama had never tasted this wine! He could brag about it to Zuo Mei again!

At this moment, Onoki arrived at the village entrance with thousands of Iwa ninja in a grand and imposing manner, attracting everyone's attention. He was so angry that his nose seemed to be filled with Armament Haki when he saw that the "gatekeeper" Tsuchida and the scoundrel Shanks from Konoha were drinking outside the guard room!

"Damn Konoha Red-Haired Shanks! What are you doing in our Iwagakure?!" Onoki's nose twitched and his body floated up to stand shoulder to shoulder with Shanks.

"Hey! Red Nose, you're too slow! He drank all the wine I was going to give you!" Shanks said, pointing at Onoki's red nose and Tsuchida, the "doorman."

"Clang!"

The gatekeeper from Tsuchikage dropped his drink, staring at Shanks in horror. "Wasn't he supposed to be treating me? How did it turn into a gift for the Tsuchikage? Oh no! Oh no!"

"Damn it! Who wants your wine! I'm asking you what you're doing in our village!" Old Yinbi Onoki wasn't going to be provoked by him.

"Haha! Well, when your Aoki Nozomi came to our Konoha last time, we fell in love at first sight... oops! We became fast friends, and I heard he said your mining business is pretty good, so I came to check it out and see if I could invest! We're not here to fight, so why bring so many people? Let me see who's here!" Shanks stood up, walked up to Onoki Red Nose, and stood shoulder to shoulder with him, looking at the group of ninjas behind him.

"Hey! This tall and mighty young man must be your son, right? I never expected you could produce such a high-quality product!" Shanks looked at the seemingly honest, tall and mighty young man standing next to Onoki's red nose, who would later become Kurotsuchi's father with long legs.

"Damn it! You're not welcome in Iwagakure! Get out of here!" Onoki, with his red nose, almost wanted to fight when Shanks made fun of his short stature, but he held back because he was in his own village.

"What's there to be angry about! I'm praising your son and you're getting angry, really. Come on, kid, call me uncle and I'll take you to find a girl!" Shanks said with a lewd smile, looking at Huang Tu.

"(⊙o⊙)..." Huang Tu looked at Shanks with a bewildered expression. Was this the scoundrel who caused our defeat? The scoundrel whose mere aura could knock out nearly ten thousand people? He didn't look like him at all. He was more like Uncle Song from next door.

"Huh? Four-Tails, why are you still in your father's belly? Why haven't you given birth yet?" Shanks said to the young purple belly.

Four-Tails lay inside Young Purple's belly, covering its ears with its hands, crying, "I can't hear! I can't hear! I can't hear!"

Shanks' words made Onoki break out in a cold sweat and want to slap himself. He almost forgot that this bastard started out by harming tailed beasts. Why the hell did I bring Jinchuriki here?

Young Zi felt her hair stand on end from his gaze! This was someone even tailed beasts feared!

"And there's another group...so-and-so. These must be your elites, right? You've gone to such lengths to welcome me, how embarrassing!" Shanks said with a smile to Onoki's red nose as he looked at the group of ninjas behind him.

A group of Iwa ninja gritted their teeth, but dared not speak. "You son of a bitch! If you're so sorry, then get lost!!"

"You bastard, are you here to provoke me today?" Onoki couldn't hold back any longer! He floated over and stared at Shanks' dog face up close, so angry that he almost kissed him.

Shanks quickly dodged Onoki's devilish kiss, "I already told you, I'm really here to make investments, believe it or not!"

"Lord Tsuchikage! Something terrible has happened!" Just then, a pitiful Iwa ninja ran over.

"What is it?" Onoki looked at the Iwa ninja. Wasn't this the guard of that old bastard Kikuga? Could Kikuga be dead?

"Lord Tsuchikage! Lord Kikuhana has been killed. The newcomer is...very powerful. We are no match for him. Everyone else is dead!" the Iwa ninja said.

"What! Bastard! Who is it?" Onoki was furious. If Shanks didn't know that he was the one who issued Kiku's bounty, he would have believed it. Sure enough, every politician is a master actor.

"What? I just arrived in Iwagakure and your people have already been killed! Isn't this a clear attempt to frame me?! You! Take me to see this!" Shanks, equally furious, ordered the Iwagakure ninja who had just arrived to report, treating himself as if he were one of them.

The group of Iwa ninja looked at Shanks speechlessly, "...Framing you, Ohno! You've been right in front of us the whole time, you clearly wanted to get into the village!"

"You damn redhead, stop messing around and get out of here!" Onoki's red nose floated in front of Shanks again, ready to give him another devil's kiss.

"What do you mean I'm causing trouble? I just arrived and your Chrysanthemum Broken died. Isn't this obviously framing me? Don't stop me, I'm going to investigate this case thoroughly!" Shanks, now channeling Detective Conan, once again dodged the devil's kiss.

"If you don't leave, I'll attack you! Don't worry about me, I won't be polite!" Onoki's red nose continued to glare angrily!

"I'm not leaving! Try touching me!" Shanks' temper flared up; this old cunning bastard was being so disrespectful.

"Why don't you try not leaving?"

"Try it then! Try touching me and see what happens!"

"Try not leaving!"

"Try it then! Try touching me and see what happens!"

.........

Those around them, watching the two spouting nonsense endlessly, were utterly dumbfounded. Their Tsuchikage was acting like this too!

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"Father! Go check on Advisor Kikuka! We can talk about this later!" Kyoto, who might not even be Onoki's son, suddenly realized what was happening and reminded him, otherwise the two of them could have been rambling on for a whole day.

"Hmph! Huang Tu, you bring dozens... a hundred men to keep an eye on him!" Onoki Red Nose originally wanted to say dozens, but thinking that it was still a son, and that face was important, he gave him a hundred men.

"Alright! Red Nose, you go ahead and get busy! I'll show my nephew around Iwagakure!" Shanks said, giving Onoki no time to react, and walked into the village with Huang Tu, who might not be his son.

"You bastard! If you call me Red Nose again, I'll kill you! And isn't Hiroto your nephew?!" Onoki Red Nose had originally planned to let him wander around, figuring it was peacetime and nothing would happen. But this bastard dared to call him Red Nose! Didn't he know he hated being called that?!

"Hey! I've got a short temper, I'll yell, you try touching me!" Shanks turned around and poked Onoki's red nose.

"Try shouting again!"

"I'll scream, try and touch me!"

"Try shouting again!"

"I'll scream, try and touch me!"

.........

Everyone looked up at the sky speechlessly, "Here we go again!"

"Father, stop arguing, go quickly!" Huang Tu, who might not be his son, urged again.

"Hmph!" Onoki snorted coldly at Shanks with his red nose and left with his group.

"Tch! Nephew, don't be like Red Nose and get angry all the time. Look at you, you're too hot-tempered and won't grow tall." Shanks gave the departing Red Nose Onoki a disdainful look and lectured his long-legged father.

"Uh! Where does Lord Shanks want to go?" The long-legged dad looks simple and honest, but he's definitely not stupid. He won't get involved in the argument between the two adults.

"Hmm... I really didn't know. I've been in the ninja world for over twenty years, and this is my first time visiting Iwagakure! What do you have to say about this?" Shanks patted him on the shoulder and said.

"Uh... there doesn't seem to be much to see in our Hidden Stone Village. The stone carvings aren't very interesting; we're all tired of them. The scenery on some of the high mountains isn't great either; it's incredibly boring. As for the mines, they're just so-so, nothing but jade!" Long-legged's father thought for a moment and then introduced the place to Shanks.

The hundred people behind him were speechless...

Shanks stared at him without saying a word.

"What's wrong? Where does Lord Shanks want to go?" The long-legged man's father saw Shanks staring at him intently.

"Don't ever take that job hosting people in your village again! With your eloquence, that job isn't suited for you!" Shanks said after looking at him for a long time. Damn, he's so damn straightforward! You've been watching for years, but I've never seen anything like it! Is he really Onoki's son? He doesn't seem like that cunning old fox at all...

"Haha... Lord Shanks is joking. Because of the terrain, no jade merchants in our Iwagakure village are ever willing to travel all the way here!" The long-legged man's father scratched the back of his head and chuckled.

"Let's go! Let's take a look at these stone carvings first. Let me tell you, I'm also a famous artist in our Land of Fire. My wood carvings are very sought after in the Land of Fire! If it weren't for my amazing talent, I'd probably be the best wood carving master in the ninja world by now! Sigh! I could be making money with my talent, but I have to become so powerful. Life is so frustrating!" Shanks boasted to the group of Iwa ninja behind him, since it was free.

"..." A group of Iwa ninjas, seeing how shameless he was, really wanted to give him a QEWR combo and beat him to a pulp.

"Haha! Lord Shanks is so talented!" Long-legged's father laughed, but who knows what he was really thinking? He wasn't as simple and honest as he appeared.

"Don't you believe me? Do you know what I do with my time besides drinking? I carve wood! My dead father was a famous painter in the Land of Whirlpools. Although I didn't inherit his painting talent, my artistic talent is not bad at all! So, you see, strength really isn't something you can achieve just by working hard. Look at me, I don't even work that hard, and I'm still so powerful." Shanks started his persuasive mode.

Everyone looked up at the sky. If they weren't outmatched, they would have pierced him through the head and tail long ago.

"Really? Lord Shanks is amazing! I heard you have extraordinary talent and have awakened many abnormal talents?" The father of the long-legged man is indeed meticulous. He has already started to gather information. After all, they have not had much contact with Shanks. They only know that his swordsmanship, physical skills, and aura are powerful, and his body is as hard as the Raikage's.

"Nephew, you have a good eye! I'm telling you, but don't tell anyone else! The talent I've awakened is called the Cosmos. It's a small, flame-like energy within the space of my body. By training, I can make this energy stronger and stronger. I estimate that eventually I can shoot through the sun!" Shanks was so engrossed in bragging that he couldn't stop talking.

"And another thing, have you ever heard of Devil Fruits? You don't know, do you? Our Uzumaki clan has records of this. Our ancestor and the Senju clan's ancestor once accidentally came to a big tree and saw only one crystal-clear fruit on it. This ancestor couldn't resist... so he climbed the tree, picked the fruit, and ate it. Guess what happened after that?" Shanks looked at everyone.

Everyone listened intently, shaking their heads in agreement. This was a secret about the Uzumaki and Senju clans.

Shanks took a sip of his drink and continued his boasting, "And then, this ancestor became incredibly powerful! First, he could transform into a giant golden Buddha, and his palms could unleash devastating shockwaves. A single punch could shatter space, causing earthquakes and tsunamis. He could hear the sounds of everything in the world. His body could transform into fire, magma, ice, and light. His body was incredibly hard, practically inhuman; he could fall from the sky without a scratch, practically unkillable. Later, our ancestor named the fruit he ate a Devil Fruit. Because of this Devil Fruit, our ancestor seemed to gain the power of a demon. Afterward, he had two sons, who became the ancestors of our Uzumaki and Senju clans. Over the years, occasionally, one or two incredibly powerful beings with bloodlines reversing their ancestral lineage would appear in both clans! Like the First Hokage's awakened Wood Release, my Cosmo, and so on... Sigh! I'm unlucky; I just wanted to be an artist..."

The old man of the Six Paths, a being from the Void Realm, listened with a twitching brow, a large thumbs-up appearing on his forehead. He really wanted to crack open Shanks' head to see what was inside. At first, he was surprised that Shanks knew about Devil Fruits, but after hearing more, he almost wanted to resurrect and kill this bastard! The more he talked, the more outrageous it became. Transforming into a giant golden Buddha? Shattering space with a single punch? How come he didn't know how powerful his descendants were...? What the hell is a Devil Fruit?!

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The group of Iwa ninja around them were utterly shocked. So the First Hokage's Wood Release was a bloodline reversion! So this Konoha Shanks had a miniature universe inside him! Their clan's ancestor was actually so powerful!

Looking at the expressions of the Iwa ninja behind him, Shanks' father, with his long legs, stared at him speechlessly. He looked stupid, but did they really think he was an idiot? Everyone knew that Konoha's Red-Haired Shanks loved to brag, and sure enough, he could make up such a wonderful story. If his red-nosed father hadn't told him about their two clans, he almost would have believed it!

However, he still had to give him face. He wouldn't dare to mess with someone who dared to talk back to his father, so he put on a shocked expression and said, "The Four Nations! So this is how it is! No wonder the First Hokage was so powerful back then!"

Shanks inwardly scoffed. This acting was far inferior to his father's, a veteran TVB actor! He must have graduated from the Central Academy of Drama.

The group arrived at a stone-carved street, with stone carvings everywhere on both sides. Most of them were stone carvings of three earthen figures, the Tsuchikage. Shanks glanced at them and saw that the first Tsuchikage was a normal human, the second Tsuchikage was a mummy, and the third Tsuchikage was a dwarf with a big red nose. Each generation was more distinctive than the last.

There were also some animal figures. Shanks walked along, looking at the stone sculptures on both sides. No wonder Deidara had such an artistic heart later on; being born into such conditions, the natural environment had a significant influence. However... towards the end, he saw a group of children hitting and cursing at a stone sculpture the size of a normal person. Some even more outrageous kids pulled out sticks that were barely three centimeters long and started shooting at the sculpture. The sculpture wasn't painted, but the clothes, the underwear, the three scars on the right eye! Who else could it be but him!

"Haha! Lord Shanks, don't misunderstand, he's just a kid, he's a bit mischievous!" The son, possibly Onoki's own, explained awkwardly. Behind them, a group of Iwa ninja were playing TikTok.

"I can't be bothered to sue you for copyright infringement for carving my statue, but at least give it some color! Look, it's not even colored! How is anyone supposed to know it's me, Red-Haired Shanks, one of the Four Emperors? This is an insult to art! Get them to color it right now!" Shanks roared in exasperation. As for his statue being beaten, insulted, and urinated on, he didn't care. Someone from his past life said it well: "For every person who loves you, there's someone who hates you!" He wasn't some arrogant genius like Madara who couldn't even handle that. Being hated by enemies was a skill in itself! But damn it, not even coloring it was wrong!