Naruto: Red-Haired Shanks of Konoha

"I just don't want to admit it, that man

......" "Itachi? He's a genius, but ah...... He was too idealistic.

Shanks sighed.

Sasuke wasn't surprised that Shanks knew about these strange things.

Like everyone else, Shanks gave him the impression that he was wise and foolish, could there be any genius who had a problem with his brain?

"Idealization?"

"You will know later, and there are things that are not good to know too early."

Shanks didn't say much, and Sasuke didn't ask much, he knew that his situation was as proud as he had been shattered.

There are things that are not necessarily good to know too much.

Shanks is not very good at comforting others, just like after he comforted Sasuke for a long time, he only made Sasuke clearly realize the fact that he is a "weakling".

Well, although there is nothing wrong with it at all, Sasuke has finally put himself in the right position under such comfort, although there may be a period of depression after that.

He could accept that he was worse than Kakashi and worse than Shanks, but Sasuke couldn't accept the fact that he was worse than Itachi anyway.

Since there was an exam the next day, Naruto also went home early to rest.

Shanks didn't stay at Kakashi's house any longer, but instead put together a house in the Uzumaki clan's dilapidated clan land.

That's why Shanks stayed at Kakashi's house before, because the Uzumaki clan was in Konoha clan land, and there were almost no ruins left.

I'm afraid in a few years, this place will cease to exist.

But as Shanks stepped into the room, he felt as if there was a place on the floor beneath his feet that was empty.

Curious, Shanks removed a piece of wood, and found a dense scroll underneath it.

The scroll was filled with dense characters that Shanks didn't recognize except for the word "treasure", a special character used by ninjas to convey some kind of message.

And in general, each ninja will have their own secret characters.

And as a pirate, Shanks didn't know these things at all.

"Uh-huh!!"

"Hmm......"

Shanks, who was sitting at the door, thought for a long time, he had a feeling that this was a very important thing, but he didn't know what it was!

The secret scroll that appeared in Shanks' room was put by Orochimaru, and that thing was about the secret art of the Uzumaki clan.

Since the other party is a member of the Uzumaki clan who returned to Konoha, then the other party must have some reason to come back.

Orochimaru didn't need to know the reason, he just needed to know that Shanks almost demolished the Hokage building when he came back.

In that case, that is important, if not necessary, for you. "

Orochimaru has already calculated everything in his heart, and even Tuan Zang is involved in this matter, although Tuan Zang doesn't know what he is going to do, and Orochimaru has not revealed all the information to Tuan Zang.

However, something has been planned for so long, and Orochimaru doesn't want any accidents because of Shanks.

"It's a pity, but since it's a thing of the Vortex Clan, let's hurry back to the Vortex Country and get that thing

!" "This matter is really getting more and more interesting!"

Orochimaru smiled coldly, Shanks's appearance disrupted too many people's plans, but this is not about Orochimaru's business.

He just made proper use of Danzo, and what would happen to Konoha after that was not his concern.

Of course, it would be better if Konoha was destroyed directly, and this secret scroll was just a bait for Orochimaru.

The next day, Naruto and his party arrived at the registration point.

In addition to registering in advance, the middle ninja exam also needs to be present in person to verify the registration, and when Naruto and his party flocked to the crowded registration site, they found that Shanks, who was supposed to be waiting in this place, did not come.

And Kakashi ...... Kakashi probably won't be here until the afternoon.

"Big Brother Shanks is not here, and he is not at home. "

Let's just go directly, we don't need to trouble other people for this kind of thing, right

?" "Anyway, why didn't everyone come to take the middle ninja exam not long after they became shinobi?"

Naruto saw a lot of his former classmates in the crowd, Shikamaru, Ya, Ino, Hinata, and so on.

"Everyone came, but they didn't see Shanks. "

I see Shanks!"

Naruto spotted a red-haired figure in the crowd, and he couldn't see it very clearly due to the distance.

"Shanks

!" "Brother

Shanks!" Naruto squeezed over with Sasuke and Sakura, but when a few people squeezed into the crowd, they realized that the red-haired person he had just seen was not Shanks.

It was a girl about their age, but her hair was red like Shanks, and her eyes were red.

"How...... What's wrong?"

Xiang Phosphorus looked at the three of them with a look of confusion.

"I'm sorry, I recognized the wrong person.

Naruto quickly apologized after seeing that he had blocked the wrong person, which was also too embarrassing.

"The scar on your hand?" asked

the attentive Sasuke at this point, finding something and in as gentle a tone as possible.

"No, it's okay!" Seeing

Sasuke's eyes, Kao quickly hid his hand behind his back.

"The exam is coming soon, and there may be a combat project...... If needed, rub some medicine.

Sasuke handed a medicine bottle to Kaopho.

"No...... No, it will be fine right away.

Kaori refused, but Sasuke didn't take the medicine back, and it was the first time he had "helped" someone like this, and the air around him was a little embarrassed.

"Thank you...... Thank you!"

Kaopho stared at Sasuke's serious face, hurriedly took the medicine bottle, and then fled again with a flushed face.

“...... Yes!!...... Ah??? why?

why???" Sakura's wail came from behind him, and behind Sakura, Ino also had the same expression as Sakura, and the two of them looked at Sasuke in disbelief.

The two of them couldn't believe that Sasuke would do this to other girls.

What is called jealousy makes people unrecognizable, and Sakura and Ino at this time are it.

And Shikamaru, Dingji, and the others behind Ino didn't react so much, they were even more curious about - Shanks, who is it?

As for Sasuke, Sasuke was still thinking about the wound he had just seen on Xiang Pho's hand and the feeling that Xiang Pho gave people.

"The Uzumakis?".