Hello Shixie here, I'll have to apologize in advance if I make comments in some parts of the story especially the ones I find funny. I'm reading the story while also translating and I like dropping comments. I'd do it in the normal comment section if I can but it just takes so much time to do it.
Again I'm sorry, and enjoy my shit translation ^^
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For example… the Nine-Tailed Fox incident!
Shinji frowned slightly. Although his contract with Minato Namikaze only guaranteed that Naruto wouldn't be in danger of death.
But.
It still felt a bit… off.
At noon, the funeral for Minato Namikaze and Kushina began, and everyone headed towards the Leaf Memorial Monument.
"Every journey will eventually reach its end, there's no need to rush." Shinji was the same, watching Minato's funeral from afar behind the bamboo forest, a rare wave of emotion passing through his heart.
The warbler in the birdcage timely let out a "woo-woo-woo" sound.
He got up and returned to the All-Purpose Shop.
After a casual stroll, Shinji turned and headed back towards the All-Purpose Shop.
As expected, there was no one at the door.
He went behind the counter and took out some of his treasured tea leaves, along with his tea set, and began to brew tea.
For a while,
The mellow aroma of tea enveloped the entire All-Purpose Shop. During this time, hardly anyone had come to visit, even those who did were just planning to buy some miscellaneous items.
But seeing that Shinji had nothing left, they shook their heads and left.
Shinji didn't react, not even a flicker of emotion crossed his heart.
Until…
Jingle, jingle, jingle.
The wind chime at the door rang, and Shinji's eyes shifted towards it.
A young boy stood at the door, white hair, lazy, emotionless eyes, a black mask completely covering his lower face, and a scar running through his left eye.
Shinji recognized him at a glance, this was Kakashi in his youth. In the past year, he had lost his best friends, Uchiha Obito and Rin Nohara, and last night, he lost his mentor.
Kakashi's life during this time was undoubtedly dark.
It was from that period that the brilliant Kakashi disappeared, becoming a decadent old man who was always immersed in Jiraiya's teachings.
"What, on the Fourth Hokage's memorial day, you don't go pay your respects as a disciple, but instead come to find me. Are you here to listen to me tell stories?" Shinji just glanced at Kakashi before turning back to continue playing with the warbler in the birdcage.
"You know me?" Kakashi walked to the counter, watching Shinji playing with the warbler.
"Of course, the genius of the Hatake clan, Hatake Kakashi." Shinji put away the birdseed in his hand and lifted the birdcage, hanging it on a crossbeam on the side.
"..." Kakashi remained silent, just staring at Shinji.
"Is there something you need?" Shinji saw that Kakashi didn't respond, so he took the initiative to ask.
"I just saw you, in the bamboo forest, what did that sentence mean?" Kakashi stared into Shinji's eyes, his gaze filled with scrutiny.
"You mean… "Every journey has its final day. Don't rush." Shinji recalled, he seemed to have said something like that.
"Yes, do you know something? Who was that figure in the sky last night?" Kakashi asked with his dead fish eyes.
Looking at Kakashi, who was full of questioning, Shinji couldn't help but smile.
"You're not ready to know the truth yet." Shinji said calmly, his hands didn't stop, he quickly brewed a cup of tea and used tongs to bring it to Kakashi.
"Not ready?" Kakashi frowned, he was the Leaf's top genius, and he didn't know the truth?
"Yes, not ready." Shinji picked up his teacup, brought it to his nose and smelled it, then drank it in one gulp.
"Isn't this place supposed to be able to answer any question, resolve any doubt, anything is possible?" Kakashi looked at the board outside Shinji's All-Purpose Shop with a hint of mockery.
He couldn't help but mock himself, how did he end up at this so-called All-Purpose Shop?
He had just heard Shinji say something incomprehensible at his master's funeral, and he actually followed him all the way back.
Really…
Looking at the teacup Shinji placed in front of him, as the Leaf's most elite Anbu, he wouldn't simply drink tea offered by someone else.
"Yes, anything is possible, but some things, knowing them will do you no good." Shinji silently refilled his tea, his gaze still fixed on Kakashi.
"Excuse me." Kakashi was now completely convinced that Shinji was nothing more than a con artist, that sentence might have just been a casual remark.
"Your left eye, Uchiha Obito's Sharingan, must be bothering you." Shinji seemed not to notice Kakashi's intention to leave, but continued to speak on his own.
Uchiha Obito! Sharingan!
Two words made Kakashi stop.
The fact that he had Sharingan was only known to the Uchiha clan's upper echelon, and if it weren't for Minato Namikaze's protection, Obito's Sharingan would definitely have been taken away.
However, this was ultimately a secret. Kakashi certainly wouldn't tell anyone, Minato wouldn't either, and the Uchiha clan wouldn't even think about it.
A Sharingan that was out in the open was a disgrace to their clan, they wouldn't publicize it. Besides, some Uchiha elders were still clamoring to take back Kakashi's Sharingan.
"How do you know about this?" Kakashi sat back down, a hint of caution flashing in his only visible right eye.
"In this world, there are very few things I don't know." Shinji silently said in his heart, unless Kishimoto didn't mention it.
Hearing Shinji's words, Kakashi was a bit suspicious again, wasn't this the standard con artist's line?
"Actually, Obito's Sharingan is both good and bad for you." Shinji looked at Kakashi's expression, knowing that he must have gone off on a tangent again.
"Why?"
"You should be able to feel it, you can't turn off your Sharingan, right?" Shinji said calmly.
"Yes… that's right." Ka
Kakashi narrowed his eyes, he hadn't told anyone about this, not even Minato Namikaze.
"Do you want to know why?"
"What reason?" Kakashi suddenly realized that Shinji had managed to get him to reveal the problem in just a few words, and he had even picked up the teacup.
"Your bloodline… is incompatible with the Uchiha clan's bloodline, so… you can't actively close your Sharingan, so your chakra will always be in a state of depletion…"
Seeing Kakashi's increasingly unsightly expression, Shinji already had a general direction in mind.
"Of course, this is also beneficial, for example… you should be able to use some basic Sharingan functions, right? Like copying…"
Shinji stared at the left eye under Kakashi's mask, a flicker of interest in his eyes.
"Then… is there any way to?" Kakashi covered his left eye under the mask with his hand.
"The first method is removal, it's the simplest, but I believe you wouldn't choose this method, after all, this left eye… means a lot to you."
Shinji naturally knew that this left eye of Uchiha Obito, although it had given Kakashi the title of Copy Ninja, was basically a shackle that prevented him from reaching a higher level.
Look at Kakashi in the later stages, he would run out of chakra after using a couple of skills, this was actually because most of his chakra was used to suppress the Sharingan.
In other words… a complete version trap.
Hearing Shinji's first method, Kakashi instinctively wanted to refuse.
"Of course, I doubt you would accept the first method, so there's only the second method…" Shinji picked up his teacup and took a sip silently.
"What method?"
"Sealing, if you seal Uchiha Obito's Sharingan, that way you don't need to remove it, and it won't affect you."
Sealing?!
Kakashi suddenly fell silent, yes, if he sealed it…
At least…
"Besides… don't you think it's a bit strange?" The line was dropped, now Shinji was waiting for Kakashi to take the bait.
"What?"
"For example… this whole thing…"
Kakashi stared into Shinji's eyes.
After a long time, he got up.
"How do I pay?"
"Just as it says on the sign outside, payment is at your discretion, it's mainly about sincerity."
Shinji said with a smile, it seemed the All-Purpose Shop's first transaction was done, wasn't it?
Kakashi hesitated for a moment, then took out 1000 yen from his wallet and placed it in the box on Shinji's counter, then turned and left.
"I wish I could simply buy some osmanthus wine and sit down with my old friends... to reminisce about the past." Shinji suddenly said this as Kakashi was about to leave.
"What does that mean?" Kakashi didn't turn around, but stood at the entrance of the All-Purpose Shop and asked.
"You'll know later." Shinji stared at Kakashi's back, a strange smile forming on his lips.
He knew that Obito was still alive and had planned the Nine-Tailed Fox incident last night.
Old friend… when will we meet again?
[Ding!]
[Speak a Zhongli quote, proficiency increases by 0.1%]
[Current role-playing progress: 5.5%]
[Ding! Congratulations, host, task completed.]
[Task 3: Complete the All-Purpose Shop's first transaction]
[Task progress: Completed]
[Task reward: Zhongli role-playing progress +0.1%!]
[Current Zhongli role-playing progress: 5.6%]
Shinji looked at the system prompt, an involuntary smile spreading across his lips.
After fooling Kakashi, Shinji brought up the system interface.
[Host: Shinji]
[Role-Playing Character List: Zhongli!]
[Role-Playing Character Progress: 5.6%]
[Today's role-playing time: 0/30 minutes]
[Character Draw Count: 0]
Seeing that the progress had reached 5.6%, Shinji couldn't help but smile.
He looked at the task system, there was only one golden task progress at this time.
[Main Task: Zhongli role-playing progress reaches 70%]
[Current role-playing progress: 5.6%]
[Task Reward: Character Draw Card +1]
Looking at…
Not too difficult.
Shinji closed the system, a small wooden Vortex Vanquisher appeared in his hand, constantly flipping between his fingers.
At this time.
In the Root headquarters.
Danzo was shouting at several people kneeling before him, and they were trembling with fear at his rage.
"Haven't you found that person yet?"
"Useless! A bunch of useless fools!"
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