Trees Chapter 295 Game Master, Konohamaru

"Shodaime!"

"Don't underestimate my power!"

Konohamaru and Hashirama’s voices rang out simultaneously. The voices were so intense that if one didn't know, they would think that the two of them charging into the Fourth Shinobi World War.

On the arcade screen, Konohamaru controlled Kisame and used several consecutive normal attacks to knock Yamato controlled by Hashirama into the air.

Then, amid Konohamaru's triumphant shout, Kisame used the Water Release: Great Shark Bullet Technique to clear Yamato’s health bar.

"Hah!"

"Shodaime, I win again!"

Hashirama slammed the arcade buttons in frustration.

“Damn it! This Yamato’s Wood Release is too weak!”

"He can’t even bring out my full strength!"

"One more round!"

Hiruzen stood behind the two men, his eyes tightly shut and his face full of pain.

After fumbling for his blood pressure medication and swallowing it, he finally felt a little better.

Originally, Hiruzen had come to drag Konohamaru back home.

To be honest…

He didn’t actually think gaming was that big of a deal.

But…

Konohamaru had practically been living in this arcade since it opened.

Hiruzen was so angry that he rushed into the arcade on the spot.

But before he could even step inside, he saw his own son, Asuma, was sitting at the counter, selling e-cigarettes.

Seeing this, he was so angry that he took half a bottle of blood pressure medicine right at the entrance.

His grandson was bad enough...

But now even his son was giving him too much worry?!

He also said something about the bullshit e-cigarettes replacing traditional cigarettes, which immediately made Hiruzen started cursing.

In the end, the father and son ended up in a full-blown Traditionalists vs. Reformists feud.

If not for Konohamaru’s loud shouting, which diverted Hiruzen’s anger...

Hiruzen probably would’ve still been outside, arguing with Asuma.

Hearing his grandson spouting vulgarities, Hiruzen immediately summoned Enma and ordered it to transform into a big thick stick and walked inside.

Hiruzen was filled with rage, with stick in his hands, ready to bring it down on Konohamaru’s back with the same force he’d once used to beat Orochimaru during the Chunin Exams

But before the stick could land, a hand suddenly blocked his attack.

And when he looked closer......

Damn it!

The person sitting next to Konohamaru was none other than the Shodaime Hokage, Hashirama Senju!

Then, he was glared at by Hashirama, who told him to let them play just a few more rounds before letting him take Konohamaru away.

‘Damn it!’

‘It had already been a full day and night...’

‘Why isn’t it over yet?’

"Hmm? Grandpa Sandaime?"

"Old man?"

Naruto and Tsunade rushed over after hearing the noise, but before they found Konohamaru and Hashirama, they saw Hiruzen standing aside while grinding his teeth in frustration.

When Hiruzen saw the two, hope suddenly emerge in his eyes. He didn't say anything, but clutched his chest with his hands, pointed to the front and muttered incoherently.

Naruto looked in the direction the Sandaime pointed and saw two figures, one big and one small, sitting in front of him.

They are none than Konoha's Shodaime Hokage, Senju Hashirama, and Hiruzen’s grandson and Naruto’s little brother, Konohamaru.

There were quite a few people surrounding the two of them.

"Shodaime! Show this brat what you’re made of!"

"Yeah! Listen to me!"

"Pick that Uchiha Xiao Yan character, he’s super OP."

The people around cheered for Hashirama and gave advice to him to stop using Yamato, the useless cannon fodder character.

They all knew Yamato’s power level was just too low.

Facing everyone’s ridicule, Konohamaru didn't care at all. He focused intently on the game and with another flawless combo, his Kisame wiped out Hashirama’s health bar once more, triggering the victory cutscene.

On the screen, Kisame wore a bamboo hat, holding Samehada in his hand, and had a takeout delivery box strapped to his waist.

While the design looked a little weird, his tone was quite domineering.

"I’m taking him with me today. Let’s see who dares to stop me!"

Bang!

After all the beatings, Hashirama finally snapped. He raised his hand and angrily slammed his palm at the arcade machine.

Naruto stood behind and watched with a rather weird mood.

‘Nidaime working hard in the office, while Shodaime comes here to play games…’

‘And judging from how skillfully he had manipulated Yamato just now, he’d clearly been playing for a while...’

‘Alas… Konoha Village really has no future!’

‘The Shodaime Hokage was addicted to games, the Nidaime Hokage hated the Uchiha Clan, the Sandaime Hokage was an old man who was addicted to taking medicine, and the Godaime Hokage was obsessed with gambling...’

Naruto felt that, with these village chiefs, Konoha Village would be doomed sooner or later.

Tsunade’s face darkened. She was really angry to see her Grandpa here.

She’d finally managed to dump the Hokage title onto her two elders, thinking she could finally relax a little...

But not only had her grand-uncle been giving her a hard time earlier, and now her Grandpa was even more laid-back than she was.

‘If things continued like this...’

‘My lazy days wouldn’t last much longer!’

‘No!’

‘I must not let Grandpa fall into depravity!’

While Tsunade was thinking like this, Hashirama was already yelling at Konohamaru.

"This game is no good."

"It doesn’t even have characters like me and Madara..."

"How am I supposed to play this?!"

"Konohamaru, can you tell me who made this game?"

It was clear that Hashirama was very dissatisfied after being beaten by Konohamaru, and he even started to make excuses shamelessly.

"Shodaime, just admit my skills!"

"Ever since this game came out..."

"I’ve never lost a single match."

Konohamaru's tone was quite arrogant, and even a certain yellow-haired guy frowned when he heard it.

However, Tsunade simply walked behind the two of them, crossed her arms, and spoke in a cold tone.

"Grandpa, how long have you been here?"

When Hashirama turned his head and found that it was Tsunade, he scratched his head and grinned sheepishly.

"Sorry, Tsuna-chan......."

"I was having so much fun that I kind of lost track of time."

At this time, Naruto stepped forward and winked at Tsunade.

"Have you forgotten why we came here in the first place?"

"We need to find some skilled players for the livestream!"

Tsunade's expression remained unchanged. She looked at her Grandpa and then at Konohamaru, and finally raised her finger and pointed at Konohamaru.

"This kid can do it."

"But, Grandpa can't do that!"

If Hashirama joined the Konoha Entertainment Company, it would be very easy for them to make money based on his legendary reputation.

But...

Tsunade felt that it would be difficult for her grand-uncle to withstand the future crisis in the Shinobi World alone.

If she wanted to slack off properly, she needed all three Hokages to pitch in.

‘Hmm...’

‘The ideal situation would be to resurrect Minato and Kushina.’

As Tsunade finished her thoughts, she already had a speech prepared to convince Naruto, but when she looked over, she found that the yellow-haired man had already squeezed in between the two.

"Shodaime, move a little."

"Let me teach this ignorant brat some humility."

When Hashirama saw that a junior was willing to stand up for him, he naturally gave up his seat. He then stood aside and started to watch.

"Yo, Naruto Aniki."

Konohamaru flashed a mischievous grin.

‘Maybe he is not as strong as Aniki in real life, but when it comes to gaming skills...’

‘Aniki still had a long way to go.’

"Enough talk. Don’t cry when you lose later."

Naruto sat down at the arcade machine and pressed the versus button.

But he then found that there are only a few characters from the Akatsuki...

‘What the…!?’

‘How come there is Uchiha Xiao Yan but not Kurosaki Ichigo?!’

Naruto gritted his teeth and turned his head to take a peek. The characters chosen by Konohamaru were Kisame, Itachi, and Konan.

He thought about it and decisively chose Uchiha Xiao Yan, Sasori, and Hidan.

Once both sides locked in their characters, the match quickly began.

Konohamaru immediately took control of the honest man Kisame and rushed straight at Naruto’s character.

Before Naruto could react, Konohamaru had already started chaining combos.

‘"Damn it! This is not scientific!!’

A few minutes later, Naruto had been double-perfected and was even redder in the face than Hashirama.

And at this time, the Uchiha Xiao Yan he controlled had been pressed into the corner by Konohamaru and was being attacked continuously.

Naruto cried out in his heart, ‘This was not good. If I lost here today, wouldn't it damage my dignity as Konohamaru’s boss?’

As soon as he thought of this, Naruto immediately swung his leg at Konohamaru, directly kicking the chair Konohamaru was sitting on away.

Konohamaru, who was focusing on the game, was caught off guard and landed hard on his butt.

Konohamaru, who was now sitting on the ground, had a dazed look in his eyes. It took a long time for him to calm down, and he only reacted when he saw his character in the screen being mercilessly beaten by Naruto’s character.

"Naruto Aniki! You are cheating!!"