The sun shone brightly on Konoha's Ninja Academy.
Inside the elite class, the chunin teacher, Hideichi Tanaka, was writing on the blackboard.
"So, the Three Basic Jutsu are—"
"Glug, glug, glug… Ah!"
The sound of someone drinking interrupted the lesson, and Tanaka's face twitched.
"I know it's risky, but I have to do something as a teacher!"
He turned around and yelled, "Leo! No drinking during class!"
The room went silent immediately.
Everyone stared at the boy with a sake bottle in his hand.
"Is the teacher crazy? Does he not know who Leo is?"
"Yeah, our old teacher still has to go to the hospital after messing with him!"
"This is bad. The teacher is going to get hurt, isn't he?"
The students whispered nervously, watching Leo—the king of their class.
"Huh? What did you say?" Leo slurred, looking up. His face was flushed, and his eyes were hazy.
"Uh… I mean," Tanaka stammered, "maybe you shouldn't drink so much? It's not healthy, especially since you're still young."
Tanaka immediately regretted speaking. Why did I even say that?
Leo wasn't an ordinary troublemaker. His reputation was terrifying.
He had been drinking since he was two years old, always holding a sake bottle. But what really scared people was his strength.
Even Kakashi Hatake, the genius who graduated early, couldn't beat him.
Tanaka still remembered the first day Leo introduced himself to the class.
"My name is Leo Hatake. My hobbies? Drinking… and cutting people."
His previous teacher had learned the hard way not to mess with him. That teacher once smashed Leo's bottle, and Leo cut him with a single strike.
The teacher was so badly hurt that he had to leave, not just because of physical injuries but because of the shame of being beaten by his student.
And back then, Leo was only six years old.
Now, Leo was eight, and nobody knew just how strong he had become. What if he cuts me down by accident?
"Stop drinking? That's impossible," Leo said with a grin, lifting the bottle to his lips.
"Glug, glug, glug…"
Ding! Drinking happily: Kendo comprehension +1.
Ding! Drinking too much: Chakra +1.
Ding! Excited from drinking: Physique +1.
Leo smirked. As someone who had been reborn in this world, he had a system called Dionysus. Its rule was simple: the more he drank, the stronger he became.
Most of his power went into improving his sword skills, which didn't bother him. After all, cutting people was his favorite thing to do.
"Glug, glug, glug…" He finished the bottle and frowned.
"Already empty?" he muttered, tilting it to see if there was any sake left. His hand wobbled, and he couldn't focus properly.