The Hidden Mist Blacksmith, forging the glory of the Ninja Sword Style!

"The family has proposed another idea. Kisame, you seem to have a good relationship with that young blacksmith on Forging Island, right? The family heard that he's still unmarried."

Kisame Hoshigaki's expression turned cold.

"no!"

“Father, Xiu and I are friends, that’s true, but our friendship is definitely not for this purpose.”

"What kind of nonsense is it to use friendship as leverage to force Xiu to marry a woman from our Hoshigaki clan?"

"I could never agree to that."

"It's just a marriage alliance with the Gouju clan, so be it."

"As long as the other party has no objections, it's fine."

"To me, everyone is the same."

After saying that, Kisame Hoshigaki turned and left.

The middle-aged man opened his mouth, but the words that were on the tip of his tongue ultimately remained unspoken.

After a long while, he sighed.

"fair enough."

The news that Kisame Hoshigaki had agreed to the marriage quickly spread among the upper echelons of the Hoshigaki clan, which excited the clan. More importantly, Kisame Hoshigaki was not picky and would accept anyone.

This means that as long as the women from the Gouju tribe agree, it's fine.

The likelihood of a successful marriage alliance has increased significantly.

"Our turning point has arrived."

"It just so happens that the decline of the Kaguya clan has left a lot of resources vacant. If our Hoshigaki clan can take advantage of this and obtain some of them, we may not become a great ninja clan, but we can at least become a mid-level ninja clan."

Forging Island.

Uehara Shu raised the hammer in his hand, his arm parallel to the ground, and looked at the metal ingot on the forging table.

"Water Breathing Technique, Second Form: Water Hammer!"

Using the water-drop hammer, the metal ingot reached the level of sixty forgings, but according to Uehara Osamu's judgment, even if he used the water-flow hammer next, he probably wouldn't be able to get the metal to the level of one hundred forgings.

Eighty is pretty much the limit.

It's not that Uehara Osamu's forging technique is the problem.

It's not that the materials are bad.

In fact, this material is very good.

These are better than the ones I obtained from the dimensional material dungeons a few times before.

It was not because the smelting was insufficient.

The various processes of forging may seem independent, but in fact, they all influence each other.

One part of the process is further subdivided.

For example, quenching and tempering are essentially combined into one process on the forging island.

But it's actually two separate processes.

Rapidly cooling the material for quenching, followed by tempering after the temperature has dropped, can improve toughness and reduce brittleness.

"when!"

"when!"

"when!"

The sound of a water droplet hammer is different from that of lava forging, and the sound of a water flow hammer is also different from that of a water droplet hammer.

The forging of nautiluses doesn't actually require reaching the level of eighty forgings; thirty forgings would be sufficient. However, Uehara Osamu felt that if it could be done better, then it should definitely be done better.

A high-quality ninja tool, forged by Uehara Shu.

It is an excellent-grade ninja tool, which Uehara Osamu forged.

However, Uehara Osamu was certain that there were definitely ninja tools of superior quality or higher.

Uehara Shu wanted to see what kind of rewards he would receive during the forging process if he created ninja tools of an excellent or higher grade. Uehara Shu was very much looking forward to it.

"The forging of the nautilus shell is not particularly difficult."

"Moreover, there are two requirements for the treatment of metal boxes. One is toughness."

"The second aspect is the carving of the patterns."

"The former, I have already exceeded the requirements of the Nautilus."

"As for the latter, with the blessing of the God's Hand, I should be able to do it to a very good degree as well."

"I hope to reach a level above excellent."

Uehara Osamu struck the final blow.

"Eighty mounds!"

Uehara Shu released the hammer, feeling an intense soreness in his arm.

"The breathing training method is too physically demanding, and it also consumes some chakra, but not much."

"Let's stop here for today."

"Let's continue tomorrow."

Uehara Osamu walked out of the forging room.

Seeing that Uehara Shu's hands were empty, Ao assumed that the forging had failed and was about to offer some words of comfort.

"Senior Qing, this forging will take a little longer. I'll have to trouble you to keep watch over it for the next few days."

Qingcai knew that Uehara Shu had not failed in his forging.

But this time the situation is different.

"No problem, leave it to me."

After forging is complete, the next step is shaping.

The next day, Uehara Osamu took out the forged metal ingot and hammered it to change its shape.

The entire box is divided into six sides.

The textures need to be engraved on the inside and outside of all six sides.

After the patterns are drawn, the pieces will be assembled.

Similar to mortise and tenon joinery.

Once the fitting is complete, although it has six separate sides, it can be fixed very well. Even if it is dropped on the ground, it will not separate and can be well fixed inside the fish-dragon crystal ball.

Carving patterns is a meticulous task that requires focus.

Uehara Shuu deliberately didn't eat much at this moment, but kept himself in a state of being half full and slightly hungry.

This allows you to concentrate better.

High blood sugar levels can make you drowsy.

"God's Hand!"

Uehara Osamu donned the God's Hand.

One hand holds an awl, and the other hand holds a hammer.

"Ding!"

The cone tip falls, and the hammer strikes gently.

A dent appears on the surface of the metal plate.

Uehara Shu frowned slightly.

"The tools aren't good enough."

Osamu Uehara had actually realized this problem a long time ago.

For a blacksmith, forging techniques and materials are undoubtedly the most important.

However, forging tools are equally important.

When performing ordinary, conventional forging, Uehara Osamu could reduce the impact of poor tools by increasing the time. However, when performing more complex processes, the impact of insufficient tools becomes very obvious.

Like now.

The materials used in God's Hand were different back then; they were all relatively soft.

Modern metal sheets are very tough and strong.

"We need to come up with an idea to manufacture a better batch of tools."

"But good materials are very rare."

"I would almost never use the materials I get from the dimensional material dungeon to make tools; that would be a waste, since they are materials that can be used to make very good ninja tools."

Uehara Osamu preferred to start with the materials that already existed in this world.

"Chakra metal".

Chakra metal is a special type of metal that can conduct chakra.

Because of this characteristic, it is very effective whether it is made into weapons or tools.

In fact, the hammer that Uehara Osamu is currently using for forging contains some chakra metal.

However, the content is very low.

But it's still better than a regular hammer.

This is partly related to how quickly Uehara Osamu was able to develop the Breath Forging Method.

"Chakra metal is very rare and expensive."

"Even in the original storyline, Sarutobi Asuma, the son of the Hokage, only had enough chakra metal to forge two short swords that were about the same size as kunai."

"Obtaining enough chakra metal is not easy."