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

Uehara Osamu came to his senses.

"Soul infusion, in the final step."

"I can complete the previous steps first, and then I can start the research."

Uehara placed the metal into the magma furnace.

As high temperatures arrive, the metal gradually shows signs of melting.

"Chakra Fusion Technique!"

This time, Uehara Osamu chose fire and earth, a fusion of two types of chakra.

Soon, the metal melted completely.

Under Uehara Shu's control, the metal mass floated up.

Some of the impurities fell off.

The metal mass gradually shrank.

Until the color of the entire mass of metal became pure and crystalline.

Uehara Shuu stopped.

Place it on the forging table.

"Breathing Training Method!"

Zudun's Hammer has become slightly larger.

"Ding!"

"Ding!"

"Ding!"

An invisible wave of air spread out.

It's like a pebble falling into water.

Even after reaching its limit and continuing to forge it, Uehara Shu stopped and began to shape the metal mass according to the shallow forging pattern.

That is, Tai Sword.

"The Immortal Refinement Technique!"

Night was approaching.

Uehara Osamu walked out of the forging room.

He wore the God's Gauntlets on both hands.

The nautilus shell was contained in the ninja tool bag.

On the left is the unfinished Suijima Mela.

The hammer of Zudon is attached to the right side.

They looked fully armed.

Because it was too late when he came out of the forge, Uehara Osamu ran into the Treasure Turtle again.

Compared to before, the tortoise now looks much weaker.

The steps were all unsteady.

The dark circles under his eyes were so thick they looked like charcoal.

The moment the turtle saw Uehara Shu, a fierce glint flashed in its eyes.

Treasure Turtle deeply resented Uehara Xiu.

During this time on Forging Island, Treasure Turtle felt that it was simply inhuman.

I haven't had a single day off.

I'm working myself to the bone every day.

Even during the time when I was a child, and even when I was being chased by wandering ninjas because my identity as an orphan of Takumi-nin Village was exposed, and I was starving and sleepless, it was still much better than it is now.

"Lord Uehara."

However, the moment Uehara Shu turned around, the Treasure Turtle could only force a smile and bow to Uehara Shu.

"Treasure Turtle, working so late? You must be exhausted!"

Treasure Turtle thought to himself, "Working this late? You think I want to?"

Isn't it all because of your oppression?

"It's not hard work. It's what I should do for the village."

Uehara Osamu raised an eyebrow slightly.

"So it seems you can take on even more work, Treasure Turtle? That's great! The Sharp Blade is in such short supply for the Cloud Mist Alliance right now, so I'll give you more responsibilities, Treasure Turtle."

"Able people should do more work."

"The Cloud and Mist Alliance will thank you."

"It's getting late, Treasure Turtle, you should go back and get some rest. I'm going to rest too."

After Uehara finished speaking, he left.

The tortoise returned to its room.

"Snapped!"

Suddenly, he was slapped across the face.

"Serves you right for being so talkative!"

"Now look what's happened, the workload has increased even more."

"Damn it, Uehara Shu is like a demon."

The tortoise tried very hard to convince itself.

"Treasure Turtle, for Lord Qingming's sake, persevere. To secretly learn Shangyuan Xiu's techniques, persevere a little longer."

"Once you achieve your goal, leave Kirigakure immediately."

"Once Lord Seimei is resurrected, I will take my revenge on Uehara Osamu."

"Make Uehara Shu pay back tenfold, no, a hundredfold!"

A few days passed.

Neither the Hidden Mist Army nor the Leaf Village Army took any particularly aggressive actions.

Only small-scale battles broke out between the two sides.

It's as if they've reached a certain consensus through tacit understanding.

But it is definitely not a ceasefire.

The only change is that the time for the final battle will be postponed.

Both sides are actively working to improve their capabilities.

The Rock Dojo and Forging Island in Kirigakure are both operating at full capacity.

To date, the number of Iwashi-ryu ninjas in Kirigakure has reached several hundred.

The group is led by Yoshikichi Hoshigaki.

When there is no war, it forms a separate legion.

Once war breaks out, they will disperse to take on defensive duties for other ninjas.

Both the Rock Style and the Quick Blade can enhance the strength of ordinary ninjas in Kirigakure.

On the other hand, it requires the Zanpakuto forged by Uehara Shu.

The leaf is divided into two aspects.

Some of them traveled to various parts of the ninja world to find suitable candidates for the Impure World Reincarnation.

On the other hand, Orochimaru and Tobirama Senju played a crucial role in perfecting the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

Danzo secretly intensified his surveillance of the Uchiha clan.

However, no matter how well Danzo did, not all Uchiha ninjas were weak.

Some Uchiha ninja noticed it.

"Lord Patriarch."

Konoha.

Uchiha resident.

A secret underground meeting room.

Uchiha Fugaku was the leader.

All the high-ranking members of the Uchiha clan, including the Eighth Hokage, were gathered here.

"Everyone, I've convened this meeting today to discuss with you how our Uchiha clan should adjust its relationship with the village in the future."

Before Fugaku Uchiha could finish speaking, the Eighth Hokage Uchiha snorted coldly and interrupted him.

“Chief, I don’t believe you haven’t seen how the village has been targeting us lately.”

"It's not that we did anything to the village."

"Instead, there is a deliberate attempt to target our Uchiha clan."

"When Hiruzen Sarutobi was in power, they were more or less restrained."

"Now, Hiruzen Sarutobi is dead, Orochimaru is the Hokage, Tobirama Senju is the de facto ruler, and Danzo controls Root."

"While the war was still raging, they needed our strength and dared not go too far."

"But now, the situation has eased."

"Their true attitude towards us Uchiha has become clear."