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

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The small boat sped across the sea.

Above the surface of the sea, a large fish was swimming rapidly.

This is the summoning beast of Kirigakure.

It has no other function than making you swim fast.

Therefore, when the ninjas of Kirigakure needed to hurry, these large fish would tow their small boats.

It's much faster than other engines.

Moreover, this fish is special; it must swim to allow water to flow over its gills in order to obtain oxygen.

Even when they're not working, these fish are still swimming quickly.

Therefore, no rest time is needed.

One day later, they arrived at the Land of Hot Water.

Da Tian untied the fish's reins.

Immediately, the fish automatically returned and left.

The four rented a carriage and headed along the road toward the location of the Dead Hot Spring.

Not many people know about the Dead Hot Spring.

The surrounding area has not been developed much.

Therefore, it is relatively remote.

For a country like the Land of Hot Water, remoteness meant chaos.

The Land of Hot Springs does not currently have its own ninja village.

The missions are all commissioned by hiring external ninjas.

Konoha, Kumogakure, and Kirigakure have all cooperated with the people of the Land of Hot Springs.

Without ninja villages, a large portion of expenses would be reduced.

At the same time, there was no conflict between them and other ninja villages.

To lie flat in exchange for peace.

The Village of Hot Springs is a prime example of a village that has no enemies because it is so utterly useless.

However, the absence of ninja villages would also bring a lot of trouble.

The rampant spread of the evil cult in Tangren Village is a typical example.

The village of Yugakure is far more than just the evil god cult that Hidan belongs to.

Rather, there are many.

It's just a faction, different from the faction of the church Hidan belongs to.

Some possess special powers.

But most of it is fake.

For Uehara Osamu, this meant encountering some minor troubles on his way to the hot springs for the dead.

Mountain bandits, robbers, and refugees

These were beings that Uehara Shu had seen frequently in movies and TV shows in his previous life, but to be honest, he had never actually seen them in this era.

This is the first time.

Uehara Osamu associates with relatively high-end circles.

These people are so low-class.

Daejeon alone can solve everything.

There is even a large surplus of strength.

The journey within the Land of Hot Water takes longer than the journey at sea.

It's approaching evening.

"Lord Uehara, we've arrived."

Outside the carriage, the voice of Ota, who was driving the horse-drawn carriage, rang out.

Uehara Osamu nodded and walked out.

Kaguya Izumi had already gotten off the bus.

When Uehara Shu arrived at the entrance to the hot spring, Kaguya Izumi had already bought the tickets.

"You stay outside."

"Yes, Lord Uehara."

Push the door open and enter.

Uehara Shu looked at the hot spring for the dead in front of him.

A faint smell of sulfur wafted over.

But for Uehara Osamu, it was nothing.

The sulfurous smell on Forging Island is much stronger.

Hot springs are also found in Kirigakure.

However, in terms of quality, it is not as good as the Kingdom of Hot Springs.

This is a natural advantage of the land of hot springs.

The Dead Hot Spring is not large.

When he was submerged, Uehara Shu didn't feel anything unusual.

But as soon as he entered the water, Uehara Osamu sensed it.

A faint attraction fell upon me.

To be precise, it landed on one's own soul.

It attracts its own soul power, which slowly overflows.

Uehara Shu's eyes flickered.

Before long, these soul forces gathered together.

A figure appeared in front of Uehara Shu.

A figure exactly like Uehara Shu's previous life.

Uehara Shu's eyes flickered.

"I probably understand."

"This so-called hot spring for the dead is not a real hot spring for summoning the dead. It is just a collection of memory fragments extracted from the souls of those who soak in the hot spring and then fused together."

"In other words, it means extracting the power of the soul."

Uehara Shu had a thought.

"And this is exactly the part I was missing when I finished the forging of Mera on the island."

Uehara Shu took out the Suijima Mela and stabbed it at the phantom in front of him.

Immediately afterwards, a powerful attraction erupted on the island of Mera.

Immediately afterwards, the phantom in front of Uehara Shu was sucked into the island of Mera at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Soul power infused, complete.

"It went much more smoothly than I expected."

"I originally thought that I would need to observe and study it carefully."

"I didn't expect that coming here would solve this problem."

A voice rang in Uehara Shu's mind.

Congratulations, host, on completing the forging.