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

"Does this mean that Senior Juzo has already encountered ninjas from Sunagakure?"

"In that case, it shouldn't take too long for my reputation to rise to 1000 points again."

Uehara Osamu is now essentially a worker with three reputation-gaining skills.

Loquat Juzo, Dried Persimmon Kisame, and Bamboo Cutter Cat.

Just these three people fighting and demonstrating their ninja sword abilities will boost Uehara Osamu's reputation.

"Last time, Senior Juzo seemed to have mentioned Yekura. I wonder if Senior Juzo, who possesses the Blue Rose Sword, would be a match for Yekura?"

Uehara Osamu knew about Yekura.

The hero of Sunagakure.

However, he was a hero whose end was very tragic.

It possesses extremely strong capabilities.

The bloodline limit also happens to be a counter to water-style ninjas.

Therefore, it performed extremely strongly in the war between Sunagakure and Kirigakure.

Having too many merits doesn't necessarily mean it's a good thing.

When the war ended, Kirigakure harbored deep resentment towards Pakura and therefore made a condition: Sunagakure would hand over Pakura in order to end the war against Sunagakure.

Logically speaking, such an unreasonable demand should not be agreed to.

How could a ninja village possibly betray its own heroes in the name of peace?

But Sunagakure did just that.

They directly betrayed Yekura, handing her over to the encirclement of the Hidden Mist ninja.

He was then pierced by a thousand arrows.

Do not look down.

Even in death, they cannot find peace.

Hiruko picked up the fallen corpse and absorbed it using the Oni-Garara Technique, making it nourishment for Hiruko's power.

He was resurrected by Edo Tensei during the Fourth Shinobi World War.

The disciples from back then did not speak out for Ye Cang's plight.

Instead, they dismissed it with a simple, "It's all in the past, teacher. We need to look forward."

Enter the forging room.

Uehara Shu took out a hammer and a metal ingot and placed them on the forging table.

Then, she closed her eyes.

Thinking back to the images of water droplets falling over the past few days.

A short while later, it opened its eyes.

"Like this!"

Uehara Osamu swung the hammer, starting slowly, but it got faster as he fell.

"when!"

It can be withdrawn at a moment's notice.

Neat.

Uehara Shu could almost see the metal ingot vibrating in some peculiar way.

Like a struck bronze bell, even after the striking wood has left, the bronze bell still rings.

Uehara Osamu smiled.

"It's done!"

"Water Breathing, First Form: Water Drop Hammer!"

Uehara Osamu brought his hammer down again.

But this time, it was different from the last time. The moment Uehara swung the hammer, water-attribute chakra seemed to flow out of Uehara's arm automatically.

We arrived at the hammer.

It coils around the hammer like a snake.

"when!"

Uehara Osamu released the hammer.

"I incorporate breathing into forging, but it's not just breathing. Like smelting techniques, it requires the involvement of chakra, because the breathing method I referenced also happens to have an attribute."

"And it's because I possess the perfect talent for Water Release."

"It is because of a combination of factors that I was able to produce results in such a short period of time."

"It's not exactly a perfect forging technique."

"But at least it's a good start."

"For the forging of the Skeleton Emperor, the Water Drop Hammer is not enough. According to my estimation, the limit of the Water Drop Hammer should be sixty levels of forging. The water droplet gathers and forms a stream of water."

"Next, I should observe the water flow."

"Smash the hammer down like a stream of water."

Uehara Shu had just stepped out of the forging room.

Qing's figure came over.

"Senior Qing, what's wrong?"

"Shu, Mayuko-senpai is here."

"where is it?"

"not yet."

"Let's go and greet them."

The two arrived near the dock.

An ANBU ninja rocked a small boat, approaching the forging island, and Ringo Mayuko stood on the boat.

"Senior Mayuko."

"build."

"Should we send Yuri over? She should be at the training ground right now."

Mayuko Ringo shook her head.

"No need, Xiu. I came here to see you. I have a favor to ask, but I don't know if I should say it."

"You're too kind, Mayuko-senpai. Just say it directly."

"Here's the thing, Xiu. I've already used the set of scalpels you made for me, and they're working very well. They're much better than the scalpels the medical department used to have."

Mayuko Ringo said, "However, there is a problem: scalpels will be contaminated to varying degrees after surgery."

"Even though we've been as careful as possible and even used chakra to cleanse it, we still can't completely remove the contamination."

"Therefore, the scalpel must be replaced after being used a few times."

"If you have any free time, could you help our medical department build a batch?"

"The procurement will be handled by our medical department."

It was only then that Uehara Shu remembered that in his previous life, scalpels seemed to be disposable, and in order to reduce wear and tear, the blade and the scalpel body were designed to be separate.

Therefore, when replacing it, you only need to replace the blade.

Uehara Shu hadn't expected that the contamination on the scalpel couldn't be completely removed even by a medical ninja's chakra.

But this doesn't seem to be a bad thing for Forging Island.

If scalpels are not contaminated, a set of scalpels can be used for a long time.

However, due to the issue of contamination, the scalpel can be used for a much shorter period of time.

Even if you ignore minor contamination in order to save money, you'll still have to replace it sooner or later if you do it too often.

It's like Uehara Osamu's previous life.

In the beginning, due to the shortage of medical resources, even needles were used multiple times.

This has led to many negative consequences.

Especially in the matter of administering vaccines for infectious diseases, many people who were originally healthy have contracted infectious diseases due to issues with the shared needles.

But even then, needles wouldn't be used indefinitely.

Frequent replacement of scalpels means that business on the forging island will be better.

However, this also involves the issue of price.

The product is good, but if the price is too high, people won't choose it.

“Okay, Mayuko-senpai, I’ll make a plan.”

"Xiu, thank you for your help."

"You're welcome. This is also a beneficial thing for Forging Island."

Mayuko Ringo smiled, then, as if remembering something, asked.

"By the way, Xiu, how's Yuri doing these days?"

"Yuri trains very hard, but sometimes she gets lost in thought, probably thinking about Mayuko-senpai. But overall there's nothing wrong with her. She's making rapid progress and has clear goals."

Ringo Mayuko nodded.

"Okay, then I'm relieved. I still have things to do in the medical department, so I won't bother you any longer and will head back now."

"Goodbye, Mayuko-senpai."

"Goodbye."