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

Uehara Osamu can only be responsible for a small part of the content; it's impossible for him to spend a lot of time on it.

However, without using blades, the cost cannot be reduced.

In that case, the medical department might buy it once or twice, but it definitely won't buy it again. The medical department might not have any objections, but the injured people will. It would be harmful and not beneficial to Forging Island.

One should not be too greedy.

If you lose your first client, what future can you talk about?

While it's not that the forging island is too greedy, but rather that costs are involved, the price is indeed too high.

"This price is too high."

Uehara Shu looked at Arafune and said, "Later I will modify the design of the scalpel, changing it to a combination of handle and blade, making the handle durable, so that only the blade needs to be replaced normally."

"This would significantly reduce costs for the medical department."

Without further ado, Uehara Shu took action.

Take out paper and pen, and start drawing.

Having witnessed the complex structure of the God's Hand, the scalpel-like split design was not difficult for Uehara Osamu, and the same was true for drawing it.

With the blessing of the God's Hand, Uehara Osamu's drawing skills, let alone reaching the level of a printer, have improved.

It's at least at the level of a high-level sketch.

Soon, the complete blueprints for the scalpel were drawn up.

The two deserted boatmen were dumbfounded.

"They came up with a new design solution in such a short time."

"And the drawings are so detailed."

Uehara Osamu handed the blueprints to Arafune.

"Waragi no Er, follow the blueprints and go through the entire process. I'll watch from the side without saying a word and see how well you can complete it before deciding how to allocate the work afterwards."

"Yes, Minister Uehara."

Huangchuan Er immediately took action.

If Arafune Nii thought he was just learning before, now he knows he is about to become a true official member of Forging Island.

A useful person to the cause of Forging Island.

Uehara Osamu divided his time outside of training into two parts.

One part is observing the water flow.

Another part is watching the forging of the second ship.

During this process, Uehara Osamu noticed that the number in the reputation bar on the semi-transparent screen in front of him was increasing rapidly and regularly.

Three days later, the forging of the second ship was completed.

A set of scalpels was placed in front of Uehara Osamu.

It's naturally incomparable to the forging of Uehara Shu.

However, it is still somewhat better than the mass-produced goods of the Land of Iron.

"You're completely fine with smelting, quenching, and the second piece of the abandoned ship. You're a little lacking in shaping and polishing, but with a little more time and careful work, it won't be a big problem."

Uehara paused for a moment.

"Alright then, I'll leave everything else, except for the forging, to you."

“I will be in charge of the forging.”

"After you finish, take it to the medical department and discuss the price with them."

"They're all departments from the same village. We won't lose out, but there's no need for us to make too much money off them either."

Huangchuan Er nodded.

"Yes, Minister Uehara."

Abandoned Ship II took out the metal and began smelting it.

The same technology can produce different results depending on who uses it.

For example, the smelting time, the temperature control during smelting, the ratio of charcoal to magma, the air supply, and the number and frequency of turning all affect the smelting effect.

"It's a little worse than what I smelted, but it's still pretty good."

Once the smelting was complete, Abandoned Ship II placed the metal on the forging table.

"Lava Forging!"

Once, twice, three times

Gradually, the second ship began to struggle.

It's not that I've run out of energy.

As a qualified blacksmith, I have that much strength.

The main problem is that the force, timing, and angle of the hammering are not properly controlled, which prevents the metal from being improved and may even damage it.

On the eighth time, Arasen II stopped.

Osamu Uehara took over.

The same lava forging process.

However, just as Uehara Osamu was forging the eighth-grade steel into ninth-grade steel and preparing to continue, he discovered that with the current state of the metal, forging with molten lava was no longer sufficient.

Because the foundation provided by Arasen II is insufficient.

"Then, we'll have to use that one."

Uehara Osamu changed his forging technique as soon as he had a thought.

"Water Breathing, Water Drop Hammer!"

It was a completely different feeling from being forged in lava.

Arafune was momentarily stunned after seeing Uehara Osamu's actions.

"This wasn't forged in lava!"

"Is it the legendary Breathing Forging Technique, which hasn't appeared on Forging Island for a long time?"

"I never expected that Minister Uehara would do that."

"But hasn't this breathing exercise method been lost to time?"

"Could it be that Minister Uehara figured it out himself?"

Abandoned Ship Two looked at Uehara Xiu, his feelings becoming somewhat complicated.

Previously, Arafune Nishiki thought that the difference in forging skills between himself and Uehara Shu was probably only two levels.

I am at a certain level.

One's own teacher, Uehara Osamu's teacher, is a higher level.

Uehara Shuu is at an even higher level.

Even if the gap between these two levels is not short.

Even crossing these two levels is very difficult.

But Arafune II can still see this distance.

But now, Arafune realized that the distance between himself and Uehara Shu was much greater than he had imagined.

"So, how big is the gap between me and Minister Uehara right now?"

The second ship could no longer see this distance.

"Ten forgings!"

"Eleven forgings!"

"Twelve forgings!"

Uehara Shu stopped and examined the metal ingot on the forging table.

"The upper limit for this common metal is ten forgings."

"However, by using the breathing forging method, I forcibly raised its upper limit to the level of twelve forgings. But this is still not the limit; it can go even higher."

Uehara stopped, not because there was no way to continue.

It's because they feel that's enough.

"This is the Breath Forging Method!"

"Moreover, it's just a breathing technique that I've roughly figured out."

"There is still a lot of room for improvement in the future."

Uehara Shu's eyes flickered.

“In the past, I relied on materials to create extraordinary ninja tools.”

"Forging techniques are also important, but not that important. It's just that we've reached a level where we can forge those kinds of ninja tools."

"Even if you give him the blueprints and the materials, he still can't build it, even if you give him the second type of ship."

"In the future, will I have the ability to turn the rotten into the magical, and create extraordinary ninja tools using ordinary materials?"

"That possibility may exist."

"However, with higher-level forging techniques and using higher-grade materials, the ninja tools made will definitely be better than those made with ordinary materials."

There's no need to be too fixated on ordinary materials.

"Using ordinary materials to forge a ninja sword is probably only useful for showing off my forging skills to others."

Uehara Osamu stepped aside.

"Wilderness Ship Two, everything from now on is in your hands."

"Yes, Minister Uehara."