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

"I was born a blacksmith."

"To abolish Forging Island and to strip me of my identity as a blacksmith is something I absolutely cannot accept."

"Either, give up."

"Either kill me or..."

The young man opened his arms.

"bring it on!"

Kisame Hoshigaki made a strange expression.

Uehara Osamu got to know the young man.

Like Uehara Shu, he is also a blacksmith. The two are also somewhat similar in that they were both orphans from Kirigakure and both of their teachers have passed away.

Its name is, Desolate Ship II.

The two did not communicate much.

Uehara Shu didn't expect that the last blacksmith left on Forging Island would be Arafune, rather than one of the veteran blacksmiths who had worked in forging for decades.

"The second ship's persistence in forging is commendable; he is willing to live and die with Forging Island."

"And I do need an assistant."

Uehara Osamu made a decision.

“The second ship is me, Uehara Shu.”

Arasenji opened his eyes, looked at Uehara Shu, glanced at Kisame Hoshigaki, but didn't care.

"Uehara Shu, you didn't leave either?"

"You don't need to leave for repairs."

Kisame Hoshigaki said to Osamu Uehara with some pride, "Just now, the Mizukage appointed the head of the Forging Department to be in full charge of matters related to Forging Island."

Huang Chuan Er was stunned.

"Head of the Forging Department?"

"Wasn't the goal to shut down Forging Island?"

"Wasn't the forging department going to be abolished?"

"Isn't this an order already given by the Mizukage?"

"Are you telling the truth?"

Kisame Hoshigaki slightly raised his chin.

"Of course it's true. The Mizukage's order is real, and the appointment of Xiu is also real, because before the Mizukage's order was officially carried out, Xiu forged a ninja sword of the Seven Ninja Swords of the Mist."

"Therefore, the Mizukage ordered the cancellation of the order to shut down the forging island."

"In addition, the forging island will be fully managed by Xiu."

Huangchuan Er's eyes widened in surprise.

"A ninja sword of the same caliber as the Seven Ninja Swords of the Hidden Mist?"

"This is the one."

Kisame Hoshigaki gripped the hilt of Kiriichimonji and drew his sword.

"The Kiriichimonji, personally crafted by Xiu!"

Arafune's gaze immediately fell upon Kiriichimonji.

He took a step forward.

This sudden burst of speed surprised even Kisame Hoshigaki.

Arafune stared intently at Kiriichimonji, as if he were examining a work of art.

His eyes were fixed on something.

He's like a pervert.

This made Kisame Hoshigaki wary.

"I can show you the two pieces of the Arasen-ni and Kiriichimonji, but don't touch them, or don't blame me for being impolite."

Chapter 12 Abandoned Ship, Minister Uehara: I'm Willing

"Exquisitely forged, hammered repeatedly, with a sharp blade and a natural, unadorned finish, this is a masterpiece among masterpieces."

Huangchuan Er stared intently at Shangyuan Xiu.

"Uehara Shu, did you forge this ninja sword?"

"But"

"This ninja sword is indeed good, but if it's only this good, it won't convince the Mizukage to keep the forging island, will it?"

Kisame Hoshigaki seized the opportunity to quickly sheath Kiri Ichimonji.

"Of course it's more than that."

"Kiriichimonji, like the Seven Ninja Swords of Kirigakure, possesses special abilities."

"Kiriichimonji will cause wounds that cannot be healed."

Arafune's eyes shone even brighter as he wanted to take another look at Kiriichimonji.

However, Kisame Hoshigaki is no longer available to watch.

Protect it firmly.

Uehara Osamu added, "The Mizukage appointed me as the head of the forging department, in charge of the forging island. However, compared to before, the forging department and the forging island will be much smaller in scale."

"Lord Mizukage only gave me the position of four blacksmith assistants."

"This means that, apart from me, there can only be four more blacksmiths on the entire Forging Island."

"However, the Mizukage will also assign an elite squad to be responsible for the security of the forging island."

"This means that from now on, Forging Island can only focus on high-quality products."

"That's true. Most of the ninja tools we made on Forging Island before were not as good as those produced in the Land of Iron."

This is the difference in industry scale.

Kirigakure's main focus is on completing missions and fighting against other ninja villages.

Forging is just a very small industry in Kirigakure.

It was created because of the great blacksmith of that time.

As time goes on and no results are achieved, the industry grows smaller and smaller.

But the Iron Country is different.

The forging industry is a pillar industry of the iron-producing country.

Therefore, the Land of Iron has invested a great deal of resources in this regard.

manpower, materials

With such a massive scale, talent continues to emerge and technology continues to innovate, which has led to the iron kingdom's forging technology getting better and better.

In terms of manufacturing ordinary ninja tools, no one in the Land of Iron can rival them now.

Abandoned Ship II looked at Uehara Shu again.

"Uehara, no, no, Minister Uehara, may I become your forging assistant?"

Before that, Arafune didn't know much about Uehara Osamu.

However, Arafune has just seen Kiriichi's words.

Even though Arahabane 2 didn't see the special, unhealable effect that Kisame Hoshigaki mentioned.

However, even just the content shown by Kiriichi's static text was enough for Arafune to confirm one thing: Uehara Shu's forging skills were far superior to his own.

Even his own teacher was not as good as Osamu Uehara.

Furthermore, Arafune did not believe that Kisame Hoshigaki's words were false.

Otherwise, the Mizukage would not have retracted his order to abolish the forging island.

No matter how well a regular ninja tool without special abilities is forged, it cannot achieve this.

Uehara Osamu thought that Arafune Nikai would be a good assistant.

Uehara Shuya also needs an assistant.

The current performance of Arafune is exactly what Uehara Osamu had hoped for.

However, Uehara Shu did not immediately agree, but instead said...

“Arafune, as you know, the Mizukage only gave me four assistant positions, so I have to be careful.”

The two deserted boatmen looked disappointed.

"but"

Uehara Osamu changed the subject.

"I think you are a very good blacksmith. Even under great pressure, you are not willing to give up your identity as a blacksmith, but instead intend to live and die with the Blacksmith Island."

"Therefore, I am willing to give you this opportunity."

"One month. If you meet my requirements within the next month, I will give you a permanent position. Are you willing?"

Arasenjiro's initially disappointed expression suddenly turned into one of delight.

"I am willing!"

Uehara Shu smiled and extended his hand.

"Welcome to the Abandoned Ship II."

"Arafuneji greets Minister Uehara!"