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

"Why does Asuma have ninjas protecting him, while we have nothing?"

Is this fair?

Kirigakure Village.

Forging Island.

"Lord Mizukage?"

Ao saw a small boat approaching the forging island. Looking over, he saw that the person standing at the bow was none other than the Third Mizukage. He quickly told Uehara Shu in the forging room.

Uehara Osamu nodded.

"Wilderness Ship Two, I'm going out for a bit. You watch over this place."

"Yes, Minister Uehara."

The two went to the dock to meet them.

"Mizukage-sama!"

"Xiu, Qing."

"Lord Mizukage, what brings you here in person? Is there something you need?"

The Third Mizukage shook his head.

"Nothing much, I just happened to have some free time, so I came to check on those blacksmiths. Are you satisfied with their work?"

"They are still under evaluation. I will decide their fate based on the evaluation results later."

"From now on, the forging department will mainly focus on scalpels?"

"Yes, Lord Mizukage."

Uehara Osamu said, "The scale of ninja tools in the Land of Iron is too large. Given the situation on Forging Island, it is basically impossible to compete with the Land of Iron in terms of ordinary ninja tools."

"Therefore, we can only take the route that requires higher technical expertise."

The Third Mizukage nodded.

"That's a good idea."

"By the way, Xiu, is there anything else you'd like?"

"You have already created many ninja tools for the village: Kiriichimonji, Blue Rose Sword, Dragon Bone, Smiling Aoe, Nautilus, and Skull Emperor. Your contribution is immense."

The Third Mizukage said, "But what the village has given you is not enough."

“Aside from the position of Minister of the Forging Department, I think you are fully qualified to serve as one of the village elders.”

"In the Forging Department, apart from the blacksmiths, the guard team will no longer be the responsibility of the Anbu ninjas. Instead, you, Xiu, will select ninjas to form the Forging Department's guard team."

"Enjoy the village's formal establishment."

"The number of blacksmith positions will be increased to ten."

"The number of guards has been increased to thirty-six."

Uehara Shu's heart stirred slightly.

As a result, the changes in the forging department were quite significant.

With such a significant increase in personnel, it's as if Uehara Shu now possesses his own power base.

It's no longer a forging island built on the backs of the Dark Side and relationships with friends.

Instead, they gained real power.

That is, it's a similar situation to that of Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu in Konoha.

A complete, qualitative change.

Before, Uehara Shu was just an ordinary high-ranking official in Kirigakure.

Now, they are at the very top of the hierarchy.

"Lord Mizukage, we are currently at war. Won't this put pressure on the village's ninja manpower?"

The Third Mizukage shook his head.

"No, repairing your place is actually more important than the battlefield."

“Now, there are definitely more people who want to know your true identity and appearance, and who want to get close to this place. The safety of Forging Island is absolutely paramount. The village still has some manpower.”

Uehara Osamu did not refuse again.

"In that case, I thank you very much, Lord Mizukage."

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"However, the situation on the battlefield has indeed worsened recently."

The Third Mizukage hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Sunagakure has tied up a lot of our people, while Konoha seems to have reached a temporary agreement with Kumogakure, and they may focus more of their energy on Kirigakure from now on."

"Fortunately, it was the ninja sword you forged, which relieved a lot of pressure on the village."

"Otherwise, even just one Yekura would be difficult for our ninjas to handle."

"And last time, regarding the Bamboo Clan incident, if it weren't for Xiu's timely creation of the Dragon Bone and his suggestion, the impact would have been much greater than it is now."

Seeing that the topic had come to this point, Uehara Shu deliberately steered the conversation towards the tailed beasts.

"Lord Mizukage, I remember there was a tailed beast rampage in Kumogakure before, which caused tremendous damage to the village, wasn't that right?"

"good."

The third Mizukage nodded.

"The rampage of the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki resulted in the deaths and injuries of hundreds of ninjas in Kumogakure. In addition, many buildings were destroyed, causing great losses."

"Lord Mizukage, do you think this could be the work of Konoha?"

"Uehara Osamu said."

"The two ninja villages that Cloud Village hates the most are Iwagakure and Konoha. Konoha has a great advantage in dealing with and controlling the tailed beasts, and is stronger than other ninja villages."

"Konoha possesses the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques, as well as the last survivors of the Uzumaki clan and the Uchiha clan member with the Sharingan. Mizukage-sama, will Konoha adopt the same strategy towards our Kirigakure?"

Uehara Osamu remembered that the incident at Kumogakure was indeed Orochimaru's doing.

It's possible that the Hidden Cloud Village lacks evidence.

However, some clues can still be found.

That might explain why the Hidden Cloud Village targeted the Hidden Leaf Village so much afterward.

After all, during Tobirama Senju's time, the hawks in Kumogakure had already been defeated by the people within Kumogakure themselves.

Uehara Osamu was still somewhat worried about Nohara Rin's situation.

I don't care about Nohara Rin.

Rather, if the blame for Rin Nohara's death is placed on Kirigakure, then Obito Uchiha will retaliate against Kirigakure like a mad dog in the future.

Uehara Osamu was a member of Kirigakure, so he was naturally among the targets of Uchiha Obito's revenge.

One Obito Uchiha, that's alright.

However, Obito Uchiha, Nagato, Konan, and other members of the Akatsuki organization were all in cahoots with Amegakure.

And then there are the almost countless White Zetsu.

However, despite Uehara Osamu creating numerous opportunities and scenarios for Ao to look at the Third Mizukage with his white eyes, Ao never saw any trace of illusion on the Third Mizukage.

Either Madara Uchiha's genjutsu was too powerful.

Or perhaps Madara Uchiha temporarily controlled the Third Mizukage.

In both cases, Uehara Shu could not directly tell others that the Third Mizukage had fallen under a genjutsu.

Without evidence, others will only think that Uehara Osamu is crazy.

At the same time, Uehara Shu couldn't directly tell the Third Mizukage that he couldn't put the Three-Tails into Nohara Rin's body and then let the Three-Tails erupt in Konoha.

This is no different from directly mocking Madara Uchiha in front of him.

Madara Uchiha might take care of Uehara Osamu first.

Therefore, Uehara Osamu could only reasonably bring up this topic.

Just like it is now.

The Third Mizukage shook his head.

"I have naturally considered this. Don't worry, the Jinchuriki are very safe. They will not give Konoha such an opportunity. If the Uchiha people come, I will make sure they don't leave alive."

"However, Konoha is indeed in a better position than other ninja villages when it comes to dealing with tailed beasts and jinchūriki."

The Third Mizukage paused for a moment as he spoke.

"Xiu, you don't need to pay too much attention to these things. You just need to focus on doing a good job with forging. Leave the rest to others. The village will handle it."

Seeing this, Uehara Osamu had no choice but to end the conversation.

"Yes, Mizukage-sama."

Just then, an ANBU ninja came over and whispered a few words to the Third Mizukage.

The Third Mizukage's expression turned serious.

"Xiu, I have some things to attend to, so I'll be leaving now."

"Yes, Lord Mizukage, goodbye."

Uehara Shu watched the Third Mizukage's retreating figure.

Judging from the Third Mizukage's words, it seems that he has no intention of going to Konoha to cause a Three-Tails explosion, and he is also deliberately protecting the Jinchuriki, not letting anyone get close easily.

"I wonder if the Nohara Rin incident will happen again like in the original story."

"But that's all I can do."

"Otherwise, I would have to take a much higher risk."