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

Beside them, a phantom hovered in mid-air.

It was the third generation of Mizukage.

However, compared to the Third Mizukage in the previous dimensional dungeon, the current Third Mizukage's phantom is much smaller.

It dealt a fatal blow to Zudomon, causing great depletion to the Third Mizukage.

However, because Mei Terumi and the others revealed their phantom images and used the Skeleton Emperor's abilities.

The Third Mizukage originally intended to keep the fact that he was still "alive" a secret from Uehara Osamu and a few others.

Now that it has been seen, there is no need to hide it anymore.

"Lord Mizukage?"

Kaguya Shinsui stared wide-eyed at the phantom image of the Third Mizukage.

The third Mizukage nodded.

"it's me."

"I didn't disappear, I was attacked and killed."

"The person who attacked me was a ninja from Konoha, but he was a ninja who had never appeared in Konoha before."

"Therefore, I conclude that Konoha must be hiding a great deal of power and harboring a grand conspiracy."

“I am already dead, and my existence in this state is purely by chance.”

"From Konoha's perspective, I am already dead."

"That's why I hid myself to let Konoha know that I was dead."

"Only in this way can Konoha possibly reveal a weakness."

"Only our Hidden Mist Village has the chance to evade Konoha's conspiracy."

"I don't know if there are any Konoha spies hidden in our Hidden Mist Village."

"Just in case, not many people know that I am still 'alive'."

"I hope you won't tell anyone else about what happened today, you understand that, right?"

The group exchanged glances and nodded.

Seeing this, the Third Mizukage continued, "The fact that you have come here proves that you are all trustworthy ninjas of the village. The future of the village depends on you."

"That's it for today."

"Remember, you must never tell anyone about what happened today."

The group left the empty forging room.

The soul of the Third Mizukage returned to the Skeleton King for nurturing.

Uehara Shu was using the Skeleton King as a trump card.

Originally, I thought that if others could handle Zudomon, then the Third Mizukage wouldn't need to intervene.

But Zudomon's defense is too strong.

If it were in a terrestrial environment, it might actually be able to wear down Zudomon through attrition.

But that's impossible in the sea.

Uehara Shu glanced at the semi-transparent panel in front of him.

"939."

This number made Uehara Osamu raise an eyebrow.

"A gain of over 400 reputation points in one go?"

"That's really a pleasant surprise."

Uehara Shu knew that if the Third Mizukage used the Skeleton Emperor, it would definitely boost his reputation.

But I never expected it would bring so much.

After all, this is only in the dimensional material dungeon.

"We're not far from 1000 points."

"Perhaps we can wait until the score is above 2000 before holding the lottery."

"Let's see how much reputation boost the blacksmith recruitment event can bring me."

Uehara Shu's gaze fell upon the materials piled up like a small mountain.

"Forging the Hammer of Zudun was no easy task."

"The smelting alone will probably take a lot of time."

"Not only is it difficult, but the quantity is also huge."

Uehara Osamu originally planned to forge the Hammer of Zudon while recruiting blacksmiths.

Once the blacksmith recruitment was complete, the Hammer of Zudun was finished.

This way, you can show off the Zul'Dun Hammer to the newly recruited blacksmiths and gain reputation.

But when he saw the materials in front of him, Uehara Osamu knew that this was impossible.

"Let's start smelting."

Uehara Shu took out a piece of material and placed it in the smelting furnace.

"Chakra Fusion Technique!"

Uehara Shu sent his fire-style chakra into the furnace.

The temperature around us immediately rose.

Qing stood guard at the entrance to the forging room.

However, it's different from before.

Uehara Osamu moved his real forging room to a deeper location, leaving the previous forging room vacant.

What Qing is guarding now is the previously vacant forging room.

It's more accurate to say they're guarding the road than the gate.

Dae-tae returned to his post.

He led the guard team on patrol.

The other squad, when Ao had other matters to attend to, was led by Kaguya Izumi.

In addition, Ringo Amuri also participates in training in her spare time.

This is actually a form of learning.

As a ninja, it is unreasonable to bury yourself in arduous training all the time.

A ninja actually faces far more problems than during training. They can also learn a lot during patrols, as Kaguya, Izumi, and others are all experienced ninjas.

In fact, Ringo Ameyuri made great progress during her time on Forging Island.

They have completely shifted from the direction of medical ninjas to the direction of combat ninjas.

In other words, Ringo Ameyuri is now qualified to go to the battlefield.

However, the specifics of what to do depend on Ringo Ameryuri's own ideas and Ringo Mayuko's decision.

Kaguya Shinsui returned to the Kaguya clan's residence.

Go upstairs, stand behind the window, and look towards the forging island.

Kaguya Shinsui smiled.

"The three generations of masters are still alive."

"Moreover, Minister Uehara also involved me in such an important event."

“I also signed a psychic contract.”

"This is an identity document."

"Now, even if Lord Yagura is very dissatisfied with the Kaguya clan, the Kaguya clan doesn't need to worry too much."

"The situation will not get any worse than before."

"I am now part of Minister Uehara's camp."

"If another member of my Kaguya clan could gain the approval of a Zanpakuto and become a member of a Shinigami squad, then my Kaguya clan would have nothing to worry about at all."

Kaguya Shinsui felt she gained a lot from this trip to Forging Island.

"If so, then Minister Uehara will forge even more Zanpakuto in the future."

"My Kaguya clan stands firmly on Minister Uehara's side. Perhaps we can even restore the Kaguya clan to the state it was long ago, before any conflicts broke out with the village."

"In that case, I will have no regrets."

"I have done right by the Kaguya clan."

"but"

Kaguya Shinsui couldn't help but worry again when she thought of the information about Konoha that the Third Mizukage had given her.

"Konoha is hiding its secrets very well."

"The Third Hokage was killed by a Konoha ninja, so the Third Kazekage was most likely killed as well."

“But now, Sunagakure is a close ally of Konoha.”

A figure walked in.

"Chief, the documents you requested have been prepared."

Kaguya Shinsui turned to look at the woman.

"Thanks for your hard work."

The woman shook her head.

"Chief, this is what I should do."