Chapter 44: Kakuzu's Interest, Shangri-La Forging, and Dimensional Teigu Completion
Kakuzu hurriedly flipped open the bounty listings for Naraku and Nawaki.
(Uchiha Naraku: Uchiha clan member, 9 years old, combat power genin level, profession forger, live capture price negotiable, kill reward 70 million ryō! Usually resides inside Konoha and the Uchiha clan grounds. Rarely leaves!)
(Senju Nawaki: Senju clan member, 13 years old, combat power around jōnin level, possesses a long sword that can transform into armor. Currently in the Land of Rain battlefield, Konoha camp. Senju Nawaki head 50 million ryō, transformable armor long sword 20 million ryō.)
After carefully reading through both profiles, even someone as experienced as Kakuzu found Uchiha Naraku bizarre—a 9-year-old nearly 1.8 meters tall? And that 13-year-old Senju Nawaki looked 4–5 years younger than Naraku.
But after brief consideration, he gave up on targeting Uchiha Naraku. Although Naraku had little combat power, the kid usually stayed inside Konoha—and inside the Uchiha clan grounds at that—and rarely went out. Kakuzu was confident in his strength, but he had no desire to die!
The other target—Senju Nawaki—was much simpler. After all, people dying on the battlefield was normal. But if Senju Nawaki stayed embedded within the ninja army, Kakuzu wouldn't have much opportunity.
Then he noticed the small note on Nawaki's bounty listing: (Assistance available—visit Earth Country black market) He could guess with his ass that this was an Iwagakure bounty.
Perhaps he could approach Iwagakure—let them engage Konoha's forces directly, while he handled a clean 1v1 with Nawaki.
Thinking of this, Kakuzu immediately turned and left the black market.
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Recently, Naraku had been living quite comfortably—practicing swordsmanship and forging every day.
After getting sufficient rest, Naraku still wanted to forge Dimension Square [Shangri-La], even though the special dangerous species might escape during the process.
But as long as Muramasa's speed was fast enough, it should be solvable.
Originally he worried Uchiha Hiiro's strength wasn't sufficient—then he realized: if Hiiro wasn't strong enough, he was.
He could use Muramasa himself with Hatake sword style to instantly one-shot the special dangerous species.
And with his Weapon Sovereignty passive, Naraku had zero concern about mastering any weapon he forged—the passive was powerful enough to completely force even the most arrogant weapons into his shape.
Now the only thing missing was a sealing technique like Four Violet Flames Formation as insurance.
So he went to find Uchiha Min, who was sunbathing: "Great Elder, I need you to give me four ninjas skilled in sealing techniques to help me perform Four Violet Flames Formation!"
Uchiha Min suddenly perked up: "You've finally revealed your ambition—planning a night raid on the clan head's mansion tonight, right?"
Naraku looked at the old man with black lines on his face: "No!"
Uchiha Min pretended to be shocked: "Don't tell me you're planning to raid the Hokage's office?"
Naraku stopped joking: "Yes yes yes—hurry up and arrange a few trusted people for me. I plan to train them well. Rebuilding the Uchiha clan's glory will depend on us from now on!"
...
Naraku looked at the four Uchiha in front of him and felt they looked very similar.
Later he learned they were cousins: Uchiha Kashin, Uchiha Kazen, Uchiha Kaki, Uchiha Kazei.
Naraku still gave them a short speech: "You four are my first batch of subordinates. If you follow me long enough, you'll discover I care about three things: fairness! Fairness! And fucking fairness!"
Seeing the four didn't ask why all three were the same thing, Naraku continued: "My fairness means: do well → get rewards; do poorly → get punished. Those who contribute more receive more; those who contribute less receive less. Right now I have a very important task for you. Later, outside the clan grounds, perform Four Violet Flames Formation for me. No matter what happens, unless I personally order it—do not open the barrier! Understood?"
The four hurriedly nodded.
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In a small Konoha grove, inside the Four Violet Flames Formation.
Naraku held Muramasa, continuously channeling Lightning-attribute chakra to stimulate his body. His Sharingan was open, locked tightly on the spot three meters ahead—ready to unleash Thunder Breathing: Flash of Lightning (actually just Hatake-style iaijutsu) the instant the special dangerous species appeared.
Naraku counted down in his heart: 3… 2… 1
As he released the special dangerous species Ku, he didn't even look—swinging with full power toward the front.
Special dangerous species Ku had just arrived in the ninja world and hadn't even taken its first breath before Naraku's blade carved a massive gash across it.
Then the curse poison from Muramasa instantly spread throughout its body—special dangerous species Ku died!
Only now did Naraku have time to examine what the creature looked like—basically an enlarged pangolin.
Naraku noticed there was no space stone in Ku's hand—relieved, yet slightly disappointed. He had hoped to get another space stone from the dangerous species itself!
No time for disappointment—Naraku quickly ordered the four-man team to open the Four Violet Flames Formation, grabbed the corpse, and rushed back to the forging room.
Then he took out the space stone, 10 portions of Oriharukon, and 1 kg of fine iron.
As usual, he used Shadow Clone Technique to create several clones.
Main body slowly carved curse seals onto the dangerous species corpse. Clone 1 melted the Oriharukon metal. Clone 2 processed the fine iron.
After finishing the curse seals, Naraku chanted the incantation. The entire dangerous species slowly liquefied.
Naraku then merged the liquid into the space stone—the space stone turned even darker.
Next, he covered the surface with the molten Oriharukon. After carving more curse seals, he covered the surface again with the processed fine iron.
Finally, he optimized the new Teigu's shape, referencing transformation device designs for refinement.
In the end, the new Teigu Dimension Square [Shangri-La] was complete.
Ding...
[Congratulations, Forger has crafted an A-grade weapon: Dimension Square [Shangri-La]!]
Naraku checked the Teigu's stats:
[Dimension Square [Shangri-La]: A-grade space-movement Teigu! This Teigu used extremely fresh biological material along with large amounts of precious resources: space stone, Oriharukon, Monkey Scarlet Iron Sand, Monkey Scarlet Ore, fine iron. Space-type Teigu-specific secret techniques were employed over one full day of forging! The final result slightly surpasses the original version!
Diamond-shaped with a space stone embedded in the center. Possesses "Durability" trait. Strong chakra conductivity!
Abilities:
Instantly teleport a target to a marked location—but requires massive energy and prevents consecutive use. If energy consumption is low, consecutive use is possible.
Reinforces chakra input.]
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