Chapter 74: Naraku Forges the Inspiring Armor, Danzō's Test, and the Chestplate's Power
So Naraku began preparing other work first. Once again, he pretended to take one portion of Oriharukon and 20 kg of refined iron from the scroll.
He split off several clones to smelt the refined iron, while he himself smelted the Oriharukon.
Since refined iron melts more easily than Oriharukon, the clones quickly finished melting it. Then several clones worked together to hammer the refined iron into the shape of a chestplate.
Having finished smelting the Oriharukon, Naraku continued waiting for the Hashirama cells to fully erode the dangerous species. Finally, after a few hours, Naraku confirmed through microscopic inspection that the Hashirama cells had completely eroded the dangerous species in front of him.
He hurriedly used the molten Oriharukon as ink to inscribe curse seals on the dangerous species' body. With his previous experience forging "Incursio," Naraku's inscription speed was very fast—he finished in just 10 minutes.
As Naraku slowly chanted the incantation, the dangerous species turned into a black liquid. Then Naraku used this black liquid to slowly draw patterns on the chestplate.
As the last drop of biological essence fell, the chestplate in front of him seemed to emit a faint green glow—this marked the complete forging of the chestplate.
Naraku had already thought of a name for this chestplate: Inspiring Armor! From the beginning, he had forged it based on the appearance of the Inspiring Armor from League of Legends.
Ding...
[Congratulations to the Forger for crafting an A-rank (pseudo) weapon: Inspiring Armor!]
Naraku habitually checked the attributes of this belt:
[Inspiring Armor: A-rank (pseudo) chestplate! This chestplate uses a special cell-eroded wood-attribute dangerous species as biological raw material, plus Oriharukon and refined iron. Standard armor-type Teigu secret technique was used during forging. Took 3 hours to complete! Unfortunately, due to the special nature of the biological raw material, this chestplate possesses Teigu-level strength while also having far greater requirements and side effects than ordinary Teigu weapons! This chestplate can freely adjust size. It has the characteristics "Toughness" and "Recovery." It has strong chakra conduction ability!
Skills:
Infinite Vitality: Base life recovery +100%, all healing effects received +100%, chakra recovery speed +100%!
Wood Release: Grants a certain degree of Wood Release ability.
Debuffs:
Must possess both Water and Earth chakra natures.
Light use accelerates cell aging; excessive use directly shortens lifespan!
When the chestplate exceeds full load, even stronger side effects may appear!]
Looking at the chestplate in front of him, Naraku really hadn't expected such a pleasant surprise. Apart from the major side effects, this chestplate could genuinely compete with some Teigu.
He was now even more excited to see what he could forge if Danzō gave him the original Hashirama cells.
But no matter what, these cells were extracted after Hashirama's death. If it were Hashirama while still alive, what level would his cells reach!
Naraku thought: if Hashirama were alive, asking for a bit as his granddaughter's husband probably wouldn't be too much! What a pity!
Before Naraku could daydream too long, a Root ninja suddenly appeared in front of him. Naraku inwardly sneered—these people's surveillance was so blatant they didn't even try to hide it. Did they really think he was just a 9-year-old kid?
They were completely looking down on him!
Naraku took the freshly forged Inspiring Armor and walked over to Danzō. Danzō's old face instantly turned into a chrysanthemum. Danzō pretended to be very friendly and said to Naraku: "Little Naraku, what good thing did you forge this time?"
Naraku almost threw up hearing Danzō's words—this made him realize his acting still needed improvement.
"This armor is considered Teigu-level. It has excellent defensive power, and the wearer gains increased life recovery, healing effect, and chakra recovery. There's also a function from that chunk of cell meat—I should have kept it. I'm not sure what abilities that terrifyingly vital flesh chunk has!" Naraku said proudly. While describing the armor's abilities, he didn't mention the side effects at all.
Hearing Naraku's words, Danzō was on the verge of going completely mad—his whole body began trembling.
Danzō thought inwardly: Could it be! Could it be! Am I about to obtain the First Hokage's Wood Release power? Sarutobi Hiruzen! Your Hokage seat is finished! I will use the First's Wood Release power to unify the five great ninja villages!
At that moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen—who was handling official business—sneezed several times in a row again.
Naraku looked speechlessly at Danzō, who seemed to be having a seizure, but he couldn't laugh out loud—it was a bit uncomfortable.
After finishing his delusions, Danzō suddenly realized he needed someone to test whether Naraku's words were true. And he had an even more sinister plan to carry out!
Under Naraku's inner anticipation, Danzō prepared to put on the armor for the experiment himself.
But whether Danzō didn't trust Naraku or still had some rationality left when facing power, he suddenly stopped.
He called over two nearby ninjas for the experiment. He directly ordered one of them—who happened to have both Water and Earth natures—to put on the Inspiring Armor, then commanded them to fight.
The two Root ninjas fought ruthlessly. After the usual ninja kunai exchange—
They quickly entered close combat. Since their strength was about equal, pure taijutsu couldn't decide a winner. They began using ninjutsu.
"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Bullet!"
One Root ninja spat a stream of flame with burning effect from his mouth.
"Water Release: Water Formation Wall!"
The other ninja formed seals and created an upward-rising water wall from below.
As the flames hit the water wall, they were extinguished.
From these two ninjutsu, it was clear the Root ninjas had some skill—the two in front of them were at least special jōnin level.
Because the gap wasn't large, they fell into a war of attrition. As the attrition continued—
The ninja wearing the Inspiring Armor began showing superiority. The Inspiring Armor gave him powerful chakra recovery, excellent wound recovery, and outstanding defense.
This gradually pushed his equally strong opponent into a difficult position.
Finally, the ninja wearing the Inspiring Armor forced his opponent into a corner and won with absolute superiority.
Naraku watched the heavily injured Root ninja fall and couldn't help but admire Danzō's brainwashing ability. This Root organization felt like a cult—clearly just a spar, yet both were willing to fight to the death.
But this wasn't the result Danzō wanted to see. He ordered the victorious ninja: "Inject Earth and Water chakra into the armor and try to advance!"
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