Chapter 78: Forging Steel Angel Wings, Mikoto's Concern, and Naraku's Teasing Proposal
After calming his emotions, Naraku began preparing to forge the new Teigu. As usual, he started with pre-forging contemplation—after all, Teigu originated from another world. Since he had come to the ninja world, he wouldn't stubbornly keep everything unchanged.
In the Kill la Kill world, Myriad Miles Flight [Mostima] was simply an iron ring attached to the user's back. When activated by the Teigu user, it produced a pair of large white wings. While it allowed some attacks and looked quite agile overall, in the ninja world where ninjutsu mastery was common, flying in the sky could easily turn one into a sitting duck.
Although it had a skill to reflect enemy flight-based projectiles, it still felt lacking.
Moreover, those big white wings seemed insufficient in defense—even a chūnin like Uchiha Hiiro wielding Muramasa could easily break through them.
So Naraku had an idea: could he mix in more refined iron to enhance chakra conduction? And after forging, allow the user to combine Wind Release with the Teigu to unleash greater power.
Naraku thought—who in all of Konoha was best at Wind Release? Danzō's ferocious old face appeared in his mind. Immediately after, Naraku remembered he had copied Danzō's entire Wind Release inheritance.
So one Naraku = one Danzō? Considering Naraku's chakra reserves should be greater than Danzō's.
But even with Wind Release, the wings' defense was still a weak point. At this moment, Naraku thought of the villain Vulture from Spider-Man: No Way Home—those steel wings looked extremely cool. Although Myriad Miles Flight [Mostima] had a pair of large white wings, its flight didn't rely entirely on kinetic energy; there was some magical element involved—for example, it could hover in place even without flapping.
And the offensive feathers weren't completely physical—otherwise, a Teigu that didn't grow feathers would eventually go bald after prolonged use, right?
So adding a steel coating to the wings might sacrifice a little weight, but the consequences of that added weight could be offset by chakra input. Did Uchiha Naraku lack chakra?
Another drawback: it would be impossible to fully retract these steel wings back into the Teigu ring. But Naraku didn't mind.
The massive boost in defense would allow it to serve as a shield against some low-level ninjutsu attacks, while further enhancing chakra conduction.
With the plan set, Naraku eagerly got to work—who didn't want a cool pair of flying steel wings as a boy?
Naraku quickly took out the Feather-Type Beast corpse, 10 portions of Oriharukon, 20 kg of refined iron, one "Green · Scarlet Sand Iron" and one "Scarlet Ore."
This time Naraku creatively used Wood Clone Technique, assigning Wood Clone No. 1, 2, and 3 to smelt the metals separately.
He himself severed the Feather-Type Beast's wings and directly smelted the torso into biological essence.
On the other side, to raise the wings' upper limit, Naraku also extracted the two smaller wings that mainly served for aesthetics.
He then injected all this biological essence into the Feather-Type Beast's main wings.
By now the three wood clones had finished smelting the metals.
Next, he injected Oriharukon into the wings' interior, formed pathways with Scarlet Sand Iron and Scarlet Ore inside the wings, and wrapped refined iron around the wings.
As the wings cooled, secret technique curse seals began covering the surface. With a final flash of eerie light, Myriad Miles Flight [Mostima] was forged.
Ding...
[Congratulations to the Forger for crafting an A-rank weapon: Myriad Miles Flight [Mostima]!]
Naraku looked at the wings—which looked nothing like the original design sketch—and decided to rename it immediately.
System, rename this Teigu to Steel · Angel Wings! Short name: Steel Wings!
Ding...
[Myriad Miles Flight [Mostima] has been renamed to Steel · Angel Wings for you.]
Next, Naraku checked the wings' attributes:
[Steel · Angel Wings: A-rank wing-type Teigu! This Teigu uses Feather-Type Beast as biological raw material, plus Oriharukon, refined iron, Scarlet Sand Iron, and Scarlet Ore. The forger innovated fully on the basis of standard wing-type Teigu forging techniques. Took 7 hours to complete! Due to the forger's creative addition of refined iron coating on the biological material surface, the Teigu gained extra enhancements while being weakened in certain areas. Overall, it surpasses the original Teigu level.
Steel · Angel Wings can retract behind the user, ultimately forming a heavy shield. Has characteristics "Toughness" and "Sharpness." Strong chakra conduction ability!
Functions:
Basic Ability: Allows the user to fly; feathers can kill enemies.
Secret Technique "God's Feather": Reflects opponent's flight-based projectiles back at them.
Iron Wings: Wings can be folded for defense.
Single-attribute chakra enhancement.
Shield Form: Teigu can be folded into a shield; the shield's edges are extremely sharp and can cut enemies!]
Naraku placed the Steel Wings on his back. As he stepped outside, he saw Uchiha Mikoto looking somewhat downcast.
Naraku walked over, patted Uchiha Mikoto's head, and said: "Who made my Mikoto upset? I'll go teach them a harsh lesson!"
"Naraku!" Uchiha Mikoto looked at Naraku in surprise, then stammered for a long time before saying: "Naraku, you've changed so much… you're getting stronger and stronger. Before, I was always the one taking care of you. Now it feels like I can't even help you anymore. When you went to hunt the new dangerous species, you called Hiiro but didn't call me."
Naraku thought for a moment. On the surface, Uchiha Mikoto really wasn't helping him much anymore. But sometimes what Naraku lacked wasn't powerful assistance—it was someone he could truly trust.
And Uchiha Mikoto was undoubtedly someone Naraku could trust.
He quickly comforted her: "You're still just a ninja academy student who hasn't graduated yet—what you need is growth. Actually, even with Hiiro, I only brought her along to temper her a bit."
"And there's one thing you can help me with!" Naraku said mysteriously.
Uchiha Mikoto widened her eyes and looked at Naraku: "What?"
Naraku said seriously: "I'm your childhood fiancé now—you have to take good care of me. After we get married, give me ten or eight kids. With our talents, the children will definitely all awaken Mangekyō Sharingan. Reviving the Uchiha clan's glory will depend entirely on you and me! At that time, I'll become the Uchiha clan head, and you'll be the clan head's wife!" With that, he grinned smugly.
However, to Naraku's surprise, Uchiha Mikoto didn't react with anger or shyness as he had imagined. Instead, a faint blush appeared on her face. In a mosquito-like whisper she softly said: "There's no way it's that amazing… but I'll have to think about it carefully." With that, she lowered her head, looking somewhat embarrassed.
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