Chapter 102: Naraku Forges Pseudo-S Grade Weapon – Combining Nine-Tails Chakra, Hashirama Cells, Monkey King Corpse & Thunder God Sword
After Sarutobi Hiruzen calmed down, he realized he had to use the Hashirama cells. Otherwise, due to Wood Release's natural suppression of tailed beast chakra, any weapon forged would inevitably be countered by Wood Release.
Although the Wood Release Danzō obtained was most likely a beggar's version, the Nine-Tails chakra Sarutobi Hiruzen brought was also a beggar's version.
Finally making up his mind, Sarutobi Hiruzen handed all the materials to Naraku and asked if he could forge right here.
This wasn't mainly out of fear that Naraku would run away—the main reason was that these items couldn't see the light of day, and the barrier in this room could conceal them. Additionally, Sarutobi Hiruzen was worried that if Naraku held these materials, Danzō might trick him again.
Finally, these materials carried a certain level of danger.
Naraku casually agreed. Looking at so many precious materials, Naraku was also in high spirits and immediately began preparations for forging right there.
Sarutobi Hiruzen consciously acted as a guard, ready to stay up all night with Naraku and work overtime to outpace everyone else.
Naraku carefully examined the materials and continuously conceived forging methods in his mind.
Unlike Danzō's stingy materials last time, this time Sarutobi Hiruzen had gone all out.
He even consciously provided some chakra metal.
After much thought, Naraku decided to imitate "Incursio" — first forge it into a staff-shaped summoning vessel, then allow the summoning vessel to call forth full-body armor.
Naraku also knew these materials probably weren't enough to directly forge an S-grade weapon, but he decided to give this new armor the hope of evolution.
So Naraku told Sarutobi Hiruzen he needed to go back for some materials.
He rushed home, summoned "Incursio," and using the Weapon King Authority, ruthlessly sliced off a large chunk of Tyrande's flesh.
This meat-cutting caused Tyrande's power within "Incursio" to roar continuously, but she was powerless. Naraku suspected that if anyone else—even someone like Nawaki who evolved with the armor—dared do this, they might end up fighting the armor directly.
Of course, thanks to "Incursio's" characteristics, this flesh could still slowly regrow by devouring relatively foundational power from the host.
Naturally "Incursio" wouldn't devour Naraku's. Naraku could only think: sorry, little brother-in-law.
Upon returning to the forging room with the materials, Sarutobi Hiruzen breathed a sigh of relief. Although the chance of Naraku running away was very small, it wasn't zero.
Just now Sarutobi Hiruzen had forcibly resisted using Telescope Technique inside the Uchiha clan grounds.
Naraku used Multiple Shadow Clone Technique for the first time in a while, assigning each clone to different preparation tasks.
One melted the Thunder God Sword, another carved curse seals on the monkey corpse, another placed Hashirama cells onto Tyrande's flesh block.
At this time Sarutobi Hiruzen carefully observed Naraku's curse seals. Although Naraku never hid anything during forging and even taught some blacksmithing and ninja knowledge, these people's progress was very slow. This made Sarutobi Hiruzen realize Naraku's terrifying talent in this area.
As for why Naraku was willing to teach others some vassal weapon forging techniques—it was, of course, to cultivate talent in advance. It was foreseeable that as his forging level continued to rise, he might not even want to forge B-grade weapons later.
If it was for system rewards, he could have others do the basic forging and then have Master Naraku personally add the final touch.
Talent is sometimes like this—if you don't cultivate it early, it's hard to get when you need it.
Hashirama cells could be said to be old rivals with Tyrande. The moment the two touched, it was like dry wood meeting fierce fire—they began devouring each other.
This power directly exploded several of Naraku's nearby shadow clones.
Sarutobi Hiruzen hurriedly strengthened the barrier's chakra supply in fright.
Naraku watched the mutually devouring flesh blocks and recalled an interesting comment he'd seen in his previous life: in reality, the only kind of cell that could rival Hashirama cells in power was one mutated cell—cancer cells.
Cancer cells have infinite proliferation ability and extremely tenacious vitality—completely matching Hashirama cells' traits. Some even speculated that Hashirama didn't die from weakness, but from being "too strong"—high-intensity battles caused his cells to continuously proliferate, ultimately leading to his death.
Perhaps because the flesh came from "Incursio," and within "Incursio" Tyrande's power and Wood Release power had already found balance, although it was called Tyrande flesh, it also contained Wood Release power.
Soon Tyrande and Hashirama cells found their respective positions and reached balance.
Afterward Naraku placed the container holding Nine-Tails chakra onto the monkey's abdomen.
He then had Sarutobi Hiruzen release the Nine-Tails chakra from the container. During the unsealing process, Nine-Tails chakra continuously overflowed.
It directly formed a tailed beast cloak on the monkey's body surface.
Then Naraku slowly covered the stabilized Tyrande + Hashirama cells onto the monkey's body surface.
During this process he activated curse seals and refined biological essence.
Nine-Tails chakra was extremely arrogant—Naraku even saw a little fox roaring at the Hashirama cells and Tyrande cells.
It was fine when it didn't provoke them, but once it did, the Wood Release power from Hashirama cells and Tyrande's terrifying evolutionary devouring ability teamed up to hammer it.
Hammering it into continuous retreat.
But this alliance was only temporary—soon it devolved into a three-way melee again.
It could be said this biological essence refinement was the most uncomfortable one Naraku had ever done. Three forces used the monkey corpse as a battlefield and constantly clashed.
Finally, the three forces reached a brief balance.
Afterward Naraku used already-melted Orihalcon steel, fine iron, and chakra metal as the main body to forge a staff.
At both ends of the staff he drew patterns using the molten metal from the Thunder God Sword. Finally he injected the biological essence carrying the three forces into the staff.
With the final curse seal drawn using Orihalcon steel metal completed, Naraku chanted the curse seal to bring all powers into balance.
This weapon was finally finished.
Ding...
[Congratulations to the forger for creating S (Pseudo) grade weapon!]
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