Chapter 115: Konoha's Armistice Deal, Naraku's Supreme Throne Forging Begins, Orochimaru Joins Team, Tsunade's Gambling Nickname, and One-Year Progress
In reality, Iwagakure and Sunagakure's demand for reparations was just a probe. What the two villages never expected was that Sarutobi Hiruzen actually gave them a little compensation.
Because of this, Danzō and Sarutobi Hiruzen staged several rounds of "you regret, I shadow" dramatic performances in the office.
And Naraku could finally begin forging the Guardian Divine Machine [Supreme Throne] officially.
[Platinum · Guardian Divine Machine [Supreme Throne]: Energy Core], [Platinum · Guardian Divine Machine [Supreme Throne]: Forging Technique], and [Platinum · Super Dangerous Species: Black Dragon]—Naraku already possessed all of them!
Konoha had specially built a forging plaza for him, and Sarutobi Hiruzen even established a dedicated Forging Department.
Moreover, most of Naraku's requests were met without hesitation.
At this critical moment, Naraku no longer hid anything.
He directly created over a hundred shadow clones to work. The limit wasn't how many clones he could make—it was that forging was delicate work. Even Naraku couldn't withstand the mental shock from dispelling more than a hundred shadow clones at once.
Naraku had more than once maliciously speculated that Naruto was so suited to Multiple Shadow Clone Technique largely because he was a hot-blooded idiot.
And even these hundred shadow clones surprised Sarutobi Hiruzen somewhat. Combined with Jiraiya's earlier warnings, it made Sarutobi Hiruzen feel Naraku was hiding many things.
But as Naraku's forging began, he had no way to pursue his questions further.
He could only arrange more of his own people in the Forging Department.
First month: Naraku divided the Platinum · Guardian Divine Machine [Supreme Throne] into head, chest, arms, and legs sections. He taught specific forging skills for each part to different teams.
He hoped they could handle some simple, miscellaneous work.
Naraku himself and his clones focused fully on drawing curse seals on the black dragon corpse. Perhaps due to the black dragon's unique nature as a super dangerous species, drawing curse seals on it was extremely difficult.
Combined with the black dragon's massive size and the high precision required for the seals, Naraku spent a full month just to finish.
But the moment it was complete, Naraku no longer had to worry about the black dragon corpse decaying.
Naraku looked at the black dragon that seemed identical to before—but he knew its interior was now filled with Orihalcon steel and fine iron.
Second month: Naraku's subordinates could officially assist. Naraku and the others began the long forging process—or rather, at this point it was no longer forging.
It was manufacturing.
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Six months later, Jiraiya and Orochimaru also gained a brief period of freedom due to the war's end.
Jiraiya had been worried about the Great Toad Sage's prophecy. He visited Mount Myōboku multiple times to ask the Great Toad Sage, but after giving that one prophecy, the Great Toad Sage never gave another.
However, the Great Toad Sage himself said such things had happened several times in his long life.
He also entrusted Jiraiya to continue searching for the Child of Prophecy—perhaps only the Child of Prophecy could stop that youth who wielded miraculous forging abilities.
And so Jiraiya began traveling the ninja world—searching for the correct philosophy for the ninja world's future while looking for the Child of Prophecy.
Until Jiraiya arrived in the Land of Rain. Whether by fate or some artificial coincidence, Jiraiya still encountered the young Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan.
Originally Jiraiya planned only to care for the three children until they could stand on their own. But after seeing Nagato's Rinnegan, Jiraiya became convinced this child was the Child of Prophecy spoken of by the Great Toad Sage.
Afterward Jiraiya began earnestly teaching the three ninjutsu. During the teaching process, Jiraiya also discovered the differences in the three children's personalities.
Nagato cared deeply for his comrades but often lacked initiative and even seemed somewhat timid.
Yahiko was the typical outgoing type—strong in action but sometimes overly idealistic.
Finally, Konan struck Jiraiya as an emotional, intelligent, and caring young lady.
Additionally, Jiraiya found all three had excellent ninjutsu talent—especially Nagato! Though timid in personality, his learning speed for ninjutsu far outpaced Konan and Yahiko.
This made Jiraiya even more dedicated.
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After the war ended, Orochimaru returned to Konoha. Later, with Naraku's permission, he joined Naraku's forging team.
Of course, he didn't intend to become a forger—he wanted to fully absorb Naraku's knowledge on the application of biological materials.
In Naraku's view, Orochimaru was an excellent labor force—even during the learning process he could contribute far beyond ordinary people.
Compared to Yakushi Nonou whom Danzō had sent, Orochimaru was practically a genius.
As for Tsunade—she was quite laid-back during this time. Most of her days were spent developing medical ninjutsu. In her free time she gambled or spent time with Naraku.
It was also during this period that Tsunade—after earning the title "Konoha's Ferocious Tiger"—gained a new nickname: "Konoha's Big Fat Sheep."
When Tsunade learned of this nickname she was furious. She dragged Naraku straight to the casino to fight together, vowing to wash away the shame of being called Konoha's Big Fat Sheep!
Afterward the casino witnessed two spectacles. Naraku—who had studied mathematics—fully understood the dirtiness of professional gambling, so he shamelessly prepared to cheat.
Fully embodying the professional gambler spirit of "if you're not caught, it's not cheating," he won big in the casino.
Tsunade fully demonstrated what it meant to be bad at gambling but highly addicted. With Naraku covering her losses, she became even bolder.
In the end Tsunade left the casino flushed and hugging Naraku's arm. She said to Naraku: "You and I, master and disciple united—we're invincible! Today the two of us slaughtered the casino. Let's see who dares call me Konoha's Big Fat Sheep from now on!"
Naraku was utterly speechless. He had never seen someone with such terrible luck. It could be said Tsunade's luck in being unlucky was very good.
Naraku's cheating earnings almost couldn't keep up with Tsunade's losses. In this one battle, the nickname "Konoha's Big Fat Sheep" probably became even more widespread.
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Until one year and five months after forging began.
Sarutobi Hiruzen found Naraku and said seriously: "Naraku, you may need to forge one Teigu each for Kumogakure and Kirigakure. If possible, it's best to forge Teigu with effects that aren't immediately obvious—or ones that require long-term development. Is that alright?"
Naraku felt speechless at Sarutobi Hiruzen's naivety but confidently agreed.
Then he continued forging.
For the current him, forging an A-grade weapon didn't take long at all.
After one year and five months of forging, Naraku stopped—not because it was finished.
Orihalcon steel had run out. The Guardian Divine Machine [Supreme Throne] truly deserved its reputation as the strongest Teigu that could only be forged with the power of an empire.
Compared to ordinary B-grade weapons needing one portion of Orihalcon steel, A-grade weapons needing about ten portions—
The Guardian Divine Machine [Supreme Throne] required 200 portions of Orihalcon steel, completely depleting Naraku's stock.
So Naraku set down his work and prepared for another big gacha pull!
Walking along the road, Naraku saw Tsunade striding toward the casino to deliver money. Suddenly he felt today might be unlucky—not suitable for drawing.
Naraku immediately slapped himself. He, a guaranteed immortal—what was he afraid of bad luck? What worse could happen to him?
Besides, the Uchiha still had the koi carp. No matter what, Uchiha koi trumped unlucky Tsunade—advantage: me!
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