Chapter 82: The Second Form of Water Breathing, Water Hammer!

"I won't go into details about the method of smelting charcoal and magma. Most of the blacksmiths on the Forging Island know how to do it.

"I saw it when you used it before."

"Good control."

"The key is that the art of lava forging requires at least ten steel forgings, and it must reach an excellent level."

"Arafuneji, can you do it?"

Arafuneji shook his head.

"Boss Uehara, I can only reach the eighth level."

"Then practice more. There is not a big gap between the eighth and tenth exercises. Your talent is not bad."

Osamu Uehara knew Arafuneji's forging skills and talents.

Among the younger generation on Forging Island, he is very good.

Based on the rating standards of the blacksmith system, Osamu Uehara felt that Arafune II's forging skills were only one level worse than good, and he had improved during this period of time as he continued to forge.

Now the distance is good, not much worse.

However, this is a hurdle, and it is not easy to cross it.

"Yes, Minister Uehara."

"After the forging is completed, it is shaped, quenched, and sharpened."

Osamu Uehara said: "Compared with ninja tools, scalpels are sharper and thinner, so the shaping and edge cutting must be done well. Just use cold water for quenching."

“However, the cleanest water possible.”

"Arafuneji, please calculate what the approximate cost will be?"

Arafuneji quickly calculated in his mind.

Not long after, Arakuneji raised his head.

"Minister Uehara, excluding manpower, the cost of a scalpel may be around 200 taels, including high-quality metal materials, smokeless charcoal consumption, fresh water for quenching, etc."

"If I forge it alone, I can forge almost twenty in three days."

"When converted, that's a little more than an hour of manpower."

Osamu Uehara also made some calculations in his mind.

A bowl of ramen costs 60 taels.

Naruto can eat all over the street for 300 taels.

A D-level mission costs between 5,000 and 50,000 taels.

For a chuunin, based on Iruka's calculation, based on the number of missions in 14 years, the average annual mission remuneration is about 1 million taels. However, missions are not done by Iruka alone and must be shared with his companions.

Most ninja missions are carried out by multiple ninjas.

For Iruka, it's calculated as one-third.

Then there are only 330,000 taels left.

Of these 330,000 taels, since the platform was used by the village, it is not too much for the village to take half of it, right?

Therefore, less than 170,000 taels are left.

Arafuneji followed the technical stream. When he can complete the scalpel by himself, then Arafuneji must have reached a good level of blacksmith.

At this time, it would be unreasonable if Arafuneji's income was lower than that of an ordinary chuunin.

170,000 taels a year.

Excluding holidays and rest days, based on 250 days of working hours, Arafuneji's one-day income is 700 taels.

One hour is almost 100 taels.

That is, the comprehensive cost of a scalpel is about 300 taels.

But there is still a problem, taxes need to be paid to the village.

Unlike ninja missions, the tax won't be that high, but 10% is at least a minimum.

Then charge 20% of the profit.

So after all the calculations, a scalpel must be sold for more than 400 taels to be normal.

It is already equivalent to the price of 7 bowls of ramen.

Uehara Shu thought about it in his mind.

"Isn't this price a bit high for the medical department?"

"After all, the scalpel is a consumable item..."

In terms of volume, the scalpel is not as good as the kunai, but it is just more technical.

"Perhaps, the blade method can be adopted now."

Originally, Osamu Uehara thought that instead of using a blade in the early stage, he would directly create an integrated scalpel, and then wait until there were more blacksmiths on the forging island before doing so.

That would be easier to operate.

After all, now, Arafuneji is the one who is mainly responsible.

Osamu Uehara can only be said to be responsible for a small part of the content, and it is impossible to spend a lot of time here.

But without using blades, the cost cannot be reduced.

In that case, the medical department may buy it once or twice, but they will definitely not buy it later. The medical department has no objection, but the injured will have objections. It is harmful rather than beneficial to Forging Island.

People should not be too greedy.

If the first client is dead, how can we talk about the future?

Although this is not because the Forging Island is too greedy, but because the cost is so high, the price is indeed expensive.

"The price is too high."

Osamu Uehara looked at Arafuneji and said, "I will modify the design of the scalpel later and change it to a combination of handle and blade. I will make the handle durable and only need to replace the blade."

“This way, the cost for the medical department will be much lower.”

Saying that, Shuu Uehara took action.

Take out pen and paper and start drawing.

After seeing the complex structure of the God's Hand, the separate design of the scalpel was not difficult for Osamu Uehara, and the same was true for drawing.

Thanks to the bonus of God's Hand, Osamu Uehara's drawing ability has reached the level of a printer, not to mention.

At least it's at the level of a high-level sketch.

Soon, the complete drawing of the scalpel was drawn.

Arafuneji was dumbfounded.

“In such a short period of time, new design solutions were come up.”

"And the drawings were drawn in such detail."

Osamu Uehara handed the blueprint to Arafuneji.

"Arafuneji, follow the drawings and go through the complete process. I will watch from the side without saying anything. I will see how far you can complete it and then decide how to allocate the subsequent work."

"Yes, Minister Uehara."

Arafuneji immediately took action.

If before, Arafune felt that he was just learning, now, Arafune knew that he was about to become a real official member of Forging Island.

A person who is useful to the cause of Forging Island.

Osamu Uehara divided his time outside of training into two parts.

One part is observing the water flow.

Another part is watching the forging of Arafuneji.

During this process, Osamu Uehara noticed that on the translucent screen in front of him, the numbers in the reputation column were increasing rapidly and regularly.

Three days later, Arafuneji's forging ended.

A set of scalpels was placed in front of Uehara Osamu.

It is naturally incomparable to the one forged by Shu Uehara.

However, it is still better than the assembly line creations of the Iron Kingdom.

"Smelting, quenching, Arafune II, you have no problem at all. In terms of shaping and polishing, it is a little worse. But if you spend more time and work slowly and carefully, the problem will not be big."

Osamu Uehara paused.

"Let's do this. Apart from the forging, the other parts will be left to you."

"I will be responsible for the forging."

"After you're done, you send it to the medical department and negotiate the price with them."

"They are all departments of the same village. We don't suffer any loss, but we don't need to make too much money from them."

Arafuneji nodded.

"Yes, Minister Uehara."

Arafuneji took out the metal and began to smelt it.

The same technology, but different people use it, and the results will be different.

For example, the smelting time, the smelting temperature control, the ratio of charcoal and magma, the wind force, the number and frequency of flipping... these will all affect the smelting effect.

"Compared with the result I smelted, it's a little worse, but it's not bad."

After the smelting is completed, Arafuneji places the metal on the forging table.

"Forged with lava!"

Once, twice, three times...

Gradually, Arafuneji started to feel a little tired.

It doesn't mean that I have no strength.

As a qualified blacksmith, he still has this strength.

The main reason is that the strength, timing, and angle cannot be mastered well... so that if you continue to beat, the quality of the metal cannot be improved, and it may even be destroyed.

By the eighth time, Arafuneji stopped.

Osamu Uehara took over.

The same lava forged.

However, just when Osamu Uehara forged eight-forged steel into nine-forged steel and was about to continue, Osamu Uehara discovered that with the current metal condition, lava forging was no longer enough.

Because the foundation provided by Arafuneji is not enough.

"Then, you can only use that one."

Uehara Shu had an idea and changed his forging technique.

"Water Breath, Water Drop Hammer!"

A completely different feeling from being forged with lava.

Arafuneji couldn't help but froze for a moment after seeing Uehara Osamu's actions.

"This is not lava forging!"

"Is it the legendary breathing forging method that has not appeared on the Forging Island for a long time?"

"I didn't expect that Minister Uehara would do it."

"But isn't this breathing training method lost?"

"Could it be said that Minister Uehara realized it himself?"

Arafuneji looked at Kamihara Shu, his mood became a little complicated.

Previously, Arafuneji felt that the gap in forging skills between himself and Osamu Uehara might be just two levels.

I am on a level myself.

My own teacher, Kamihara Shu's teacher, is at a higher level.

Uehara Shushi is a higher level.

Even though the distance between the two levels is not short.

Even crossing these two levels is difficult.

But Arafuneji can still see this distance.

But now, Arafuneji realizes that the distance between him and Uehara Shu is much greater than he expected.

"So, how big is the gap between me and Minister Uehara now?"

Arafuneji could no longer see this distance.

"Ten forgings!"

"Eleven forging!"

"Twelve forgings!"

Osamu Uehara stopped and looked at the metal ingots on the forging table.

"The upper limit of this kind of ordinary metal is ten forgings."

"However, I relied on the breathing forging method to forcibly raise the upper limit, reaching the level of twelve forgings. However, this is still not the limit, but it can be higher."

Osamu Uehara stopped not because there was no way to continue.

But because I feel like enough is enough.

"This is the breathing forging method!"

"Moreover, it's just the breathing forging method that I have roughly understood."

“There is still a lot of room for improvement in the future.”

Osamu Uehara's eyes flickered.

"Before, I relied on materials to create extraordinary ninja tools."

"Forging technology is also important, but it's not that important. It's just to the extent that you can create such a ninja tool."

"If it were Arafuneji, I wouldn't be able to build it even if I gave him the blueprints and materials."

"In the future, will I be able to turn decay into magic and create excellent ninja tools with ordinary materials?"

"There may be this possibility."

"However, with higher-level forging technology, ninja tools made with high-level materials will definitely be better than those made with ordinary materials."

"There is no need to be too obsessed with ordinary materials."

"Using ordinary materials to forge ninja swords is probably only useful for showing my forging skills in front of others."

Uehara Osamu made way.

"Arafune Ni, everything will be left to you from now on."

"Yes, Minister Uehara."

Uehara Osamu returned to his forging room.

"Use a hammer to imitate water flow."

"The characteristic of a water drop is that the more it falls, the faster it goes. When it touches, the force explodes and then disperses."

"The characteristic of water flow is that it flows continuously."

"Not all at once, but continuously."

"This means that the frequency of my hammer falling must be fast enough."

"In terms of continuity, a hammer can never be compared to water flow."

"But as long as the frequency is fast enough, it will produce a feeling similar to water flow."

In layman's terms, it means that the forged metal cannot feel that the hammer has left.

There is no need for true continuity.

And it is necessary to make the forged metal unable to react.

"At the beginning, I don't need such a strong force."

"Lower the height, lower the force, and pursue the frequency first."

Uehara Shu closed his eyes and imagined it in his mind.

After a while, he opened them.

Uehara Shu raised the hammer and stood less than ten centimeters above the metal ingot.

After that, it fell.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

One hammer after another, without any pause in between, at his fastest speed.

Continuously.

Uehara Osamu's arm and the hammer in his hand have become phantom-like existences for a moment. If an ordinary person were here, he would definitely not be able to see them clearly.

All he could see was a residual image.

A stream of water attribute chakra automatically spread along Uehara Osamu's arm and toward the hammer.

However, the effect brought about by this is that the metal ingot being forged below has undergone completely different changes from the previous forging by Uehara Osamu. The structure is more precise, and more impurities are discharged.

"Water Breathing, Water Flow Hammer, Getting Started!"

Uehara Osamu stopped and moved his sore arm.

"Compared with the Water Drop Hammer, this requires much higher physical requirements."

"Fortunately, my current basic attributes have been greatly improved."

"In addition, I have also obtained a good level of physical talent."

Suddenly, Uehara Osamu thought of something.

Compared with physical skills, he obviously practiced more in forging.

And forging, strictly speaking, can also be considered a kind of physical skill.

After practicing the breathing forging method, will it be possible to use it not only for forging metal, but also for fighting?

"It seems that it is not impossible."

Uehara Shu glanced at the translucent screen in front of him.

Suddenly, the number on the reputation column jumped sharply.

In an instant, it increased by more than 200.

Uehara Shu's eyebrows moved slightly.

"Is it Senior Juzo, or someone else?"

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