Chapter 3: All Textual Materials on Kiriichi Have Been Collected!
Naraku was now preparing to attempt his first forging in his life, and after some thought, he decided to start with the simplest shuriken.
Having completed the preparatory work, Naraku stood quietly in the Blacksmith's room, his eyes serious.
Various forging tools were laid out before him; he carefully picked up a piece of crude iron, placed it into the furnace to heat, and sparks flew.
Once the metal turned red, Naraku used tongs to pull it out and began to gently hammer it.
His movements gradually became more skilled, and the shape of the shuriken began to emerge. Sweat dripped from his forehead, but his gaze never left the work in his hands.
As time passed, the outline of the shuriken became clearer. Afterward, it was placed into a quenching medium to complete the hardening process.
Then came the appropriate grinding, and at this point, the sharp edges of the shuriken gleamed with a cold light.
Next was the crucial step of incorporating a subordinate tool forging secret art. There were many subordinate tool forging secret arts, but most required specific forging conditions or materials. Naraku could only choose a relatively simple secret art.
Naraku paused his movements, gazing at his creation.
At this moment, the Blacksmith system began its evaluation:
[Shuriken: D+]
[Limited by materials and the Blacksmith's proficiency, even with a B-grade forging technique, the weapon did not reach C-grade. However, this weapon is far ahead of other weapons of the same level!]
Naraku reflected on his recent actions and realized that he was a bit overconfident.
His mind understood it, but his hands didn't quite.
Ding... [Detected Blacksmith's first successful forging of a D-grade weapon, rewarding one free lottery draw.]
Seeing this first reward, Naraku suddenly remembered that he should also have an initial grand gift package!
"System bro, where's my free grand gift package? You didn't embezzle it, did you?" Naraku directly asked.
Unfortunately, the system was an imbecile, not even counting as artificial intelligence.
And Naraku felt that the first mission reward might just be the initial grand gift package, so he could only give up on it.
Next, Naraku began to furiously forge in the Blacksmith's room. Due to the Blacksmith's room having exclusive forging talent bonuses and powerful subordinate tool memory inheritance, Naraku's forging proficiency increased rapidly.
Moreover, Naraku was also very motivated, as forging one of these items earned him 100 taels. Although Naraku was just a child now, money was still very useful to him.
After all, the Ninja World also had no shortage of precious materials, such as chakra metal.
These all required money to purchase, and Naraku did not want to live a pitiful life like Prince Naruto.
Naraku forged until late at night, but his spirits were highly excited.
Because he felt that this time, he had made a big one with the shuriken.
He carefully picked up the newly crafted shuriken.
[Shuriken: C-]
[Limited by materials, but using a B-grade forging technique and the Blacksmith possessing sufficient proficiency, this weapon reached C-grade. This makes the shuriken extremely sharp and difficult to destroy. But this is also its limit!]
Then, the system belatedly began to announce.
Ding... [Detected Blacksmith's first successful forging of a C-grade weapon, rewarding ten free lottery draws.]
Seeing the system reward, Naraku nodded in satisfaction.
It was only then that Naraku, having come back to his senses, suddenly felt extremely tired, even as a Ninja World superhuman with Chakra.
Moreover, his clothes were completely soaked, and his face was pitch black, the kind where a dark-skinned person would recognize him as a brother.
Considering that there wasn't much crude iron and charcoal left in the Blacksmith's room, Naraku could only leave.
Naraku walked quietly by the roadside at night when suddenly, a strange sound entered his ears. The sound was like someone high on drugs, mixed with distorted gasps and occasional meows.
Naraku stopped, looking around, trying to find the source of the sound. The cold night wind howled, rustling the leaves, but the eerie sound became clearer in the silence. His heart began to pound, and a sense of unease welled up in him.
The sound seemed to be getting closer, as if coming from a dark corner nearby.
Naraku, however, did not see anyone. Naraku thought, "Damn it, I haven't come to a Cthulhu version of the Eye Legend, have I! Even with a system, I might not be able to handle this!"
It wasn't until Naraku cautiously approached that he discovered Ninja Cat Hideyoshi was high on the catnip he had given him.
He had completely abandoned the three ninja prohibitions. Naraku looked at Hideyoshi's completely unguarded posture, then thought of the usual arrogance of ninja cats, and decided to teach him a harsh lesson, going straight up to pet him to his heart's content.
After petting him, he ran back home.
Upon arriving home, Naraku immediately began bathing, changing clothes, and meditating with incense, approaching the upcoming lottery with an extremely devout attitude.
He had accumulated 11 lottery chances and was waiting to have a big night tonight. However, despite all the elaborate preparations, Naraku still felt a little nervous.
After all, in his previous life, all his lottery draws were truly unlucky; he was even known as the legendary "Guaranteed Pull Immortal" by his companions. He wasn't sure if his cursed unlucky fate would change in this new world.
"System, start the lottery!"
Naraku thought it over and decided to do a single draw first, as single draws often produced miracles in the lottery world.
[Drawing now]
Naraku looked at the small white and gold sections on the wheel, silently praying.
This time, the wheel actually moved slowly to the white section.
[Mineral Water Bottle * 1]
As these cold words appeared before Naraku, he felt a sense of defeat.
This incident also indirectly proved that his damned unlucky streak had followed him to the Ninja World.
Now he could choose to calm down, but he was still going to try again. Anyway, there were many high-quality materials in the Ninja World, and he wouldn't fail to gain reputation later.
But if he could draw something good now, he could quickly create a B-grade weapon!
"10 consecutive draws! Start!"
[Can * 1]
[Cola * 10]
[Milk * 1 box]
[Blue · Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's Panties]
[Green · Food Processing Technology]
[Sunflower Seeds · 10 kg]
[Eight Treasure Porridge * 1 box]
[Iced Tea * 1 box]
[Green · green scarlet sand iron and scarlet ore * 10 portions]
[Blue · Dangerous Species · Flying Mantis Corpse * 1 portion]
Naraku was immediately attracted by the Flying Mantis corpse. With the subordinate tool forging technique, he knew that this material was essential for crafting kiri no ichimonji.
Now he had just gathered all the materials for kiri no ichimonji!
And since it was an entire corpse, there might even be some scraps left over to craft other things.
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