Hiding in the sand, splitting into many places, starting with Arkham

Demon Slayer world.

After talking on the phone with his uncle in Shiga, Shimizu arrived at the Shiga Police Headquarters the next day.

His uncle's name is Uesugi Sakai, and he is currently the Superintendent General of the Shiga Police Headquarters, essentially the second-in-command here.

"Would you like some tea? You must have traveled quite a distance from Konan Town to Shiga, right?"

Uesugi Sakai placed a cup of tea in front of Shimizu.

"Thank you, Uncle."

Shimizu took the teacup with both hands and took a sip.

"I've already heard about your intentions. The Demon Slayer Corps does have connections with the government, and our police department is responsible for maintaining contact."

Uesugi Sakai sat down opposite Shimizu, looking at him as he spoke.

"Yes, I guessed as much. The Demon Slayer Corps needs to investigate the traces of demons throughout the country, and the police department is present in every region. Once they encounter cases that are difficult for ordinary people to understand, after reporting them, specific personnel from the police department will definitely pass the information to the Demon Slayer Corps."

Shimizu put down the teacup.

Uesugi Sakai nodded in satisfaction.

It seems that this nephew is not as纨绔 (wan ku = spoiled, good-for-nothing) as he remembered. At least his brain is still working well.

"Our people make up a large portion of the Demon Slayer Corps' logistics department, 'Kakushi', and are responsible for liaising with the Demon Slayer Corps. However, I don't think you're suited for logistics work. After thinking it over, I've found a solution."

Uesugi Sakai took out a small booklet and handed it to Shimizu.

Shimizu opened it and saw an old-fashioned photo of his face printed on it, with a line of small words below his name.

[Member of the Shiga Police Headquarters Special Operations Team]

At the same time, on Shimizu's panel, the progress bar of luck began to move forward a little.

From 2.48% to 3.91%.

"I established this team by using my authority. I am the leader, and you are the only member. Your rank is Patrol Officer."

Patrol Officer is the lowest rank in the police system, so it's no wonder it doesn't give much luck.

Uesugi Sakai took a sip of tea and continued.

"Yesterday, I contacted Ubuyashiki of the Demon Slayer Corps. After obtaining the consent of the current head of the Ubuyashiki family, I made arrangements for you."

However, there is a disadvantage to doing so, which is that your police rank can only be raised to Police Inspector at most. If you want to continue to rise after that, you must transfer to the public side."

Shimizu stroked his chin and nodded frequently.

His uncle is indeed very capable.

And the last point he mentioned, the Demon Slayer Corps' missions will also be reviewed by the police department—mainly by Uesugi Sakai, the Superintendent General—and will become the achievements of that Special Operations Team.

It means that his uncle can also gain political achievements because of his effective leadership.

To be able to pull off such an operation, Uesugi Sakai's influence in the police system is indeed very great.

"Ubuyashiki actually agreed to such harsh conditions. Could this be…"

"No, I've inquired. One reason is that the Wind Pillar among them has a high opinion of you, believing that you have the potential to become a Pillar. Another reason is your third uncle. Because of this matter, your third uncle donated a lot of supplies to the Demon Slayer Corps. Before you go back, visit your third uncle in Koka City."

Shimizu understood.

The Demon Slayer Corps is very willing to recruit him because they believe he has the potential to become a Pillar.

Not being a retainer of Ubuyashiki, being in a semi-independent state within the Demon Slayer Corps, but enjoying all the benefits that the Demon Slayer Corps provides to swordsmen, is bought with money.

The three brothers of the Uesugi family: the eldest takes the police system route, holding a high position; the second takes the political route, being mediocre; the third, Uesugi Yu, is in business.

He dabbles in both legal and illegal businesses, using money to pave the way for his two older brothers, and the two older brothers will also use their power to help the third brother expand his business and earn more money.

Such a result is due to Shimizu's own potential, but also because the Uesugi family gives too much.

Of course, the most important thing is that the Uesugi family has enough influence in all walks of life.

"By the way, Uncle, there's one more thing I want to ask of you."

Shimizu said to Uesugi Sakai.

"You mean the firearms made of Scarlet Sand Iron, right?"

Uesugi Sakai smiled, opened the drawer, and took out two firearms.

"This is the model I specifically found. Double-barreled short-barreled shotgun. It can only fire twice per load, but each time it can fire twelve steel balls. The power is great, the spread is small, and it is easy to carry. At close range, it is enough to break a demon's neck."

The two firearms have the same shape. The front end is two black iron barrels, and the back is a wooden curved handle.

"Scarlet Sand ore is very rare. It is only born on high mountains that are sparsely populated and exposed to sunlight all year round. Therefore, they are all small open-pit mines, but they look no different from normal hematite.

Apart from the people of the Demon Slayer Corps, no one knows how to survey this metal. Moreover, if you want to preserve the solar energy in the ore that can harm demons, you cannot use too high a temperature during forging, otherwise too much energy will be lost, and it will become similar to ordinary iron. Therefore, you can only use ancient forging methods. The hardness of the swords forged will definitely not be as good as the swords forged with high-end industrial steelmaking methods after the Meiji era.

It is precisely because of this that it is very difficult to reforge this kind of sword after it is broken, because the temperature during reforging is too high, which causes the solar energy inside to be excessively activated and escape, greatly reducing the restraint effect on demons."

Shimizu expressed his understanding.

In the original work, many swordsmen's Nichirin Swords had their blades broken or the sword body broken when fighting demons.

One reason is that this kind of shape, similar to a samurai katana, is easily broken by external forces, and it is also because the hardness and toughness of the metal extracted from Scarlet Sand ore are not very good.

"In short, what I want to tell you is that Scarlet Sand Iron is very rare. It can be used multiple times to make swords, but bullets cannot. After being used once, it is difficult to recycle the materials for reforging, so you must use these bullets carefully. Unless your life is in danger, do not use them on any living thing other than demons."

There is nothing wrong, one by one, one by one, one inside, one capacity, one by one, look!

Two boxes were placed by Uesugi Sakai.

Opening one of the boxes, there were sixteen bullet packs neatly placed inside.

Like the gun, one box is for him and one box is for Shinazugawa Sanemi.

This person is a Pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps, and his strength is also top-notch among the Pillars. It should not be a loss to use these to build a good relationship with him.

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Naruto World.

This year's New Year, Shimizu spent it with his companions in the camp.

Now is wartime, even if Shimizu is Chiyo's disciple, he would not be foolish enough to celebrate while other Sunagakure ninjas are still fighting on the front lines.

If there is anything that can make Shimizu feel festive this year, it is that his third puppet has been made.

After all, Fatty was originally just modified from teaching aids, and the foundation was too poor. Even if Shimizu used better materials to improve it, it would not increase its combat power.

If you really want to completely overhaul it, it is better to make a new one than to spend that time and materials.

It is enough to repair Fatty to the extent that he participated in the previous battle, at most adding some other small functions.

The main thing is defense capability.

In Shimizu's vision, his future combat system should be Fatty as a tank in front, and Little Boy as an assassin to harass.

And the new puppet to protect the main body must not only have strong enough survival and defense capabilities, and stronger basic performance than Fatty, but also have sufficient long-range offensive support capabilities.

The greater the power, the better.

It just so happens that Shimizu now feels that his puppet manipulation ability has improved rapidly under Chiyo's guidance, and the Pulse Heart Sensing Technique is also approaching the entry level, and he can already start trying to manipulate three puppets at the same time.

Therefore, after the improvement, Fatty had mechanisms installed by Shimizu to perform the Mechanism Shield Seal technique on most of the important parts.

The main difficulty of this technique being rated as a B-level ninjutsu lies in arranging corresponding mechanisms for the specific situation of the puppet, which is simple for Shimizu.

In terms of actual operation, the Mechanism Shield Seal is much simpler than performing a general B-level ninjutsu if the quality of the mechanism is qualified.

Another thing is to add materials to enhance the defense capability at the cost of sacrificing a small part of flexibility.

As a tank, the most important thing is to be able to withstand.

The data of the newly improved Fatty is as follows:

[Puppet Name]: Fatty

[Comprehensive Parameters]:

Height: 2.12 meters

Weight: 101.25 kg

Material: Reinforced wood, light metal, reinforced biological bone...

Energy: None

Operation method: Chakra thread

[Puppet Rating]: B+

[Comprehensive Evaluation]: Armored defense puppet, a product of the fusion of puppetry and modern engineering. It has excellent performance, strong close combat destructive power, and strong defense capabilities, but lacks agility. It can wrap the puppeteer at critical moments to provide protection.

From the initial puppet teaching tool, it has been strengthened and improved to the present, almost reaching Fatty's limit.

After all, the materials used at the beginning were not good. If you want to exert more power, I am afraid that the internal parts will start to break and be damaged in a few times.