Hokage Naruto, The Opening Black Coffin Shocked Konoha

Naruto came to the blacksmith shop with ease, avoiding the sight of others as much as possible.

As usual, Naruto handed the money to the old blacksmith. The old blacksmith took the money and silently took out his notebook and pen tacitly.

I took Naruto to the same forging platform I used before.

Naruto's skillful use of Shadow Clone began, heating up Zanpakutō.

But the preparations went far beyond that. Naruto also created two separate clones and surrounded the blacksmith with a Kidō barrier, giving people a proactive hint that he would not take the initiative to pay attention to the blacksmith shop.

Such a Kidō barrier is still quite consuming for Reiatsu. The reason for this preparation is because the material Naruto wants to strengthen the Zanpakutō this time is the soul of the Third Hokage and the fragments of the native Shinigami of this world.

He didn't know what kind of changes such two things containing strong soul power would bring to Zanpakutō, so he had to be relatively cautious.

The old blacksmith seemed to have remembered something and said, "Speaking of which, the blast I talked to you about last time was deemed to have died during the mission just two days ago."

Naruto pretended to be surprised and asked: "What kind of mission did he have when something unexpected happened? A strong and experienced ninja like Hayate-senpai."

The old blacksmith shook his head and replied: "They didn't tell me in detail about this. They just said that Hayate lost contact when he went to perform the secret mission of the Third Hokage."

"Oh, it turns out to be the Third Hokage's secret mission. It looks really difficult." Naruto murmured to himself.

This also reminded Naruto that although he didn't know to what extent the higher-ups were aware of it, someone must have guessed the connection between Hayate and himself.

However, it was Ludburn who took action at that time. They should not be able to fully confirm that this incident was theirs for a while.

Even if they go to the Land of Snow and find Ludburn who has hidden his identity, as long as they are not a particularly difficult opponent, they will definitely die at the hands of Ludburn, so Naruto does not need to worry too much.

Naruto said to the old blacksmith who was paying close attention to the operation on his side: "You must watch my operation carefully today. This is a soul that belongs to a strong man. You have to watch how I use such a powerful soul." , injected into the sword."

The old blacksmith has been forging knives all year round, so his concentration and mental strength are much higher than ordinary people.

In addition, he watched Naruto's Zanpakutō forging several times, so his perception of souls has improved a lot.

The Third Generation's soul is particularly powerful this time, so as an old blacksmith, he can observe Naruto's movements more intuitively.

The old blacksmith carefully observed Naruto's movements, and tightened his grip on the notebook and pen in his hand, almost breaking the pen.

"I understand, I won't blink for a second!"

Naruto controlled the clones and used Hadō's Thirty-One Red Fire Cannon, Hadō's Fifty-eight Kalan to control the flames, and finally injected the soul of Sarutobi Hiruzen and the fragments of Shinigami into it.

Based on the power of these two, even the old blacksmith's eyes flashed, the blurred outlines of Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shinigami.

At the moment the fusion ended, Zanpakutō's whole body erupted with dazzling light, instantly evaporating all moisture in the surrounding air.

Perhaps because the Shinigami fragments of this world were integrated into the sword, Naruto could clearly feel that his connection with this world was a little stronger.

And after integrating the soul of Sarutobi Hiruzen, Naruto could clearly feel that Zanpakutō would soon be able to brand the third sword.

Not only that, Naruto could also feel that Zanpakutō could carry more Reiatsu.

In other words, Zanpakutō can store some Reiatsu for him to solve the shortcoming of his current body's low Reiatsu limit.

"The figure that flashed past just now was..." the blacksmith murmured to himself.

"No, you didn't see anything just now. It was just an illusion caused by the distorted air under the influence of high temperature." Naruto explained calmly.

Anyone can hear this, it's just a simple perfunctory.

Naruto was waiting for the old blacksmith's reaction. This was a disguised test to see if the old blacksmith was on his side. For the old blacksmith, forging skills were above all else.

Hearing this, the old blacksmith shook his head and asked: "If the powerful soul's effect is so good, why is it not practical at the beginning?"

Hearing the old blacksmith's question, Naruto felt relieved. Sure enough, he was right. The old blacksmith was not someone who would care about such things.

"It may not be a good thing to use such a powerful soul from the beginning. It may cause the knife itself to awaken to self-consciousness due to the excessive proportion of a single soul." Naruto explained to the old blacksmith.

"Isn't it good to have a self-aware sword?" The old blacksmith still didn't understand.

"It's not bad, it's just that this is not the result I want. Only after its real master uses it and injects the soul into it, and the self-consciousness born after that, is the result I want."

The old blacksmith nodded when he heard this.

Naruto slowly collected the Zanpakutō and said to the old blacksmith: "Next time I will try my best to help you prepare some materials and let you try to forge it yourself. This will be considered as acceptance of your learning results for so long."

The old blacksmith's eyes burst out with golden light, and he asked excitedly: "Really?"

Naruto nodded slightly and confirmed: "Of course it is true, but before that, your mortal body is not enough. I need you to give me all your body and mind. I will transform you into a An existence born of swords.”

Naruto looked at the stunned old blacksmith, stretched out his right hand and asked, "Do you want to accept my deal?"

The old blacksmith knew his situation very well. After all, he was just a mortal, and he had no qualifications to learn ninjutsu. He just had a terrible obsession with forging.

Now there is a person who promises him that as long as he sells his body and mind, he can obtain the incredible forging skills, and he will also transform himself into a being specially designed for forging swords.

There was only endless fanaticism in the old blacksmith's eyes. He had never thought that such a good thing would happen, and he frantically grasped Naruto's right hand with both hands.

"I'll do whatever you want! As long as you can let me forge a weapon of this level, I'll do whatever you want!" Those old hands used a lot of strength.

Naruto was very satisfied with this reaction. He patted the old blacksmith's shoulder with his left hand and said, "Don't worry, as long as I promise you something, I will definitely do it. Don't be anxious. Everything has just begun?"