Chapter 231 New Sword
Kaito turned around with a smile.
However, when he saw the murderous look in old man Shimotsuki's eyes, he immediately pursed his lips and his expression became more serious.
Shimotsuki ignored the funny Kaito and snatched the box away, squatting on the ground and starting to search through it on his own.
"Well, this one is OK, this one is average, why did you bring all these?"
Listening to old man Shimotsuki's comments and unable to get a word in, Kaito thought about turning around and lying down in the rocking chair for a while.
Unexpectedly, Shimotsuki's voice suddenly rose.
"Kaito boy! What is this? Do you look down on the old man's level?"
Kaito turned around again without knowing what was going on, and looked at the [Honedge's Scabbard] that old man Shimotsuki was holding in his hand.
"Uh, what's wrong? It's just ordinary materials?"
Shimotsuki looked at the innocent look on Kaito's face without explaining the reason. He picked up the box angrily and walked towards the forging room, muttering to himself.
"You little brat! Do I need you to remind me? I've already thought of this plan!"
Kaito looked at Shimotsuki's back with a head full of question marks, not knowing what the old man was going crazy about.
As he was walking, Shimotsuki suddenly turned around and looked at Kaito.
"Leave the sword behind this time, kid."
Kaito's face lit up with joy when he heard that, and he immediately began to take off the Shinso on his back, while asking with some disbelief.
"Grandpa, have you finally decided on the renovation plan?"
Shimotsuki stared at Kaito's eyes for a moment, then curled his lips in disgust and said.
"Just leave the sword, but not the scabbard."
"Ah?"
Kaito was stunned and stopped unfastening his straps.
"No scabbard? But it's useless to carry an empty scabbard on my back? How about just leaving it here?"
"I said no, so I mean no. Leave the sword here, but get out of here!"
Seeing that the old man was about to get angry again, Kaito quickly pulled out the Shinso, put it on the stone table, turned around and prepared to leave.
It's just that his back feels light and empty, and he feels a little uncomfortable.
Just then, he caught a glimpse of the weapon rack in the yard, which was neatly hung with swords of various colors. He turned around and saw that old man Shimotsuki was not paying attention to him.
Kaito walked stealthily to the weapon rack, picked out the one that looked the best to him and measured it. It could just fit into the scabbard, and even the weight and feel were similar to the 'Shinso'.
'Not bad, not bad, just right!'
"You little bastard! Stop right there!"
Hearing the roar of Shimotsuki behind him, Kaito ran away without looking back, and reached the exit of the backyard in an instant, then turned back to take a peek.
Seeing that old man Shimotsuki had no intention of really chasing after him, Kaito stopped and shouted with a smile.
"Don't worry, old man, it's on the account~"
"You little brat."
Shimotsuki shook his head helplessly, and without paying any attention to Kaito, he walked straight into the forging room and began to modify the previous upgrade plan.
Kaito walked happily towards the front hall, and finally had time to pull out the short sword he had just obtained from his back and observe it carefully.
The traditional copper handle was neatly wrapped with a dark purple non-slip string, and the oval brass shank looked somewhat plain. The blade was the same straight blade type as the 'Shinso', and the length was also very similar. However, the blade pattern was different from the soft wave pattern of the 'Shinso', but had a more flamboyant burnt pattern, and a hint of crimson was faintly visible on the blade.
Although the quality and craftsmanship are quite different from the "Shinso", it is also a fine work made by Shimotsuki and has a little bit of chakra metal added.
Thinking of the 'Fire Style: Flow Flame Blade' he had learned some time ago, Kaito's mouth curled up.
"Hehe, from now on you will be called Ryujin Jakka!"
After sheathing 'Ryujin Jakka', Kaito felt that his whole aura was more majestic than before.
Walking back into the store with his head held high, Kaito saw a familiar short figure at the counter.
"Hey, Ringo, are you here to change the ninja tools again?"
Hearing Kaito's voice, the red-haired kid, who had been staring at the ninja tools in the glass display case on the counter, immediately turned around excitedly.
As if she remembered her father's instructions, she bowed to Kaito quickly.
"Brother Mirukawa, long time no see."
"It hasn't been that long, has it? I saw you last week."
Seeing the cute and serious appearance of Ringo when she was a child, Kaito also walked over with a smile.
Kaito originally thought that Ringo, whom he rescued, might take a different path from the original work and stay in that remote fishing village and live an ordinary life.
Unexpectedly, she ended up in the Kirigakure Village and became a student at the Ninja School.
According to Ringo, many of the children who were left behind in Ringo Village were homeless, and it just so happened that most of them had received some basic ninja training.
The local Land of Water officials simply packed them up as war orphans and sent them to the Kirigakure Village Ninja School to attend school.
Although Ringo's father and the village were still there, she voluntarily followed the group of children to the Kirigakure Village.
She is currently a second-year student at the Kirigakure Ninja School, and Kaito heard that she is a well-known genius student in the school.
By the way, the child who was "rescued" by Shimotsuki before was Ringo. When Kaito found out, he laughed at the old man again.
After the old man Shimotsuki reopened his shop, the old man gave Ringo a permanent 50% discount out of embarrassment.
So even though she was short of money, Ringo would often come to the store to buy one or two practice kunai, shuriken, etc. for daily training.
Kaito often meets Ringo Ameyuri here, and occasionally he would call the little girl to go to the training ground together, give her some pointers on her practice, and help her regulate her body.
After all, in Kaito's impression, the original character Ringo seemed to have died young.
Kaito suspected that it might be because she had undergone too much intense and cruel training when she was a child, which left too many hidden injuries in her body.
Although Kaito rescued her from the island of death early on, he still needed to be more careful.
'Yuki Hiro deserves to die!'
Kaito made a note of Yuki Hiro in his heart.
However, Kaito was planning to get more familiar with the two new ninjutsu he had acquired during these two days, so he just chatted with the little girl for a few words before saying goodbye and leaving the ninja tool shop.
In the following week, Kaito basically stayed in the secret space or in the flying unit training ground every day, practicing Ice Style with Blue, and also trying to develop more new Ice Style ninjutsu on his own.
He tried to maximize the effectiveness of this bloodline limit that he had fused.
Unexpectedly, before he could get the upgraded version of the Shinso, a new mission came.
(End of this chapter)