[Six Paths: Ame-no-Murakumo Sword: Increases attack by 1000~5000, increases critical strike, armor break, and severing effects. Grants skill (Release), allowing the user to unleash slashes fused with all attributes.]
Arin silently tossed the Sure-Hit Bow into the furnace.
A black blade and a white sword appeared separately in his hands.
"So it really is a sword."
He stored away the Dark Battle Blade and looked toward the Ame-no-Murakumo Sword.
This thing also had another name—Kusanagi Sword.
But within the Naruto world, the name Ame-no-Murakumo Sword was rarely used, and the gap in performance between the two weapons was absurdly large.
With this sword alone, any chunin could instantly become jonin-level.
And a jonin wielding it could become elite jonin.
"So from now on I'm dual-wielding sword and blade styles."
Arin rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
As long as he practiced enough, there would not be any problems.
In terms of raw attack power, the Dark Battle Blade was still stronger.
At this point, it had slain so many enemies that there was practically nothing it could not shatter.
However, the released form of Ame-no-Murakumo Sword allowed ranged attacks.
In that regard, the Dark Battle Blade was slightly inferior.
Still, both weapons were top-tier.
Realistically, he probably would never replace them.
Arin looked toward his equipment panel.
Some equipment had already become outdated and no longer particularly useful.
Might as well reorganize things properly.
[Equipment Slots:
(Dark Battle Blade)
(Dragon Armor)
(Dragon Wings)
(Dragon Heart)
(Dragon Fang Necklace)
(Dragon Bone)
(Uchiha Bloodline)
(Spider Ring)
(Chimera Ant Ring)
(Konoha Forehead Protector)
(Three-Tomoe Sharingan)
(Puppet Phone)
(Furnace Wind Hole)
(Ten Wizard Saints Emblem)
(Fairy Tail Mark)
(Champion Belt)
(Uchiha Emblem)
(Chimera Ant Bracers)
(Hunter License)
(Storm Ring)
(Sky Ring)
(Six Paths: Ame-no-Murakumo Sword)]
The Dragon Set could not be replaced for now.
There was no more suitable set available.
The Spider Ring still provided substantial bonuses, so discarding it was not ideal.
The Chimera Ant Ring's additional 1000 energy cap had become somewhat mediocre.
Still, throwing away a thousand extra points felt wasteful.
The Three-Tomoe Sharingan still had future upgrade potential and needed to remain.
As for the Konoha Forehead Protector, Puppet Phone, Furnace Wind Hole, Ten Wizard Saints Emblem, Champion Belt, and Uchiha Emblem—
Their bonuses had become minimal.
Discarding them would not matter much anymore.
Honestly, they had simply fallen behind the times.
Arin tossed them all into the furnace.
[Hollow: Increases spiritual pressure recovery speed by 1000 points. Increases health regeneration by 1000 points. Grants skill (Hollowfication): overall combat strength triples upon activation.]
Arin: "???"
"Wait…"
"How the hell did I pull a top-tier Bleach server item out of this?"
Regardless—
Equip first.
Questions later.
He placed the Hollow over his chest.
The thing was massive, directly covering where his heart should have been.
Fatal weak point reduced by one.
At this point, the Spider Ring had become somewhat redundant.
He immediately tossed it into the furnace and converted it into essence.
Arin brushed a hand across his face.
Blue-black flames condensed into a skeletal mask over his features.
He casually pushed the bone mask upward onto his forehead.
"The power increase really is impressive."
"With this, I might actually beat Sakumo Hatake now."
As one of the greatest single-combat fighters in the ninja world, Sakumo was excellent as a measuring stick for strength.
"Probably around one and a half Sakumo Hatakes now."
[Equipment Slots:
(Dark Battle Blade)
(Dragon Armor)
(Dragon Wings)
(Dragon Heart)
(Dragon Fang Necklace)
(Dragon Bone)
(Uchiha Bloodline)
(Chimera Ant Ring)
(Three-Tomoe Sharingan)
(Fairy Tail Mark)
(Chimera Ant Bracers)
(Hunter License)
(Storm Ring)
(Sky Ring)
(Six Paths: Ame-no-Murakumo Sword)
(Hollow)]
He looked toward the rest of his loot and casually tossed various useless skills and equipment into the furnace.
For example—
[Skill: Iron Fist (Sea Pirate Class Only)]
[Skill: Future Sight (Sea Pirate Class Only)]
As for the equipment, everything else simply failed to provide meaningful improvement compared to his current gear.
The greatest reward remained the Devil Fruits.
[Devil Fruit Fragments (17)]
"So I can at least create a Zoan-type now."
Arin clicked his tongue.
The Devil Fruit drop rate really was low.
Those enemies had all possessed jonin-level strength, yet they had only dropped sixteen fragments.
Three more fragments would create a Paramecia-type.
Thirty more after that would produce a Logia-type.
Neither would significantly improve him.
He wanted fifty fragments directly for a Mythical Zoan.
At that moment—
Several figures rapidly appeared around him.
"Hyuga Arin-sama!"
Uchiha Jin knelt beside Arin on one knee.
His gaze landed on the seven ninja blades lying on the ground.
But no corpses could be seen anywhere.
The answer was already obvious.
"The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist are now history."
Arin stated it plainly.
Right then—
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The seven ninja blades vanished one after another.
"Looks like Kirigakure noticed."
Arin rubbed his chin while glancing toward the ground.
A white shadow flashed by beneath the earth.
There was no need to ask whose handiwork that was.
…
The Land of Bears gradually fell into complete calm once more.
Kirigakure showed no intention whatsoever of attacking Konoha's defenses.
After the failed assassination attempt, Madara and Black Zetsu also stopped making moves.
The simple reason was—
They had run out of usable manpower.
Sending more people after Arin would just be sending them to die.
However, the "few months" Hiruzen mentioned never came true.
Instead—
Arin remained stationed there for a full two years.
Three years.
A full three years.
Who knew how he had survived these past two years?!
Kirigakure showed absolutely no signs of war.
The place had become so peaceful it felt dead.
To Arin, it honestly felt no different from staying in the village itself.
"This is so boring…"
Arin slouched sideways in his chair while glancing toward Uchiha Fugaku.
"Fugaku, why don't you charge into Kirigakure or something?"
"I'll back you up."
Cold sweat immediately formed on Fugaku's forehead.
"Arin-sama…"
"I'd still like to live a few more years."
"Ah…"
Arin stared hopelessly toward the ceiling of the tent with a completely lifeless expression.
These two years had been far too peaceful.
No Uchiha casualties whatsoever.
Not even a single opportunity presented itself.
Danzo's mission was basically impossible to complete.
At that moment, a figure appeared inside the tent.
An ANBU member spoke solemnly:
"Hyuga Arin-sama, your reassignment orders have arrived."
"You may return now."
"It finally came."
Arin practically teleported in front of the ANBU member.
"That old man finally remembered I exist."
He grabbed the scroll and began reading it.
At last, someone else would become commander here.
Honestly, staying here felt safer than remaining in the village.
He had no idea why.
(Uchiha Madara & Black Zetsu: "Heh.")
"But it's already Year 45 now…"
Arin rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
If he remembered correctly—
This year should be—
The year Sakumo Hatake dies.
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