Ren, who had been busy all night, put on his Hidden Mask and wandered around the village. After confirming that the Root ninja found no trace of him, he swaggered home and went to sleep. If he knew that in the Hokage's office at this very moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzo were fiercely arguing, a classic "dog bites dog" scenario, simply because he'd stolen the Sharingan tonight, he'd surely be laughing uncontrollably.
After the night of the Uchiha clan's annihilation, a few days later, the news of Itachi Uchiha, the eldest son of the Uchiha clan, destroying his entire clan spread throughout Konoha, causing quite a stir. For a time, the villagers were all talking about it. Some were shocked, some somber, some sighed. This incident became an interesting topic for the villagers to chat about after a meal.
At the same time, the security force in the village seemed to have significantly strengthened during this period. Anbu ninja took over the duties of the original security department. And even under the clear blue sky, Ren could occasionally see Anbu ninja wearing cat-face masks, moving like dark shadows, leaping across the rooftops of Konoha, as if searching for something suspicious. However, Ren didn't care about it at all. Suspicious person? What does that have to do with me? I'm a talented young man in Konoha, an heir to the Will of Fire with deep roots! Ren didn't feel a blush or a rapid heartbeat at the thought. Of course, in order not to arouse suspicion from others, Ren had kept the Sharingan in his collection ring ever since he acquired them and had never taken them out.
A month later, perhaps sensing that there was no hope of finding the Sharingan again, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzo lifted the heightened security in Konoha. Another month passed, and winter arrived. The villagers in Konoha also lost interest in chatting about the Uchiha clan's genocide. The once prominent ninja clan in Konoha seemed to be buried together with the swirling snow. Since then, they vanished from everyone's sight and were rarely mentioned again.
Another two months passed. After the New Year, it was already the 58th year of Konoha. Ren was now 8 years old. During these few months, Ren had successively obtained several two-star and three-star forging blueprints.
Small Barrier Crystal Ball: Two stars, can create a space of 5 square meters, and isolate sound, light, etc. from the outside world. Tracker: Two stars, placed on others, can sense the other party's geographic location, valid for 30 days. Silver Ice Bow: Three stars, ice attribute, can release ice arrows, with a range of 500 meters.
Of course, for Ren, the most important thing was the creation of the Eye of Three Tomoe. The moment he obtained the Sharingan, Ren's system had already indicated that the task was completed, and he also acquired the blueprint for the creation of the Eye of Three Tomoe in his mind. As predicted, the Sharingan was the most important material in the process of creating the Eye of Three Tomoe. What shocked him was that the forging blueprint of the Eye of Three Tomoe turned out to be a four-star difficulty!
For the forging of the Eye of Three Tomoe, Ren was very cautious. After all, Sharingan were a non-renewable resource. Although he now had many Sharingan in his hand, he had to try his best to ensure the success rate of forging. As a result, Ren spent a month preparing for the forging of the four-star difficulty Eye of Three Tomoe. A month later, Ren had already made sure that he had figured out every detail of the forging process before he began to prepare for forging.
Four-star difficulty blueprints were indeed much more complicated to forge. There were hundreds of forging steps, a situation Ren had not foreseen during his previous forging processes. In this regard, Ren dared not slacken in the slightest. Every minute and every second, he focused his attention on the forging table, striving for excellence in every step of his forging. At this point, Ren had already forged many 1-star, 2-star, and 3-star weapons, coupled with the practice effect of his usual physical training. Even though the forging steps were much more complicated, Ren possessed abundant mental and physical strength. These were the capital that could support him to forge such a weapon.
The days and nights passed quickly. On the forging table, the shape of the Eye of Three Tomoe gradually took shape...
"Ding! The forging is successful, and the forged item is: the Eye of Three Tomoe!"
He did not disappoint after preparing for so long; he succeeded in the very first forging! A bead the size of a human eyeball, scarlet all over, with three hook-shaped patterns on it, fell steadily into Ren's hands. There was a look of joy in Ren's eyes, and he looked at his system.
[The Eye of Three Tomoe:]
[Rank: ☆☆☆☆ (upgradeable)]
[Attribute: Illusion attribute]
[Skill: Release A-level illusion (after every 3 uses, the cooldown is 1 day)]
[Contract: No]
Release A-level illusion! Ren's heart suddenly trembled. He didn't expect that the four-star Eye of Three Tomoe could unleash A-level illusions! Illusion was originally a type of ninjutsu that was difficult to master. Even a skilled ninja like Kurenai Yuhi was only able to release her strongest illusions at B-level. Even the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, developed the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, which is only an A-level ninjutsu. And the Uchiha clan members who possessed the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, their strongest illusions could only be classified as A-level. The A-level illusion released by Ren's Eye of Three Tomoe could already be said to be the strongest illusion short of the Mangekyo Sharingan! After possessing the Eye of Three Tomoe, Ren's strength had once again made a qualitative leap. The only drawback, he thought, was that it needed to cool down for a day after three uses.
Ren put his own blood on the Eye of Three Tomoe, and after completing the contract, he put the Eye of Three Tomoe away. At this time, the system sounded again.
[Congratulations to the host's forging level, successfully upgraded to the Intermediate Forging Level!] [Level Up Reward: One piece of virtual forging space]
Ren looked at the changes in his system and was very curious for a while, so he asked the system, "System, what is the virtual forging space?"
[The virtual forging space is a space independent of the host's original world. The host can enter the virtual forging space to forge ninja tools. When the host enters the virtual forging space, time outside will be in a slow flow state.]
Ren closed his eyes, and immediately felt a sudden extra space in his mind. And when he opened his eyes again, he found himself in another place. In front of him were three different things. The first two things were very familiar to Ren, namely the forging table and the forging hammer. The white jade ground's forging table and forging hammer seemed to be of very high quality, and they were much better than the set of forging tools he used before.
But there was one thing left that Ren didn't recognize. It looked like a very large machine.
"System, what is this?" Ren asked.
[This is a fully automatic workbench. If the host has a ninja tool with 100% forging proficiency, just throw the material into the workbench, and the interior of the workbench can automatically forge according to the host's forging memory.]
"Wow, what a high-end device!" Ren couldn't help but inwardly exclaim. With this fully automatic workbench, his forging time would be greatly saved. And with this forging table, Ren no longer had to forge in the small forging shed in the backyard of his home every time; he could enter his own forging space for forging anytime, anywhere.
It was so convenient! Is this the benefit of upgrading to an intermediate blacksmith? Simply fantastic!