The Return

Two days later, Shiro and the others learned about Sakumo's whereabouts; to be precise, everyone knew about Sakumo's whereabouts.

Of course, Sakumo traveled in secrecy to prevent his whereabouts from being exposed and the enemy from striking Shiro and his companions first.

When Sakumo arrived at the capital of the Land of Demons, he no longer concealed his identity and swaggered into the Land of Demons. However, for some reason, he did not go to find Shiro.

Instead, he found a hotel to stay in. Even so, no one dared to touch Shiro. The reputation of White Fang had already been proven to be exaggerated, and they didn't want to prove it again.

Although there are rumors that White Fang's swordsmanship is an assassination technique, and that he has no advantage in a direct confrontation, only a fool would believe such nonsense!

Assassination? Are there any assassinations that involve slitting someone's throat head-on?

Therefore, the ninjas from other villages who came to the scene had already decided to abandon the mission when they saw White Fang, since their villages had a rule that they could abandon the mission without being punished upon seeing White Fang.

This was exactly what Sakumo wanted to see. It wasn't that he was afraid of these people, but rather that he had learned from Nakamura's intelligence that Shiro had suffered a rather serious injury, and he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to protect him properly.

Therefore, this safer strategy was devised.

Sakumo's arrival was good news for Shiro and the others, because they were about to break their pretense. Although the Shrine Maiden was on their side, she was under pressure from other villages and kept sending people to inquire.

Therefore, even if Sakumo doesn't come, Shiro still needs to "recover" today, since this has been dragging on for too long.

That day, Shiro and the others went to see the Shrine Maiden, but when they were about to leave, the Shrine Maiden asked Shiro to stay and talked with him for half the night. No one knows what they talked about.

All that is known is that when Shiro left the palace, his face was filled with mixed feelings of joy and worry, which he could not hide at all.

After all, Shiro was just a young man in his twenties, not yet that shrewd, and his ninja training was not very useful at this time.

After returning, Shiro locked himself in his room for a whole day and did not appear. Although Nakamura and the others were very worried about Shiro, since Shiro was not going to say anything, he must have his reasons, so they did not ask any further questions.

They simply left the food at the door, and to their reassurance, Shiro ate every meal, which indicated that Shiro in good condition.

Finally, the day after Nakamura and the others met the Shrine Maiden Nakamura, the grand ceremony was held. However, the people from the other four villages were not very happy.

It was pointless, since they weren't from this country. But even so, they still attended the celebration; after all, they were leaders of a country, and they had to be given that much face.

Meanwhile, Shiro also came out of his room on the same day.

"Let's go, today should be the grand ceremony."

"Are you alright, Shiro?" Nakamura asked, frowning, as Shiro finally came out.

Taichi and the others looked at Shiro with concern.

"Don't worry, I'm fine. Let's go, it's not good to be late." After saying that, she walked towards the door.

Seeing that Shiro didn't want to talk about it, they didn't ask any further questions. Besides, he seemed to be doing well, so they put the matter aside for the time being.

Actually, there wasn't much to say at the ceremony. The Shrine Maiden just said some words of comfort to the people, thanked Shiro and the others, but it was only a verbal thank you, and that was it.

Firstly, they came because they were hired; secondly, they genuinely had no money.

After the ceremony, Shiro and the others went to see Sakumo. Shiro originally planned to leave now, but Sakumo refused.

The original plan was to leave first to meet up with Sakumo, but now that Sakumo has arrived ahead of time, there's no need to rush, and everyone can rest for a while.

When he returned home that evening, Shiro had finally recovered. Unlike the day before, he didn't rush into his room as soon as he got back. Instead, he sat in the living room chatting with everyone, as if nothing had happened.

The main reason is that after thinking about it for the past two days, Shiro realized that he had initially gotten himself into a dead end, always getting caught up in some unnecessary things.

Just like this time, the conversation with the Shrine Maiden completely disrupted Shiro's rhythm, making him worry more about some meaningless things.

Actually, he's just overthinking it. In the end, it all comes down to ability, and isn't that how he got to where he is today?

Just like this time, if Shiro hadn't completed the creation of the Magic Crest six months in advance, he wouldn't have been able to save the Shrine Maiden this time either.

Although the King's Sword is only a C-rank, it is almost useless except for the hardness and sharpness of the Noble Phantasm itself, since it is a weakened version of the King's Sword.

The only thing useful to Shiro was the beam attack after the True Name Release, but that move required a huge amount of Chakra. It was only after seeing this Noble Phantasm that Shiro decided to create the Magic Crest.

Additionally, it's worth mentioning that Shiro's Magic Crest wasn't empty when it was completed; it contained roughly half a bar of stored energy. This is why Shiro had a year's worth of Chakra to Projection the Explosive Tag this time.

The Mana Crystal, however, took half a year to make, thanks in large part to Ryūchi Cave; otherwise, Shiro's production speed wouldn't have been so fast.

However, all of that is gone now; it's like going back to square one overnight.

After chatting with them for a while, Shiro returned to his room, took out a scroll, and began to adjust his training plan, as the energy storage of the Magic Crest had to be prioritized.

However, he couldn't let it interfere with his daily life and spiritual practice, so Shiro needed to plan carefully.

At the same time, the specific practices should also be adjusted.

This mainly involves handling some of Shiro's sudden ideas, some of which are art styles he admires, and others that fit his fighting style.

Giving up is unacceptable, but persisting doesn't give me the energy I need right now.

Therefore, Shiro simply organized it, arranged it slowly, optimized it, and also prepared some auxiliary materials for the training that was about to be completed.

For example, Shiro is already preparing the building materials for the Magecraft Workshop, and Shiro's also keeping an eye out for Magecraft materials. If he comes across them, he'll collect them, even though he doesn't know that Magecraft yet.

However, this needs to be collected in advance to avoid the embarrassment of not being able to find the casting materials later, just like how Shiro only thought about magic Mana Crystal after creating the Magic Crest.

Shiro has been trying to change his forgetful nature for a long time, but he still can't. So, Shiro simply writes down his training plan and adds to it step by step.

As it stands today, of course, it only contains the name, not the detailed process. Shiro isn't afraid of revealing it, as you can't tell much from the name, at least not in the Shinobi World.