Founder of the Artisan Ninjas

Land of Wind

In a canyon in the westernmost part of the Land of Wind, near the Land of Demons, stood about a dozen ninjas. In a distant iron cage, twenty ninjas were imprisoned.

The twenty imprisoned ninjas were all covered in gray-black fur, Chakra, and were incredibly powerful, yet they were unable to break free of the iron cage.

The over sixty-year-old Baogui grinned as he watched the Chakra gather in the iron cage, his hands Hand Seals with great delight.

Rumble!

With the sound of rocks tumbling down somewhere in the canyon, a strangely shaped coffin was revealed inside.

"I am already sixty years old. I never imagined that I would be able to sacrifice myself to resurrect the progenitor in my lifetime! The name of the Kisen, the Baogui of the Land of Artisans, will henceforth be inherited by you."

The Jonin Baogui looked at the coffin with an expression of admiration in his eyes and instructed the Kisen beside him.

"I will, Father!"

At this moment, Kisen's eyes also revealed a fanatical expression, witnessing the resurrection of the ancestor, a historical moment for the descendants of Artisan Ninja.

Upon hearing Baogui son Kisen's words, Baogui formed several hand seals, and the coffin lid fell off.

"Ancestor, rise again!"

With a fanatical glint in its eyes, the Baogui rapidly Hand Seals. As the last seal was completed, the twenty death row inmates in the iron cage cried out in pain. Their Chakra was drained, and the Baogui vanished into a ball of light, flying into the corpses in the coffin.

As a large amount of energy was injected, the coffin shook and emitted a white light. A handsome man with white hair and wearing a golden headband walked out from it.

"Have they finally brought me back to life?"

The handsome man, dressed in ancient attire, emerged to find himself surrounded by numerous ninjas, a smile on his face.

When Inabi saw the handsome appearance of the founder of the Land of Artisans, he was somewhat puzzled. In Inabi's original imagination, Artisan Ninja Shinobu should have been an old man with a white beard.

The Founder of the Artisan Ninjas sensed something and clasped his hands together.

"Drink!"

The four ninja tools of the Artisan Ninja's Four Celestial Symbols Men organization flew to the handsome man's side. The handsome man's body glowed, and he stepped into the ninja tools.

The four ninja tools of the Four Celestial Symbols Men — the Peacock Twin Swords, the Longyan Extendable Sword, the Infinite Armor, and the Black Greatsword— changed after being worn by the Founder of the Artisan Ninjas.

The handsome man stood on a large green ball of light, wearing a majestic suit of armor, with three retractable metal serpent swords on his back, creating a very flamboyant look.

When Inabi saw the flamboyantly styled Founder of the Artisan Ninjas, he nodded repeatedly, as if this Founder of the Artisan Ninjas somewhat matched the image of a ninja tool master in his mind.

"I am Qingming, the founder of the Craftsman Ninja clan. Where are the disciples of the Craftsman Ninja clan?"

"Exist!"

The seven or eight ninja craftsmen who followed the Baogui to revive the progenitor responded one by one, kneeling on one knee as if obeying orders.

"Alright, now that I have been resurrected, you will all follow me to destroy the Five Great Nations and unify the Shinobi World!"

The Artisan Ninja, kneeling on one knee, did not answer their ancestor's words, but looked at each other blankly.

The four high-ranking members of the Artisan Ninja, the Suihu Jonin, spoke up:

"Ancestor, the situation in the Shinobi World has changed. We... we are no match for the Five Great Nations."

"As long as I am here, the Five Great Nations are nothing to fear."

The progenitor of the Craftsman Ninja, Seimei, paid no attention to Shuihu's words, as if destroying the Five Great Nations would be as easy as turning one's hand.

At this moment, the Seimei noticed the four members of the Uchiha Inabi. He did not kneel down to receive orders, nor did he ask any questions. Instead, the three-pronged Longyan eye sword on his back transformed into a dragon head and launched an attack, stabbing at the four members of the Inabi.

"You four have been disrespectful to me; may you serve me in your next life."

The Longyan Telescopic Sword is somewhat peculiar; it can freely change its length, reaching within twenty meters in an instant before the eyes of Inabi and his companions.

The four members of the Inabi reacted extremely quickly, dodging and leaping.

Suihu, Longyan, Kujaku, and the four others, including Kisen who had just inherited the title of Baogui, hurriedly said upon seeing this:

"Lord Seimei, stop! Inabi is a very important figure in Yuho City!"

Upon hearing this, the Founder of the Artisan Ninjas glanced at the four people with his handsome face.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

The Four Celestial Symbols Men sensed something was wrong and jumped away. As soon as they jumped away, four small pits appeared in the spot where they had been. Fortunately, the four were quick-witted, otherwise they would have been shot and killed by air bullets.

"Lord Suihu, what should we do?"

The other three looked at the oldest, Suihu, and asked anxiously.

"Now that the mission to resurrect the progenitor is complete, shall we... shall we leave?"

Suihu's answer was simply to run away.

"Retreat!" X3

The other three had no objections, shouted, and then jumped a few steps to create some distance between themselves and the progenitor. The other Artisan Ninja and ninjas, seeing that things were not going well, also fled.

When the founder of the Craftsmen's Ninjas, Seimei, saw their betrayal, anger flashed in his eyes.

"Wind Style: Hard Air Cannon!"

With a clasp of his hands, Seimei launched three baseball-sized, high-density air blasts at the fleeing Artisan Ninja.

Wow!

A ninja craftsman from the Yuho City was unable to dodge in time and was hit by an air blast, leaving a large hole in his chest. He died on the spot.

The progenitor of the artisan ninja, Seimei, was ruthless even when killing his own people.

"You actually murdered and resurrected your loyal subordinates!"

Inabi had only been dodging and wasn't quite sure what was going on, but seeing Seimei's ruthless attack, he became furious.

"Traitors deserve only death."

Seimei stood atop a green orb of light, a smile on his face, his handsome features like those of a god, though somewhat cruel and ruthless.

"Snort!"

Inabi snorted coldly, Flash Cut red light in his eyes, and he activated his Sharingan.

"Oh, your eyes are quite interesting."

Seimei looked at the Inabi and smiled, but then, remembering something, her expression turned serious.

"Uchiha?"

The era of Seimei was the time when the Uchiha and Senju clans dominated the ninja Shinobi World, and these Red Eye made Seimei feel threatened.

Seimei tried to mobilize his Chakra to Hand Seals, but found he couldn't lift his hand.

"Oh no!"

While Seimei was under the control of the Genjutsu, Inabi used a Body Flicker Technique to rush forward and then used the Uchiha Style Taijutsu Eight Gates Pressure Point Hand on Seimei.

Then he took out the Sealing Tag and stuck it on Seimei's chest.

When the Genjutsu was broken Seimei, the situation was worse than if the Genjutsu had been cast in the first place.

"Hmph, take him back to Yuho City and see just what makes this Founder of the Artisan Ninjas so extraordinary!"

Inabi snorted coldly and instructed the disciples beside him. After hearing Inabi's words, Inabi's three disciples stepped forward, removed Seimei's ninja tools, and then took out ropes to tie Seimei up.

The progenitor of the Craftsman Ninja, Seimei, only made an arrogant appearance for less than five minutes before being bound hand and foot by Inahaki.

Konoha

Uchiha Clan Compound

"Shall we name this child Sasuke?"

Uchiha Mikoto had just given birth; her face was pale and weak, but she looked at her child with a gentle and loving expression.

"Ah, Sasuke, I have already obtained the Third Hokage's consent regarding the name of his father."

Fugaku held the child, beaming with joy.

After the conflict between Fugaku and Third Hokage, he felt very guilty.

Having respected the Third Hokage for many years, he thought of a way to ease the tension and asked the Third Hokage to name the child. In the end, the Third Hokage agreed to Fugaku's request.

The name "Land of Fire" reflects respect for others and has indeed earned the favor of the Third Hokage, bridging some gaps.

"You have a name now, Sasuke..."

The weakened Mikoto gazed at the child in Fugaku's arms.

Uchiha Itachi, standing to the side, looked at his parents and the child in his father's arms, a puzzled expression on his innocent face.

"I have a younger brother..."