"Host, there really is no way! But I have a suggestion! Would you like to hear it?" the system said, its voice calm again.
"What is it? Tell me!" Hatake Ziyan said.
"I think you could use those three metals to make a good hilt and handguard, then use their properties to inscribe a Magic Array on this blank. After that, combine the leftover metal with iron ingots to make an ornate scabbard!
"You don't usually need to draw your sword anyway! Nobody will see what it really looks like! And anyone who forces you to draw it won't get a chance to tell anyone else what it looks like, right?"
Hatake Ziyan's eyes lit up. That really was a solution! This way, he would only have to draw his sword against powerful enemies or people he needed to kill!
The rest of the time, he could just carry it around to show off! He could nurture the sword that way, too!
But why did Hatake Ziyan keep feeling that something was off?
Inside Hatake Ziyan's mind, the system grumbled to itself. Of course something feels off! You wanted to forge an Immortal Sword, but after my smooth talking, all you're making is an extremely sturdy longsword! It would be strange if you thought that was right!
Still, imagining Hatake Ziyan drawing a crooked longsword and pointing it at an enemy later made the system want to laugh!
Unable to figure out what was wrong, Hatake Ziyan stopped dwelling on it and placed the Sword Blank in his hand back into the Amaterasu flames to continue heating it.
Then he used his spiritual power to draw over the other three metals, which had already melted, and slowly fused them before him! Finally, under Hatake Ziyan's control, the three metals merged