Wealth Tempts the Heart, a Bladesmith's Dream

Looking at Miyako, who appeared calm and wore Miya Konoha Ninja Forehead Protector, the employee who was receiving Miya dared not be negligent in the slightest and responded without hesitation:

"Please wait a moment, I'll go and fetch our boss right away."

A short while later, the employee who had just left returned, leading a middle-aged man.

"Greetings, guest from Konoha. I am the owner of this place Mihyō Kazuki. I heard from my men that you were looking for me?"

As the eldest son of Mihyō Watari, Mihyō Kazuki, who took over the management of this ninja tool shop, looked at the young Miya with the utmost respect and dared not underestimate him in the slightest.

Judging a ninja's strength by their age or appearance is a major taboo in ninja code.

Throughout history, countless people have lost their lives because of this.

In business, customers are always welcome; this is the most basic principle of doing business.

Nodding to Mihyō Kazuki, Miya smiled faintly and said:

"That's right, I would like to ask Master Watarito to forge a Ninja Blade for me."

Miya's request made Kazuki frown, and he refused without hesitation:

"I'm sorry, our ninja tool shop cannot meet your requirements in this matter."

"If you don't like the goods outside, I can recommend some other knives in the store."

Kazuki's refusal was entirely within Miya's expectations, as Miya had already found out that Mihyō Watari had basically not produced any works in recent years.

According to Miya's speculation, there are two main reasons for this.

First, it's because the Mihyō Watari was old and his body could no longer bear the long-term mental and physical strain.

Secondly, it's because the Mihyō Watari no longer requires improving skills by crafting ordinary knives.

However, regardless of the reason, Miya was confident that he could persuade Mihyō Watari to forge a fine sword for him to conquer the Shinobi World.

Miya looked at Kazuki with full confidence and said:

"Don't rush to refuse. After hearing my conditions, I believe Master Watarito will agree to forge the knife for me."

As Kazuki's brow furrowed even deeper, just as he was about to refuse Miya's offer to renew his subscription, he heard Miya speak again:

"Ten million taels, more can be added if that's not enough. The main materials for forging the sword will be provided by ourselves, one of which is a single piece of Chakra Metal."

At least ten million taels of silver, which is no small sum; it's a fortune that many people struggle to earn in their entire lives.

For the ninja tool shop managed by Kazuki, earning ten million taels of silver is no easy task; it would take at least two to three years.

Wealth is a powerful motivator, and it would be a lie to say that Kazuki wasn't tempted. Such a large sum of money falling from the sky made Kazuki swallow hard.

This is precisely the source of Miya's confidence in persuading Mihyō Watari.

Others might not know, but as the son of Mihyō Watari, Mihyō Kazuki knew very well the fundamental reason why his old man had rarely forged swords in recent years.

Just as Miya had guessed, Mihyō Watari devoted the best years of his life to improving his sword-making skills. After obtaining the title of master, Mihyō Watari no longer used ordinary materials to forge swords, because that would not help Mihyō's sword-making skills at all, and would even insult the title of "master sword maker".

Mihyō Watari's biggest dream now is to forge one or even more legendary swords that will be passed down through generations.

This could be said to be the dream of every swordsmith, but Mihyō Watari, who has been working towards this goal, has not yet been able to gather enough materials.

Now that Miya has delivered himself to my doorstep, aside from the ten million ryo that is attractive enough to Mihyō Kazuki, the fact that he uses a whole piece of Chakra Metal as the main material for forging the sword makes it highly likely that Mihyō Watari will agree to Miya's request.