With Mashiro informing all the ninjas that the explosion was a false alarm, everyone went back, spreading the feats of the youngest son of the clan patriarch.
After ordering Toji to take Enka home, Fuji looked at the sword and gathered chakra onto it, "Magnificent."
Retracting his chakra, Fuji handed the sword back to Taro and asked, "How did you do it?"
Taro smiled and shook his head, "That's a trade secret, Elder Fuji."
Fuji laughed, "That's fine. But can you make more of these? It would be a blessing for the clan…"
Taro nodded, "Yes, I can. I was actually gonna ask you if you could make me swords or any weapons, after I found out that you made this sword."
Fuji thought for a second, then gave his answer. "Sadly, I can't. Our iron mine was given back to the Daimyo after the contract expired…"
In the Land of Wind, no clan can have any mines that produce any sort of minerals, as they are considered property of the Daimyo. This rule is the only one keeping the Land of Wind's "world power" status together, as without these mines, the Land of Wind would have nothing but barren lands.
In the ninja world, the Land of Wind currently sells the second most iron and the second most chakra-conductive metal, only behind the Land of Iron, with their main consumers being the Land of Water and other countries farther away from the Land of Iron.
The only way a clan can maintain their mines is through contracts with the Daimyo. However, the expenses are, most of the time, too much for most clans—a single week could cost them 30 million ryo.
"I see… I'll figure something out. In the meantime, can you give me weapons that have already been made? I promise you that I'll give them all back with abilities like Mitsuyo."
Fuji laughed in delight, "Yes, I'll give everything I've made to you! Where would you like me to send them?"
"You can just leave everything in front of the cave and have someone protect it. I'll grab it once I have the time."
Fuji nodded, "Then, if you'll excuse me. I'll be gathering all the equipment."
Mashiro sent two guards to guard the cave, replacing the two brothers. Then, with Nao and Kise, the three escorted Taro back home.
"Taro, I've finished writing down that jutsu of yours in a scroll… You really don't mind if I give this out to the clan?" Mashiro asked.
During the one month of travel with Nao and Taro, Mashiro asked Taro about the jutsu he "created," the Shadow Clone Jutsu.
Without any reason to keep it to himself, he gave out all the information he had about the Shadow Clone to Mashiro. Surprisingly, from his memories, he knew every detail of the Shadow Clone like he was really the one that made it.
Mashiro nodded, "In three days, I'll give the jutsu in the meeting."
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Next Morning
The next morning arrived and Taro quickly made his way toward the cave. Once he arrived, he saw five ninjas gathered outside of the cave, protecting equipment sent by Elder Fuji.
The five ninjas greeted him and three of them left, while the two stayed for the protection of the cave.
Once the three left, Taro checked out the equipment sent to him.
"Not bad. These are all high-quality swords… Too bad there's no more chakra-conductive swords."
He brought everything inside the cave then went to Minecraft, where his miserable life would soon begin.
Taro left the swords in the enchantment room and went to the auto farm, where he realized a crucial part of the farm: AFK farming.
In his original world, when building a farm in Minecraft, you would just stand still and wait for the mobs to drop down to you, while you did something else. However, in this world, where he couldn't AFK, he would need to stare at the same thing for days or even weeks in Minecraft.
"Ah fuck…"
The first few days in Minecraft while AFK farming weren't bad, but as the days passed on, he began going feral. "Fuck this shit!"
He went to the shinobi world to clear his mind for a bit, then suddenly, he found a way to make everything productive. "Books! I could write or read books!"
He went to his house and got a few books and empty paper so he could write while doing literally nothing.
And so three days quickly passed in the real world. Taro's life was nothing but reading and writing, causing him to write fantasy books and read nearly everything the clan had to offer. With all the reading and writing, his IQ went up by three.
Inside the enchantment room.
"And done!"
The final sword was enchanted, and all thirty-five weapons now had at least one enchantment. For the past shinobi days, Taro's task was leveling up and gathering an unholy amount of lapis.
As he looked at the enchanted pile of weapons, he smiled and said, "I should head to the meeting now, it should be starting."
Inside the Meeting Room
The first to enter the meeting room were Mashiro and the elders, still murmuring about the incident with Enka and Taro.
The second to enter were the elites of the clan, with Elder Doken taking the lead.
Finally, Kise and his generation walked in. Although the younger generation weren't strong enough or had enough political power to stand and sit with the elders, the presence of Kise alone gave them enough courage.
Currently, Kise had the second most power in the entire clan, only behind Mashiro. His power was entirely built on his generation. While the older generation grew weaker, Kise's power grew stronger as his followers entered their prime years.
Kise looked around and asked, "Where is Taro? He should be here."
An uninformed elite asked, "Taro? Why would he be here? He's only five."
Mashiro answered, "He's the very reason this meeting even started. We'll just have to wait."
Clank
Clank
Clank
The silence was momentarily broken as a clanking sound was heard outside. Then suddenly, the door burst wide open and Taro, alongside Nao, walked in, with two ninjas carrying a small wagon inside the meeting room.
"We have arrived, you old geezers!" yelled Nao.