Time flies, and before you know it, Yamanaka Yuan and Shikamaru have been away from Konoha for more than half a year.

In the past six months, in addition to going back to the Orochimaru base once a month to replenish Xiaolin's natural energy, and by the way, looking at Sasuke, the group of four has traveled to the small half of the ninja world.

All sorts of never-before-seen things opened the eyes of the three of Shikamaru.

Today they came to the Land of Iron, and it was the last stop of this trip.

The Land of Iron is not among the five great powers, it is close to the Land of Earth and the Land of Thunder, and borders on the Land of Fire, the Land of Taki, and the Land of Fields.

There are no ninjas in the land of iron.,There is a profession called samurai.,During the first Hokage period, the country of iron and the five ninja villages reached an agreement to always maintain neutrality.,The five ninja villages agreed to the request of the country of iron out of fear of the country of iron.,And the coveting of the special forging technology in the country.。 ，

Because of this, the Iron Country has escaped three ninja wars, and the Iron Country has been silently developing and maintaining itself when the war is raging in the outside world.

As soon as the four of them stepped into the Iron Country, they found that the people here, whether civilians or samurai, were wearing katanas, and some of them even had several knives around their waists.

Not to mention Shikamaru and them, Yamanaka Yuan also saw such a scene for the first time, and he looked a little curious.

Just as everyone was looking left and right, a loud voice sounded behind them: "Yo! Ladies and gentlemen, is this your first time in Iron Country? ”

Yamanaka Yuan glanced back at the bald tall man who spoke, and showed a harmless smile: "Well, we are Konoha ninjas, and we have come to play in the Land of Iron." ”

"Oh, it turned out to be a distinguished guest of Konoha, my name is Mifune Lang, you can just call me Lang."

Yamanaka Yuan frowned when he heard the surname Mifune, and he remembered that the ruler of the Iron Country called Mifune.

Mifune Lang saw Yamanaka Yuan's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the surname Mifune is very common in the Iron Country, and there are at least a few hundred people with the surname Mifune on this street, if everyone has a relationship with that adult, then the Iron Country will be in chaos a long time ago." ”

"Haha, I see, I'm sorry I'm a little worried, my name is Yamanaka, and the three of them are my juniors."

After Mifune Lang heard Yamanaka's name, the smile on his face froze, and his expression was a little uncomfortable.

Shikamaru glanced at Mifune Lang's expression, a trace of vigilance rose in his heart, and at the same time he looked at Yamanaka Yuan with some puzzlement, he didn't understand why he would say his real name directly?

No matter where they went for most of the year, they pretended to be civilians, and their names were not revealed, why are they so abnormal today?

But now that Yamanaka has said his real name, they have nothing to hide, Shikamaru took the lead and said, "Hello, my name is Nara Shikamaru. ”

"Hello, I'm Yamanaka Ino."

"That, I'm Akido Dingji."

Mifune's expression stiffened even more, and after a long time, he said with some embarrassment: "Shikamaru, Yamanaka, Autumn Road?" The three families of pigs, deer and butterflies in Konoha? Looks like a really distinguished guest! I don't know what happened to the four of them coming to the Iron Country? ”

"It's nothing, we've been traveling in the ninja world recently, and we're passing through the Iron Country today, so let's take a look." Yamanaka said.

Hearing this, Mifune Lang's expression relaxed a little and then said, "That's the case, I thought you were also here to participate in the Forge Festival in the Iron Country!" ”

"Forging knots? What is this holiday? Shikamaru asked.

"Huh? Don't the guests know? ”

The group of four looked at each other, then shook their heads.

"Then let me explain it to you! The Forge Festival is a festival that has been held in the Iron Country for hundreds of years, and on this day, the famous forging masters in the Iron Country will make an appearance and compete in the central square of the Iron Country.

At the same time, the forges in other parts of the country will also open the furnace to forge weapons on this day, as long as you have precious materials and money, you can get the most suitable weapons in the forging festival. ”

Yamanaka Yuan nodded: "I see, then it seems that we are really catching up with the good days, and I really want to build something." ”

"Haha, the forging festival is just three days away, please be patient, I still have something to do, so I'll leave first, there is a street in front of the hotel and the restaurant, I wish you all a happy time in the Iron Country." After saying that, Mifune Lang turned around and ran away.

As soon as Mifune Lang left, Shikamaru asked Yamanaka Yuan, "Uncle Yuan, why don't you hide your identity in the Iron Country?" That guy obviously had a problem with his reaction after hearing your name just now, should we be careful? ”

"The reason why I said my real name is actually very simple, because the Iron Country is a neutral country and will not be hostile to any ninja village, and Mifune's identity is not simple, I deliberately revealed my identity just to let him report it to Mifune."

"Uncle Yuan, how do you know that Mifune Lang's identity is not ordinary?" Ino asked curiously.

"Shikamaru you know?" Yamanaka didn't answer, but looked at Shikamaru and asked.

"Probably because of the cocoons on his hands, and the chakra!"

"The cocoon on your hands? Do you mean the cocoon left by sword practice? But it's not surprising that everyone in the Iron Country has a katana pinned to their waists, and they have calluses on their hands! ”

Yamanaka Yuan shook his head and said, "This is not necessarily, Ino you will find that most of these people's hands are very clean, and only a few have calluses.

And those who have cocoons, if you use your secret skills to perceive them, you should find that there are basically no chakras, so those who have cocoons on their hands and chakra fluctuations on their bodies are the subordinates of Mifune, the leader of the Iron Country. ”

Ino was still a little unconvinced, so he tried it according to what Yamanaka Yuan said, and found that it was indeed the case.

"Uncle Yuan, why do you want Mifune to know that you are in the Iron Country?" Ino then asked.

"It's simple, because I'm looking for him, but after learning about this forging festival, it doesn't matter if I see him or not.

Okay, the three of you are so nervous, come on, let's go and taste the food of the Iron Country first, as before. After saying that, Yamanaka Yuan took the lead and walked towards the street where there were hotels and restaurants that Mifune Lang had just said.

At the same time, in an attic in the center of Iron Country, Mifune Lang and Mifune, who was sitting on the main seat, were reporting about Yamanaka Yuan.

Mifune's expression looked very serious after listening to the report, Yamanaka's reputation is also extremely loud in the Iron Country, especially recently, the five major ninja villages have all tacitly agreed that Yamanaka is the strongest in the ninja world.

After hesitating for a moment, Mifune said to Mifune Lang: "Lang, you tell me to go down, no one should disturb Yamanaka Yuan, don't follow him, don't spy on him, and don't have a conflict with him, according to what you just said, he should just want to forge something on the forging festival." ”