Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, half a month later.

Morning.

After a brief meal, Hinata got up and walked outside the house.

The ninja knife he had specially customized at the ninja shop had already been made, and he had to go over and get his hands on it today.

Originally, Hinata's original funds were completely insufficient to customize the ninja sword forged from chakra metal, but the reward after the completion of the last mission was given to him ten days ago.

After receiving the reward of the task, Hinata went to the ninja shop for the first time and customized his own chakra ninja knife.

If he goes late and the chakra metal is gone, he will regret his death.

Coming to the door of the large ninja shop last time, Hinata walked in with a warm smile on her face.

"Hello guest, the ninja knife you customized last time is ready, please come with me!"

In the ninja shop, the girl in the cherry blossom kimono was the last time as a reception, and she greeted Hinata with a happy smile on her face.

After all, Hinata was a big customer, and he spent a lot of money in their store at once.

Just a few days ago, a young man with white hair and a black mask on his face spent as much money as Hinata was.

Hinata followed the girl to a quiet and elegant room in an instant.

In addition to the two of them, there was an old man with gray hair in the room, and a wood-colored wooden box was placed on the table.

The cherry blossom kimono girl said with a respectful look on her face.

"Master Jiangyi, the guests of the custom ninja knife have arrived!"

The craftsman sitting on the sofa nodded faintly, and then waved her to leave.

Looking at Hinata who was sitting across from him, surprise appeared in his eyes.

Obviously, he didn't expect that the guest who customized the Chakra Ninja Knife would actually be a child.

However, after seeing the forehead guard on Hinata's forehead, the craftsman also understood that the child in front of him was probably a genius in the village.

The craftsman spoke.

"Guest, your Chakra Ninja Knife has been cast, are you not satisfied?"

With that, the craftsman reached out and pushed the wooden box on the table in front of Hinata and motioned for him to open it himself.

For the first time, the freshly cast knife must be opened and bladed by its owner himself.

Hinata looked at the black wooden box in front of him for an instant, stretched out his hands to open the wooden mechanisms at the four corners of the box, and then slowly lifted the lid of the wooden box.

What catches your eye is a long, narrow knife with a pure black body.

From the position of the handle to the scabbard, the entire handle has a pure black color.

Unlike other knives, this knife is completely black and has no name.

Hinata told them when he ordered a ninja knife from the ninja shop, and there was no need to engrave a name on the knife.

Because in his own opinion, the knife is just a tool to be used, not a necessity.

The reason why I spent a huge amount of silver taels to customize the ninja sword this time was just to better cut the ninjutsu next time.

After all, it can be easily cut with a knife, so why spend chakra using soft fists?

The other katana and daggers were scrapped after he had used them once.

Instead of spending silver taels at a time, it's better to build a chakra ninja knife that doesn't break at once!

And he doesn't know how to use swordsmanship himself, so he doesn't have to engrave his name or something.

Hinata put a hand on the handle of this knife in an instant, and pressed slightly.

"Click......"

As soon as he pulled out half of it, a knife light poured out like mercury to the outside world, and for a moment it seemed that the whole room was illuminated by this knife light.

The whole knife has not been completely unsheathed, and it can have such a sharp edge, and it seems that the money spent this time is indeed not unjust.

Hinata opened her five fingers in an instant and gripped the hilt of the knife with both hands.

"Click!"

The whole knife was completely pulled out of the scabbard by him, inch by inch.

As the knife was drawn, its appearance was finally revealed.

Like the external scabbard, the entire blade is pure black, but there are silver lines engraved on the blade, which looks very dazzling and exudes an extremely sharp aura.

"Whew!"

Hinata exhaled slowly, inserted the knife back into the scabbard, and said with satisfaction.

"I'm very satisfied with this ninja sword!"

With that, he took out the sealing scroll from the ninja bag and stored the knife seal, nodded at the craftsman, then turned around and walked out of the room, going to the counter of the ninja shop to pay the remaining silver taels!

And the craftsman looked at Hinata's move to store the knife in the sealing scroll in an instant, and did not speak, but a dark color flashed in his eyes, and he whispered.

"The era of the samurai is over!"

Although there are still many samurai on the Iron Country, they are no longer the same as those pure samurai in the Sengoku period.

……

In the forest.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

Hinata instantly looked at the loud noises that kept coming from in the distance, and curiosity flashed in her eyes.

This sound should be someone training or fighting.

Could it be that Kai is training again?

Hinata's figure flickered and jumped towards the place where the sound was made.

in a barren clearing.

Maitkai's figure leaped into the air and kicked Kakashi with a massive force.

Looking at the kicking Maitkai, Kakashi's eyes blurred by sweat suddenly shrank, and then quickly dodged.

"Bang!"

A deep pit had been smashed into the ground, and Kakashi's figure had vanished.

Behind, Kakashi's face continued to sweat, and his hands trembled slightly uncontrollably, panting heavily.

"Kai, you're really strong!"

On the other side of Kakashi, Maitkai was also flushed, sweating all over his body, and he said excitedly when he heard Kakashi's compliment.

"Kakashi, you're also very strong, thank you for accompanying me to exercise your physical skills!"

Looking at Maitkai with an excited expression, Kakashi smiled helplessly, remembering that night half a month ago.

At that time, Kakashi took the initiative to force Maitkai to fight him, but was surprised to find that his physical competition actually fell below.

Even for half a month, he continued to fight against Maitkai, but found that it was difficult for him to defeat Maitkai in the competition in physical skills.

Even many times they can only maintain their unbeaten streak and maintain a draw in the duel.

Thinking back to what his father had said to him earlier, Kakashi's eyes couldn't help but have a complicated look.

Sure enough, my father's vision of people is still so accurate.

If it weren't for the fact that he took the initiative to force Maitkai to fight him that night, I'm afraid Kakashi wouldn't have imagined that this guy who was still in the ninja school and didn't graduate would be so strong.

Originally, during this time, he was going to ask his father about the practice of swordsmanship and the questions of the Zhongnin exam, but he didn't expect that his father would not return from a mission outside.

Fortunately, he found Maitkai, and during the day, Kakashi and Maitkai competed with each other to hone their physical cultivation.

In the evening, Kakashi went to the training ground alone to practice swordsmanship and ninjutsu.

It's just that Kakashi can't help but have a worried look in his eyes when he thinks of his father, who has been out on a mission for three months and hasn't returned.