Meanwhile at the same time on the other side of the village of Iron and Samurai, on the outskirts of what could only be called the slums, a man was walking down a dirt side street that was surrounded on all sides by either people sleeping on the floor, begging, or selling objects they had either found on the garbage landfills of the village or simply stolen from travelers.
The man was tall, easily over six feet, with an extremely large blade on his back whilst wearing a black cloak that covered his entire body from top to bottom, his face looked scarred and the lower part of his face was covered in a red tattoo of what looked like prison bars.
"Sir! Sir! Check out his incredible artifact that i've managed to find! I'll sell it for an extremely cheap price!"
"No! Sir check out mine, its clearly of higher quality, im sure that you can get a lot more for it!"
"Sir, I'm selling original ninja tools, from the land of fire! Check them out, only the best quality!"
Dozens of voices followed the man, not just him but any traveler who was passing through these kinds of roads.
However even the people of the slums knew their targets well, they didn't dare come close to the man and instead only spoke from afar, they had managed to survive these slums since childhood, not only just because of luck but because of their own street knowledge aswell. They knew to somewhat differentiate ninjas from regular civillains when the ninja weren't bothering to really hide themselves, and the giant sword on the man's back that looked like it weighed dozens of kilograms was a sign as clear as day for them to not try to steal or even get close to him.
This man was Juzo Biwa, the same man that Kazuo and Yahiko were trying to find on the other side of the village.
Juzo walked through the street and quickly arrived at the end where a small almost run down building was, the sounds of metal working could however clearly be heard coming from inside and the light of a fireplace could be seen reflecting on the walls from deeper inside the building.
Knocking on the metallic door lightly.
*Tang* *Tang*
Juzo Biwa entered inside and quickly found the source of the noise deeper inside. There a stocky man with long hair tied in a ponytail could be seen hitting a piece of metal with a metalworking hammer over and over again, his movements were precise and the shape of the red metal was quickly changing to a more elongated one, similar to that of a sword.
At the sound of steps, the blacksmith didn't raise his head instantly but simply continued to work on the metal before him before speaking.
"I'll be done in a minute or so." The man spoke as he continued hammering at the metal, it was a process that he couldn't stop instantly or the quality of the end product would be lower and so he continued on despite the fact that a costumer had come in.
Juzo merely gave a nod as he leanded against the metal wall behind him and waited, the wait as the blacksmith had said wasnt longer than a minute before he was done with that part of metal which he had now put in a cauldron of water.
*Siiiiishhhhh*
The sound of sizzlign water could be heard as the blacksmith finally turned towards Juzo and gave a nod whilst he removed his leather gloves.
"I'm here to get some weapons and kunai repaired. And hopefully to make a chain of supply with you for the future." Juzo spoke as he took out a sealing storage scroll from his ninja bag at his waist and after putting it on the ground and making a handsign, quickly unsealed a dozen of kunai, shuriken and a few short blades.
"All of that… around thirty thousand ryo." The blacksmith replied as he walked closer and took a few of the kunai in his hand to check their damage and quality.
"Any discounts if i make a deal to only repair them at you?" Juzo asked as he looked at the shorter man.
"I can for the deals after this, but not for the first one. For the same amount, after this first deal, ill do it for around twenty five thousand." The blacksmith replied as he put down the kunai.
"Alright, I'll leave them here, here's half the payment." Juzo replied as he took out fifteen thousand ryo in a small cloth bag and threw them at the man.
"What about that large sword? It seems chipped." The blacksmith asked as he grabbed the bag and motioned with his head towards the sword on Juzo's back.
"This one? No, this one is fine. It requires something special to be repaired." Juzo replied as he shook his head and turned around to walk out of the smithy.
It was at this moment as he walked towards the exit that another metallic knock was heard on the door as the sound of steps was heard coming towards the blacksmith and Juzo.
*Step* *step* *step* *step*
Juzo's expression instantly grew more wary and serious as he quickly changed his position from one that was more unguarded to one that was clearly on guard against any threat, his hand had slightly lifted upwards towards his back where the handle of the kukikiribocho was.
"Hey hey! No need for such aggressiveness for someone as lovely and friendly as me ya know?" The figure spoke as they finally appeared on the doorway.
With black hair and a muscular tall build and wearing a black cloak with a face that closely resembled that of the uchiha clan.
"Hyuga Killer Kazuo." Juzo muttered as he looked at the person before him.
"Oh i guess that is one of my titles. I prefer to be called Kazuo the cutie though." Kazuo replied with a smile.
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