To craft a new weapon.

Okane set about with the legendary sword. Carefully examining it and sealing away its potential destructive power. Such legendary craftsmanship made him wonder what mad man had gone through so much trouble and risk for such a potent and volatile weapon. Still once it was sealed away he began putting the weapon through the crucible. Breaking it down and remaking it over and over again as he separated the components. He was one of the few, perhaps the only one who could do this. It would take a week just to convert it into what the customer ordered but when it was done the crude weapon of legend would become something else entirely.

(Start of seven day crafting period)

Okane would finish the masterpiece in silence and only once it had passed it's testing phase was it resealed as it had been for safety purposes and in the secret dead of night it would be brought back to it's owner. He was rather proud and humbled at the same time to have worked on it. However now was not the time to dwell. He had a second project. A bladed bow for the Tsuchikage with an immortal silk string. A challenge certainly but not one he would bow away from. He ordered the two units of ebony to be delivered for sixteen thousandy ryo and the silk as well before getting started on the bow.

(Ended crafting on one X rank cane and starting on one S rank bow)

Kitsuki would receive the cane and would be all the happier for it. She was a bit disappointed that she hadn't heard anything from the Prince but she accepted the fact that she was a busy man. She paid the agreed upon amount, took her cane, and then left the Stag Emporium to continue her duties as a shinobi of the Hidden Mist.

[Acquired Amicus Curiae]

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He had finished crafting the bow and his other project, the X rank armor consisting of multiple pieces of his creations was also underway, he had purchased one more unit of ebony and molded it into fibers of midnight ore for the armor. Having also ordered the components of risen gas, he finished his creation of four units of that as well. Spending a hundred thousand on it but making 4 and selling them for a 500,000 ryo gain. He would smile and send the funds out with it. Purchasing 500,000 ryo into another shops stock. Bringing a second one to max.

Projects had been slow. Perhaps even minimal as of late after a few high end products had been ordered. Increasing his relations with powerful people. Having also ordered the components of risen gas, he finished his creation of four units of that as well. Spending a hundred thousand on it but making 4 and selling them for a 500,000 ryo gain. He would smile and send the funds out with it. Sending a messenger with two million ryo total to Iron. The Shogun there being a good friend.

Still finding his personal time to be rather slow Okane had once more set about purchasing the ingredients for several doses of Resin before setting to his chemistry station to work. Of course he was creating more poison in the world but it hardly seemed to matter to him. He would make four units of resin gas before sending it to be sold on the black market for 500k. Once that was done he would send another two million to Iron country as per the usual.

The order for the two units of ebony had come in and so he set them into the melting pot before adding the appropriate chemical mixtures. Careful to cover his hands in steel release to protect them. Spending the next several days forming two midnight ore chinese straight swords.

Okane set to work within his chemistry station. Spending one hundred thousand ryo once again on ingredients to set about making 2 more risin gas poisons. Only once it was completed would Okane send them off to the black market. Each one selling for two hundred and fifty thousand for a total of one million sold on the black market. A nice profit of Five hundred thousand.

Okane would place an order for a unit of titanium and a unit of petrolium. Once the materials arrived he would put his steel release skin on and set to work on the dangerous chemical mixture for the nitrogyserin before carefully crafting the hollow titanium senbon and putting the explosive chemical inside before sealing it off. Spending the next three days crafting a bundle of ten of these projectiles. Once that was finished he would order a unit of ebony and spend the next eight days crafting bunker buster Kunai. Ten in total.

Okane would order 3 more units of ebony and simply set to crafting three units of midnight ore quietly in his shop. He would need them for some projects coming up. it would take him nine more days to finish all three. Melting down the ebony and adding the required chemicals to the mix one at a time. Such work required precision.

Okane would quietly take a break from his work to sit down at his desk and write down a company invoice. Three more of his shops were getting invested in fully so all four of his shops would have Crafters on the payroll now and each would generate another hundred thousand a month for him. A win win.

Okane would set about with a series of orders to be filled. Mostly by filling out the invoice for the parts and materials and sending the blueprints to his crafters for the A rank items. First was a pair of mandibles made of Dune glass to the first shop for seven days on the schedule. The second shop got more materials to work on. Copper 1 unit, leather 1 unit, 1 unit of glass, 1 battery was ordered for (5,350). The designs for zoom capable goggles set for the second shop for a seven day schedule. For the third shop Okane would order 8 units of titanium, One battery, 2 Aluminium Pressurized Canister for a total of (14,000 ryo) and the designs for the multidirectional boost system to build over the next seven days. For the fourth shop he would order 1 unit of copper, 1 transducer, 1 unit of Prometheus Oil for a the fourth shop for (4,550 ryo) and set them for seven days to make a Sticky motion mine. Finally he would spend (1,000 ryo) on silk and set it to chemically sit to make a unit of immortal silk.

With all that done Okane had spent 24,900 on supplies. For now he took one of the three units of midnight ore he had crafted and set to work on the Imperial senbon launcher for the next seven days himself.

Okane would quietly set about providing the chemicals to the chemistry station to create the resin gas for his would be darker buyers. The criminals in the black market. He didn't mind them though as no one else did. He would sell them four units to make up for the hundred thousand he spent on it plus the five hundred thousand income after. Once that was done he would send an invoice to purchase his fifth and final shop for one hundred and fifty thousand. Along with a full investment into it for another five hundred thousand.

Word had reached Okane of Kensai having finally woken up. With a grin he would be sure to send him a nice gift he had crafted before the incident. Twenty midnight ore arrows delivered via an eagle of all things. He figured Kensai would get a kick out of that. Okane put the bundle of arrows in a quiver and secured it closed before strapping it to the belly of the very reasonable bald eagle and sent it soaring off to Iron.

Okane and his shops had finished the first batch. So he sent the bundle of Bunker buster kunai, and a bundle of explosive senbon. The delivery also included a pair of mandibles made of Dune glass The zoom capable goggles, the multidirectional boost system and finally a bundle of Sticky motion mines. Finally he would include the imperial senbon launcher.

With that done he would have two hundred thousand ryo sent to Gyo for his stock purchases and begin crafting the imperial kunai launcher.

Okane would order a unit of silk and a unit of fur. The silk was 1000 ryo and the fur was one hundred. He would set both of those to the chemical treatment to make one unit of mountain fur and one unit of immortal silk. With that done he would spend 32,000 ryo on three units of ebony and 300,000 ryo making them into midnight ore (3 units) over the next nine days. Once that was done he would send two units of midnight ore and one unit of mountain fur and one unit of immortal silk to Ei and finally the imperial Senbon launcher. Finishing up everything for her puppet. With that done he would begin work on improving Chigetsu's sword over the next seven days. Sixteen days lined up of work. A total of 333,100 ryo spent.

Okane would have his finished work of Chigetsu's sword sent out in the mail back to them with a request for the payment offered. With that finished he would set two more units of midnight ore to cook as he ordered two more units of ebony to make them. Having finished that he would set about selling resin gas to the black market for a profit of five hundred thousand. Smiling as he finished it all up and went about his work.

With all of his projects done a new armor piece order would come in for one of his previous customers. An interestingly large order. He would prepare an order paying out eighty thousand for ten units of ebony, Six thousand for three pieces of gold. Seven thousand five hundred for three transducers. fifty thousand for ten batteries. Along with ten units of titanium for then thousand ryo. All in all 153,500. With that done he would begin the construction of the quantum meruit armour. Ready in seven days

Setting his work to cook for a time and letting it settle so he could move onto the next step he would move onto the next station. The chemistry station. Cooking up some more resin gas and shipping it out to the black market for a five hundred thousand ryo profit.

Okane had neglected to help Iron for long enough he supposed. So he would wait until the dead of night and send a sealed scroll via owl directly to Kensai. The iron shogun. Sealing five million ryo within the scroll as quiet as he could. A smile on his lips as he wondered just how happy this would make his friend.

Okane finished his craft for the time being. Placing it in a large black gift box with a red ribbon on it. This one was a gift for a customer he enjoyed the company of. It was costly and took him two weeks but he didn't mind it so much. She should be by shortly for it so he would set it on the shop counter and yawn before stretching and preparing some coffee. He was wearing a black long sleeve shirt and slacks over polished dress boots. The blacksmiths apron and some special gloves still adorned him. The gloves looked to thin to be used for smithing due to his need to do the wiring but they were durable and the steel release he used under them protected him further. Still he would stir his cream in half and half and let his black hair down. Golden petals falling from his hair like droplets of rain but falling slowly to the floor as he sighed in satisfaction and waited.

Completed work:

Kitsuki was dressed unusually sharp today. For today was the day she was scheduled to pick up her upgraded Quantum Meruit Armour. The flight suit needed some upgrades and tinkering from someone who was skilled in the art of engineering, and Kitsuki could think of no better person than Okane. It had been a while since she had seen the Iron Prince and the thought of meeting him again made her nervous. She was still salty about how he had led her on, only to make off to his workshop in the middle of their date. Idiot! It wasn't even a date! No one thought it was but you!. Kit used to be super awkward but the WASP had ironed out those kinks her personality. Unfortunately, dealing with Okane had caused those tendencies to rise back to the surface. To make matters worse, when Kit had last seen the crafter she was just a lowly Chuunin. Now she was the leader of a sovereign nation after having assassinated the last two Mizukage. News traveled fast and she was sure the details of her savage fight had made it to the ears of the Heavenly Emporium. This made Kitsuki extra anxious about their reunion. He'd probably think her a murderer or some kind of battle obsessed freak.

Kit entered the shop and saw her armour waiting for her in a large gift box with a beautiful bow on it. She immediately bowed and strode over to the wrapping. It was gorgeous. She bowed again almost hitting her head on the shop's counter-top out of sheer nervousness.

"Thank you Okane-sama! You didn't have to wrap it up like this...not that its bad, its gorgeous of course" Kitsuki looked at the golden petals on the floor and it reminded her of the trinket he had given her. She hadn't worn it to this visit lest she look like a she-simp. Instead, she looked him in the eye and said:

"I know you agreed to do this one pro bono...and I appreciate that but I'm afraid I must request your services again. I'd be willing to pay of course!" Kit was now the leader (or one-third a leader) of one of the most powerful nations on Earth. She couldn't afford to be bashful when it came to equipping herself. Kit set a pair of blueprints down on the counter.

"I need a set of arrows....as many as you can make. One hundred if its possible."

It was a bold ask but Kit had the money to pay for it. She was standing up straight now. The last thing Kiri needed was to see its Vigilante-Kage gushing over an alabaster industrialist.

Spoiler:

Okane would smile and bow his own head in turn. Golden flower petals slowly falling from him as if he simply were shedding gold. Given time though the petals would fade away to dust flowing through the air. He would nod his head as she spoke of not having had to wrap it in such a manner and he would chuckle warmly. After all he had prepared it for her and enjoyed the concept of flight mechanics. Still he would speak in return. His voice like silk on the ears. A lullaby that soothed anyone listening more often than not. Still his glowing green eyes were like jewels as the took her in. "Ah but a gift loses to much when it isn't presented properly. A woman such as you deserves to be treated with at least this much. Especially given your rise to your current station. I must say it suits you. A leader among a nation. You're instructors must be very proud." Of course he knew of her new appointed station in Kiri. It was his business to know about the who's who in the world. A twinkle in his eyes made it seem like perhaps this meant she was on his level now.

Still she would mention how she appreciated the armor as far as gifts went. However she needed something more. Something potent for offensive capabilities to match her new defense. She would lay out the blue prints for arrows and their enchantments. Well now that was a unique design indeed. Arrows that gather kinetic energy and explode. Fragmentations of them spreading over a distance and wounding or killing anyone caught within the blast. The enchantment attached to them however made them all that much more dangerous. Time paralysis? Well now that was something he hadn't considered. Manipulating time held a risk he hadn't been willing to explore. Even cataclysmic if done improperly. His green eyes would scan the papers as he did the numbers in his head. He could produce twenty arrows at a time. Enchanting them wouldn't take much time but they would need her assistance to manipulate time safely. Still he would speak up as he looked over the order.

"This order is very large and expensive my dear. I can produce up to twenty of these at a time. However for every bundle of twenty my prices are two hundred and fifty thousand. If you want a hundred it will take me five weeks. A cost of one million, two hundred and fifty thousand for the arrows. For the enchantment it would have to be done five times for all hundred as well. So thats another half a million. Hmm...Instead of one point seven five million let me offer you a bundle discount. One point five million total."

Oblivious to the conversation at hand, a messenger hawk arrived near Okane's location and circled a few dozen meters over his head as it waited for him to signal a willingness to receive its burden. Naturally, the list of people who were allowed to make personal requests of the Grand Merchant himself was rather short, but so was that of those with the audacity to believe they were on it. His security observers noticed Ashitaka's seal on the micro-scroll, so they let the bird through. Upon opening it, the man would be met with the following message:

Okane-sensei,

I apologize for the gap in communication, but the burden of my duties for Konoha has intensified recently due to the war. I trust you are doing well, as I have not been informed that anyone has been caught violating the sanctity of the Emporium. In any case, I would like to place an order for a weapon whose prototype I had created in the past, but whose fully realized design eludes my capability to bring to fruition. Enclosed is the general idea of what I had in mind:

Modular Weapon Neo:

Naturally, I'm willing to pay your asking price for the commission, and if you should by chance recommend a superior metal (there is, obviously, no superior wood), I'd also be willing to compensate you for the difference in material costs. Upon completion, please affix the containing scroll to this hawk and direct it to return to me, as I am currently on a mission and not able to receive correspondence at either of my homes. I will have the bird deliver notification to the manager of my home store to remit payment to your establishment.

With sincerest gratitude,
Ashitaka Inuzuka Senju

Inarie was steadily gaining some popularity after she became clan leader of not just one clan, but two clans as well. A bold claim despite one clan continuing to send assassins after her, and the other are actually confused as to why Inarie decided to come back to the Kaguya after all had happened. Frankly after Hana’s stunt, Inarie felt like it was time to step up and get the Kaguya clan back in line. The Yoru, well majority of them don't recognize her as their clan leader. That being said, Inarie came to the realization that her current sword was a bit… lacking. It performed well given it’s quality and how much hell Inarie put it through. However Inarie felt like it was also time for her to acquire a better sword. One that not only is one of a kind so to speak, but the material Inarie planned to use it with. The spirit breaker metal, a metal that’s said to break the spirits of the dead.

Thus did it bring Inarie over to the Heavenly Emporium, and it was there that Inarie sought out a renowned craftsman. A master of his craft from what Inarie hears, but whether this was true or not remained to be seen. She came upon the workshop, and as Inarie opened the door as the light danced off her red gauntlets. Upon entering, Inarie found that not only was she the only customer, but it would seem like Kitsuki also came to meet with the Iron Prince as well. The only real weapon that Inarie brought with her was a solid black crudely shaped jian that has a metallic blue line over the edges. Inarie gracefully has the jian in reverse grip as the blade rests along her arm while her index finger was the only one extended along the hilt. Inarie chose not to speak immediately as she didn’t wish to interrupt their discussion.