There was no daylight in the hot and cramped workshop, with only the blazing flame in the forge as the only source of light.
In the flickering firelight, Aoun was shirtless, raising his hammer high and hitting the red ingot.
Clang clang clang.
The collision of the hand hammer and the ingot produced a crisp sound of gold and iron, but there were not many sparks splashed out - this shows that there are almost no impurities and excess carbon in it.
As usual, the extended ingot was folded and compacted until the last hammer fell, and a wisp of green smoke suddenly floated out from the ingot.
Green smoke spread out in the workshop, and soon it became a rich aroma of wine.
This rising aroma of wine is a sign of high-quality wine-core steel molding.
Taking a few deep breaths of this intoxicating aroma, Aoun couldn't help but smile a little more on his originally calm face.
The high-quality wine-core steel that was originally planned to take ten days and a half to forge was finally completed in only seven days.
Speaking of which, I have to thank Yamato for this.
If she hadn't taken her hunting with her every night, so that she could eat a lot to supplement the huge consumption of blacksmithing during the day, the forging process of this wine-hearted steel would not have been so smooth.
He lowered his head and looked at the ingot in his hand. Although the ingot was burning red, it had obviously changed a lot compared to seven days ago.
After seven days of refining, the entire ingot has shrunk by a full circle compared to before, but its weight has not changed much.
If you are not afraid of the high temperature emitted from the surface and take a closer look, you will find that the surface of the ingot has been covered with traces of patterns at some point - this is the unique texture of wine-core steel.
The higher the purity and quality of the wine steel, the more obvious and magnificent the pattern will be.
Putting your hand on the red ingot, the flow of information immediately came to mind:
[High-quality wine steel: High-quality steel that has been condensed through thousands of hardenings. It has unparalleled hardness and just the right toughness. It is the material that swordsmen dream of forging knives, and it can also be used as the raw material carrier for legendary creations. 】
[Evaluation: This is called - Thousands of tempers! 】
With this thing, plus the hearts of five animal devil fruit ability users, the preparations for the Heart Steel are complete.
While he was thinking about it, a pebble suddenly fell on his head.
Aoun looked up at the exhaust pipe above his head, and could vaguely see the Prajna mask behind the exhaust fan.
Why are you here looking for me before it gets dark? Is it possible...
Thinking of the possibilities that arose in his mind, Orn suddenly felt his heart beat a little faster.
He grabbed the ingot and quietly left the workshop, following the ventilation duct to the back of the factory.
As soon as Orn landed here, he saw Yamato running over dragging four unconscious Beast Pirates, with uncontrollable joy in his voice:
"Onn, what you asked for really made me dig it up in Quinn's laboratory. Also, this is the ability user that I quietly knocked out in the past two days."
As he spoke, Yamato reached into the collar of his kimono, and after a while he pulled out a wad of... tinfoil.
Resisting the urge to lower his head and smell it, Aoun took the wad of tinfoil, and then took out a slender metal strip from his pocket.
This was a gadget he made while working on forging wine-steel steel. It was a small steel bar similar to the size of a key, with a groove carved in the middle and countless saw teeth filed on it.
Facing Yamato's expectant gaze, Aoun tore off a piece of tinfoil, folded it into a strip, wrapped it around the steel bar, and then inserted it into the keyhole of the shackles he wore.
Because the dimensions were measured in advance and the tin foil is very tough, there was no hesitation when inserting it into the keyhole.
Aoun held the steel bar and shook it back and forth. After a moment, he twisted it clockwise. There was a "click" sound, and the shackles under his feet opened in response.
"It actually opened!" Yamato exclaimed, and Aoun couldn't help but smile.
This method was told by a classmate who had a burglar in his previous life when he was a child. It left a deep impression on him in his childhood. However, because he didn't know where to find the tools and the method was too harsh, he never tried it. .
Presumably it is because the locks in the pirate world are relatively primitive, which allowed him, a novice, to succeed in the first attempt.
Before Aoun could think about it, Yamato stretched out a pair of arms and looked at him eagerly.
Seeing this, Aoun did not hesitate and immediately tore off another piece of tinfoil and repeated the same procedure.
In the process of unlocking Yamato, Aoun's hand subconsciously pressed on the handcuffs. Although he retracted his hand as if he was electrocuted at the moment of contact, a sense of powerlessness still quickly swept through Aoun's body, making him He could barely hold the tinfoil key in his hand.
Just touching it for a moment was enough to make his whole body weak, but Yamato lived with this thing for fourteen years.
From being completely powerless to being able to move freely, it's hard to imagine what kind of hardships she went through during this period.
After adjusting his strength and energy, Aoun deliberately wrapped the handcuffs with his clothes this time. After a while, Yamato's handcuffs also opened.
Almost as soon as the handcuffs were opened, Yamato's figure changed rapidly. Wisps of blue and white smoke rose from his shoulders, his feet turned into giant claws with fleshy pads, and sharp claws sprouted from his hands. With sharp claws, a huge and furry tail emerged from behind, waving happily in mid-air.
It is Yamato's fruit ability, the animal type, the dog fruit, the phantom beast species, and the human-beast mode in the form of Oguchi Shingo.
Along with this change in body shape, a terrifying aura burst out from Yamato's body. The unrivaled aura turned into a substantial mental shock, almost knocking Aoun unconscious.
Fortunately, Aoun was well prepared and mobilized his fruit ability in time to resist. In addition, Yamato's timely control prevented Aoun from showing embarrassment.
"The handcuffs that have imprisoned me for fourteen years, finally, finally..."
Before Aoun could adjust his mind, he suddenly felt an extremely elastic body bump into him:
"Onn, thank you very much. After taking off these handcuffs, I can finally pursue my own freedom!"
Feeling the strength of Yamato's embrace and the wet feeling of tears falling on his shoulders, Aoun couldn't help but sigh, and subconsciously reached out and patted Yamato's back:
"Don't cry, it's all over."
After a while, Yamato finally adjusted her condition. She let go of Aoun and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes rather embarrassedly, but she agreed:
"You are right, everything has passed. From today on, I want to leave this ghost island. I want to go to the sea and live as freely as Oden! And all this starts from..."
Having said this, Yamato swung his mace again and stared sharply at the huge torii in the distance with the bronze statue of the dragon's head.
However, before Yamato could make a move, Aoun grabbed her by the hem of her clothes:
"Calm down, even if you want to do something like that, at least wait for me to make some arrangements before you do it."
