The most glorious time for the Senju Clan was with Hashirama. There was no second person who could have a strength comparable to Hashirama. He himself also knew this. He felt that he was born to bring peace to that chaotic world and to prevent people from suffering from war. Now, his mission was complete. He had handed the village over to his disciple to manage, and everything was developing prosperously. As for himself, he lived a leisurely life of walking around and playing games. Thanks to his disciple, he could live for another forty years or so, and he might even see a different kind of world. He was already very satisfied.
After lunch, Torifu helped clean up the table. After he helped Mito wash the dishes, he said goodbye to everyone and returned to his clan compound. Torifu had given Minato ten thousand ryo of pocket money right after proctoring the exam. That kid probably didn't have to worry about food. He was ten years old and could take care of himself now.
After he got home, he saw Minato sitting in the pavilion, engrossed in reading the scroll. Torifu walked over to him.
"Did you eat lunch?" Minato looked up and smiled. "Yeah. I went to the noodle stall from this morning again. This time, I ordered the most extravagant version with a lot of braised pork belly!"
"The boss also gave me his contact information. I can get food delivered to the house now." Torifu sat across from Minato, took out two apples from his ring, and gave one to Minato. "I advise you to eat at his stall. Otherwise, the taste will get worse."
"Oh? Is that so? Then I'll just go find him directly." Torifu didn't continue the topic. Instead, he pointed at the scroll. "How is it? Can you understand it?" The smile on Minato's face didn't fade when he heard this. "I can understand it. I tried a few of the steps it taught, and it had a small effect."
When he said this, Torifu was a little surprised. How long had he had it? Not counting the exam time, it had only been about two hours! It already had some effect?
Torifu could only give him a thumbs-up. "As expected, you have a lot of talent in this area."
Torifu wasn't that good at space-time ninjutsu. He had naturally tried Flying Thunder God before. After all, it was so cool. Unfortunately, if you didn't have a talent for space-time ninjutsu, you couldn't train this thing at all. Even with the system's buff, Torifu couldn't do anything about it. He could only say that fate wasn't on his side. Maybe the true owners of Flying Thunder God were only Tobirama and Minato.
When Minato saw that he was praised, he tried to perform it. As he continued to make hand signs, chakra was infused into his palm. Some slight fluctuations also appeared around his palm, and then they disappeared. Minato also stopped what he was doing.
"Not bad. This is a small stage that would take a month or two to achieve. You actually learned it so easily."
Minato scratched his head with a silly smile. "I didn't expect it either. It seems that just like you said, Big Brother, this Flying Thunder God is a good fit for me."
"By the way, who is your jōnin instructor?" Minato thought for a moment. The principal had told him about this. It wasn't an official notification, just a passing mention, so he didn't remember it too clearly.
"Principal said it was Hatake Sakumo-sama."
"Oh? It's him. That's a good choice." Minato also smiled and nodded. "Yeah. I've heard many people say that Hatake Sakumo's swordsmanship is very powerful. He's already an elite jōnin." Sakumo was already twenty years old this year. Just like Jiraiya and the others, he already had a high reputation among ninjas and had completed many S-rank missions.
Torifu had originally planned that if Minato was assigned to an ordinary jōnin, he would let Minato continue to learn from him to avoid wasting time and not learning anything. But since it was Sakumo, he could rest assured.
"Learn from him well, especially in taijutsu. You're still lacking in that area, and Sakumo also excels at taijutsu. He'll make up for your shortcomings."
"Don't worry, Big Brother. I know."
Since that was the case, Torifu didn't disturb Minato's studies anymore. He walked to the door, took out his rocking chair, and lay down. Torifu was very happy as he watched his Peace Points constantly increase. Since his phone was promoted to the entire shinobi world, he would get tens of thousands of Peace Points every day. Although Torifu still hadn't solved the mobile payment problem, every shinobi village that had a phone was equipped with an automatic charging station. As long as you entered your ID and put in money, you could recharge it directly, which was convenient and fast. It also proved the old saying: "Where there's a will, there's a way."
"Big Brother, stop sunbathing and come to the lab with me." Torifu, who was enjoying himself with his eyes closed, was woken up by Amado. "What's wrong? What's the matter? Why do we have to go to the lab?"
Amado said, "Our old inventions, like refrigerators, air conditioners, washing machines, and faucets, are no longer selling. They've already become commonplace throughout the shinobi world. Now, there are very few people buying them. If we continue to produce them, we'll just be wasting resources."
When he heard this, Torifu thought for a moment and realized that what Amado said was true. It had been almost ten years since televisions and refrigerators were invented. Basically, every household in the shinobi world had them. They were also very durable, so there was no such thing as buying a new one to replace a broken one. Just like the television and refrigerator at Hashirama's house, they hadn't been replaced in all these years. It was just that a lot of the paint on the surface had peeled off. So if they continued to produce them, there would be very few people buying them, and it would be a complete waste of resources.
"So, do you have any ideas?"
Amado nodded. "I do, but I need you to confirm it." Seeing Amado's mysterious look, Torifu was also a little curious. He told Minato to seriously train, and then he followed Amado to the lab. When he pushed the door open, he saw several different things inside. They were all metallic in color, with some grooves on the surface that emitted a blue light, like embedded light strips.
"Refrigerators, televisions, washing machines, and some other miscellaneous things. Did you just refurbish them?" Amado smiled. "I upgraded them based on the originals. Both the performance and the appearance have been greatly improved."
"But I'm not sure about their practicality, so I wanted you to test them. If they're good, the factory can start producing these second-generation products and gradually replace the old appliances." This was a great idea. It promoted development and kept the money-making business going. Most importantly, the factory workers wouldn't lose their jobs. It seemed that Amado had also grown a lot over the years and was able to design so many things by himself now.
"Okay. I'll use them and give you feedback in a while. If they're good, we'll go into full-scale production."
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Chapter End
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