Drenched in Sweat

"By the way, Lord Hiruzen, Konoha has many different inventions. You can pick out a few, and if you think they might be useful, take them back to your village to sell. They aren't expensive."

Torikaze meant to provide them with a batch of practical, low-cost inventions for free.

They could sell them cheaply to their villagers, and Hiruzen Sarutobi could earn some funds from it, enough to keep the village running for a while.

Naturally, Torikaze would not recommend things like washing machines or refrigerators. Those were not very useful to people from another village.

"Give them to me for free? How could I accept that?"

Torikaze waved his hand. "Enough, stop refusing. Our two villages didn't know of each other's existence before, but now that we've met, calling us one would not be an exaggeration. No need to be so polite."

Seeing Torikaze put it that way, Hiruzen stopped refusing. His Konoha truly needed funds to help the village quickly shake off the effects of the war.

And speed up its development.

Although Lord Hashirama had given them one million ryo, it was simply a drop in the bucket for Konoha.

He wondered how much the little items Hokage Torikaze was giving them this time could sell for.

Either way, it was a gesture of goodwill. Once the connection between the two worlds was opened, the ninja here would be able to go over there and carry out missions.

That could also stimulate the economy. Compared to this aid, Hiruzen Sarutobi valued the latter more.

Aid was only temporary. Only a stable, lasting source of funds could allow Konoha to develop better and better.

The moment Torikaze brought it up, Hiruzen Sarutobi had already begun thinking about it.

As the Third Hokage of Konoha, he had to consider