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"I was wondering how this kind of vehicle worked. Why could it ride so smoothly over the ground?"

Torikaze spread his hands. "I don't know either. My younger brother invented all this. That guy can be rather temperamental, so you'd better not get too close to him."

When traveling outside, you could assign your own family relationships.

Amado had been lying in bed when he inexplicably got himself a Big Brother.

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded. "Thank you for telling me, Lord Hokage Torikaze. But even if we knew how it worked, it would be of little use. We lack the resources, and our scientific technology is insufficient."

Torikaze understood. Bicycles were not particularly difficult to make. If Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted one, he could simply give him the blueprint.

But the fatal problem was insufficient resources, not inadequate scientific technology.

Steel was an extremely important resource. Building houses, forging weapons, and making concealed weapons all required steel.

And those were all relatively important matters. Though bicycles could serve as transportation—

Konoha in that world basically did not allow outsiders to enter or leave freely. If one only traveled within the village, bicycles would not be particularly useful anyway.

"Hokage Hiruzen, there is no need to rush. Everything will gradually improve. Once the passage between the two worlds stabilizes, we will definitely invest in your Konoha."

Hiruzen understood the meaning of investment. It was similar to the relationship between Konoha and the Daimyo Estate.

The Daimyo Estates of each country were like angel investors for every village.

If Torikaze truly came to invest, Konoha absolutely had to seize this opportunity and could not let it slip away.

The two made their way home, and Hiruzen Sarutobi finally understood why Torikaze had not been discovered back then.

Good heavens, every villager they encountered along