Another issue was that Konoha's economy was still relatively weak.
The villagers did not have much money either. Buying a phone was already a major decision for a household; they could not possibly spend money on top-ups just for a better gaming experience.
In short, the villagers were highly receptive to phones, but extremely, extremely resistant to spending money in-game.
Torikaze could understand that. Konoha's wars had only ended a year or two ago, and the village had yet to recover. The villagers could not possibly be well-off.
It was like asking why people did not eat meat porridge. Some families were already struggling just to survive, yet you wanted them to buy phones? That was practically asking for their lives.
So Shimura Danzō planned to shift his focus to the Royal Capital.
The people there were generally quite wealthy. After all, it was the capital of the Land of Fire, where the Daimyo and all his ministers resided.
It was the gathering place of all nobles.
But Torikaze immediately rejected the idea and had his clone tell Danzo not to act on his own under any circumstances.
If phones were sold within Konoha, any Spies discovered could still be dealt with, since the entire village was under Konoha's control.
But once they reached the Royal Capital, it would no longer be somewhere Konoha could manage as it pleased.
More people meant more chaos. If people from other ninja villages slipped in and brought the phones back to their villages—
Once the other Kage learned what phones could do, they would definitely join forces at once to seize the technology from Konoha.
The capabilities of phones were strategic assets among strategic assets.
Torikaze was not afraid of the other Kage. It would simply be too troublesome.
He had asked Shimura