There was one more issue: Konoha's economy was still in pretty bad shape.
The villagers didn't have much money, either. Buying a phone was already a major decision for a household; they weren't going to spend money just to get a better gaming experience.
In short, the villagers were very receptive to phones, but extremely reluctant to spend money on them.
Torifu could understand. The war in Konoha had only ended a year or two ago, and the village still hadn't recovered. The villagers couldn't possibly have much money to spare.
It was like asking why the poor didn't eat meat. Some families could barely make ends meet, and now you wanted them to buy phones? That was asking too much.
So Shimura Danzō planned to expand into the Capital City.
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 lived.
It was where all the nobles gathered.
But Torifu immediately rejected the idea, telling his clone to warn Danzo not to act on his own.
If phones were sold in Konoha, any spies who were discovered could be dealt with, since the entire village was under Konoha's Control.
But the Capital City wasn't somewhere Konoha could manage as it pleased.
A large population meant chaos. People from other villages could slip in, then take phones back with them.
Once the other Kage learned what phones could do, they would surely join forces and try to wrest the technology from Konoha.
Phones were a strategic asset of the highest order.
Torifu wasn't afraid of the other Kage. It would just be a huge hassle.
He'd put Shimura Danzō in charge of selling phones because he was worried the old man would set his sights