Besides, Orochimaru didn't need to develop any high-end technological weapons.
It was only technological development for civilian use, something Orochimaru could handle.
Compared to the other villages, Konoha was well suited for developing civilian technology. Its environment was the best, it was no longer short on money, and it had suitable people to oversee it.
On top of that, it had a Hokage like Yan, someone who acted on what he said.
As long as they kept at it, the development of the technology tree could gradually be steered back on track.
It was hard to imagine that Konoha had possessed all kinds of advanced medical equipment twenty or thirty years ago, yet even many household appliances had never become widespread.
Was it because they lacked the capability?
No. It was simply because no one valued it.
Every village focused on training ninja. As for everything else, they neglected it whenever they could.
Of course, Yan would not throw away the watermelon to pick up sesame seeds. Ninja would remain the unchanging foundation of development in the ninja world; they would simply set aside some effort to develop other areas as well.
That was what Yan wanted, not to curb ninja training in favor of technological development.
To put it bluntly, in the ninja world, no matter how well-developed your civilian technology was, if your village lacked the strength to protect it all, then all that development was empty talk. Any war could turn all your efforts to nothing at any moment.
"I'll do my best."
Orochimaru smiled confidently.
There were many things he could make whenever he wanted. To say nothing of more distant examples, technologies related to television screens had long been used in certain displays on medical equipment.
With a few minor adjustments, entire industrial chains could