The journey was neither particularly long nor particularly short, but it was not a pleasant experience.
Although the Hundred Year War had spurred rapid technological development in the Fire Nation, the vast majority of those technologies were used only by the military, with little improvement in other fields.
The Bull Tris was nowhere near as fast as a car, nor did it offer the comfort of most modern forms of transportation.
There was little to say about the scenery along the way, but after passing through several small towns and villages, Kahn discovered that the war's impact on the Fire Nation was not as slight as he had imagined.
The first problem visible at a glance was naturally the ratio of men to women. In towns and villages alike, women, children, and the elderly made up the majority, with few adult men.
Next came the scarcity of supplies. Apart from a handful of larger towns, the poverty of most small towns and villages was plain to see.
As for whether the people supported this protracted war, Kahn heard no one discussing it, but looking at the situation before him, he could well imagine.
It was always the common people who suffered.
For some reason, those words suddenly sprang into Kahn's mind.
Seeing these sights and recalling his earlier thoughts, he felt they seemed somewhat ridiculous.
The prosperity and peace he had seen seemed never to have reached the common people at all, belonging only to the narrow world of those who benefited from the existing order.
As for the common people, a hundred long years had long since made them forget what peace looked like, and that was all that allowed them to keep enduring with such numb resignation.
Amid these wandering thoughts, they reached their final stop in the