Torifu nodded. "Of course. We'll find a good time to start selling them directly. We'll use the game to promote it."
Amado nodded. "I know all about that."
"But according to the blueprint, for the mobile phones to communicate with each other, they need some kind of signal, which I don't really understand."
Torifu waved his hand. "Don't worry about it. Just leave it to me. You should start the pre-sale promotions. Everything will be solved before we officially start selling."
Since his big brother had said so, he naturally had no objections and agreed. Torifu saw that Amado was still a little obsessed with the Replicator, so he told him how to use it. Then, he left the lab.
By this time, the nap period was over, and after everything that had happened, Torifu was not sleepy at all. He decided to just lie in the yard and rest with his eyes closed, while also getting some sun. After lying there for a while, Torifu heard the door to Minato's room open. He must have woken up, so Torifu opened his eyes. He saw Minato tiptoeing toward him.
"Minato, you don't have to be so careful. I'm not asleep."
When Minato heard Torifu's voice, he relaxed and ran over in a few big steps. "Big brother, do you remember what I told you?"
Torifu rubbed his head. "Of course I do. You want to share with me what Kushina told you."
"Yeah, that's right."
Torifu sat up from the lounge chair and listened attentively to what Minato had to say.
"The reason is that at the banquet, my grandmaster and grandaunt said that Grandpa Ashina's personality changed because he was exhausted from all his hard work. But Kushina told me that wasn't the case. She suspects it's because of her eighth uncle's death."
"Yeah, that's what she said."
After Minato finished speaking, he saw that Torifu seemed to be thinking, so he didn't say anything else. It wasn't until Torifu came back to his senses that he asked, "What's wrong, big brother? Did you also think of something?"
Torifu nodded. "I do have some thoughts, but I can't tell you. This matter is quite complicated and might affect you. I hope you can understand."
Minato shook his head. "It's fine, big brother. I understand. It's not a good thing to know too much when you don't have the ability to handle it."
When Torifu heard this, he was very pleased. He patted Minato on the shoulder. "That's good. It seems you've learned a lot at school."
"Hehe. Okay, big brother, I'm going to go play now."
Torifu smiled. "Go ahead. Just remember not to run too far."
"I know!" With that, Minato ran away in a flash.
After Minato left, Torifu's expression returned to its contemplative state. In fact, at the banquet, Torifu had felt a little confused. But because there were many elders, and they were talking about memories of the past, Torifu didn't voice his own opinion. But he had kept the matter in his mind. Now that Minato had brought it up again, it made Torifu think. Whether it was his teacher, his grandaunt, or Tobirama, they all thought that Ashina's personality had changed from before.
Torifu also felt the same way. After all, he had spent some time with Ashina. They had lived together for days, and he could clearly feel that Ashina was a real playful old man. Although his son's death made him very sad, he didn't dwell on it too much. He still had a good appetite and only became sad when the topic came up. But ever since he came to Konoha, he seemed to have become a different person. His words were filled with distance, making people feel like he wasn't approachable. He also had the air of a wise man. This was very different from the playful old man Torifu knew, who would get so engrossed in Hashirama's Tales. Even Kushina could feel that her grandpa had changed.
But Kushina's guess was also not unreasonable. It was possible that Ashina had been suppressing his son's death in his heart, and it had become his motivation for revenge. Now that the Land of Whirlpools had been successfully liberated, that motivation was gone, and the sadness had returned, which could indeed make a person's mood low and their personality change.
But now that he had a suspicion, this thought wouldn't go away. Torifu could only try his best to suppress it and observe Ashina from a normal and objective perspective. He would observe if he would change after staying in Konoha for a while and if he would return to being the playful old man he was before. Or if he would do anything out of the ordinary. Before, when he wasn't the Hokage, Torifu didn't have to worry about these things. But now that he was the Hokage, he had to be responsible for the villagers. Any uncertain factors had to be eliminated before a danger could arise. In short, Torifu wouldn't intentionally target a good person, but he also wouldn't let someone with ulterior motives infiltrate Konoha again. One Rain was enough. He only hoped that Konoha could continue to be peaceful and stable like this.
After thinking for a while, he felt mentally drained. He decided to throw all the trivial matters out of his mind and rested on the lounge chair for a bit.
At about three or four o'clock, before the sky had gotten dark, Torifu took out a item he had bought on a whim to refresh the Replicator. It seemed quite useful now. It was a signal transmitter, or simply put, a small signal tower. The range it covered was relatively small, about the size of two Konoha Villages. It would generate signal cards with random numbers, which were essentially mobile phone SIM cards. By dialing the corresponding number, you could contact the other person. Although it could only cover Konoha and a small area around it for now, it was enough. The remaining areas would definitely be filled with new signal transmitters as the mobile phone gradually became more widespread.
"Hmm, it's not very big, so I'll just put it in the Hokage's Office. It's in the center of Konoha, so it can radiate to the entire village and the surrounding areas." He decided to do it right away. He would have his puppet take it to work with him tomorrow. The matter of making calls was also solved. The SIM cards could be sold along with the mobile phones. The purpose of making the mobile phone wasn't to make money, so the price didn't have to be too low. It was enough to make a small profit after covering the cost. The main purpose was to get everyone to spend money on the game! The money they spent would eventually become Peace Points for Torifu.
He could foresee that once the mobile phone and the game were released, they would immediately cause a sensation throughout the shinobi world again! Within a year, they would become popular in all the major ninja villages. Although people outside of Konoha wouldn't be able to make calls, they could still play the game because it didn't require an internet connection. The information would be automatically saved in the small cube. This would definitely become a game that people of all ages would love. To prevent the strength of the ninjas in the game from being exposed, their ninjutsu were all half-true and half-false. If someone wanted to fight against Hashirama in real life just by playing a few games, then Torifu could only say that every profession has its own secrets, and he wished them luck.