As they went down the stairs, the guests in the restaurant saw the Hokage and all put down their chopsticks to greet him. Torifu also responded to each one. Seeing that everyone was in high spirits, he felt relieved. The meal today cost 200,000 ryo, which was indeed a high expense.
Aside from eating barbecue, Torifu almost never spent so much money on food. In fact, he rarely spent money at all. But even if he ate barbecue every day, and ate 10,000 plates of it, with Torifu's current financial situation, he probably couldn't spend it all in a few decades. The factories were continuously providing income. That alone was enough for Torifu to spend freely.
"Naori, is it okay for you to go home alone? Do you need me to walk you back?"
Naori smiled and waved her hand. "What's the point of walking me back in Konoha? Just go home and rest. I can go back by myself."
Torifu nodded. "Okay. Then we'll be in touch tomorrow."
The five of them waved to Naori, and after watching her walk away, they headed back to the Kumotsuru clan compound. As soon as Minato entered the compound, he ran back to his room to wash up and go to sleep. He had to go on a mission with his teacher, Sakumo, tomorrow, so he couldn't be late. As for Yahiko and Konan, they seemed to have forgotten the way to their rooms. The Kumotsuru clan compound was very big, so it was normal for them to be a little disoriented.
After guiding them to their door and watching them go inside, Torifu turned and headed to the gazebo. He wasn't sleepy yet, and it wasn't good to go to sleep right after eating.
"Would you like a cup of tea to help with the greasy feeling?" Amado asked, holding up a teacup.
"I'll have one. The food was a little salty, so it'll quench my thirst."
Amado smiled. "This is the best tea, tens of thousands of ryo for a few ounces. Using it to quench your thirst, you really don't get it."
Torifu looked at the teacup. "To me, this kind of thing is just to quench my thirst. Its meaning as a thirst-quencher is greater than its story, so I don't need to understand it. As long as it quenches my thirst, that's enough."
Amado pouted and whispered, "If you don't get it, you don't get it. Don't say all that other stuff. Hmph."
"I can hear you."
"Haha, I was just talking to myself."
Then he looked at the Kumotsuru clan compound and couldn't help but sigh. "The changes over the years are really big. In the beginning, there were only the two of us, living here for so long."
"I didn't feel it before, but now that I look back, it feels a little lonely."
Torifu also nodded. "Yeah. It was just the two of us in this huge compound. Of course, Snowflake and the others don't count. Back then, it already felt quite lively. You were tinkering with those broken metal clocks every day."
Amado chuckled. "Yeah. Back when the clocks were released in Konoha, they seemed to appear out of nowhere and shocked the entire village."
"Now, that thing is simply too simple. I can make ten or eight of them without even trying."
Back then, Amado was still looking at the blueprints and assembling the clocks. In the blink of an eye, more than ten years had passed, and now he could independently develop electrical appliances. Although there were still some bugs, he was able to fix them in time. His ability had grown by more than just a little. And Torifu had also grown from a child into the Hokage of Konoha.
"Every stage has a different feeling. In a few more years, when you get married and have children, you might think that now is lonely."
Amado shrugged when he heard that. Marriage was still a long way off for him. On the other hand, his big brother had not gotten married all these years, which made him worried.
Then Amado said, "When are you and Sister Naori getting married? Within a year or two? Are you planning to?"
Since that was the case, Amado wouldn't talk about it anymore. It was rare for the two brothers to have time to sit down and chat. Torifu had also rarely slacked off at home lately, and Amado was busy dealing with the bugs in the second generation of electrical appliances. They were both very busy. Today could be said to be a turning point, where they all gathered to have dinner together. Maybe tomorrow or in a little while, Amado would go back to his research. Torifu was sometimes really afraid that he would suddenly drop dead.
"How do you plan to train these two children? Will you force-feed them like you did with Nawaki? Or will you let them grow freely like Minato, with you just providing direction?"
Torifu thought about it. When he was teaching Nawaki, he really didn't have much experience. Although the talent herbs did improve his talent, they also made him arrogant. He had been worn down a bit over the past few years, but when he first finished his training, he was very arrogant. So Torifu rejected that method.
"I'd lean more toward the latter. Let them grow freely, and I'll just pull them back when they stray."
"Of course, this isn't me being lazy. I will fulfill the duties of a teacher properly."
When it came to his abilities, aside from his fighting style and experience in developing ninjutsu, he couldn't really teach them anything else. The Cloud Release was a secret technique of the Kumotsuru clan. The Crystal Release and Ice Release were given to him by the system and couldn't be taught. However, he could provide them with some ideas for developing their Kekkei Genkai. Maybe these two children could really do it. Especially Konan. Since she had developed the Paper Person of God (Kami no Shisha no Jutsu), she should have some talent in this area. Although the Paper Person of God was only a B-rank, it was only a matter of difficulty.
Jiraiya only taught them for three years, but Torifu had no time limit. A teacher for a day is a father for life. It was just like him and Hashirama. Even though he had surpassed Hashirama, he still went to him from time to time to ask for advice. Hashirama would still answer him. This was a good teacher-student relationship, not one where as soon as you had some strength and talent, you wanted to kill your teacher to prove yourself. That was a violation of human nature.
"It's getting late. Aren't you going back to rest?" Torifu asked.
Amado took a sip of the now-cold tea. "I've been in the lab for too long. I came out for some fresh air. I've been doing research all these days, and it's exhausted me. I finally have some time to breathe."
"Did you finish all the bugs?"
Amado said with a grin, "Yeah, it's all done. I don't plan on going into the lab for a while until the next problem comes up. I'm going to rest well at home for a while."
"I hope this time is enough for you to recharge."
Torifu knew that Amado was tired, so he wouldn't give him any blueprints to research. He was mainly afraid that something would go wrong with the second generation of electrical appliances in Konoha, or that something would go wrong in other villages, which would be troublesome. It wasn't just about Amado having to fix things, but more about the face of Konoha and their trust in Konoha-made products.