The day before departure, it didn't take much effort to find the iron seller; everything was readily available on the black market.
This certainly made it easier for Jay to buy.
After re-arranging with the seller, Jay explored other areas of the black market.
There, he found an exchange for antiques and valuables like gemstones and gold.
It was located in a much safer area and further inland than the places selling common materials.
Here, Jay discovered that 1 gram of gold was selling for only about $2.50, half a dollar cheaper than the price he'd found in the sub-district.
Seeing this price, Jay naturally didn't hesitate to buy and quickly arranged the transaction.
It ultimately took almost a full day for Jay to complete the transaction.
Now, as evening fell, Jay was seen leaving the capital and walking back along the road to the village.
To speed up his arrival at the village, Jay released his clone and asked it to check the area ahead to ensure there was no one else.
After ensuring there was no one else along the way, Jay quickly returned the horse-drawn carriage to his space.
Inside his space, Jay counted his harvest. Due to his rush and lack of time, he wasn't very thorough in examining the items he was selling.
"I gained about 35 kg of gold, plus about 300 kg of iron, and various types of weapons.
As well as some items I didn't find in the sub-district, I feel like this trip was quite good.
If it weren't for the lack of time, I would have explored more of the capital." Jay, remembering his journey to the capital, went back out and quickly hurried to his village.
Around 8 PM, Jay finally arrived at his village and quickly returned home.
#####
"Brother... where have you been?" Nining asked with an annoyed expression, as if she was angry at being left behind by Jay.
"Ughh, I had some business at the sub-district office earlier, so I'm sorry I didn't invite Nining out," Jay replied apologetically. He'd forgotten he'd promised to go fishing with her.
But due to preparations and work, Jay had to forget about that promise.
Nevertheless, Jay, knowing his sister's nature, took out the snacks he'd prepared.
"As an apology, I've brought you some warm fried food." Jay took out a large package of fried food and handed it to Nining.
"Wow...fried food...this is Nining's favorite food!!!" Nining happily accepted Jay's gift.
"Don't eat it alone, let's eat together," Jay reminded Nining.
"I know...umm...these fritters are delicious!!!" Nining devoured the fried food Jay had brought, not forgetting to share with the others.
(The fried food Jay gave Nining included various types of fried foods, such as fried bananas, fried sweet potatoes, fried vegetable fritters, fried cassava, fried spring rolls, and others. If you're interested in finding out which fried foods are referred to in the story, please search on Google.)
It's worth noting that cooking oil was still a rare commodity for ordinary people, and even if they could find it, their use was limited.
So, oftentimes, fried foods, even though they were relatively simple, were fried in a lot of oil, resulting in a delicious and crispy taste.
This, of course, was very popular among the general public.
Especially after the rebellion, cooking oil became a very difficult commodity to find.
This, of course, was an exception for Jay, who could produce his own cooking oil in his room.
This was, of course, limited to vegetable oil made from peanuts, and animal oil, which he produced from animal fat.
However, Jay always felt that palm oil was the best cooking oil for fried foods.
Unfortunately, he hasn't found any oil palm trees so far, so he can't produce palm oil yet.
#######
At the village head's house, Jay and his grandfather are currently visiting.
The purpose of their visit is related to the task the village head has given them.
"Have you completed the request?" As if realizing the purpose of the grandfather and grandson's visit to his house, the village head asked them.
The village head then asked the two, "Yes, we're here tonotifying that the order given by the village was successfully completed.
"And the food can be picked up the next day," replied Grandpa Jay.
"Amazing... that's the news I've been waiting for the most!!" With a delighted and happy expression, the village chief then said to the two of them, "Then, Village Chief, let's make arrangements for picking up the food the next day," Grandpa Jay made the arrangements.
#######
Three days later, Jay, who had completed many tasks in his village, looked both happy and nervous.
This was because all the preparations he had made had finally been completed with excellent results.
Furthermore, if there were no changes to his plans, tomorrow he would be leaving with Ameno to the ninja world for their new adventure.
As an additional arrangement, Jay and Ameno had left their clones in the regular world to replace them.
After learning that his space could directly connect the two worlds, Jay's worries about the time difference disappeared.
With his plans to return to the ninja world, Jay wondered if there were any time changes that occurred when he transitioned between one world and the other.
Only after asking the system did he find out that there were none. The time difference between the two worlds only made Jay feel safe.
Furthermore, Jay was also informed that he no longer needed to use external portals; he could simply place one inside his space, and he would be free to move from one world to the other.
This would further enhance his security and anonymity.
"Honey, have you prepared everything we need to bring?" Jay asked Ameno.
"Yes, I've prepared everything and it's stored in your space," Ameno replied.
"So, honey, are you happy to be able to return to your world soon?" Jay then asked Ameno how she felt when she learned she would be able to return to the ninja world.
"Of course I'm happy, honey. I feel like something I've buried has finally been reawakened," Ameno said with relief.
"Yes, I can't wait to see what Sunagakure, where you come from, is like," Jay added with an impatient expression.
"You'll definitely like it, honey. Even though it's not as beautiful there as this village, but…" Ameno then shared more. things about his village, as if he wanted to tell Jay that the place he came from, even though it was full of shortcomings, was still a special place in his eyes, and he hoped Jay would like it too.