She, Bronya, is a big name in the gaming world.
She has stakes in all the companies popular in the market.
So, do you want to go to other worlds to release your game?
No problem.
As long as you pay royalties, you can get whatever you want.
Ruiko Saten:
[Wait!!]
[Bronya, Herta, Ningguang?]
[When did you get such a big game company?]
Goodness, what did she just see??
These girls co-own so many game companies?
Is this for real?
Ningguang:
[It's just a bit of money. I'm following Bronya.]
Herta:
[I need funds for research, and farming profits is the fastest method.]
Bronya:
[Any questions?]
[Don't you have an industry?]
Well?
Is there anyone in this group without their own assets?
Megumi Kato:
[Sorry, I don't!]
Ruiko Saten:
[Sorry, I don't!]
Sagiri:
[Neither do I.]
Chika Fujiwara:
[Wait... does everyone else have one?]
Seeing Bronya's comment, Chika Fujiwara was confused.
When did this happen?
Zhongli:
[Probably everyone does.]
He owns properties too.
For example, Liyue City!
He receives a hefty sum every month.
Himeko owns a mechanical company, formed with the Astral Express team.
Akeno has a demon consulting firm with Rias.
She's sponsored by a vampire ninja, so money isn't an issue.
Miori Shiba has Shiba Heavy Industries, producing spacecraft.
The Mei family has assets as well.
Boros runs an interstellar freight company.
Alice owns a restaurant.
Ace has followers and can be considered landed.
Asuka, Yao, and Black Rabbit run a community.
Lala even has her own worldshe's a princess.
Even Jellal, who joined the group later, owns a magic crystal company.
They specialize in making dragon-slaying magic crystals.
So only a few people in the group don't own businesses in Takumi's world.
Seeing everyone's shocked faces, Takumi posted a summary.
After reading it, the reactions came pouring in.
Chika Fujiwara:
[Turns out I'm the poor one!]
Megumi Kato:
[Turns out I'm the poor one!]
Sagiri:
[Turns out I'm the poor one!]
Ruiko Saten:
[Turns out I'm the poor one!]
Miko Yotsutani:
[Turns out I'm the poor one!]
Those without industries chimed in.
Wow, really?
So many wealthy folks in this group?
Gabriel:
[Same here!]
Kaguya Houraisan:
[Good thing I have my husband and Eirin to rely on!]
[Gabriel, stop pretending. You've got the Heavenly Realm backing you!]
Come on, you're a fallen angel.
The benefits in Heaven are generous.
You practically earn by lying down.
Heavenly Realm is now the top religious order in Takumi's world.
The donations are through the roof.
You're the biggest beneficiary.
Gabriel:
[But I'm really broke!!]
[I have no money.]
[Bronya, can you gift me a set of gear from your new game?]
[(*T^T)]
Bronya:
[No!]
Bronya rejected her outright.
What's that supposed to mean?
Even if she's the boss, she won't play favorites.
That would break the game balance.
She wasn't having it.
Gabriel:
[So stingy!]
[Ughhh!]
[Can I get a refund?]
[Not playing anymore!!]
Gabriel was really frustrated.
Though she receives tons of money monthly,
if she stopped gaming, she'd be saving up.
But she spends it all on in-game gold.
Bronya:
[A new set of skins is coming soon.]
Gabriel:
[Borrowing money now!]
Wait, new skins?
Time to borrow money!
She instantly went offline.
Off to find Venay for a loan.
Watching her disappear, Bronya smirked.
Completely hooked.
Ruiko Saten:
[Excuse me, how can I make money?]
[I want my own industry too!!]
After realizing she was among the poorest,
she was determined to make money.
Takumi:
[First, head to the wilderness.]
[Find rare gourmet creatures, capture them, and sell them at the food market.]
[Then, you'll have cash!]
Catch creatures?
Sounds easy, right?
Saten rolled her eyes.
Ruiko Saten:
[Could you not mention that again?]
[Being a gourmet hunter isn't easy now.]
[Too many strong competitors.]
Gourmet beasts?
You can't catch them.
And the common ones aren't worth anything.
Kaguya Houraisan:
[Are you an adult?]
[If you are, come live with us. We've got money.]
[Picture]
[Funds from my husband!]
Saten was speechless.
These people were as unreliable as ever.
Too much.
Is it too late to leave the group?
Can you even say things like that?
Shiroyasha:
[Looking for models!]
[Come apply!]
[()]
Come on, come in.
She's hiring models.
Old-money fashion house.
But no one responded to her.
Megumi Kato:
[Picture]
[Let's go hunt a rogue god.]
[Camp near it, and wait for a sponsor.]
[A god fetches tens of billions.]
[If the employer can't defeat it, we clean up.]
Takumi:
[What???]
[When did rogue gods become a business?]
Takumi was baffled.
When did this start?
People are paying to acquire rogue gods?
And it costs billions?
Are there really that many rich people in his world now?
Ningguang:
[I know about that.]
[Since the world's transformation, rogue gods have skyrocketed in value.]
[The power from them now converts into gift cards.]
[Anyone in the know gets it.]
[Plus, you can gain a god-slaying trait.]
That's why rogue gods are getting so expensive.
[And now, they can't be summoned easily.]
She found it surreal too.
Even more bizarre
Some gods recently sold their own blood to make money.
Then used that to summon rogue gods
Only to scam themselves.
So now it's really hard to summon them.
Some refuse to even appear.
It's tough just to catch one these days.
In today's world, anything can be monetized.
Even rogue gods have become a commodity.
Even Aha qualifies for Fate Online's auction.
If you're fun and toss some cash around,
you can get a special pack from Herta Space Station to step right into your destiny.
Ch. 697 Showing Off Carries Risk
When everyone in the chat group saw what Ningguang said, they immediately spammed frantically.
People in this world have gone a bit crazy.
Even gods who don't obey can be turned into commodities.
Shiroyasha:
[Tsk!]
[Do you think I won't pull those gods down and sell them as products?]
[That's an easy way to make money!!]
Shiroyasha was interested too.
She had the urge to drag them all out and put them on shelves.
With her ability, it would be easy.
Chika Fujiwara:
[The gods of disobedience are still gods!]
[Isn't this immoral?]
Shiroyasha:
[Lol!]
[Wouldn't it be better without morality?]
Without morality, no one can hold it against you.
Why talk to her about ethics like she's a child?
Fujiwara Chika was stunned.
This woman was just outrageous.
Takumi:
[Cut it out.]
[If you try that, I'll put your solar sovereignty on the market.]
[People would definitely pay for a full set.]
If they let Shiroyasha actually go through with this, things would spiral out of control.
If disobedient gods were put up for sale, the other gods in Takumi's world would definitely hold her accountable.
That would offend a lot of powerful beings.
Everyone continued chatting and eventually started discussing business.
Now that everyone knew they had their own industries, those who didn't began to think:
Should I start a business too?
They weren't short on capital.
Truthfully, most of the group members were very wealthy.
They arrived when Takumi's world was first built.
When food creatures were just starting to integrate, they had seized the opportunity and profited.
Everyone had eaten well off those dividends.
Plenty of cash on hand.
They just didn't have their own companies.
Most never even thought about it.
After all, as long as food creatures existed, money was easy to come by.
If they needed cash, they could just go out and hunt.
Killing one rare food creature was enough for a massive payday.
But now, it might be time to start a real business.
Something with long-term potential.
They started brainstorming.
What could they do?
In Takumi's world, tech was already locked down.
Takumi had total control over it.
If they wanted in, they had to try other industries.
Entertainment?
Well, Bronya dominated the game world.
Eden ruled over songs and movies.
With that territory covered, they had to pivot.
They needed something else.
And they had the money to do it.
They could act as angel investors.
Watching the chat group morph into a business forum, Takumi was speechless.
But he supported the idea.
After all, having money gave them independence.
Takumi didn't interfere.
He just kept reviewing the activity of those who crossed over.
As expected, the random gate had become a hotspot.
Lots of people were opening stores.
Seeing this, Takumi made an announcement in the group.
Takumi:
[If you want a business, go through the random gate.]
[Open a shop there and earn money from the travelers.]
[Recycle their world's goods.]
Take their imported items, flip them for profit.
Be a secondhand goods dealer.
Chika Fujiwara:
[Great idea!!]
[Let's do that. Open a store.]
[Let's coordinate to avoid overlapping industries.]
[Or maybe we can run a shop together.]
[Anyone know of good spots? Save one for me!]
Inspired by Takumi, Fujiwara Chika made up her mind.
Open a shop targeting cross-world travelers.
Everyone in the group agreed.
They'd pool funds, open a company together, and specialize in buying imported goods.
With Prometheus's help, it would be easy.
All they had to do was profit from the margin.
Seeing everyone hyped, Ningguang offered to help too.
Since they wanted in, she'd lend a hand.
After reminding them, Takumi turned his attention elsewhere.
He continued checking the coordinates of crossover worlds.
He didn't care what those travelers were doing.
If they wanted to treat Takumi's world as a cheat code, so be it.
Sooner or later, their worlds would come too.
Once exposed, they'd be full of regret.
Thinking about it, Takumi turned to Prometheus:
"Warn them."
"Tell them their world might drift into ours."
"We don't know when."
"But it's coming."
"Better be cautious."
Takumi smiled slightly as he said this.
He'd done his part.
If they ignored the warning and suffered later, it was on them.
Truthfully, Takumi preferred a win-win scenario.
Let them think of his world as a cheat system.
Their worlds would eventually connect.
And the more arrogant they were now, the harder they'd fall later.
Prometheus recorded everything and relayed the message.
People wandering the Su Night World were stunned when they got the news.
Their mouths twitched in disbelief.
Their world would come too?
Whoa!
If that's true, they were in big trouble.
Panicked, someone asked Prometheus:
Was there a way to prevent it?
Was it avoidable?
They waited for an answer.
Prometheus:
"Nope."
"It's irreversible."
"Smaller worlds are drawn to larger ones."
"Once you appear here, your world's coordinates are recorded."
"Your world will follow."
Her cold response left them utterly depressed.
Ch. 698 Time to Swing the Scythe and Reap
Want to stop the world from moving?
Impossible, absolutely impossible.
Takumi won't allow it.
It's not just Takumi who won't allow it, even Prometheus won't allow it.
After all, if the worlds merge, she will also reap great benefits.
The more worlds there are, the greater the benefits they will have.
This is the common will of the entire world.
You're just a random person.
Want to stop it?
Don't even think about it.
Although these people were very upset, after thinking about it, they didn't ask any further.
In that case, they can't treat this world as a golden finger anymore.
After all, others will come into this world in the future.
So, that's it for now.
They're going to go back and turn in their world.
If they don't, they won't be able to keep going.
Otherwise, there will be trouble in the future.
If they turn it in now, they can get a lot of benefits.
So everyone decided.
Prometheus also told Takumi about these developments.
After listening to Prometheus's explanation, Takumi nodded.
"In that case, it doesn't matter."
"If new people arrive in the future, just remind them all."
After saying this, Takumi stopped paying attention to the matter.
Aizen also received the news.
He even knew that his world had been connected.
Because he saw others from Takumi's world.
Look at the number of Soul Reapers and ordinary people who came into this world.
Aizen couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
What he was thinking about before he could even start anything...
And those guys didn't think it would take long before the Bleach anime was seen by others, right?
In other words, what he plans to do in the future will also be exposed.
Thinking of this, Aizen sighed.
"That's really bad news."
"But... never mind."
"There's already a better stage, so I don't need to stay in that world."
After learning these things, Aizen made a decision on the spot.
In the past, he felt life was as lonely as snow.
But now?
He's just a nobody in this world.
He was unwilling to accept that.
So he has to become strong too.
With so many strong people around, how could he have time to mess around with the weak?
Thinking this, Aizen decisively chose to return to the Soul Society.
He brought his subordinates and created a community.
This is how people in this world play, isn't it?
Then step by step, gain what he needs to grow stronger.
He's been in this world for a while.
He also understood the rules of survival in this world.
The difficulty lies in how to obtain powerful gifts to grow stronger.
Otherwise, relying on one's own strength is not enough.
Aizen understood this very well.
He also had a plan for his path.
The people in the Bleach world were still getting familiar with this world, right?
