Two Worlds, Starting with Kaguya of Penglai Mountain

No, they just talked about punishment, right? And they mentioned some really strange things.

The rabbit in the moon felt as if its eyes were starting to spin.

His body instinctively curled up, and he hugged himself tightly.

She must be dreaming! She must be dreaming!!

Kazuya Kurokawa: "So, Kaguya, what are you going to do with this rabbit?"

The curled-up rabbit did not escape its fate of being judged because of the stalemate between the two.

Kaguya Houraisan: "Oh, the Moon Rabbit. I doubt you have any information, but I can try to interrogate it for you."

Kurokawa Kazuya: "Then I'll leave it to you."

He looked at the princess in front of him and nodded.

Chapter 85 The Extraordinary Gains of the Celebration

The captured rabbit was taken away by the princess in the moon for interrogation.

The noisy festival, originally planned to last for three days, did not end prematurely due to Kurokawa Kazuya's encounter with Houraisan Kaguya.

For the next few days, Kurokawa Kazuya continued to accompany the princess, who was constantly grumbling about the internet outage, as they wandered around the festival venue.

The food court's success seems minimal, with very few ordinary people spending money to buy anything.

But the food festival itself is a symbol of a good life.

I believe that everyone who has seen and tasted the food here will have a deep impression of this place.

After settling down in this city, they will have a simple direction in their hearts.

—I want to eat this delicious food again.

This seemingly useless direction is actually the driving force behind the lives of the vast majority of people.

To aspire to a better life, one must first have a clear vision of what a better life should be.

This tactic, used by various modern businesses to brainwash consumers, is still highly effective, at least in this day and age.

Kurokawa and Miyuki clearly sensed that the residents who had settled in his town became noticeably more active during the two days following the subsequent festival.

After the festival, they felt a deeper sense of belonging to the town and became more serious about the chicken and duck farming and rice cultivation taught by the organization in Banami.

In short, the celebrations for this city ended on the evening of three days later.

The Moon People, mocked by Kaguya of Mount Hourai, did not launch another attack.

As time went on, Kurokawa Kazuya gradually focused his attention on what he had gained from the festival.

Life must go on, and Kurokawa Kazuya also had many things to do after the festival ended.

"So how should we arrange all these magical artifacts?"

In the small room, Kurokawa Kazuya, dressed in black, tapped his index finger lightly on the table, lost in thought.

The lit candles flickered in the breeze, casting long shadows of the ritual implements placed before Kurokawa Kazuya.

At this moment, he was tallying the results of the celebration.

"A pendant that slows down the flow of time around you", "A scroll that allows you to learn quickly by completing specific tasks", "A jade pendant that connects the Earth and the Moon", "A leaf that allows you to see your lover in your dreams", "A feather robe that puts you into a state of emotionlessness", "An indestructible samurai sword".

The most memorable scenes of the protagonist in "Tales of Kaguya" are all embodied in the magical artifacts that are formed.

Some might ask, weren't all the magical artifacts that Kurokawa and Mi generated through the game rented out to the cultivators who drew those artifacts for use in this city?

Where did he get all these things that he has placed on the table now?

Excluding all the fancy details and extremely rare accidents, Kurokawa Kazuya acquired these seven types of magical artifacts throughout the entire event.

—It's seven categories, not seven.

A continuous stream of similar beliefs will give rise to a continuous stream of similar things.

Magical artifacts with similar abilities can be considered to belong to that kind of monster group.

Famous monster groups such as Tengu and Kappa were born in a similar way.

If they develop properly, these magical artifacts that have been created today may very well become a completely new group of monsters.

After all, hundreds of magical artifacts with the aforementioned seven functions were produced throughout Heian-kyo.

This is the reason why Kurokawa Kazuya is taking this opportunity to think things through at this particular moment.

After all, the number is indeed exaggerated and beyond imagination.

The reason why the output is so large—

"I guess I'm pretty awesome after all."

His words, though filled with emotion, were tinged with a hint of pride.

The boy's cheerful humming echoed in the dimly lit room, illuminated by an oil lamp.

Kazuya Kurokawa received the game sales report from Yoshiki after the festival ended.

After positive word-of-mouth from the trial version, Tales of Kaguya's actual performance directly approached the popularity of Dead Cells.

Contrary to the initial expectation of 10 units sold in the first week, sales reached 45 units in the first week, and total sales are expected to reach four to five million units.

To be honest, when Kurokawa Kazuya first heard the news, he also asked his sister to confirm it seven or eight times.

After confirming the information repeatedly and reading related reports about "Tales of Kaguya," his mood gradually calmed down.

Thinking about it carefully, this is quite normal, after all, the number of skills, monsters and levels that Kurokawa Kazuya pushes in "Tales of Kaguya" far exceeds that of other games in the same price range.

With the Lunar Capital as a ready-made mythological city for reference, the unique scenery of this city alone is worth the ticket price.

The martial arts are personally instructed by Youmu Konpaku, and the various combat techniques never feel out of place.

The types, appearances, and abilities of the monsters can be readily copied from the existing Lunar People. The abilities that they have worked hard to cultivate are fully utilized by Kurokawa Kazuya in the game.

The artwork, along with the art, was created by illusionists who were on their way to becoming extraordinary.

It's quite normal for these results to be so outstanding.

Of course, the more important point should actually be—

It's now around 2023, right in the middle of the booming streaming era.

When a game in a relatively niche genre is of high quality, it will naturally attract a large number of content creators to promote it.

This game by Kurokawa Kazuya only costs 1000 yen (48 yuan)!!!

For 1000 yen, you get a game with art, levels, enemies, and a plethora of skills, offering no dull moments or repetitive gameplay, and allowing you to play for at least seven or eight hours on your first playthrough.

You just ask, what else do you need a bicycle for?

"It can only be said that compared to visual novels, side-scrolling action games are far more universal and widely available."

The game sold 45 copies in its first week, even without considering its future sales.

The number of people who bought the game alone exceeded the population of the entire Heian-kyo, which was not far away.

Considering the speed of transmission on modern networks.

The number of people who buy the game, plus the "armchair gamers" in the live streams of various streamers.

The faith that has now coalesced in the "city of technology" is on a scale far beyond what people of this era can imagine.

Kurokawa Kazuya seriously doubted that even if everyone in this island nation called Japan gathered together, they might not be able to form such a massive faith.

Thinking about it this way, it's understandable that those beings in the Lunar Capital would be drawn down there.

After all, the quantity is just too large.

"This gives you the feeling of an adult hitting a child, and you have to admit it's kind of satisfying."

As I spoke cheerfully, I felt my mind and body brighten up.

Kurokawa Kazuya lowered his head and scribbled on the paper in front of him.

"The subsequent plans need to be revised. Since we can continue to produce faith and magical artifacts, I can try to package this city as a base for the use of special magical artifacts."

Games are not like media such as film and television.

Excellent works will continue to attract attention and be played even after their popularity has faded.

The faith that arises after that may not be as intense and concentrated as it was when the product was first released.

But it would definitely allow Kurokawa and Mi to act as energy providers within their own city, supplying almost unlimited energy to those magical artifacts that they wanted to use in the city.

Kurokawa Kazuya even plans to launch annual or monthly energy packages, asking the Onmyoji to find ways to develop various functions for the magical artifacts in the city.

Discounts of 10%, 20%, 50%, or even a significant 10% off.

That's not impossible, is it?

Anyway, Kurokawa and Mi won't lose out.

After all, faith isn't like electricity that can be stored; once it's gone, it's gone.

It will simply dissipate naturally without needing to be removed.

"Putting everything else aside, the mere fact that it's a 'scroll that allows you to learn quickly by completing specific tasks' is enough to draw a huge number of people to this city and make them settle down here."

My thoughts began to flow, and various ideas about the alarm clock surfaced.

In Tales of Kaguya, the skill acquisition mechanism allows players to unlock and learn corresponding skills by clearing stages or defeating monsters in specific ways.

This mechanism has been replicated in reality and become something similar.

Perhaps it could be called a "monster that manipulates learning concepts"?

Because it is only a newly born monster, its abilities are not strong.

When planning tasks for others, it consumes far more energy than Kurokawa and Miya wanted, and currently it can only learn specific moves such as swordsmanship.

But magical artifacts are nascent demons, and they can be nurtured.

Feed different beliefs with specific rituals, involve them in various events, and use experiences to carve out a new direction for them.

Every cultivation family has its own unique training methods.

Kurokawa Kazuya's plan is to rent out these extra, unused magical artifacts to promising Onmyoji.

Long-term or short-term leases are possible, and they can even be allowed to acquire permanent ownership of the artifact in the "City of Technology" for a fee far lower than the artifact's price, without having to take it away.

At first, this kind of thing will definitely make a group of people feel uncomfortable.

It's obvious that there will be many concerns about investing resources in something that doesn't entirely belong to you.

However, Kurokawa Kazuya believed in the allure of this magical artifact's power, and that someone would inevitably be tempted to upgrade it to bring out even more benefits.

after all--

"The 'Scroll that allows rapid learning upon completion of specific tasks'—its main function is actually to allow learning regardless of talent limitations. As long as you put in the effort, you'll reap the rewards. Even if the assigned task is extremely difficult, it's still just one thing, something tangible and achievable."

As Kurokawa Kazuya muttered to himself, a strange expression involuntarily appeared on his face.

To be fair, he just incited the cultivators in Heian-kyo to attack the nobles and break their class monopoly.

In the blink of an eye, it seemed that they had also opened a loophole for those nobles to break the limitations of extraordinary talents.

Ding ding ding~ Ding ding ding~

At this time, Kurokawa and Miki were having a pleasant time.

I received a message on my phone from Banami.

[Hanami Anna: I've arrived, I've been waiting for you.]

[6k words, third update]

PS1: I'm happy to have pushed this book out of the loop. Four chapters tomorrow (happy)

PS2: Tickets and razor blades, please! (Shaking left and right.jpg)

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