I became the Lord of the Eternal World in Tokyo.

"Brother Uesugi, over here!"

Uesugi Tetsu silently murmured "Oh" to himself.

—By the way, earlier when he was fighting, Tamamo was taking pictures with her phone, I don’t know what she was filming.

Perfect, I'll ask her.

When Uesugi Tetsu reached her, he saw Tamamo raise her head, looking at him nervously, and speak in a very serious tone.

"Brother Uesugi... do you know that you've become famous?"

She then held up her phone, showing a long string of account balances.

"You count how many zeros are at the top."

Chapter 243 Oh no, this is really bad! The unmentionable Grand Onmyoji Che? The Five Thunder Technique that is about to become an expert.

Deep Space Coin Balance: 615822.00

"I was thinking that a zero after the decimal point can also be called zero, right?"

On the simplistic interface that Uesugi Tetsu had never seen before, a currency unit was inexplicably followed by six digits.

Deep Spacecoin?

I've never heard of this thing before.

There's no way any country in the real world could have a currency called this... so this thing is probably some kind of cryptocurrency similar to Bitcoin?

After a brief moment of thought, a rather reasonable idea popped into Uesugi Tetsuya's mind—

Tamamo just went all in on cryptocurrency trading with super leverage, multiplying her principal by tens or even hundreds of times. She's made a killing!

He paused for a moment, looking at Tamamo, whose face showed a mixture of trepidation and barely suppressed joy and excitement in her eyes.

—Tamamo, are you still an FX warrior?!

Uesugi Tetsu felt like he might have actually been right.

However, with leveraged cryptocurrencies, if you happen to encounter a favorable market and make a fortune using them, the person who receives the money won't think it's just luck and will stop there.

Instead, they confidently believed that this was their true strength.

Then, during a certain "inexplicable" market trend, a single price spike caused a complete margin call, resulting in all margin being wiped out or even turning negative, leaving the individual with a mountain of debt.

If this continues, Tamamo will become a teru teru bozu (a Japanese doll that brings sunshine)!

Uesugi Tetsu immediately raised both hands and exclaimed in a trembling voice, "Tama! This won't do! This is unacceptable!"

Tamamo first shrank back, wanting to bow and apologize to Uesugi Tetsuya.

But upon closer reflection, she realized that she had only shown the balance of her account and hadn't even mentioned the live stream yet.

Tamamo was confused: "Brother Uesugi, is there something wrong with what you're trying to say?"

Uesugi Tetsu was taken aback by the question and replied matter-of-factly, "Cryptocurrency, contracts, leverage."

"what?"

Tamamo: ?

Uesugi Tetsu:?

After a "Huh," the two people, each with a question mark above their heads, looked at each other in bewilderment.

Tamamo looked confused: "Brother Uesugi, I don't understand what you're saying?"

It took Uesugi Tetsuya a while to realize that he had misunderstood.

But you're wrong... This is a good thing!

After coughing twice, apologetically, Uesugi Tetsuya asked again, "So what is it you want to say?"

Tamamo pursed her lips, and after a slight rise and fall of her chest, she spoke to Uesugi Tetsu without reservation.

I told him about the cause of the live stream, roughly, and how I quickly shut it down in the end.

After listening, Uesugi Tetsu looked thoughtfully at his Special Affairs Department APP, which remained unchanged.

If there were internet access here, he estimated that his name would have dominated the top of the trending searches.

Fortunately, Uesugi Tetsuya had set himself to be anonymous on the Special Affairs Bureau app as he was used to, so ordinary passersby couldn't tag him.

Otherwise, as soon as the phone connects to the internet, the inbox in the upper right corner will become "99+", which will directly damage the motor inside the phone.

Tamamo cautiously glanced at Uesugi Tetsuya's expression out of the corner of her eye, observing the latter's reaction.

After a long while, the girl silently breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, it seems that Uesugi-san wasn't too bothered by her behavior during the live stream.

So Tamamo continued, "Because many people sent gifts... these Deep Space Coins are the proceeds from the live stream just now, and they are in a 100:1 ratio with Soul Essence."

Of course, Uesugi Tetsuya knew the essence of his soul.

It's just that the purity is slightly lower, but it's still Soul Ash that has undergone efficient extraction and purification.

Wait a minute... can these "Deep Space Coins" be exchanged for Soul Ash?!

Uesugi Tetsu turned his head sharply and saw the line of data again: [Deep Space Coin Balance: 615822.00].

In other words, this can be exchanged for nearly six thousand points of Soul Ash!

The slight displeasure that Uesugi Tetsu had felt earlier vanished instantly, and a burning desire for the Soul Ashes ignited in his eyes.

Seeing his interested look, Tamamo timidly reminded him, "Brother Uesugi, if you want to withdraw these Deepspace Coins, the platform will charge a 70% handling fee."

"So dark!?"

Uesugi Tetsuya was stunned.

The most unscrupulous platforms alone take a 70% cut. If the streamers on those platforms also sign with two guilds, or something like an MCN, and then you factor in taxes and such...

Wouldn't that mean you only get 10%, or even less?

But are there taxes in the ordinary world?

"Although we also think it's heartless, it seems like only Deep Space Online can still stream normally in the desolate wilderness without any internet connection..."

Tamamo paused for a moment, then said, "In other words, they have already monopolized this track."

"So conscientious!"

Uesugi Tetsu immediately changed his expression.

The mortal world is different from the present world; it is essentially a world where whoever has the bigger fist has the right to speak.

In this situation, a monopoly... if those wicked factory owners were in charge, Uesugi Tetsu believes it wouldn't be impossible for them to take a 95% cut of the profits.

Because the streamers in the ordinary world have no other choice.

Taking only 70% is truly the epitome of conscience.

Tamamo added, "But the reason this balance is so high is because a boss just gave it a tip."

She hesitated for a moment, then decided not to reveal that the person who tipped her was the owner of Kisaragi Train.

Anyway, Uesugi and that boss have an extremely close relationship; they're probably exchanging information every day. It's not my place as an outsider to point fingers.

Seeing that Shihan Dai and Akiyama Mei were about to walk away, Uesugi Tetsu grabbed Tamamo by the collar, lifted her up, and quickly walked over to her. Then he continued to listen to her speak.

"By the way, Brother Uesugi, we don't need any of this rice!"

Tamamo's tone was filled with reluctance, but she spoke without hesitation.

"These are all for you, big brother!"

Before Uesugi Tetsu could ask, she earnestly explained, "Because this live stream was started without consulting you personally, I just followed my heart."

So many viewers in the mortal world learned of your existence through this live stream... I'm truly sorry, I don't know how much trouble this will cause.

In mid-air, Tamamo bowed her head deeply: "Instead of saying that, it would be too little to compensate you with this little bit of soul essence that should have belonged to you, brother."

—Tamamo believed that she had caused her a lot of trouble.

As he stepped out of the Age Ring Arena, Uesugi Tetsuya did not notice any obvious gazes directed at him.

Perhaps because the world is so vast, the nearly 100,000 spectators scattered across the crowd seemed incredibly few.

—After time has passed, today's live broadcast and events will definitely make hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of people aware of the existence of "Uesugi Tetsu".

It will cause trouble.

This is beyond doubt.

Uesugi Tetsu smiled at her: "But sometimes trouble can be a help."

Just thinking about how many demons might recognize him in the mortal world and come to his doom filled Uesugi Tetsuya with a sense of jubilation.

Trouble, in a sense, is also equivalent to Soul Ashes.

“So, Tamamo,” Uesugi Tetsu said after a moment’s thought, “I’ll definitely take these Deep Space Coins.”

Tamamo's face lit up with joy, knowing that the matter was now in the past.

"but--"

Uesugi Tetsu looked at her and said, "You should take a portion too."

"Hmm... I'll take 10% then."

Considering Tamamo's pride, family background, and the fact that she really needed Soul Ash, Uesugi Tetsuya gave a rather conservative figure.

He looked up and met Tamamo's gaze: "After all, the idea for the live stream was yours. Without you, Tamamo, these Deep Space Coins wouldn't be sitting in the account right now."

You should agree with that.

This is true.

Tamamo was silent for a moment, then nodded emphatically: "Since you say so, Uesugi-nii, then we'll accept it!"

Uesugi Tetsu: "You deserve it."

"so……"

In mid-air, Tamamo, who had been hoisted onto Uesugi Tetsu's shoulder like a sandbag, struggled for a moment, her face filled with despair: "Can you put me down now?"

"Oh, I almost forgot."

After putting the little potato on her shoulder down, Uesugi Tetsuya quickly saw two transparent bottles, one large and one small, containing dark gray soul ash, appear in her hands.

"Here, this is for you, Uesugi-nii."

Taking the bottle, Uesugi Tetsu felt its heavy weight in his palm and converted it into Soul Ash data on the panel.

He looked at the Soul Ash, which had only increased by a little over 1500 points, and realized that the Soul Essence had indeed suffered some loss when it turned into Soul Ash on the panel.

His soul ashes are purer!

Beside her, Tamamo was raising her hands in celebration because of the huge sum of 160 portions of soul essence in her hand.

There's no way we can not cheer!

—The ash in this little bottle alone is worth several months of her salary!

With such a huge sum of money in hand, Tamamo was already thinking about where in the city of disorder she would go on a spending spree over the next two days.

Taking advantage of this moment, Uesugi Tetsu glanced at the increase in proficiency that he hadn't had time to pay attention to before.

[After three battles, your skill, Spirit Control Technique - Qi Proficiency, has increased by 152!]

[After three battles, your skill, Five Thunder Technique - Qi Harmony, has increased by 81 proficiency!]

[After three battles, your skill, Natural Mindfulness Style, has increased by 49 proficiency!]

Today, the proficiency level of these three skills has become like this.

【Natural Mind-Calming Flow (Expert 730/10000)】

[Spirit Control Technique - Qi (Expert 2807/4000)]

【Five Thunder Techniques - Qi Harmony (Mastery 2307/2800)】

Among them, the natural spiritual flow is still a long way from becoming a master.

However, every bit of improvement in proficiency did indeed allow Uesugi Tetsu to gain a deeper understanding of everything about swords and become more skilled at it.