NOVEL WEB Chapter 696: Ch. 696 – Why Has Everything Turned into Business Deals?
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 world—she'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!]
[(✧ω✧)]
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.