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No one answered Ryo's question.
Or rather, everyone just looked at him with the sa subtle expression — the kind that silently said: "Seriously, who here would ever disagree with you?"
Ryo realized his joke had fallen flat. He coughed into his fist, pretending not to notice the awkwardness.
"So… I'll take that as unanimous approval, then?"
He wanted to make it look democratic — though honestly, he was just hoping soone would point out anything he'd missed.
Lancelot was the first to speak, her tone curious. "Would reaching five digits even be difficult for us?"
She'd spent the past few days cramming Little Garden lore in the underground library, so she had a decent grasp of what made up a five-digit community.
The minimum standard was clear enough: either 1 five-digit mber 10 six-digits, or just 2 five-digits.
By that rule, their group was way overqualified.
But Black Rabbit hesitated, fidgeting with her fingers. "Strength-wise, we're fine… but there's a problem with legacy."
Leticia's golden eyes narrowed slightly as she continued, "To ascend to a five-digit community, we need to hold a Gift Ga centered on our unique legacy, and it must be officially recognized by a Floor Master."
She paused, then explained further.
"Every five-digit community has its own signature legacy and a corresponding set of Gifts that tie into it."
"Take our ally Perseus, for example. They can mass-produce constellation-based Gifts linked to Perseus himself. They use those to host Gift Gas, charge entry fees, or sell them comrcially for profit."
"Honestly, selling legacy Gifts is the main source of inco for most five-digit communities. It keeps them running — and it's also a public display of strength."
In other words, every five-digit community had its own product line — sothing it could keep selling, over and over, to gain both prestige and wealth.
Ryo thought of it like this: "So… five-digit promotion is basically a massive product launch. I've turned into a mythological CEO."
Athena glanced toward Black Rabbit. "Then what's our unique legacy?"
'Obviously my Cosmos… but you can't just sell that.' Ryo groaned internally. 'What kind of lunatic would market his Another Cosmology system?'
Black Rabbit looked uneasy.
"We used to sell the previous leader's crafted Gifts. They were tied to his legacy…"
Leticia nodded, elaborating. "Koui-san was a renowned sculptor. He could imbue sculptures with the abilities of phantom beasts, creating enchanted artifacts. They were extrely popular in the lower levels of Little Garden."
"As for the strategist, Canaria— she was a poet. Her poems could elevate a person's spirit rank. But those were never for sale — only offered as rare rewards in Gift Gas."
Leticia's expression turned a bit wry.
"The entry fees for those gas were… rather steep. Gods would sotis wager their divinity. But Arcadia's main focus was always on challenging, not granting, so those events were few and far between. Not by design, of course."
"You could just say Canaria's pricing was daylight robbery," Ryo thought, lips twitching.
Athena shook her head slightly. "I don't possess any authority over forging or craftsmanship."
Luo Hao lifted her brow calmly. "My martial arts can be taught, but only to disciples under my sect. Outsiders cannot inherit it."
"I'm… only good at fighting," Lancelot admitted, looking away.
Leticia sighed softly. "I do have a vampire legacy Gift, but it requires the recipient to beco kin — and fall under my command."
Ryo blinked. "So basically, we don't have any usable legacy at all?"
"..." Everyone turned to stare at him like he'd just missed sothing obvious.
"What?" he asked, sitting up a little straighter.
Black Rabbit hesitated, then muttered, "I thought you'd already prepared sothing before bringing this up…"
Ryo's mouth twitched. "The legacy I have isn't exactly… universal."
Right now, Little Garden's Central Core only recognized him as possessing the Cosmos — classified as Another Cosmology.
That kind of Gift was impossible to comrcialize.
Leticia gave him a look sowhere between exasperated and amused.
"I assud that when you said our community's new focus would be granting Gifts, you already had a fitting legacy in mind."
A leader announcing a business plan without a product — yeah, that was awkward.
Ryo opened his mouth to argue, then paused. "Wait. Actually… maybe I do."
He thought of the Breathing Styles from Demon Slayer — and of the soul arts from Bleach: Hakuda, Zanjutsu, Hohō, Kidō.....
The forr was too weak. Even the strongest Breathing Style wouldn't cut it at five-digit level. But the Bleach system… that had potential.
He pulled out two mory Cards, infused them with the recorded knowledge, and handed one each to Leticia and Black Rabbit.
"Take a look. Do you think this could work as an legacy?"
Black Rabbit accepted hers with a face that said, "Are you ssing with right now?"
Leticia, however, browsed the mories carefully before raising an eyebrow.
"Shinigami? A spirit-based Gift system with tiered weapon releases, the Zanpakutō included? And Quincies and Hollows?"
"I see. It's a complete frawork — and based on the records, it could scale up to five-digit level. There's no existing equivalent in Little Garden."
Black Rabbit's rabbit ears twitched as she finished reviewing hers.
"The system is classified as your unique Gift by the Central Core. It qualifies as a valid legacy — sothing we could use as a reward in the promotion Gift Ga, or sell to spirit-type beings who lack strong Gifts."
Spirits were everywhere in the Little Garden — the souls of the dead, the awakened essence of once-inanimate things, and so on.
So gods even held yearly reincarnation festivals, transferring these spirits into new worlds or observable universes under their domain.
In fact, many Star Spirits had once been regular spirits before awakening.
Ryo nodded slightly. "So that ans… we et the legacy condition?"
"We do," Leticia confird. "All that's left is to hold a Gift Ga recognized by a Floor Master."
Then she paused, frowning a little. "But you'll need to co up with a credible origin story for this legacy."
She'd already guessed it ca from one of Ryo's otherworld expeditions. After all, when they first t, he'd been carrying a Zanpakutō. That was barely two weeks ago — she wasn't going to forget that.
"I'll handle it," Ryo said evenly.
According to the ssage from Indra, both the Buddha and Oga would back him up — publicly framing him as "the lucky one who observed another world and successfully ascended."
Choosing Bleach's world as the "observed universe" wouldn't be an issue. He'd already paid a thousand Dinsional Forum points for that world; might as well make it pay him back.
The Bleach universe, like most observable worlds, wasn't particularly special. That ant the gods wouldn't find it suspicious or threatening.
As for selling the Bleach legacy … Ryo didn't hesitate in the slightest.
Why keep sothing he didn't need when he could trade it for wealth and new Gifts?
And when Aizen shows up in Little Garden and discovers his sacred arts were being sold wholesale across the marketplace… well, that would be damn interesting.
Arcadia would be the official seller, and as the "observer of the Bleach world," it would all be perfectly justified.
Totally legitimate.
Leticia sighed but smiled. "In that case, our next topic is how we'll host the Gift Ga."
Ryo shook his head. "Not yet. There's sothing more urgent first."
"More urgent?" Black Rabbit blinked. "What could possibly take priority over this?"
'Obviously, making my Cloth,' Ryo thought, but outwardly he said: "I need to visit the outer world — to acquire the complete Bleach legacy."
Black Rabbit's face twisted with disbelief, and she nearly exploded.
"So you weren't even prepared to begin with?! Then what the hell did you call this eting for?!"
As she shouted, Ryo casually stuck his pinky in his ear, looking completely unbothered.
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