Evening. The setting sun cast its rays over Kabuki District, and the honking of cars echoed through the wide streets.
Having completed his daily tasks of wandering the streets, playing pachinko, and drinking, Sakata Gintoki dragged his drunken body back to his doorstep.
"Burp!"
Sakata Gintoki hiccuped, pressed his left hand against the door, and slid it open to the left. He hadn't seen what was inside, stumbling as he entered.
The moment he walked through the door, a piece of information appeared in his mind. His drunkenness vanished instantly, and he sobered up immediately.
"Dimensional Shop? Any wish can be granted?"
Sakata Gintoki's pupils dilated as he stared blankly ahead, seemingly lost in thought, or perhaps daydreaming. He stood as still as stone.
Muyang's gaze swept past the Ancient One, who was 'completely consumed by thoughts of retirement,' and landed on the new customer who had just entered the shop. Instead of instantly accessing customer information, he speculated with interest.
Is it cosplay? Or the real deal?
"Oh~!"
Sakata Gintoki smacked his right fist into his left palm, enlightened. "I get it! Gin-san must be dreaming!"
"Ahahaha... That's right, it must be a dream! Ahahaha..."
"Ugh!" Sakata Gintoki chuckled awkwardly, scratching the back of his head with his left hand. "Is it because of the pressure caused by Kagura's terrifying appetite? You dream of what you think about, so I want a place that can grant any wish to solve my problems?"
"That's right, that's it!"
Sakata Gintoki nodded in satisfaction, seemingly pleased with his deduction. His proud expression seemed to say, As expected of me, my mind still works pretty fast even in a dream.
That's pretty interesting!
Muyang commented on Sakata Gintoki's one-man show, and then offered some advice, "It's easy to check if you're dreaming! Pinch your cheek. If you don't feel pain, it's a dream. If you do, it's reality."
"Makes sense." Sakata Gintoki agreed completely, raising his right hand to pinch his right cheek, giving it a good yank.
"Ow... it hurts!!!"
A few minutes later...
Sakata Gintoki, his right cheek bright red, sat beside the Ancient One, staring intently at the virtual screen.
The dazzling array of goods in the shop made Sakata Gintoki feel a little unreal again, but the pain in his cheek reminded him that what he was seeing was real.
Looking at the amazing items in the shop, and then at his balance, Sakata Gintoki immediately put on a face of suffering.
Why? Why?!
According to the usual tropes, shouldn't I, as someone who's obtained a cheat, be treated like a manga protagonist?
But why does it feel like the script hasn't changed, and I'm still a poor samurai?
Could it be that the god-like being is also drunk like Gintoki, and forgot to give Gintoki a script change?
"Ugh~~"
Life is hard, Gintoki sighed.
To make up for past regrets, the road is long.
"Then let's lower the requirements a bit, exchange for some small change to supplement the household."
"Eh, let me see..." Sakata Gintoki swiped his finger across the virtual screen, using the search function to find the product he wanted to buy, "One Dimensional Shop currency can be exchanged for one ton of Japanese Yen..."
After muttering this, Sakata Gintoki suddenly froze, then his eyes widened with anger, and he shouted in a broken voice, "What the hell is this unit of measurement?! When did the unit of money become a ton?"
"A pile of paper, how much do you think it's worth?" Muyang countered.
Sakata Gintoki was speechless.
To be honest, money is just paper.
So, Sakata Gintoki was no longer surprised by the Dimensional Shop's unusual unit of measurement for banknotes and began to consider a money-making plan (referring to the shop's currency).
"The money exchanged in the shop, is it real?" Sakata Gintoki asked, looking up.
"Of course, it's genuine currency," Muyang replied without hesitation.
"That's good."
Getting Muyang's confirmation, Sakata Gintoki immediately exchanged a kilogram of banknotes and returned to his world.
"That's an interesting person," the Ancient One said. Having lived for centuries, she had met countless people and developed her own way of judging character.
"Indeed, a very interesting person," Muyang agreed with the Ancient One.
Gintama (Silver Soul) world.
Kabuki District, Otose's Bar, second floor, hallway.
Sakata Gintoki gazed out at the city bathed in the sunset's afterglow, took a deep breath, and calmed his turbulent emotions. Turning towards the stairs, his eyes swept over the doorway. The scene within, the entrance hall, had returned to normal.
Walking along the street, Sakata Gintoki moved quickly, heading straight for Hiraga Gengai's residence.
If there was anything Sakata Gintoki could think of that could be obtained easily and was valuable, it would be the mechanical creations that filled Hiraga Gengai's warehouse – things that could be bought with money.
Clang~! Clang——!
Cutting through seven or eight narrow alleys, Sakata Gintoki had arrived near Hiraga Gengai's Mechanical Workshop, the sound of metal clanging already reaching his ears.
Entering the Mechanical Workshop, what met his eyes were various mechanical devices piled up in the corners of the room, as well as Hiraga Gengai, who was assembling some mechanical product in the center of the room.
Sakata Gintoki walked to the side of those randomly piled mechanical devices, bent over to look, and casually called out, "Old man, how about you just give me all these machines?"
Sakata Gintoki was trying to get something for free.
"If you want them, pay for them." Hiraga Gengai said without turning his head.
Failing to get something for free, Sakata Gintoki tried again, "We're so familiar with each other, and they're just scraps, so why don't you just let me have them?"
"Heh, when the money runs out, the relationship ends." Hiraga Gengai sneered, speaking coldly.
After another failed attempt at getting something for free, Sakata Gintoki scratched his head. "Alright, then give me a discount."
Upon hearing this, Hiraga Gengai's hands, which were assembling a mechanical device, stiffened. He slowly turned his head and stared at Sakata Gintoki.
Even though he was wearing goggles, Sakata Gintoki still felt a scrutinizing gaze.
"Gintoki, you're acting very strange today."
In Hiraga Gengai's experience, Sakata Gintoki usually blurted out his requests quickly. When it came to money, he would either say nothing or change the subject.
In short, he either had no money or didn't want to pay.
The situation now, where he decided to pay after just a few words, was simply bizarre and strange.
"Are you dying?" Gengai asked.
"What are you saying, you old geezer!" Sakata Gintoki flared up, "It's just giving you money, why are you making such a fuss? Don't I pay when I go to a bar usually?"
Hiraga Gengai gave a look, but Sakata Gintoki, unable to see through the goggles, thought the old man was refuting him. He then assumed his words left the old man speechless, nodded in satisfaction, and stopped dwelling on the previous matter.
He then said with a sorrowful expression, "I've just realized one thing: money really isn't worth anything."
The money here is counted by the bill, but others count it by the ton.
"I understand," the old man Hiraga Gengai nodded solemnly. "Something's definitely wrong with your brain today. Wait here, I'll call an ambulance for you."
"You old geezer!!!"
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