The ten newly opened [Yu-Gi-Oh! Scratch Card] shops appeared across [Chihu Rock] and [Feiyun Slope] like flashes of lightning.
The signature Duel Monsters aesthetic, combined with word-of-mouth from customers familiar with the scratch cards' origin, quickly drew everyone's attention. Those who had never heard of scratch cards before grew curious.
And as news spread from mouth to mouth, everyone soon knew—these were Luya's shops!
They also learned what these "scratch cards" were all about.
"Wow!"
"You can win prizes just by scratching?!"
"Some of the rewards even include Visions!!!"
"That's insane!"
"And it only costs 2,000 Mora per card?!"
"That's way more affordable than buying from [Jade Mystery]!"
"2,000 Mora for a chance to change your fate!"
"This is way too fun!"
"Hahaha, of course—why do you think they're called 'scratch cards'?"
"Scratch and win! The more you scratch, the happier you get~"
"Hehe~~"
"But… looks like they aren't open yet."
"Yeah, it says here they open around nine tomorrow morning."
"Alright then, I'd better bring plenty of Mora tomorrow and scratch to my heart's content!"
...
Once people learned that the newly appeared lots and [Yu-Gi-Oh! Scratch Card] shops were all Luya's doing, they calmed down. People often fear the unknown, yet once they knew it came from Luya, the fear vanished.
Next, Luya began restocking.
He currently had 1.57 billion Mora—plenty to work with. Compared to upgrading his shop, restocking and selling would bring profits much faster.
After this round of sales, Luya expected to earn six to seven billion Mora. With that, he'd have enough startup capital to establish an electronics factory.
That would not only create new jobs for Liyue's people but also provide a production facility for [Portable Game Consoles].
Then he could sell those consoles back to the people of Liyue—earning even more Mora in return. A perfect cycle of profit.
Once the model succeeded, he could replicate it across other nations. Soon, everyone in Teyvat would be playing Yu-Gi-Oh!. That would mark the completion of his mission—to popularize Yu-Gi-Oh! across Teyvat.
After that, whether he returned to Blue Star or traveled to the worlds of Honkai or Star Rail would be entirely up to him.
For now, his top priority was simple: make money.
He opened the [System Shop].
⌈Permanent Goods⌋
[Card-Draw Bread] — 2,000 Mora
[Starter Deck] — 100,000 Mora
[Advanced Duel Disk] — 100,000 Mora
[Random Theme Starter Deck] — 30 million Mora
[Yu-Gi-Oh! Scratch Card] — 500 Mora
⌈Limited-Time Goods⌋
[None]
After Luya had purchased 500,000 scratch cards earlier, the system had added [Yu-Gi-Oh! Scratch Card] to the permanent goods list, still priced at 500 Mora each.
Luya thought for a moment—then went all in.
1.57 billion Mora—cleared out completely! His account balance dropped to zero.
As an old saying from Blue Star goes: "All-in is a kind of wisdom."
3.14 million [Yu-Gi-Oh! Scratch Cards] now filled Luya's inventory.
...
He divided the cards into eleven portions. He left one million for his main shop, estimating based on today's sales—since 500,000 had sold out in just half a day, one million should be about right. The remaining 2.14 million cards were distributed among his other [Yu-Gi-Oh! Scratch Card] shops according to foot traffic and area demographics.
If every card sold out, Luya could earn a total of 6.28 billion Mora from this one project alone. Of course, it was possible some might not sell immediately—though that wasn't a problem, since scratch cards didn't expire. They'd sell out eventually.
Next, Luya began selecting Monster Cards to materialize as shop attendants. As for his selection criteria, he drew on experience from Blue Star's street vendors—stalls run by cute girls always sold more.
So… Luya decided this tactic could work in Teyvat too, and began carefully choosing the best-suited monsters to serve as store clerks.
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