In a country as steeped in tradition as Japan, no one thought of making money through games. Even if they got lucky and a monster dropped god-tier gear, to the Japanese, it was nothing more than a bit of extra pocket money...
After all, few people in Japan would pour large sums of money into games. Umaru was the sole exception—she truly never lacked money, loved playing games, and was highly skilled at them...
By the way, it was precisely because Umaru had entered the online game they played that equipment prices had begun soaring. Even so, no one treated it as a profession. After all, no one knew how long a game could stay popular. What if someone made a career out of it, only for the game to die?
How was it like the Celestial Empire, where everyone thought that if one game died, they could simply switch to another popular one? It was more comfortable than going to work anyway. And if they got lucky enough to obtain top-tier god gear, god-tier pets, and so on, they could even afford a house. Wasn't that better than winning the lottery?
"Have you ever heard of professional gamers?" Thus, faced with everyone's confusion, Sogo Doma spoke again.
"Would anyone really make playing games their profession?" Yukino Yukinoshita didn't quite believe it.
"Don't say that..." Sogo Doma smiled. "There really are people like that. The Celestial Empire has a huge number of professional gamers. Some of them earn more annually than the profits of small companies in this country..."
Yukino Yukinoshita: "..."
Nani!? How could something like that be possible???
Eriri Sawamura: "..."
The little blonde suspected that all the games she had played before had been fake.
Utaha Kasumigaoka alone seemed thoughtful. After all, even Ako's equipment was worth