Tokyo: The story begins with a confession.

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Seeing the children's envious looks, he turned around and squatted down beside them. "Come on, get on, everyone gets a share. I'll take turns carrying you."

"I'll go first." Without further ado, Connor immediately jumped onto Uesugi Kenichi's back.

"Okay, sit tight, your big brother will be your horse." Uesugi Kenichi stood up with a smile after holding onto Connor's legs.

"Wow, that's so tall!" Connor hugged Uesugi Kenichi's neck and laughed heartily.

"Let's go home."

Uesugi Kenichi carried all the children back on his back in turn, leaving none behind.

After I got home, I sat for a while and then the things from the mall were delivered. The efficiency was very high.

He took out daily necessities and helped them tidy up the room, then took out snacks and toys and distributed them to them.

Seeing the smiles on their faces made him feel much better. In front of these children, his mindset also changed, and he never showed his cold side to them.

It seems like Keiko and Connor like to bicker, leaving Sōta looking at them from the sidelines, completely at a loss.

Uesugi Kenichi smiled and shook his head, ignoring them. They were just kids; if they didn't fight, they wouldn't be considered kids. As long as they didn't do anything outrageous, it was fine.

After he finished packing, he was about to go and keep them company when he saw Saeko Busujima return.

Chapter 175 Changing Last Name

He quickly went to greet her and asked, "How is it?"

If things like household registration can't be resolved, even if he can take care of their lives, it will be very troublesome for them to go to school, and many things in the future will require these things.

Saeko Busujima smiled and handed over a notebook. "It's all settled. My father pulled some strings, and things went very smoothly. They've even changed their surnames to Uesugi."

Uesugi Kenichi took the notebook and opened it. Sure enough, having connections in the court made things much easier; all of this was done in less than a day.

Whether they would process it according to normal procedures is another matter, but don't even think about it if it takes less than half a month.

On the household registration book, Keiko and the others' information has already been registered, and their surnames have all been changed to Uesugi.

He put the two pieces together and smiled at Saeko Busujima, saying, "You've worked hard. Come and rest for a bit."

Saeko Busujima shook her head and said, "It's nothing, it's not troublesome at all. It was just that my father made a phone call and I went over there briefly."

"As for the school, I contacted Xinghe Elementary School nearby and made an appointment to go there tomorrow to complete the enrollment process."

"Okay, I'll go with you tomorrow. Do you need to bring the others with you?"

"No need for that, we can go ourselves."

"Well, let's see when Uncle has time. I'll go and pay him a visit."

“Okay.” Saeko Busujima blushed as she agreed when she heard that Kenichi Uesugi was going to visit her father. Her father was indeed very curious about Kenichi Uesugi and wanted to know which boy had managed to kidnap the Busujima family’s treasure.

"By the way, Qianyi, have you told your family about this?"

Upon hearing this, Uesugi Kenichi's smile suddenly froze; he had completely forgotten about this.

Such a big thing definitely needs to be communicated to the family, otherwise her father will have to call the police immediately if he finds out that there are three extra people in the household registration information.

Not to mention that at this moment, the true head of the family was his father, Uesugi Nogo.

He scratched his head somewhat awkwardly. "I haven't said anything yet, but it should be fine. I'll call them tonight and tell them."

"Hmm." Saeko Busujima nodded; she was just giving a reminder.

Putting these worries aside for the time being, Uesugi Kenichi called the children over and handed them their household registration books.

"I've changed your surnames to mine in the information I registered above. You don't have any objections, right? Of course, you can continue to use your own surnames, and you can revert to your original surnames when you come of age."

Kenichi Uesugi looked at Keiko Kagura—no, it should be Keiko Uesugi now—and said, “Although their surnames were changed because of adoption, it was a last resort; otherwise, they wouldn’t have been able to attend school at all.”

Although they are still young, it is important to tell them about such an important matter.

The three men exchanged a glance, bowed deeply, then raised their heads with respect in their eyes and said, "Yes, elder brother."

Of course they wouldn't have any objections. After all, most of their family members were gone. They were more than grateful to the person who was willing to adopt them and treat them so well. Why would they have any objections?

It was only at this moment that their hearts, which were still somewhat uneasy, truly settled down.

"Haha, let's have a good celebration tonight. I'll call them all over. Ya Zi, you prepare the ingredients. I bought a lot of things today."

"Okay, then I'll go prepare." Saeko Busujima chuckled softly and stood up, her eyes filled with a gentle tenderness.

Although Qianyi may seem a bit aloof on ordinary days, he is extremely caring towards those he approves of and his friends. He is a typical example of someone who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside, with a touch of arrogance.

Despite possessing such outstanding talent, he doesn't look down on those who lack talent, and even humbly learns from them when they demonstrate something amazing.

This is truly rare. His father had often taught him that such people are extremely rare, and once you encounter one, you must cherish him.

After watching Saeko Busujima organize the ingredients, Kenichi Uesugi smiled and said, "I'll go and complete your enrollment procedures tomorrow. School will officially start next semester. By the way, what grade were you in before?"

"I'm in third grade, Onii-chan," Connor said, looking around before raising his hand first.

"I only finished first grade before I stopped going to school," Zongtai said honestly, looking a little embarrassed.

"I'm in fifth grade." Kagura Keiko glanced at Connor with a hint of pride.

Kenjiro Uesugi nodded. Kanna and Keiko were doing alright, but Souta was a bit of a problem. If school started after the summer vacation, it would already be the second semester. Would there be any problems if he went straight to the second year?

After thinking it over, he decided that it would be better to let him go to the second grade, since it shouldn't be a problem if he didn't attend the elementary school curriculum for a whole semester.

"Okay, I understand. You must study hard when you go to school. Zongtai, you are a little younger, but you have to take on the responsibilities of a man and take good care of your two older sisters, understand?"

"I will definitely work hard to live up to your expectations, big brother!" Upon hearing this, Sōta clenched his little fists, his face full of seriousness, and he kept Uesugi Kenichi's words in his heart.

“We will study hard.” Kagura Keiko and Kanna exchanged a glance and immediately raised their hands.

"That's good, alright, you guys go play games." Uesugi Kenichi smiled, turned on the TV and connected it to the game console for them, then filtered the game cartridges and picked out games suitable for children.

You really have to be selective, because a lot of the game cartridges he has here were taken by Aki Tomoya and Hideki before, and there are some games that are not suitable for children mixed in.

He doesn't want to corrupt the children.

Sure enough, very few children are not interested in games. Kagura Keiko and Kanna were already playing, shouting and yelling non-stop, showing great excitement, and even blaming each other while playing.

Zongtai watched expectantly from the sidelines, hoping that his two older sisters would get tired of playing with him and let him play with him instead. He was so young, yet he already had the potential to be a punching bag; his future was somewhat worrying.

Seeing this, Uesugi Kenichi smiled and shook his head. In his opinion, this was a good thing. The fact that they showed such an attitude meant that they had already made this place their home, rather than as guests.

He watched for a while without disturbing them as they left the room. First, he called Aoyama Nanami to tell her to bring Mashiro home directly. Then, he sent text messages to Megumi, Utaha, and Kobayashi Yoshihara, asking them to come to his place for dinner that evening.

After checking on them for a while to make sure no one was missed, Uesugi Kenichi went over to tidy up the two children's rooms.

Chapter 176 My World

When Kenichi Uesugi first rented this house, he thought he might not even need it for one person, but now it seems like it's not even big enough.

Are you considering buying a big house?

After thinking it over, Uesugi Kenichi decided that buying was not an option for the time being, mainly because the housing prices in Tokyo were simply too high. If he were to buy, he would definitely choose a place in the vicinity, and the location couldn't be too small.

Considering all factors, you shouldn't even dream of owning a house like this without spending hundreds of millions of yen.

Although he could come up with the money now if he gritted his teeth, he couldn't just withdraw all the studio's funds, otherwise, how could the studio continue to develop?

The studio's monthly rent, employee salaries, and game development and promotion costs are also considerable.

After thinking about it, Uesugi Kenichi had a headache again. He never thought that after making such a big sum of money, he would still have to worry about money.

If even he felt this way, one can only imagine how other young people who have just entered society feel.

Just like the Celestial Empire of the past, no, even more miserable.

Without a house, many people might work their entire lives and still not be able to afford a house in the suburbs of Tokyo.

However, renting it might be something I could consider?

Forget it, renting another one is too much trouble. Let's just make do for a while. Things should get much better after the second game is released. Maybe then we can try to make a down payment and buy one.

With this in mind, after tidying up the house, Uesugi Kenichi immediately went to the study on the first floor to start thinking about how best to choose the second game.

After thinking for a while, the first game that came to his mind was that seemingly cheaply made sandbox game with a pixelated style from over a decade ago—Minecraft.

At first glance, this game might seem like terrible, but in terms of innovation, its freedom of play has reached an unparalleled level.

No further praise is needed; the game's sales figures speak for themselves as the best proof of its excellence!

Before he transmigrated from his previous life, this game had sold nearly 1.7 million copies worldwide!

This is such an outrageous and terrifying number; even if the price were only one yen, it would still be a whopping 1.7 million yen.

The only game that can rival Minecraft in terms of single-game sales is Tetris.

Of course, this only refers to the sales volume of a single game.

If we include series games, then if the Mario series is second, probably no one would dare to rank it first.

Since its release, the Mario series has sold nearly 7 million units worldwide! And its other IP, Pokémon, has sold over 5 million units!

These two data points alone demonstrate just how enormous Nintendo is.

Even if these two series were just rehashed and given a new game, they could still sell millions of copies. It's a good thing that Nintendo didn't develop the Zelda IP in this world, otherwise they would have been in real trouble.

Even if Kenichi Uesugi had countless game plans in his head, and with such a huge advantage, surpassing Nintendo would be a pipe dream in less than ten or twenty years.

Kenjiro Uesugi tapped his hand on the table a few times, unsure whether he really wanted to make this game.

While this game is excellent, as Blizzard Entertainment's second game, it would have been better to choose a game with a medium production scale.

What does a traditional AAA production include? High development costs and development time, a large-scale world view, and high-quality game content.

Only games that meet these three criteria can be called AAA titles; the rest are just pseudo-AAA games.

Given his current resources, he can't reach 3A, but he should at least try to get a 2A.

So here's the question: Minecraft is actually very simple to develop. Just how simple?

A programmer created the initial version of this game in just six days during his spare time, and it eventually sold for a staggering 117 billion!

Of course, the fact that Minecraft eventually sold 1.7 million copies is the result of countless rounds of development and optimization before it reached the version that people know and love.

Even so, given the scale of Blizzard Entertainment, with the project already completed, they could produce a version for the general public in just half a month.

This is somewhat different from his expectations.

Kenichi Uesugi took out a blank sheet of paper, wrote Minecraft on the first line as an option, and then continued to think about whether there were any other suitable games.

One by one, popular games from his past life flashed through Kenichi Uesugi's mind: The Elder Scrolls, Fire Emblem, Bayonetta, the Witcher series, Diablo...