I emerged from Shintaro's world and stood atop the portals once more.

It was all coming together. Shintaro sent my portrait to someone and called it a token. This had to be what CyberBanker was talking about.

Motion in another portal caught my eye: I spotted the artist who received my portrait. He smiled at the image and forwarded it to another artist! I jumped from portal to portal, following my image as it made the rounds.

CyberBanker had told me: "Use the creators' strength. Find CryptoAnime." I thought to myself: is this how I do it?

At that moment, my blade's flame grew brighter in intensity. I took that as a "yes."

Suddenly, I felt myself float up from the portals.  They separated and restructured themselves to become a wall in front of me.

Acting on instinct, I cut a door around the edges of the middle portals. It swung open, just like a real door. Bright light emerged from this doorway, illuminating me.

Would this lead to CryptoAnime? I wasn't sure. My sword and my heart told me to take a gamble.

No more second guesses. It was time for action.

I moved into the light.

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