Washimi Taisho Starts at 3 Credits, Then Pays Rent and a 1,500-Credit License

ULTRALMTM — Washimi Taisho of UltraLMTM began a nearly 12-hour stream of the shop-running game Probably Stolen with 3 credits to his name and 229 credits of rent due in two days. He ended it having paid the rent and the 1,500-credit license that keeps his shop open. At the opening he searched the game for money tucked away anywhere, saying, “This has to be some kind of mistake, right?” He was playing a first run with no starting skills and said the game might only really begin on a second run, when a player picks perks. He pressed on anyway: “Even with nothing, I still want to pay the rent and buy the business license.”

Wine was a main line of business. He learned that small, glossy grapes make the best wine, not large ones, and found that Master Vintage, the top label he had reached, sold only to upper-district customers, because lower-district shoppers could not come up with 200 credits. Later he tried his best water with his best grapes and still got Master Vintage, which he took to mean ordinary water was enough. Near the end he sold a bottle of Master Vintage that had aged about a month to an upper-district visitor. He also kept up appraisal work, and his appraiser rank rose during the stream.

“Twelve hours without eating or drinking, and I can still forget the time like this. Games really are something.” — Washimi Taisho, as he ended the stream

He paid the rent when it came due. A visitor told him the 1,500-credit license had to be settled within the week, and he had said earlier that failing to pay it would mean game over. Later he paid it, said, “That’s one wall cleared,” and hung the license in the shop. He said business would snowball from there, and near the close he recalled that the night had started at 3 credits and the balance was now in four digits.

The story ran alongside the shop. A woman named Eleanor came asking for food, and Washimi concluded that he had been used to put her family in jail. He later said he could no longer look at the police the same way. A police trainee named Serpico then hid in the dump with evidence of corruption, and Washimi left food there for him. Documents exposing the police were published across the station; several low-ranking officers were punished, but no one at the top was held to account. Serpico joined the revolutionaries and, on leaving, offered Washimi a choice of gifts. He took a module-case expansion kit.

He also started raising rats for meat. A prion disease swept through the colony, and he culled sick animals and moved others into isolation. He guessed that feeding the colony its own meat was the cause and said he would buy proper feed from then on. Later a man he called the butcher warned that he would be waiting outside the shop, which kept Washimi indoors. He arranged a 500-credit night service, and the next morning’s notice said the man would not be back. Washimi went out again.

Washimi ended the stream because the archive was nearing its limit, saying the game felt endless and that he had gone 12 hours without eating or drinking. He said he might rest on Monday and pick the game up again on Tuesday. Two Super Chats arrived, and viewers thanked him for the long stream.