# Hekonai #13

By [CryptoAni.me](https://paragraph.com/@cryptoanimedao) · 2022-08-31

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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.

![Main Illustration by Miekari (Bahasa, 🇮🇩), using assets created by Mirsub (🇵🇰), Abdelbasset Kouba (🇩🇿), TsukiMidnight (🇺🇸), Junichi Kouchi (🇯🇵), Dedi Januar (🇮🇩), Abid  Rozdar (🇵🇰), and Alkinz (🇮🇩)](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/8831293faf35e4154188813aaea5b343809a5aeb11bc110c6e0618929be18987.png)

Main Illustration by Miekari (Bahasa, 🇮🇩), using assets created by Mirsub (🇵🇰), Abdelbasset Kouba (🇩🇿), TsukiMidnight (🇺🇸), Junichi Kouchi (🇯🇵), Dedi Januar (🇮🇩), Abid Rozdar (🇵🇰), and Alkinz (🇮🇩)

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."

![Moving Illustration by Gianfranco Bianchi (Zurich, 🇨🇭)](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/fad9503042993a44bb51cd4f5c1e725f733c759733fe95e49b65d3fd53631b79.gif)

Moving Illustration by Gianfranco Bianchi (Zurich, 🇨🇭)

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

![Illustration by Miekari (Bahasa, 🇮🇩)](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/6a94a1fa417f39e6485bae17cec8151ba144e32f36f8b561dfdd33833a38b3f1.png)

Illustration by Miekari (Bahasa, 🇮🇩)

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.

![Illustration by Miekari (Bahasa, 🇮🇩)](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/aa20ba8264f9f8c80ed725e77863de6acdd609c60f94df89c83cadb2fc8eb4f3.png)

Illustration by Miekari (Bahasa, 🇮🇩)

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.

![Illustration by Miekari (Bahasa, 🇮🇩)](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/62776482828a222326685808d1548c46285a9fc9a5231d1ea345017d7b40a9c5.png)

Illustration by Miekari (Bahasa, 🇮🇩)

I moved into the light.

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