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A Metaverse GameVersion 2As of March 2022

PART IINTRODUCTIONIt is 1336, as the samurai dons his karuta, or samurai armor, he reflects on his life for thelast three years, fighting for his emperor, Go-Daigo. To say his exploits have been tumultuouswould be an understatement, but he lives by the code of Bushido, the code of honor andmorals that all samurai choose to live by.He carefully wraps his body with armor, the kote or sleeved armor glove, sode to protecthis shoulders, the dou or chest armor that also bears his family’s crest. He wraps a whiteuwa-obi or sash that will hold the most important thing to a samurai—his katana.He bows towards the Tamaya, his ancestral shrine, for guidance and protection. Althougha brilliant strategist and tactician, having fought and won several battles that enthronedhis emperor into the highest seat in Japan, he knows in this battle, he would need everyounce of his ancestors’ spiritual blessing on his side.Lastly, his kabuto, the samurai helmet, is put on his head. It is heavy and unwieldy, butessential to the warrior era in Japan. Just the sight of a samurai in full armor in the battlefieldis enough to drive fear into the hearts of his emperor’s enemies. And for his emperor, hewould give life and limb.He is, after all, the epitome of samurai roiyariti.He is Kusunoki Masashige.This is his story.02

PART IABSTRACTYou would be, without a doubt, intrigued by what happens next in the life of KusunokiMasashige, the 14th-century samurai, and why he epitomizes loyalty. His life exemplifiedthis one particular trait that he was considered the patron saint of Japanese kamikazepilots during World War II. If you want to know how his story ends, you would have to playour game, Kusunoki Samurai, the metaverse game that will empower a community token.In light of the insurgence of interest in metaverse following Facebook’s shift into thisalternative reality space, Kusunoki Samurai aims to create a following for the gameemploying its own metaverse cryptocurrency. This cryptocurrency, tentatively calledKusunoki Token, will utilise blockchain technology.The purpose of the game is not just to spend time playing, but to create a space for gamersto have access to cryptocurrency and the metaverse space.KEY FEATURESKusunoki Samurai is a fully immersive blockchain-driven gaming experience. Oncelaunched, it is intended to include NFTs into its system. This would fully immerse playersinto the cryptocurrency space, enabling them to store and trade our Kusunoki Token asthey enjoy the game.The NFT for Kusunoki Token would include armor sets for the main character, along witha broad range of katana, wakizashi, and tanto blades, which our designers are currentlybasing on actual Japanese katana designs. Once acquired through extended gaming thiswill give players the skill set to progress to higher and more difficult levels. These NFTsmay also be sold or traded. Kusunoki Token will also be another form of reward duringlevel progression, enabling players to trade them if they so choose.Kusunoki Samurai is intended to be an online role-playing game or RPG. Players will befighting other characters such as rival samurai or monsters to complete Kusunoki’squests. It will immerse players in the game but more than that, it will open a completelynew category in the NFT marketplace.03

PART IUSESKusunoki Samurai will enable Kusunoki Token to be immediately tradeable to obtainequipment for Kusunoki Masashige, the main character of the game. Kusunoki Token mayalso be acquired to purchase equipment and abilities from the beginning of the game soplayers can progress faster and earn Kusunoki Token earlier.Kusunoki Token are likewise intended to be tradeable with other cryptocurrencies suchas Bitcoin, Ethereum and other legitimate altcoins in the cryptocurrency economy. WithKusunoki Token, not only are players enjoying and learning about the saga of KusunokiMasashige, they are also afforded the opportunity to trade in the cryptocurrency marketactively.Kusunoki Token is intended to afford anybody the capacity to enter the cryptocurrencytrading market space. With little to no cryptocurrency trading experience or capital, KusunokiToken will allow practically anybody to get into cryptocurrency trading, learn more about it, andeventually be able to engage in cryptocurrency investing more proactively. Kusunoki Samurai isnot just another game that will pass time—it is a game that allows you to invest your time andeffort wisely into something that is important to you—gaming—and something that gives value toyour time—cryptocurrency trading.TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS IN USEBlockchain will be the primary technology in use for Kusunoki Samurai, for both platformand cryptocurrency. We will also implement our own electronic wallet system for KusunokiToken storage and trading.For the gaming experience itself, we will also implement the use of Augmented Reality orVirtual Reality devices. This will increase the realism of Kusunoki Samurai to furtherimmerse players in our game.04

PART IIABOUT THE COMPANYLet us introduce ourselves, the minds behind Kusunoki Samurai—The Game.We are using names of famous samurai warriors for now to exemplify the spirit ofresilience and strong warrior spirits that goes into this project. In due time, you will knowour true identities.Oda Nobunaga (織田 信長)Our Oda Nobunaga is a fearless adventurer who is skilled in the art of business combat.A brilliant strategist, he has conquered many battles and established himself as a visionary in all aspects of business and life. He continues to seek opportunities to better thelives of those around him, providing wisdom and wise counsel. Under his leadership,Kusunoki Samurai—The Game will undoubtedly shake the gaming and cryptocurrencyworld and create a new path for others to follow. Our Oda Nobunaga is a leader amongleaders, always putting the welfare of his team members before his. Thus, our Oda is thereal samurai.Uesugi Kenshin (上杉 謙信)Kenshin has the mind of a technology wizard on overdrive. While other techies are stillpondering about how to realize interoperability of systems and platforms, our Kenshinhas already implemented it a year ago. This is the secret of how he emerges as the topsamurai in the technology space—he can see the battle in his mind’s eye, and he hasdetermined the outcome to be in the clan’s favor.Date Masamune (伊達 政宗)Masamune inhabits the space of web development. With Masamune, reality and digitalreality have meshed wonderfully as he is able to transition from one reality to another.He has exceptional foresight in game development and sees far into the future how toensure gamers are fully immersed in their virtual-reality adventures. Masamune breathesand lives game development.05

PART IIMiyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵)True to form, our Musashi truly is a warrior and a scribe. As a word weaver, our Musashihas penned everything from marketing communications communiques and website contentto business development plans and white papers—plus everything in between. Musashihas also devoted his entire life to the study of martial arts, among them Karate, MuayThai, and Filipino Kali, and was once a national champion. He continues to study the Artof War, believing that ‘war’ is an acronym for ‘We Are Ready’.Tomoe Gozen (巴 御前)The lone female samurai in our midst, our Tomoe Gozen wields her weapons in SearchEngine Optimisation to create opportunities for our game website and our company’sother websites. With her years of expertise in SEO, Tomoe wages fierce battles on thedaily against competing websites and emerges ever victorious.Toyotomi Hideyoshi (豊臣 秀吉)Our Toyotomi Hideyoshi is a masterful manager of operations. He understands the variousintricacies of operations and able to personify a ‘mission first’ attitude. This enables ourToyotomi to accomplish his many tasks, a credit to the company’s success.Takeda Shingen (武田 信玄)Putting together the project is as daunting a task as facing down multiple samurai in thebattlefield, but our Takeda Shingen is a master at project coordination. Over the years,Takeda has been involved in multiple projects simultaneously, but he truly has the mindof a samurai—he never wavers before a challenge put before him. Thus, he is highly ableto complete to excellence the multitude of projects given to him.Sanada Yukimura (真田 信繁)Sanada Yukimura is a master at Media Design and Animations. With the experience ofswordsmithing, Sanada make sure to sharpen all designs by repeatedly heating, hammeringand folding and forming metals, to ensure gamers are captivated to the virtual realityadventure. Yukimura believe that there’s an art in any war.06

PART IITHE PRODUCTKusunoki Samurai—The Game is the vehicle by which we will deliver our product, theKusunoki Token.The game, currently in development, will follow the life of the real-life 14th-century Japanesesamurai, said to be the model or ideal samurai. While Kusunoki-san had numerous real-lifeexploits in service of Emperor Go-Daigo, the brilliant strategist knowingly went to hisdeath while carrying out his liege’s orders. This endeared him to the Japanese peoplemuch later on for he became somewhat of a patron spirit to the Kamikaze pilots of WorldWar II.The game format will have many quests, in order to achieve higher levels. These questsupon completion will earn players Kusunoki Token bits, which they can continuously savein our game wallets. Once players have saved up enough coin bits, these can then beused to purchase equipment for the game character, Kusunoki, as he completes hisquests. Initially, we are going to offer various types of armor sets and weapons—primarily the katana. These katanas will be designed following ancient and traditional katanasas well as modern designs in order to keep interests alive in the collection. This is wherewe can expand the game to include NFTs or non-fungible tokens, which will be anotherform of product offering.NFTs are created by individual gamers and can be sold or traded. Once we enable thecreation of NFTs through our platform, these creators are free to keep these NFTs toincrease their value through continuous gaming, then opt to sell them to the highestbidder. But in order for them to be able to do this, they must keep playing Kusunoki Samurai to earn Kusunoki Token and eventually, create NFTs. The potential is practically limit-TARGET USERSKusunoki Samurai—The Game has as its target market the upper echelon gamers, thosewith a profound love for gaming. Unbeknownst to many, almost one third of the world’spopulation are gamers.Another interesting fact about gamers is that around 41.9 million gamers own cryptocurrency.In fact, the crypto gaming industry recorded a market revenue of US 321 million in 2020.38% of game crypto are owned by millennial gamers between the ages of 21 to 38 yearsold, the largest age group. The study also revealed that gamers are also more likely toown crypto as compared to other demographics. 55% of the millennial gamers owncrypto as compared to 5% of all Millennials.What this tells us is there exists a massive and increasing potential for crypto to be anintegral part of the gaming industry. Of all gamers who own crypto, about 80% are morekeen to use cryptocurrency for gaming purchases.07