The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 634 Alliance Meeting (2)

Everyone in the room listened attentively. They all wanted to know where those people came from and why they had never heard of them before.

"Gentlemen," Ashiya Yoshisuke said solemnly, "I have already told you about the intelligence on the Hundred Demons, so I will not elaborate on it. This time I will mainly explain the intelligence on the last enemy. First, the intelligence on Chizuru Hayafune. I believe that you have all heard of this name, right?"

Everyone nodded. This woman, nicknamed "Monster", would occasionally have her actions intersect with other exorcists' commissions. For example, one exorcist would make a commission, and then Chizuru Hayafune would appear. She would often come with a clear purpose of seizing a cursed object or spirit, but due to her great strength and unknown identity, no one could detect her true identity.

Even the title "Monster" appeared before Chizuru Hayafune's name. At first, everyone thought it was an evil spirit or something that would randomly appear in the commission, making everyone feel insecure. It was not until they asked Ashiya Yoshisuke to help that they figured out that it was actually a human being, not an evil spirit, but the power it used was very strange.

During a fight with her, Ashiya Yoshisuke used some magic to successfully make her name appear on the talisman paper.

But when we investigated afterwards, even though we got her name, we still couldn't figure out her true identity.

"...Until now, we finally know which organization she belongs to." Ashiya Yoshisuke said concisely: "——Hope Church."

When the three words "Hope Church" were uttered, the room was silent for a second, and then immediately became noisy, with the buzz of discussion continuing.

Qian Xiaoyi searched the name of the sect in his mind, but he didn't have any distinct impression of it. He just felt that it sounded somewhat familiar. There were so many evil cults in Japan that it was impossible for him to check them all one by one.

So he turned around and asked, "Do you know this sect?"

Xingchang Rang leaned slightly towards Qian Xiaoyi and said, "I've heard a little bit about it. It seems to be a new religious sect that has emerged in recent years. The founder is... a very absurd person."

"It seems that many of you have heard of this name." Ashiya Kichisuke nodded, and his voice reached everyone's ears steadily, making them quiet down. Ashiya Kichisuke continued: "However, in order to let everyone understand this sect, then I will briefly talk about the situation of the Hope Sect."

The Church of Hope, whose full name is the [Association of Eternal Happiness and the Other Shore of Hope], is a new religious sect founded nearly twenty years ago. The founder of the sect is named Mari Amahara. After founding the sect, he continued to absorb believers and has now become a behemoth. According to its claims, it already has more than 100,000 believers.

"One hundred thousand people?" Inuyama Heita was surprised when he heard this. They were actually fighting against an enemy of this size? A single spit from the enemy could drown them!
Qian Xiaoyi was not too panicked. He said, "It's just a claim. These cults like to bluff to appear powerful and attract followers. The actual number of people may be less than one-tenth of what they claim."

"Even if it's one-tenth, it's still a lot..." said Inuyama Heita.

Ashiya Yoshisuke took out a photo and said, "This is the founder of the Hope Cult."

A blank scroll floated to his side, and Ashiya Yoshisuke handed the photo to the scroll. The next second, a semi-realistic portrait was depicted on the scroll in the style of Ukiyo-e. It was a smiling middle-aged man in a white robe. His face always gave people a sense of vulgarity when they looked at it for a long time.

Yoshisuke Ashiya continued to tell the information about the Hope Religion: The theory of this sect is that all the gods in the world are actually incarnations of the same god, who sends [saints] to educate the world, help mortals to continuously develop and progress, give them hope, and eventually after a long time, reach the end of time and reach the other side of eternal happiness, where everyone will be happy and full of hope, and there will be no more conflicts in the world.

In their propaganda, some great beings in history are all [saints]. These [saints] are angels sent by God to the earth. They are the same incarnations of angels in different periods. In other words, there is only one [saint] from beginning to end, but his image is different in different periods.

And he, Amahara Mari, is the reincarnation of these [saints] and the only [saint] in the world. He is the messenger of God and the spokesperson of God. As long as you believe in him, you can cross the long river of time after death and enter the other side of eternal happiness called hope in advance.

"idiot……"

"Stupid doctrine."

"You must be kidding. This is so stupid. Saint? This guy? I'm going to throw up."

Everyone was talking about it. Although they said different things and had different beliefs, they all made the same comment, which was that they all agreed that only fools would believe in such a doctrine.

Ashiya Yoshisuke said: "This sect has developed very rapidly in recent years and has made friends with all parties. Because they control a large number of votes, they even have the ability to influence local elections. There are rumors that they are preparing to start forming a new party and want to win a seat in Congress."

Everyone listened quietly. They didn't expect that a guy who looked so stupid actually had such great power. Many people showed worried expressions. Their alliance only had hundreds of people at most. Could they really deal with such an organization?

Ashiya Yoshisuke saw everyone's concerns and said, "However, don't worry too much, leave worldly matters to the secular world. We are real exorcists and have our own methods, don't we?"

"Lord Ashiya is right!" Gui Teng Longguang suddenly said, "Even if the other party is very powerful in reality, think about why we are hostile to them? They are one of the Hundred Demons! Their current status must be because they used some unorthodox magic, so they have grown so powerful. Just like Lord Ashiya said, we are exorcists, people who specialize in solving this kind of problem! We don't have to be afraid of them. Don't forget, the last time we fought, we beat the other side to a pulp!"

The serious atmosphere at the scene eased and everyone cheered for Gui Teng Longguang's words.

"well said!"

"As expected of Master Ghost Vine, he is fearless at all!"

"Haha, if we were to fight in real life, we might not be able to win, but you're right, we are exorcists!"

"Exorcists have their own way of doing things. We just need to defeat them in another aspect."

(End of this chapter)