Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 312: I will never become a Buddha until the animal path is empty

"Come to think of it, it's been many years since I left the temple..."

As his consciousness faded, Cat Jizang suddenly missed the free days when he was still a wild cat.

Stretching in the sun, chasing friends along the wall in the moonlight, and catching small fish dried on the beach...

Cat Jizo, with his old body and tattered robes, stepped out of the dilapidated Buddhist temple after many years...

The moonlight outside the house was still there, but there were more stone houses and fewer trees than I remembered.

"caught you……"

"Yes, scream even more miserably, just like the previous ones..."

"Don't worry, I will first break your arms and legs, and then pull out your internal organs..."

In the alley outside the temple, a man was pinning a wild cat to the ground, grinning...

What remains unchanged is that humans will still vent their hatred on animals...

"What, are you, a monster?!"

"It hurts, my leg is broken, someone, help me..."

Although he drove the humans away with his indestructible body, at the end of the alley, there was only the cold corpse of the wild cat...

And the cat spirit that was born there with eyes full of resentment.

"You hate it, don't you? I understand..."

"Humanity's karma has its own cause and effect. Give me your obsession and hatred, and ascend to paradise soon."

"To remove the root of all karmic obstacles and attain rebirth in the Pure Land, Namo Amitabha, Dotagataye..."

The cat never expected that the "Useless Buddhist Scripture" that he had memorized after years of practice would be used to purify the souls of his own kind when he recited it for the first time.

"Meow……"

The cat spirit turned into white light and scattered into the night sky, but obsession and foul air flowed under the robes, dyeing the pure white Buddha light of Cat Ksitigarbha gray.

"Meow!!!"

"Meow meow meow……"

Pairs of ghostly cat eyes appeared from the walls, alleys, and bushes, and knelt down respectfully before the cat Jizo.

"Are you also homeless like me?"

"Really? There are more homeless children locked up in other places, about to be killed by humans?"

"Perhaps this is the destiny of Buddha, guiding my broken body to its final value, meow?"

"Lead the way."

The round body of Cat Dizang, surrounded by other cats, disappeared into the woods.

Led by the cats, Cat Jizang saw a cement building with a sign that read "Animal Management Office".

"After all, are you a step too late?"

The skinny wild cats lay in a closed room filled with poisonous gas, their bodies already cold.

"Some are forced to work as laborers, others are forced to feed them, others are forced to kill them, and others are forced to eat them. The suffering is endless. This is the fate that animals cannot escape..."

"Let me use my last bit of divine power to save you from the animal realm and lead you to paradise."

"Amritabudvipa, Amrita, Siddhampa, Amrita, Vikalandi, Amrita, Vikalanda..."

Sitting cross-legged in the room where the poisonous gas had not yet dissipated, a low chant of the mantra for the afterlife came out from the mouth of Cat Jizo...

One after another, transparent cat spirits rose into the sky, their faces emitting white light with peaceful expressions, and they returned to the cycle of reincarnation.

The remaining foul air was absorbed into the body of Cat Ksitigarbha, making the Buddha's light darker and dimmer...

"Hold on... At least, we need to convert all these children..."

Even though his faith was running out and his godhood was about to fall, Cat Dizang tried his best to keep reciting the Buddhist scriptures...

But no matter how hard it tried, it could not stop its fat body from becoming transparent little by little.

"Meow……"

“Meow!?”

As my consciousness completely faded, I could hear more and more cat calls...

"Is this my family coming to greet me?"

This reminded Cat Jizo of his deceased relatives who were born in the same litter. "Is this... faith?!"

The completely exhausted power of faith in its body slowly but noticeably began to fill up, like a spring of sweet dew after a long drought...

"Where do these beliefs come from... Could it be that the bald guys are back, meow?"

The body became solid again, and Cat Jizang's curious eyes passed through the stone wall and swept outside the house...

"No, that's not right, it's not a monk... it's a cat!"

Hundreds of wild cats have been surrounding the house, and their number is still increasing...

They imitated humans, clumsily put their hands together, and bowed respectfully towards the Cat Ksitigarbha.

"Amitabha……"

"Every thought and every thought has its destiny. Since I have received the name of Ksitigarbha, if I do not enter the animal realm, who will?"

Seeing more and more cats appearing and kneeling before him with their hands folded, Cat Ksitigarbha sighed with relief.

"Since humans don't need me as a Buddha, I will become the Buddha for cats..."

"I will not attain Buddhahood until the animal realm is empty. Only when all cats are saved can I attain Bodhi."

……

"No, stop, you can't kill it!"

The man's voice in his ear awakened Cat Dizang from the chaotic "revolving lantern".

"So beautiful...eyes like stars..."

What appeared before its eyes were Xia Fan's eyes that seemed to contain the entire Milky Way...

In the ruined Buddhist temple, the white light dissipated, and the terrifying aura of divine power had long since dissipated.

"Mr. Xia Fan!!! Are you okay..."

The moment her body regained control and her vision cleared, Jinguji Aoi ran towards Xia Fan regardless of everything...

"This is... Cat Jizo?!"

The scene that appeared before her eyes was the cat Dizang, who had recovered to the size of an "ordinary fat orange cat", being held in the air by Xia Fan with one hand around the neck.

"It's over. It's okay."

"This cat Ksitigarbha cannot be a Buddha for humans, but unexpectedly became the 'Buddha' for wild cats, and his divine power is becoming more and more profound."

Xia Fan shook his head at her indifferently and explained the reason.

"I see. There are so many wild cats. The faith they have gained over the years must be considerable..."

"But you subdued such a powerful god in just a moment?"

Looking at the cat Jizo that had "returned to its original form" in Xia Fan's hand, Jinguji Aoi felt it was too unbelievable.

"Good weight……"

Xia Fan squatted down, put the cat Dizang on the ground, and shook his slightly sore arms.

"The divine body can actually disobey the gods?"

"But why... did you save me..."

Looking at Xia Fan whose divine power dissipated and whose aura returned to that of an ordinary person, Mao Dizang asked in confusion.

"The revolving lantern just now... I saw it all through my spiritualism..."

"What will happen to those poor cats if you're gone?"

Xia Fan pointed around...

"children……"

A pair of cat eyes filled with worry, fear and anger fell into the eyes of Cat Jizang.

Even in the most dangerous times, these wild cats never thought of giving up their Buddha and escaping alone.

"I will remember your kindness of not killing me."

"I will leave with the cats. From now on, this divine domain belongs to you, Master Divine Body."

Cat Dizang clasped his hands together and bowed deeply towards Xia Fan.

(End of this chapter)