Tokyo Gods Only Want Beautiful Priestesses

It needs a solid material foundation to ensure its stability.

Chapter 234 The Answer You Won't Choose

Even highly mysterious material entities need life.

"Such things are very hard to find in this day and age, so I can only ask you, Lord Shrine, since you are now in charge of this country."

In the distant past, before human intelligence had even begun to emerge, finding such a thing in this world was not particularly difficult.

However, in modern times, it is difficult to find such a thing. Even gods are spiritual beings formed from faith, and it is not an easy task to find a material entity that can be compared with gods.

"By the way, the foundation stone used before was the corpse of the Yamata no Orochi. Based on its eight heads and eight tails, the prototype of Hell was established."

The eight cold hells and the eight hot hells really do correspond perfectly.

"Therefore, the new foundation cannot be lower than this. Functional deficiencies and incompatibilities can be improved, but the most basic quality cannot be made up for later."

Kagami Ruri also seemed to think that this condition was a bit too demanding. In modern times, it would be quite difficult to find such a thing.

But there's no way around it. The sheer size and complexity of Hell make it impossible to rely on gods and Buddhas to exhaust their power to maintain it. The only option is to find a living, material entity to sustain it.

After being modified, the body of Yamata no Orochi became an empty shell with life but no soul, but this was enough for it to have the function of self-operation and replenishment.

The biggest advantage of physical life over spiritual life is its self-circulating function.

"However, Lord Shrine Master, there is no need to worry. With the help of the Ten Kings and Ksitigarbha, Hell will not collapse anytime soon. But Lord Shrine Master, you must keep this matter in mind."

After giving the shrine repeated instructions, Kagami Ruri stopped bothering her. She needed to find other gods and Buddhas with a certain foundation in the mortal world to seek their help.

"Tsk... the corpse of Yamata no Orochi..."

I never expected to hear this name here. As a very famous character in the mythology of Yingzhou, and a well-known background character, Yamata no Orochi was used by Hell to build the foundation.

But where am I supposed to find a replacement for this?

Unable to come up with a solution for the time being, the shrine decided to put the matter aside for the time being.

Go ask Ibuki what she's up to; collapsing Hell shouldn't be her goal.

However, when the shrine opened the door, Ibuki had already vanished without a trace, leaving only a note indicating that she hadn't left without saying goodbye.

"My friend, I'll let you know about the performance stage once I'm all ready. Goodbye!"

They ran really fast, but since Jingu hadn't expected to get any answers from them anyway, it didn't really matter.

"Has something happened? Why are there so many guests today?"

Tamamo-no-Mae leaned against the door. She heard the commotion in the world, but she didn't go to watch, so she didn't know what was happening.

However, there were unexpectedly many guests today, from Iizuna Maru and Kishimo to Ibuki, and even the chief judge of hell, one after another.

"It's nothing, it's just..."

She told Tamamo-no-Mae about what happened in hell and how she had secretly sponsored Ibuki.

"Um.

"...After being silent for so long, you've suddenly pulled off a major event..."

The collapse of Hell is truly unprecedented; Ibuki has no idea how he managed to do it.

According to Kajō Ruri, the body of the Yamata no Orochi was separated into head and tail, which were hidden in the two extreme hells of Avici Hell and Great Crimson Lotus Hell respectively.

The terrifying environment was secondary; finding a foundation stone without any distinguishing features in the boundless hell was simply a pipe dream, so hell never kept such a thing under strict guard.

After all, hell itself is the best safe; who could have predicted that someone would sneak all the way to the deepest part?

"But you still promised the people of Hell you'd help them find a new foundation stone..."

Hell is an important facility for maintaining faith in gods and Buddhas. Without punishment after death, one's good deeds and faith in life would be meaningless, and the cycle of reincarnation would come to a standstill.

"Any leads? Something similar to the body of the Yamata no Orochi?"

Tamamo-no-Mae is one of the external brains of the shrine, and when it comes to mythological secrets, this old monster knows more than anyone else.

"Don't look at me like that. I always feel like you're talking badly about me."

Tamamo-no-Mae crossed her arms and said somewhat awkwardly.

"How could I possibly have any clues? That thing is, after all, the pinnacle of the Calamity Gods, an Aragami that requires Susanoo to deal with personally. Where in the present world can you find such a creature?"

Right after saying that, Tamamo-no-Mae suddenly seemed to remember something.

"Oh, not entirely, but would you be willing to make this choice?"

He suddenly laughed, as if he had remembered something funny.

"Huh? Let's talk about it?"

“You can go to Nasuno and drag my original body out to hell, but are you sure you want to do that? I don’t care.”

Tamamo-no-Mae smiled, but her suggestion was immediately rejected by the shrine.

"Don't mess around, I want something serious, do you know anyone suitable?"

If we don't mention Tamamo-no-Mae, the shrine is almost forgotten; she is currently still in a clone state.

Given the current position of the shrine, Tamamo-no-Mae's freedom is just a matter of a word, but she has always forgotten about it and has never mentioned it, so it seems that she really doesn't care much.

However, let them unseal the Sessho-seki in a couple of days, so we can taste the fox's true form.

"I don't know. Apart from my own body, I don't know what else can replace me."

Ultimately, finding something like this in modern times would be far too difficult, wouldn't it? Where would you find mythical creatures still alive in the modern world?

"Sigh, looks like you're no longer of any use."

Feeling that even an external brain wasn't enough, Jingu sighed. In that case, wouldn't Tamamo-no-Mae only be able to be used as a mount?

"Tch, you should ask a real old monster about this. How could I possibly have the answer?"

Feeling slighted, Tamamo-no-Mae tried to defend herself, clarifying that she was not old at all, but rather a young girl in her prime.

"Okay, okay, I understand."

While giving a perfunctory reply, he also thought of a more suitable new external brain.

Sure enough, now we need to find someone with more seniority.

Kanei-ji Temple, Tokyo.

The sound of heels hitting the ground broke the silence. Ibuki walked in from outside the temple, looked at the old monk inside, and laughed contemptuously.

"The Shingon school is gone, and the Tendai school will probably be next, right? Yet you still have the mind to chant Buddhist scriptures?"

"If Mount Hiei is to be destroyed, what does it have to do with my remote little temple?"

Tokugawa Ieyasu turned around and looked at Ibuki.

"You've already got it?"

"Yeah, now all that's left is for you to bring me the last piece of the puzzle. You're not going to quit now, are you?"

Chapter 235 The Clouds of the Sky

"Isn't it a beautiful day today?"

Jingu put down his teacup and spoke to the person in front of him with a smile.

"Stop joking around. There's a limit to how reckless you can be, Jingu-kun. Do you know how much trouble this blatant behavior will cause?"

Sitting opposite the shrine, the Great God of the Nation was beginning to lose control of his emotions.

To be fair, she really didn't like Tantric Buddhism. Even if the Shinto Palace carried out a bloody crackdown on the Shingon sect, and even the entire Buddhist community of Yingzhou, it wouldn't cause much of a stir.

But shouldn't we at least have some sense of propriety in our actions? It would be one thing to raze the entire Mount Koya to the ground, but it would be better to use an earthquake to alter the terrain, just like Emperor Toba did.

But for reasons unknown, this guy deliberately used the most problematic explosive, turning the entire Mount Koya into a deep crater.

"Come on, don't get so worked up. I was just being careful."

The shrine maiden laughed twice, and the Ōkuninushi-no-kami, who had vented his anger, calmed down a bit.

"Thank goodness, at least you didn't leave any detectable radiation residue, otherwise this would have been a real problem."

That's right, although a massive explosion similar to a nuclear explosion occurred, it is currently still considered a headless proposal type of event.

No missile trajectory was detected, nor was any residual radioactive radiation detected. Just like the Tunguska event in history, there was no clue whatsoever.

So even if there is international accountability, at least within Yingzhou, the true picture of the matter is clear, and all that's needed is to deal with attacks that have no evidence whatsoever.

In this respect, Jingu did indeed have a little bit of sense, just as he said.

However, this is to be expected. The Shingu only wanted to kill people, not leave behind a poison pit. He had planned this long ago and eliminated the subsequent radiation through a full thermonuclear reaction.

"Let's not talk about that. Let them handle this themselves. I came to you because I have other things to discuss."

The shrine maiden poured herself another cup of hot tea. That day at Itsukushima Shrine, Ōkuninushi-no-Kami said that if one wanted to find her, one should come to Izumo.

So today, the shrine has come to the so-called "land of mythology," Izumo Taisha, located in Shimane, which is one of the oldest shrines in Japan.

In terms of status, it is second only to the Ise Grand Shrine, which enshrines Amaterasu, and also symbolizes the status of Ōkuninushi in Japanese mythology.

"You mean something about hell, right? No wonder they immediately turned to you for help."

The Great Goddess nodded slightly. The tremors in Hell had spread to almost all the gods and Buddhas of Yingzhou, and she was no exception.

"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. After all, this is what those in power are thinking."

The reason the shrine disappeared was because the tremors in Hell were also closely related to him; otherwise, the emotions that the Great God of the Nation had finally calmed down would have become agitated again.

That's why, you feel inexplicably inferior in front of someone with an imposing elder's aura.

"So do you know where you can find the cornerstone that satisfies the needs of hell?"

"The Yamata no Orochi..."

The Great Goddess of the Ninja Kingdom revealed a nostalgic expression, after all, that thing was once her father or father-in-law, Susanoo.

The corresponding "God of Misfortune" in a man's destiny.

As a junior, she must have witnessed it to some extent, but the Great Goddess of the Nation's expression was more somber, perhaps she knew more of the inside story.

"Was that thing used for anything special? How could it have been stolen?"