Tokyo Gods Only Want Beautiful Priestesses

"You're right, people don't worship things they can understand and master."

Dana nodded, but at the same time, she curled the corners of her mouth in a slightly contemptuous manner.

"However, the wisdom of most modern people is no greater than that of the ancients; the information and knowledge they receive is merely fragmented indoctrination."

"The media is the dictator of modern society. What people see, know, understand, and do is all obtained from the media. The so-called truth and reality are just what the media wants ordinary people to know."

"If myths of the past were passed down orally, modern myths can be easily fabricated and forged as long as the media and the public are in control."

All you need to do is find someone to impersonate a famous scholar or Buddhist master, fabricate a fake resume, and spout some dubious theories.

By leveraging the power of the media, this false theory can quickly become accepted by most netizens or the general public.

Rumors originate with the media, but debunking them is also done by the media. What is considered the truth may just be another set of rumors fabricated by the media.

"You're right, this is what we do."

In response to Dana's words, Ichiro Yamauchi shrugged.

So-called religion is nothing more than using another set of theories to rewrite people's original cognition.

Cults are simply more fanatical and extreme.

"Alright, let's stop talking about this. We've arrived. Please follow me."

The vehicle came to a stop. Shiba Heihachi's secret base was a small military base in Tokyo.

Chapter 278 The God of the Gun Cult

The soldiers on guard ignored Shiba Heihachi and the others in the car.

This small military base is full of Shiba Heihachi's men. After all, he is a colonel, and he can still cultivate some of his confidants.

"please."

This secret base doesn't have many people, but because it was converted from an air-raid shelter, the underground space is still quite large.

After they entered the underground area, Friedrich looked around and nodded in satisfaction.

"Colonel, this base should be secure enough, right? If possible, we can completely renovate it."

"Don't worry, there's absolutely no problem with confidentiality here. I've altered the base application documents here, so in the eyes of those above, this base simply doesn't exist."

"That's good."

Instead of rushing to start renovating the base now, they were even more anxious and demanded that research on the Shiba Heihachi Plan be launched immediately.

As they descended from the air-raid shelter, Friedrich and his men saw several people taking pistols out of boxes.

Mysterious symbols were carved on it with tools, and then painted on with paint.

Further down, the blank walls are painted with all sorts of strange Buddha images, just like the paintings from hundreds of years ago that Dana researched.

Firearms and weaponry are combined with Buddha and Arhats, and the resulting painting style is surprisingly beautiful.

"The lead artist is none other than myself. Before becoming a monk, I was a professional painter."

The bald man stepped forward with a grin, showing off his superb painting skills to everyone.

However, no one cared how good his painting skills actually were.

"Gods? Can combining firearms with Buddhist scriptures really create new gods?"

Friedrich muttered to himself.

Although it's very cyberpunk, it still feels like it has quite a few flaws.

"There's nothing we can do about it. The number of gods that humans need is limited. When powers overlap, it can lead to wars and devouring among the gods. We have no choice but to find another way."

Shiba Heihachi explained.

It wasn't that he wanted to artificially create a god in this way, but rather that in this day and age, the only way to avoid attracting the attention of other gods was to create a completely new one.

"So, what are the most important steps or elements in the creation of gods?"

At this moment, Friedrich was like a student bursting with curiosity, walking side by side with Shiba Heihachi, asking himself all sorts of questions.

As for his partner, Shiba Heihachi seemed to have nothing to hide and told him everything he knew.

"To create a god, besides collecting faith, the first step is to establish the god's origin, which is the so-called 'What kind of god are you?'"

"Whether it is a mountain god, water god, snake god, hunting god, weapon god, farming god, or something else, the first thing to do is to establish the origin of the belief."

"And you chose firearms."

Friedrich said this, but Shiba Heihachi shook his head.

"No, firearms are just tools for firing; this is the source of my chosen faith."

He pulled a bright yellow copper-core bullet from his pocket and handed it to Friedrich.

"After establishing the roots of faith, this is when the worship begins."

Worship and faith are meaningless; a void cannot be entrusted to a god; divinity can only reside in a physical being.

"Is this what the Yingzhou Shinto refers to as the 'Divine Body'? But in our investigation, the Divine Body is clearly an ordinary thing that can be replaced and destroyed."

Dana raised her hand and voiced her question.

"For a god who already possesses divine power, the Divine Body is naturally just a medium. But if we want to create a god, the existence of the Divine Body is indispensable."

"Shiba Heihachi said quietly."

"Just as a person is conceived in a mother's womb, a deity also has a time of gradual gestation within the divine body in which he resides, just like a person."

"If that's all there is to it, it sounds like any organization or individual could create a new god at will based on their own beliefs."

Judging from Shiba Heihachi's statement alone, it seems that there are no harsh conditions for creating a god, and it is something that anyone can do.

"Of course, anyone can try to create a god, but there is still a problem to be solved regarding the Divine Body."

The group walked to a door at the deepest part of the air-raid shelter. A heavy valve completely locked the room, requiring two strong men to turn it.

As the valve was slowly turned, Shiba Heihachi finally finished saying the sentence he hadn't yet finished.

"This divine body is both the womb that gives birth to a new god and the cage used to capture Him."

"The most pressing problem is how to ensure that the gods you create appear within the divine bodies you have arranged, instead of wandering around the world or appearing in other divine bodies."

The door was opened wide, and the warm light emanating from the room illuminated everyone's faces.

Piled up like small mountains, the room was filled with bullets of various sizes and specifications.

For some enthusiasts, this is even more exciting than a bank vault piled high with gold bricks.

In the center of the room was a dark shrine covered with a black cloth. It was easy to guess that under the black cloth was the sacred body prepared by Shiba Heihachi.

Is He here?

Although invisible, everyone could sense that within this room, amidst the mountain of bullets, there existed a faint will.

People from the technological society couldn't help but breathe faster, widen their eyes, and reach out their hands towards the door.

"He certainly exists."

Shiba Heihachi used his body to block the doorway, stopping these beasts of curiosity.

"what are you doing?"

"Get out of the way!"

Faced with the crowd's incomprehension and rebuke, Shiba Heihachi simply explained calmly.

"It is impolite to disturb a newborn baby that is growing in the womb."

"Nonsense! All of you, behave yourselves!"

Friedrich used his authority as a teacher to shut them all up.

"Has all the knowledge I taught you been wasted? In the Shinto of Yingzhou, only priestesses and shrine maidens are qualified to see the gods; they are not to be trifled with!"

"Thank you for your understanding, Professor. Although I have successfully conceived Him, He cannot be touched at will before He is fully born and bound by us."

Shiba Heihachi closed the door again, showing it to them was only to ensure the cooperative relationship.

"Of course, our interests are aligned."

Friedrich smiled.

"Let's continue with our previous topic, about how exactly we capture this information."

"Let's go somewhere else first, and we can discuss other things as well."

Chapter 279 Cherish life

"Is it really necessary to go this far?"

After being drastically renovated, the entire underground air-raid shelter was transformed into a laboratory for Friedrich and others.

Right now, Dana and others, dressed in protective suits, are injecting various medications into people bound in straitjackets.

Muscle relaxants, truth serum, morphine, and LSD, among other hallucinogens.

Various cruel and inhumane drugs were injected into the victim's body using an intravenous syringe.

Even Ichiro Yamauchi, who always used hallucinogens to brainwash his followers, couldn't help but shake his head.

With so many drugs injected, the damage to the brain is undeniable. Even if the other person doesn't die, they'll be practically a cripple.

"This is a necessary security measure, after all, they possess mysterious knowledge and technology that we don't know about."

Dana smiled and took off her gloves.

"However, when they were captured, it proved that these so-called Onmyoji or Shrine Maidens were no different from ordinary people in their daily lives."

"I was worried that the dosage of tranquilizer darts wouldn't be enough, but it turns out that ordinary tranquilizer darts were enough to take them down. What a pity."

The people bound in the straitjackets were all Onmyoji or shrine maidens captured by them through various means, based on information from Shiba Heihachi.

They were easily captured using long-range sniper tranquilizer darts during their meals, sleep, and even bathroom breaks, exceeding Dana and the others' expectations.

"Don't be complacent, Dana."

Friedrich shook his head and criticized his student.