Tokyo: My Hundred Demon Scroll

"what?"

Gu Yun looked puzzled, seemingly unable to keep up with her mother's pace.

"Is the world's will the meaning of 'god'? Is it that god?"

Not a deity, but a true 'god'.

The world's will is certainly not a true 'god,' but to some extent, the only difference between the two is their upper limit of ability; in terms of definition, they should be roughly the same.

"In a narrower sense, you could say that."

Gu Yun did not hide anything; he never lied to his mother.

"Inari is the will to purify the world, and the power of words is the will of the afterlife."

Iijima Tamaki had heard Gu Yun say that the world's will can truly do whatever it wants on its own territory.

Even the Twelve Heavens are merely guardians of a world and cannot interfere.

For example, if the Word of Power wants to carry out a great purge of the afterlife, the Eternal Heaven cannot interfere, nor does it have the right to interfere.

As long as the order is restored after the Word of Power is invoked, and the 'afterlife' still exists, then it is not considered destruction.

"Does this mean that, Gu Yun, you've already ruled two worlds?"

"..."

Gu Yun hadn't thought about this before, or rather, he hadn't planned to.

Even though Mikoto was completely obedient to him, Gu Yun still harbored ambitions to rule the Pure World, though at most he would only control the small territory of Konohana-tei.

In other places, things remain the same as they were before.

"Here's what happened."

Gu Yun said, "But I never thought about ruling them."

Nowadays, Gu Yun truly holds two worlds in his hands.

If he were to go a little crazy, he could completely command Miketsu and Kotodama to strip these two worlds from their original dimensional cycle, and even reduce all living beings and matter within them to nothingness.

Destroying the world and creating anew—for Kotodama and Miketsu, this was like instinct.

"You really don't want to rule the world?"

Tamaki Iijima calmly patted her son's shoulder: "It's okay. Even if you have this idea, Mom will definitely support you and won't stop you."

If Gu Yun says anything today, Iijima Tamaki will accompany him down the path of villainy and evil.

"No, no, no, I really didn't have that thought."

"Really?"

"Absolutely true!"

Okay, once again he was almost persecuted to rule the world and become an ambitious man. Gu Yun explained several times before Iijima Tamaki believed that her son did not have that kind of ambition.

"I'll just believe you for now."

"but!"

Just as she was about to leave, Iijima Tamaki turned around and winked at Tanigumo: "If you decide to cause trouble in the future, you have to bring Mom along too."

"..."

Gu Yun didn't know what to say.

I'll just agree, what else can I do?

"Please let me join."

Nao Hayasaka clenched her fists and placed them on her chest: "Although I don't have much fighting ability, I'm still quite confident in my ability to devise strategies."

"Our family isn't the villains!"

Gu Yun couldn't help but raise his hand and gently tap his mother and Sister Naiyang on the head.

"Go back to sleep right now!"

"Yes, sir (son)."

Tamaki Iijima and Nao Hayasaka obediently returned to their rooms. Gu Yun sighed helplessly, then noticed a burning gaze upon him.

Without a doubt, who else could it be but Jing Ke'ai?

"the same as you."

Gu Yun didn't look at her, but pointed to the front door: "Go home!"

Chapter 190 Kyoto expresses dissatisfaction

A few days later, Gu Yun successfully created the seventh mask, completing the task of awakening the spirit.

He summoned Menreiki, a little girl who looked much like Gu Yun remembered.

"Big brother."

Menreiki floated behind Gu Yun, like a spirit behind him: "The Three-Tailed Fox Sister said there's a call from Kyoto that you need to answer."

Gu Yun dispatched many of his shikigami to various places, each with their own work and tasks.

Those who remain by one's side are mostly shikigami who lack the ability to make their own judgments.

The Demon Blade Princess, Menreiki, and Kotodama all possess virtually no leadership skills. Sending them on missions alone would likely result in them being completely outmaneuvered by the enemy.

Therefore, they took over the job of protecting Gu Yun and serving him.

"Kyoto?"

Gu Yun did not forget his promise to Higa Kotoko.

The Kyoto Exorcist Conference has been moved up to a few days later, so Gu Yun should have started preparing by now.

However, the Exorcist Conference has little to do with Gu Yun.

He will go, Miyako and Uncle Domo will go too, but Gu Yun doesn't intend to show off.

On the contrary, the Iijima Group, which is just an ordinary company, became the behind-the-scenes financier of this meeting.

Ghost tales are on the rise, curses are rampant, and this concerns all exorcists.

The Iijima family acted swiftly. After Iijima Tamaki contacted Higa Kotoko, the Japanese government gave her the green light, providing her with money and resources as needed.

Kotoko Higa knew what Tamaki Iijima was thinking, but she didn't mind.

Putting aside the fact that Gu Yun saved her life, the Iijima family is human, and is the capital behind the Japanese government.

In Higa Kotoko's plan, the sorcerers' job is to fight against supernatural events, not to fight for power and profit.

In the outer world and the inner world, who does Kotoko Higa support?

Since the surface world needs a leader recognized by the Sorcerer's Guild, it makes little difference that the Ten Families chose the Iijima family instead of the others.

Moreover, the Iijima family also has a powerful backer, Gu Yun.

Kotoko Higa really wanted to invite Tanigumo to come out of seclusion and serve as a powerful fighting force on the modern side to maintain humanity's status.

"give it to me."

Gu Yun took the phone from Menreiki: "What happened, Kotoko? Is it the Kyoto demons?"

"No."

Higa Kotoko: "Thanks to you, Hagoromo Gitsune will keep the demons in Kyoto in check and maintain peace and tranquility in Kyoto as much as possible during the time we are holding our meeting."

Hagoromo Gitsune is quite powerful, but she doesn't want to provoke the Higa clan.

"Then, are there any other questions?"

"It's about the headquarters of the Exorcists Association."

"Aha?"

Gu Yun thought for a moment and asked, "You have to fight for this too?"

The headquarters of the Exorcists Association was originally planned to be located in Tokyo.

However, the conflict between Kanto and Kansai in Japan has never ended since ancient times. Kyoto and Osaka belong to Kansai, while Tokyo belongs to Kanto.

Historically, Kyoto's cultural heritage far surpasses that of Tokyo.

The hierarchy of contempt here is too complex to explain in a few words.

They've been criticizing and looking down on each other for years, openly mocking and subtly sarcastic.

"Does even the paranormal community have such regional conflicts?"

"It's not quite a contradiction."

What Higa Kotoko meant was that everyone is human, and humans certainly have pride.

Kyoto's historical significance in Japan is undeniable, and choosing it as the association's headquarters would be far better than choosing Tokyo.

Tokyo is simply more developed, and exorcists need to keep up with the times.

Is there a big difference in this issue?

Gu Yun didn't quite understand these people. Why did they have to get so hung up on which city the association's headquarters was in and what was the point?

Not everyone is open-minded enough.

The exorcist convention has always been held in Kyoto, firstly because the atmosphere there is better, and secondly because it is to save face for the people of Kansai.

As the president, Kotoko is naturally stationed at the headquarters, but deep down she prefers Tokyo.

Thus, the conflict arose.

Kyoto has the largest number of exorcists in Japan, accounting for 15% of the total.

The remaining 85% are distributed throughout the country, from remote mountain villages to large cities like Tokyo.

"Actually, most exorcists don't care where the headquarters is located."

"So right now, it's the exorcists in Kyoto causing trouble?"

Gu Yun understood and thought to himself, "As expected of a Kyoto native: 'This matter is useless for you to discuss with me, Kotoko. To be honest, I have no opinion on whether the headquarters is in Tokyo or Kyoto.'"