Tokyo: My Hundred Demon Scroll

Even if the number of exorcists were increased tenfold, it would still be impossible to handle the situation.

Only by freeing up the exorcists to focus on crises of mid-level or higher can the association's high-end combat power be fully utilized, maximizing the effectiveness of the exorcists.

"Owner."

The figure of the spider lily appeared in Gu Yun's study. She floated down from the sky and said, "There's news from the underworld, about Hell Girl."

"It's finally here."

Gu Yun found it strange that Enma Ai would take Huang Quan so long.

He didn't mean to look down on Enma Ai.

Hell Girl is a special envoy of Hell, an extremely obscure and hidden profession whose job is to coordinate the balance between the afterlife and the present life.

Let resentment flow to hell, one life for another, thus severing the influence of this world on the next.

Simply put, concepts like hell, the afterlife, and the underworld are theoretically the most likely sources of strange tales and myths.

However, such ghost stories are very rare.

There are many ghost stories about vengeful spirits and vengeful ghosts, but almost none of them directly involve the god of death or ghosts.

Even if they do appear, these kinds of ghosts and spirits generally won't do anything to humans.

After all, a ghost story whose core purpose is to scare humans is rather low-class and petty.

Therefore, although Enma Ai's power is not very strong, her abilities are quite important to the Otherworld.

After getting to know the Six Palaces, Gu Yun made significant progress in his understanding of various dimensions.

Gu Yun also learned many unspeakable secrets about Miketsu and Kotodama from Da Luo Tian.

First, the present world is the foundation of all worlds.

It is directly connected to the afterlife and the defiled world, and its manifestation in the real world is also the most direct.

The power of the afterlife drives life in this world toward the end of the road, ultimately causing it to lose its vitality and enter death.

The world is like a pot of boiling oil, constantly being poured onto humanity, causing all sorts of disasters.

In contrast, other dimensions are not necessarily interconnected.

For example, the virtual world and other worlds, except for the turbid world, are almost impossible to interact with.

In cases like this, it's simply a matter of upper and lower levels.

If I had to use an analogy, the present world is like a staircase in a building, which is connected to all dimensions.

The job of the messengers of hell is to prevent the filth pouring down from this world from crossing the wall of this world and flowing into the next world, thus disrupting the balance of good and evil in the next world.

Those who made a pact with Enma Ai will form a filter after they die.

The sorrow they each represent constantly absorbs similar filth until their sins are redeemed, at which point they have a chance for liberation.

In this respect, Enma Ai's work is very important.

Of course, the important thing is the work, not Enma Ai.

In fact, even without Enma Ai, Hell can still find another Hell Girl to take over her job.

Therefore, Enma Ai has always had a bad relationship with hell.

She wanted to be freed, but hell wouldn't give her that chance.

Now that news has spread from the higher-ups of the other world that a certain important figure is specifically looking for her, it seems not surprising that Enma Ai would hide in fear.

Anyone who has been exploited for so long would probably not trust easily.

How did they find her in the other world?

"Several ghost kings were dispatched to capture her and bring her back."

"Grasp?!"

Gu Yun's lips twitched slightly, and he thought to himself, "Good heavens, this is too barbaric! I'm deifying her, not putting her to trial!"

"no way."

Higanbana said awkwardly, "Enma Ai is too good at hiding things. The people in Hell are afraid of angering you, Master, so they resorted to this tactic."

"I heard that Izanami personally took charge of this matter."

With the Goddess of Impurity of the Underworld overseeing the rear, if Takamagahara knew of such a major move, he might think that the Mother Goddess was about to lead an army to counterattack the divine realm.

"Well, forget it."

I'll explain later.

After Gu Yun finished speaking, he began to think about the three conditions for awakening Yama: "I have the messenger of hell, the messenger of the underworld and the messenger of the netherworld, but I have no idea about the latter."

The messenger of the underworld, also known as the ferryman, is responsible for traveling between the world of the living and the world of the dead, guiding the lost souls of the deceased to the afterlife.

In terms of function, the messengers of the underworld are actually the superiors of the Grim Reapers.

Reiko Natsume wanted to ask Tanigumo for this divine position because she wanted the privilege of freely traveling between the two worlds.

It must be said that Reiko Natsume is indeed very suitable for this job.

Gu Yun also leans more towards Lingzi.

The only problem is that Lingzi and Gu Yun have a close relationship, and they often visit each other during holidays.

Well, even though humans and ghosts are different, you guys are just too awesome.

Based on this, things like life and death barriers, or taboos, are completely irrelevant.

"Perfect timing, let's take care of Lingzi's matter at the same time."

Gu Yun originally did not want Lingzi to inherit the position of the Yellow Spring Messenger; he wanted to give Lingzi a better one.

But upon closer reflection, it seems unnecessary to dwell on this too much.

If there's something better, we can just replace it later.

The messenger of the underworld is a high judge who rewards the good and punishes the evil, assisting the lord of the underworld in managing the laws of the afterlife.

In terms of function, it is quite similar to the judge in Eastern mythology.

Chapter 286 Reiko: I really want to go out and play

Where is Enma Ai?

"In the next world, on the banks of the Sanzu River."

Sister Hua asked, "Do we need to go now?"

"Well, let's go."

Gu Yun was fine to begin with, so it was naturally good to be able to awaken Yama as soon as possible: "Aunt, Yaodaoji, please protect my physical body."

When traveling to the other world, Gu Yun did not intend to use his spiritual vision technique to allow his physical body to travel directly between the two worlds.

Astral projection is the simplest method, far more convenient than clairvoyance.

Perfect timing, I can go see Grandpa and the others.

In the afterlife, in a fairyland like Penglai, Iijima is playing shogi with Kotaki Goshiro.

Both were intelligent people skilled in this art, so their levels were evenly matched, and they would always fight to a standstill.

"The underworld has been making a lot of noise lately, and it's even affecting the Yellow Springs."

Reiko Natsume sat to the side, preparing the ingredients created with spiritual power with Emiko Isshiki, who is Goshiro Kotaki's wife.

"Oh dear, Reiko."

Emiko laughed and said, "Now is the important cooking time, don't worry about those things."

"It's because this matter is related to Xiao Gu Yun."

Reiko Natsume said helplessly, "I heard that it was because of his orders that the underworld spirits caused such a commotion."

"Ara~~"

Emiko: "Reiko still cares so much about Kotani Kumo, but there's absolutely nothing to worry about, right?"

As she spoke, Emiko gestured towards the two people playing chess nearby, saying, "If there's any problem, someone will be more anxious than you."

"Relax, Reiko."

With his back to the two women, Iijima Gosho calmly played Go: "Gu Yun is no longer the clueless child he used to be. He has now surpassed us."

Grandpa was relatively at ease with Gu Yun.

After all, he was his own grandson, and he had personally trained him for two years, so he knew Gu Yun's personality and abilities very well.

The events in this other world lasted for almost ten days.

At first, Snail and Goshiro Kotaki were also worried and even asked their friends to inquire about the matter, wanting to know what exactly happened in the underworld.

Through the retelling of the underworld gods who worked there, they learned that a great and extraordinary deity had issued a command to the underworld—to find the successors of the three messengers of the afterlife.

At first, people didn't quite understand what this meant.

Although Snail and the others are quite strong, Lingzi has a spirit level of over 60, giving her the powerful ability to defeat the Demon King head-on.

But in this vast afterlife, Reiko and the others are still far too insignificant.

They cannot possibly extend their reach into the higher echelons of the underworld.

This time, in particular, Izanami, the goddess of filth and defilement, was personally in charge, so no matter how bold the lower-ranking spirits were, they dared not cause trouble for this queen.

Leaking intelligence is not a big deal under normal circumstances.

At such a critical moment, unless one is insane, no god of the underworld would dare to transmit important information to the outside world.

However, this wasn't the first time Lingzi and Snail had heard about the three messengers from the other world.

In fact, several years ago, when Gu Yungang awakened the other shore flower, he had mentioned this to his elders.

Gu Yun inquired about the three messengers of the afterlife and asked them to find a suitable successor for him.

Upon realizing this, the snail immediately understood.

By working backwards from this, and adding some clues circulating from the underworld, Grandpa became certain of one thing: 'That great deity seems to be my grandson!'