Tokyo Soft Rice King.

At the time, Kuroba Akira complained that this reason was too realistic; it turns out that even a god has to become a "Beijing drifter" to seek better development.

Thinking about it this way, it's not surprising that Kuroo wants to lie down and live off a woman; in fact, it's quite relatable.

"But I asked about your reasons. The old woman said she didn't quite know why you wanted to come to Tokyo. Isn't your divine status the land of Shikoku? It's one of the most stable types of divine status, right? As the local land god, and the ancient Yomizu-no-Okami, if you stayed on Shikoku Island, you could lie there forever, right? Unless Shikoku Island is deserted, or the entire island sinks..."

While it's not impossible due to plate tectonics, it feels like it will happen a very, very long time from now...

"Idiot cat! Don't use human time concepts to try to understand gods, cat!"

"What about the concept of human time... Gods only appeared after human myths and legends, right? Japanese mythology only started to be recorded in writing from the Kojiki, which is around the 8th century AD, so it's only been 1,200 years. Even if it was passed down orally before that, it's at most less than 2,000 years old. Even if you, Kuroo, are one of the earliest gods, you're at most less than 2,000 years old."

Even so, Kuroo has lived for quite a long time... I mean, she's two thousand years old, yet her mental state is still like that of a little girl.

That said, if God exists, then perhaps Jesus really did exist? And he just happens to be the same age as the Common Era…

Could Jesus live in modern times? ...It's not entirely unimaginable, after all, the Japanese have drawn a manga with a similar theme called "Saint Young Men," which tells the story of Jesus and Buddha living together in modern times...

But it won't be that down-to-earth (laughs).

"Hmph, you self-righteous little brat, how dare you assume that gods didn't exist before that, meow?"

"what?"

"Have you ever thought that maybe we've existed all along, but back then we weren't called God Cats. It was only after we encountered humans that we were influenced by them and became the form we are in now, meow. This might be our 'racial characteristic,' meow."

"Oh!"

The Chaos Gods of the Warp!

So that's how it is. Just like the Chaos Gods in the Warhammer universe, mortal emotions are the energy vortex that constitutes the Chaos Gods, and can then in turn erode and influence reality.

In fact, the prototype of the warp is the human internet, specifically the dark web, which lacks censorship and management. Therefore, it is full of violence, incitement, disgust, and eroticism, which is why the corresponding four Chaos Gods were designed.

However, according to Kuroo's description, it seems to be more like the demon in Delicious in Dungeon. It was originally an unconscious high-dimensional being, but after encountering humans and feeling their desires, it gained a sense of self and developed a appetite, becoming a demon of greed and gluttony.

Upon further investigation, it turns out that the main framework of this abstract spiritual existence comes from Jung's 'collective unconscious' and Plato's 'world of Forms'.

Well, artistic and entertainment creations usually take philosophical concepts as their foundation, so it's not surprising that this kind of design would exist.

In the end, it was humankind that conceived these things.

However, Kuroo seems a little different... Anyway, compared to those things, Kuroba Akira thinks Kuroo is much cuter.

"But I'm not sure yet, meow. It's precisely because I'm not sure that I want to know, meow. However, if I stay in my hometown, I won't have a chance to continue exploring, meow... There are too few gods in Shikoku, meow, and even the number of humans is decreasing, meow."

Kuroo sighed and continued explaining his reasons for going to the capital.

"Sigh... Anyway, what I want to know is what exactly these beings that you humans call gods are, meow."

It's actually... such a meaningful reason!

I thought Black Tail was just a useless cat god who only wanted to lie down and live off women, but her reason for coming to the capital was actually to 'investigate the origin of the race'!

Listening to Kuroba Akira's inner thoughts, Kuroo rolled his cat eyes and complained.

"Bai Zi, you've always looked down on me, haven't you...?"

But this time it didn't take offense at Kuroba Akira's rudeness and continued speaking.

"Never mind, actually I've watched humans gradually uncover their origins. You humans have researched evolution, meow, but what about us gods, meow? Where did gods come from, meow? Why do gods have all sorts of forms, meow? And why do they have different abilities, and even their powers can't be repeated... Why, meow?"

Oh, it was curiosity that drove Kuroo to start thinking about these questions.

"That's why I've started to get interested in what I really am, meow."

"I would definitely like to know."

Socrates' classic three questions on the philosophy of the soul.

who am I?

where am i from?

Where do I go?

This is not surprising, after all, gods and humans can communicate, fully understand each other's thoughts, and even have feelings, so such ideas would naturally arise.

"However, none of the gods know about these cats, nor are any gods studying them. It was only after entering the 20th century that you humans began to study the gods in all aspects. In the past, this behavior was considered 'blasphemous' and was punished by religions. But now that science has developed, you humans have less reverence for the gods, and of course, your faith has weakened as a result. Many gods have starved to death."

"Wait a minute, aren't ordinary people unaware of the existence of gods? Hmm? Come to think of it, why wouldn't ordinary people know? Although Director Saotome said that the stronger the faith in a god, the stronger their power, the more restrictions they are subject to, and they can hardly appear in front of people. But we've entered the information age, so it's strange that they can still keep it a secret from the public..."

"Xiao Dezi analyzed this point before, meow. I still remember what he said, meow."

"Oh? What are your thoughts on this, sir?"

"He said it's a monopoly by the ruling class, that the monarch's monopoly on divine power during the divine right era has continued to this day, resulting in a situation where only a small number of the upper class know about the existence of the gods."

"So that's how it is. In our world, during the period of the divine right of kings, the king monopolized the right to interpret the gods, while in this world, it's a true case of 'monopolizing the gods'..."

Damn, now that I think about it, it's not surprising that Granny Lin said some gods have children with humans.

For a king, there is no more legitimate reason than to privatize the gods... unless religious intervention is used to deem it disrespectful.

Perhaps in ancient times, many wars in this world were started by 'grabbing gods'.

Saotome Fuyumi previously expressed the view that the essence of gods is similar to that of capital, because gods will help humans in order to obtain the 'benefit' of faith, and even unite with humans for the sake of divinity.

But one day, the existence of gods will surely be made public.

"Hmm...maybe, after all, Little Dezi did something big in Japan in this world, meow."

"Hmm? Big event? Does it refer to the various reforms implemented during the Anlin Uprising?"

"That all happened later, meow. The biggest thing that Xiao Dezi did in his life was... abolishing the Emperor system, meow."

"Huh? The Emperor system has been abolished..."

It doesn't seem like such a big deal, since the modern emperor is just a symbolic figure... wait!

No, no, no!

The divine right of kings continues into modern times...!

The emperor of this world... could very well be the real emperor!

A true descendant of Amaterasu!

"Holy crap! This is outrageous!"

"That's right, meow. In this world, the emperors are all the agents of Amaterasu, and Amaterasu will transfer her divine status to the emperor's descendants, meow. So the emperor's rule is unshakeable. Although the emperor's power has been limited after the establishment of the constitution, the emperor is still the symbol of this country, meow... So you know how crazy the little devil did, meow?"

"Hmm...it's crazy, but it's also very reasonable."

When he first heard it, Kuroba Akira was indeed very shocked, but when he thought that it was Kobayashi-senpai who did it, he admired him and felt that it was "the way of the times".

He felt that even Kobayashi-senpai certainly didn't achieve this alone, but rather by following the general trend.

Kuroba Akira pinched his chin and began to analyze.

"It's probably because after the rise of science, the higher-ups who knew about the existence of gods discovered that gods were not omnipotent, and that modern humans could gradually achieve what only gods could do back then, so their reverence for gods decreased, which also led to the weakening of royal power... And there must have been a contradiction; in order to continue researching gods, the exclusive right to control the gods became an obstacle... I see, that's why Senior Kobayashi was able to start a revolution under the banner of anti-royalty, or even 'liberating the gods'..."

"Yes, that's why, after the Emperor disappeared and Amaterasu Omikami disappeared, the legitimacy was lost, and Japan became chaotic, meow. Because there was no Emperor to suppress it, various financial groups started to emerge, meow. Anyway, you humans really like to fight and argue, meow. How boring, meow."

"Hahaha... As a human, I have nothing to say about this..."

"In short, since the Emperor is gone, research on gods has been accelerating, meow. Although inhumane research on gods is forbidden, meow, there are still humans secretly conducting experiments to subjectively influence human beliefs and create gods, meow. If the weak gods hadn't been unable to manifest physical forms, they would probably have been dissected by you humans long ago, meow."

Kuroo has observed humanity across several eras and can be considered a 'human expert,' so he knows how terrifying human curiosity can be; they are capable of anything to understand the principles behind it.

Although those powerful beings who can manifest as gods are not yet captured and studied by humans, even the gods do not know what will happen in the future.

This is one of the reasons why many gods are now gathering in Tokyo and vying for faith.

Everyone fears that once their power weakens, they will one day become experimental subjects on human testing grounds.

If it weren't for the fact that gods rely on human faith, they might have already started slaughtering humans...

Of course, some radical gods proposed to 'domesticate humans'... In any case, the gods' circle has started to engage in politics, just like the humans.

Blacktail simply wasn't interested in getting involved.

"It's already progressed this far... Well, in this world, gods are a given, but humanity has still developed science, so naturally, just as they want to understand the universe, they want to understand the gods who have always existed around them..."

"Little Whitey, do you know, meow? Actually, gods are just like humans. They suddenly had the concept of 'I' at a certain 'moment', meow."

Humans typically develop a sense of self between the ages of three and six; before that, they are driven by instinct and do not retain any memories.

The earliest memory that Kuroba Akira could recall was when he was six years old (by Chinese reckoning) and watching TV with his father... At that time, his father was still healthy and not too irritable.

This is what is commonly referred to as 'starting to remember things'.

Of course, that was in his previous life. In this life, Kuroba Akira's memories should start from when he transmigrated into this body; he knows nothing about anything before that.

"We gods basically don't have any memories of when we first developed consciousness in our divine nature, meow. We only have a vague impression and know that we know what our divine nature is."

"and then?"

"Then, only when the faith gathers to a certain degree and we obtain the first fixed power 'possession' do we begin to have memories, meow."

"Possession? Possessing various life forms?"

"That's right, meow. Of course, depending on the power, the objects that can be possessed are also limited, meow."

"Could it be that you've possessed a cat's body now?"

"Of course it is, meow! You don't actually think I'm a cat, do you?"

"I thought you had turned into a cat... The cat you possessed must have lived quite a long life. I heard from the old woman that you never transformed into human form in front of her, and that you've always been a cat, right? No, this isn't just long-lived! Cats only live for about twenty years at most. What did you do to the cat you possessed?"

"They did nothing, they're just beings possessed by a god, they won't die until we leave, meow."

"It's unbelievable! That person...!"

"There is only one creature that the power of possession cannot possess, and that is a human-cat."

"I knew it……"

Otherwise, if humans and gods were one, even emperors would live forever.

"But gods can take human form, have children with humans, and then transfer their divine status to their children who have their own bloodline, meow."

"This old woman did say that only gods whose divine status is gradually decaying would do such a thing."

"That's right, although I've never done it before and don't need to transfer my divine spark, I can't help but be curious about it... How is it possible to transfer a divine spark? It's just like the possession in cultivation novels!"

"Oh yeah... isn't that just transferring your soul? Just like me..."

"Then let me ask you, what exactly is a soul, meow? Your human memories are stored in the brain, so what is the soul for, meow? And why can transferring a soul also transfer memories at the same time, meow?"