Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

"The only thing that needs to be filmed tomorrow is the love scene between Xia Jun and the heroine."

After the filming was over, Director Nakano, the crew, and the four actors bowed to each other in thanks.

Chapter 46: Psychic Communication Again

2024-07-13

"I didn't expect that filming a commercial would be more tiring than practicing swordplay for a day. I don't know if our heroic figures will be perfectly presented when the finished product is broadcast."

Although they had been repeatedly thrown and hit mercilessly by Xia Fan with his prop sword countless times, the faces of the three Tanaka brothers were extremely excited.

"However, in today's world where sword art is declining, we are fortunate to be able to spar with the inheritor of Xia Ji Ba Liu so thoroughly."

"Mr. Xia, thanks to your generous teachings, I have gained new insights into the way of the sword. I will go back and prepare to retreat for a few days. Our Jingxin Mingzhi Ryu's venue is in Hatchobori, Chuo District, and we are waiting for your visit at any time!"

"Tomorrow's love scene... wuwuwuwu... please, Mr. Xia, make it like today, as if you are in an empty space!"

When the three of them were leaving, they surrounded Xia Fan reluctantly and solemnly exchanged contact information.

"Is this the first emotional rivalry in my life?"

"You have to be careful tomorrow and don't do any more psychic stuff. If you speak your lines with that murderous aura, it will scare the actress."

After the first day of shooting, it was already 11 o'clock in the evening when Xia Fan returned to the apartment.

"By the way, the one I communicated with today seemed to be an ancient warrior fighting on the battlefield..."

After washing up and lying on the bed, he was still savoring the memories, emotions and mental state that remained in his heart during the "spiritual communication".

After all, this kind of "clairvoyance" in a waking state and experiencing other people's past experiences is a very new experience for him.

"There was murderous intent in his every move, but his actions were very cautious and restrained. He always maintained a strong desire to survive, as if he had some reason to live..."

He could clearly feel that beneath the warrior's strong murderous intent, there was a strong and tenacious belief that he must survive.

"I don't know if he managed to survive on the battlefield in the end."

"Pfft, what am I thinking about? If I can 'channel' you, then you must have failed..."

But soon, an intense fatigue came over him and stopped Xia Fan from thinking.

……

The second day of the commercial shoot, Kanda Shrine.

"Yes, Section Chief Yamazaki... assisting with the recording of "Gurenge" is scheduled for this afternoon? My work here is scheduled to be completed by noon, but..."

Xia Fan, still dressed as a samurai with blood stains on his body and face, stood under the eaves of the shrine's side hall and talked on the phone with Yamazaki Hiroshi.

"I can't help it. They said they finally invited Mr. Keizo Horie, and the movie schedule is very tight. Just consider it as a favor to me for lending you my precious bicycle that day. No matter what, please make time to go. I've sent the address and contact person to your phone..."

On the other end of the phone, Yamazaki Hiroshi kept pestering Xia Fan, as if he was afraid that Xia Fan would refuse, and quickly ended the call.

"Two-thirty in the afternoon, right? I should be in time. It would be helpful for me if the recording of "Red Lotus" can be completed as soon as possible."

Xia Fan sighed in confusion and silently sensed his faith value.

[Current cumulative faith value 2330]

In recent days, the rate of increase in faith value has been relatively stable, but it has also shown an overall downward trend.

If you want to further increase the speed of your faith increase and get a second "wish" chance as soon as possible, you will have to wait and see how "Gurenge" receives after the movie is released next month.

"Xia Jun, the heroine has arrived and is putting on makeup."

Director Nakano walked over with a bottle of BOLIJAN, which office workers call "life juice", in his mouth.

"The next few emotional scenes don't have complicated dialogues, the main thing is to get the emotions right. Take this time to look at the script again and get ready. Pay special attention to the position of the camera, don't move around or look around randomly."

He reminded the audience of the precautions for filming, raised his head and drank the whole bottle skillfully, and handed another bottle to Xia Fan.

Because the shooting schedule was forced to be cut in half, he spent most of the night yesterday checking and organizing the material shot the day before. This morning, he asked the actress to come over a day earlier to prepare for the shooting of the emotional scenes. He was extremely busy.

"Well, I will prepare carefully."

Xia Fan took a deep breath, focused his attention on the work at hand, opened the script in his hand and read silently.

The content of today's "romance drama" is indeed very simple. It is basically about a samurai who returns after defeating the enemy and reunites with the heroine who works as a shrine maiden after a long separation.

Compared with yesterday's "action scenes", there is no need to wield swords and it is much easier physically, but it poses a greater challenge in terms of acting.

"I'm back……"

"Ahem, no, this is just a bad reading...how about speaking a little slower and in a lower voice?"

Just as Xia Fan was studying the lines over and over again, he suddenly sensed a consciousness filled with brutality and murderous intent.

"Wait, this is... it's 'him'!"

This familiar feeling made Xia Fan immediately confirm that this was the spirit of the unknown warrior whom he had "communicated with" yesterday.

"No, you can't go and sense it. If you accidentally let the psychic affect your emotions, today's emotional drama will be ruined."

The more Xia Fan wanted to hold his breath and concentrate, not to sense that consciousness, the stronger that "sense of connection" became.

In a trance, a simple dressing room appeared before his eyes.

A slim and fair woman, wearing only her underwear, was holding a rather complicated miko costume, and seemed to be studying how to put it on...

"This scene is... the dressing room in the other side hall... Then this woman should be the 'female lead' who will be filming opposite me today?"

While Xia Fan was still thinking, the line of sight he was sensing shook slightly.

"Is... is it you... Kaho...?"

As his thoughts flashed through his mind, the being he was "communicating with" began to move closer to the actress, stretching out his arm wrapped in black armor...

"Is anyone there?"

The actress seemed to notice something, subconsciously covered her chest with her miko's clothes, and looked around blankly...

"you you……"

When she faced the direction of "Xia Fan", she seemed to see something and showed a horrified expression.

"I...finally...found you..."

At the same time, the door of the dressing room behind her was pushed open, and a girl in a red and white witch costume rushed in with an umbrella sword in hand...

It was none other than Jinguji Aoi.

"what!!!!"

Almost at the same time, a woman's scream was heard inside the side hall, interrupting Xia Fan's "spiritual" state.

"Oh no... It must be the spirit of that samurai that's causing trouble, confronting the Jinguji priestess..."

Without caring about anything else, Xia Fan took a step forward and ran towards the side hall that served as a temporary changing room.

"Director Nakano! Everyone! What's wrong with you?"

In the open space outside the side hall, Director Nakano and several staff members were lying around unconscious with painful expressions on their faces.

Chapter 47: The Rebellious Person

2024-07-13

"Are these things around here foul air? Why are they different from what is written in the file? They are a bit gray..."

Only then did Xia Fan notice that there was a mixture of black and gray air, spreading outwards with the side hall in front of him as the center.

The surface of the surrounding Kanda Shrine buildings lit up with a layer of green fluorescence, silently absorbing this strange and violent aura, but there was no further reaction.

"In short, they were affected by this aura, so they fainted?"

A few days ago, someone from Section 9 secretly delivered the post-investigation reports on the "Ikebukuro Blood Festival" and "Toilet Paper Girl" cases.

After watching it, Xia Fan also had a preliminary understanding of supernatural concepts such as "dirty air" and "spirits".

If ordinary people inhale a large amount of "dirty air" in a short period of time, they can easily experience symptoms such as abnormal emotions, mental confusion, visions of spirits, and coma.

"Ugh!"

At the same time, the girl's low cry of pain came from the side hall.

"Oh no, Jinguji Miko!"

After confirming that Director Nakano and the others were breathing steadily, Xia Fan rushed into the side hall while dialing the emergency contact number of Lesson 9 stored in his mobile phone.

In the center of the locker room, a black warrior covered in tattered armor and holding a katana in his hand came into Xia Fan's sight.

The overwhelming black and gray aura emanated from Him.

Not far from the warrior's feet, the actress was lying naked and unconscious.

On the other side of the locker room, Aoi Jinguji had blood at the corner of her mouth, a black blade in her hand, and she could only stand up straight with her back against the wall. It seemed that she had suffered serious injuries.

"Master Xia Fan, be careful, the foul air has turned gray, this is the power of the God of Wilderness. This guy is not only the God of Wilderness, but also has excellent swordsmanship!"

Seeing Xia Fan appear at the door, Jinguji Aoi perked up and reminded him loudly.

In the absurd belief culture of "everything has a soul" in District 11, whether it is the living, the dead, the scarecrow, the stove, the house, the wild beast, even the stones, the bones, the buttocks, and the giant penis, they have all been worshipped by the ignorant people.

Because of this kind of "wild sacrificial behavior", the existence that condenses foul air and faith as the source of power is called "wild god".

Although some wild gods are as weak as evil spirits and some are as powerful as righteous gods, it must be acknowledged that they are superior beings that have "divine nature" like gods and can absorb faith.

The "Wild God" in front of him, who looked like a warrior, had strong power and extremely superb sword skills. It was obvious that he had fought on the battlefield during his lifetime and had been worshipped for at least a hundred years after his death.

Aoi Jinguji, who had practiced sword for many years, was injured by the opponent in their first fight.

"The God of Wilderness? The 'Tian Yu Shen' in my body, judging by the name, should be more powerful than this guy, right?"

Seeing the samurai slowly turning around, raising his sword, and approaching Jinguji Aoi again, Xia Fan didn't care about anything else and rushed directly into the house...

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However, his steps suddenly became uncontrollable and he froze in place.

"Tian Yu Shen...it's you..."

In the dressing room, the reflection on the broken mirror was no longer Xia Fan, but a girl with black hair, black eyes and a black kimono...

God of Heaven, God has descended here.

"I was careless! I should have thought of this when the cumulative faith value exceeded 1000 again..."

Gazing at the smiling "Tian Yu Shen" in the mirror, Xia Fan suddenly understood everything.

The last time the God Tianyu descended was probably when the cumulative faith value exceeded 1000.

This time, her faith had already exceeded 2000, but she still hadn't received the "God's descent" yet...

It's not that he can't, but he deliberately paralyzes himself, waiting for an opportunity to stop himself from looking for the vengeful spirits to consume his faith.

"Yes, it is too much for a mere divine body to wantonly consume the precious faith of the gods."

"What's more, that miko is the one I hate the most, the daughter of Amaterasu."

Xia Fan's pupils gradually turned pure black, an evil grin appeared on the corners of his mouth, and cold words came out of his throat.

At the same time, the sword in the hands of the wild god warrior slashed out again...

"Ugh..."

Jinguji Aoi's short sword burst into flames, and after struggling with the sword for one more time, she fell to the ground exhausted.

"Today, you will watch her being killed by this desolate god."

"After this, you will be the enemy of Amaterasu for the rest of your life. There is no other way to go..."

Before he could finish his words, the hideous smile of “Tian Yu Shen” froze on his face.

"You are here, are you kidding me..."

Xia Fan's voice came out from his throat again.

"What? You can resist the 'God's Descent' so quickly?"

"Tian Yu Shen" let out a surprised low cry through Xia Fan's mouth.

After repeatedly experiencing divine descent and "spiritual communication", the human soul will gradually adapt to this state and gradually gain a sense of control.

However, Xia Fan, who had only experienced one divine descent and one spiritual communication, was able to snatch control of his body from himself, who was a god...