I'm having fun in Tokyo

Wei Meng nodded: "Yes, you look haggard."

"Looking haggard?"

Da Yuwan was stunned for a long time. Then he took out his phone, opened the camera, switched to selfie mode, and looked at himself for a long time under the light of the screen, but he still couldn't see where he looked haggard.

She looked up again at Wei Meng, only to find a slight smile on Wei Meng's lips.

"Are you kidding me?!" She immediately understood the situation and gritted her teeth: "Weimeng, you bastard!"

Wei Meng nodded: "Yeah, it was just a joke."

"This joke isn't funny at all!"

Daitamaru glared resentfully at Mimu.

Wei Meng's smile widened: "Yeah, it's not fun."

"But seeing your cheeks puff out like a squirrel when you eat always makes me think it's cute, and I want to tease you a little."

Otamaru ignored her and turned to leave.

But as soon as she took a step, she silently turned around and looked at Wei Meng.

I was almost driven mad with anger.

Wei Meng couldn't have come to Tokyo for no reason; she must have something to ask me. Maybe the shrine is calling me back. In that case, I should ask her what's going on before I leave.

She looked at Wei Meng.

Wei Meng looked at her, walked towards her, took her hand, got closer and closer to her, and finally hugged her and nuzzled her face.

Otamaru looked disgusted and closed his eyes: "You just tricked me, it's no use trying to please me now, just say what you have to say."

Wei Meng did not speak.

She rubbed against it for a while before finally letting go of Daitamamaru as if she was satisfied. She put her hands behind her back and smiled at her: "Tama-chan, don't be angry. I have some good news for you this time."

"What good news?" Daimama opened one eye and looked at Miyu's face, which was so close to his.

“If it weren’t for your master’s message that you should apologize to the outside world and take me back to Ise, I wouldn’t have listened.”

Wei Meng paused for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh: "How could it be that kind of news? But you guessed right, the Goddess did indeed want you to return to Ise..."

"But there are conditions, right? What conditions?"

Daitama opened his eyes and pushed Mimu away: "Stay away from me. You're always teasing me and you like to stick to me. Anyone who doesn't know better would think we're very close."

Wei Meng was pushed away, but she wasn't annoyed. Instead, she smiled and said, "The conditions are a bit strange. Do you want to hear them?"

"Stop rambling and just say it!"

“Okay, then I’ll tell you.” Wei Meng held up one finger: “The Goddess wants you to go back to your high school, lead your high school’s kendo club, participate in this year’s Kui Xing Qi Tournament, and win the championship.”

"The Kui Xing Flag, what's that... wait, I think I vaguely remember it, it's one of the National High School Kendo Tournaments?"

"But isn't that a competition for ordinary people in the real world?"

"Why does the goddess want me to participate in this?"

Otamaru looked disgusted, his eyes seeming to say, "You're making me participate in this kind of competition, it's an insult to my status, I'm going to get angry if you mention it again."

“Yes, it’s a competition for ordinary people in the real world.” Wei Meng nodded seriously.

"But if I told you that the person the God Lord asked you to keep an eye on is also going to participate in this kendo competition, would you agree?"

Daitamaru's gaze froze instantly: "What the hell? A human is participating too?"

"He's a great swordsman participating in a children's competition?"

"Are you still asleep or am I? If you keep joking around, I'm really going to get angry."

Wei Meng shrugged: "I'm not joking, the God told me."

"Weren't you keeping an eye on him the whole time? How come you didn't even know about something like this?"

Ootamaru's expression froze, and he stammered, "Ah... well... about this kind of thing... actually... I think..."

She couldn't very well say that she was afraid of the two great yokai from the human family, so she never dared to appear near them and just followed them from a distance, could she?

Chapter 323 Is it better to beat around the bush?

Seeing her stammering, Wei Meng smiled again and hugged her tightly.

"Stay away from me! Don't get so close!" Daitama struggled desperately and pushed Mimu away: "You're always like this."

"Why don't you just say what you mean?"

"Why would a human participate in a competition for ordinary people? And why does God want me to participate as well?"

"Isn't this too strange?"

“It’s quite strange, I don’t understand it either.” Wei Meng gently released her and frowned: “But the God said it’s for your own good, to help you remove the last bit of divinity from your body.”

"To remove divinity? To remove divinity, one needs to participate in a competition with ordinary people?"

Ootamaru frowned and pondered: "That's right. I used to be called a demon in Ise and received offerings, so I became tainted with divinity. Although I've mostly gotten rid of it now, there are still some remnants."

"When I first heard you mention this competition, my immediate thought was disdain, which shows I still have some pride inside. Participating in this kind of competition can... oh!"

Wei Meng withdrew her hand from hitting Da Yuwan's forehead.

"Sorry, while it's cute to see you analyzing things so seriously, Jade-chan, that's not what the God Lord said, you know?"

"What did the goddess say?" Daiyu rubbed his forehead.

"She said she would find you an opponent who could awaken your fighting spirit."

"Huh? What's this?" Daitamaru immediately clenched his fist.

"I have no fighting spirit? How could I have no fighting spirit? I'm super motivated, okay?"

"for example....."

"For example?" Wei Meng looked at her with a half-smile.

Seeing that Otamaru was speechless, she then became serious: "Think about it carefully, Otamaru-chan, hasn't it been a long time since you've shown any enthusiasm for anything?"

Daitamaru remained silent, stunned.

She never really understood what passion was.

So now, when Wei Meng asks her if she has ever felt passionate about anything, she doesn't know how to answer.

Wei Meng shrugged again: "It seems you sensed it, so let me tell you how I feel about you, Yu-chan."

"When I first met you, you were a spirit of Mount Ise."

"In the first generation, she seized the divine power of Amaterasu Daimyo and the Four Souls, and after becoming the head of the shrine, she made a pact with Inari and decided to relocate the shrine, moving it out of the Nara Imperial Palace."

"She searched for many places but was not satisfied with any of them. Finally, she came to Ise by the sea and chose Ise to build the shrine."

"When she first saw you, this demon of Ise, her first thought was to wipe you out and get rid of you, but she didn't expect you to be so weak, Tama-chan, completely unlike a true god."

"I wasn't a true god to begin with..." Daimamaru retorted instinctively, then silently shut up.

Every priestess had emphasized to her that she must not admit to being a god, not even by denying it.

The premise for denying something is that the thing itself exists.

She denies that she is a god, but objectively, she acknowledges the possibility of being a god.

Even if she is a ghost or a deity, not a righteous one, it's the same.

Only by denying the inherent legitimacy of "others believing themselves to be gods," and ignoring the conclusion that "one is a god" is based on "others believing themselves to be gods," can one truly negate this matter.

"Tsk, I was just about to say I misspoke, and you picked up where I left off." Wei Meng shook her head: "But there's no point in worrying about this anymore."

"Your divinity is almost gone, so saying a few words won't have any effect."

"Oh." Daitamaru nodded.

"Let me continue from where I left off." Wei Meng's expression turned serious again.

"When the First Hokage attacked you, you couldn't even catch her first probing blow and were beaten half to death... Okay, I won't talk about that, don't look at me with that dissatisfied look."

"To put it simply, when the First Hokage fought you, he thought you were too weak... Okay, don't look at me, let me put it another way."

"...Well, the First Hokage wanted to drive away you, the demon who occupied Mount Ise. Your strength exceeded her expectations, making her worry that you would die right in front of her...Wait, that doesn't seem quite right."

Wei Meng frowned.

Daitamaru's face was so dark it looked like ink could drip from it: "If you want to mock me for being weak, just say so. What's the point of beating around the bush?"

She is actually not weak.

Although its strength declined due to the influence of divinity at that time, it was still able to crush top-tier high-ranking demons, and was about the same as Wei Meng.

It was only because of the turmoil of the past thousand years, coupled with the fact that its divinity could not be completely eradicated like a maggot clinging to its bone, that it weakened to the level of a mid-tier high-ranking demon.

“Alright then, I’ll get straight to the rest.” Wei Meng shrugged: “It’s basically that the First One thought you were enjoying offerings, yet you weren’t a true god, which was quite interesting. He wanted to keep you by his side to figure out why this was happening.”

"Wasn't the Goddess Mitsuko also investigating the truth behind the disappearance of the Age of Gods at that time? Actually, the First Generation was also very curious."

"Later, that guy Inari God taught the First Generation how to transfer divinity. He made a pact with the First Generation, and the First Generation wanted to try to remove your divinity as well."

"I never expected that you, you good-for-nothing... cough, you're still being haunted by divinity."

Daiyu Maru narrowed his eyes, and only after seeing Wei Meng change her mind did he let out a soft hum.

Wei Meng said softly, "I talked with the God Lord for a long time and felt that Yu Jiang, you are already like a human being, but not quite like a human being yet."

"You experience joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness just like everyone else; you enjoy the feeling of success just like everyone else; you also acknowledge that you will fail and have experienced darkness and setbacks."

"But you are still different from other people."

"People can be lazy, just like everyone is born a lazy dog, but some people can recognize this and learn to restrain themselves, be patient and work hard to get rid of the lazy dog's identity."

"You're different; all you've learned is how to be lazy."

"Although you will work hard, it's limited to the effort itself; it's more of a pretense, pretending that you're working hard."

“You prefer to drift through each day, even though you have the goal of ‘removing the last bit of divinity,’ you still try to be lazy whenever you can, and enjoy every little bit of it.”

Even if you realize this, you will still subconsciously think, 'Wait until I finish this game,' and continue to do the same thing as before.

"Moreover, you are not only influenced by this idea. The residual divinity, inaction and desirelessness in your body have always affected you. In this respect, you are not even as good as Inari."

"Putting everything else aside, the fact that the God Lord asked you to help Qingluo this time is enough to explain everything."

"The God thought that as long as you persist in helping Qingluo, whether you succeed or fail, you will learn to persevere."

"But after you lost to that human, you immediately and decisively admitted defeat."

"The God told you to follow this human, and you only questioned her a few times before obeying her."

"Actually, she was very disappointed at the time. She wanted you to feel resentful and decide to defy her, even at the cost of your life for success. But you didn't. You were very obedient and went to the shrine of Mitsuko Shrine as a prisoner."

"Although you may think it's foolish to give your life for a goal, there has never been a shortage of such pure-hearted people among humanity."

"Later, at the Kyoto Shrine, even though the shrine master said that you could return to the shrine as long as you defeated that human great swordsman, you just foolishly stayed by his side, waiting for the shrine master to call you back."

"The results of it?"

Chapter 324 Forward! Great Swordsman! (Third Update)

"You chased him all the way to Tokyo, but you don't even dare to get close to him. Is that okay? Is that reasonable?"

Wei Meng glared at Da Yu Wan.

Daitamaru avoided eye contact: "You saw everything, didn't you, Mimu?"

“I’ve been lurking by your side ever since you were tricked into returning to the Divine Palace, but you, relying on your strength as a high-ranking demon, didn’t notice anything,” Wei Meng sighed.

"Tama-chan, although you're cute when you're lazy, I like it a lot. I've even thought about letting you stay lazy forever, as long as I'm always by your side."

"But in the end, this will only harm you."

“As long as your divinity is not completely eradicated, you will continue to weaken, from the ghost and god you once were to the high-ranking demon you are now, from the high-ranking demon to the great demon, from the great demon to the ordinary demon, and then weaken back to the little demon, until you completely disappear.”

"If that's the case, I'd rather kill you now, so you can at least leave this world with dignity and remain in my heart..."

She gazed intently at Daiyuwan.

Daiyu shrank back, looking both touched and frightened: "Weimeng, did you just confess your feelings to me?"