I'm having fun in Tokyo

Liangzi simply nodded.

She opened her hands in the golden space within the Imperial Vermilion Seal Pavilion, and golden ripples quickly spread, filling the entire space and expanding outwards.

At the same time, golden divine light emanated from Morikawa Yu's body outside.

The exchange of consciousness was very fast. Wei Meng's illusory world had only been released for a short time and was still spreading towards the square.

Morikawa Yu made no move, but the golden divine light of his domain grew even more intense, quickly spreading outwards at an even faster speed, while simultaneously sweeping towards Wei Meng's illusory present world.

The dark shadows of the illusion melted away as quickly as winter snow met the blazing sun.

The giant red-crowned tree behind Wei Meng suddenly trembled.

The area where the heads of the families were seated, and the area where the shrine maidens and Shimazaki Natsuko were located, were enveloped by a vast golden divine light that quickly rose into the square, forming a pure golden barrier that subtly protected them.

Morikawaha's face was expressionless.

The divine domain has already covered the entire square, and can shatter the unrealized illusion of the present world at any time.

With a calm expression, Wei Meng waved her hand, and the red tree canopy behind her and the surrounding pitch-black night quickly disappeared, while her long black and red gradient hair, which had been flowing behind her, fell back down to her waist.

She lowered her head: "It seems that Princess Morikawa has indeed inherited Princess Ryoko's position as the head priest, and her power is in no way inferior to Princess Ryoko's."

"The position of the Tokyo Metropolitan Shrine has a successor."

"I apologize for my offense just now, and the Ise Grand Shrine will offer you a gift of apology."

Morikawa Yu frowned again.

He now understood what Liangzi meant when she said, "She's here to cause trouble."

This guy named Miyu was probably ordered by the Priestess Hime to come here, deliberately looking for an opportunity to release her illusion of the real world to test whether he had inherited Ryoko's power.

But how could the priestess know about what's going on here?

Did the head of the family leak the information while he was present?

He pursed his lips: "Alright, the domain is already open, and now it's just the two of us. Say what you want to say."

"I happen to have a question I'd like to ask you."

Chapter 381 The problem is big, but don't panic (4,000 words)

Wei Meng straightened up and nodded to Sen Chuan Yu: "Your Highness, please ask."

Morikawa Yu: "My question is very simple."

"You've come here because of my taking over the position of God-King? Who told you this news? One of my people?"

Although the news of his succession as head of the shrine would be told to his respective families by the heads of the families present at today's meeting, the Ise Grand Shrine received the news before the meeting had even ended.

He couldn't help but suspect that there was a traitor within the shrine.

Wei Meng shook her head: "They are not from Your Highness's side."

"I came here on His Highness's orders."

"It was my Highness who told me that you had taken over the position of Shinto priest in Tokyo, and then sent me to your esteemed shrine to congratulate you."

Morikawa Yu frowned: "Just congratulations?"

Ryoko passed on the position of the head priest to him, and on the surface, he had "passed away and disappeared." Even if the shrine maiden and Ryoko had only a casual relationship, they should at least symbolically "remember" him at this time.

However, Wei Meng didn't mention Liang Zi at all, which made him feel that something was wrong.

Wei Meng nodded: "Yes, Your Highness."

"His Highness only allowed me to congratulate you on your inauguration."

Morikawa Yu hesitated for a moment.

For a fleeting moment, he had a subtle illusion that the priestess knew the truth about his and Yoshiko's succession to the position of god, and that Yoshiko had not truly passed away, which was why she hadn't mentioned her.

But how is this possible?

Not long after Ryoko shrunk, the only people present were herself, Hiizuki, Mitsuko, Ryoko, Akira, and Yuon.

Only Shimazaki Natsuko and Yamano Nanami knew about this later.

Ryoko seemed to share the same doubts.

She frowned in the golden space within the Goshuincho: "I haven't contacted the priestess, so it's impossible that Meikaku, Yuon, Natsuko, and Nanami leaked the information."

“There’s no reason for Scarlet Moon and that stinky fox to tell the Priestess Hime such a thing.”

Morikawa Yu shook his head inwardly, then realized another question and stared intently at Miyu: "By the way, the Priestess asked you to come and offer your congratulations, so when did she tell you about this?"

“This morning,” Wei Meng said softly, “I only arrived in Tokyo around noon.”

Morning......

Morikawa Yu was shocked.

He was still in bed sleeping with Hiizuki in the morning, and only tricked Ryoko into taking the medicine in the morning. He only agreed to take over the position of the head priest in the afternoon.

She sent Wei Meng over to congratulate her in the morning. Is this woman able to predict the future?

Ryoko was also somewhat surprised: "In the morning..."

She thought for a moment, then seemed to suddenly understand something: "Oh, that makes sense now."

"What makes sense?" Morikawa Yu asked Ryoko in his heart.

“It makes sense that the priestess knew about our agreement beforehand and sent an envoy.” Ryoko resumed her smiling demeanor.

"Ryoko, stop keeping me in suspense and tell me quickly."

Ryoko: "I wasn't going to keep you in suspense, I was just about to tell you."

She paused for a moment: "Morikawa, do you remember when we met the shrine maiden in Kyoto last month? She acted like she recognized you and knew you very well."

"remember."

Morikawa Yu nodded in his heart.

He suspected this at the time, and the priestess even wanted to take him to the Ise Grand Shrine, but he didn't know what she was planning.

Ryoko: "At the time, I was very curious about why she would do that. When I returned to Tokyo, I checked some of the secret books in the shrine and the notes of the previous priests. I found that all the priestesses, including the first priestess, had similar behaviors to her."

"Sometimes a priestess will act as if she knows someone well, but in reality she has never met that person before. It is only much later that the two of them get to know each other and become familiar."

"Sometimes the Ise Grand Shrine will do some inexplicable things under the instructions of the shrine maidens, but in the end they always manage to achieve their goals."

"These phenomena were recorded in the journal of my predecessor, who suspected that the priestess's power was 'foreseeing the future,' but she wasn't entirely sure."

"Why?" Morikawa Yu frowned.

The ability to foresee the future, a terrifying ability that's practically a bug in the system, is actually in the hands of a woman who wants to take him away and whose intentions towards him are unclear. This makes him feel extremely insecure.

Although Ryoko said that the theory that the shrine maiden could "predict the future" was uncertain, he was still somewhat uneasy.

Ryoko sighed: "Because the Ise Grand Shrine has not done anything significant with this ability to 'predict the future,' and many of the shrine maidens' schemes throughout history have failed."

"The previous god-king had fought against the previous priestess several times and won almost every time."

"If the priestesses of each generation could foresee the future, they would only need to know how they failed to avoid such failures and thus achieve success."

"But they didn't, which means that this ability to 'predict the future' doesn't help them much, or rather, it's not a true 'prediction of the future'."

"However, I suspect—no, I'm now certain—that her power is to foresee the future, though it has many limitations."

"She should be able to see fragments of the future, but only fragments. She can't see much more, doesn't know why things turned out that way, and can't change anything."

"So she may have seen you take over the position of God today, but she also saw me in the future, knew that I was not dead, and may even have seen what I looked like after I shrank, but she doesn't know why this is the case."

"She sent this shikigami messenger named Wei Meng here, probably to test the reason."

Morikawa Yu nodded thoughtfully: "So it's 'predicting the future' that only has the result, not the process, and the result isn't so accurate?"

After Liangzi's explanation, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

A guy who can predict the future is scary, but if that's all he can do, then there's not so much to worry about.

As long as I'm careful, I should be fine.

He looked at Wei Meng: "I roughly understand why your priestess sent you here. What does she want to tell me?"

Unaware that he had just communicated with Ryoko in his consciousness, he simply nodded and said, "My lady asked me to tell you that she hopes to discuss with you, Lady Mitsuko, and Lady Shrine Maiden the matter of this year's Divine Lord Conference."

A council of the gods?

Morikawa Yu frowned.

He vaguely remembered that Ryoko had told him about this, but he couldn't recall the details.

Ryoko, who had been listening to his conversation with Miyu, immediately explained, "It's a meeting between the Shinto priests to discuss and communicate matters, just like the regular meeting between the Kasumigate family and the shrine today."

"Only we and three other Meishin Taisha shrines are participating in the meeting. It is held once a year in the middle of the year, and it is already May, so it is almost time for the meeting to start."

“I was planning to tell you this later, but I didn’t expect you to come here now.”

Morikawa Yu clicked her tongue in astonishment: "Does it really have to be opened?"

"Yes, we will hold a meeting. At this meeting, we will discuss the adjustment of the affairs of the main hall of the shrine and deal with some problems that have accumulated over the years. This is a tradition of the four major shrines."

He wondered to himself, "Then...should I drive it?"

“Of course.” Ryoko chuckled. “This is a meeting that only the God Lord can attend. No one else is qualified to participate.”

“But I always had a feeling it wasn’t a good thing.” He sighed.

"Perhaps?" Ryoko still smiled. "After all, this is a formal meeting, and the matter is of great importance."

"Even if she knows I'm still alive and guesses that I didn't pass on the God's power to you, since she doesn't know the specifics, she'll definitely have some concerns and probably won't attack you."

Morikawa Yu frowned: "Probably not... but there's still a possibility that he might attack me, right?"

The sudden discovery of this matter gave him a sense of crisis.

"Yes, that's possible."

"But don't worry, besides the priestess and the goddess, your fox will also be attending the meeting."

“She is the head priestess of the Kansai region and will also be attending the meeting. I will hide in the goshuincho to protect you and make sure nothing happens to you.”

Morikawa Yu nodded.

The four major shrines include Asada Shrine, Fushimi Inari Taisha, Ise Grand Shrine, and Izumo Taisha.

The great fox is the head priest of Fushimi Inari Shrine, so of course he must attend this meeting.

However, even with Big Fox and Ryoko present, it would still be too much of a stretch for someone of his own strength to participate in such a meeting of super strong individuals.

If the shrine maiden were to forcibly attack him, he would likely find it difficult to cope and might even become a burden to the great fox and Yoshiko.

"When exactly will the Divine Council be held?" he asked Ryoko in his heart.

Ryoko: "Around the middle of the year, usually in June or July."

That's alright, there's still more than a month left.

I still have time to prepare.

Morikawa Yu snapped out of her daze and looked at Miyu.

Wei Meng then spoke again: "Your Highness Morikawa, as per the agreement of previous years, this year's conference will be hosted by your company. Please make preparations in advance."

"My lord has already informed the priestess of Izumo. Princess Mitsuko of Kansai is close to you, so please help to convey the news about the Shinto council to her."

Ryoko also said to him with her heartfelt words, "The conference two years ago was hosted by Ise Grand Shrine, and last year's conference was hosted by Inari Taisha. This year it is indeed our turn."

Morikawa Yu nodded: "Okay, I understand."

"Is there anything else?"

Wei Meng shook her head: "No more."

"The only thing my lord wants me to tell you is about the Divine Council."

The Divine Council is a secret meeting of the highest levels, and no upper-class families in any region are qualified to attend. Therefore, she ignored the family heads in the main hall square and specifically requested to speak with Morikawa Yu.

Morikawa Yu nodded again and looked at the plaza in front of the main hall.

Just now, he had Ryoko cooperate with him to release his domain, which covered the entire plaza and shrine area.

He simply waved his hand, dispelling the domain.