From Earthbound Spirit to Tokyo Evil

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Chapter 18 Life-saving straw

huh... huh...

The small shrine fell into deathly silence, and the only sound that could be heard was Kentaro Sato's own heartbeat and breathing.

When everything was quiet, they could even vaguely hear the chatter of the drinkers in the Tsuru-sho next door, and Matsushige Goro was loudly scolding Aoki Yui.

Kentaro Sato's mind was in a mess.

This shrine was built by his grandfather, who was once a priest at Kyoto Inari Taisha Shrine. He prayed devoutly to the gods all his life, hoping to receive their protection and guidance, but until his death, this wish had never been fulfilled even once.

This made his father begin to doubt whether there were really gods in this world. Perhaps because of such doubts, the situation of the shrine became increasingly dire, and even his mother became seriously ill. His father was filled with remorse, and in the last few years before his death he kept begging the gods to forgive his mistakes, and died in depression.

But Kentaro Sato never believed in the existence of gods.

If gods exist, why do they, as gods' representatives on earth, encounter such misfortunes, have so many bad lucks, and even cannot protect their own families?

In order to prove this, he used his identity to visit shrines everywhere, but the result was the same.

All the clergymen's statements were almost exactly the same, but they were carefully fabricated lies to trick believers into spending money. Not even one clergyman dared to admit that he had indeed received guidance from the gods. Everything was illusory and only sincerity could make it work.

A shrine that sells health amulets would never dare to reveal the fact that they go to the hospital for treatment, and a shrine that sells academic amulets would never say which prestigious school their children go to.

It was just the same as a telephone scam, but it was under the guise of bringing happiness and well-being to people. The funny thing was that he had seen everything clearly and should have a clear mind about the things in this world, but he was deceived by his old classmate and completely lost everything.

He was already prepared to end his own life...but why did something like this happen at this moment?

"You...who are you?"

The phone screen that had gone black suddenly lit up again.

【I am God】

"Impossible! There are no gods in this world!" Sato Kentaro suddenly overcame his fear and shouted loudly at the empty space in front of him.

【Everything can be a spirit. Japan has eight million gods. Rabbits, monkeys, foxes, and pheasants can all have their own shrines. Why can't I be a god?】

Kentaro Sato was stunned, then nodded, and the next second, the fire of hope suddenly burned fiercely.

"Excuse me, what is your name? What do you want me to do?!"

You're using honorifics so soon. It seems you chose the right person.

Xia Chuan was floating in the air observing him. His breathing became rapid again and his heartbeat suddenly quickened. Compared to before, at least in terms of his mental outlook, he was like a completely different person.

Matsushige Goro had already started urging Yui to get off work, so he made Sato Kentaro wait for more than ten seconds before he started typing again.

[It's not what I want you to do, but what you can do for me. I will come again, and I hope that by then, you will have an answer that can impress me. There is only one chance, so I hope you will take care of yourself.]

"Honorable God? Great God!" The cell phone suddenly turned off by itself. Kentaro Sato was shocked and anxious. He shouted loudly. When he got no response, he ran out of the social affairs office.

Everything returned to normal. He anxiously opened his phone, but couldn't find the previous words anywhere.

Is this my imagination? Am I crazy?

He grabbed his hair, turned around in a daze for a few times, and searched on his phone repeatedly, but still found nothing.

Did those things really happen before?

Xia Chuan was watching him not far away and couldn't help laughing.

The meat delivered to your door is not delicious.

Take the initiative to show up to save him, tell him that you can help him, and trade with him, and the relationship between the two sides will become equal. He may even doubt your motives, resist, waver, and be hesitant, which will bring many variables.

But if he is allowed to see a glimmer of hope, and is forced to desperately grasp that little bit of hope of turning things around through his own efforts, then no matter what he gets, he will definitely hold on to it tightly and never give up easily.

The former will wonder why you only give him that, what is the purpose, and how to get more. But the latter, no matter what you give him, he will be happy to take it.

"Mr. Guardian Spirit?" Yui changed her clothes and walked out of Tsuru Manor.

Xia Chuan floated over and gently touched the tip of her nose.

"I heard that Mr. Sato from the shrine next door just had an accident?"

[It doesn’t matter anymore]

"Really? That's great!" Yui felt relieved and started to whisper about what happened in the izakaya while happily going home.

Although Mr. Guardian Spirit knew everything and was even right next to her, she still liked to share her feelings with him and longed for his response and recognition.

"It turns out that Mr. Inogashira and Mr. Matsushige are from the same hometown. He wanted to tell me about Mr. Matsushige's school life, but Mr. Matsushige stopped him."

[Next time you can ask your boss when he is too busy]

"That's right, but Mr. Matsushige will be angry, right?"

Xia Chuan looked at her face from the side. The longer she was away from school, the less gloom there was on her face and the more she smiled.

so good!

Be patient, you will soon be able to start a new life and return to the environment you should be in at your age.

In the next few days, Xiachuan had no contact with Sato. He just watched him silently and observed his actions.

He seemed to be completely lost in self-doubt, always muttering to himself, walking back and forth in the shrine, running to the worship hall again and again, or constantly checking his phone.

He even went to the hospital to get the medicine, but after much hesitation he did not take it and just threw it aside.

On the third day, he finally began to write and draw on the paper, tear it up, crumple it into a ball, then pick it up again, scribble and make corrections, and tear it up again.

This kind of mania and anxiety finally reached its peak on the fifth night. The phone finally rang again, but it was not a call from the financial company, but a call from the financial company.

He didn't dare to answer it, but he didn't dare not to answer it. After hesitating for a long time, he finally picked up the phone.

"Sato! You want to die, don't you? If you don't answer the phone next time, I'll sell you to a fishing boat!"

"Yes, yes, I'm so sorry..."

"It's due soon. How are you preparing the money?"

Sato's face twitched: "There are some clues. Please give me some more time, I will definitely..."

"Don't play tricks on us! Sato, you should understand the consequences of not paying the money when the time comes, right?"

"Yes Yes……"

"Come here by yourself when the deadline comes. Don't make us look for you again. The boss has a backache these days and is in a bad mood. If you offend him, no one can help you."

"Yes Yes……"

The call finally ended. Sato raised the phone and wanted to smash it directly. He held it high up, but did not do so. Instead, he slowly put it down, then put it against his forehead and began to pray in a low voice: "Please, please, please give me a chance, even if it is just a tiny chance... I can do anything, God, please..."

The phone screen suddenly lit up.

[Sato, are you ready? ]

"Yes! Yes!" Sato cried out in joy and tears. "I'm ready for everything!"

Chapter 19 Stockholm Syndrome

[Well, tell me.]

Facing the ecstatic Sato, Natsukawa simply typed these few words briefly.

This cold attitude finally calmed Kentaro Sato down a little. He calmed himself down and began to speak his thoughts into his phone.

In fact, Xia Chuan already knew roughly what he was going to say, but there was nothing he could do about it. In the past few days, when he was muttering to himself, many things had already been said or written down.

However, he did not stop Sato from finishing his speech, but instead used this opportunity to observe Sato's performance.

After all, many people may not be able to express their ideas clearly when they are on stage, no matter how well they prepare. Some people, however, may have a flash of inspiration at the critical moment and say something refreshing.

Sato's performance can only be described as mediocre. After all, he has been educated by priests since he was a child, so his ability to express himself is not bad, and his ability to accept gods is definitely better than that of ordinary people. His experience of working in a company and being cheated and bankrupted has given him a clearer understanding of human relationships and the various aspects of the world.

His difficulty was that Xia Chuan did not tell him what he could do, what he was willing to do, and what he wanted, leaving him with no idea what to do. Not being able to see Xia Chuan and not knowing whether his performance satisfied the other party further increased the difficulty of his explanation.

He could only draw up a large and comprehensive plan based on his own guesses, and at the same time he also made more specific plans for several different possibilities in preparation for Xia Chuan's inquiries.

The phone screen remained black, and Xia Chuan didn't express any opinion on his plan, which made him more and more stressed.

After all, Xia Chuan had told him last time that there was only one chance.

When he finally finished explaining his entire plan after spending nearly an hour, Xia Chuan still did not comment, but simply responded: [I understand]

This bland statement made Sato Kentaro a little upset. Fortunately, Natsukawa quickly asked a new question this time: [What do you think of Akasaka? ]

"Akasaka? Are you talking about... the Akasaka in Minato?"

[Akasaka is a specialized organization dedicated to finding and destroying all supernatural forces. They are the enemy of all people with special abilities and gods. They are very dangerous and are likely to have already taken control of the Zonglian and its various alliances, so your plan is worthless.]

This answer almost made Kentaro Sato despair. He immediately knelt down and said eagerly and pleadingly: "Please forgive my ignorance! Please give me another chance! I will definitely come up with a decent plan this time! Please, please give me another chance!"

The phone was unresponsive for a long time. After a few minutes, the screen finally lit up again.

This is the final test

"Yes! Yes! Thank you very much!" Sato said hurriedly.

At this point, he could no longer care about anything else, and he was not willing to think about whether there was any conspiracy behind this. Even if he was going to go to hell in the future, that was at least a matter of the future, but if he could not seize this last chance, he would have no future to consider.

[Convince a seriously ill person to come to the shrine. Show him a miracle while asking him to keep it secret.]

"Serious illness? What kind of illness? What should I do?"

There was no answer to the next question, and Kentaro Sato could only accept that the god who suddenly appeared had left, and he still got nothing except very little information.

What exactly is Akasaka, how dangerous is it, and how can it perform miracles after bringing the patient here?

More questions came up, but he had no other choice but to think hard again.

What would he do?

Xia Chuan was very curious about this.

The more he talked, the more information he revealed, and the greater the possibility of being discovered. It was for this reason that he decided to only give Sato Kentaro the most basic information, and let him figure out everything else.

The so-called God is just a synonym for mystery.

If he explains everything clearly and even tells him directly what to do, then he is not a god. It would be better to call him a nanny.

What's even worse is that he fails due to some lack of consideration. In that case, will Sato still believe that he is a god?

Let him think, plan and implement on his own, and Xia Chuan will only provide the most basic help when he is almost certain.

Success is due to God's guidance, and failure is because he doesn't work hard enough or is not good enough. Is there any better way to operate than this?

Of course he hoped that Kentaro Sato would succeed, but it didn't matter if he failed. He hadn't invested anything in it anyway, so he could just find another tool.

Kentaro Sato had no idea that he had gloriously become the number one backup tool for Natsukawa Daimyojin. When Yui Aoki was returning home from work, he was still thinking hard, with veins popping out on his forehead.

"Mr. Matsushige praised me today!"

[Huh? Is there such a thing? That person? It's unlikely, right? ]

"What? So Mr. Guardian Spirit wasn't always by my side?"

[Well... I sometimes go to the roof to bask in the sun, but as long as you need me, I will be back immediately! ]

“Sunbathing on the roof? But it will be dark by then?” Yui was a little confused.

[What did Matsushige say? I suddenly became curious]

Natsukawa hurriedly changed the subject, and Aoki Yui did not continue to ask questions. Instead, she excitedly began to describe to him what Matsushige Goro said.

[Are you sure that's a compliment? ]

"Huh? Isn't it?" Yui asked in surprise.

No matter how you look at it, it's just a roundabout complaint... But looking at her happy expression, Xia Chuan decided not to expose the truth.

[Now that I think about it, this is indeed a very high evaluation for that person.]

"Yes!" Yui excitedly jumped forward a few steps on one foot. "Mr. Matsushige is so gentle."

Is this some kind of Stockholm syndrome?

Xia Chuan thought helplessly.