From Earthbound Spirit to Tokyo Evil

What happened on this day was undoubtedly a demonstration of how God acts. People with different positions naturally saw different things in the actions of Kawaguchi Rena and Kiryu Ichiryu, but the common uneasiness for them was still a complete change in the previous rules of the game.

Not only that, the actions of Kawaguchi Rena and Kiryu Ichiryu both confirmed the protection of religion and the yakuza, which made the people who were originally high and mighty feel uneasy.

No matter how you look at it, this is a signal that after taking action against religion and the underworld, they will continue to take action against the political world. However, the various methods, relationships and bargaining chips that have worked in the past are completely useless at this moment.

Many political families with a long tradition originally thought that they could still sit on the throne, just like the previous power changes, no matter who came to power, they would still need to rely on their strength to stabilize the situation. But now it seems that the god who suddenly became the ruler of Japan has no rules, no politics, and ignores the existing rules and traditions. As a result, after Kawaguchi Rena and Kiryu Ichiryu have successively taken charge of certain aspects of the affairs, who will be responsible for leading the national affairs has become a very important issue for them, and it can even be said to be a matter of life and death.

Phone calls, faxes, and emails were non-stop. Many people were originally fighting for their own ambitions, but now they were beginning to be integrated. Various transactions, lobbying, and coercion were staged non-stop. All the information about the gods and the people around him was taken out again and repeatedly studied and analyzed.

The proposals originally put forward by many people were overturned, integrated, modified, and re-drafted in the name of the person who was considered the most promising person in the faction.

Many people had to "voluntarily" destroy their own proposals and were supervised by someone to ensure that they would not suddenly come up with something inappropriate to participate in the competition at the last minute.

Kuroda Mitsuru's thoughts and actions of participating in the competition were finally exposed. He had had long-term contact with God, maintained a good relationship with the Kasumigawa-kai, and even served as a medium of information between God and the political circles. He was immediately regarded by the vast majority as the most powerful candidate.

Many factions simply gave up the idea of ​​participating in the competition and turned to various channels to seek cooperation and mutual understanding with Kuroda Koji, hoping to get his promise and recognition. Naturally, they were also willing to use all kinds of resources to trade with him.

No matter how special his qualifications are, he is still a member of the Japanese bureaucracy and someone that people can understand and guess about.

Natsukawa did not set a deadline for the proposal submission. Although everyone assumed that the deadline was seventy-two hours after Kuroda Mitsuru received the order from him, no one knew whether the god would suddenly make another decision and suddenly deadline the proposal submission.

Therefore, no one dared to submit their proposals at the last minute. Before noon, all those who were interested in participating in the competition had already submitted their proposals and led their teams to wait near the Skeleton Shrine in case of inquiries.

"A lot less than you thought?"

Xia Chuan didn't pay much attention to this matter, so he didn't know how many things had happened in secret in just three days. However, he originally thought that there would be at least hundreds of plans submitted to him for review, but he didn't expect that in the end, only a dozen or so plans were submitted to him.

Long Qingting and others who were asked by him to help with ideas could only smile.

Xia Chuan's body had now been compressed to more than three meters in height. Although it was not exactly the same as his previous state, but another state he had figured out by himself, he had generally acquired similar abilities. This allowed Paul to finally be summoned again, and he immediately became his chief assistant.

It has broken through the limitations of the octopus itself and can have hundreds of tentacles and dozens of eyes, which allows it to effortlessly pick up all the plans and review them at the same time, while also recording those clauses that it thinks may suit Xia Chuan's wishes.

After presenting all the plans, Kuroda Koji left the room on his own accord. Natsukawa felt a little strange, but soon got the answer from Paul.

"Kuroda, don't leave yet. Why, do you also want to compete for the position of Prime Minister?"

"My Lord God, please forgive me for being so presumptuous, but I think that in the new Neon, Akasaka's role and importance have greatly declined, and the role he can play will become increasingly limited. Therefore, I urgently hope to continue to serve you in a position that is more suitable for me and use my insignificant strengths."

"That's right." Xia Chuan nodded.

The clan alliance was divided and handed over to Kawaguchi Rena, and matters related to aliens were divided and handed over to Erika. Moreover, as long as the aliens in Japan do not suddenly go crazy and reject his olive branch, the disputes between aliens and humans will inevitably become less and less in the future.

Although for various reasons, evil spirits may inevitably appear and someone still needs to deal with them, the miko, priests and chosen warriors of the Kasumigawa Society, as well as the aliens who will be recruited to the Skeleton Society in the future, are better suited to perform such tasks than Akasaka in any way.

Considering that the existence of gods, aliens, and evil spirits is a fact that cannot be concealed, and that Akasaka's most important function in the past no longer exists, whether Neon's future still needs an organization like Akasaka has indeed become a question that needs to be seriously considered.

It’s a bit of a pity, but for those humans who once risked their fragile lives to fight against supernatural forces, this may be the best outcome.

"Well, go outside and wait for the results."

Paul quickly looked through all the plans and the result was not surprising. The plan submitted by Kuroda Koji could be said to have taken all aspects into consideration and basically catered to Natsukawa's possible ideas, making it much superior to other plans.

It is worth mentioning that the most radical plan came from a cult that Kawaguchi Reina had targeted but had not yet taken action against. Even Xia Chuan found the ideas in the plan inconceivable and embarrassed him. The leaders of this cult were probably desperate and tried to find a ray of hope in this way, but they were really going too far.

Natsukawa handed the plan directly to Kawaguchi Rena. Her expression looked a little strange, as if she was trying hard to maintain the expression of Kiryu Kazuyu, but she really couldn't help laughing.

"Laugh if you want to, there's no need to hold it in." Xia Chuan sighed. "You need to be majestic to intimidate the people below, I completely understand that. But I still hope that you can live like yourself, like a girl of your age, instead of having to become another Kiryu. The previous bet was just to scare you, you don't have to put too much pressure on yourself, just do your best."

Kiryu Ichiryu stood there silently without saying anything. Kawaguchi Reina thought about it seriously for a while and nodded vigorously: "I understand. God, thank you very much!"

"What do you think?" Natsukawa handed Kuroda Koji's proposal to everyone. The content was concise and clear, and it didn't take much time to read it.

"There shouldn't be any suspense now?" Long Qingting said. "Appointing a prime minister is a big deal. Haiqi, do you want to invite the heads of state of various countries to Tokyo to watch the ceremony?"

Xia Chuan thought about it for a moment and thought that holding a ceremony in a ruin didn't seem very honorable. Besides, there were so many things to do right now, and he couldn't handle them all. Why would he waste his time and energy on meaningless things?

"No need for that. Does my Prime Minister need those things to be recognized and perform his duties? When Tokyo is basically rebuilt and he truly proves that he is worthy of this position, it will not be too late to hold the appointment ceremony."

"Call Kuroda Koji in!"

Chapter 315 Kuroda's New Deal

Although there was no plan to hold a grand appointment ceremony, in order to allow Kuroda Mitsuru to use his authority to perform his duties, Natsukawa finally held a simple appointment ceremony at the Skeleton Shrine.

Tokyo was still in a mess, and Kuroda Koji himself was prepared to offend a large group of people, so he didn't actually care how many people came to watch the ceremony.

According to Xia Chuan's thinking, in the future, a large number of vested interests will inevitably fall from the clouds, and may even be imprisoned, with their families broken up. Xia Chuan, the god, is too powerful to be the target of people's hatred. Then, he, the guy who is responsible for the specific operation of these affairs, will most likely become a scapegoat and attract everyone's hatred.

Therefore, it really doesn't matter how many people come to watch the ceremony now. What's important is that most of the people with more presence and influence in Xiachuan's camp attended the ceremony, and envoys and important foreign guests from various countries, including Long Qingting and Natasha, also attended the ceremony.

Few people dared to stand next to Xia Chuan. The ones closest to him were Yui Aoki, Chiyu Moriyama, and Long Qingting and Natasha, two guys representing the powerful organizations of the two countries respectively.

With a determined expression on his face, Kuroda Mitsurugi took the ceremonial sword made of soul jade, which represented the divine authority, from Natsukawa, put on the soul jade amulet that Natsukawa had made especially for him, bowed respectfully to Natsukawa, and then began to walk towards the crowd to accept people's congratulations and blessings.

Long Qingting lowered his voice and said to Xia Chuan, "This guy will probably become the most annoying person in Tokyo, right? Aren't you going to give him some bodyguards or witches?"

"As long as he carries the amulet and the ceremonial sword, he'll be fine," Xia Chuan replied. "He can kill the enemy with one strike before I take action, even if the miko is nearby."

Long Qingting nodded, and Xia Chuan then asked, "The Special Management Bureau is still not going to let you go back?"

"Who knows? At least they have to wait until you are stable. Will they feel relieved?"

"Well, since you have nothing to do, why don't you help play the villain and distract Kuroda from his firepower? Maybe if your reputation in Japan becomes bad enough, they will let you go back?"

"Ha." Long Qingting laughed. "You said it, don't blame me if anything goes wrong."

"What about me?" Natasha also got excited. "I can be a villain, too!"

"As for you..." Natsukawa thought for a moment. "Go and help Erika bring all the weirdos in Japan to Tokyo."

From the perspective of strength, it would be more appropriate for the two to swap tasks. However, Long Qingting was too strong, and the demon fox could hardly command him, while Miss Werewolf's IQ was too low. When facing those human spirits, Xia Chuan was afraid that she would either be fooled around or get angry and kill people indiscriminately, disrupting Kuroda Koji's actions.

After being legitimated, Kuroda Koji's first action was to further split Akasaka and transfer a large number of personnel to form his new government.

Although in order to appease and bribe those faction leaders, most of the cabinet minister positions were given to them in exchange for their support, all the powerful departments below were staffed by Akasaka's people. At least there were Akasaka's people supervising in key positions to ensure the direction and progress of policy implementation.

He also set up a special operations department under his secretariat, filling it with a large number of Akasaka agents who were originally on the front line, responsible for protecting himself and other Akasaka officials, and arresting and searching targets that needed to be attacked. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, which was originally the main tool for Tokyo Watch to crack down on politicians, also quickly underwent a major change, filling it with a large number of Akasaka members.

Then, Kuroda Koji began to act quietly.

The first move was to make the local emperor, who had already prepared himself mentally, "voluntarily" abdicate, and all members of the royal family also "voluntarily" resigned their so-called royal status and became commoners. The local emperor publicly issued a statement supporting Natsukawa Daimyojin's rule over Japan, announcing that Japan's political and Shinto system was officially transferred from Amaterasu to Natsukawa.

In exchange, the Tuhuang family and a large number of royal family members were allowed to retain some assets to maintain a decent life, and their safety was also promised. The Kasumigawa Association did not investigate the Tuhuang family's past transgressions of claiming to be living gods and ruling over Shinto, and did not demolish the existing shrines and temples that commemorated the ancestors of the Tuhuang, but instead turned them into museums and parks that no longer had sacrificial functions.

Kawaguchi Rena was quite dissatisfied with this arrangement, but this approach completely solved Natsukawa's rule over Japan from a legal perspective, and it was also a psychological transition for most Japanese civilians, so she gained Natsukawa's support.

The second move is to dissolve Parliament.

The way the prime minister and the cabinet are determined has completely changed, and the original rules of the political game must naturally be completely overturned.

As a god and the supreme ruler of Neon, Xiachuan naturally could not accept the control of the so-called parliament, and the prime minister he appointed could not be interfered with or restricted by the parliament. In this way, in addition to losing the function of electing the prime minister, the original powers of parliament such as legislation, deliberation, approval, and impeachment no longer exist.

Xiachuan even thought that such a congress could be directly abolished. There was no need for it to continue to exist, and it was a waste of money. After Kuroda Koji's pleading, he finally agreed to keep the congress. However, the Senate will no longer be publicly elected, but will be served by the future chief priests of the Xiachuan Shrines in various places, with the number to be determined, while the House of Representatives will temporarily maintain the existing number and election method, but will completely abolish all the original committees, cancel most of the original functions, and only retain the supervision, proposal and suggestion rights. At the same time, the annual expenses of members of parliament will be greatly reduced accordingly, the offices and supporting personnel of members of parliament will be cancelled, and most of the privileges of members of parliament will be cancelled.

The political parties were able to continue to exist, but under such a system they could no longer influence the cabinet's policies as meaningful political entities. It was foreseeable that as Natsukawa's rule in Neon continued, they would inevitably gradually die out and be replaced by new political groups and methods.

Xia Chuan's idea of ​​abolishing the Japanese civil service army and freeing up the huge military budget to do something more meaningful was also put on the agenda.

With Natsukawa, Neon really didn't need to continue to maintain a large army with huge costs and questionable combat effectiveness. However, under Kuroda Koji's suggestion, this work was not carried out in a hurry, but rather in a slow and steady manner, planning to use five to ten years to stop recruiting new personnel, lay off unqualified personnel, gradually transfer existing personnel to other fields and departments, and gradually sell existing weapons and equipment to other countries.

Kuroda Koji's biggest task is to rebuild Tokyo and to ensure the stability of the Neon economy as much as possible in the new world order, foreseeable economic crisis and humanitarian crisis.

This is by no means an easy task. However, with the massive capital that Kawaguchi Reina desperately plundered from various sects, the funds and promises of stabilizing social order obtained by Kiryu Ichiryu through the Yakuza, and the support and statements from the two major countries because of Natsukawa's existence, this is not an impossible task.

Chapter 316: The End of a Great Nation

After arranging all four aspects of affairs, Xia Chuan suddenly felt relaxed.

This certainly doesn't mean that he can just be a hands-off boss and not have to worry about anything. Rather, those tedious and worrying things have been taken care of by dedicated people, and he only needs to be their pillar of support and help them when they encounter major problems and difficulties.

This is also the attitude he should have as a god.

The gods’ affairs belong to the gods, and the mortals’ affairs belong to the mortals. His duty should only be to draw up a blueprint, or even just to set a goal.

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Perhaps because the shrine maidens chose to evacuate directly from the very beginning, the Skeleton Shrine that Akasaka had invested heavily in building was unexpectedly intact in the disaster. The huge open space around it soon became a large area for relocating refugees at the insistence of Yui Aoki. The victims who were gathered and resettled here soon became devout believers under the influence of the shrine maidens, and even began to spontaneously help them to go to farther places to rescue people in other places.

Thanks to Xia Chuan's previous miracle, all the injured were treated, all the trapped were brought out by him, and even the radioactive dust brought by the nuclear explosion was cleared away. Although this widespread disaster caused the deaths of many people, the disaster relief work was simpler than any previous disaster.

There were no injured or even sick people, and there was no need to rush to dig out the trapped people. All they had to do was to build temporary shelters as quickly as possible, ensure order, deliver all kinds of supplies, and restore traffic on the main roads.

There were so many wishes that Xia Chuan simply performed miracles several more times, clearing a large piece of flat land. A large number of tents were quickly set up, and temporary board houses and simple houses were also built in large numbers. People even transported batches of containers directly from the port, and after simply processing the ventilation holes, they used them as houses to live in.

Many people also moved in batches to areas around Tokyo that were not affected under the guidance of the new government formed by the Kasumigawa-kai and Kuroda Mitsui.

Stadiums, gymnasiums, and schools were all requisitioned, and many previously vacant residential houses, office buildings, factories, and other places around Tokyo were also requisitioned to accommodate the victims. After Rena Kawaguchi set an example by resolving the issue of two or three sects, many temples, shrines, and churches also took the initiative to open their venues and welcome the victims to stay.

Large amounts of supplies continued to arrive from all over Japan. A few days later, food and various relief supplies from Daxia and Russia also entered Tokyo Bay via large cargo ships and were delivered to various places in Tokyo.

The situation was getting better day by day. Before the snow fell, all the victims were properly rescued and supplies were properly distributed, which made the new Prime Minister Koji Kuroda breathe a sigh of relief.

Because a large number of houses collapsed and were roughly cleared by Natsukawa, it was difficult to identify the owners of many lands and houses, and many of them had died. After obtaining Natsukawa's approval, Kuroda Koji directly announced that the land in the disaster-stricken areas of Tokyo that could not be identified as the original owner would be directly expropriated, and the new government would carry out unified planning and reconstruction. The original owners of the land could ask the government for compensation at market prices within five years.

The new city center is still located at the original site of the old Edo Castle, but it will no longer be the imperial residence, but will be rebuilt as the residence of the gods. The former Akasaka Imperial Land and Akasaka Palace will be built into the main shrine of Kasumigawa Shrine, serving as the center of the entire Neon spiritual belief in the future.

The new government and the two major countries soon signed a series of cooperation agreements. Daxia, known for its infrastructure mania, will send a large number of construction workers, machinery and building materials in the next few months to start reconstruction work. Lucia, which has abundant resources, will continue to provide Neon with oil, natural gas, iron ore and other materials at a 70% discount on the market price.

The new Neon government also announced an open tender to design masters from all over the world, inviting them to participate in the planning and design of New Tokyo, as well as the design of several new iconic buildings in the future.

The entire New Tokyo reconstruction plan involves about 250 square kilometers of land. If the coastal areas of Tokyo Bay destroyed by the nuclear explosion are included, the total reconstruction area exceeds 350 square kilometers. The total investment is expected to be 1 trillion yen, which will be invested gradually over ten years, with 300 trillion invested in the first phase. The Kuroda government will also invest 500 trillion yen in disaster relief funds to help the affected people and businesses and boost the Japanese economy.

The source of funds is very complicated. It is expected that more than half of the funds will come from the liquidation and recovery of various "heretical religions" led by Kawaguchi Reina, and the rest will come from the contribution of the neon dark world and the confiscation of various assets controlled by the original watchers and American capital.

Due to the huge disaster and the foreseeable global economic crisis, many assets have plummeted, especially the land in the disaster-stricken areas and the stocks of some severely affected companies, whose value has even plummeted to one percent of the original value. The only option is to hold them for the long term.

However, the economic experts under Kuroda Mitsuru believe that after the second year of the reconstruction of New Tokyo, capital will flow in again due to the huge amount of infrastructure investment and the restoration of confidence, and Tokyo's land and stock prices will be pushed up again. At that time, it will only need to sell the planned land in batches to enter a virtuous circle, and the reconstruction of New Tokyo can be completed without external investment.

Tokyo soon welcomed its first snow, but thanks to Natsukawa's intervention, the temperature did not drop too much, and bad weather that affected the reconstruction work almost never occurred. The core area of ​​Tokyo soon became an unprecedented huge construction site. Designers, construction companies, and various trading companies and shipping companies from all over the world quickly refilled the area. Many temporary buildings were built, and hundreds of thousands of construction workers and more people who served them returned to the land, giving it a new vitality at an astonishing speed.

In contrast, under the covert promotion of the two major powers, serious social conflicts and humanitarian disasters unexpectedly occurred in the United States. A large number of people affected by the nuclear explosion fled to Europe, Canada and Cactus Country, but were blocked at airports and borders, and some were even shot to death when trying to cross the border by force.

The huge overseas US troops tried to solve the problem with force, but were immediately intimidated by the armies of the two major countries that had already prepared. After a series of psychological attacks and threats of force, they finally chose to conditionally join the two major countries with weapons and equipment to become foreign legions and leave the United States, which had completely lost hope.

Americans were dubbed "radiation people" and were isolated and discriminated against around the world. No one was interested in American goods, and only a few countries that had also suffered from the disaster and were in complete chaos and difficulties were willing to accept them.

When it comes to the United States, everyone avoids it.

A large number of capital and social elites fled the United States, completely abandoning the country. Rounds of demonstrations and riots occurred in major cities on the East Coast. Thousands of people died from radiation sickness, and millions fell into despair and pain because of radiation sickness, but no one cared.

The military and police could not receive their salaries, and violence, robbery, and shooting became commonplace. Because the government had completely lost its credibility and control, people fled the cities and established associations in the countryside. The cities became completely disordered and became chaotic places ruled by gangs.

Strangely, in such a chaotic place, hundreds of new religions with Xiachuan as their worship object have emerged, with more than 100,000 believers. They pray all day long, hoping that Xiachuan, the only god in the world, can show mercy and let them escape from the suffering like the people in Tokyo.

Unfortunately, Xia Chuan never paid attention to what happened in the United States. Although he felt a little strange about the weak power of will coming from the other side of the ocean, he had no interest in exploring or delving into it.

Chapter 317 The Kagura Clan

"Chiyu's family?" Erika's expression looked strange, which made Natsukawa feel that there must be something wrong.

Chiyu Moriyama didn't actually talk about her family in great detail. Natsukawa only knew that they investigated her qualifications after her parents passed away, and then gave up on her in disguise. They only gave her a considerable living allowance for a high school student, and left her to fend for herself in human society.

Chiyu Moriyama has been living in their shadow for a long time, and all the motivation for her hard work can be said to be the desire to prove herself and gain recognition from her family.

Due to different standpoints, it is difficult to say whether the Moriyama family's approach is right or wrong.

Xia Chuan had never experienced living together in a large family. Most of his knowledge about such families came from those melodramatic TV dramas and novels that exaggerated the stories of fighting for inheritance and grandfather's favor, and the intrigues and mutual framing between brothers and sisters. In his opinion, such large families might not necessarily have much warmth. It was not a bad result for Chiyu Moriyama, who lost her parents, to leave such an environment and grow up to be what she is now.

You could say that her family failed in their responsibility to raise and care for her, but in a sense, they didn't cause her any additional suffering either.

This was not the first alien family to show goodwill to him. In fact, after he promulgated the so-called "Law of Corpse" through Erika, the first group to take the initiative to return to Tokyo and meet him, claiming their allegiance to him were the guys led by Shimazaki Yaye.

Of course, as an example of buying bones with a lot of money, Shimazaki Yagyo got a share close to their capacity limit in the reconstruction of New Tokyo, and both their financial resources and influence increased greatly. Their example also made those aliens who had once shown goodwill to Natsukawa in Kyoto and staged the drama of the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons finally come to Tokyo one after another, and then under Erika's arrangement, according to their respective abilities and patterns, they participated in the reconstruction of New Tokyo, and at least played the role of maintaining public order.

As promised, Xia Chuan rewarded the aliens who moved to Tokyo with pure spiritual power, and gave additional rewards to those who performed their tasks diligently. This quickly aroused the enthusiasm of the aliens, especially those who fought alone and struggled to survive in this world.

Some of the aliens he had met in the past through the Clear Sky Society were the first to join the Skeleton Society, which was considered to be the fulfillment of their original desires but failed to realize. However, the dog demon Shiina, who had exchanged knowledge from him for pure spiritual power, had died, and his child Shiina Yohei became the first chosen warrior of the Skeleton Shrine.

The functions of the two major shrines have been clearly separated by Natsukawa.

Kasumigawa Shrine and Kasumigawa Association are a shrine system belonging to humans. Except for Yui Aoki, all priests, shrine maidens and warriors chosen by God of human origin belong there, including the three Nomiya sisters, all of whom became subordinates of Rena Kawaguchi.

The Skeleton Shrine is a shrine for the heterodox. Currently, there are only three shrine maidens: Yui Aoki, Chiyu Moriyama, and Erika Kamiya. Higashio Hisa's Skeleton Shrine has been exposed to the public, so it will soon be rebuilt into one of the main branches of Kasumigawa Shrine. The new Skeleton Shrine is located in the six central districts designated by Kasumigawa for the heterodox, the original location of Shinjuku Gyoen.

The Corpse Agency was retained, but became a specialized agency for managing the aliens. A group of frontline backbones were drawn from Akasaka and several other agencies to strengthen their combat capabilities with magical instruments, and some backbones and fighter planes of the Air Force were also added. Inaba Rika, Kimoto Juri, Tachibana Koichi and others naturally did not have enough ability and qualifications to be in charge of this department, and retreated to become assistants. This agency is currently temporarily handed over to Erika to be in charge.

It is worth mentioning that Kuroda Koji once put the secret files about the Mukuro Agency personnel in front of Natsukawa. Although he was somewhat curious whether there were Akasaka's accomplices in it, he still burned all the files directly.

In his current position, there was no need to make that person live in fear just to satisfy his curiosity. Since the entire Akasaka and even the entire Neon had become his property, there was no need to reopen the little secrets from the past.

But these are beside the point. At this moment, the problem Xiachuan has to face is whether to meet with Moriyama Chiyu's family.