Chapter 97: The Birth of Onmyoji(1/2)
After the evil spirit Sato Junko incident broke out.
The Edo Metropolitan Government had to relocate all residents within a radius of several kilometers.
This is an important urban area in the capital. The direct economic losses in the recent period have reached at least tens of billions of dollars. If indirect losses and subsequent impacts are included, this number may increase several times or even ten times.
The losses are still growing.
It snowballs day after day.
It’s simply a bottomless pit!
The Edo government was so anxious that they tried various methods, increased the reward amount many times, and launched several actions. However, they all ended in failure and suffered considerable losses.
Forget it.
What's even more despairing is.
According to the latest research report by experts, the energy reaction generated by Junko Sato recently has increased by another order of magnitude, and may have approached the third level of mortal transformation. Its power is continuing to increase!
The existence of a third-level mortal realm that is completely immune to attacks by all conventional weapons would be completely disastrous for a country or region without a top powerhouse.
Relevant departments are extremely nervous and overwhelmed.
I have to try to ask Daxia or Ekandar for help.
But whether Daxia or Ekandar has the time to deal with this matter, they can't ask Archduke Dracula, right?
Dracula currently has no interest in the Eastern world at all. His strategic center and focus are on the Western world, and the Japanese government cannot even establish contact with it.
In fact.
Xiao Yu had already made arrangements.
Japan in this world is ultimately different from the island country in the previous world.
Not only do they have different modern historical origins, but they also have a population of over 300 million!
This area has a very long history, there are onmyoji, samurai, ninja and other systems that can make a big fuss, and there are also very rich myths and urban legends that can be used.
Such a good resource.
Wouldn’t it be a waste if not developed?
This is of great value in promoting the diversified development of global cultivation civilization!
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Kamo Mashiro
He is twenty-one years old this year.
A native of Gosho City, Nara Prefecture.
Gosho City is the town with the smallest population in Nara Prefecture.
Most Japanese people have never heard of this place, and it has no sense of existence either at home or abroad.
Kamo Mashiro grew up with his grandfather.
Grandpa manages a family shrine locally.
A shrine is a specialty of Japanese Shinto culture. It is a social house that worships and worships various gods. According to different regional cultures, legends, and customs, the objects of worship vary greatly.
Kamo Shrine enshrines a strange stone with a great history.
It is said to be the stone of ghosts left behind by the ancestor of the Kamo family, Kokaku.
Serve Xiaojiao.
His full name is Kamo Yakuza-kun Kokaku.
He is an ancient legendary figure from the Asuka Era.
Although they are not well-known and rarely known, the famous Onmyoji in later historical legends, such as Seimei, are just his disciples and disciples who inherited a small part of his inheritance.
It is said that Yu Xiaojiao was about to die.
He sealed one of his most important ghosts and gods in a stone and left his last words: "When the world falls into chaos again, the ghosts and gods sealed in it will wake up and provide the world with ways to subdue demons."
This is the origin of the Kamo Shrine Kishin Stone.
Mashiro Kamo has lived at the shrine since he was a child and grew up looking at stones. He never thought that this black stone was anything special. At one time, he even thought that it was just a prop used by an ancestor to make up stories and make money.
It is undeniable.
Because of this stone with a story.
Kamo Shrine has become famous in the local area. Through daily incense offerings and festival prayer activities, it has a good income, which is enough to support the lives of the grandfather and grandson.
Of course.
Such fame.
Only available in Gosho City.
Japan is a place known as having "eight million gods".
Although "eight million" is just an adjective and the actual number is not that many, Japanese people have had the habit of worshiping various objects as gods since ancient times.
From natural things such as mountains, rivers, forests and seas, to wild animals such as chickens, dogs, monkeys and fish, to man-made objects such as swords and mirrors, even toilets and kitchens have gods.
There are more gods.
Can there not be too many shrines?
There are dozens of shrines named "Kamo" alone, among which "Kamo Gozu Shrine" and "Kamo Betsurai Shrine" in Kyoto are both famous shrines listed on the World Cultural Heritage List.
Kamo Mashiro has never been interested in inheriting the family shrine.
Especially after I was admitted to Edo University and experienced life in a big city, I didn’t want to go back to my hometown in a remote country.
However.
Half a month ago.
Grandpa died suddenly of illness.
Kamo Mashiro was very sad. His grandfather was his only relative. He had always wanted to gain a foothold in Edo, so he took his grandfather over to live with him. But now everything has come to nothing.
Mashiro then dropped out of school and returned to his hometown. On the one hand, he was taking care of his grandfather's funeral affairs, and on the other hand, he was preparing to close the shrine.
At this time, the Edo Wraith Incident broke out.
It had a huge impact on Japan.
This has also indirectly led to extremely booming business at shrines across the country.
Even for small shrines like Kamo Shrine, the number of pilgrims has begun to increase, and the income has soared more than ten times. Many rural residents have begged Mashiro not to close the shrine.
Kamo Mashiro was very confused.
He knew that the shrine could not protect anyone.
The Edo Metropolitan Police Department has already found the top shrines in its operation.
If the means of exorcism and praying for blessings are really effective, how could the whole army end up being wiped out?
Those well-known shrines with ancient traditions and popular incense are unable to do anything to Junko. How can this small shrine of mine be able to protect everyone?
Think about it.
Kamo Mashiro decided to close the shrine anyway.
Although his recent income is exciting, using panic to make money is not the wealth he wants.
this day.
Close the shrine door.
Starting tomorrow, this small rural shrine that has been in business for many generations will not accept customers.
Although this was the planned arrangement, when I looked at the deserted shrine, I felt that every corner was filled with memories, and I couldn't help but feel a sadness that was hard to let go.
Mashiro's eyes fell on the black stone enshrined in the shrine.
Although Kamo Mashiro has never believed the story about this stone, as an item worshiped by the Kamo family for generations, it is no longer a stone in Mashiro's heart.
Did Master Yu Xiaojiao really exist?
Are you really a descendant of Master Yu Xiaojiao?
But why don't I have any extraordinary power?
Even Daxia Xuantian's qualifications for practicing the Breathing Method are extremely mediocre?
Grandpa, I'm sorry. If you are still here, you must hope that I can continue to run the shrine...
If possible, I would also like to promote the family shrine, but after all, I am just an ordinary person and do not have any extraordinary power. I cannot use disasters to make ill-gotten gains!
Mashiro bowed to the Stone of Demons again and again.
I was about to take down the stone and put it into the prepared suitcase.
"Hahaha, interesting and interesting, you are really a unique little guy!"
An old voice suddenly sounded in his ears, and Mashiro was immediately startled. He discovered that the place where the voice came from was not elsewhere, but the stone of ghosts and gods that had been enshrined in the family shrine for hundreds of years.
"You, you...who are you?"
Mashiro showed an expression of disbelief.
He guessed the answer, but this answer was too crazy.
According to family legend, the shikigami of the Great Master Xiaojiao is sealed in this stone of ghosts and gods. Isn't this a story made up by the family ancestors to make money?
In today's era, spiritual energy is revived, the world is reborn, and even terrifying resentful spirits like Junko appear. Isn't it just the chaotic world in the last words of the Archmage Yu Xiaojiao?
To be continued...