I set off the Night Parade of Hundred Demons in Tokyo

Atsuta Shrine.

Located in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, one of the three major metropolitan areas, it is one of the three major shrines in Japan.

It has a long history, dating back to the third century. Its popularity is no less than that of Ise Jingu, the most famous shrine in Japan, and Meiji Jingu, the largest shrine in Tokyo.

The reason is not only because of its long history, but also because Atsuta Shrine enshrines one of Japan's three major artifacts, the "Amancongyun Sword".

As we all know, Jingu Shrine has priests, these people are called priests, and Omiyaji is the highest priest and the highest person in charge of a shrine.

Kenji Tsuchimikado is the current Grand Priest of Atsuta Shrine and the 29th Grand Priest of Atsuta Shrine.

Natsumi Tsuchimikado will be the future 30th Grand Priest of Atsuta Shrine.

As the Grand Priest of Atsuta Shrine and the future Grand Priest, the two of them should not appear in the deep mountains and forests at all.

I should stay alone at Atsuta Shrine.

The other one should study in a Shinto school.

The main reason why the two of them are here is that Natsumi Tsuchimikado is about to graduate from the Shinto school...

In Japan, shrine culture is prevalent, so Japanese priests have a high status and are respected. Even before the establishment of the Japanese Peace Constitution, national Shinto priests were civil servants.

That's why.

In order to prevent the indiscriminate use of rituals and promote Shinto, Japan has special assessments and grades for priests, and there is also a dedicated Shinto university.

Only by graduating from a Shinto university can one become a qualified priest and have the opportunity to enter a shrine and become an Omiyaji.

To put it bluntly, nowadays, even being a monk or a magician requires a diploma. This statement is not an exaggeration, it is the reality.

However, it does not mean that you must graduate from a Shinto university to be a grand priest. In fact, the grand priest of some shrines is a hereditary system and is passed down from generation to generation without a diploma. For example, Ise Jingu and Atsuta Shrine are hereditary systems. .

It's just that most of those hereditary shrines are big shrines. For the sake of cards, the next generation who succeeds the grand shrine usually let the next generation of the grand shrine go to study. At the worst, they have to get a diploma through connections.

Natsumi Tsuchimikado, the future Grand Priest of Atsuta Shrine, will naturally want to study Buddhism.

Unlike the next generation of other hereditary shrines, Natsumi Tsuchimikado is not unwilling to study. She goes there willingly. She likes Shinto culture very much. She will graduate soon and become a qualified priest with a diploma. The very tall kind.

As for Natsumi Tsuchimikado, who loves Shinto and is about to graduate, Kenji Tsuchimikado is not very happy.

If you want to ask the reason, it's just because Natsumi Tsuchimikado's love for Shinto has gone beyond the scope of liking, reaching the point of obsession, even madness.

How crazy is it?

To use an analogy.

On weekdays, while others played games and picked up girls, Tsuchimikado Natsumi read ancient texts at the shrine and meditated. She also felt that she had an epiphany every day during meditation and increased her spiritual power. She had epiphanies hundreds of times a week.

If she was going out, others were going shopping or traveling, but Tsuchimikado Natsumi was going out to find monsters and wanted to test the Shinto magic she knew from the ancient texts of the shrine.

The blame for Natsumi Tsuchimikado's crazy obsession with Shinto is not her fault...the problem lies with her grandfather Kenji Tsuchimikado.

Since Natsumi Tsuchimikado is the only child of the Tsuchimikado family, Kenji Tsuchimikado certainly hopes that Natsumi Tsuchimikado will inherit the position of Grand Priest.

only.

Things are different now.

With the development of technology and society, electronic products and other things have become popular among the younger generation and even the older generation. As a result, the younger generation in many shrines are unwilling to become shrine maidens and shrines.

In order to prevent this situation, Tsuchimikado Kenji instilled Shinto education in Tsuchimikado Natsumi from an early age.

What kind of Shinto education?

Every day, the bedtime stories Tsuchimikado Kenji tells Natsumi are all Shinto stories, and he can tell them however they want.

What kind of ancient great priest exorcises demons? What kind of priest imitates Master Kukai and goes to that ancient country on the other side of the ocean, learns the supreme divine way and returns, becomes the greatest priest, and suppresses all the demons and monsters...

He also showed Natsumi the ancient books of the Atsuta Shrine's successive generations of chief ministers, which recorded the deeds and achievements of each generation of Atsuta Shrine's chief ministers.

As we all know, the word "god stick" originated from ancient times, and refers to a liar who uses ghosts and gods to play tricks. People in shrines and temples are actually typical representatives of "god sticks".

As the Grand Priest of Atsuta Shrine, in order to leave proof of one's strength to future generations, writing about one's own deeds will naturally deify oneself, and the recorded achievements are all added to and overly deified.

Reading these ancient books about the deeds of the Atsuta Shrine's past lords is actually no different from reading novels, it's still a kind of invincible writing.

In addition, when people gather at temples and shrines, there will inevitably be business exchanges and some gossipy words. The Tsuchimikado Omiyaji is looking at you to see if you are in good spirits and your spiritual power has increased. It seems that you are expected to become a person in the near future. The most powerful palace minister in the history of Atsuta Shrine, what kind of onmyoji have you mastered, right? You are almost as good as Ampei Qingming.

It has been cultivated for more than ten years.

The result is obvious, Tsuchimikado Natsumi is possessed by demons, and firmly believes in the existence of Shinto and the existence of monsters.

Seeing that Natsumi Tsuchimikado was so demon-stricken, she even told herself that after she graduates and enters Atsuta Shrine, she will do all kinds of things to subjugate demons and subjugate demons when she inherits Atsuta Jingu Shrine. She must educate her children in the future to believe in Shinto and continue to subjugate demons. magic.

Kenji Tsuchimikado could no longer sit still.

No, you must explain it clearly to Natsumi, otherwise all future generations of the Tsuchimikado family will be insane.

After much thought, Kenji Tsuchimikado decided to take Natsumi on a trip to the mountains and forests before she graduated.

Because he often told Natsumi that monsters mostly lurk in deep mountains and forests, etc.

Tsuchimikado Kenji's plan is very simple, which is to show off his cards. Obito Mikado Natsumi travels through the deep mountains and forests. After she can't find any monsters, he will tell her the truth and tell everything.

It should feel better to have a showdown in the tranquil scenery of nature.

pity.

After the showdown, contrary to expectations, Natsumi Tsuchimikado didn't believe it and felt that her grandfather was trying to protect herself because fighting monsters and monsters was dangerous.

Even if he couldn't find the monster for several days, it wouldn't work if he and Tsuchimikado Kenji kept telling him the truth.

After five days, Tsuchimikado Kenji's words were useless.

Dingtian only wavered Tsuchimikado Natsumi, and finally Tsuchimikado Natsumi comforted herself and strengthened her idea.

at the same time.

Faced with Tsuchimikado Kenji's words, Tsuchimikado Natsumi shook her head and said firmly.

"Grandpa, stop pretending. I know you are trying to protect me, but I am the future Grand Priest of Atsuta Shrine. It is our duty to promote Shinto, communicate with gods, and slay demons."

As Tsuchimikado Natsumi said, she picked up her phone and looked at it, and found that the phone still had no signal.

Deep in the mountains and forests, there is no signal at all.

"In the worst case, I promise you, instead of meditating and reading shrine books every day, I will play more games on my phone, go shopping, buy clothes, and do more non-professional things, okay?" Natsumi Tsuchimikado thought of her grandfather these days. if.

Tsuchimikado Kenji's eyes lit up.

"Huh? Really? You didn't lie to grandpa? Are you sure you want to do more non-professional things?"

These days, he not only showed off his cards, but also said the reason for the showdown with him was that Natsumi was too crazy, etc. Now that he heard that Natsumi wanted to go shopping and play games more, it was a joy.

With the current appeal of mobile phones and shopping for clothes, as long as Natsumi plays with these things, she might be able to slowly get rid of her obsession with Shinto and become a normal girl, even knowing that she was a braggart before. It is possible.

"Really." Tsuchimikado Natsumi responded.

"Okay, okay, this is what you promised grandpa. Remember, 24 hours a day, in addition to sleeping and eating, you must give me at least 6 hours for shopping, playing mobile phones, and playing games, okay?"

"Okay, okay, I promise you, I will go shopping, play mobile phones, and play games for 6 hours a day. The prerequisite is to go out of the mountains and forests, because the mobile phones cannot receive signals here, and there has been no signal at all for five days."

"Then let's go, haha."

Kenji Tsuchimikado smiled happily and pulled Natsumi Tsuchimikado out of the forest.

As soon as they came out of the forest, Tsuchimikado Natsumi heard what she heard and started playing online with her mobile phone that finally had a signal.

Just when Kenji Tsuchimikado called and asked someone to take his grandfather and grandson back to Atsuta Shrine twice.

Natsumi Tsuchimikado, who was surfing the Internet on her mobile phone, suddenly shouted.

next moment.

She suddenly raised her head and looked at the startled Tsuchimikado Kenji.

"Grandpa! What you said these past five days was indeed a lie to me!!"

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