I’m Really Unnerved In Tokyo

God-making worship and power struggles in Japan have a long history.

It can be seen from the national flag that the Japanese worship the sun beyond doubt.

That's because, for a long time, even the teachers in the school would seriously educate the students that Japan is the kingdom of God, the emperor is the descendant of the lineage of Amaterasu, and the ancestor of the Japanese...

Even during the shogunate period when the samurai class actually held power for hundreds of years, the samurai could only deprive the emperor of his power under the pretext of "the emperor lost his virtue" and integrate their blood into the royal family through marriage, but they were still unable to replace the emperor in the public opinion. The detached position in the heart.

As long as the emperor who has lost power can feel at ease as a "god" and give up power, he can live a good life.

Thanks to the protection of the gods, the Chrysanthemum Dynasty can be called the longest dynasty in the world. Since its establishment, it has had 125 emperors. Although it has gone through many ups and downs, it has never been replaced by other dynasties in name, and it still exists until modern times. .

Therefore, countless shogunate rulers have never given up trying to "create gods" for hundreds of years, trying to replace the status of "gods" of the emperor's family.

During the Edo Shogunate period, Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third general, issued an amnesty decree to "rehabilitate" the "national traitor" and cast him as a hero who had the courage to sacrifice himself and resist the tyranny of the imperial court.

In the same year, the shogunate moved the Kanda Myo Shrine from the ghost gate of Edo Castle, and enshrined Hei Shomon as one of the three pillar gods, and added six shrines to the gate mound to form the "Big Dipper Formation".

In the end, they succeeded in enshrining Heirashomon as one of the three pillars of Kanda Myojin.

The Tokugawa shogunate spent a lot of time doing this series of things, naturally wanting to create their own "gods" that belonged to the Tokugawa family and could rival Amaterasu.

If it wasn't for the Meiji Restoration, the royal family came back to power, built the "Tai Chi Yin Yang Formation" and the "Five Spirit Seal Formation", and paid a huge price to suppress the ghosts and gods, I am afraid that in hundreds of years, the Tokugawa family could really succeed in replacing the royal family status.

Judging from the layout in Mount Hakone, enshrining Heishōmon must be just the tip of the iceberg of their "god-making" project.

The Tokugawa family and their offshoots must have secretly tried to create other "gods".

And the behavior of "creating gods", when the Meiji Restoration began and the Tokugawa shogunate gradually declined, must have been regarded as a life-saving straw, and it became more and more crazy and inhumane.

The question is, what kind of "god" is enshrined in such a vicious and bloody sacrifice arranged by the Owari Tokugawa family, and where is it enshrined?

With many questions and different thoughts, the two people finally set foot on the top of the mountain.

They didn't have time to take a closer look before in a hurry, and now the two have the leisure to look at the small viewing platform on the top of the mountain in front of them.

Surrounded by guardrails, the peak platform of no more than 50 square meters is empty, except for a stone slab similar to a low table, on which is printed a copper compass relief that is found in most scenic spots on the peak.

"I don't see anything that symbolizes faith, such as a shrine."

Walking around the platform, Kou Yumaumi took out the talisman paper and patted it lightly on the central stone slab.

A circle of blue spiritual fluctuations spread out from the burning talisman.

Shinto Art · Omen.

"There is no response from spiritual power..."

After doing all this, she got nothing and shook her head in disappointment.

"Teacher Araki?!"

Looking back, Araki Sousuke was lying on the ground in a very skillful and concealed posture like a habitual criminal peeping under his skirt.

Although she was wearing a long scarlet hakama, the little witch still subconsciously stretched out her hands to protect her knees.

"The rock below..."

Araki Sousuke's gaze didn't stop at any strange place, he just stared blankly at the big stone as the base under the stone slab.

"...very clean."

In his left eye, although there are many strange footprints left by spirit bodies on the ground on the top of the mountain and black thin marks dragged by branches.

But the cornerstone under the slate in front of him was terribly clean.

Even the spiritual power of Xiaoniao Youzhengong just now did not leave the slightest trace on it.

"If neither spiritual power nor resentment can leave a trace..."

Hearing Araki Sousuke's words, Kotori Yumasumi also squatted beside him, looking at the plain boulder covered with moss with a cute face.

"If what they worship is this stone..."

With a flash of inspiration, she suddenly thought of something.

"This stone, could it be that... it is the Panzuo?"

Shintoism is the worship of nature, so there are also shrines that enshrine natural objects or natural phenomena as "divine bodies", with titles such as "Kanabi", "Panzao", and "Sacred Fence".

"Kanabi" refers to the extremely beautiful mountains as a symbol of the possession of gods, called sacred mountains or spiritual mountains, the most representative ones are Mount Fuji (Asama Shrine), Hakusan (White Mountain Shrine), and Tateyama (Xiongshan Shrine).

"Sacred Fence" worships the entire forest as a "forest of guardianship", and regards the tallest giant tree as a "sacred tree", which is enshrined as the possession of the gods. , Sugimao Betsumei Shrine), Ryujinki (Chichibu Imamiya Shrine), etc.

"Banza" is to believe in majestic rocks as the "divine body" attached to the gods, represented by Gotobuki Rock (Kamikura Shrine), Sanshi (Sanshi Shrine), and Banza (Hanaku Shrine).

"What Panzuo... If it's just to pay homage to a broken stone, so many vicious things have been done..."

Looking at the indifferent and extremely pale stone in front of him, Araki Sousuke squatted up angrily and put his arms around it.

More than half an hour ago, the vicious, twisted and suffocating scene on the stairs, as well as the encounters of those spirits in life, were like a thin film that made people unable to breathe, tightly covering their hearts.

"...It should be fine if it is destroyed?!"

At this moment, he seemed to have finally found an outlet.

"Uh ah ah ah ah!"

He pouted his hips, straightened his waist, his arms bulged with blue veins, and with all his strength, he lifted the stone estimated to weigh 500 kilograms together with the stone slab on it, and smashed it hard on the ground.

Seeing his irritable behavior, the little bird You Mayumi on the side was not surprised at all, but smiled "poof".

Because, she recalled the scene when she dragged Araki-sensei to Kamakura High School a few months ago.

At that time, Teacher Araki easily lifted the sealing stone at the mouth of the well and smashed the wraith within.

Well, it really is Mr. Araki's usual style to get rid of evil and do everything.

"Crack..."

As the stone and the stone slab above were smashed into the ground beside it, a pitch-black cave a person's width was exposed in its original position.

By the moonlight, one can see below the entrance of the cave, there are stone steps made of simple bluestone slabs, extending downward continuously.

"Under here, there is actually a secret passage?!"

The two looked at each other and saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

"So, the object of their worship is actually in the belly of the mountain?"

Although Hakone Mountain is not a popular attraction and there are all kinds of scary supernatural rumors, residents and college students living nearby will come to exercise and climb the mountain during the day.

It is absolutely impossible to dig such a tunnel quietly in the mountain after it is opened as a park.

This crypt must have been secretly built by the Owari Tokugawa family back then, but it has existed silently under the eyes of everyone for nearly two hundred years.