Truth is everywhere within range

In addition to the name, the document also contains some research information on this weirdness.

Only then did Qiao Qiao realize that there were not a few people like Sayoko and Kanji Sakagami.

The old god's wish first appeared ten years ago. During this period, its appearance was monitored five times by the Heguo Soul Exorcist Association alone. Including Kanji Sakagami, it was six times.

The descriptions of this oddity are almost always the same.

It appears in human form, and those affected are usually unable to recall its specific appearance, gender, age, and characteristics, leaving only an impression that is easier for people to get close to.

It occurs when the affected person is alone and is not restricted to location, but seems to prefer secluded areas outdoors.

Weird will chat with the affected person for a period of time. Most of the content is difficult for the affected person to recall, but it is not an embarrassing topic, but will be very relaxing.

At the end of the conversation, the weirdo will ask the affected person what their most desired wish is.

When the affected person speaks out, the weirdness disappears.

And this wish will be realized to varying degrees and with certain distortions.

Qiao Qiao looked at several documents in the appendix.

[Affected person No. 1 is a ten-year-old Japanese female. 】

[She disappeared for a while and reappeared. Her wish was to become "the happiest girl in the world." 】

[According to research, all harmful behaviors directed at the affected person No. 1 will be reflected on other objects, and the negative emotions of the affected person No. 1 will also be transferred. 】

[Under the action of certain complex mechanisms, affected person No. 1 will receive a certain degree of good luck. 】

[Currently, affected person No. 1 is properly placed in the association’s holding facility. 】

"This is Sayoko."

Qiao Qiao quickly thought of the girl living in his home.

[Affected person No. 2 is a 40-year-old Japanese male. 】

[He has a family and works in a club. His wish is to "escape from such a tiring life." 】

[After making the wish, affected person No. 2 suddenly disappeared. When he reappeared, he had arrived in an abandoned school. 】

[According to research, once other humans appear within fifty meters of affected person No. 2, he will be randomly teleported to the nearest place where there are no other humans within a radius of fifty meters. 】

[Although the association took him into custody and promised to remove the anomalies in him, Affected Person No. 2 committed suicide a month after the strange experience. 】

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Originally, Qiao Qiao thought that this weirdness would only produce abnormal characteristics that were beneficial to the subject, like Sayoko and Kanji Sakagami. Now it seems that those two people are really just good luck.

Qiao Qiao also read the information of several other affected persons.

Except for Sayoko and Kanji Sakagami, the other four people have all died due to various reasons.

"What's the code name for this old god?"

Qiao Qiao raised his head and asked Miss Sakura.

"You should know that the Kingdom of China divides weirdness into three categories: spirits, demons, and ghosts."

Beside, Miss Sakura, who was processing documents on her computer, stopped typing on the keyboard.

"Actually, there is a fourth category of weirdness."

"Although it is a bit inappropriate for me, an expired miko, but Qiao Sang, in fact, most of the gods in the world now believe in gods."

Miss Sakura smiled slightly bitterly.

"The so-called gods of faith are gods that are derived from human beliefs. Of course, the core of these gods is something else. However, in the long history, because faith has exceeded their own power, these gods have also become Gradually it became what people said in legend.”

"I had some guesses about this before."

Qiaoqiao said that apart from other places, Japan has many examples of humans becoming ghosts and gods after death, such as Emperor Meiji of Meiji Jingu Shrine, Sugawara Michizane of Tenmangu Shrine, or Tokugawa Ieyasu of Toshogu Shrine.

Of course, Qiao Qiao has never had contact with these gods, so he naturally doesn't know how different they are from his historical self.

However, what Miss Sakura said about the core of gods still made Qiao Qiao feel a little strange.

"For example, a weirdo was accidentally contacted by humans, gained the name of god and faith because of helping humans, and then became a god of faith. In the end, the weirdo ceased to be a weirdo and became a god, and his original form also changed. It will change along with people's beliefs, and even if the belief collapses, He will be severely damaged or even die directly."

Miss Sakura explained.

"Although I don't know the exact number, there are a considerable number of gods in the Warring Kingdom, and they all undergo such weird changes."

"And the fourth category of weirdness is the old gods."

"The old gods refer to powerful weirdos that far exceed human history and existed when the earth was formed. If these weirdos help humans and absorb faith, they will become gods of faith and protect humans."

"But if they don't follow this path, they will become a major threat to humans."

"According to the current archaeological research findings in the spirit world, in ancient times, there were at least more than one war between the God of Faith and the Old God. Because the God of Faith can obtain a steady stream of power from humans, the Old God quickly Defeated, most of them were sealed, and the remaining ones were lingering on, unable to recover.”

Miss Sakura looked at Qiao Qiao, who was taking notes very seriously.

"The weird thing that was sealed in Mount Hiei before was probably an old god, and the one that appeared in Tokyo Bay was also an old god. Most of the association's names for these old gods are based on their shapes or characteristics, because these old gods use Their language cannot be deciphered by humans, so we have no way of knowing their names.”

Old God. Centipede, Old God. Spider, these are the two weird names given by the association to Mount Hiei and Tokyo Bay.

If you look at it this way, Tom in Hawaii should also be an old god. Should he be called an old god? Cat?

Qiao Qiao thinks divergently.

"Qiao Sang, although it may be a bit sensational to say this, I feel that incidents related to the old gods have appeared more frequently recently. This may be some kind of omen, and perhaps a greater disaster is coming."

Miss Sakura was a little worried.

"Speaking of which, Miss Sakura, why can weird people become stronger by gaining faith when they protect humans? Or, what is the relationship between spiritual power and humans, which makes humans the most suitable creatures for using spiritual power?"

Qiao Qiao has always been a bit unclear.

Human beings have the highest utilization rate of spiritual power.

However, the strengthening effect of spiritual power on the human body itself is limited.

This is simply like urging humans to release excess spiritual power and flow it into the gods in the form of faith.

Human beings are like a huge battery that can generate power for the gods to draw from. In order to become stronger, Weird will protect humans. After becoming a god of faith, he has to protect humans to maintain his own existence.

This exquisite design seems to have appeared to continue human existence.

"This is it"

Miss Sakura smiled bitterly.

"There is a saying that human beings themselves are the dependents of an old god, and that old god gave humans such power so that when they were sleeping, they would not be completely destroyed by other strange generals."

"Man and weirdness are two sides of the same coin."