Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

"However, if we secretly bribe those bald donkeys and 'invite' their magical artifacts to our temple for exhibition, I, the old monk, can then create a perfect replica that no one can distinguish... Hmm, that might work."

"Oh, now that you mention it, that actually sounds feasible."

Yae Hoshi nodded slightly and slowly said.

"When your temple has so many magical artifacts on display, many tourists will surely visit. Then, you can place your fake artifacts in the display case. After a while, once the public's impression deepens, the fakes will also become genuine spiritual objects, and so on... This is a whole industry chain! But there's one problem."

"What problem?"

"You're so old, what if you suddenly pass away?"

"Go, go away!"

Master Miyamoto said in exasperation.

"This old monk cultivates his mind and body and eats healthily. It's you, kid, with so many girlfriends. Don't you go before me. That's it, hanging up. I'll contact you when everything is ready."

After Yae Hoshi hung up the phone, Sumeragi Natsumi had already driven the car to the front of the Quantum Society apartment building.

"Alright, you guys go in first."

"What about you?"

"I'm starving, can't hold on anymore, gotta go find some food."

"Eh, hungry?"

Nishimiya Shoko looked puzzled.

"Didn't we buy snacks?"

Kitagawa Marin put her arm around Nishimiya Shoko's shoulder and said helplessly.

"The things he wants to eat can't be bought at the supermarket. Let's go in first, don't worry about him."

"Oh... okay."

Nishimiya Shoko nodded obediently, a hint of disappointment in her eyes.

She was originally thinking that Yae Hoshi didn't seem sleepy. She happened to have bought two baguettes and could go feed the fish by the river in the afternoon and chat a bit...

"Nishimiya-san."

Just as Nishimiya Shoko was thinking this, Yae Hoshi suddenly turned around and smiled at her.

"After dinner tonight, let's go feed the fish by the river together."

Hearing this, the slight disappointment in Nishimiya Shoko's eyes immediately turned into surprise, and she nodded vigorously.

"Yes, okay."

Seeing this scene, Kitagawa Marin and Sumeragi Natsumi exchanged glances, and both sighed helplessly.

The God of Harem, the Kyoto Succubus who can recruit even proud guys like Yagami Light and people like L as assistants, is indeed well-deserved.

......

Ten minutes later, on the streets of Kyoto.

"Hmm... Where can I find some delicious snacks to eat...?"

Yae Hoshi scanned the street in front of him, not even seeing a shadow of an evil spirit or a ghost.

Although the Quantum Society's spiritual ability users have temporarily suspended their exorcism activities because they went to another world, since there have been no dangerous incidents in Kyoto recently, and because this is the base of operations for people like "Mask," the public's negative emotions are not so high, resulting in no powerful evil spirits being born in the Reverse Side.

Just wanting to eat a snack, it shouldn't require a special trip to Osaka or Tokyo, right?

Thinking of this, Yae Hoshi remembered the text message that Urushihara Luka sent him, so he dialed the other party's phone.

"Hello, Urushihara-san."

"Yae... Yae Hoshi-san, hello, is... is there something I can help you with...?"

"Didn't you send me a text message?"

Hearing Yae Hoshi's words with a smile, Urushihara Luka finally realized, her fair face flushing red, and her voice became flustered.

"Oh, right... Sorry, I forgot... Um... Are you free right now? I have something I want you to help me with."

"I'm free, where are you?"

"I'm at the shrine right now."

"Okay, see you later."

......

Half an hour later, inside Yanagihara Shrine.

"Urushihara-san."

Hearing the voice behind her, Urushihara Luka, who was sweeping the floor, looked up and saw Yae Hoshi standing at the entrance of the shrine, her fair skin showing a hint of blush, and she said softly with slight shyness.

"Yae Hoshi-san... I'm sorry, you didn't reply to my text message, you must have been busy... I'm really sorry to bother you at this time..."

"It's alright."

Yae Hoshi waved his hand nonchalantly, then asked with a smile.

"So, what do you need me for?"

"This..."

Urushihara Luka seemed a little nervous and timid, hesitated for a moment, and then lowered her voice.

"Yae Hoshi-san, after hearing what I say, you might think I'm talking nonsense, but... among the people I know, maybe the only one who can deal with this kind of thing... is you."

"Oh? Tell me more?"

Seeing that Yae Hoshi didn't have any impatient reaction, but instead looked interested and eager to try, Urushihara Luka breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn't help but feel a little strange in her heart.

This... the other party seems to be expecting something?

Would a normal person have this kind of reaction after hearing my opening remarks?

However... ever since Urushihara Luka asked Yae Hoshi for help last time and witnessed the whole process of him resolving that suspicious long sword, she knew very well that this Yae Hoshi-san was not a normal person.

"It's like this..."

Urushihara Luka took a deep breath for a while, adjusted her emotions, and then said softly.

"Recently... it's okay when there are people in the shrine... but whenever I'm the only one cleaning, I... I always hear some inexplicable whispers in my ears, and I can see many overlapping images in front of me... Of course, I've already gone to the hospital for a check-up, but the doctor said there's nothing major wrong, maybe it's just too much psychological stress, too much tension, and lack of sleep causing visual and auditory hallucinations, but even after I took the medicine prescribed by the doctor... the symptoms haven't disappeared, but have become more and more serious..."

"Auditory hallucinations? Visual hallucinations?"

Yae Hoshi instantly grasped the two keywords in Urushihara Luka's words and said thoughtfully.

"What are you hallucinating? Shouldn't it be words like 'I am thou, thou art I'?"

Urushihara Luka was stunned for a moment when she heard this and hesitated.

"Eh? Specific content... I'm not sure about that... I just feel like someone is whispering unclearly in my ear..."

"Hmm..."

Yae Hoshi nodded noncommittally, already making a judgment in his heart.

Judging from this situation... Urushihara Luka is starting to awaken her spiritual power.

Chapter 526: Kanimaru Kunitsuna's New Residence, Maho Hiyajo's Worries

Of course, possessing spiritual power is not the same as awakening as a psychic. Like Yotsuya Miko at the beginning, although she could see evil spirits and ghosts, she didn't have the ability to contend with them. And there are Oda Noto and Mother God, who can only see vague outlines and shadows and cannot touch evil spirits and ghosts themselves. Only through spiritual objects as a medium can they have some influence on evil spirits and ghosts.

Obviously, Urushihara Ruka, like Yotsuya Miko at the beginning, has begun to possess the ability to "observe" the other side of the world due to the influence of certain factors.

As for what factors...

To be honest, Yae feels that although this is unexpected, it is also reasonable. After all, Urushihara Ruka... is a person affected by the world line change. Although she herself is not aware of this, it is logical to awaken spiritual power in this process.

"This problem is indeed very serious..."

"Eh? Really?"

Hearing Yae's words, Urushihara Ruka's face turned pale.

Although she is the next successor of the Yanagisawa Shrine and is now a part-time shrine maiden, she will still feel panic and at a loss like a normal girl when she encounters supernatural events.

"Yes, it's very serious."

Yae nodded, observing the Yanagisawa Shrine, which he had visited several times, without feeling any spiritual aura. But the problem lies here.

Judging from the performance of the land god in Tokyo and the golden goat head who originally lived in Kyoto and was later directly sent to Tokyo as a black slave without any divine power, there are two things that are most important to the so-called gods.

The first is the god's messenger who believes in oneself.

Like the golden goat head who has not repented, the weather god, and the evil gods like Izanami, their so-called chosen god's messengers are actually puppets who are ordered to do things for themselves. The kind ones, such as the land god and the god of matchmaking during the time when he was the guardian god of Itomori Town, choose their favorite humans as god's messengers. Although there will be times when they need the other party's help, it is more like a mutually beneficial cooperation than the enslavement of evil gods.

Even the land god in Tokyo regards the old woman who manages his shrine as more important than himself. This is the biggest difference between evil gods and proper gods.

And regardless of whether it is an evil god or a kind god, the second most important thing is their own shrine.

For gods, the shrine is a crucial place, not only to receive offerings, but also to maintain their own existence through the faith and memories of those who worship.

So now, here comes the problem.

Since the last event, Yanagisawa Shrine has become very popular. Although it is far from being the most famous shrine in Kyoto, there are still many people who come to worship every day. And now Urushihara Ruka is gradually awakening her spiritual power and already has the qualifications to become a god's messenger.

The point is...

There is no real god sitting in Yanagisawa Shrine.

Such a shrine that has both the conditions of a god's messenger and faith, but is still a land of no owner, will naturally become the target that both evil spirits and gods want to take as their own.

"Let me think... how to solve it..."

Yae looked at the shrine in front of him, thinking about how to solve this situation.

The simplest solution, of course, is to directly move in a powerful existence to be the owner of the shrine.

But... who should I let come?

Hachishaku-sama, Kuchisake-onna, Tamamo-no-Mae, none of these will do. After all, Yanagisawa Shrine is a proper shrine. If the enshrined is not the real name, then it will be useless. But if these three are publicly enshrined, the first two are like urban legends, which seems a bit ridiculous, and Tamamo-no-Mae is an even more heavyweight demon. How can she be enshrined as a god? At the very least, no one would publicly enshrine her, wouldn't that be equivalent to proclaiming that they are a cult?

God of matchmaking?

She is a proper god, but the problem is that she already has her own shrine in Itomori Town. Rashly changing shrines may affect her power, and even risk being unable to continue maintaining her own existence.

"Eh, I have an idea."

Just then, an idea suddenly came to Yae's mind. His right hand reached out to the side, and a black long sword instantly appeared, automatically handing the hilt to his hand.

"Urushihara-san, how about your shrine enshrine this long sword?"

"Eh? This sword, isn't it..."

Seeing this black long sword, Urushihara Ruka immediately recognized it. This was the long sword that Yae used last time when he came to help her family's shrine solve the trouble. Although she is just a shrine maiden and not a proper exorcist or Onmyoji, she also knows that this black long sword is definitely a real spiritual object based on her previous experience.

"Yae-san, are you... going to enshrine your own sword in our shrine? But if you encounter danger..."

Seeing Urushihara Ruka hesitating and not knowing whether to accept Onimaru Kunitsuna, Yae smiled indifferently.

"It's okay, I don't need this sword for ordinary troubles. If I really need it, I can summon her at any time."

"This..."

Seeing that Urushihara Ruka was still a little embarrassed, Yae added.

"Besides, placing it in your shrine to receive people's offerings can also enhance the spiritual power of this sword, which is also beneficial to me."

"Um... but no matter what..."

"Why are you talking so much nonsense! ?"

This sudden, extremely aggressive remark did not come from Yae's mouth.

Seeing the beautiful woman in black kimono who suddenly appeared in front of her, Urushihara Ruka was so surprised that she took several steps back subconsciously.

"That... that... who are you?"

"Don't recognize me?"

Onimaru Kunitsuna waved her hand with an impatient expression.

"You can't even recognize the thing that your shrine is about to enshrine. How can you be considered a qualified shrine maiden like this?"