Tokyo Gods Only Want Beautiful Priestesses

"Such a deserted shrine, yet people come to worship? It doesn't seem like that."

Two figures walked through the torii gate from the bottom of the stone steps, dressed formally like business professionals.

It was a stranger, and a man at that.

Jingu was also somewhat surprised, but it was clear that the other party was coming straight for him.

"Hello, are you Mr. Jingu?" The leading man took off his briefcase and showed an identification document.

"We are from the Yokai Management Committee, here to investigate a yokai death case."

The Monster Management Committee is similar in nature to the God Registration Management Committee, but its actual power and content are much richer.

"Excuse me, did you see this monster yesterday?"

Before the shrine could answer, the person following behind pulled out a document, which contained information about the Shadow Demon that the shrine had killed the day before, although all that was known about its appearance was a dark shadow.

"I've seen it, I killed it, is there a problem?"

As if answering a simple question like "Have you eaten?", Jingu answered directly and without any pretense.

The unexpected answer clearly caught the other party off guard, causing them to swallow back the series of lines they had prepared.

After some deliberation, perhaps due to the so-called bullying the weak and fearing the strong, and seeing the tough-looking Jingu, the two men's tone became less forceful.

"Could you please tell me why? This Shadow Ghost has a clean record and has no history of harming anyone."

"A good resume?" Shen Gong casually glanced at the documents in his hand. They were mostly about the past of the previous Shadow Ghost, mostly harmless things like impersonating other people's shadows.

Jingu countered, "May I ask first, how are you so sure that it really only did what's on its resume?"

"This is a company secret, and you have no right to inquire about it."

"Really? I clearly remember that everyone who applies for documents knew about this, so how did it become a secret?"

Tamamo-no-Mae, who was standing next to the shrine, suddenly spoke up.

"And who are you? Who gave you permission to interfere in our work?"

They were somewhat weak towards the shrine, but suddenly became tough on Tamamo-no-Mae and the others.

"You're amazing," Tamamo-no-Mae said emotionlessly, flicking her finger without even glancing at them.

"It's just leaving marks on those monsters to ensure we can monitor their movements at all times. Can that really be considered a secret?"

Oh, I see. So he died yesterday and came knocking on my door today?

"How dare you! Who told you to..."

He was interrupted halfway through his sentence by a powerful elbow strike from his companion.

"I am very sorry, Lord Jingu and Lady Tamamo-no-Mae. It seems that this matter was mostly a misunderstanding on our part. Please forgive our rudeness just now."

Even if you weren't paying attention, you would recognize who Tamamo-no-Mae is at this moment.

I thought she was just a minor deity from a newly established shrine, but since she associates with a powerful demon like Tamamo-no-Mae, she must be no small fry.

He decided to stay out of this mess.

He bowed repeatedly to his companion in apology, then quickly fled the scene, acting as if nothing had happened.

Chapter 18 So-called Consensus

"Turns out this is no big deal. I thought it would be a lot of trouble."

Watching the two flee as if they were running away, Jingu felt a little regretful.

He thought he could make a big news story out of this.

"It's troublesome or not, there are many different situations, but you've definitely been set up."

Tamamo-no-Mae said with a smile, she loved this kind of fun stuff the most.

“It’s definitely different when you break the consensus and kill a licensed monster in front of many people than when you kill a licensed monster when no one knows about it.”

"The former will inevitably cause conflict between humans and demons, while the latter, with just a little manipulation, will turn into all sorts of situations, such as demons committing evil and violating the consensus first, so they are killed."

"Tsk tsk." Jingu clicked his tongue. Should I say this is what human society is like?

"So I was set up?"

"Of course, you're a genuine god, and all the records are guaranteed by Hanayama Inuharu. If you accidentally killed a monster, they'll just ask you about the situation normally."

“But they came out with such an aggressive attitude, like they were trying to cause me trouble, right?” Jingu continued, picking up where Tamamo-no-Mae left off.

“You answered correctly, but there’s no reward,” Tamamo-no-Mae said, shrugging.

"This situation is either foolish, or someone is instigating it, and someone with even more power than the Kazan-in family is doing it. I think you should know who you've offended. Tell me?"

"How can you say I offended anyone? You should say he offended me." Jingu shrugged. He let Takaji Makoto go yesterday simply because he felt he had no legitimate reason to do so.

After all, you can't just kill someone because they used to pursue you, right? That's too cruel.

But if he's targeting me, then there's a reason for it, isn't there?

“Your smile looks disgusting. Don’t smile like that with that face.” Tamamo-no-Mae pinched Jingu’s cheek.

"But you're right, that guy offended you and he's really in big trouble now."

"How can you say it's bad luck? This is incredibly lucky."

"Heh." Tamamo-no-Mae responded with only a cold laugh.

This person, or rather this god, is only generous and tolerant towards those he is interested in, and those he is interested in are either interesting or beautiful.

Besides that, he's a petty guy, and anyone who offends him will definitely regret their actions.

Moreover, Tamamo-no-Mae glanced at the shrine and secretly made a mental note of it.

He appears to be a sunny and handsome young man, but in reality, he is an arrogant and cruel evil god. His appearance only makes people mistakenly believe that he is innocent and kind.

I wonder what will happen after Suga discovers Jingu's true nature. Ah, that love-obsessed person probably doesn't care about such things.

However, Tamamo-no-Mae was also very curious about how the shrine would respond to the other party.

For a moment, the god and the demon looked at each other and each revealed a different smile.

The two who escaped back into the car took a few deep breaths.

"Damn it, drive, I need to make a call." The leader slightly unbuttoned his shirt; he had just been terrified.

"Senior, why should we be afraid? Even though Tamamo-no-Mae is a great demon, didn't she also get her marriage certificate in our department?"

The man driving asked with some curiosity, and his

The senior didn't rush to reply; instead, he lit a cigarette and took a deep drag.

"You don't know anything! Even though these powerful demons have gotten their marriage certificates, do you really think they've become good demons? That they won't kill a single one of them?"

The man explained earnestly to his subordinate.

"Issuing certificates for ordinary little demons is your job. Issuing certificates for powerful demons is a great achievement and a political accomplishment. If you can issue a certificate for a peerless demon like Tamamo-no-Mae, your path to promotion will be smooth sailing."

"So, these powerful demons have special privileges. Do you really want to label them as enemies just because they killed someone in a fit of anger, and then start a massive war between humans and demons?"

"But isn't protecting the safety of ordinary people our department's responsibility?" the subordinate still had some doubts.

The man scoffed and said:

"Protecting the safety of ordinary people is the responsibility of the Onmyoji Bureau. What we protect is the balance between humans and yokai. If we have to go to war with yokai like Tamamo-no-Mae and Ōtengu because of a little sacrifice, even more people will die. Besides..."

"Not to mention what?"

"Why are you talking so much nonsense? Drive your car!" The man snapped at his subordinate, then continued to lie in the passenger seat smoking.

What's more, you'd die at home before you even got to do that.

After all, those who rose to power by establishing harmonious relationships with these powerful demons are still sitting on those thrones.

The car was filled with smoke, and the man took out his phone.

Makoto Takatsukasa was somewhat uneasy. Although he had been feeling uneasy ever since he saw that person last night, he always had a vague sense of foreboding.

I don't know if the tasks I assigned have been completed.

In human society, power is the greatest weapon, and when one steps onto this stage, neither monsters nor gods can stand against a human.

This is all thanks to the leverage that person sent last night—a leverage that would allow him to easily eliminate the Jingu Shrine.

It doesn't matter whether the Shadow Demon was killed by Jingu or someone else, and it doesn't matter whether Jingu resisted or admitted it.

He naturally didn't think he could easily subdue the Divine Palace with a set of rules and regulations; he only needed the fact that the Divine Palace had violated the consensus to be firmly established.

In that case, the Hanayama-in family and the Kuga family would have no reason to stop him from using this issue as a pretext to make a big deal out of it, or even to define the shrine as an evil god, or an enemy that disrupts the harmony between humans and demons, and to place the shrine on the opposite side of the entire mystical world of Yingzhou.

In this way, Makoto Takatsukasa would be in an invincible position.

All of this is based on the premise that this matter will be fixed; if that cannot be done, then there is no way to make any progress.

The phone rang suddenly, and Makoto Takaji quickly picked it up to answer, but his expression immediately turned very ugly.

"A bunch of opportunists!"

After hanging up the phone, Makoto Takaji slammed his hand heavily on the table.

The other party didn't say whether it was a success or a failure, they just said it couldn't be done.

This indicates that the other party has a much stronger background, powerful enough to make these opportunists disregard the power of the Takatsukasa family, since these guys are driven by profit and power.

What should we do next? The first step has already failed. Should we contact that person?

Since he was able to give himself the first handle, it wouldn't be impossible for him to find another accusation to smear the Shrine.

Just as Makoto Takatsukasa was preparing to contact his allies, a voice came from the side.

"Takashi-sensei, it's time for class."

"Okay." Takatsukasa Makoto subconsciously replied, then suddenly realized that the next class wasn't his.

He looked up abruptly and saw Jingu, dressed in a white coat, smiling at him.

"That's right, the next class is physiology and hygiene class."

Chapter 19 Nature