Tokyo Gods Only Want Beautiful Priestesses

But since the shrine didn't call a halt, Doi Enji didn't dare stop and kept rewinding the spell. As it rewound, Hanayama Inuharu seemed to have discovered something and suddenly pointed at the paper and said...

Why would they go to the waters off Tokyo? There's no one there.

Sure enough, although these dozens of shadow ghosts were scattered throughout Tokyo, they would occasionally drift around the Tokyo sea. Surely they weren't just admiring the scenery?

But then a question arises: what are they doing at sea? They don't seem to be holding any kind of gathering, and their times are mostly staggered.

My head is throbbing, I don't really want to think anymore. Let's go grab someone alive and interrogate them.

Thinking about this, Jingu suddenly realized what was going on: why was he cosplaying as a great detective here?

Oh no, I've fallen into the trap of habitual thinking again. He's not a good person anyway, so he doesn't care whether those shadow ghosts are innocent or not. He'll just capture them and torture them.

Only Takatsukasa Masato, with his deep mind and cautious actions, would have been apprehended on the spot if that guy from the Jingu posing as Takatsukasa Makoto had dared to show up, so they could have easily verified his identity.

As for alerting them? At worst, we'll turn the whole of Tokyo upside down. Jingu doesn't believe these guys are really hiding so well that they can leave no trace.

With his thoughts becoming clearer, Jingu didn't even say goodbye before whipping up a gust of wind and rushing away, leaving behind a bewildered Hanayama-in Haru and Doi-i Enji who was still wiping away sweat.

What do you mean by that?!

Hanayama Haru was dumbfounded. She had been prepared to do something serious after being dragged into the mess, but after Jingu dragged her in, he swam away in a flash.

They just left her there unattended, without even giving her a heads-up. What was she supposed to do? Wasn't she dragged into this mess for no reason? It seemed like the whole thing had nothing to do with her.

Hanayama Haru was so angry she wanted to bite her teeth. She quickly left, her heel even leaving a faint white mark on the floor. She knew where she had to go.

After the two left, Doi Enji quickly returned to normal, stopped sweating, stopped bending over, and waved his hand to tidy up the archives room that had been messed up by the wind.

He then exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? Is the information on this Shadow Ghost really this thin?"

On the street, a man was pointing at clothes in a shop window and talking.

"Honey, what do you think of that dress?"

The woman, who was holding his arm, glanced at the sign, then shook her head and tried to persuade the man.

"This restaurant is still too expensive, let's go to another one?"

"It's okay, it's your birthday soon, so this is a perfect gift for you."

The couple's conversation drew admiration from passersby who remarked on their affection, wishing they could have such a thoughtful and understanding partner.

Just as the two were having what appeared to be an argument but was actually a loving conversation about the price, a gust of wind blew by, so strong that everyone couldn't open their eyes.

After the storm passed, only the man remained standing alone, and then he began frantically searching for his lover.

Passersby cast disgusted glances at him, wondering how he could suddenly go crazy when he was perfectly fine just a moment ago.

Chapter 27 Random Torture

Above the clouds, the shrine maiden held the woman in one hand as the gale gradually subsided.

"Still pretending? If you don't open your eyes, I'll throw you down."

The shrine maiden made a move to let go, and the woman opened her eyes in a panic. But when she realized she was high in the sky, she screamed again.

"Stop yelling. You're not human. Do you think you'll be killed by falling like that?"

"Oh, that's an interesting question. Do you monsters get killed by falling?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jingu released his grip, letting the other fall freely to the ground.

Damn it, is this guy crazy?

The woman glared hatefully at the shrine, then mustered her demonic power and flew up. But the surrounding air currents suddenly stopped, and she seemed to be frozen in an invisible solid.

"You're not still clinging to the naive idea that you can run away, are you?"

Jingu beckoned, and the other person floated towards him. Although the other person's appearance was not bad now, Jingu was usually surrounded by beauties like Tamamo-no-Mae, so he naturally had no interest in her at all.

"Don't give me any nonsense about having a certificate or being innocent; it'll only waste my patience."

With a single movement from the shrine, an invisible current of energy, like a pair of giant hands, pulled at the woman's body, slowly exerting force, as if to tear her in two.

"Can I ask you, or can you just tell me on your own?"

"What do you want to ask?! You madman!"

Feeling the pain of her body being torn apart inch by inch, the woman finally couldn't hold back anymore and cursed out loud.

She was just strolling around when she was suddenly grabbed and, without saying a word, experienced a freefall before being subjected to severe torture. Everything happened so fast that she hadn't even figured out what was going on.

There's no way around it; sometimes Jingu is very patient simply because of the beautiful girls or other pleasures, but when those pleasures are not present, he becomes a little impatient.

Just like the first time I met Hanayama Haru.

"Okay." The invisible current stopped tearing at the woman's body, and Shen Gong asked.

"Are you Shadow Ghosts plotting something?"

"I don't know, no?" The woman seemed a little confused, but the next moment, the excruciating pain of her body being torn apart made her scream.

"Really not, or do you just not know?" Jingu stopped what he was doing and asked again.

"I don't know, I really don't know. I'm just an ordinary monster. How could I know so much? Even if the Shadow Demon Clan really has a conspiracy, I don't know."

The woman seemed to be on the verge of collapse. How could she be tortured like this? There was absolutely no basis or reason for it, and they didn't care at all whether she lived or died.

"Oh, the Shadow Ghost clan, so you guys actually formed a clan?"

Shadow spirits, which are born from deception and performance, are generally solitary spirits, each with their own replacement, and they usually cannot form groups.

"So, the next question is, how many of the so-called Shadow Demons are there in Tokyo?"

"I...I don't know."

"Probably not?" The woman cast a glance at her, and she knew what that meant.

"Hundreds! There are at least hundreds, that's the number I've seen!"

To avoid the shrine's unreasonable tearing punishment, the woman quickly spoke.

The pervert in front of her seemed completely unconcerned about what she was saying.

Whether Xi is real or fake, there might be a way to tell, but she dared not guess, because the other party didn't care about her life or death at all.

She doesn't have much of a willingness to sacrifice, so it's best to cooperate.

Meanwhile, Jingu was pondering the number the other party mentioned. Judging from the number of hundreds, the number of registered monsters by the Yokai Management Committee was clearly too low. Perhaps the other party had not registered at all.

What is the Onmyōryō (the Bureau of Yin and Yang) doing? Allowing hundreds of these chaotic and evil demons to roam freely in Tokyo?

We live in a peaceful and prosperous era. Perhaps these unregistered monsters can be active for a while, but they can't keep running around without being exterminated and sealed away.

So, is there a mole within the official organization? This is getting interesting.

A smile crept onto Jingu's lips. It seemed he had inadvertently uncovered a major conspiracy; these guys had already infiltrated many places.

And how did they infiltrate an organization primarily composed of Onmyoji (yin-yang masters) without ever being discovered?

Did the yokai learn Yin-Yang techniques? Or did they replace the Yin-Yang masters and thus master Yin-Yang techniques without a teacher?

"And who leads the Shadow Ghost clan? Have you seen any Shadow Ghosts who know the inside story?"

The shrine maiden continued to ask questions, and the woman, becoming much more perceptive, quickly answered.

"That's not the case. Rather, nobody knows why there are suddenly so many Shadow Ghosts in Tokyo."

"Who taught you this shortcut of replacing the dead?"

"Replacing the dead?" The woman hesitated for a moment, but seeing that the shrine was about to raise its hand, she instantly spoke as if by reflex.

"No, no! You must have misunderstood. We are not simply replacing the dead."

"Oh? So how exactly did you do it?"

The woman swallowed hard and said:

"It was a rumor that started at some unknown time: that a curse god floats in the sea off Tokyo Bay, and that anyone who gets close to the curse god will be plagued by misfortune."

Chicks? This matter is related to chicks again?

Seeing the somewhat puzzled look in Jingu's eyes, the woman gritted her teeth and continued, "Actually, we are still repeating the method of replacing the other party with slow killing, rather than randomly selecting the dead to replace him."

Shadow Demons are yokai with the characteristic of having two bodies. Even if they do not completely replace someone, they will still possess the characteristics of that person and have some kind of connection with them.

Furthermore, they rely on this characteristic to spread the misfortune they have acquired from their chicks to their targets. By simply spending time patiently, they can prevent their targets from dying from misfortune without the chicks having to do anything themselves.

And they will naturally use their own characteristics to replace each other, but in the end it is just a deceptive ability, and the ability will dissipate after they leave.

Just like when she was swept away by the whirlwind of the shrine, passersby would immediately think that the woman never existed in the first place, and only her lovers who had been in contact with her would think that she had mysteriously disappeared.

Jingu instantly understood. Finding a victim who was haunted by a monster and died mysteriously was easy, but countless people in Tokyo died unexpectedly every day.

Such things are impossible to investigate, so these shadow ghosts take advantage of the child's misfortune to carry out these secret killings.

Indeed, when Hina first met him, she said: "Are you here also seeking misfortune?"

Judging from this, the shikigami I caught is truly amazing. If I were to release her into Tokyo without any precautions, it would probably be a real-life version of Final Destination.

Just as the shrine maiden was deep in thought, the woman gritted her teeth and continued:

"These were just the beginning. Later, they began to complain that the misfortune was happening too slowly, and they started to form alliances and cooperate to kill each other to achieve their goals."

"As far as I know, many of them have replaced gang members or leaders and superiors, using various methods such as loan sharking, kidnapping, street fights, and layoffs to hasten the death of their targets."

Chapter 28 Lost Clues

There are so many ways to kill in this world, why insist on doing it yourself?

Accidents, suicides, murders committed after being caught up in conflicts... there are countless ways for these monsters to hide in the shadows and easily escape.

Even humans have countless ways to escape punishment, let alone monsters?

However, these things didn't matter to Jingu; he just wanted to resolve this matter as soon as possible.

"So none of you have any information about the person behind it all?"

"No...no," the woman said, her voice trembling. She had already told everything she knew.

"These messages and events spread from one another, and no one knows who first came up with them."

This is troublesome.