Tokyo Gods Only Want Beautiful Priestesses

Jingu was somewhat troubled. Everyone knew that this approach meant that any Shadow Ghost would be a suspect. Was he supposed to kill all the Shadow Ghosts in Tokyo?

While it's true that we dislike these monsters, sending them to kill off their entire clans is unnecessary and troublesome.

"Do you know which Shadow Demons are particularly powerful or hold high positions in Tokyo?"

Jingu has found a new avenue to attack him. Anyone who can persuade Takaji Makoto to cause him trouble must have some power or status.

"No... I don't know. Everyone communicates and cooperates by concealing their identities in human society. We can only make a rough guess, but we have no idea who is who."

"Then who arranged for you to get the certificate from the Monster Management Committee?"

"No one arranged it; they all went on their own after being caught by the Onmyoji."

The woman's expression clearly showed displeasure, and she seemed somewhat frightened. She answered several questions in a row, but none of them seemed to provide any useful information.

No wonder, the temple believed that there was a mastermind behind this, manipulating everything, and that these shadow ghosts on the Shanghai Stock Exchange were just a smokescreen.

It turns out that there isn't such a character at all now, and we're back to square one. Should we go back to the Monster Management Committee and look for the Shadow Demon that might be hiding inside?

If there were any traitors among them, given the grand entrance the shrine had just made, they would probably have already gotten wind of it and fled.

It's like being told a murder case was actually a random killing; where is the shrine supposed to find the killer?

Feeling extremely troubled, Jingu tapped his head. If all else failed, he would just follow his previous idea and wipe out all the Shadow Demons in Tokyo. After all, he had to keep his promise.

Wouldn't it be incredibly embarrassing if they couldn't do it? His divine palace certainly didn't want to lose face.

"Um... I've told you everything truthfully, can you let me go now?" the woman asked cautiously.

"Hmm..." Shen Gong stared at the woman for a moment, wondering if releasing her would affect his later plan to exterminate his clan.

"You go."

Jingu abandoned that troublesome idea. Given the others' cooperation, he couldn't find a reason to silence them, after all, he wasn't some evil god.

The woman, freed from her restraints, quickly used her demonic power to fly away. Tokyo was really dangerous. What happened to the promise that having a certificate would prevent her from being killed? She went back and hid in a remote little place in the countryside.

After considering the matter for a while, the shrine decided to remain hidden in the wind and not go to the Yokai Management Committee; instead, it returned to its ancestral home.

Go ask Chu if she has any useful information.

The shrine was quiet and deserted.

Tamamo-no-Mae has gone out to find some friends to have fun with again. With the Hina Festival approaching, Hina also goes to collect misfortune.

For a moment, only Soga Ai remained at the shrine, kneeling under the shrine. In fact, there was nothing in the shrine, but Soga Ai did not know what she should do now, so she could only sit quietly under the shrine.

The more you try to calm your mind, the harder it becomes to achieve tranquility.

For the past sixteen years, I have been waiting in this lonely and quiet way, but at this moment, I can hardly maintain my former state of mind.

This feeling of being deeply moved was both painful and wonderful. Perhaps she was never someone who could tolerate loneliness, but only now did she truly understand what loneliness felt like.

Suga looked at the empty shrine and thought how wonderful it would be if her shrine could be like those of other gods, relying on a divine body or the body of a priestess.

Suga Ai's thoughts gradually began to become dangerous, but a gentle breeze entered the main hall through the door, and Suga Ai's heart skipped a beat, throwing all those chaotic thoughts to the back of her mind.

"Lord Jingu, you're back."

As soon as the shrine was landed, Soga Ai, dressed as a shrine maiden, slowly walked towards them.

Her pretty face was unadorned, and the young girl wore a sweet smile, the corners of her mouth barely touching the surface. Her delicate hand gently brushed away non-existent dust from the shrine.

She straightened Jingu's clothes again, and her warm fingertips inadvertently brushed against Jingu's neck. The close proximity between them caused strands of Suga's hair to drift onto Jingu's body, making her feel a little itchy.

"Where are the chicks?"

Not knowing how to respond to Suga's words, which sounded like she was waiting for her husband to come home, Jingu chose to change the subject.

“She went to collect misfortune if there was nothing else to do.” Su Woai put down her hand and followed closely behind Shen Gong. After Shen Gong sat down, she sat down next to him.

"Does Lord Jingu have something to discuss with Hina?"

The girl's gaze remained fixed, which made the priestess somewhat uneasy. He had only gone out for a short while, but upon returning, he felt that his little priestess was acting strangely.

Although she was clingy before, it wasn't to this extent, was it?

"It's nothing, it's just that it seems like..."

After adjusting for a moment, Jingu began to tell Suga about the situation.

The girl listened attentively, her body slightly tilted, leaning almost against the shrine, her gaze fixed solely on her deity.

Smell, sound, touch, and this feeling—every moment reminds Su Woai that she loves this feeling and cherishes every breath.

Her body unconsciously leaned forward more and more, as if she was about to fall down, but Suga was afraid that this would interrupt Jingu's words, so she maintained this semi-tilted posture.

"So, has Lord Jingu lost all clues now?"

After the shrine maiden finished speaking, the girl no longer resisted and leaned softly against the shrine maiden, gently sniffing the air.

Jingu was surprised for a moment, then helplessly let the girl lie in his arms, her beautiful hair flowing freely.

"I guess so. After all, if Hina doesn't know anything right now, I'll have no choice but to turn the whole of Tokyo upside down and try to exterminate the entire clan."

Jingu said casually, but Suga Ai frowned. She also wanted to share the burden for her god. Was there any way to help?

"Well, you never know. Maybe the clues will just pop up on their own soon. Let's keep this clingy little witch company for a bit first."

With the spirit of the shrine in his body, it looked like he was about to kiss her. Su Wo Ai's earlobes turned slightly red. She didn't resist, but she didn't get up to meet him either. She just parted her cherry lips slightly and waited.

"Xiao Ai! Are you there? Please save your sister!"

Chapter 29 Soga Family

"Sorry to bother you, it's alright now!"

Hanayama Haruka quickly fled the scene, and Jingu lowered his head to lightly peck Soga Ai's lips twice, then waved helplessly.

Kayama Inuharu was pulled out like a doll from a claw machine, looking lifeless, which made Jingu find it somewhat amusing.

"You're like a half-dead person in front of me, but you seemed full of energy when you were shouting 'I love you' just now?"

"Ahem..." Hanayama Inshun looked embarrassed.

"Can going to work and leaving get off work be the same thing?"

"What do you mean by 'saving you'? Is someone watching you?" Shen Gong was curious. Could it be that the clue he was looking for had finally arrived?

"This..." Hanayama Haru scratched her face. Actually, she just tends to exaggerate when talking to her friends.

And "saving her" means "keeping you, this dangerous person, away from me!"

But how could Kayama Inshun dare to say that to his face now?

And shouldn't Jingu be investigating the matter? How come he got there faster than her? Damn Tokyo traffic.

"It's just that Sister Chun always likes to talk like that."

Suga spoke up to help Hanayama Haru out of the predicament. Her quiet and pretty face only showed a faint smile, as if she was not angry about being interrupted.

"Tsk, I thought you could bring me some new clues or something."

"What was Lord Jingu doing just now? Did the investigation not go very smoothly?"

He then shared his findings from the interrogation with Kayama Inshun, who then fell into deep thought.

"If that's the case, then it's a big deal. We might have to report it to the General Administration to see how they decide."

"Is it that serious? They're just some little monsters taking advantage of loopholes. I don't believe you didn't consider that monsters might use human society to kill people when you created this system."

The shrine didn't seem to care; such matters should be within their consideration.

"Because other monsters need to rely on themselves to gain status in human society, and the source of their murders can also be found."

"But now the Shadow Demons can hide in front of the Onmyoji, wantonly replacing the original human status in society, and even infiltrating official institutions. This is a big problem."

Hanayama Haru explained that if it were just a simple loophole exploitation, there wouldn't be a big problem. The Shadow Demon would have had a hard time developing under the consensus that killing is not allowed.

But they first use misfortune to kill, and then they replace humans and start using other things to kill, thus constantly opening up new possibilities.

More importantly, how did they manage to hide from the Onmyoji? How did they manage to conceal themselves from official institutions without emitting any demonic aura?

"Don't worry, it's not too serious," Su Woai comforted her.

“That’s right. Their plot to kill Ying Sicheng proves that they haven’t been able to infiltrate the real power center yet. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have gone to such lengths to try to replace Ying Sicheng, who doesn’t even have the right to inherit.”

Hanayama Haru paced back and forth, pondering the ins and outs of the matter. If she had only been dragged into the mess by the Shrine before, now she was genuinely starting to feel anxious about it.

If Takatsuji Makoto

She would become their target, and she had no reason to avoid it. Sooner or later, or perhaps even now, Hanayama Haru herself had always been part of their scheme.

"Well, don't think too much about it. Maybe such a role doesn't even exist. They're just doing these kinds of things on their own."

"No, there definitely was. This whole affair reveals signs of human intervention from the very beginning," Hanayama Inshun said decisively.

"But why didn't it organize or unify all the Shadow Ghosts for more efficient and covert infiltration? Instead, it chose to spread information, which made it easier to be exposed."

Hanayama-in Haru lingered, utterly baffled as to why the other party would choose to act this way. If it were her, she would certainly have acted more secretly and cautiously, plotting slowly, rather than this laissez-faire approach.

"Perhaps, this character isn't Shadow Ghost at all?"

Suga Ai's words pinpointed the crux of Hanayama Haru's dilemma, instantly snapping her out of her daze.

“Yes, maybe this character isn’t a Shadow Ghost at all. It just discovered or created this method and then spread it. But what’s the point of doing that to it?”

Kayama Inshun is trapped in a vicious cycle once again.

"The answer is no, it's just for fun," Jingu said casually.

"While your reasoning is brilliant, have you considered that regardless of whether this character exists or not, we have no way of investigating him now? From this perspective, what he did was actually spreading a smokescreen."

Yes, whether it exists or not, the key is how to solve this problem and find all the shadow ghosts hidden among humans.

“Not all Shadow Demons can infiltrate the Onmyoji organization,” Shingu added.

"At least the two I encountered had very distinct flavors, which means that being able to do this is special."

"The fact that it's special means that someone has done something on top of that, and that person must be someone with grand ambitions, my target."

Jingu felt his thoughts becoming clearer and clearer. Indeed, three heads are better than one, especially since the three of them were all quick-witted and intelligent. After discussing it together, things became clear in an instant.

There are two sources of the problem: one is the person who discovered this loophole and spread the method, and the other is the person who found a perfect way to hide demonic energy.

As for whether these two characters are the same person, that possibility may exist.