I planted a sacred tree in Tokyo.

Chapter 187 How Did You Get Cuckolded?

"Hi Yi!"

At the Prime Minister's official residence, an official entered with his hands tucked into his trousers, bowing excitedly as he gave his report.

"The 'Yellow Spring Rifts' in Kyoto and Osaka have been contained, and Yu-kun and the other extraordinary individuals are heading to Matsue City."

"Hu~~"

"Great!"

Upon hearing the official's report,
The cabinet officials in the conference room all breathed a sigh of relief.

The core of an island nation consists of three major metropolitan areas: Tokyo goes without saying, with the Divine Tree and the 'Hakuzosu' in charge, it is naturally safe and secure.

Through television reports, online live broadcasts, and various other channels, the tragic situation in other parts of the island nation has left the tens of millions of people living here with lingering fears; if it weren't for the government's repeated evacuations, the people rushing to the Sacred Tree area to worship would have made the entire Sacred Tree area impossible to move an inch.

Even so, most people spontaneously worship in the direction of the 'sacred tree'.

If it were a world where 'faith leads to godhood,' with millions of devout believers, wouldn't they be able to immediately raise their divine thrones and ascend to heaven in broad daylight?
Good news has just arrived from the Osaka-Kyoto area: Yu-kun has set up a barrier to seal the Yellow Springs Rift and reduced the number of evil spirits to an acceptable level. Although the losses are heavy and the casualties are hard to count, at least this 'Millennial Kyoto' has not been destroyed.

As for the Nagoya metropolitan area sandwiched in the middle, it inexplicably escaped disaster: the evil spirits were all blocked by Eileen Takahashi.

"Speaking of Takahashi Eileen, what's the situation in the Koyasan area?"

"The Bloody Hakama took advantage of the chaos to launch a surprise attack on the Self-Defense Forces' lines, causing casualties among approximately three thousand Self-Defense Force soldiers and five thousand Foreign Legion members. And..."

Incidentally, they also took away an unknown number of 'evil spirits,' an action that, for the island nation, meant:
"It's good news,"

The Chief Cabinet Secretary spoke first, setting the tone.

The prime minister can't say these things, but his deputy doesn't have as many taboos.

Three thousand casualties may seem exaggerated, but it depends on the region: in peacetime, it would naturally cause a huge uproar, but in war zones, like the northern Russians, people have been fighting each other like dogs for the past two years, with casualties far exceeding hundreds of thousands. Yet, everyone still goes about their daily lives as usual.

Not to mention places like the Middle East and South America, where it's quite normal for presidents and prime ministers to die in the line of duty every few days.

"These messages indicate that the person behind Blood Hakama and the entity attempting to break the seal in the Underworld are not allies. They might even be..."

They are hostile to each other!

Beside Eileen Takahashi was Paper Dance.

Since Paper Dance tacitly approved of Takahashi Eileen's act of releasing the 'Kafka illusion' to cleanse the evil spirits, it proves the 'Nine-Tailed Faction's' attitude towards this extraordinary disaster.

The fact that the Koyasan 'Blood Hakama' simultaneously plunders both life and evil spirits further supports this inference.

"But if that happens, what if Blood Hakama summons another tail?"

What can island nations use to resist?
While the 'Nine-Tailed Forces' did not ally with the one in the underworld, the enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend.

It's obvious that neither Kurama nor that other person takes the island nation's government seriously.

They're just ants that can be crushed with a flick of the wrist.

"."

"Let's get through this difficult time first, Minister Kihara."

The Prime Minister turned to look at the Defense Minister.

"You should start making contact with the 'North'."

"Hi Yi!"

The Defense Minister's expression turned serious. America's inaction this time had made the island's cabinet determined to bring the northern forces into the game!
With its current extraordinary strength, the island nation is already on par with the United States in conventional warfare. However, if the US were to overturn the table, the island nation would still be unable to withstand it. Unless the 'Inari God' intervenes: but how can a god be so easily involved in human conflicts?
By bringing in the northern bear, a pincer movement is formed.

It can both escape the exploitation of the United States and seize the opportunity to strengthen itself.

Despite the extraordinary disasters that occur daily in island nations, where tens of thousands die, this very fact is a form of 'capital'.

Many countries want to enter the island nation, but they have no way to "help" kill demons and evil spirits for free.

As long as the island nation speaks up, even if it's America, it's fine.
Do they really dare to defy the whole world?
Let alone Russia, even within NATO, do other countries really want to obediently act as dogs?
If one can seize the opportunity presented by the "extraordinary," it is not impossible to become the master of the next era.

"Since America is unable to fulfill its security obligations under the Treaty, then we will no longer be bound by it—"

What will happen after the introduction of the Russian bear into the game?
It can't get any worse than it is now!
"And Director Zhuya, bring him back as soon as possible to take charge of the overall situation."

The danger and uncontrollability of supernatural events made these high-ranking cabinet officials rub their temples: professional matters should be left to professionals. It's always better to wrestle with other countries than to easily deal with supernatural events that could wreak havoc across vast areas at the slightest disagreement.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Shimane Prefecture, Matsue City, Higashi
"Amitabha,"

Seeing Yu and the others land on the giant bird, a smile appeared on Zhixiong and Shang's otherwise expressionless face.

After breaking through, Monk Zhixiong blocked the Yellow Spring Crack by himself, consuming his mana every second. Even though the 'Immovable King Formation' didn't consume much mana, its large area was almost draining him dry.

"Esteemed benefactors, you have finally arrived!"

"The master single-handedly blocked the road to the underworld. I admire him greatly."

Yu gave the young monk a thumbs up. As the first person to break through to the lower limit of Jonin level on his own initiative, it was only right to praise him.

"You flatter me, benefactor. Please set up a protective barrier so that we can make our way to the remaining disaster-stricken cities."

"no problem,"

Yu wasn't planning on turning the island nation into a ghost town right now.
He simply felt that there were too many lingering soul echoes accumulated in the Yellow Springs, so he was just dumping some garbage.

Wouldn't it be a win-win situation to let the real world help 'clean up' evil spirits?

Island Nation: Arminians
"Four Symbols Demon Sealing Formation, activate!"

After setting up the chakra absorption array and closing most of the 'Yellow Spring Rift' in the sky, Yu turned to look at Monk Zhixiong.

"Master, we are about to head to Hiroshima. Look."

"Amitabha,"

"As long as evil spirits remain, how dare I linger? Please, benefactor, give me a ride, this humble monk."

It can't fly.

"In that case."

"Master, please."

Qiong Mei had already opened her hands, and a small white bird flew out.

As soon as the bird left the girl's palm, it immediately swelled up into a giant bird several meters long: it looked like an enlarged version of a sparrow, shaking its head.

However, its true nature is that of a highly powerful explosive!

爆遁
This is a bloodline limit formed by earth and lightning, which allows the user to create explosions using chakra.

That's right, Explosion Release is a bloodline limit.

Exploding clay is a 'secret technique'!
Besides Deidara, the 'artist', Kari, who is also a member of the Iwagakure 'Explosion Squad', also possesses the Explosion Release bloodline.

Unlike Deidara, who uses clay to create explosions, 'Kari' creates explosions with his own fists.

The essence of Deidara's Explosion Release combined with the 'Clay Secret Technique' is his Explosion Release technique.

However, Sora doesn't like explosions. The 'Clay Yin-Yang Technique' that Yu taught her was used by her as a simple shikigami: just like her brother's, one is white clay and the other is ink, both are methods of creating shikigami out of thin air.

"Thank you,"

Leaping onto the back of the giant white bird, Monk Zhixiong sat cross-legged with his hands clasped together and began to breathe deeply to restore his magical power.

Fukushima, Yamanashi, Kyoto, Osaka, Shimane.
Besides Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the next two places that need to be dealt with.

Not knowing what kind of great battle awaited them ahead, Monk Zhixiong naturally wanted to seize the time to recover.

We can't exactly send Yu-kun into battle, can we?

He still needs to set up a protective barrier!

As for his family members, at first glance, they were all high school or junior high school girls, not at all like strong people: in fact, they seemed like the kind of obedient girls who would never go out if it weren't for this crisis.

Let him handle the fighting!
Hiroshima City
"Om Mani Padme Hum"

As Monk Zhixiong clasped his hands together and chanted sutras, the 50-meter-tall Hundred-Hand Guanyin behind him made a compassionate gesture, while the hundreds of arms behind him struck out with a thunderous roar: sometimes with wide, sweeping movements, majestic and imposing; sometimes with sudden, agile movements, sometimes with the force of a thunderbolt and a great storm; and sometimes with a dense, continuous flow, like a light drizzle and mist.

Ninety-eight hands moved so tightly they were impenetrable, swatting away the charred 'evil spirits' that rushed at them, turning them into countless green specks scattered across the sky.

These 'radiation evil spirits' were indeed ferocious, but when faced with the genuine 'Jonin' level monk Zhixiong, they were nothing more than mayflies trying to shake a tree, being swept away before they even got close. Even the remaining green light was helpless against the monk protected by the 'Hundred-Armed Guanyin' phantom, and in the end, it could only—transform into a torrent and fly towards the city.

"You protect me,"

"I'm going to start setting up the sealing magic circle."

After assigning tasks to Qiongmei and the others, You focused on drawing magic circles. Streams of ink-colored characters flew from his fingertips, forming circles of magic circles below the cracks in the sky.

As for the 'surging' evil spirits, no one else needed to take action; Yuluo's 'Martial Melody' was enough to kill them.

Once the magic circle was formed, Master Zhixiong immediately poured chakra into it without hesitation.

This made You quite gratified.

If everyone could break through to the next level on the spot like the monk,

Wouldn't that mean I could immediately travel the world and see the wonders of other planets?

"Done,"

"Let's go see how our 'acquaintances' in the government are doing?"

With a shout, he flew towards the few remaining chakra sources in the city. When he saw Director Zhuya, dressed in tattered clothes, sitting in the ruins:

"Director, how did you get cheated on?"

This is not a joke, but a statement of fact.

"do not come,"

Director Zhuya, whose glasses were nowhere to be found and whose clothes were ripped during the fight, raised her hand to stop everyone from getting closer, and spoke with a pale and helpless expression.

"I might be under a curse."

"Oh?"

"What curse? Tell me about it."

Yu had an expression that said, "I'm an expert."

"If I knew the inside story, perhaps I could undo it."

".No,"

"You definitely can't do it, Yu-kun."

Director Zhu Ya gave a wry smile, explaining why she was so certain.

that is because:

"This is the 'nuclear radiation curse'."

Even the great Onmyoji of a thousand years ago probably didn't consider how to break the 'nuclear radiation' curse, right?

"This"

Yuu couldn't help but frown and touch his chin.

"It's really a bit difficult."

"Let's head to Nagasaki first, and we can talk about the curse on the way."

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Nagasaki
beep beep beep

In Nagasaki, which has become a ghost town, the equipment sent by the Self-Defense Forces sounded a sharp alarm as soon as it approached a group of 'green men'.

"how come?"

Kawai Mai, whose face was also deathly pale, looked at the data on the instrument and felt utterly horrified.

"Such a high level of radiation is enough to kill a blue whale."

"Calm down,"

At Nagasaki's iconic Aki Square, Yu raised his hand to signal the young policewoman to calm down.

"You guys aren't blue whales, you're all doing just fine, aren't you?"

"Just some nuclear radiation."

Everyone present was an extraordinary being, protected by 'spiritual power'. What was deadly nuclear radiation to ordinary creatures was merely a slight discomfort to them.

"I already know the details of the matter."

You opened his palm, and between his five fingers, a small green dot of light was fluttering up and down, but it could not escape from his palm.

"Radiation evil spirits,"

"These evil spirits are different from ordinary evil spirits for some reason."

Once an evil spirit is killed, it will form a green light spot and merge into the human body nearby.

If not, for example, if it encounters the 'Guanyin Dharma Image' of Monk Zhixiong, it will merge into other people's bodies: among everyone present, Director Zhuya, who has the most 'greenery', came about in this way.

"They are deeply obsessed,"

"Even in death, he will pass on his 'power' and 'revenge' to others."

"Although it's not appropriate to talk about this now, haven't you all become stronger?"

? !
Upon hearing You's question, everyone present clenched their fists and made movements such as swinging their arms and kicking their legs.

"indeed,"

Director Zhu Ya, who sits in the office all day, understands this best.
"My spiritual power has become much stronger, but this matter..."

This doesn't look like a good thing at all, does it?

The radiation monitoring instruments next to them were constantly alarming, and everyone's faces were turning green. Not to mention the possibility of suddenly dying, just the thought of becoming a 'mobile radiation source' was enough to make them lose their composure.

"Don't panic,"

Yu raised her hand again to signal to everyone, "I'm here."

"Although the Yin-Yang arts I've studied don't actually have a way to remove the 'radiation curse,' let's try a different approach—"

"Why don't you just use the radiation for your own purposes?"

???

"Don't let past experiences limit your thinking."

He chatted amiably under the watchful eyes of Director Takeya, Fujisei, and Kawai Mai—the three "big green men"—as well as a bunch of "little green men" from the Extraordinary Countermeasures Department.

"Ultimately, this 'radiation curse' is also a kind of spiritual power."

"As long as you can control it, you can naturally minimize its impact."

"At the same time, this power can also serve as an aid in your battles—in a sense, that's a good thing~~"

Do you want this wonderful, lush green opportunity?!
Many special police officers couldn't help but complain in their hearts, but many others seriously considered You's suggestion.

Although this 'power' looks strange and dangerous, power is power!

Only by possessing power can one control their own destiny in this chaotic world.

If the cost isn't too high, what's wrong with becoming a 'green man'?

In any case, given the current chaotic situation, even if a god were to descend tomorrow and shatter the island nation into pieces, it would still be considered 'normal' in the eyes of the islanders.

If it weren't for the timely response and Yu-kun's protective barrier, out of the island nation's 100 million people, who knows how many would still be alive tomorrow?
"This method of controlling the 'curse'"

Yu looked at the obsequious Director Zhuya with disdain.

"Hey, hey, hey, I've already done enough, stop asking me everything!"

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

P.S.: Because Tokyo University is experiencing a nationwide surge in popularity, the entry of Russia into the game means that the plausibility of this chapter shouldn't be taken too seriously (helplessly).

(End of this chapter)