I planted a sacred tree in Tokyo.

Chapter 494 The Battle Begins Five Seconds After Meeting

"stop!"

"Don't run—"

On the streets of Shin-Bunkyo Ward, in the 7th school district, a group of students were chasing after something aggressively. Their target, of course, was:
"What a misfortune!"

While leading the pack,
A high school student with a sea urchin-shaped haircut sighed habitually.

This scene made the girl with the high ponytail walking towards them unable to help but facepalm.

"Stop everyone!"

With a sudden swift motion, the long sword in his hand was drawn, and eight transparent, extraordinary alloy threads shot out, bypassing Touma Kamijou in front of him and tearing the sidewalk behind him with slashes.

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"That school uniform is from Jinghua High School."

"Lady Tokugawa?"

"Come on!"

The students who had been chasing after them were taken aback. When they saw Tokugawa Shizuka, their expressions changed. Without uttering any harsh words, they retreated and ran away.

Not everyone is as headstrong as Touma Kamijou, daring to confront powerful figures: Tokugawa, the young lady of Keika High School, is a prominent figure in the 'New Bunkyo Ward,' and ordinary students wouldn't dare to go head-to-head with her.

The gap in both influence and strength is too large.

"I'm saved!"

Didn't I tell you to keep a low profile?

Looking at Kamijou Touma, who had stopped catching his breath, Tokugawa Shizuka felt her temples throbbing.

"Or is it that we have different understandings of 'low-key'?"

"Well, there's a reason for that."

Kamijou Touma coughed dryly.
"Listen to my explanation"

In short, Touma Kamijou recently discovered that a kind of 'energy booster' is popular among students; it allows people to stay energetic even if they only sleep 3 hours a day.

Many students who have used it say it's great: as for the extra time, everyone unanimously says they use it to watch anime and play games;

Actually, everyone knows very well that those who use the medication are all secretly involved!
There's no way around it; everyone wants to become a superhuman as soon as possible. With the continuous spread of superhuman power, canine-level superhumans are becoming increasingly common. Becoming a superhuman sooner means reaping the benefits of the times sooner.

Otherwise, it's not impossible that in a few years, a dog-like dog might end up delivering packages!

Everything is valued for its rarity.

"These drugs are clearly contraband, so—"

The meddlesome Touma Kamijou secretly found the person selling the medicine, and after some earnest persuasion, the daily chase and beating began again.

What can I say to you?

Tokugawa Shizuka covered her forehead again, clutching her sword, filled with nothing but regret, deep regret.

"Drip drip!"

"The 7th school district, 2-chome, 46th block, was damaged."

Just as the girl was having a headache, a drone flew in from the sky; its camera scanned the area and immediately confirmed the situation.

"Lady Tokugawa, is there anything I can do to help you?"

“I did the damage to the sidewalk, please send someone to repair it—the money will be deducted from my account.”

"Okay, have a relaxing and enjoyable time at the academy."

With a wave of his hand, Tokugawa Shizukazu's drone immediately flew away; clearly, this was not the first or second time this had happened.

While her 'Eight Flashes' are indeed powerful, they are prone to damaging the environment, requiring her to pay repair costs after each use. However, among extraordinary individuals, they are considered to be relatively low in destructiveness.

Not all superhumans can simply walk away after a fight; damage caused by low-level superhumans must be compensated.

"Let's get back to the main topic,"

After dismissing the drone, the girl with the high ponytail sighed.

"Touma Kamijou, do you realize how serious the crisis you're facing? Once your abilities are exposed—"

The consequences could be disastrous!

At least Tokugawa Shizuka didn't think he could 'protect' him, not even his grandfather.

"Moreover, the use of banned drugs is considered an unspoken rule here."

Without injections, how can you have bigger muscles than others?
If you don't take medication, why should you have more time to exercise than others?
effort?

That's so naive!
This 'Academy City' is never short of hardworking people.

Apart from true geniuses, most students' extraordinary talents can only be considered 'above average'; even if they are elites gathered from all over the island nation.

Whether it's extraordinary potions or self-awakening, both require strong physical and mental qualities.

If everyone is working hard, then the only way to differentiate ourselves is through other means.

Just like the bodybuilding world before the arrival of the superhumans, it was full of bio-engineered half-humans.

Year 1: Natural fitness is the key!

Year Two: Who works out without using performance-enhancing drugs?
Year 3: Are there any steroids with fewer side effects?
Year 4: Why not get some Compound 5?
Fifth year: Bro, how do you deal with gamma rays?

Year Six: Touch the Plasma Spark Tower

Year Seven: Devastating news hits the bodybuilding world.
Given the presence of numerous pharmaceutical companies researching supernatural abilities here, the illicit circulation of various "black market" drugs is quite normal. Do the students using these drugs not know there's something wrong with them? Of course they do! But everyone else is using them, so how can you compete if you don't?
In this situation, advising someone not to use medication is tantamount to cutting off their future!
"Understand?"

"What you're doing is seen as hindering those who want to buy the medicine."

Hearing the girl's advice, Touma scratched his head.

"this is not right."

"Right and wrong are not just big principles that can be talked about."

Raising her sword, Tokugawa Shizuka's face showed a defiant expression.

"We also need supporting forces."

"Touma Kamijou, I challenge you!"

That's why she came here. Losing to Kamijou Touma, this 'strange' ability-less person, left the competitive Tokugawa Shizuka with a lingering grudge.

"what?"

He was just chased by a student selling medicine, and now he has to fight the girl in front of him.

And it seems like you can't refuse.

"What a misfortune!"

Kamijou Touma let out his usual mournful cry.

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.

The demiplane in Abe no Seimei's hands,
Brush, X2
Two figures appeared out of thin air atop the high-rise building.

Is this the demiplane?
In her red eyes, windmill-shaped pupils slowly rotated as Ie surveyed the world.

Skyscrapers, bustling traffic, billboards flashing with advertisements for various goods and celebrities; pedestrians coming and going, weaving along the sidewalks, looking at their phones.

It looks no different from the 'main world'.
"You sinner, how dare you come back?!"

Just as he was surveying the world, an angry voice, filled with the rumble of thunder, rang out overhead.

?

As Ijiang and Kawaimai looked up, all they could see was golden light!

The sky is golden, the clouds are golden, the banners are golden, the taiko drums are golden—

A dazzling golden light! The entire sky was bathed in a golden glow. A ring of golden clouds surrounded the two of them. Standing on the clouds were figures: many of them wore wide-sleeved robes from Japan's Jomon period, their faces covered with white cloth, making it impossible to tell whether they were male or female, human or demon.

No, judging from the attire of these figures, the divine banners, the magatama drums, and the dazzling golden procession, these are:

"In the name of 'Heaven,' leave immediately, or you will be killed without mercy!"

Several figures floated down in the magnificent golden light.

They are either elderly scholars dressed in black courtier robes, holding jade tablets; or imposing men in samurai hunting attire; or women clad in ancient bamboo armor, or bare-chested and glaring, or two entangled together. All are 'deities' from the traditional culture of the island nation. "The God of Learning, Takemikazuchi, Hachiman, Shinatohiko, Yami-Okami, Yami-Mitsuha."

Looking up at the sky, Chuan and Mai gave each other a slight smile.

This is way too grand!
Even if the 'gods' of this world are strange and not as terrifying as the legends say, there are still many who have reached the level of ghosts, and their numbers are overwhelming.

"Uh, we're just—"

Mayi clenched her fist and coughed, just about to say something to ease the atmosphere, when a sky-blue light suddenly lit up next to her.

The next second, a huge blue skeletal giant stretched out its arms on the rooftop!

Immediately afterwards, muscles formed from spiritual energy covered it, and a huge sky-blue warrior rose from the ground, holding four long swords and looking up at the sky. A pair of huge wings suddenly spread out behind him, revealing his unruly and arrogant nature.

"This is?!"

"The bloodline of Susanoo!"

"It's been almost a thousand years, I never thought I'd encounter this again."

Whispers rippled through the golden clouds; of the so-called 'eight million gods' of the island nation, most were just there to fill the numbers, such as the god of poverty or the god of the toilet, who had neither power nor prestige; because of their divine duties, their lives were so tragic that those who heard of them would grieve and those who saw them would weep.

The numerous figures in the clouds are these 'minor gods' serving as the backdrop;
Upon seeing Yijiang's 'divine incarnation', everyone instinctively retreated, causing the golden clouds to suddenly expand by a circle.

Strength and weakness are concepts that only exist in comparison. Although Ijiang has just been thoroughly defeated twice, he is still a formidable force that those 'minor gods' dare not approach.

"Humph,"

The man, dressed in a samurai hunting robe and exuding extraordinary martial prowess, snorted coldly in response.

"Maintain the 'Divine Ninja Formation' and prepare for battle—"

"Huang Yun, come here!"

As the man raised his hand, the wind and clouds above the golden clouds changed, and layers of golden lightning spread and wandered in the gaps between the clouds; from small to large, like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea, they suddenly gathered together to form a bright and dazzling long dragon of lightning like a waterfall, which rushed towards the man with a roar.

boom-----

A long, golden dragon of lightning struck the plain-dressed samurai with a deafening roar.

However, the samurai was unharmed, because the golden dragon-shaped lightning bolt was his 'divine weapon'.

The samurai was enveloped in golden lightning, and in his hand he held a ferocious longsword, its blade engraved with intricate and dazzling patterns and incantations; countless golden bolts of lightning continuously radiated from the longsword.

"I, Takemikazuchi, will personally deal with the enemy."

finished,

The man jerked the long knife in his hand.

With a blinding flash of lightning, he vanished from the spot.

The man and his sword transformed into a winding, golden lightning bolt, traversing the sky along an unpredictable, intermittent path; all that could be seen was a sky full of flashing golden lightning, making it impossible to determine where the attack would originate.

Behind!

As the 'eye of God' in her eye sockets spun rapidly, Ijiang suddenly turned around.

brush----

Behind the giant sky-blue warrior, a massive fan-shaped bolt of lightning, like a waterfall, suddenly swept across a semicircle and struck the back of the 'divine incarnation's' head!

The strange longsword stirred up a fierce wind and thunder, carrying countless sparks of electricity through the air; each strand of golden lightning was enough to shatter a modern building; and this lightning was not just one or two bolts, but a dense, overwhelming 'wave' of lightning.

"Thunder God Slash!"

A semi-circular golden lightning bolt crashed down, only to be blocked by two sky-blue longswords that suddenly rose upwards.

Without turning around, Yijiang's 'divine avatar' raised its twin swords behind it: although it appeared humanoid, it was, after all, a creation made of 'spiritual power' and did not have the problem of joint restrictions.

Boom boom boom boom! ! ! !

The long sword could be blocked, but the raging, desolate lightning surged down like a tide, instantly engulfing the building where he stood.

Under the intense golden lightning, the modern skyscraper collapsed layer by layer; whether it was reinforced concrete, glass, or wood, everything was utterly powerless to resist, exploding, shattering, and melting!
"Tsk, is it going to be a fight right after we enter?"

On the other side, Kawa and Mai leaped out, drew their 'Thousand Blades', and merged with Tsuchigumo to form the 'Spider Woman' form. Wearing glasses over their eyes, they glanced around.

"God of Calamity, this world is not a place for you."

A middle-aged or elderly scholar, dressed in black official robes, wearing a black hat and holding a jade tablet, drifted in.

"Go back, and never set foot in this place again."

The god of learning, Michizane Sugawara.

Active during the Heian period, he was considered one of the island nation's 'three great vengeful spirits', along with Taira no Masakado and Sutokuin.

Born into a family of scholars, he possessed unparalleled literary talent and rose to the position of Minister of the Right; however, due to slanderous words spoken to the Emperor by Minister of the Left Fujiwara no Tokihira, he was demoted and died.

His resentment lingered after his death, attracting thunderbolts to strike the imperial palace; forcing the royal family to deify him in order to suppress his resentment.

Legend has it that the young Abe no Seimei once faced the vengeful spirit directly and remained calm.

That's how he caught the eye of the Kamo family head and was taken in as a disciple.

"Feel sorry,"

Faced with the advice of this literary genius, Kawai Mai shook her head.

"I've only just stepped into this demiplane; I don't want to end up like a stray dog."

boom--------

A thick, straight bolt of blazing white lightning crashed down, engulfing Kawai Mai's entire figure.

The scholar who was just moments ago so refined and scholarly suddenly had his hair and beard standing on end!

"You bastard, who are you calling a 'stray dog'?!"

???

"Wow, who has offended the 'gods'?"

On the other side of the city, a teenager in sportswear sped by and couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement when he saw the blazing white lightning falling straight down.

The so-called 'god' is Sugawara no Michizane, the god of learning. This old scholar usually had a very good temper, but if anyone mentioned the words 'a stray dog,' 'demoted,' or 'Fujiwara,' he would instantly fly into a rage and unleash a thunderbolt.

That's right, this academic genius actually has a secondary role as 'Thor'.

"Yato, how come there are so many gods?"

Beside the boy in the sportswear floated a girl in a sailor uniform.

With flowing black hair, pink eyes, and a delicate appearance—if it weren't for the illusory 'cat tail' on the back of her skirt, she would be a typical teenage high school girl.

"Hiyori, what are you doing here?"

The boy in the tracksuit turned around, frowned, and scolded the girl.

"What if you get hurt? Quickly let your soul return to your body."

The girl's ability to 'fly through the air' is not because she is a superhuman, but because she is currently in a spirit state!
For some reason, she was able to let her soul leave her body and drift around: the tail behind her was actually the connection between her and her physical body.

"The battle ahead is so fierce, I'm worried about you~~"

The spirit girl pushed off with her feet and continued to float away.

"Don't worry, I've been through quite a few battles, I'm not that easy to get injured."

That's true.
The tracksuit-clad boy, known as 'Yato,' was speechless.

Because of him, the girl was drawn into a series of battles. Although she had little combat power, she was extremely good at dodging. With the advantage of her spiritual body and luck, she managed to escape unscathed from the battles between gods.

"Be careful!"

After giving instructions to his only 'believer,' the boy in sportswear sped toward the battlefield.

He sensed the presence of his 'kind'.

The aura of the God of Calamity!

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.

PS: Good news, the old eunuch with a knife has started a new book; bad news, it was cut short after just over 10,000 words.

Sigh, when will the originator of Tokyo's behind-the-scenes drama finally rise to prominence? (Sad)
(End of this chapter)