Tokyo, but I'm a deceitful scumbag.

"Smiling Fox, don't you understand? I remain firmly within the barrier and can wield divine power. You junior are no match for me!"

"You might as well just surrender obediently. As long as you offer up your divine molt and enter my birdcage, I might spare your life!"

Hoshino Hideyuki poked his head out of the bunker and stuck out his tongue at Akatama Hayabusa.

"A little bit!"

"Old Deng, since you're so confident, why waste your breath trying to persuade me to surrender? Just fight me directly."

"So much nonsense, you can't possibly be unable to do it, can you? No way, no way?"

Akagami Hayakumo snorted coldly.

He admitted that the fox's defense was good.

Especially this transformation technique, which can actually create a fortification on the spot, is truly impressive, making it difficult for him to succeed.

But to say that he can't do it would be a big mistake...

"I'm just waiting for the right opportunity!"

Chiyu Zaoyun looked up at the sky.

The dark clouds gathered thicker and thicker, and the rain began to fall harder and harder.

Very good, the time is almost here...

As a tengu capable of soaring through the sky, Akagami Soun already possessed some magic that could summon wind and thunder.

Now, he can draw out a portion of the power of faith from his divine transformation and infuse it into his own wind and thunder.

Finally, he could also use his ability to manipulate luck, making the naturally formed thunder in the sky merge with his own wind and thunder.

In this way, the power of his Wind and Thunder Technique will increase dramatically! It will surge! It will surge! It will reach its peak!

Akagami Hayabusa was very confident that as long as the time was right, he could use his strongest move to break through the ridiculous bunker formed by demonic power and completely wipe out the noisy fox!

"Kid, by then, you'll probably want to beg for mercy, but you won't even have a mouth left..."

Akagami Hayakumo smiled coldly, and then...

"Wait, what's this feeling?!"

Then I couldn't laugh anymore.

But he suddenly realized that the power of the barrier was rapidly diminishing!

It's like a teenager hearing that the latest beauty pageant winner has been crowned, excitedly picking up a tissue to reward himself, only to find out online that the winner is a 300-pound transgender Black woman who claims to have a beautiful soul, and instantly shrinking back.

Moreover, the power of faith flowing out of the divine transformation became increasingly unstable!

It's like a defendant in court who was calmly watching their lawyer defend them, but suddenly gets agitated when they hear the other party is going to present their browser history as evidence.

These two major changes caused Akagami Hayaru's planned deadly attack to vanish without a trace.

Moreover, if this trend continues...

"Impossible! Why would this happen?!"

"Wait, could it be... rain?"

"But this doesn't make sense..."

After carefully sensing it, he confirmed that it was the rain that was weakening him; every drop of rain that fell on the barrier took away a small portion of his power.

However, this was something he had never heard of before!

He's a Great Tengu who's lived for over three hundred years, a lucky man who was just one step away from seizing the power of Inari God. How could he possibly be restrained by mere rainwater!

"Don't you understand?"

Inside the bunker, Hideyuki Hoshino spoke.

The sudden change brought Akagami Soun's attack to a halt, and the fox was able to stretch and give the enemy in the sky a bright smile.

Akagami Hayaku, his beard bristling and eyes wide, demanded, "Did you do this?"

"There's nothing I can do. Who told you to choose the wrong path from the start? Faith is both power and constraint... Since it can constrain you, why would I, the fox, waste this opportunity?"

Upon hearing this, Akagami Hayabusa finally understood.

"You little brat, could it be... Damn it, I fell for your trick again! It was all a scam, a complete scam!"

Chapter 91 Grandpa Fox Will Never Fail!

To clarify things, we need to go back to halftime of the game.

At that time, Hoshino Hideyuki took advantage of Akatama Saya's inattention and quietly left the court—he had been wandering around in the form of Rikishi, all so that he could escape at the crucial moment.

Furthermore, because the presence of the divine shard carried by the warrior was too strong and could cover up changes in aura, Akagami Soun could not detect anything unusual even if he tried to sense it carefully. In fact, considering Akagami Soun's own obsession with the divine shard, he did not believe that Hoshino Hideyuki would dare to abandon the divine shard and leave.

In conclusion, Hoshino Hideyuki made it back to the teaching building without incident.

He found everyone in the game research department.

At this moment, these people were being organized by the last remaining fat tengu, preparing to go to the wellhead to offer sacrifices and replenish Akatama Soun's faith power.

At this moment, Hoshino Hideyuki made his move, knocking out the fat tengu and transforming himself into the appearance of Uiharu Chie, leading the club members to the wellhead.

He then handed the modified eulogy to his members and used the "mirror imagery" technique to convince them of its authenticity.

Things are simple after that.

As Ryoko Senjougahara said, incense and faith are both a remedy and a poison, both a power and a constraint.

Since the believers' faith can endow Akagami with divinity, giving him the opportunity to undergo divine transformation, then conversely, can't we also distort doctrines and legends to implant weaknesses in him?

If you believe you can bring a bountiful harvest and good fortune, then can we also believe you have an Achilles' heel, or even believe you are a 1.5-meter-tall, blonde, flat-chested, arrogant, beast-eared, nine-tailed fox loli?

This tactic is useless against those who don't want to become gods, because they don't absorb or only absorb a small amount of faith power into their bodies and won't be affected.

It's useless against established gods, because they have many followers. If you distort their doctrines, you can only influence a small number of believers. Most people don't believe at all and will criticize you as a heretic and oppose you.

Moreover, the old gods are often very experienced in this regard. They can tell whether you want to poop masala or boiled bananas just by the way you bend over, and they will naturally have special solutions.

However, Akagami Hayakumo was exactly susceptible to this tactic.

He wanted to become a god, to undergo divine transformation, and was insatiable for the power of faith, accepting all who came.

However, he didn't expand the operation too much. The number of believers had always been only a few dozen within the school. Even though he repeatedly used illusions to strengthen their faith and make them kowtow and worship, in the end, it was still only a few dozen people.

This can certainly be seen as a precaution, after all, there are only a few dozen students, they are easy to fool and control, they are not easy to be discovered by the countermeasures office, and they do not have the same diverse ideas as a large number of adults.

It's okay if the refining process is a little slower; it's worth it for safety.

On the other hand, the beliefs of a few dozen people can easily be distorted.

Taking the easy path inevitably leads to fatal flaws, which is one of the reasons why Senjougahara Ryoko viewed Akakumo Soun's actions as the behavior of a weakling.

In summary.

Hideyuki Hoshino had the students in the Game Research Club recite a modified eulogy during the festival, giving Lucky Guy a new weakness in addition to his various abilities: a fear of water.

After all, I like red beans.

Red beans are most susceptible to mold from dampness, aren't they?

Afterwards, Hideyuki Hoshino returned to the court, still attached to Rikishi's body, and continued the match with Soun Akatama.

During this time, he discovered that Akagami Soun was up to no good and was secretly setting up a barrier.

But he has no intention of interfering at all.

After all, whether it was Sarutahiko's miraculous transformation, the entire game, or even the fox himself, they were all just bait! They were all setting the bait!

So that we don't lose our air force!

The stronger the pressure he exerted, the bigger the flaws he revealed, the more he could attract Akagami Soun's attention, causing the other party to devote all his energy to defeating the fox, thus losing the last chance to discover that the faith had been adulterated!

Back to the present.

Seeing that Akagami Hayakumo had finally come to his senses, the fox put his hands on his hips and held his tail high.

"You felt good about being struck by lightning just now, didn't you?"

"What a pity, now God is your enemy. Are you lucky enough to fight against God?"

The rain grew heavier, pressing down the white mist of the barrier so low it couldn't lift its head, and the fox's lips curled up higher and higher.

"To be honest, at first I really didn't think I could beat you."

"But after fully understanding your methods, I, the fox, finally realized that you are not as strong as you seem... You are greedy and cowardly, no wonder people call you weak."

Akagami Hayakumo suddenly raised her head.

"Who told you I'm weak? Where did you get your information?"

Before Hoshino Hideyuki could answer, he laughed self-deprecatingly again: "Yes, yes, it must be that old bastard Ruyi Fangzhu. He said he always kept his word, but he really can't be trusted! Ruyi Fangzhu, you're too despicable! I curse you to die a horrible death!"

The fox blinked.

what?

Who is the owner of Ruyifang?

Forget it, whoever it is, I don't care if he takes the blame for me. You can say whatever you want.

"Boy..."

Akagami Hayaku let out a long breath, his beard and hair moving in the wind.

"You say I'm greedy, you say I'm cowardly, I admit it all, but in the end, it's all because you haven't experienced the turmoil of three hundred years ago..."

"With the decline of spiritual energy, normally respectable figures will fight each other like wild beasts over the last bit of spiritual energy. In such an environment, you wouldn't be greedy? You would be daring? What a joke..."

clap clap.

Hoshino Hideyuki clapped his hands, interrupting the old tengu's mutterings.

"Stop for a second, old Deng. At this moment, I have no obligation to understand your thought process."

"Let's finish this quickly. My favorite dessert shop is having a buy-one-get-one-half-off deal today. If we go too late, we might miss out."

Akagami was furious.

"Kid, do you think you've got this in the bag?"