I cultivate a deity in Tokyo

To avoid disappointing worshippers, Shiraki Shun decided to begin renovations of the shrine.

evening.

Tachibana Medical Center, Department of Neurology.

"Rena-chan, the hospital is so boring, I've really had enough," Takanashi Yuri complained, sitting on the edge of the bed in the ward.

Reina Kokonoe, who was arranging the bouquet on the windowsill, turned around and comforted her, "Okay, just bear with it a little longer, you can be discharged tomorrow."

"Tomorrow is coming," Yuri Takanashi sighed, tilting her head back and falling onto the bed.

After a moment, she tilted her head and said with some curiosity, "I said, Rena-chan."

"Ok?"

"How's your relationship with Shiraki-san going?"

"Huh?" Kokonoe Reina was caught off guard by the question. "Yuri-chan, why are you asking this?"

"I was just checking up on you as a friend." Takanashi Yuri's eyes sparkled, practically screaming gossip.

“Actually, there hasn’t been much progress,” Kokonoe Rena hesitated for a moment, then added, “However, we did have a chat recently.”

"Chatting? What were you chatting about? Who brought it up first? How long did you chat for? Did anyone else see you?" Takanashi Yuri pressed on relentlessly.

""

"Reina-chan?"

"Okay, Yuri-chan, stop asking so many questions, you should get some rest!" Kokonoe Rena's face was flushed, and she hurriedly picked up her backpack. "I'm going back now!"

"Huh? Tell me about it," Takanashi Yuri said with a look of regret.

"We'll talk about these things after you're discharged from the hospital!"

"I'm leaving now. Get some rest!"

pat.

Kokonoe Reina gently closed the door to the ward.

Before I could turn around, a voice with a hint of laughter came from behind me.

"Little girl, are you going back already?"

Reina Kokonoe turned her head to look.

The person speaking was wearing a white coat and was looking at him with a smile on his face.

He was the head of the neurology department, Naoto Hikari.

Upon seeing that it was Naoto Hikari, Rena Kokonoe politely greeted him, saying, "Good evening, Dr. Hikari."

"Good evening." Naoto Hikari walked over to Rena Kokonoe with his hands behind his back and said with a sigh, "It's so good to be young. There are some things that you can't talk about when you get older."

"I'm getting old, really getting old."

Reina Kokonoe was taken aback. Looking at Naoto Shigemitsu's meaningful expression, she couldn't help but ask, "Did you hear everything?"

"Otherwise what? You didn't close the door when you were chatting," Naoto Hikari joked. "You can't expect the old man making rounds to walk around with his ears covered, can you?"

Seeing Kokonoe Reina's flustered look, Naoto Hikari laughed and said, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

After saying that, he leaned forward and whispered.

"But young lady, sometimes if you don't seize the opportunity, it will slip away."

Reina Kokonoe's face flushed slightly: "I..."

"It's just some advice from someone who's been there, don't take it too seriously," Naoto Hikari said with a smile, waving his hand.

He reached out his right hand and patted Kokonoe Reina's shoulder, encouraging her, "I have high hopes for you."

"Work hard!"

Reina Kokonoe finally realized what was happening, and nodded with a mix of shyness and determination.

She bowed and said.

"Dr. Shui Jing, I'll be going now."

Naoto Hikari smiled and waved goodbye: "Okay, be careful on the road."

"Hmm." Reina Kokonoe took a few steps, thought for a moment, then turned around and said shyly, "Dr. Shuiping, you're actually not that old."

"You have a very young heart."

Naoto was taken aback as he watched Rena Kokonoe walk into the elevator.

He slowly lowered his hand only after the elevator doors closed.

"A young heart?"

Naoto Hikari murmured, as if recalling something, and reached out to touch his left chest.

Suddenly, he chuckled.

"That's absolutely right."

"The original owner of this heart was indeed very young."

People came and went in the corridor, but Shuiping Zhiren stood still.

He slowly opened his right hand.

Inside the palm was a bulging amulet, with the words "Tianji" embroidered in gold on the brocade pouch.

"Finally, finally got it!"

Naoto looked at the amulet in his hand, his eyes growing increasingly excited and trembling.

In the end, he even burst into laughter without any restraint.

With this burst of manic laughter—

His clothes, hair, and skin all seemed to fester and fell off one by one.

Until the white bones were revealed, along with various organs that seemed to have been temporarily pieced together and placed on the skeleton.

Like human specimens in an autopsy room.

Despite how horrific the scene was.

But the people who passed by him in the corridor ignored him, as if he didn't exist at all.

Naoto Hikari was not surprised at all. He pulled his phone out from between his bones and dialed a number.

"Hello?" A shrill voice that made your teeth ache came from the other end of the phone after the call was connected.

"Listen to me, I've got that divine artifact!" Naoto Shuiping spoke rapidly.

The person on the other end of the phone was clearly surprised.

"Bone Man, are you telling the truth?"

"The divine artifact is in my hands now, how could it be fake?" The Bone Man stared greedily at the protective charm in his hand.

According to his original plan, the few young girls who were sent that day should have been easily cursed to death by him.

While absorbing vital energy, one can also replace one's organs and body with new ones.

To his surprise, the spell was broken by this very protective charm.

Shinto weapon.

Only divine artifacts can do that.

He immediately concluded that the protective charm brought by Kokonoe Reina must be a divine artifact!

Thinking of this, the Bone Man felt a surge of resentment.

Without those divine artifacts provided by that damned Exorcism Alliance, how could these fragile humans have multiplied and grown to their current size?

It is these divine artifacts that have given those humans, who were originally so insignificant and vulnerable, the ability to directly compete with us!

But times have changed!

The divine artifact, even the man of bones possesses it!

Once I control it, as long as I don't mess with those old fogies, I can practically walk sideways in Tokyo!

The Bone Man narrowed his eyes.

It was as if one could already smell the stench of blood everywhere and the aroma of rotting bones and flesh.

"Bone Man, don't just stand there, quickly see what kind of divine artifact it is!" The voice on the other end of the phone kept urging.

"Don't rush, we'll try it now."

The Bone Man stared at the amulet in his hand.

In his vision, the protective amulet slowly floated up.

With a slight shake, the thin rope tied to the end automatically untied, revealing a small, dark hole inside.

The Bone Man couldn't help but hold his breath and wait.

Nothing happened for a long time.

"How is it?" the voice on the other end of the phone asked anxiously.

"Something's strange, let me take another look."

The Bone Man approached with a puzzled look, leaned down, and peered inside the protective charm.

But before he could see the specific situation inside the protective barrier, he was still in the process of doing so.

Suddenly, a small, pink, round hand, like that of a baby, reached out from inside the protective amulet.

A silver light appeared in the palm of his hand, even though they were only a few centimeters apart.

The moment the silver light appeared, the Bone Man's eyes widened, almost popping out of their sockets.

With a flash of silver light, the Bone Man's figure transformed into a jet-black skeleton.

It then turned to ashes and vanished with the wind.

The phone fell to the ground.