Becoming a god in Tokyo starts in the bathroom

"Hi!"

The delinquent youths responded with deep bows, so much so that even though Anno Yuzuki was about to leave, she inexplicably felt that leaving in such a situation was not a pleasant thing.

Thinking about what else she could say, after a moment of recollection, Anno Yuzuki suddenly realized, "Hey, they say you get a treat after every beating, but it seems like I've been getting the beating the whole time without getting any treats."

For example, she didn't seem to mention the benefits of believing in gods at all!

"Ahem, well."

Anno Yuzuki stopped again.

The delinquent youths, who thought they had gotten rid of the plague, turned pale and listless the moment they saw this familiar scene.

Despite the lack of words, even Anno Yuzuki could clearly sense the despair from their hunched figures.

Goodness, I have a feeling that if these boys keep being played like this, they're going to lose their ability to stand up.

"Don't be afraid, I just realized there's something I forgot to tell you!"

Anno Yuzuki scratched the back of her head, trying to put on a cheerful smile:

Aren't you curious about why we're so strong?

These words softened the apathy of the delinquent youths.

What happened tonight was really weird. A group of girls who were about 1.6 meters tall, and many of them had very hot figures, actually managed to overpower and beat them!

This happened under the bed! Being pinned down and beaten by a girl the same age!

And so, under the expectant and yearning gazes of the young people, Anno Yuzuki answered earnestly:

"That's because we worship the [God of the Washroom]! This power is a gift from the divine being!"

"..."

"...Big Sister is right!"

"Thank you so much for telling us, big sister!"

"Arigato kosaimas!"

Good grief, they're even using callbacks now?

It's more accurate to say they're all fairies, and fairies are naturally strong!

At this moment, the delinquent youth seemed to realize that he had been bullying other students at school. Those students told the teacher that the injuries on his body were the feeling he had when he fell.

We know you're lying, and you know we know you're lying, but you keep lying, and we have to pretend we believe you!

"So you should also try your best to believe in the gods, and you might just receive their favor!"

"Oh, by the way, if you get into a conflict with other delinquents, after you defeat them, you can proselytize them just like I have with you!"

? !

How do they treat other bad influences?!

The gang leader and his subordinate exchanged a fierce glance!

Since their humiliation cannot be washed away by the perpetrators, let them carry on the spirit of the nuclear weapons and pass on the humiliation!

How many floors can you carry a bag of rice up?

Feel the pain in this world!

Chapter Ninety-Three: The little believer is working hard today too!

"Ah... so this is the fastest way to collect divine power?"

"No wonder so many religions have various scriptures and rituals!"

After watching a scene of a delinquent girl battling a delinquent youth in the toilet, He Chen returned to his inner divine realm with satisfaction.

Then he discovered that, despite constantly expending his divine power throughout the battle, his divine power not only did not decrease, but actually increased by nearly double!

And all of this is thanks to his genius follower, Yuzuki Anno.

Anno Yuzuki led everyone in chanting, which, while praying, could also have a slightly positive influence on the gods' inclinations.

The original twenty-odd believers, plus the thirty-odd newly arrived believers, would send over fifty system notifications to the screen with each shout!

This is much more frequent than believers taking showers and using the toilet.

"Should we learn from the Catholic Church and add some rituals?"

Followers of the Catholic Church pray before every meal, and this is all...

"Tsk, let's hold off for now and talk about it after we change the god's name."

He Chen thought about it for a moment, but decided to reject it for the time being.

After all, whether it's praying to the "God of the Bathroom" before eating or before using the toilet...

They all have this feeling of hoping the gods will bless them with healthy guts and smooth bowel movements!

Besides the ritual, He Chen also rejected the practice of reciting scriptures.

He's really not good at writing this kind of high-brow stuff that might even rhyme.

If I try to write it out, I always feel that what I write will give people the impression that "this is a non-mainstream church created by middle school students".

This kind of thing still needs to be done by professionals.

Well, let's talk about this when he has followers who are particularly good at religion and have a strong imagination.

At present, it seems that no particularly suitable believers have emerged on their own.

Alternatively, once the situations on both Anno Yuzuki's and Anzu Matsuori's sides have stabilized, he could also wander around the other believers to see if he could find any special talents.

At this time, the proportion of believers was:

[Believers: 317 (+49)]

[True Believers: 39 (Click to view list)]

[Shallow Believers: 109 (+5) (Click to view list)]

[General Believers: 169 (+44) (Click to view list)]

This time, the bad guys were bullied so badly that all they cared about was making the world suffer, so almost all of their followers became casual believers.

The few scattered, superficial believers were all newcomers from the public bathhouse area.

To be fair, the number of believers on this side is indeed growing very rapidly. So far, none of those who have been forcibly proselytized are physically fit enough to refuse completely.

However, the efficiency of the bathhouse is actually quite high, especially in terms of recruiting believers.

Over there, they've been consistently attracting customers, so the total number of believers they've gained is actually higher than that of the delinquent girls.

In comparison, the bad guys are a bit slower, only attacking once a night, and only forcibly generating a few dozen believers each time.

Of course, if you recruit followers, form groups, and snowball your influence without getting arrested, your efficiency might be very high.

He Chen's expectations for them were partly based on this, but another part was that he hoped they could stay as safe as possible.

After all, they are believers who have made contributions.

For example, He Chen finds it very exciting to watch them fight!

There's nothing we can do about it here in the bathhouse... Hey! Don't even think about looking for thrills in the bathhouse!

He Chen would never do that! Not even if it meant death!

Violence is dangerous enough, but if we add a slut like Shizuko, the whole world will be destroyed!

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"Grandma Kubo, how was it? The bath was very effective, wasn't it?"

Anzu Matsuori dried her hair and smiled proudly at the shop owner, Grandma Kubo, who was standing next to her.

Grandma Kubo is the owner of the bathhouse, so naturally she can't go in to take a bath when the bathhouse is open.

So even though yesterday's missionary work and shrine building took place on Kubo-sama's turf, Kubo-sama herself did not actually experience the effects of the blessing.

Today, under the guidance of Anzu Matsuori, Grandma Kubo finally had a wonderful bath thanks to the powerful blessing of the gods.

After Grandma Kubo came out of the bath, her complexion and spirits were noticeably better. She looked as if she had become ten years younger, and even the wrinkles on her face seemed to have faded a lot (because her skin was moisturized).

However, I still advise those who are fantasizing to stop. Even if Grandma Kubo were ten years younger, she would still be in her fifties or sixties. At that age, she's not just a rich woman, she's a wealthy grandma. She doesn't date young men, thank you.

"Yes, thank you for the blessing from the God of the Bathroom! My waist feels so much younger!"

"I also want to thank you, lovely Anzu-chan."

Grandma Kubo, with a kind and radiant face, dressed herself and then, full of energy, led Anzu Matsuori to the shop entrance, hung up the "Open for Business" sign, and officially began business.

Anzu Matsuori knelt on a small prayer mat in front of the shrine, welcoming today's guests to come in and bathe.

"Greetings, Miss Shrine Maiden! May the [God of the Bathroom] bless you, and may your bath wash away your weariness today~"

The first group of customers to arrive were all regulars from yesterday, and also young women who had become believers in the deity.

"Hi! Thank you for the offering! The large pool has been blessed by the gods, please enjoy!"

......

"Excuse me, the shop owner said I need to pray and make offerings to the gods first. How should I do that?"

"Oh, it's like this, first..."

......

Anzu Matsuori's actions at the bathhouse were exactly like those of a proper shrine maiden: bowing, patiently teaching, and so on, almost exactly the same as those of a shrine maiden at a regular shrine.

Well, this is all thanks to the fact that the girl searched for a lot of related videos on her phone and imitated them on her way to the bathroom.

Although the wording and other aspects may differ slightly, what Anzu Matsuori does can be summed up in four words: collect money and get things done.

No one will suddenly appear to challenge her position and try to sit on it as the shrine maiden, nor will anyone plot against her, attack her, or poison her in an attempt to seize the bathhouse by force... So, it seems incredibly boring.

After watching for a while, He Chen got so bored that he wanted to send the little believer out to do something else.

However, when the younger believers were here, the offerings they received were mostly in paper money, and each person received quite a bit of money.

During the breaks when the younger believers went to the toilet, many would devoutly complete the ritual, then swipe their cards in the air or toss in a five-yen coin...

In Japan, the word for five yen sounds like "making a connection," so tossing a five-yen coin signifies making a connection with the gods.