Becoming a god in Tokyo starts in the bathroom

Tooth white! Oh no!

Chapter Eight: We must find a way to obtain a new clergy position.

I brought all my textbooks to school; I don't have any at home...

"Hiss~ I see..."

At this moment, Anzu Matsuori felt utterly hopeless.

Although she had already experienced how down-to-earth the blessings of the [God of the Bathroom] were;

Although she had already realized that the [God of the Bathroom] didn't seem to have much power.

But why is it that when helping believers memorize texts, it's always the deity personally reading the text aloud to the believers, and then the believers repeating it?

There weren't even textbooks, so even the gods didn't know what "Essays in Idleness" was!

Do gods not even have twelve years of education?!

Are there no educational requirements to becoming a god now?!

Or is it that the "God of the Washroom" holds the same status among gods as the cleaning ladies who sweep toilets in reality?

Anzu Matsuori felt as if her entire being had turned gray and white.

"Without a textbook, this is going to be difficult... Do you really not have a handwritten copy of 'Essays in Idleness' at home?"

No, absolutely not, not at all.

However, there might be twenty handwritten copies of "Tsurezuregusa" tonight, boohoo~

......

"Motoshige Sato, you may begin with the eighth section."

"Hey! On New Year's Eve, everyone was shouting and yelling before midnight, holding pine branches and torches, knocking on doors everywhere, running as if their feet had no legs..."

......

The student ahead of Anzu Matsuori in line has already started reciting the text, but the god who is currently her only lifeline has not even touched the text of "Tsurezuregusa".

Forget it, I'm tired. Let's just destroy it.

Anzu Matsuori stared blankly ahead, the sound of her classmates reciting their lessons filling her ears, but before her eyes, she seemed to see the rice paddies of her hometown.

If you fail to memorize it this time, you'll have to copy it twenty times as punishment;

If you're punished by copying it twenty times, there won't be enough time to review it.

With her current grades, if she doesn't study hard, she definitely won't get the ranking required for tuition waivers in the final exam;

Tuition wasn't waived, and she simply couldn't afford the tuition for this private high school...

So, it seems I'll have to go back to farming after all?

Waaah~ I was wrong. I shouldn't have come to Tokyo in the first place. If I hadn't come to Tokyo...

"Hey, Anzu Matsuori, is it your turn to recite?"

The voice of the "God of the Bathroom" echoed in her mind once again.

People's joys and sorrows are not shared; at this moment, Anzu Matsuori only felt the gods making a ruckus.

The classmate next to me had already memorized the last two lines. Once he finished, he would be going to die in Anami Matsuori.

Indeed, life is not worth living.

"I found the text on your computer. Which section do you want to memorize? I'll read it to you."

The voice of the "God of the Bathroom" rang out again.

? !

Computer search?!

Did the God, no, Your Majesty, the [God of the Bathroom] whom she worships most, actually find the text "Tsurezuregusa" through a computer search?

The gods are amazing! The gods are the best!

Anzu Matsuori was suddenly jolted, and an endless fire instantly ignited in her heart!

"Kenami Matsuori, it's your turn, fourth paragraph."

The previous student had finished reciting, and the Chinese language teacher's attention shifted to Anzu Matsuori.

Fourth paragraph!

'My Lord, the fourth section, the fourth section!'

"Okay, I'll begin then. Changes in appearance can be seen in the mirror; the increase in age can be counted."

"Changes in appearance can be seen in the mirror; the years..."

"These are things one can be aware of, but once aware, there's no corresponding..."

"These are things we are aware of, but once we know them, there's no corresponding..."

......

Following the rhythm of the deity, the deity would recite a sentence, and Anzu Matsuori would repeat it. Soon, the entire passage was "memorized".

"Okay, everyone, you can go now."

The Chinese language teacher waved to them in a friendly manner, and Anzu Matsuori forced herself to act nonchalant as she slowly walked back to her seat.

During this process, the teacher continued to speak:

"Except for my grandson, Zhennan, all the other students recited it very well!"

"Today I was going to go over the exercises in the workbook with everyone, but when I collected them, I saw that everyone's scores were very good in other areas, but they had a lot of problems with memorization."

"Let's continue checking our memorization in today's class! Those of you who weren't checked, please review the other material on your own!"

"Next up, Midomura Tsukasa..."

This entire lesson is going to be used to check memorization!

"hiss!!!"

All the students in the class who couldn't recite it gasped in shock!

Anzu Matsuori felt an overwhelming surge of gratitude towards the "God of the Washroom".

At this rate, even if she isn't called on for a spot check in the first round, she'll definitely slip up when the teacher calls on her to check her memorization later!

Despite the fact that the deity she worships has never received twelve years of formal education and needs to look up textbooks on a computer, Anzu Matsuori insists that the "God of the Bathroom" is the best!

Long live the God of the Bathroom!

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【Ding! 】

[Solving difficulties for believers is complete; divine communication has been enhanced, allowing batches of information to be instantly transmitted to believers' minds!]

【Ding! 】

[The believer's faith deepens, transforming them from a novice to a true believer. Their divine domain is strengthened, the effects of divine skills, blessings, and curses are enhanced, and they are rewarded with an additional divine domain size!]

Two consecutive system notifications rang in He Chen's mind in an instant, causing him to raise an eyebrow upon hearing the news.

"Wow, that's great! You completed the task in the time it takes to look up a text, and you even deepened the faith of the young believer!"

"However, it's also absurd. Is being called on by the teacher to answer a question in class considered a believer encountering difficulties?"

He Chen was initially delighted, but then, as if remembering something, he couldn't help but frown:

"Hiss~ No! I'm not the 'God of Learning' anymore, but the 'God of the Washroom'. Only a little believer like me with no other faith would come to me for this kind of thing."

"If future believers have other faiths, they will most likely only come to me for difficulties that fall within the scope of my priesthood!"

After all, as the old saying goes, for professional requests, find the right expert.

Since He Chen's divine name is "God of the Washroom," believers are more likely to seek help from He Chen when they encounter difficulties in this area.

However, the restroom has its difficulties...

He Chen couldn't help but furrow his brow:

"I hope the problems I'll need to solve in the future won't be things like running out of toilet paper or being unable to poop!"

Solving learning problems is manageable, but solving problems like this... a vivid image instantly flashed through He Chen's mind:

"Great [God of the Bathroom]! I haven't been able to poop for three days, please help me!"

!!!

"Hiss! I must find a way to obtain a new priesthood!!!"

Chapter Nine: New Believers

The divine office of a deity is not fixed and cannot be changed. Especially for He Chen, who has been guided by the system, his divine office was originally obtained through free choice, so it will not be fixed so arbitrarily.

Otherwise, if He Chen could only hold the title of "God of the Washroom" for his entire life, wouldn't he really only be able to rule over all the toilets in the world, just like Anzu Matsuori imagined?

That would be too unnatural.

However, although a priesthood is not something that cannot be changed once it is determined, changing a priesthood is never a simple matter.

The scope of divine authority that is generally known has remained largely unchanged for thousands of years, and even less so for hundreds of years.

Who has ever seen a god whose divine role changes every day, like a revolving lantern?

Wouldn't that create chaos?

If such a deity truly existed, believers would be filled with trepidation when praying for blessings.

Otherwise, a boy who prayed to the gods to become stronger might have his boobs increased by one cup size by a divine blessing. Who could resist that?

Although theoretically this could be considered a kind of strength, if a teenager actually received such a blessing from the gods, apart from a very few who would be overjoyed, the rest of them would be devastated, damn it!

If something like this really happened, would the deity involved still be considered a righteous god? Even an evil god without tentacles wouldn't be this wicked!

Keke, get back to business.

In fact, apart from the very few cases where deities seize the divine office of other deities to gain authority, most of the conversions of divine office by deities are extensions of their existing divine office.

For example, the goddess of beauty, at certain times, also governs fertility;