The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

"Fire!" The team leader, who had previously been a leader of the Ghost Car Team, gave the order without hesitation.

"Bang bang bang bang..."

Then, a barrage of gunfire erupted, and Kayako's host body began leaping and bounding like a monkey across the corridor walls, ceiling, and both sides...

Although he couldn't dodge all the bullets, he managed to dodge most of them, preventing him from being riddled with bullets and dying on the spot like his previous host body.

Then, Kayako rushed into the middle of the police, jumped in the opposite direction, and pinned one of the policemen to the ground.

"Help me!" the policeman shouted.

The other police officers didn't hesitate much and immediately opened fire on Kayako.

Doesn't she realize what would happen to the police officer beneath her if Kayako jumped away at that moment...?

"Stop! All of you, stop! Are you trying to kill him?" the team leader shouted.

"Change the batons!" That was the solution he offered.

"Get out of the way!" Then, at that moment, Natsuki Toma's voice suddenly rang out in the corridor, startling all the police officers, who instinctively turned to look at her—

While they were attacking Kayako, Toma Natsuki, who had regained her freedom, had already gotten up from the ground. Not only did she get up, but she also picked up the bow she had previously dropped.

But if that were all, she wouldn't dare to make a sound and cause trouble during the fight between the police and Kayako.

So the truth is, when Natsuki Toma picked up the bow again, her body was taken over by the strange entity within her.

Or rather, he was controlled by the demonic thoughts of Ishihara Sho, which lurked deep within the strangeness.

After all, he needed Natsuki Toma to show her different side to test the authorities' reaction. If he just let her sit back and watch the police solve the problem, it wouldn't fit his plan.

This is also a good opportunity to demonstrate how to properly use the power of the air force.

The police were startled by the bow and arrow that Natsuki Toma was about to fire, and quickly dodged the path the arrow would take, exposing Kayako's host body.

Then, Natsuki Toma released her finger, and the arrow, propelled by air power, shot out like a cannonball with a loud, sonic boom, instantly reaching Kayako and sending her flying before she could react.

"Great God, please grant me unparalleled martial prowess!"

Then, Natsuki Toma nocked another arrow and exploded beneath her feet. In a ripple of air that seemed to spread out of nowhere, she shot out at a speed comparable to an arrow, leaping over the police line in an instant. Then, she raised her hand and fired, shooting another arrow into Kayako's body.

"boom!"

"boom!"

The arrow struck Kayako, embedding him heavily into the corridor wall along with his body.

Then, Toma Natsuki rushed to Kayako's host body, slung the great bow over her shoulder, and grasped two long arrows in her hands. With a boost of aerodynamics, she pierced the eyes of Kayako's host body like powerful arrows.

"puff!"

The splatter of blood, while making Natsuki Toma appear even more resolute, also ended the life of Kayako's host, ending his mission as a target...

"call."

Then, Ishihara Akane returned control of her body to Toma Natsuki, who then abruptly turned her head to the side and began vomiting again.

However, because she had already vomited on the first floor, there wasn't much left in her stomach, so apart from vomiting a stream of sour water, there was nothing else.

"Hello, I am Kazukawa Masutomi from the Fourth Organized Crime Investigation Division of the Nagoya Metropolitan Police Department. May I ask who you are...?" After arranging for his subordinates to investigate and collect evidence, search for survivors, and call forensic experts to collect samples, the police leader took the initiative to walk up to Natsuki Toma, who was still feeling nauseous, and introduced himself.

"Hello, I am Natsuki Toma, a shrine maiden of Atsuta Shrine." Natsuki Toma straightened up with difficulty and bowed to Ichikawa Masutomi as she introduced herself.

“Atsuta Shrine…” Masutomi Ichikawa frowned and continued to ask Toma Natsuki, “Then, if I may be so bold, why are you here as a shrine maiden? And why are you carrying weapons?”

"Because I received a divine revelation," Natsuki Toma said solemnly.

"A divine revelation?" Masato Kazukawa was even more confused.

“It was a warning from the gods. The gods told me that evil had occurred here and that I needed to come and deal with it. So I followed the warning and came here, and then I saw this guy… ugh… this guy was committing a crime… and then you all know what happened next.” Toma Natsuki turned her head and glanced at Kayako’s body, which was nailed to the wall next to her, then gagged twice more before answering with difficulty.

“Alright, I will investigate these matters later, but until then, I hope that you, Toma Shrine Maiden, can work with us for the time being until the investigation is over. Is that alright?” Masutomi Ichikawa said after thinking for a moment.

“I need to report this to the shrine,” said Natsuki Toma.

"Please go ahead," Masato Kazukawa said.

Then Toma Natsuki took out her phone, walked to the side, and called Jingu.

……

"Grandmaster Sumiyama, you're not being honest." After a long while, in the Nagoya Metropolitan Police Department headquarters building, Inspector Tsukamoto, the direct superior of the Nagoya Metropolitan Police Department, looked at the large company of Atsuta Shrine sitting opposite him and teased with a slight smile.

"How am I being dishonest?" Sumiyama Daimyoji asked, feigning ignorance.

"What did you tell me at the previous joint meeting of Shintoism and Buddhism? You said that there were no beings with supernatural powers within your Atsuta Shrine, and that everyone was just an ordinary person. But only a few days have passed? Half a month? And now your Toma Shrine's priestess is carrying an old-fashioned greatbow to fight monsters on the spot, and she has even demonstrated outstanding combat power. You still dare to say that there are no special people within your Atsuta Shrine, and that your lineage has been severed?" Inspector Tsukamoto sneered at the Grand Priest Sumiyama, who was deliberately feigning ignorance.

"It's not my fault. Who would have thought that a perfectly good deity would manifest herself and bestow divine power upon her? We were shocked when we first found out, and we were just wondering what to do with her when she ran off with her bow and arrows. We didn't even have a chance to stop her. Fortunately, she's alright this time. If something had really happened to her, I don't know how I would have explained it to the God Lord and Susanoo-no-Mikoto." The Grand Master of Sumiyama sighed helplessly, looking as if today's events had exceeded his expectations.

Chapter 156 Advisors and New Heroes

"Is it really a god?" Inspector Tsukamoto asked, somewhat incredulously and skeptically.

"Otherwise what? It can't be us old folks pushing this out to avoid trouble, can it?" Sumiyama Daimiyaji retorted irritably.

"That's hard to say," Inspector Tsukamoto chuckled.

"Alright, enough of this useless nonsense. Let's get to the point. Why did you call me here?" Sumiyama Daimyoji rolled his eyes at the other man, sighed, and took the initiative to get to the point.

"Actually, our goal is very simple. We want your family's Toma Shrine Maiden to work at the Metropolitan Police Department as an advisor, and to accompany the team members when needed to solve the increasingly frequent strange incidents." Inspector Tsukamoto also put away his playful expression and said to Okisumi-yama Taiji with a serious face.

"Is this the idea from above?" Sumiyama Daimyoji asked meaningfully.

"Is there a difference?" Inspector Tsukamoto chuckled.

Japan is not China; as a semi-colonial and semi-feudal country, it still retains many characteristics of the old era.

For example, the aforementioned Yakuza, and the regional xenophobia of the landlord class.

At the official level, such as within the Metropolitan Police Department, although the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has the reputation of being the Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters and nominally has jurisdiction over police forces throughout the country, in reality, it is actually divided into groups based on locality, just like those yakuza and local power groups.

In addition to the system of governing each region in a way similar to ancient feudal states, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is also divided into two major factions based on the general region: the Kansai faction and the Kanto faction!

There's not much to say about the Kanto faction; it refers to the police system in the eastern and northeastern regions, led by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

The core members are members of the University of Tokyo Student Mutual Aid Association who graduated from the University of Tokyo and successfully passed the professional group exam.

Therefore, the core members of the Kansai region, centered around Osaka and Kyoto, are members of a friendly mutual aid group of Kyoto University students who graduated from Kyoto University and completed the professional group examination.

As for Nagoya, he was a centrist; he basically listened to whichever side had the upper hand.

Apart from that, he was a rather detached local power. The Kanto and Kansai regions didn't bother with him, and he had no interest in getting involved in the power struggle between Kansai and Kanto.

That's why Inspector Tsukamoto could say that—

Because in Nagoya, he can indeed represent the 'higher-ups' of the Metropolitan Police Department.

As for the government level...

That depends on the decisions made by the lawmakers.

“Can’t we keep her at the shrine? After all, she is our priestess, and a being favored by Susanoo-no-Mikoto. Perhaps we can find a way to continue the legacy or replicate extraordinary abilities from her.” Sumiyama-no-Mikoto said with a frown.

“Then you can send someone over with you… You know, any strange case is a serious assault case, and the police need to arrive at the scene immediately to handle and suppress it. There’s no way she can be distracted, so I can’t help you with that,” Inspector Tsukamoto said, spreading his hands in a helpless manner.

"Tsk, I always feel like you're lying to us, the shrine, that you're working for us for free, but I have no proof," said Sumiyama Daimyoji, scoffing.

"Whose fault is that?" Inspector Tsukamoto laughed.

"Alright, I'll tell the Divine Lord your request. As for whether the Divine Lord will agree, I don't know." Sumiyama Daimyoji had no interest in playing games with Inspector Tsukamoto any longer, so he stood up and said to Inspector Tsukamoto.

"I believe that the Yamato Shinto priest will not refuse us."

Afterwards, Inspector Tsukamoto personally escorted Sumiyama Daimiyaji out of the Metropolitan Police Department. After watching him get into the car and leave, he slowly walked back into the building with his hands behind his back, humming an unknown enka tune, and returned to his office.

……

"An advisor... I wonder if this advisor position was given because of Atsuta Shrine, or if this is how all superhumans are arranged." Ishihara Akane muttered to herself as she sat at home, having learned from Toma Natsuki how the Metropolitan Police Department, or rather the upper echelons of Nagoya, had arranged for her, a superhuman who had suddenly appeared.

"How about we introduce another ordinary hero?"

"Hmm, we can give it a try."

This also provides an opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to deploy Kayako to deal with the yakuza in the dark side of Nagoya, clearing some troubles for the rise of the Yamada Group and allowing it to replace the Kodokai more smoothly.

"But who should we target this time?"

"Forget it, let's just select from the existing Dream users."

With this in mind, Ishihara Akira's thoughts sank, and he entered the dream world to scan the specific identities and information of those cornerstones in reality.

And soon, he found a female employee from among them who had no background or identity, worked for an ordinary company that was not a powerful company, and whose company had no powerful backing. After thinking about it, Ishihara Akira put the enhanced Sadako into the other party's body.

"In that case, we can't use the same extreme cult massacre method we used before... It seems we have to find another way to let the world know about her."

Ishihara Akira sat there pondering for a moment, then his eyes lit up as he came up with a solution.

Then, Ishihara Akira scanned the cornerstones of the dream world again, and found a guy whose character and reputation in reality were not good. He separated a demonic thought and cast it into the guy's body to influence and control him. Then, he smiled and left the dream world, and began his daily routine of practicing yoga secret techniques again.

Nothing happened that night, and the next day arrived...

……

"Ouch, my head hurts so much." The middle-aged man, whose character, reputation, and public image were all bad, sat up in bed, clutching his head. "Looks like I'll have to drink less in the future."

Then he turned around, got out of bed, and went to the bathroom to start his morning washing up.

Then he came out of the bathroom, went into the kitchen next door, found some instant ramen, lit the fire, put it in the pot, and waited for it to cook. His breakfast was ready.

Then the man picked up his chopsticks and began to devour the ramen in a frenzy, quickly finishing it all. After wiping his mouth, he went back into the room, took out a pack of cigarettes from his coat pocket, pulled one out, put it in his mouth, lit it, and started smoking.

Only after finishing the cigarette did the man return to his room, grab his clothes, keys, phone, and other belongings, leave the apartment, and embark on his journey.

"By the way, what's the schedule for today? Oh, I remember now, I'm delivering something to so-and-so's place." The man got into his pickup truck, started the engine, and after a moment remembered his plans for the day, he didn't hesitate any longer. He released the handbrake, floored the gas, and sped off...

He turned left, then straight, waited at a red light, and soon his vehicle arrived near a relatively crowded intersection.

Then, whether he didn't see the traffic lights clearly or was still suffering from the aftereffects of drinking, he actually rushed across the road the moment the red light came on and other pedestrians began to cross.

"careful!"

"what!"